Honkai Star Rail 4.0 Leaked Info – Everything You Need To Know

With the release of the beta for Honkai Star Rail version 4.0, players will now be able to have a small glimpse into what this new patch of updates from version 4.0 onwards have in store for them in terms of map, contents and characters, thanks to the various leaked information from trusted sources.

Therefore, let’s have a good look into the leaked information for Honkai Star Rail version 4.0. Please keep in mind that since this is leaked information, despite being from a trusted source, this information is subject to change and can be greatly altered when the official release of the character is out, so take this information with a grain of salt. Credits to Hakushin for this amazing leaked information.

Brand New Planet & Destination – Planarcadia

With the release of Honkai Star Rail Version 4.0 Update Patch, players will have the chance to travel to the Astral Express next important destination and planet – Planarcardia.

It is said that Planarcardia is a location that is under the protection of the IPC, yet is one of the important domains of Aha – The Aeon of Elation. Players will be able to explore various areas, locations and solve puzzles related to Elation while visiting this planet.

Additionally, players will be able to meet and experience various art-based locations and be able to partake in amazingly entertaining activities alongside the locals there like dancing, painting and even online streaming.

Brand New Enemies & Bosses

Alongside the brand new location, players will also encounter brand new enemies in their journey in Planarcardia.

These enemies are heavily art-based with various designs and mechanics based on various artforms like painting, singing, dancing and more. 

These enemies will have special mechanics that are similar to what the Remnants of Twilight combat event in version 3.8 require players to challenge, like split battlefields, special HP Counts and more. 

A brand new world boss to provide brand new Character Ascension material will be added in addition to an entirely brand new Weekly boss as well.

Brand New Characters

Of course, the main attraction to the Honkai Star Rail version 4.0 are the leaks regarding the upcoming playable characters and we now have information on 2 of them: the 5-star Physical Elation character Yao Guang and the 5-star Fire Elation character Sparxie.

Yao Guang is an upcoming 5-star Physical element character of the brand new special Elation Path. From her initial skill kit and details, Yao Guang seems to serve as a dedicated support character for the Elation Path team, with her abilities to boost the team’s overall Elation Damage Dealt and trigger an additional Aha Instant damage even when the Aha Instant have yet to arrive, allowing the Elation team to essentially trigger their gimmick for more damage more frequently.

Sparxie is an upcoming 5-star Fire Element character of the brand new path of Elation. Her skill kit focuses on her consuming as much Skill Point as possible to massively enhance the damage output of her Enhanced Basic Attack and boost the Elation Damage output of the team to maximize the Aha Instant damage.

Players will have the chance to roll for them when the version 4.0 releases.

Brand New Path and Mechanics

Alongside the new major 4.0 update patch and the release of 2 brand new characters, an entirely new playable Path has been unlocked in the form of the Elation path.

The Elation Path characters and abilities revolve mainly around these important different gimmicks: The Aha Instant, Elation Skills, Certified Banger status and Punchline stacks. Additionally, with the introduction of the Elation path, a brand new stat called the Elation Damage stat is introduced into the game for players to consider when building Elation characters.

To keep it simple, the goal of the Elation path is to facilitate the special Aha Instant by supplying it with as many Punchlines stacks as possible, generated by the various Elation characters in the game. Afterward, once the Aha Instant takes action, all Elation characters’ Elation skill will activate, dealing special Elation damage to enemies proportional to the amount of Punchline stacks consumed by the Aha Instant.

The brand new Elation path mechanics requires players to slot in a maximum of 3 different Elation characters to maximize the effect of the Aha Instant, so players can expect more Elation characters to come in the upcoming version updates.

Old Character Skill Kit Buffs And Revamp

To help with the release of the brand new Elation path and to catch old characters up to newer standards, special Skill kit buffs will also be introduced to 2 old 5-star characters: the 5-star Quantum Harmony character Sparkle and the 5-star Wind Nihility Characters Black Swan.

Sparkle has received a massive overhaul to help her support ability further when used in a Skill Point centric team, allowing her to support the team much more efficiently with better buffs and a special Skill Point reservoir effect.

Black Swan’s improvement is overall quite easy to understand: with the new buffs, all of Black Swan attacks will now inflict a set amount of Arcana stacks on enemies and reduce their defenses. These overall buffs make Black Swan into a more reliable debuffer for DoT team and help improve the team’s damage uptime overall.

Brand New Lightcones and Relic Sets

Of course, with the release of the Elation path, brand new Lightcones of the path has also been added to the game to allow players to equip the brand new Elation characters with some premium and F2P options:

– Sneering (3-star Lightcone): When Aha Instant is activated, the wearer’s Elation increases by 16%, lasting until Aha Instant ends.

– Lingering Tears (3-star Lightcone): When Punchline is 10 or more, the wearer’s CRIT DMG increases by 20%.

– Mushy Shroomy’s Adventure (4-star Lightcone): Increases the wearer’s Elation by 12%. When the wearer uses an Elation Skill, increases Elation DMG taken by all enemies by 8% for 2 turn(s).

– Today’s Good Luck (4-star Lightcone): Increases the wearer’s CRIT Rate by 12%. When the wearer uses an Elation Skill, increases Elation by 10%, stacking up to 3 times.

– Dazzled by a Flowery World (5-star Lightcone/ Sparxie’s signature lightcone): Increases the wearer’s CRIT DMG by 36%. While the wearer is on the field, for every Elation character on the team, increases the Skill Point upper limit by 1, up to a max increase of 3. For every 1 Skill Point the wearer consumes, ignores 5% of enemy targets’ DEF when this unit deals Elation DMG, and increases all allies’ Elation by 5%. This effect can stack up to 4 time(s). Light Cone effects of the same type cannot stack.

– When She Decided to See (5-star Lightcone/ Yao Guang’s Signature Lightcone): Increases the wearer’s SPD by 18%. When the wearer enters combat or uses Ultimate on an ally target, the wearer gains “Great Fortune” for 3 turn(s). While the wearer has “Great Fortune,” all allies’ CRIT Rate increases by 10%, CRIT DMG increases by 30%, and the wearer’s Energy Regeneration Rate increases by 12%.

Additionally, 2 brand new relic sets will also be releasing with the 4.0 update, both focusing on boosting the power and skill kit of the brand new Elation characters:

– Ever-Glorious Magical Girl:

2-Pc: Increases CRIT DMG by 16%.

4-Pc: The Elation DMG dealt by the wearer and their memosprites ignores 10% of targets’ DEF. For each 5 accumulated Punchline allies gained, the Elation DMG dealt additionally ignores 1% of targets’ DEF, which stacks up to 10 time(s).

– Diviner of Distant Reach:

2-Pc: Increases SPD by 6%.

4-Pc: Before entering combat, if the wearer’s SPD is greater than or equal to 120/160, increases the wearer’s CRIT Rate by 10%/18%. When the wearer uses Elation Skill for the first time in each battle, enhances all allies’ Elation by 10%. This effect cannot stack.

Conclusion

With that, we have gone over all of the important leaked information players need to know about Honkai Star Rail version 4.0 Update Patch. If you are excited about the update patch, don’t forget to top up in Honkai Star Rail with the help of Enjoygm – the best top up site to date!