Honkai Star Rail Banners Guide — Current, Next, and Everything In Between
Keeping track of Honkai Star Rail banners can feel like a part-time job. They rotate every three weeks, new characters show up without much warning, and if you blink at the wrong moment you might miss a rerun you’ve been waiting months for. This guide keeps everything in one place — current banners, upcoming ones, the standard pool, and how the beginner banner works for anyone just starting out.
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What’s on the Current Honkai Star Rail Banners?
The current banners are running reruns for two fan favourites — Aglaea and Sunday. Both banners are live from January 28 to February 12, 2026, so you’ve got a limited window if either of them has been sitting on your wish list.
Tailored Fate — Phase Three The featured five-star here is Aglaea, with four-star support from Tingyun, Yukong, and Dan Heng rounding out the banner.
Eyes to the Stars — Phase Three Sunday headlines this one, again supported by Tingyun, Yukong, and Dan Heng on the four-star side.
Light Cone Banners — Phase Three
For the Bygone Reminiscence banner tied to Aglaea, the featured five-star light cone is Time Woven Into Gold, which is a Remembrance path cone. The four-stars are Geniuses’ Greetings, Trend of the Universal Market, and Dance! Dance! Dance!
The Sunday-aligned version of Bygone Reminiscence features A Grounded Ascent as its five-star, a Harmony cone, with the same four-star selection underneath it.
What’s Coming Next in Version 4.0?
Version 4.0 is bringing some genuinely interesting stuff. The new five-star Yao Guang gets a banner that runs across both phases of the update — starting February 13 and continuing until the version ends. That’s a longer window than most limited characters get, which is worth keeping in mind if your Stellar Jade situation is a bit rough right now.
Here’s the full breakdown of what’s coming.
Phase One Banners — February 13 to March 4, 2026
Gleam of a Thousand Plumes — Yao Guang Yao Guang is the headline five-star, supported by Pela, Hanya, and Qingque as the four-star options.
Indelible Coterie — Phase One Reruns Running alongside Yao Guang, this banner brings back Evernight, Hysilens, and Black Swan for players who missed them the first time around. The four-stars are Pela, Hanya, and Qingque again.
Light Cones — Phase One
The Brilliant Fixation banner spans both phases, featuring When She Decided To See as its five-star light cone — a Elation path cone that pairs naturally with Yao Guang. Four-stars are Planetary Rendezvous, Resolution Shines As Pearls of Sweat, and The Story’s Next Page.
The Coalesced Truths banner in phase one is a nice one for players hunting specific cones — it features three different five-stars: To Evernight’s Stars, Why Does the Ocean Sing, and Reforged Remembrance. The four-stars match the Brilliant Fixation selection.
Phase Two Banners — March 3 Until End of Version 4.0
Project: Party Time — Sparxie The second new five-star of version 4.0 is Sparxie, who takes over as the featured character in phase two. Pela, Hanya, and Qingque continue as the four-star options.
Indelible Coterie — Phase Two Reruns Phase two’s rerun banner brings Cerydra, Rappa, and Sparkle back into rotation. Again, Pela, Hanya, and Qingque fill out the four-star slots.
Light Cones — Phase Two
The Brilliant Fixation banner updates in phase two with a new five-star light cone — Dazzled by a Flowery World, another Elation cone. Four-stars stay the same as phase one.
The Standard Warp Banner — Always Available
The Standard Warp is a permanent banner, meaning it never goes away and doesn’t have a ticking clock attached to it. It’s a solid place to spend leftover tickets or to work toward guaranteed characters over time.
A few things worth knowing about how it works. You’re guaranteed at least one four-star every ten pulls, and at least one five-star every 90 pulls. After 300 pulls on the standard banner specifically, you get to choose one five-star character from the standard pool directly — which is a nice safety net for long-term players.
Hoyoverse added Blade, Fu Xuan, and Seele to the standard pool as part of the second anniversary celebration. They also introduced the Celestial Invitation system, which lets you pick seven out of the ten available five-star characters to keep in your pool. The remaining three get removed from your possible pulls, which means you can stop wasting pity on characters you already have or simply don’t want. That’s a genuinely useful feature that a lot of players don’t take full advantage of.
There’s also a Golden Companion Spirit system now — if you pull a duplicate of a maxed Eidolon five-star twice, you earn a Golden Companion Spirit that lets you buy a five-star character from the in-game shop. It’s a long road to get there, but it’s worth knowing it exists.
Five-Star Characters in the Standard Pool (choose seven of ten via Celestial Invitation): Clara, Welt, Himeko, Gepard, Bronya, Yanqing, Bailu, Blade, Fu Xuan, and Seele.
Five-Star Light Cones in the Standard Pool: Night on the Milky Way, Something Irreplaceable, But the Battle Isn’t Over, In the Name of the World, Moment of Victory, Sleep Like the Dead, and Time Waits for No One — covering a range of paths from Erudition and Destruction to Harmony, Nihility, Preservation, The Hunt, and Abundance.
The four-star character pool is extensive, including long-standing roster staples like March 7th, Dan Heng, Pela, Tingyun, Herta, Natasha, Serval, Sampo, Hook, Sushang, Qingque, Yukong, Luka, Lynx, Guinaifen, Hanya, Xueyi, Misha, Gallagher, Moze, and Arlan. The four-star light cone selection is similarly wide, spanning all paths.
The Beginner Warp — Worth Using If You’re New
If you just started playing, the Beginner Warp — also called the Departure Warp — is worth jumping into straight away. It gives you a 20% discount on your first ten-pull, meaning you only spend eight tickets for ten pulls instead of the usual ten. You can pull on it up to 50 times total.
Within those 50 pulls, you’re guaranteed at least one four-star every ten warps and one five-star before you hit the cap. The character and light cone pool mirrors the standard banner, so check the list above to know what you’re working with.
It’s not the flashiest banner in the game, but the discount and the guaranteed five-star make it a smart first move before you start spending on limited banners.
We’ll keep this updated as new information drops for upcoming versions. If you want to make the most of your pulls, it’s always worth cross-referencing the current tier list before you commit your Stellar Jade — some banners are worth prioritising over others depending on where your roster has gaps.
