Honkai: Star Rail - all free characters

The first free character that you will obtain during the Prologue is the main character - Trailblazer. You will for sure him/her in your team for a long time as the Prologue and Jarilo-VI (first planet) are filled with enemies weak to the Physical element. Also, the Traiblazer is 5★ rarity which translates to higher stats, but also the ability to get free Eidolon to make her/him even stronger!

Sadly, outside of the early game, the Physical Trailblazer falls behind most of the other damage dealers in the game, and you will rarely use him - so don't invest into him too much.

Worth investing? No!

Right after you obtain the Trailblazer character, you will meet March 7th and Dan Heng and they will join your team!

March 7th is a support character that can provide allies with Shields and freeze enemies. A bit good combo that makes March 7th great in a variety of content, especially Simulation. She's a decent choice for the early game, but you will quickly replace her when you manage to get a proper healer - while March 7th shields are strong, she can only target one ally at a time, which isn't enough later on to keep the team alive.

Worth investing? No!

Right after you obtain the Trailblazer character, you will meet March 7th and Dan Heng and they will join your team!

Dan Heng is a damage dealer who specializes in murdering elite enemies and will help you a lot early in the game against them. Sadly, he's struggling against multiple enemies and because of that it's easier to use someone else as the main carry since you always fight 2 and more enemies at the same time.

Worth investing? No!

Asta is a great support that can increase Speed and ATK of her allies but she's also a great Toughness breaker. You will use her a lot if you lack limited Harmony characters, but once you obtain some, she will barely be used as she has no niche anymore.

Worth investing? No!

Serval is a decent damage dealer who focuses on dealing AOE damage, but she still holds her ground against a single enemy. While she can be used as sole DPS, her main home nowadays is beside The Herta as a battery.

Worth investing? Yes!

Herta is a AoE Sub-DPS who is one of the best damage dealers you can bring to Pure Fiction, but struggles against lone enemies. You can also get 5 Eidolons for her from Simulated Universe.

Worth investing? Yes!

Natasha is the first real healer every player will receive and she will do a decent job at keeping your team alive, but the moment you obtain someone else - for example Lynx or Gallagher, she will lose her value. So don't overinvest into her.

Worth investing? No

Qingque is a decent 4★ DPS that can be used once you obtain some of her dupes. Especially if you like RNG characters as she's one of those. Though, nowadays her multipliers aren't good enough anymore and she falls behind limited DPS.

Worth investing? Yes! (only if you like gambling)

Once you finish the Jarilo-VI main story, you will unlock Fire specialization for your Trailblazer which is superior to his Physical one. While back in the day, the Fire Trailblazer was used as a Sustain character, nowadays there's a lot of better options in that role and he pivoted into a Breaker role - so a damage dealer who specializes in dealing with enemies of the same element.

Worth investing? No!

An important member of the Break meta team who possesses the Super Break mechanic. The third and the best variant for the MC character that you should invest into as priority.

Worth investing? Yes!

March’s Xianzhou-styled form is a powerful and versatile support and sub DPS hybrid Character. She primarily is used in FUA teams, but can be slotted into a Break team or Crit team as well.

Worth investing? Yes!

The fourth variant of the MC character and a strong support for Characters with Memosprite summons. The Remembrance Trailblazer also is a flexible support that can be slotted into a variety of teams as well due to the ability to provide general buffs like Crit DMG and 100% Action Advance.

Worth investing? Yes!

Yukong is a buffer who is hard to use and master, but when you do, she will server you really well. Still, it will be really hard to make use of her early in the game as you need to properly speed tune your team which can be only achieved later down the line when you start farming Relics.

Worth investing? No!

Lynx is a great 4★ healer who is easy to use and also works really well with multiple damage dealers. Her only issue is that it will take you roughly a week of playing to obtain her for free as you need to be reach the second planet and Trailblaze Level 34.

Worth investing? Yes

A great damage dealer who is a Break/Crit DPS hybrid. She shines in content with Quantum weak enemies, but struggles otherwise.

Worth investing? No