Honkai Star Rail 1.5 update: Release date, Banners and countdown

Honkai Star Rail 1.5 update will soon be upon us, introducing Argenti, Huohuo and Hanya as playable characters. The new 1.5 version is entitled The Crespucule Zone and revolves around the Creation Furnace, which has burst apart unleashing heliobi (demons). The Ten-Lords Commission - with the help of Trailblazer - are tasked with wiping out these demons.

The Honkai Star Rail 1.5 update will go live on November 15 in Asia and Europe, and November 14 for North America.

The servers will go down for the update and maintenance starting at 6 a.m. SGT / 9 p.m. UK / 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PST. MiHoYo said they expect the update to take approximately five hours to go live.

The version 1.5 update will introduce two new 5-star characters; Argenti and Huohuo. The Phase 1 Event Banner will feature Huohuo, who is expected to play a key role in the storyline of version 1.5 due to her tail also being a Heliobi (demon). Yes, we're not making this up. Argenti and Hanya will follow in Phase 2, so start saving up your Stellar Jade.

Huohuo is a 5-star Wind character on the Path of Abundance, who can offer healing, energy restoration and an ATK DMG boost. Argenti is a 5-star Physical character on the Path of Erudition who can consume Energy to deal additional damage. Argenti's Crit DMG will also stack the more enemies he attacks.

Finally, Hanya is a 4-star character on the Path of Harmony, who can place a debuff called Burden on enemies, increasing the DMG they will receive from your party. For the hardcore Honkai Star Rail players, Argenti on paper looks like a dream of a DPS character. Meanwhile, Hanya's alluring appearance and seemingly dark and brooding persona has sparked the interest of casual fans.

The version 1.5 update Event Banners are interesting, as for once Phase 2 is significantly better than Phase 1. Unless you're a massive fan of Huohuo, you won't want to run the risk of getting a Dan Heng or Arlan.

Huohuo is the spotlighted character in the Phase 1 event banner for Version 1.5 update. For those looking to add a new healer to their roster, Huohuo is a 5-Star and offers healing and energy restoration. Unfortunately, the other three drop-rate boosted characters are all very low-tier characters. We wouldn't waste too many Warps on this banner and instead save for Phase 2.

The Phase 2 banner will undoubtedly be the most popular as it offers not only 5-Star Argenti but also 4-Star Hanya plus version 1.4's new healer Lynx.

A re-run of an old banner but the addition of Hanya and Lynx makes this worth Warping for if you're not too big a fan of Argenti.

Ruan Mei and Xueyi have been confirmed for version 1.6 which is expected to drop mid-December.