Honkai Star Rail 3.0 release date and countdown

The highly anticipated Honkai Star Rail 3.0 update is nearing its global launch, bringing in a fresh batch of content ranging from new explorable areas to coveted 5-star characters. To be specific, the patch will be released on January 15, 2025, following a five-hour maintenance break. Players might be interested in tracking the patch's arrival to access the new events, banners, and more.

Hence, this article discusses the Honkai Star Rail 3.0 update schedule and provides a countdown that displays the remaining time.

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Honkai Star Rail 3.0 release date, time, and countdown

Following the successful livestream event, HoYoverse has scheduled the Honkai Star Rail 3.0 update’s global launch on January 15, 2025, at 11 am (UTC+8). The patch will roll out simultaneously across all servers, so players from different regions might struggle to track the local airtime.

To help them, we have listed below the v3.0 update release schedule across the major time zones:

America

• Pacific Standard Time (PST): January 14, 2025, at 7 pm
• Mountain Standard Time (MST): January 14, 2025, at 8 pm
• Central Standard Time (CST): January 14, 2025, at 9 pm
• Eastern Standard Time (EST): January 14, 2025, at 10 pm

Europe

• Western European Time (WET): January 15, 2025, at 3 am
• Central European Time (CET): January 15, 2025, at 4 am
• Eastern European Time (EET): January 15, 2025, at 5 am

Asia

• India Standard Time (IST): January 15, 2025, at 8:30 am
• China Standard Time (CST): January 15, 2025, at 11 am
• Japanese Standard Time (JST): January 15, 2025, at 12 pm
• Philippine Standard Time (PST): January 15, 2025, at 11 am
• Korea Standard Time (KST): January 15, 2025, at 12 pm

Check out the countdown below, which actively displays the time remaining until the HSR 3.0 update.

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What’s coming in Honkai Star Rail 3.0 update?

The Honkai Star Rail 3.0 livestream has confirmed that the following are coming in the next patch:

• New 5-star characters: Aglaea and The Herta
• Six rerun banners (three in each phase)
• New Light Cones (including the signature options for the upcoming 5-star units)
• New Planet: Amphoreus
• Story continuation
• Fresh events (including Mem’s Gift and Gift of Odyssey, which will reward free wishes)
• Bud of Remembrance Calyx: The domain will drop Flower of Alaya Series trace materials
• New Relics: Hero of Triumphant Song and Poet of Mourning Collapse
• New enemies and elite encounters from Amphoreus
• Remembrance Path for Trailblazer
• Several quality-of-life updates

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