What is the current and next Honkai Star Rail banner? If you want to pick up the best five-star characters for your team, then wishing on banners is your best bet. HSR banners rotate regularly, so it can be difficult to decide whether to go all-in on the current banner or wait for the next one. Our banner schedule includes everyone you can pull during the 2.6 update, plus the banners slated to appear in the next update and beyond.
The Honkai Star Rail banner system allows you to trade in your hard-earned Star Rail passes for the opportunity to pull the best Honkai Star Rail characters. If you’re new to HoYoverse’s gacha-driven free PC games, our crash course to Honkai Star Rail Warps is invaluable for understanding banners and how they work, as well as the latest Honkai Star Rail codes to redeem currency. Now that we’ve got you up to speed, here’s the lowdown for the current and next banner in Honkai Star Rail.
Honkai Star Rail 2.7 banners
The Honkai Star Rail 2.7 banners are almost certain to feature five-star characters Sunday (Imaginary, Harmony) and Fugue (Fire, Nihility). This follows the drip marketing released on HoYoverse’s social channels.
Each event banner also includes boosted pull rates for a limited selection of four-star characters. We’ll get full confirmation of which characters will appear in the HSR 2.7 livestream, which is expected to air on Friday, November 22, 2024.
Meanwhile, the Brilliant Fixation and Bygone Reminiscence light cone banners in phase two will feature the five-star signature light cones for Sunday and Fugue, plus the light-cones for the accompanying four-star characters.
The Honkai Star Rail 2.7 banners are due to arrive on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 following the conclusion of version 2.6.
The next Honkai Star Rail banners
The next Honkai Star Rail banner is expected to feature the five-star character Sunday (Imaginary, Harmony).
There are currently no reliable leaks to suggest which four-star characters will accompany Sunday on his banner, though Dr. Ratio (Imaginary, Hunt), Boothill (Physical, Hunt), and Jing Yuan (Lightning, Erudition) are strong contenders. This is due to their position in the banner cycle and potential synergies.
The next Honkai Star Rail banners run from Wednesday, December 4 to Wednesday, December 25, 2024.
Current Honkai Star Rail event banners
The current Honkai Star Rail banners are Words of Yore and Gilded Imprisonment, featuring the five-star characters Acheron (Lightning, Nihility) and Aventurine (Imaginary, Preservation).
All banners in this phase include boosted pull rates for four-star characters March 7th (Ice, Preservation), Sampo (Wind, Nihility), and Pela (Ice, Nihility).
These banners comprise the second phase of Honkai Star Rail 2.6 and are scheduled to run from Wednesday, November 12 to Wednesday, December 4, 2024.
Honkai Star Rail weapon banners
The current Honkai Star Rail weapon banner is Bygone Reminiscence, featuring Along the Passing Shore (Nihility) and Inherently Unjust Destiny (Preservation), the signature light cones for Acheron and Aventurine.
Both light cone banners include boosted pull rates for three additional four-star light cones: Day One of My New Life (Preservation), Make the World Clamor (Erudition), and Boundless Choreo (Nihility).
These banners are also scheduled to run from Wednesday, November 12 to Wednesday, December 4, 2024.
Honkai Star Rail standard banner
The Honkai Star Rail standard banner is called Stellar Warp. It’s a permanent fixture that offers the chance to pull from the standard pool of characters and light cones.
The standard banner includes the following five-star characters:
- Bailu (Lightning, Abundance)
- Bronya (Wind, Harmony)
- Clara (Physical, Destruction)
- Gepard (Ice, Preservation)
- Himeko (Fire, Erudition)
- Welt (Imaginary, Nihility)
- Yanqing (Ice, Hunt)
Unlike the event banner, the Honkai Star Rail standard banner only requires regular Star Rail passes, which are far more common than their special counterparts. While you can’t pull limited characters like Seele or Imbibitor Lunae from this banner, there are still a variety of highly coveted five-star characters that you’re in with a chance to win – be sure to check out our Honkai Star Rail tier list to discover the best of the bunch.
Now that you’re up to speed with the Honkai Star Rail banners, you should have no trouble dishing out your most valuable currencies to net your favorite characters. We’ve also used our own experience in the anime game to design the best Honkai Star Rail builds for stand-out characters you can pull, including Bronya and Tingyun. Finally, our Honkai Star Rail review sheds some light on how we got on with HoYoverse’s interstellar adventure.