What is the current and next Honkai Star Rail banner? If you’re looking to pick up the best five-star characters for your team, then wishing on banners is your best bet. HSR banners rotate on a regular basis, 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 2.3 update, as well as the banner due in the next update.
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 2.4 banners
The Honkai Star Rail 2.4 banners feature five-star characters Yunli (Physical, Destruction) and Huohuo (Wind, Abundance) in phase one, followed by Jiaoqiu (Fire, Nihility) and Sparkle (Quantum, Harmony) in phase two.
The first phase of the 2.4 banner update will run from Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Each event banner also includes increased drop rates for a selection of four-star characters. Meanwhile, the Brilliant Fixation and Bygone Reminiscence light cone banners will feature the signature light cones for the above five-star characters.
The next Honkai Star Rail banners
The next Honkai Star Rail banner will feature Jiaoqiu (Fire, Nihility) on his Cauldron Contrivance debut banner, and Sparkle (Quantum, Harmony) on her Sparkling Splendor rerun banner.
These banners are expected to run from Tuesday, August 20, 2024 to Tuesday, September 10, 2024 based on the usual three-week cadence for banner rollover. Both banners include increased drop rates for four-star characters Hook (Fire, Destruction), Guinaifen (Fire, Nihility), and Arlan (Lightning, Destruction).
Current Honkai Star Rail event banners
The current Honkai Star Rail banner is Earth Hurled, Ether Curled featuring the five-star character Yunli (Physical, Destruction) on her debut banner. She is accompanied by Huohuo (Wind, Abundance) on her Bloom in Gloom rerun banner.
These banners comprise the first phase of Honkai Star Rail 2.4 and are scheduled to run from Tuesday, July 30, 2024 to Tuesday, August 20, 2024. Both banners include increased drop rates for four-star characters Hanya (Physical, Harmony), Yukong (Imaginary, Harmony), and Lynx (Quantum, Abundance).
Honkai Star Rail weapon banners
The current Honkai Star Rail weapon banner features Dance at Sunset (Destruction), Yunli’s signature five-star light cone. The Bygone Reminiscence rerun weapon banner features Huohuo’s five-star light cone, Night of Fright (Abundance).
Both weapon banners run until Tuesday, August 20, 2024. These light cone banners also include increased drop rates for three additional four-star light cones: The Moles Welcome You (Destruction), Perfect Timing (Abundance), and The Birth of the Self (Erudition).
Honkai Star Rail standard banner
The Honkai Star Rail standard banner is called ‘Stellar Warp’, and is 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.