What’s new in Honkai: Star Rail patch 1.2?
Honkai: Star Rail just launched its 1.2 update, and it’s actually a big one. Not only does it feature new story and characters, but there’s new content to farm out, as well as new relics.
It can be overwhelming to log in and see a bunch of red dots on everything, indicating all the new content, so here’s a breakdown of the biggest updates in Honkai: Star Rail’s 1.2 update.
The Trailblaze Missions centered on Xianzhou Luofu nears its conclusion in the new patch, wrapping up our journey on this history-rich area. We still have questions, so it seems like there may be more to come, but this new story addition does add the final (?) boss fight, just like Cocolia’s in Jarilo-VI.
As you go through the new story quests, you’ll run through two new maps: Alchemy Commission and Scalegorge Waterscape. Each one comes complete with a new set of chests to find, puzzles to solve, and a new type of bad guy to take down.
There’s a new Stagnant Shadow boss (the ones you have to fight for character ascension material) and a new Echo of War boss (the ones you have to fight for trace ascension material).
Both are locked behind the story, and Blade uses materials from both of these to level up, so if you pulled Blade from gacha, then you’ll need to complete the story in order to properly level him up.
That said, Blade, the new five-star Wind Destruction character is out now. He consumes his own HP to deal massive damage (and regain some of that HP back), so if that type of playstyle entices you, he’ll be on the gacha banner for about three weeks.
After he rotates out on Aug. 8, Kafka, the Lightning Nihility Stellaron Hunter that everyone has been waiting for, will join the game via gacha. Alongside her, a new four-star character named Luka w
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