The Honkai: Star Rail 1.3 Banner and event details have been officially announced for the latest patch, titled Celestial Eyes Above Mortal Ruins.

As well as a new Trailblazer Mission, Companion Missions, and Trailblazer Power updates, we're getting the usual two Banner phases and new time-limited events - with the Honaki: Star Rail 1.3 Banners featuring two new 5-Star characters and one new 4-Star.

Below, you can find out the exact 1.3 release time, who the new characters are, and what the 1.3 Banners and events schedule is for the upcoming patch.

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Honkai Star Rail 1.3 Banners

There are three new playable characters making their debut in version 1.3: Imbibitor Lunae, Fu Xuan, and Lynx.

Phase 1 of the 1.3 Banner schedule begins with new Imaginary attacker of The Destruction Path, 5-Star Imbibitor Lunae, featured in his Epochal Spectrum Banner. Imbibitor Lunae's Phase 1 Banner runs from Wednesday 30th August and should end on Wednesday 20th September.

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

Asta (Fire, The Harmony)March 7th (Ice, The Preservation)Yukong (Imaginary, The Harmony) Image credit: HoYoverse

In Phase 2 of version 1.3 we have new Quantum attacker of The Preservation Path, 5-Star Fu Xuan, featured in her Foreseen, Foreknown, Foretold Banner. New Quantum attacker of The Abundance path, 4-Star Lynx, will also be featured on Fu Xuan's Banner during Phase 2. Fu Xuan's Banner is expected to run from Wednesday 20th September until Tuesday 10th October.

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

Hook (Fire, The Destruction)Lynx (Quantum, The Abundance)Pela (Ice, The Nihility) Image credit: HoYoverse

In summary, all of the new 5-Star and 4-Star characters you can Warp on during 1.3 are:

Imbibitor Lunae (Epochal Spectrum Banner - Phase 1): New 5-Star Imaginary character of The Destruction path.Fu Xuan (Foreseen, Foreknown, Foretold Banner - Phase 2): New 5-Star Quantum character of The Preservation path.Lynx (Foreseen, Foreknown, Foretold Banner - Phase 2): New 4-Star Quantum character of The Abundance path.

In addition to these new characters, we're getting two new 5-Star Light Cones in the Brilliant Fixation Banner. Imbibitor Lunae's signature weapon Brighter Than the Sun of The Destruction path will run alongside his character Banner in Phase 1 of version 1.3. Fu Xuan's signature She Already Shut Her Eyes of The Preservation path will then run alongside her Banner in Phase 2.

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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 1.3 events

The Honkai Star Rail 1.3 update includes:

New Trailblaze Mission chapterCompanion Missions for Dan Heng Imbibitor Lunae, Lynx, March 7th, and LukaNew Xianzhou Loufa area - Aurum AlleyTrailblaze Power cap raised to 240Reserved Trailblaze Power addedSimulated Universe Path of Propagation (after event is completed)New Stagnant ShadowsLogin event with 10 Special PassesPhone wallpapersFriend and message updates (including emojis)Planar Fissure event (Planar Ornaments double drops - starts 15th September)Garden of Plenty event (Golden and Crimson Calyx double drops - starts 2nd October) Image credit: HoYoverse

In addition to this lineup of permanent content, login events, and double drop periods, we're getting three limited-time events during the 1.3 update to Honkai Star Rail.

Here's everything we know about all time-limited events in Honkai Star Rail 1.3:

Aurum Alley's Hustle and Bustle

The Hustle and Bustle event in Arrum's Alley starts on Thursday 31st August and ends on Monday 18th September. You have to complete the 'Xianzhou Luofu - Obsequies Performed, A Long Road Ahead' Trailblazer Mission in order to take part in the event.

Aurum Alley is a permanent new area to the Xianzhou Luofu, and is introduced during this Hustle and Bustle event - and you can get a free Sushang character for taking part!

As for the gameplay, the Aurum Alley's Hustle and Bustle event looks a lot like the previous museum event on Belobog, as you have to arrange cargo shipments and plan logistics routes to gain funds. These funds are then used to revamp Arum Alley.

However, this event differs slightly, as it seems you can influence the fate of the alley by siding with the IPC or local merchant guilds.

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While some rewards are tied to completing this event during version 1.3, Aurum Alley's Hustle and Bustle will be permanently replayable in the future through Conventional Memoir and keeps some rewards, such as the Ingenium Dreams phone wallpaper.

The rewards you can earn from the Aurum Alley's Hustle and Bustle event include:

Free Sushang character1,840 Stellar Jadex1 Self-Modeling Resinx1 Star Rail Passx3 Tracks of DestinyIngenium Dreams phone wallpaper Image credit: HoYoverse

Simulated Universe - The Swarm Disaster

The Swarm Disaster event is now permanently available from Wednesday 6th September, so isn't limited to version 1.3. However, you have to clear World 5 in the Simulated Universe in order to take part in the event.

This huge event is billed as an 'expansion' to the Simulated Universe, but its gameplay is actually pretty different than that of the normal Simulated Universe.

You have to navigate through randomly generated domains - with their own unique challenges - by way of a pattern that resembles a chessboard. In these domains, you can take advantage of new Curios, Random Events and the Audience Die and Communing Device. This new system lets you roll a die at the Communing Device before each turn to generate special effects like party buffs, or altering the chessboard.

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All of this work is in search of answers to the mystery surrounding The Propagation Aeon and The Swarm it unleashed in the past, and you're rewarded with conversations with other Aeons when you resonate with specific Path Spaces.

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Additionally, a new boss, The Swarm: True Stings, is waiting at the final domain of the third plane of each exploration. This boss can split and multiply, so you have to control the battlefield effectively to defeat it in combat.

Once you complete this event, you'll permanently gain access to the Path of Propagation in the Simulated Universe.

The rewards you can earn from the Simulated Universe - The Swarm Disaster event include:

x2 Self-Modeling ResinStellar JadeStar Rail PassesTracks of DestinyRelic Remains materialCredits Image credit: HoYoverse

Space Station Task Force

Space Station Task Force starts on Monday 25th September and ends on Monday 9th October. You have to be at least Trailblazer Level 21 in order to take part in the event.

The Space Station Task Force event resembles the Assignments feature, as you have to send a team of characters out to collect rewards. However, for this event your teams are ranked, and the higher the rank, the more rewards you receive.

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The rewards you can earn from the Space Station Task Force event include:

Stellar JadeLight Cone Level Up materialsRelic EXP materialsCredits Image credit: HoYoverse

Honkai Star Rail 1.3 release date and time in UK, BST, CDT, EDT and PDT

Honkai Star Rail 1.3 will release on Wednesday 30th August. It follows the usual maintenance schedule and releases at 4am (BST). Due to time zone differences, 1.3 actually releases in the United States on Tuesday 29th August at 11pm (EDT).

For other time zones, the Honkai Star Rail 1.3 release date and time is:

West Coast US: Tuesday 29th August, 8pm (PDT)Central US: Tuesday 29th August, 10pm (CDT)East Coast US: Tuesday 29th August, 11pm (EDT)UK: Wednesday 30th August, 4am (BST)Europe: Wednesday 30th August, 5am (CEST)Japan: Wednesday 30th August, 12pm (JST)Australia: Wednesday 30th August, 1pm (AEST)

As this is only an approximate time for how long the servers are down you might be able to play the 1.3 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 1.3!

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