'Honkai: Star Rail' Upcoming Banners: Kafka and Every Leaked Character Ahead of 2.0

Mark your calendars. Unfortunately, there isn’t enough free Stellar Jade around to pull for

Element: Lightning
Path: The Nihility
Expected Release: Version 1.2

Gamers are down bad for Kafka. This femme fatale has a few pieces of lore floating around about her wavering sanity — like the Fermata Light Cone memory. It’s as if nothing matters to her, so long as it follows Destiny Slave Elio’s script. She earned the “dommy mommy” reputation the moment she appeared in the prologue, miming the movements of a violin as the Antimatter Legion tore apart Herta’s Space Station.

Despite the hype about her personality, she’s also supposed to be a legitimately useful character. You might be able to tell from just using her abilities in the trial run during the prologue. Leakers predict she will release in the same update as her fellow Stellaron Hunter, Blade.

Blade

Element: Wind
Path: The Destruction
Expected Release: Version 1.2

If you’re down bad for emo boys, then Blade is for you. Like the rest of the Stellaron Hunters, he follows Destiny Slave Elio’s command as if it were the law itself. He apparently “abandoned his body” to become a blade, a process that has left his body and mind with as many cracks as the ancient sword that he wields. Blade is a Destruction character with a self-healing ability, which might make for some interesting team comps with HP-dependent or non-healing teammates.

Blade was a character in the Honkai: Star Rail beta, so he’s coming for sure. He just won’t be available until at least the Honkai: Star Rail 1.2 update. Players should already know him if they played through the current Star Rail story arc up to the Xianzhou Luofu.

Luka

Element: Physical
Path: The Nihility
Expected Release: Version 1.2

Like Seele, Luka is a member of Belobog’s Wildfire group. His most notable physical trait is his mechanical arm, which doesn’t seem to get in the way of his fighting prowess. Luka is known as a skilled martial artist with an optimistic attitude that uplifts others spirits. He hasn’t appeared in the story yet, but HoYoverse confirmed him as an official character on its social media pages. It’s rumored that he will be a four-star character on one of the banners in Honkai: Star Rail version 1.2.

Fu Xuan

Element: Quantum
Path: The Preservation
Expected Release: Version 1.3

Fu Xuan is the leader of the Divination Commission, known for predicting events and looking into others’ minds using psychic powers. Also known as the Master Diviner, she holds a high position in the Xianzhou Luofu as one of its Six Charioteers (like a certain general that just released). She first appeared in the “Witness” trailer that debuted in the 2022 Tokyo Game Show.

So far, it seems like Fu Xuan will be the first Preservation character to appear in a limited-time banner. If you don’t end up building a better character from the Fire Trailblazer, March 7th, or Gepard, she might be worth looking into as a defender. She’s especially worth considering if you don’t pull a Quantum character by then.

Dan Heng IL

Element: Imaginary
Path: The Destruction
Expected Release: Version 1.3

The IL in Dan Heng IL stands for “Imbibitor Lunae.” HoYoverse hasn’t confirmed this character, but he’s appeared in enough leaked cutscenes that it’s hard to imagine that he wouldn’t appear in a story quest.

Dan Heng IL is supposedly the same person as Dan Heng, but you have to pull for him separately because he looks and fights differently than his 4-star counterpart. Honkai Impact 3rd does something similar with different versions of the same character.

Black Swan

Element: N/A
Path: N/A
Expected Release: N/A

Black Swan is the card reader from the Honkai: Star Rail Myriad Celestia Trailer, which goes over the different Aeons that are important to the game’s story.