Honkai: Star Rail Banner & Event Schedule

Every limited character banner in Honkai: Star Rail has a hard cap: 90 pulls on the same banner guarantees a 5★, and the rate climbs sharply starting around pull 74 (that 74 mark is a community estimate from tens of thousands of tracked pulls, not an official published number). Getting a 5★ does not mean getting the one you wanted — the system runs on a 50/50: half the time it is the featured limited character, half the time it is a random standard character from the shared pool. If you "lose" that 50/50 once, your very next 5★ on a limited banner is guaranteed to be the featured character — nobody loses twice in a row.

Light Cones run a different set of numbers, so do not carry the character math over: the hard cap is 80 pulls, and the odds of hitting the featured signature Light Cone are 75/25 instead of 50/50. Pull counts carry over cleanly between banners of the same type only (character banner into the next character banner, Light Cone banner into the next Light Cone banner) — switching between the two types does not stack. Base drop rates are 0.6% per pull for a 5★ and 5.1% for a 4★, and 4★ has its own mini-pity: every 10 pulls guarantees at least one 4★ item.

If the current version has a special crossover collab (a partnership outside Honkai: Star Rail's own cast), consider prioritizing it first: these banners are widely expected not to return a second time, though that is inference from precedent rather than an official confirmation — do not bank on "saving for the rerun" with this type of banner. For regular character banners, ask whether the character actually fills a team role you are missing rather than pulling purely for splash art.

The signature Light Cone bundled with a banner usually gives stats and a passive tuned specifically for that character — worth chasing if you plan to run them long-term, but not required for them to be strong. If you are newer or budgeting your Stellar Jade, the newcomer banner (Departure Warp) is the safe pick: discounted, guarantees a 5★ within exactly 50 pulls, and can only be used once per account, so do not miss the window. Long-term players should also remember the 300-pull cumulative milestone on the standard (Stellar/Standard) banner, which lets you choose a specific 5★ outright — a reliable fallback if the current limited banner does not fit your roster.

This page does not keep a dedicated "rerun watchlist" or "Teased/Roadmap" list, since future banner schedules shift often and community trackers frequently disagree by a few days. Honkai: Star Rail tends to rotate reruns over a span of several versions, so older characters generally do come back eventually, but an exact date is only ever confirmed by HoYoverse close to the banner's launch.

The safest way not to miss it is to follow official channels (in-game notices, the Honkai: Star Rail social accounts and Discord) — and check back here: the moment HoYoverse locks in a schedule, that banner appears on the live table above automatically, no digging required.

Major updates usually bundle free 5★ rewards through story or login events, plus a batch of extra Stellar Jade and Warp passes beyond the normal daily grind — worth stacking up before deciding which banner to pull, since your available Warp pass count directly determines whether you can actually reach the 90/80 cap. Beyond the banner itself, a new version typically brings a new map or area, time-limited events, and cosmetics — these do not change Warp rules but do affect whether it is worth spending Stellar Jade right away or holding it for the next banner.

When a banner is currently running, the countdown at the top runs in real time and refreshes itself, so you always know exactly how long you have to decide before it is too late — no need to convert time zones from the in-game notice yourself. Every character or Light Cone shown in a banner links straight to its build page, so you know exactly how to gear and slot them the moment you pull one. If you are unsure how close your own pull count is to the cap, the site's Pity calculator works it out for you from the pulls you have actually spent, no manual counting required.