HoYoverse has locked in 13 August 2025 for Honkai: Star Rail’s subsequent main replace, Model 3.5 “Earlier than Their Deaths.” The patch continues the multi-chapter Amphorean storyline that has been unfolding since final 12 months and drops gamers right into a recent slice of lore set a thousand years prior to now. Alongside the narrative push, two five-star characters (Hysilens and Imperator Cerydra) be a part of the roster.
3.5 Highlights Embrace:
- New characters:
- Hysilens (Bodily / Nihility) focuses on damage-over-time (DoT) zones that decrease enemy ATK and DEF.
- Imperator Cerydra (Wind / Concord) buffs a chosen ally with stacking “Army Benefit,” boosting ATK, CRIT DMG, and RES PEN.
- Returning banners: Stellaron Hunters Kafka and Silver Wolf headline the primary and second halves of the warp occasion.
- Story mission: Gamers revisit historic Okhema throughout the Everlasting Recurrence, coping with the law-bearing ruler Cerydra and the fallout of the Deliverer’s promise to Phainon.
- New space: Styxia, the Metropolis of Infinite Revelry, introduces enemy Lygus, who switches between two fight kinds.
- Restricted-time occasions:
- “Chrysos Maze Grand Restaurant” restaurant-management mini-game in Aedes Elysiae.
- “Previous Brews & New Mates” bartender occasion at Dreamjolt Hostelry, that includes returning NPCs.
- High quality-of-life: Voice-toggle possibility lets collaboration characters change between in-game dubbing and unique licensed voice actors.
- Group outreach: HoYoverse will demo the patch at Gamescom with on-site giveaways.
