Honkai Star Rail version 2.3 update: patch laptop

Version 2.3 of Honkai Star Rail, titled "Farewell Penaconia", will bring many changes, including new characters, events, and gameplay improvements. Below is a detailed overview of the main innovations.

The pioneering expedition to Penaconia has come to a wonderful end. It's time to move on to the next stop. But first... say goodbye to the white night.

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▌Renewal and Compensation Information

■ Update time

2024/06/19 06:00:00 (UTC+8). The update will take 5 hours.

■ Compensation Information

●Compensation for temporary server closure

Compensation Content: Star Jade ×300.

Who will receive compensation: Pioneers who have reached Mastery level 4 and above before 2024/06/19 06:00:00 (UTC+8).

※ Compensation must be received prior to maintenance of version 2.4.

●Compensation for errors

Compensation Content: Star Jade ×300.

Who will receive compensation: Pioneers who have reached Mastery level 4 and above before 2024/06/19 06:00:00 (UTC+8).

※ Please be sure to collect your reward letter by 2024/07/19 23:59:00 (UTC+8).

The Starlight Express crew will send compensation to the Pioneers via in-game email within 5 hours after the update is completed. Make sure to pick them up on time.

■ Update order

●PC: Close the game, restart the bootloader and click Update.

●Android: To complete the update, enter the game and follow the instructions in the tooltips.

●iOS: Log in to the App Store, go to the game page and click “Update”.

●PS5™: Open the system menu > Select Honkai: Star Rail, press the OPTIONS button on the controller > Confirm update installation

▌Content update

1. New locations

■ "Radiant spar"

A luxurious airship sailing the seas of memories between the mik regions of the Dream World of Penaconia. Only invited guests can attend.

2. New characters

■ 5★ Firefly (Destruction: Fire)

Firefly is a damage dealer who fights using Sam's mech. Using her superpower, she enters the Full Combustion state and enhances her abilities. In this state, Sam's piercing power and piercing damage are increased. It can also partially drain opponents' durability without the fire vulnerability. Firefly can add fiery vulnerability through a technique or enhanced skill.

■ 5★ Jasper (Erudition: Quantum)

Jasper is a damage dealer who can assign one of her allies as a Debt Collector. When Jasper or Debt Collector attacks an enemy, Jasper gains a charge that activates her bonus attack. When Jasper performs a talent bonus attack, her crit. Damage and attack power increase. These boosts can stack.

3. New Light Cones

■ 5★ “Where Dreams Return” (Destruction)

Can be obtained in the Jump of the Light Cone event "Sparkling Fixation".

■ 5★ “But hope is priceless” (Erudition)

Can be obtained in the Jump of the Light Cone event "Sparkling Fixation".

■ 5★ “Continuous Computing” (Erudition)

Can be obtained from Gerta's store.

■ 4★ “After the Calm of Harmony” (Erudition)

Can be obtained in the Jump of the Light Cone event "Sparkling Fixation".

4. New plot

■ Development Mission "Farewell Penaconia" on Penaconia

The pioneering expedition to Penaconia has come to a wonderful end. It's time to move on to the next stop. But first... say goodbye to the white night.

The mission will be available indefinitely after the release of version 2.3.

Opening conditions: completed the Development mission “And on the eighth day...” on Penaconia.

5. New events

■ Paper duel

What's this here? Invitation to the Paper Duel beta test? And since the sender is Family, then this is hardly some kind of deception, right?..

Event time: 2024/06/21 12:00:00 – 2024/07/29 03:59:00 (server time)

Conditions of participation: completed the Development mission “Stranger in a Strange Land” on Penaconia.

■ Starlight

A researcher nicknamed Zlyuka is conducting some mysterious testing. This time she turns to you for help along with a colleague...

Event time: 2024/07/05 12:00:00 – 2024/07/29 03:59:00 (server time)

Conditions of participation: Mastery level 21 and above.

■ When harmony sounds...

After completing certain missions, you will receive the character Pioneer (Harmony: Imaginary). If Pathfinder (Harmony: Imaginary) is already obtained, get Harmony's shadow x1 instead.

The mission will be available indefinitely after the release of version 2.3.

Conditions: completed the Development mission “Return” to Yarilo-VI.

■ Comet Gift

During the event, you can receive rewards for daily entry into the game. Log in for a total of 7 days and get the Special Star Pass ×10!

※ Information about other events will be published in the following official announcements.

6. Other

■ Opponents

Caged Past (defective), Harmonious Future (defective), Celebratory Present (defective), Representation of Past, Present and Eternal (defective), Stellaron Hunters: Sam (defective), Ten Hearts of Stone: Aventurine of Cunning (defective) , Cirrus (functional), Destroyer of the Mistral of Despair, Silver Knight of Virtue.

■ Game modes

●The Divergent Universe: The Comedy of Life

Skrullum created an offshoot of the Virtual Universe project. The first topic of research was the “human world” under the light of the stars.

The mission will be available indefinitely after the release of version 2.3.

Conditions of participation: Completed World 3 of the Virtual Universe.

●Illusion of the end

Doctor Edward has made a deal with the mysterious representative of the Burial of Faith... They want to find traces of the invisible prince through mortal combat.

The mission will be available indefinitely after the release of version 2.3.

Conditions for participation: Balance level 3 and above.

After completing Illusion of the End difficulty 2, you can obtain the character Xuei (Destruction: Quantum), Star Jade ×300 and Self-Modeling Resin ×1.

●The permanent game modes Illusion of Ending, Pure Fiction and Hall of Oblivion: Memories of Chaos will be updated one by one. Details below:

Illusion of the End: Storm Knight

From the release of version 2.3 until 2024/08/05 04:00:00 (server time).

Breaking through an enemy's vulnerability with the Unyielding Defense status restores the squad's skill points and activates the superpowers of all allies.

All enemies receive an additional 15% increased Vulnerable Penetration damage and an additional 25% increased Super Penetration Damage they receive.

Pure Fiction: Speculation out of thin air

2024/07/08 04:00:00 – 2024/08/19 04:00:00 (server time)

After an ally attacks an enemy with a bonus attack, they gain Absurdity charge levels based on the number of enemies hit. When the charge level reaches level 10, an ally deals fixed damage 10 times to a random enemy.

Memories of Chaos: Dispelled Dreams

2024/07/22 04:00:00 – 2024/09/02 04:00:00 (server time)

After an ally uses a bonus attack or skill, Memory Turbulence adds 1 hit per action. This effect can stack up to 10 hits.

At the beginning of each cycle, each hit deals 1 damage to a random enemy, which depends on his max. NR.

■ Missions

●Adventure mission “Departure”

■ Tests

●Cave of Corrosion: Path of the Cavalryman

Complete the Cave of Corrosion: The Cavalryman's Path challenge in the Grand Theater of Penaconia to be rewarded with the new Iron Cavalry Against Invasion and Brave the Wind Relic sets.

●The Divergent Universe: The Comedy of Life

Complete The Divergent Universe: Comedy of Life to be rewarded with the new Duran Wolf Dynasty Planar Ornaments and the Palace Lotus Lantern.

●Bud of Erudite (Great Theater of Penaconia)

Complete the challenge to receive new Traces of the Path of Erudition materials: Master Color Sketch, Dynamic Outlines, Rough Sketch.

■ Relics

●Planar decoration “Duran Wolf Dynasty”

●Planar decoration “Lotus Lantern of the Palace”

●Cave relic “Iron cavalry against invasion”

●Cave relic “Courage of the Wind”

■ Other

●Photos have been added to the photo wall in the March 7 room. Pioneers can see them after completing the corresponding Exploration missions.

●Added new pages and stickers to the Dream World Pass.

●Added messages from some characters. They will be sent after completing certain storylines in future versions.

●Added the Vision of Completeness function. If your Mastery level is 21 or higher, you can use the Vision of Completion to experience content whose unlock conditions have not yet been met. For example, The Divergent Universe and The Illusion of the End.

●Added display of toughness and toughness damage. When viewing a character's skills, you can see the durability damage of the current skill. When viewing information about an enemy, you can see your current durability and maximum durability, so you can change your strategy.

●Added function for extracting Planar decorations. Pathfinders can use the save file to jump straight to the boss fight and quickly obtain Planar Ornaments.

●A Travel Log icon has been added to the list of event missions and missions associated with game modes to speed up finding and completing missions.

●When the enemy receives a charge, the corresponding status will be added to the action bar.

▌Changes and improvements

■ Characters and opponents

●Character talent mark Pioneer (Harmony: Imaginary) has been changed from “Weaken” to “Support”.

●The logic for using the superpower of the character Gallagher (Abundance: Fire) in some situations during auto-battle has been changed.

■ Battles

●The size of the area occupied by glasses during battle has been changed.

●Changed the display of model boundaries when selecting a target during battle.

●After the enemy Caged Past uses the Chained Messenger, the corresponding status descriptions will be added to the battle details.

■ System

●The “Star Return” event has been refined and improved, as well as the display of the event screen. The limit of 4 stages per day has been lifted. Changed the required return trajectory for return missions and rewards. Homeward Bound missions can now be completed immediately. The restriction on receiving double rewards daily has been removed. Rewards for Relics and Planar Decorations have been increased by 4 times.

●The Interstellar Guide has been refined and improved. Completed training is automatically hidden. Early adopters can click on the icon to open the contents.

●Materials related to the Divergent Universe and the Virtual Universe have been combined in the Interstellar Guide so that Trailblazers can easily see their progress through the Virtual Universe.

●PC pioneers can use the keyboard to quickly switch between sections in the inventory.

●Added new operations for switching characters in the Hall of Oblivion: Memories of Chaos, Illusion of the End and Pure Fiction. You can now drag character icons to change their position in the squad. In addition, Pathfinders can now use saved units.

●In your friends list, Pathfinder profile, and when viewing friend squads in the Hall of Oblivion: Memories of Chaos, Illusion of Ending, and Pure Fiction, clicking on a character's avatar will show a brief summary of the character, including level, Light Cone, Footprints, Relics, etc.

●The Hall of Oblivion rewards: Memories of Chaos, Illusion of the End or Pure Fiction will amount to 800 units. Star jade per phase, starting from version 2.3.

●Changed the width of the avatar change menu so that Pioneers can easily search for the required avatar.

●After the version 2.3 update, optional missions will have icons in the mission list.

●Navigation has been adjusted to obtain the shining reflection material.

●Refined and improved screen scrolling in the Virtual Universe Directory: Eons and the list of achievements on PC.

■ Missions

●The text about the dreammaker Barlow in the adventure mission “Poem of Dreams” has been changed.

■ Game modes

●The logic of the blessings Precious Moon-like Candle, Revival and Overshadowing in the Virtual Universe has been adjusted. The continuous healing effect of the skills of the characters Bailu (Abundance: Electric), Lynx (Abundance: Quantum), and Natasha (Abundance: Physical) can now trigger the effects of the above blessings.

●Adjusted the display of the events “Camping in the Snowy Fields”, “Folding Wings” and “Turquoise Dreams” in the Travel Log.

■ Audio

●In the Assimilation mission "In Our Time" on Penaconia, background music is set.

●Fixed some sound effects.

●Some of the voice lines of the characters Pathfinder, Boothill (Hunt: Physical) and Zele (Hunt: Quantum) in English have been refined and improved.

●Refined and improved some voice lines in the Exploration missions “Cat Among Pigeons” and “In Our Time” on Penaconia in English.

●Added voice lines when receiving a forgotten item in Japanese.

●Refined and improved some voice lines in the Exploration missions "Cat Among Pigeons" and "In Our Time" on Penaconia and the Exploration continuation "A Fox's Ghost Story" on Lofu Xianzhou in Japanese.

●Refined and improved some voice lines of the characters Boothill (Hunt: Physical) and Gallagher (Abundance: Fire) in Korean.

●Some voice lines have been refined and improved in the Exploration missions “The Sound and the Fury”, “Cat Among the Pigeons” and “In Our Time” on Penaconia and “Thou shalt not make an idol” on Yarilo-VI in Korean.

●Refined and improved some voice lines in the Exploration mission “Rest in the Scorched Sands” in Penaconia in Korean.

●Some voice lines for the Interstellar World broadcast in Korean have been refined and improved.

■ Other

●Changed the visual effects of the memoria in the Dream Stream Reef location on some graphics settings to improve optimization.

●Changed the notification “Should I show other users that you are online?” in Settings – Communication.

●Changed the visual effects of certain animations after completing the gameplay of “An Hour: Memoirs of Sweet Dreams.”

●A new special effects mode has been added to some mobile devices. By turning it on, you can customize the display of special effects to reduce device memory usage.

●On PS5 and PC (with some graphics settings) real-time shadows have been added. The display of shadows can be configured in Settings - Graphics - Character shadow in real time while exploring the map.

▌Fixed bugs

■ Characters and opponents

●Fixed a bug due to which the dragon's whiskers disappeared in the animation of the character Dan Heng's superpower: Moon Eater (Destruction: Imaginary) when using the Roar of the Heavenly Hymn skill in Echoes of War: Seed of Immortality, as well as in some animations of the Conquest missions.

●Fixed a bug due to which some parts of the story text of the character Acheron (Non-Existence: Electric) were not colored red.

●Fixed an issue that caused sound effects to play incorrectly when Jingliu (Destruction: Ice) enters the Spectral Transmigration state.

●Fixed a bug due to which, under certain conditions, the first super penetration damage dealt by the character Boothill (Hunting: Physical) was incorrect.

●Fixed a bug due to which, after allies use a skill with Taunt in battle, the first hit of an enemy with the Rebound skill was not necessarily inflicted on the character who applied the Taunt status.

●Fixed a text error in the description of the status of the SGE skill: Enemy Melting Core Stellaron Hunters: Sam in the details of the battle. New correct description: "...healed by other characters..."

●Fixed a bug due to which some character models and special effects were displayed incorrectly.

●Fixed a bug due to which the description of some skills did not correspond to the actual effect of the skills. This fix will not affect the skill effect itself.

●Fixed an issue where the tooltip text would incorrectly display “Furnace Detonation” when Overcooked from the Nightmare Troupe (malfunctioning) used his Ignite Furnace skill.

●Fixed a bug due to which, under certain circumstances, animations would not play correctly when the opponent Overcooked from the Nightmare Troupe had a vulnerability breached.

●Fixed a bug due to which some characters behaved incorrectly when using equipment.

■ Battles

●Fixed a bug due to which exiting and entering the battle details menu distorted the display.

●Fixed a bug due to which opponents would not have reflections when the character Acheron (Nothingness: Electric) used her super ability on opponents with the Freeze status.

●Fixed an issue that caused the opponent of the Something in the Mirror Memory Zone meme to update an unnecessary vulnerability when using the Mirror Cognition skill.

●Fixed a bug due to which, under certain circumstances, in the battle with the enemy “Fruit of Philosophy” Sunday, the damage to the durability of the character Xuei’s superpower (Destruction: Quantum) would not work correctly.

●Fixed a bug due to which, under certain circumstances, in the battle with the enemy “Fruit of Philosophy” Sunday, damage to the opponent’s fortitude led to an incorrect change in the action scale.

●Fixed a bug due to which, under certain circumstances, the icon of the character Argenti’s superpower (Erudition: Physical) was displayed incorrectly, and he could not use the superpower Beauty Itself bestowed on this garden.

●Fixed a bug due to which, under certain circumstances, the performance points of a character’s squad would disappear, and the amount received would be incorrect.

●Fixed a bug due to which, in battles with opponents of the Concept of the Past, Present and Eternal and the Great Septimius, Chorus of Balance, the Plum Blossom debuff could not be applied to the enemy in certain circumstances.

■ System

●Fixed an issue where the achievement “It's Just Bugs” could not be obtained under certain circumstances.

●Fixed an issue where the achievement “Dancing Power!” could be obtained when the conditions for receipt were not met.

●Fixed an issue where the Illustrated Dream World pass stickers for the Iris Clan Instructions and Lucerne Clan Instructions were in the wrong location.

●Fixed an issue that prevented the Light Cone Enhancement, Dimensional Anchor I, and Ditin tutorials from unlocking. After updating version 2.3, Pioneers can go to the corresponding training articles and receive Star Jade as a reward.

●Fixed an issue where gameplay would not work correctly when entering the Light Cone Information menu during the tutorial.

●Fixed a bug due to which, under certain circumstances, if the character Boothill (Hunting: Physical) had 2 charges of Pocket Advantage remaining at the end of the battle, 3 charges of Pocket Advantage were displayed when leaving the battle.

●Fixed a bug due to which messages could not be received under certain circumstances.

●Fixed an issue where search results would not display correctly when using a UID to search the friends system.

●Fixed a bug due to which messages from the character Boothill (Hunting: Physical) were displayed incorrectly when using the message filter.

■ Missions

●Fixed a bug due to which some training was not unlocked during the battle in the Acquisition mission “And on the eighth day...” on Penaconia.

●Fixed a bug due to which the camera angle was not fixed correctly when completing some missions.

■ Game modes

●Fixed an issue where the Mostly Not Harmless blessing had no effect in the Virtual Universe.

●Fixed an issue where the Painted Albatross blessing's bonus damage conditions were incorrect under certain circumstances.

●Fixed a bug due to which the events “Architects” and “Incarnation of Error” were not displayed in the reference book of the Virtual Universe: Invasion of the Swarm. This fix only affects the display in the directory and does not affect the receipt of rewards.

●Fixed a bug due to which sound effects in some locations were not played correctly.

●Fixed a bug due to which catching sequence piggy banks was not taken into account when obtaining achievements in World 9 of the Virtual Universe.

●Fixed a bug due to which friend units in the Hall of Oblivion and Pure Fiction were displayed incorrectly.

●Fixed a bug due to which the Absurdity of Pure Fiction: Confused Neologism was incorrectly displayed in the action bar. This fix does not affect the Ridiculousness effect itself.

●Fixed an issue where some buttons would not match functions when using a controller in the Sweet Dreams Memoirs game mode.

■ Audio

●Fixed a bug due to which the voice line of the character Cheetah (Save: Ice) Return to Battle did not work correctly when activating the talent effect.

●Fixed a bug due to which the voice lines of the character Pioneer (Harmony: Imaginary) were played simultaneously.

●Fixed a bug due to which voice lines in the Conquest missions were played incorrectly.

●Fixed a bug due to which some voice lines in the Mastery mission “When you awaken, cry!” in Penaconia in Chinese were not reproduced correctly.

●Fixed a bug due to which some voice lines were missing in the Exploration mission “A Walk Among the Graves” in Penaconia in English.

●Fixed a bug due to which some voice lines of the character Topaz (Hunt: Fiery) were played incorrectly when added to a squad that includes the character Aventurine.

●Fixed a bug due to which some voice lines were missing in the Reconstruction mission “When the Hotel Closes” in Penaconia in Korean.

●Fixed an issue that caused some sound effects to play incorrectly when the character Acheron (Nothingness: Electric) used his superpower.

■ Locations

●Fixed a bug due to which the light on the memoria was displayed incorrectly in the Dream Stream Reef location.

●Fixed a bug due to which, with certain graphics settings in the Horizon of Existence location, the water surface was displayed incorrectly.

●Fixed a bug due to which there was a chance that it would be impossible to control the character after teleporting to certain locations on Penaconia.

●Fixed a bug due to which some shadows and lights of locations were displayed incorrectly.

●Fixed a bug due to which some NPC models were displayed incorrectly.

■ Other

●Fixed a bug due to which the topic of messages “In Search of Film Dreams” was larger than other topics.

●Fixed a bug due to which the location could be displayed incorrectly when opening and closing the settings menu.

●Fixed a bug due to which the collection was displayed incorrectly when logging into the Pioneer profile.

●Fixed an issue where lighting effects were missing on some Android devices when Vulkan mode was enabled.

●Fixed a bug due to which, under certain circumstances, the frame rate in the game changed from 60 to 30.

●In-game texts in 13 languages ​​have been adjusted, optimized and corrected. Early adopters can switch the game language through “Smartphone – Settings – Language” and check the changes.

●Corrections and improvements to the Russian text will not affect the gameplay. They include the following items:

●The description of the technique and superpowers of the character Robin (Harmony: Physical) has been refined and improved, as well as the description of the Apotheosis status of the character Argenti (Erudition: Physical).

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These innovations significantly expand the gameplay possibilities and add new characters and events, making the game even more exciting and varied.​​​​.