Honkai: Star Rail has revealed more information about its upcoming Version 1.1 update, set to feature three new characters and plenty of events next month. The popular sci-fi RPG from HoYoverse announced its first post-launch Special Program broadcast earlier this week, preparing to unveil plenty of new features coming to the game. While the broadcast would end up seeing a delay from its original timeslot, the Genshin Impact developer shared a plethora of new updates for the game on Friday night.
Since the game's debut late last month, Honkai: Star Rail has seen overwhelming success for the Genshin Impact developer throughout its opening weeks. The pre-release campaign for Star Rail would set records for the Hong Kong-based developer, amassing over 10 million pre-registrations and topping App Store charts before its official launch. Following its April 26th release, Star Rail would only need one day to amass more than 20 million downloads from HoYoverse's excited fanbase. Now, the newest update to the game will bring several new playable characters alongside a variety of events.
The Version 1.1 Special Program for Honkai: Star Rail, titled "Galactic Roaming," showed off the three newest characters set to join the game's roster. Silver Wolf will feature throughout the first half of Version 1.1 as a Quantum element character in the Nihility path, focusing on debuffing and featuring a unique skill to add weaknesses to enemies. The second half of the update will debut the Imaginary Abundance character Luocha as a support character with powerful healing abilities. Luocha's banner will also feature the game's newest four-star character in Yukong, also serving as a support in the Imaginary element.
Alongside its new lineup of characters, Version 1.1 will introduce multiple new events for Star Rail players to partake in during the update. The update's main event, "Ledger of Curiosities," features players taking the reins of the Everwinter City Museum in a management-style mini-game. Version 1.1 will feature another main event focused around new character Silver Wolf, with players tracking down graffiti left by the hacker throughout Herta Space Station. Several smaller events, like bonus rewards from Calyxes and combat-themed events, will also run during the update.
Honkai: Star Rail's Version 1.1 update will look to maintain the strong momentum the game saw on its release, adding more characters and more things to do. The addition of Luocha and Yukong will bring two new Imaginary element characters to the RPG, with Welt being the only Imaginary character to appear in the game's launch roster. The events will also include a variety of opportunities for players to earn more Stellar Jades for the game's gacha. Honkai: Star Rail's Version 1.1 update is set to offer plenty of content for fans of the sci-fi RPG.
Honkai: Star Rail is available now for PC and mobile devices. PS4 and PS5 versions are in development.