Together with the release of Honkai Star Rail Version Update 3.7 and the release of Cyrene, some of the players in the beta server now have access to the date for the upcoming version update 3.8, including special brand new map, locations, upcoming bosses, enemies and of course, upcoming characters and gameplay changes, So prepare for the future of Honkai Star Rail with the help of Enjoygm, the amazingly cheap top up service for Honkai Star Rail!
Brand New Story & Maps
The first important thing that will be updated for the version update 3.8 is the continuation of the Trailblazing Main Quest, this time, returning to the Planet of Festivities Penacony.
From the leaks we can see, after the end of the Amphoreus Saga, the Trailblaze will return to Amphoreus and be able to explore a brand new area belonging to the Oak Family called the Dream of Gnawing Oak. It would seem that once again, this area will be linked to the Destruction based on the contents present in the map. So perhaps we will once again have an encounter with the Destruction in the 3.8 Main Story Quest.
Brand New Enemies
Together with the release of a new main story quest and a brand new map, players will have to face brand new enemies and a totally brand new boss with entirely new mechanics to look out for.
The boss enemy for the version Update patch 3.8 will be the Calamity BOSS, what looks like a Propagation infected warrior of Glamoth. He is weak to Physical, Fire and Wind and has weaknesses for these 3 elements.
The main gimmick of the boss is the ability to constantly summon ally stings and deal Fire Elemental damage to the entirety of your team. You will need to break the weakness of the enemies as quickly as possible in order to gain special benefits to allow the team to deal more damage against the boss.
Some of the boss’ abilities allows a designated ally to immediately take action and gain extra Break Effect and deal Extra Break damage in exchange for being targeted by all of the Stings on the field, so players should take advantage of this to bring a Break centric team to deal with the boss as quickly as possible.
Brand New Character & Signature Lightcone
Of course, alongside the release of a new update patch beta, players will have the chance to test out an entirely brand new teased character for the update patch. This time, the character that players will be able to roll for during the 3.8 patch is The Dahlia – A 5-Star Character following the Path of Nihility.
From the leaks from the beta server concerning The Dahlia, she seems to be intended as another addition for the Break-centric team and is intended to replace either Lingsha, Harmony Trailblazer or Ruanmei for the Break Team with her ability to elevate Break Efficiency and allow the team to deal Super Break damage even when the enemies aren’t weakness broken.
Alongside her, her signature lightcone will also be available for players to roll. It is confirmed that The Dahlia is the only brand new 5-star character that will be rated up during the 3.8 patch and the other banners will be reruns.
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Simulated & Divergent Universe Updates
Alongside a brand new character coming to version 3.8 of Honkai Star Rail, there will be updates to the game’s roguelike gamemodes – Simulated and Divergent Universe.
Several brand new Curios will be added to the Divergent Universe, allowing players to run more versatile teams and enhanced more units with the help of these brand new Curios:
| Curio | Name | Effect |
 | Interstellar Roaming Pager | When there are 4 Quantum characters in the team, the Quantum Entanglement state DMG inflicted on enemy targets increases by 5000%, and the stack limit increases to 10 layers. |
 | Absolute Sound Quality | When a Fire ally target is attacked or loses HP, gains a Shield equal to 100% of HP loss for 2 turn(s). For every 100 Shield Effect(s) obtained, Break Effect increases by 5%. |
 | Antimatter Engine Controller | When there are 1/2/3/4 ally character(s) on the field, after every 1/2/3/4 attack(s) used by Destruction characters, deals Additional DMG equal to 300% of ATK. |
 | Winterfish Summerherb | When a Fire character uses a Skill, there is a 20% fixed chance to recover 1 Skill Point(s), triggering up to 2 time(s) per turn. Also increases CRIT DMG by 20%, stacking up to 4 time(s). |
 | Frozen Virtue | ncreases Preservation characters’ provided Shield Effect by 40%. When providing Shields, increases CRIT DMG by 25%, stacking up to 4 times. |
 | Encouragement for You | When Remembrance characters and their memosprites use an ability on an ally target, the target and their memosprite’s next 3 attack(s) will be considered as Follow-Up ATK. |
 | Sealing Wax of Trailblaze | When obtaining this Curio, immediately gains 1 random Blessing(s) of each Path. When obtaining an Equation, immediately gains 3 Blessing(s) required to complete the Equation, triggering up to 1 time(s) per Domain. |
 | Sage’s Leaf Robe (Exalted) | When obtaining this Curio, immediately gains 3 3-star Blessing(s). After achieving victory in Encounter, Conversion and Boss Domains, gains 3 random Blessing(s) of 1- to 3-star rarity. |
 | Green Miracle (Exalted) | When obtaining this Curio, immediately gains 600 Cosmic Fragments. After winning a battle, gains 32 Cosmic Fragments for each character at full health. |
 | Express Fragment Memorial Plaque (Exalted) | When obtaining this Curio, immediately gains 1 Equation(s) of 3-star rarity. Automatically activates all Equations of 3-star rarity or below during combat. |
 | Medal of the Gloryblood Era (Limited) | Transform Combat, Encounter, Occurrence, Reward, and Wealth domains into Blank Domains. When entering these domains, obtain 100.0–200 Cosmic Fragments, 1.0–2 random Blessing(s), and 0.0–1 Curio(s) of 1- to 3-star rarity |
 | Medal of the Gloryblood Era (Limited) | When obtaining this Curio and when entering the 2nd and 3rd dimensions, receive different amounts of Golden Blood’s Boon, Cosmic Fragment, Blessings, and Curios based on the current Domain protocol level |
 | Bursting A-Ruan Pouch | When obtaining this Curio, gain 1 Equation(s) of 3-star rarity and 5 Blessing(s) needed for the Equations |
 | Featherlight Inscription | Greatly increases the chances for 2 Occurrences to happen in Occurrence, Reward, and Encounter Domains. This Curio has a chance to be discarded after entering these domains |
 | Sage’s Leaf Robe (Dormant) | When obtaining this Curio, immediately gains 1 1-star Blessing(s). After achieving victory in Encounter, Conversion and Boss Domains, gains 1 random Blessing(s) of 1- to 3-star rarity. |
 | Green Miracle (Dormant) | When obtaining this Curio, immediately gains 150 Cosmic Fragments. After winning a battle, gains 8 Cosmic Fragments for each character at full health. |
 | Darksea Bait Chunks | Upon obtaining this Curio or after every 3 battle(s), randomly gains one of the following effects: Gains 15% of current Cosmic Fragments. Loses 10% of current Cosmic Fragments. |
 | Black Hole Sugar Maker | When successively entering Combat, Occurrence, Encounter, Reward, or Wealth Domains, massively increases the chance for additional treasures to appear. |
 | Transform!!! | Upon entering battle, increases all allies’ CRIT DMG by 50%. This Curio is destroyed after winning a combat. Every 4 Technique Point(s) consumed repairs this Curio. |
 | Express Fragment Memorial Plaque (Dormant) | When obtaining this Curio, immediately gains 1 Equation(s) of 1-star rarity. Automatically activates all Equations of 1-star rarity or below during combat. |
 | Eye of Overseer | Upon entering the Domain, loses 125 Cosmic Fragments. When losing this Curio, obtains 1 random 3-star Curio(s). |
Important Gameplay Changes
Finally, some of the most important leaks that players can expect from version 3.8 of Honkai Star Rail onward are the changes to the battle system and the introduction of several gameplay features:
Firstly, the enemies on the field will now be separated into different Front Row and Back Row Enemies, with up to 10 enemies appearing on the battlefield at once. Back Row enemies can’t be attacked by Single Target and Blast Attacks.
Secondly, a special HP Count mechanic will be introduced, where a special counter will appear on both the enemy and allies. If the enemy or ally is hit a certain amount of time, they will not lose HP but instead is immediately downed if their HP count reaches 0. Even healing and shielding can’t prevent the HP Count from decreasing.
Thirdly, a special dual battlefield effect will be introduced, where you can deploy 2 teams at the same time and they will rotate to fight the enemies, attacks from 1 battlefield can’t affect the other battlefield.
Finally, data indicates that there will be a special brand new DoT for Ice Elemental characters, meaning that there will be a future DoT character of the Ice Element that can inflict this special DoT effect on enemies and deal max HP based damage.
Conclusion
And that’s all the important leaks we can cover for the version update 3.8 for Honkai Star Rail.
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