Trailblazing around the galaxy on the Astral Express can be a full-time job, but there’s always time to sit back and enjoy (or engage in) the bountiful Honkai Star Rail events. With stellar interstellar festivities to enjoy, plenty of people to meet, a chock-load of challenges to face, and heaps of great goodies to snag, there’s plenty of fun to be had – and with our help, you can rest assured that you’ll never miss another star rail rendezvous.
After you clear your schedule for all the epic upcoming HSR events, be sure to check out our Honkai Star Rail tier list to check whether your trailblazing team is up to the challenge. We’ve also got a list of all the current and upcoming Honkai Star Rail banners, along with a Honkai Star Rail codes guide to ensure you never miss a freebie.
Here are all the current and upcoming Honkai Star Rail events.
Current Honkai Star Rail events
Realm of the Strange 300%
April 26 – May 3
Gain triple rewards when farming for relics.
Tides of War
April 13 – May 6
A researcher from Herta Space Station has just returned from a vacation to Penacony and come up with an interesting gadget. He invites you to come experience it firsthand. In this unique, 2D RPG-style combat event, you must raise your grit value to activate buffs and defeat various challenge stages in exchange for bountiful rewards.
Cosmodyssey
March 27 – May 6
The Astral Express has received a package from a Nameless – and Pom-Pom is waiting for your return to open it…. Celebrate Honkai Star Rail’s first anniversary by playing the brand new board game, Cosmodyssey. In this inter-galactic, Monopoly-esque game, you must play continuous rounds and work your way around the board to earn points and get rewards.
Unfortunately, your Monopoly Go free dice won’t work here – but you can earn more dice by completing missions and playing every day.
Festive Gifts
March 27 – May 7
Log in for a total of seven days to get a whopping 20 Star Rail Special passes. Additionally, on the game’s anniversary (April 26), you will receive 1.6k stellar jade in your in-game mailbox.
Permanent Honkai Star Rail events
Gift of Odyssey
Recurring event (almost every update)
This login event lets you claim up to ten Star Rail Special Passes just by logging in for seven days during the event period. They don’t even need to be consecutive days!
Turquoise’s Reverie
Permanent event
Clear the Forgotten Hall Memory Stage 3 to obtain the four-star character, Honkai Star Rail’s Qingque.
Trailblazing Will
Permanent event
When you hit certain Trailblaze level milestones, you can head to the event page to claim Star Rail Passes and Stellar Jades. Here are the level requirements and the rewards you can claim:
- Trailblaze level five – ten Star Rail Passes
- Trailblaze level 15 – ten Star Rail Passes
- Trailblaze level 25 – ten Star Rail Passes and 800 Stellar Jades
- Trailblaze level 35 – ten Star Rail Passes and 800 Stellar Jades
Additional Rewards from Stellar Warp
Permanent event
After you complete 300 Warps (or pulls) in the Stellar Warp event, you’re free to choose one free five-star character below to join your team.
- Honkai Star Rail’s Himeko
- Honkai Star Rail’s Welt
- Honkai Star Rail’s Bronya
- Honkai Star Rail’s Gepard
- Honkai Star Rail’s Clara
- Honkai Star Rail’s Yanqing
- Honkai Star Rail’s Bailu
You can only claim this reward once, so be sure to choose wisely! Before you take your pick, check out our Honkai Star Rail tier list to see how each of them rank.
Starkissed Synchrony
Permanent event
The Novice Experience event Starkissed Synchrony offers a variety of rewards when you complete certain tasks. They are:
- Complete the Trailblaze Mission ‘Simulated Universe: First Closed Beta’ to get a free copy of Honkai Star Rail’s Herta
- Complete the Trailblaze Mission ‘Lying in Rust’ to get a free copy of Honkai Star Rail’s Natasha
- Complete the Trailblaze Mission ‘To Rot or to Burn’ to claim a free The Seriousness of Breakfast light cone
- Get to Trailblaze level 20 and claim your level rewards from Pom-Pom aboard the Astral Express to claim the Shared Feeling light cone
- Complete the Trailblaze Mission ‘Trail of the Equilibrium: Part One’ to claim a free Trailblaze-o-scope relic that permanently increases max technique points by one
The Voyage of Navis Astriger
Permanent event
Complete the first stage of this new section of the Forgotten Hall to get four-star character Honkai Star Rail’s Yukong for free.
Simulated Universe: The Swarm Disaster
Permanent event
Herta and her fellow geniuses have upgraded the Simulated Universe to investigate the Swarm Disaster caused by Tayzzyronth, the Aeon of Propagation. Navigate through chess board-like randomly generated domains, fight tough bosses, and work to unlock the path of Propagation in the Simulated Universe. With high risk comes high reward, so you can unlock two self-modeling resins by participating in this event.
Pure Fiction
Permanent event
Mr Xiyan has a new pet that he’s sure you’ll like. Head over to the Spare Time Book Shop and have a look, you might just find an unexpected surprise… In this fresh, permanent challenge mode, you must take on a variety of enemies, making use of unique buffs to take them down. Unlike the Forgotten Hall, when you defeat an enemy they respawn instantly. So, instead of clearing out all of your foes, your goal is to deal as much damage to them as possible within a limited number of cycles.
In each phase of Pure Fiction, you can bag yourself a whopping 720 stellar jades, along with a heap of other goodies. Additionally, completing specific stages for the first time earns you a free copy of the four-star character, Honkai Star Rail’s Lynx. To find out more and get your head around this game mode, check out our Honkai Star Rail Pure Fiction guide.
Dreamscape Pass
Version 2.0
Welcome to Penacony! Upon entering this wonderful new world you unlock the Dreamscape Pass, which you can use to record all of your various experiences and interesting anecdotes from the Dreamscape. Progress through your journey to unlock exclusive stickers and use them to decorate your pass, unlock new pages, and more – just like collecting stamps at an amusement park.
Honkai Star Rail web events
The Astral Express Annual Trailblaze Report
April 26 – May 7
It’s been a whole year since we first hopped aboard the Astral Express, and now it’s time to take part in the Astral Express Annual Trailblaze Report! Look back over your time across the past twelve months, answer questions about your journey, and complete web missions to obtain a total of 180 stellar jade. You can also share anniversary Trailblaze blessings with your friends to earn additional in-game rewards such as credits, fuel, and more.
Head to the event post to learn more and take part today.
Upcoming Honkai Star Rail events
Clockie: DreamJoy Memoir
Version 2.2
Clock Studios, the production company behind the ‘Clockie’ animations, is facing a crisis. With their screen torn, they need all the help they can get – so you step in to help raise money by filming and direction a series of films titled Dreamjoy Memoir.
Take part to earn a variety of rewards including stellar jades, tracks of destiny, and the special, four-star Destruction event light cone, For Tomorrow’s Journey.
The Legend of Galactic Baseballer
Version 2.2
Giovanni has inverted you to test a game… A game based on you! (Things are starting to get a bit ‘meta’, huh?) Defeat enemies from across the universe, synthesize the most powerful weapons in the cosmos, and ascend to the pinnacle of being the Galactic Baseballer, grabbing bountiful rewards along the way.
All About Boothill
Version 2.2
An interstellar cowboy is stirring up a huge amount of trouble in the Cosmos, and multiple factions have issued assignments against him. As someone with outstanding combat skills, this is a great opportunity for you to make some cash…. and some level up materials and stellar jades, too, of course.
Planar Fissure
Version 2.2
Gain double rewards when farming for Planar Ornaments in the Honkai Star Rail Simulated Universe.
Garden of Plenty
Version 2.2
Earn double rewards from Golden and Crimson Calyxes.
That’s all we’ve got on the current and upcoming Honkai Star Rail events. If you fancy a different kind of Hoyo-flavored fun, keep an eye on our Genshin Impact events, Genshin Impact codes, and Genshin Impact tier list guides.