The Honkai: Star Rail 1.4 Banner and event details have been officially announced for the latest patch, titled Jolted Awake From a Winter Dream.

As well as its debut on PS5, and new Trailblazer Continuation and Companion Missions, we're getting the usual two Banner phases and new time-limited events - with the Honaki: Star Rail 1.4 Banners featuring two new 5-Star characters and one new 4-Star.

Below, you can find out the exact 1.4 release date and time, who the new characters are, and what the 1.4 Banners and events schedule is for the upcoming patch.

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Be sure to also check out our Honkai Star Rail codes page to get free Stellar Jade that can be used towards unlocking new characters and weapons.

Honkai Star Rail 1.4 Banners

There are three new playable characters making their debut in version 1.4: Jingliu, Topaz and Numby, and Guinaifen, with the 5-Star Seele returning.

Phase 1 of the 1.4 Banner schedule begins with new Ice attacker of The Destruction Path, 5-Star Jingliu featured in her Gentle Eclipse of the Moon Banner. Jingliu's Phase 1 Banner runs from Wednesday 11th October until Friday 27th October.

The boosted 4-Star characters on Jinglu's Banner are:

Sampo (Wind, The Nihility)Tingyun (Lightning, The Harmony)Qingque (Quantum, The Erudition) Image credit: HoYoverse

In Phase 2 of version 1.4 we have a new Fire attacker of The Hunt Path, 5-Star Topaz and Numby, featured in her Sunset Clause Banner. Returning Quantum attacker of The Hunt path, 5-Star Seele's Butterfly on Swordtip Banner runs alongside Topaz and Numby in Phase 2.

New Fire attacker of The Nihility path, 4-Star Guinaifen, will also be featured on Seele and Topaz and Numby's Banners during Phase 2. These Phase 2 Banners are expected to run from Friday 27th October until Tuesday 21st November.

All of the boosted 4-Star characters on Seele and Topaz and Numby's Banners are:

Guinaifen (Fire, The Nihility)Luka (Physical, The Nihility)Sushang (Physical, The Hunt) Image credit: HoYoverse

In summary, all of the new 5-Star and 4-Star characters you can Warp on during 1.4 are:

Jingliu (Gentle Eclipse of the Moon Banner - Phase 1): New 5-Star Ice character of The Destruction path.Topaz and Numby (Sunset Clause Banner - Phase 2): New 5-Star Fire character of The Hunt path.Seele (Butterfly on Swordtip Banner - Phase 2): Returning 5-Star Quantum character of The Hunt path.Guinaifen (Sunset Clause and Butterfly on Swordtip Banners - Phase 2): New 4-Star Fire character of The Nihility path.

In addition to these new characters, we're getting two new 5-Star Light Cones in the Brilliant Fixation Banner. Jingliu's signature weapon 'I Shall be My Own Sword' of The Destruction path will run alongside her character Banner in Phase 1 of version 1.4. Topaz and Numby's signature 'Worrisome, Blissful' of The Hunt path will then run alongside her Banner in Phase 2.

There will also be a new Light Cone Banner called Bygone Reminiscence that will feature a rerun of Seele's 5-Star 'In the Night' Light Cone during Phase 2 of version 1.4.

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To keep up to date with all future characters and weapons, check out our regularly updated next and current Banners page.

Version 1.4 and the PS5 release is here! Make sure to redeem those new codes for Stellar Jade if you want Jingliu, Topaz, or Seele - and check all characters out on our regularly updated tier list. For everything else, we have pages on the next Banner, Ministry of Education quiz answers, how to get more Star Rail Passes, Stagnant Shadows, and an English voice actors list.

Honkai Star Rail 1.4 events

The Honkai Star Rail 1.4 update includes:

Available on PS5Trailblaze Continuance MissionsCompanion Mission for JingliuNew Jarilo-VI areas - Old Weapon Testing Ground and Pillars of CreationStory replay feature - pause dialogue to explore lore contextNew enemiesAnother Stagnant Shadow added - Shape of ScorchLogin event with 10 Special Passes (ends 14th November)Planar Fissure event (Planar Ornaments double drops - starts 20th October)Realm of the Strange event (Cavern of Corrosion double drops - starts 3rd October) Image credit: HoYoverse

In addition to this lineup of permanent content, login events, and double drop periods, we're getting two limited-time events during the 1.4 update to Honkai Star Rail.

Here's everything we know about these time-limited events in Honkai Star Rail 1.4:

Aetherium Wars event

The Aetherium Wars event starts when the 1.4 update goes live and ends on Monday 13th November. You have to complete the 'Jarilo VI - Future Market (II)' Trailblazer Continuation Mission in order to take part in the event. You can still play Aetherium Wars in its Conventional Memoir form from the events menu after it ends, but you won't get all of the rewards - including the free 4-Star character and chat box.

Aetherium Wars is a video game in the Star Rail universe, and in this time-limited event it moves from online to an in-person fan event called the Interastaral Tournament Festival held on Jarilo-VI.

As for the gameplay, you have to play different 'Victory Zones' across Jarilo-VI, Herta Space Station, and the Xianzhou Luofu to collect Aether Spirits and use them in your battles. These spirits are various enemies you've fought before - from Belobog guards to Fragmentum monsters, to Warp Trotters.

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These Aether Spirits are sorted into three types: mechanical, humanoid, and abhorrent, which act similar to the Elemental type of normal characters. So you have to counter enemies by using the correct type of Aether Spirits. Overlord Aether Spirits are different, as their combat prowess can be improved.

As a reward for completing the required challenges in the Interastaral Tournament Festival, you'll be able to pick a free 4-Star character! You get to choose between: Pela, Serval, Luka, or Hook.

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The other rewards you can earn from the Aetherium Wars event include:

2,240 Stellar Jadex1 Self-Modeling Resinx2 Tracks of DestinyRelic Remains material'Warp Trotter' Chat Box Image credit: HoYoverse

Planar Infinity

Planar Infinity starts Friday, 27th of October and ends on Monday 13th November. You have to clear World 5 of the Simulated Universe in order to take part in the event.

This Simulated Universe event is quite similar to the Simulated Universe in general, but there are additional challenges you can complete to receive altered Blessings and Curios, like Infinite Curios, which keeps them around instead of destroying them after a few uses like normal.

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After completing normal challenges (like hitting a certain number of destructible items), you enter 'Herta's Manic Plain' with your special buffs. This is your end boss for each floor, and once you complete its associated challenge, you'll clear the floor. The more floors you clear, the harder each wave of enemies becomes.

The rewards you can earn from the Planar Infinity event include:

Stellar JadeTracks of DestinyCharacter EXP materialsLight Cone EXP materials Image credit: HoYoverse

Honkai Star Rail 1.4 release date and time in UK, BST, CDT, EDT and PDT

Honkai Star Rail 1.4 will release on Wednesday 11th October. It follows the usual maintenance schedule and release at 4am (BST). Due to time zone differences, 1.4 actually releases in the United States on Tuesday 10th October at 11pm (EDT).

For other time zones, the Honkai Star Rail 1.4 release date and time is:

West Coast US: Tuesday 10th October, 8pm (PDT)Central US: Tuesday 10th October, 10pm (CDT)East Coast US: Tuesday 10th October, 11pm (EDT)UK: Wednesday 11th October, 4am (BST)Europe: Wednesday 11th October, 5am (CEST)Japan: Wednesday 11th October, 12pm (JST)Australia: Wednesday 11th October, 2pm (AET)

As this is only an approximate time for how long the servers are down you might be able to play the 1.4 patch a little before or after the times above, but based on HoYoverse's track record, the times they provide are almost always accurate.

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Hope you have fun during version 1.4!

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