Update 1.6 in "Hall of Oblivion" and adding new mechanics. The developers have also prepared other innovations, such as temporary events.
This article presents all the known information about update 1.6 in Honkai: Star Rail: we will touch on such points as the release date of the patch, the schedule of banners with the release of characters and the schedule of events.
Honkai: Star Rail 1.6 release date
Update 1.6 in HSR will be released 27 декабря 2023 года. A couple of weeks before the mentioned date, the official streaming platforms will show broadcasts with a brief overview of content.
When will the developers stream on update 1.6?
The official broadcast of patch 1.6 has taken place December 15 2023 year at 14:30 Moscow time. The stream covered the main events of the patch and shared star jade, ×50 credits, ×000 traveler's guides and ×5 purified ether.
What will be the banners
The main representatives of the winter version will be such legendary characters as Xueyi (Destruction: Quantum).
The first phase
date: from December 27, 2023 to January 16, 2024 inclusive.
Legendary Representatives of the first phase of the update will be:
- ruan mei (Harmony: Ice) — new heroine - Member of the “Society of Geniuses” No. 81 and one of the creators of the “Virtual Universe”. Works with Gerta and Skrullum. At the official broadcast I also sat with the listed characters.
- "Stellaron Hunters".
Among epic characters to expect:
Banner "Event Jump: Light Cone", in turn, will allow you to get signature “cards” of the previously named 5-star heroes: “Reflection of the past me” (Path of Harmony) and "Inaccessible Side" (Path of Destruction).
The second phase
date: from January 17 to February 6, 2024 inclusive.
The second half of the update, similar to the build discussed above, will be represented by 5⭐️ heroes:
- Doctor Ratio (Hunt: Imaginary) - new hero - Member of the Guild of Erudite faction and follower of the Path of Aeon Nus. A young and extremely talented scientist who prefers to spread knowledge throughout the Universe rather than sit for research.
- Kafka (Non-Being: Electric) - reran - another member of the Stellaron Hunters organization and close associate of the leader of the said faction, “Slave of Fate” Elio.
The list of epic characters, in turn, will consist of:
The light cones of the weapon banner are the "Baptism of Pure Thought" (Path of the Hunt) and "Just have to wait" (Path of Nothingness).
New characters
The release of winter update 1.6 will bring three new characters - legendary scientists star jade.
ruan mei
Hertha. The life sciences expert secretly enjoys desserts, embroidery and traditional theatre. Ruan Mei is so talented and persistent that it attracted the attention of Aeon Nus from the Path of Erudition, as a result of which she began to study the emergence of life.
Doctor Ratio
Doctor Ratio - a character of an imaginary element, following the Path of the Hunt. A brilliant member of the Guild of Erudites always keeps a mysterious plaster mask with him. Since childhood, the scientist stood out significantly for his talents, but because of this he grew up to be overly honest and proud. Dr. Ratio strives to spread knowledge throughout the world because he believes the universe needs healing from ignorance.
Xueyi
New light cones
Along with the new 5th edition heroes, their signature light cones will appear.
Reflection of the past me
ive skill "The scent of plum in my bones": The owner's penetration effect is increased by 60-100%. After the owner uses a superpower, the damage done by all allies is increased by 24-40% on 3 progress. If the owner's penetration effect becomes greater than or equal to 150%, the unit regains 1 skill point. At the beginning of each wave it is immediately restored 10-20 units energy of all allies. This effect cannot stack with effects of this type.
Baptism of pure thought
ive skill "Thought training": crit. The owner's damage increases by 20-32%. For each existing weakening the enemy has a crit. The damage the owner inflicts on this target increases by additional. 8-12%. This effect can stack up to 3 times. Using a superpower to attack a target inflicts the "Discussion" status on the owner, which increases damage dealt by 36-60% and allows the bonus attack to be ignored 24-40% enemy defense. This effect lasts for 2 turns.
New events
As always, the new version will offer one main event and several regular ones.
Hunting for exotic pets
The pioneer, in the company of other Nameless Ones, will take care of the adorable little creatures on the Hertha space station. Complete various assignments, solve puzzles and take care of adorable creatures to get maximum rewards.
Scented Adventure
A standard combat event that will offer you a chance to fight with a number of regular opponents, as well as the main elite enemies previously encountered as part of the missions Mastering the Hertha Space Station, Yarilo-VI and Lofu Xianzhou. Select your squad based on your opponents' vulnerabilities and fight in the arena at different difficulty levels - normal or hard.
Comet Gift
Another rerun of the Gift of the Odyssey event, allowing you to get 10 Special Star es. The only thing that is required of the player is to enter the game and collect the reward in the so-called “calendar”.
planar split
Complete the Worlds of the “Virtual Universe” and receive double the amount of Mastery experience, consumables and planar decorations.
Realm of strangeness
Fight monsters and elites in the Caverns of Corrosion and earn double Mastery experience, consumables, and cave relics.
New mode Virtual Universe: Gold and Gears
An equally interesting event that will take place within the Hertha space station and will personally introduce the Pathfinder to the talented Ruan Mei. In part, the “Gold and Gears” mode is similar to “Invasion of the Swarm”, which is currently part of the “Virtual Universe”. The pioneer will have to fight monsters and elite opponents, clearing floors and completing built-in missions. The main reward for successfully completing the event is Path of Erudite.
Continuation of the main story of Mastering
Once again visiting the Hertha space station, the Star Express will witness extraordinary and memorable events. The continuation mission of Mastery, in which the Nameless Ones will again find many adventures, will be called "The Crown of Mortal and Divine".
New location on the Hertha space station
The patch will add three floors of a new location on space station Hertha — "isolated zone".
New wonders for the Virtual Universe
In connection with a major update to the “Virtual Universe”, at least 14 wonders will appear in it, for opening which you can get a certain amount star jade.
New mode Pure fiction
The game will feature a new Pure Fiction mode with similar "Hall of Oblivion" tests, phases and positive effects affecting the squad. On the event floors you will have to face an endless number of respawning enemies, for killing which points will be awarded. With each new age, the achieved record will be ed, and the reward given will be deducted in star jades.
Oblivion Hall Update
Along with the emergence of a new event, the star jade. Thus, for each level update you can now earn 720 currency instead of 600.
Free characters
For certain merits, Pioneers will be able to receive two free characters.
Lynx
Completing the second stage of any Pure Fiction phase after completing the adventure mission "Yuqi's Masterful Embellishment" will reward you with an Epic Heroine Lynx.
Doctor Ratio
As a gift for ing the project and winning the game at several award ceremonies in 2023, the Pioneers will receive Doctors Ratio free with the release of the second phase of update 1.6, that is, starting from January 17 2024 years.
New weekly boss
A new weekly boss will be introduced into the game for the “Echoes of War” activity - Bug Lord "Starbreaker": Skarakabaza: Ruan Mei's grown opponent is a copy of the Propagation emanator.
The boss has a quantum type of damage and is able to reduce incoming damage. In the second phase, Skarakabaz summons even more small bugs that explode when killed than in the first phase. His most formidable attack, Collapsed Star Egg, deals massive damage.
Echoes of War: Old Wormhole Crater
The new dungeon “Echoes of War,” in turn, will be located on the territory of the new location of the Hertha space station, in the Isolated Zone.
Other innovations
In update 1.6. There will be several smaller innovations:
- At the start of each new phase of Memories of Chaos, the ability to start ing from level 7. Once you complete a given floor with three stars, all previous levels will automatically be counted as completed. All rewards will be given for completely clearing seven floors of Memories of Chaos.
- There will be a new store in the game where you can use the currency of the Hall of Oblivion and Pure Fiction to buy items such as self-modeling resin and more.
- The new chat topic "Star Petri Dish" is likely being ed off as the "Collecting Exotic Pets" event.
- They will add a new set of stickers with Ruan Mei, Pippi (the dog Arlana) and a couple of cat-cakes.
New stickers from insider c2tr. - В Honors of the Nameless Daily missions will be completely removed. The task of spending 1000 Mastery energy every week will change to gradual use of the resource by 100 units (from 100 to 1600).
- The paid Battle , Glory of the Nameless, will add new ascension material – Tears of Dreams. This resource replaces items for increasing Light Cones and increasing the level of traces of characters of any Paths. For BP levels 15, 20, 25, 35, 40, 45, 50, you will receive a total of 312 Dream Tears.
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