Updated on October 11, 9:00 p.m. (GMT+8): Added more details.
The official Honkai Star Rail 2.6 release date has been announced.
Titled “Annals of Pinecany’s Mappou Age,” we’re heading back to Penacony by invitation of Paperfold University. Excitement is in the air as we usher in a new semester and anniversary festivities.
Highlighting this update is Rappa, a bold new 5-star character and Galaxy Ranger, makes her debut.
Warning: Spoilers if you haven’t played Honkai Star Rail version 2.5.
This comes after we’ve concluded all our Xianzhou Luofu affairs in version 2.5, in both parts of Finest Duel Under the Pristine Blue. We visited The Shackling Prison, experienced an epic scale prison break, battled the big bad wolf, unlocked the Skysplitter, discovered the sad fate of Jiaoqiu, and more.
Now, we head back to Penacony because Sunday is real. I repeat, Sunday is real. We just got to wait a little longer.
Honkai Star Rail 2.6 release date and full list of new content
Trailblaze Continuance — Banana Outrage: Battles Without Ninja and Humanity
We’re entering Trailblaze Continuance, Banana Outrage: Battles Without Ninja and Humanity.
Its tagline? Laughter, song, and dance linger all day, and by twilight, we sleep and do not wake — this dream world is like an old banana peel, covered in dark stains, how intolerable! Seek the true path, and extinguish this Mappou Age of the Dharma!
In this storyline, Trailblazers step into the role of an auditing student and become classmates with March 7th and Dan Heng at Paperfold University. Explore the challenges of academic life while building meaningful relationships in this scholastic adventure.
The university is hosting an exclusive academic seminar, inviting notable figures and stakeholders from Penacony, including the crew of the Astral Express, as esteemed guests to join in the festivities.
Honkai Star Rail 2.6 new 5-star characters
Rappa
As we dive into campus life, we meet a powerful new 5-star ally, Rappa. This courageous and unique character, who identifies as a ninja, attributes her skills to the art of “ninjutsu.”
Rappa embodies the spirit of a ninja in more ways than one, reciting mantras, creating Dazzling Ninja Seals, and following the Way of the Ninja through scrolls that blend rap, graffiti, and comics.
With unwavering self-discipline, she travels the cosmos in pursuit of justice. As a Galaxy Ranger, Rappa is on a relentless quest to hunt down her nemesis, Evil Ninja Osaru.
In battle, after unleashing her ultimate, she enters Sealform and unleashes Ningu: Demonbane Petalblade in a captivating first-person perspective.
During these attacks, Rappa efficiently deals damage to groups of enemies and even reduce their toughness even if they don’t have Imaginary weakness.
| RARITY | CHARACTER | PATH | COMPBAT TYPE | FACTION |
| 5-star | Rappa | Erudition | Imaginary | Galaxy Ranger |
Honkai Star Rail 2.6 banners
Phase 1
- Rappa
- Imbibitor Lunae
- 4-star characters: Lynx, Xueyi, Yukong
Phase 2
- Acheron
- Aventurine
- 4-star characters: March 7th, Sampo, Pela
Honkai Star Rail 2.6 new Light Cones
- Ninjutsu Inscription: Dazzling Evilbreaker (5-star)
- Dream’s Montage (4-star)
Honkai Star Rail 2.6 new events and content
- Sound Hunt Ninjutsu Inscription — Trailblazers are invited to step in as a guest band manager for the Dreamlight Anniversary music party, teaming up with Rappa to lead the band in electrifying performances.
- Mr. Cold Feet’s Pop-Up Shop — Sampo seems to be preparing for some new business venture in Belobog. Rather suspicious. But… what if you could get something out of this?
- Shadow of the Ranger — What new project have researchers abroad the space station accepted this time? All clues are clouded in uncertainty and confusion and an enigma encircles the figure of a Galaxy Ranger, yet you seem to be the only one in the know…
- Unknowable Domain (third Simulated Universe) — Originally, it simulated the Scholars’ Strife, a conflict following the Second Emperor’s War where scholarly factions vied for control over Emperor Rubert II’s legacy, the Scepter system.
The Scepter, composed of a cluster of inorganic bionic neurons, acted as Rubert II’s external thinking unit, boasting immense processing power.
In this Simulated Universe update, Trailblazers begin by collecting Scepters and enhancing them with Components to boost their abilities. As the game unfolds, players can strategically combine various Scepters and Components to unlock powerful synergies, ultimately leading to the defeat of a formidable final enemy. - Garden of Plenty
- Gift of Odyssey
Honkai Star Rail 2.6 new relics and material
- Sacerdos’ Relived Ordeal relic from Cavern of Corrosion Path of Uncertainty
- Scholar Lost In Erudition relic from Cavern of Corrosion Path of Uncertainty
- Chordal Mirage material from Stagnant Shadow Shape of Timbre — new Imaginary Ascension material
The phase one character banners and light cones in Honkai Star Rail version 2.6 releases on 22/23 October, 2024 (depending on your time zone).
Phase two starts November 12/13, 2024 and runs until December 3/4, 2024.
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