Honkai Star Rail pity guide: Guaranteed pulls and banners explained
Besides offering turn-based combat and a beautiful open world, Honkai Star Rail is a gacha game at its core. Like other HoYoverse titles, players can use a unique currency to summon powerful characters who can then be used in battles. With the current closed beta of the game, the company enabled the gacha to give the community a taste of what to expect.
Players with experience with Genshin Impact's banner system will find it familiar, as HoYoverse has set up a similar pattern in the ongoing closed beta. Currently, there are four banners in total, one each for Beginner, Character Event, Light Cone, and Standard.
The following article lists everything you need to know regarding the gacha in Honkai Star Rail, alongside the currencies, rate-ups, and more.
As mentioned earlier, players can roll in four banners in total. The following are the ones available in the current beta and their Genshin equivalent to help players understand better:
Typically, all of the banners mentioned above require separate currencies and consist of different pity and rate-up percentages for characters and other gear.
Different banners come with different pity systems and rate-ups on the featured characters. To begin with the beginner banner (Departure Warp), you will be able to obtain a guaranteed 5-star character after pulling/warping 50 times. The currency required for this banner is the same as the standard banner called Star Rail Pass. This is similar to the Acquaint Fate currency in Genshin.
The Character Event banner, on the other hand, requires a different currency to pull, called the Star Rail Special Pass. This is similar to the Intertwined Fate from Genshin Impact. Currently, players will find Selee as the featured 5-star, alongside Natasha,
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