Honkai: Star Rail 4.4 Update Set for July 15

HoYoverse announced that its version 4.4 update for Honkai: Star Rail will release on July 15, 2026. The update, titled “In Ravages Does the Whistle Sound”, continues the story of Planarcadia as players confront the Lord Ravager Asat Pramad and sees Himeko gaining a new playable form: the 5-star Fire-type Himeko • Nova. The update also begins the second half of the game’s collaboration with Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] from July 24, 2026. It will add both Rin Tohsaka and Gilgamesh as playable 5-star characters of Quantum-Type and Lightning-Type, respectively.

In addition, the version will include the return of limited 5-star characters Sparxie, Dan Heng • Permansor Terrae, and Evernight for a limited time during its first half, with Cerydra, Anaxa, and Aventurine returning to Warp banners in the second half. It will also include a new Antigraft Brickbuster event and an update for the Currency Wars: Zero-Sum Game mode.

Honkai: Star Rail is a free-to-play turn-based RPG that tells its own standalone story in the Honkai universe and is available on PC, PlayStation 5, iOS, and Android. The setting features Aeons, incarnations of universal principles that can freely travel between its worlds and apply their principles to them. Players embark on a journey on the Astral Express alongside other passengers looking to explore the universe and find out its secrets.