Honkai Star Rail next banner and current banner schedule

The Honkai Star Rail banner is a crucial part of the game’s gacha system, offering players the chance to roll – or warp – for event characters and Light Cone weapons. Much like we saw in Genshin Impact, the Honkai Star Rail banner schedule isn’t fixed and rotates regularly in conjunction with events and new characters making their way into the game.

Based on early signs, we’ll see each character and weapon banner stick around for a set period of three weeks, before pivoting to the next banner. Each character banner features a five-star character alongside three four-star characters. To help you stay on top of the current Honkai Star Rail banner and any upcoming banners, we’ve outlined the Honkai Star Rail banner schedule below. If you want to start your star-hopping adventure in style, be sure to snap up the latest Honkai Star Rail codes.

Honkai Star Rail banner schedule – current and next character event banner

The Honkair Star Rail banner schedule is as follows: 

• Phase 1.0 character banner: April 26 to May 17, 2023 – Seele – Butterfly on Swordtip
• Phase 2.0 character banner: starts May 17, 2023 – Jing Yuan – Swirl of Heavenly Spear

The current Phase 1.0 Honkai Star Rail character event banner runs from April 26, 2023, to May 17, 2023 and stars Seele – Butterfly on Swordtip, a five-star character that relies on the Quantum Element and adheres to The Hunt path. Alongside, the Seele character banner includes four-star Pela, Hook, and Natasha characters.

The next Phase 2.0 character banner lands on May 17, 2023, and features Jing Yuan – Swirl of Heavenly Spear, a five-star Lighting Element character that sticks to The Erudition path. We don’t yet know what four-star characters are to accompany Jing Yuan in the next banner.

Honkai Star Rail current banner – Light Cone event

Here are the possible Light Cone warps for the current banner:

• In The Night (The Hunt)
• The Moles Welcome You (The Destruction)
• Good Night and Sleep Well (The Nihility)
• Post-Op Conversation (The Abundance)

Honkai Star Rail Departure banner

Alongside the flagship banner event, there’s also a Departure banner geared towards those just starting out in Honkai Star Rail. It costs less to warp and the warp odds are better than the standard banner. Here’s a list of all the four and five-star characters you can warp in the Departure banner:

• Welt
• Clara
• Gepard
• Bronya
• Bailu
• Himeko
• Yanqing
• Dan Heng
• Sushang
• Hook
• Qingque
• Arlan
• Natasha
• Herta
• Serval
• Asta
• Tingyun
• Sampo
• Pela

These two banners should set players up nicely for the next month or so. Now that you know what to expect, check out our guide to all the Honkai Star Rail characters and the Honkai Star Rail open world waiting to be explored.