Honkai Star Rail 2.1 release times and countdown based on your location, as well as the expected maintenance time you should be aware of!
Trailblazer's adventures through Penacony continue in Honkai: Star Rail 2.1, and after today's massive livestream, players are anxious to learn exactly when the update will release. MiHoYo showed off a ton of new content coming in the update including an upcoming cast of 4 and 5-star characters to pull for.
What time does Honkai Star Rail go down for maintenance?
Honkai Star Rail will go down for maintenance on March 27 at 6 a.m. (UTC+8). This was confirmed by the developer. The update will take approximately five hours. So make sure to finish your daily quests and grind out a few more Stellar Jade.
The Honkai Star Rail maintenance and update start times ahead of the version 2.1 launch:
- NA West Coast: March. 26, 2 p.m. PST
- NA East Coast: March. 26, 5 p.m. EST
- United Kingdom: March. 26, 10 p.m. GMT
- Western Europe: March. 26, 11 p.m. CET
- Malaysia / Philippines: March 27, 6.a.m. (GMT+8)
- Japan: March. 27, 7 a.m. JST
- Australia: March. 27, 9 a.m. AEDT
As compensation for Server Maintenance, all players Trailblaze Level 4 or above will receive 300 Stellar Jades as is customary.
What time does Honkai Star Rail 2.0 release?
Honkai: Star Rail version 2.1 will release on March 27, 2024 at 11 a.m. UTC+8. The exact release date will depend on your time zone:
- NA West Coast: March. 26, 7 p.m. PST
- NA East Coast: March. 26, 10 p.m. EST
- United Kingdom: March. 27, 3 a.m. GMT
- Western Europe: March. 27, 4 a.m. CET
- Malaysia / Philippines: March. 27, 11 a.m. (GMT+8)
- Japan: March. 27, noon, JST
- Australia: March. 27, 2 p.m. AEDT
New content and characters coming in version 2.1
The biggest part of the 2.1 update will be the anniversary event that commemorates one full year of Honkai Star Rail development. The most straightforward reward is 1,600 Stellar Jade and 20 Star Rail Special Passes, which should help you get a new 5-star and bring them up to fighting shape.
There will also be a new anniversary game mode called Cosmodyssey. It will be a board game-inspired mode where players roll dice and land on squares to activate special minigames with rewards.
On top of that, version 2.1 will advance the Penacony story with a new mission named The Devil in Velvet. The specifics are not yet known, but they will likely involve some of the character Warps coming to the gacha. The new mission will involve two new areas called Clock Studios Theme Park and Dewlight Pavilion. The former could host the Cosmodyssey anniversary game mode.
In addition to all the new story and anniversary content, version 2.1 as usual will welcome three brand new characters. 5-star Lightning character Acheron is the most anticipated and will arrive in the Phase 1 banner. Time to start saving Stellar Jades.
- Acheron - A 5-star Lighting Nihility character with an Energy replacement mechanic
- Aventurine - A 5-star Imaginary Preservation shielder with random effects
- Gallagher - A 4-star Fire Abundance damage character with some support features
Acheron and Gallagher will be on the very first banner of the patch, which will go live on Mar. 27. The Aventurine banner will go live on Apr. 17 featuring three 4-star reruns.