Time until Honkai Star Rail 3.0 releases worldwide

The Honkai Star Rail 3.0 update has a lot of content to look forward to as it will introduce Amphoreus as the brand new planet and the next destination for the Astral Express. HoYoverse has confirmed that the patch will be released on January 15, 2025, following a five-hour maintenance break. Trailblazers might want to track the global launch to access the fresh batch of banners, events, and new explorable areas.

Hence, this article presents a countdown displaying the time until Honkai Star Rail 3.0 releases worldwide.

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When does Honkai Star Rail 3.0 release worldwide?

Honkai Star Rail 3.0 is scheduled for a global release on January 15, 2025, at 11 am (UTC+8). The patch will introduce two new 5-star characters to the playable roster: The Herta and Aglaea.

Additionally, several new events, quests, and other content are heading the update. Players might want to track them all, so we have added a countdown below that displays the time until version 3.0 releases worldwide:

The update’s local air time will vary for players residing in different locations. Hence, they might also want to refer to the following list, which shows the HSR 3.0 launch schedule across different regions:

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
• Philippine Standard Time (PST): January 15, 2025, at 11 am
• Japanese Standard Time (JST): January 15, 2025, at 12 pm
• Korea Standard Time (KST): January 15, 2025, at 12 pm

HoYoverse will also commence the Honkai Star Rail 3.0 maintenance five hours before the update, at 6 am (UTC+8). Players are advised to complete their daily in-game activities before the downtime, as the servers will be offline through the process. The officials will compensate them with 600x Stellar Jades once the update launches globally.

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Check out our other Honkai Star Rail articles:

• HSR 3.0 Light Cones: 5-star signature LCs and 4-stars
• Best characters to get in V3.0, ranked
• HSR 3.0 banner schedule and character release dates
• HSR 3.0 to feature 8 character banners
• HSR 3.0 second half banners revealed
• HSR 3.1 expected release window