With the Penacony saga wrapped up, open-world gacha RPG Honkai Star Rail is set to move into its newest saga in the 2.4 release, titled “Finest Duel Under the Pristine Blue.” A press release by Hoyoverse details some of the most crucial details about the story and characters that’ll be seen throughout the 2.4 patch series.
The patch update includes the new five-star banner character Yunli, a prodigy sword hunter and “the beloved granddaughter of ‘Flaming Heart’ General Huaiyan.” She’s a Physical-Type party member with a unique “Counter” ability that deals countering damage anytime she’s attacked, plus a “Parry” Ultimate that provokes all enemies and reduces damage taken while granting Crit damage.
The patch’s banners also include more characters, specifically Fire-Type Jiaoqiu, who has a passive, stacking fire damage chance with each attack, and March 7th, who returns as a fighter and an apprentice under Yunli and Yanqing. Plus, there’ll be limited five-star banners as part of the Warps, respectively Huohuo in the first half of 2.4 and Sparkle in the second half.
The story content accordingly has to do with the Wardance, which “commemorates the Reighbow Arbiter and the Cloud Knight's victory against the Abominations of Abundance” and hopes to be a boost of spirits after recent crises. There’ll also be a new map, The Shackling Prison, where “the realm’s most notorious criminals” are held and the wolf-like Borisin creatures linger deep underwater.
HoYoverse also teases the upcoming “Honkai: Star Rail x Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] animation collaboration,” so gacha fans can look forward to that.
More details about Honkai’s 2.4 patch events are shown in the new trailer.