Gacha System
Honkai: Star Rail uses a gacha system as the primary way for a player to obtain new Characters and Light Cones. It is generally the only way to obtain the highest rarity Characters and Light Cones.
Warps
Warp is what Honkai: Star Rail calls its gacha banners. To roll on the gacha, or warping, you will need to use either Stellar Jades, the gacha currency, or Passes/Special Passes which are the gacha tickets.
- You can exchange 160 Stellar Jades for 1 Pass or 1 Special Pass.
- Passes are used on the Beginner Warp and Standard Warp.
- Special Passes are used on the Character Oriented Warp and Light Cone Oriented Warp.
Stellar Jades, Passes, and Special Passes can be obtained from various in-game sources such as missions, events, and certain shops.
You can obtain the following from warping:
- 3★ Light Cones
- 4★ Light Cones
- 5★ Light Cones
- 4★ Characters
- 5★ Characters
Stars denote the rarity of the Character or Light Cone. The higher number of stars, the higher the rarity (and the more difficult) it is to obtain.
4 ★ Guarantee: If a player does not obtain a 4 ★ Character or Light Cone after 9 warps, the 10th warp is guaranteed to be a 4★ Character or Light Cone. This counter reset every time a player obtains a 4★ Character or Light Cone.
Undying Embers & Undying Starlights
Undying Embers and Undying Starlights are in-game currencies that are only obtainable by warping. They can be used in the Embers Exchange and Starlight Exchange to purchase Passes, Special Passes, upgrade materials, and other resources.
You can get Undying Embers by obtaining a 3★ Light Cone from warping. Each 3 ★ Light Cone will give you 20 Undying Embers.
You can obtain Undying Starlights from:
- Obtaining any 4★ Light Cone
- 8 Undying Starlights
- Obtaining any 5★ Light Cone
- 40 Undying Starlights
- Obtaining a duplicate 4★ Character
- 1st to 6th duplicate: 8 Undying Starlights and 1 Eidolon for the Character
- 7th duplicate onwards: 20 Undying Starlights
- Note that you will not receive any Undying Starlights when you pull a 4 Star Character that you do not already own for the first time.
- Obtaining a duplicate 5★ Character
- 1st to 6th duplicate: 40 Undying Starlights and 1 Eidolon for the Character
- 7th duplicate onwards: 100 Undying Starlights
- Note that you will not receive any Undying Starlights when you pull a 5 Star Character that you do not already own for the first time.
Departure Warp
Information about this banner
- You can only warp 50 times on the Departure Warp, but you are guaranteed to obtain one 5★ Character within the 50 warps,
- You cannot do single warps on the Departure Warp. You can only warp in multiples of 10 (commonly referred to as a ten pull or a multi pull). However, you will receive a 20% discount every time you warp, so it will only cost 8 Passes instead of 10,
- The rate for pulling a 5★ Character from this banner is currently set at 0.6%,
- The rate for pulling a 4★ Character from this banner is currently set at 5.1%,
- No characters or Light Cones have an increased rate on this Warp.
- You can only use Star Rail Passes on this banner (basic summon ticket).
You can only obtain one of the below 5★ Characters from the Departure Warp:
Please note that you are guaranteed to get one 5★ Character from this banner. When you pull a 5★ before reaching the pity, you won't get another in your 50 pull. Still, you can get more 5★ Characters from the banner, but it's very very rare.
Standard Warp
No characters or Light Cones have an increased rate on this Warp.
You can obtain both 5★ Characters and Light Cones from this Warp. Possible 5★ Characters:
Possible 5★ Light Cones:
But the Battle Isn't Over
Rarity: 5★
Path: Harmony
Increases the wearer's Energy Regeneration Rate by 10/12/14/16/18% and regenerates 1 Skill Point when the wearer uses their Ultimate on an ally. This effect can be triggered after every 2 uses of the wearer's Ultimate. When the wearer uses their Skill, the next ally taking action (except the wearer) deals 30/35/40/45/50% more DMG for 1 turn(s).
In the Name of the World
Rarity: 5★
Path: Nihility
Increases the wearer's DMG to debuffed enemies by 24/28/32/36/40%. When the wearer uses their Skill, the Effect Hit Rate for this attack increases by 18/21/24/27/30%, and ATK increases by 24/28/32/36/40%.
Moment of Victory
Rarity: 5★
Path: Preservation
Increases the wearer's DEF by 24/28/32/36/40% and Effect Hit Rate by 24/28/32/36/40%. Increases the chance for the wearer to be attacked by enemies. When the wearer is attacked, increase their DEF by an additional 24/28/32/36/40% until the end of the wearer's turn.
Night on the Milky Way
Rarity: 5★
Path: Erudition
For every enemy on the field, increases the wearer's ATK by 9/10.5/12/13.5/15%, up to 5 stacks. When an enemy is inflicted with Weakness Break, the DMG dealt by the wearer increases by 30/35/40/45/50% for 1 turn.
Something Irreplaceable
Rarity: 5★
Path: Destruction
Increases the wearer's ATK by 24/28/32/36/40%. When the wearer defeats an enemy or is hit, immediately restores HP equal to 8/9/10/11/12% of the wearer's ATK. At the same time, the wearer's DMG is increased by 24/28/32/36/40% until the end of their next turn. This effect cannot stack and can only trigger 1 time per turn.
Sleep Like the Dead
Rarity: 5★
Path: Hunt
Increases the wearer's CRIT DMG by 30/35/40/45/50%. When the wearer's Basic ATK or Skill does not result in a CRIT Hit, increases their CRIT Rate by 36/42/48/54/60% for 1 turn(s). This effect can only trigger once every 3 turn(s).
Time Waits for No One
Rarity: 5★
Path: Abundance
Increases the wearer's Max HP by 18/21/24/27/30% and Outgoing Healing by 12/14/16/18/20%. When the wearer heals allies, record the amount of Outgoing Healing. When any ally launches an attack, a random attacked enemy takes Additional DMG equal to 36/42/48/54/60% of the recorded Outgoing Healing value. This Additional DMG is of the same Type as the wearer's, is not affected by other buffs, and can only occur 1 time per turn
Additional information
- The rate for pulling a 5★ Character from this banner is currently set at 0.3% (and 0.3% for a 5★ Light Cone),
- The rate for pulling a 4★ Character from this banner is currently set at 5.1%,
- You are guaranteed to obtain a 5★ Character or a 5★ Character Light Cone within 90 pulls,
- Once you do 300 pulls you will be able to pick one 5★ available in the banner,
- You can only use Star Rail Passes on this banner (basic summon ticket).
Character Oriented Warp
Information about this banner
- One 5★ Character and three 4★ Characters will be featured on any given Character Oriented Warp,
- The rate for pulling a 5★ Character from this banner is currently set at 0.6%,
- The rate for pulling a 4★ Character from this banner is currently set at 5.1%,
- Once you pull a 5★ Character, you have 50% chance of it being the Rate-up one,
- If you lose the 50/50 then the second 5★ Character you pull will 100% be the Rate-up one,
- You are guaranteed to obtain a 5★ within 90 pulls (that's the pity). So if you're unlucky, it will take you at most 180 pulls to get the rate-up character.
- You can only use Star Rail Special Passes on this banner (special summon ticket).
Light Cone Oriented Warp
Information about this banner
- One 5★ Light Cone and three 4★ Light Cones will be featured on any given Light Cone Oriented Warp,
- The rate for pulling a 5★ Light Cone from this banner is currently set at 0.8%,
- The rate for pulling a 4★ Light Cone from this banner is currently set at 6.6%,
- Once you pull a 5★ Light Cone, you have 75% chance of it being the Rate-up one,
- If you lose the roll then the second 5★ Light Cone you pull will 100% be the Rate-up one,
- You are guaranteed to obtain a 5★ within 80 pulls (that's the pity). So if you're unlucky, it will take you at most 160 pulls to get the rate-up Light Cone.
- You can only use Star Rail Special Passes on this banner (special summon ticket).