Summary
Honkai: Star Railplayers are getting a special gift from HoYoverse, commemorating a milestone for the game’s PS5 version with free Stellar Jades for all players. The sci-fi RPG from HoYoverse saw massive success following its launch on PS5 and mobile devices in April, quickly achieving huge player counts.Honkai: Star Railreportedly saw more than 20 million downloads within the first 24 hours of its launch andStar Rail’s first gacha banner featuring Seeleearned more than $28 million in less than two weeks. Now, HoYoverse is celebrating another milestone for the game.
While HoYoverse had officially confirmedHonkai: Star Railwould come to PS4 and PS5 before its launch, the Sony version finally saw its debut nearly six months later.Star Railreceived its official console launch on October 11 with the debut of the PS5 version, following a short testing period beforehand. The PS5 release coincided with the launch ofStar Rail’s Version 1.4 update, introducing five-star characters Jingliu and Topaz to the game. Now, the PS5 version has hit a major milestone with rewards coming for players.
HoYoverse has reportedly begun to roll out free Stellar Jade rewards to celebratethe PS5 version hitting one million players. Players logging ontoHonkai: Star Railwill be able to redeem 380 Stellar Jades through the in-game mail system, good enough for just over two pulls in the game’s gacha system. In their post to theHonkai: Star Railsubreddit, Reddit user JohnDestiny2 also noted that the rewards will be sent to all players, not being exclusive to those on the PS5 version.
Honkai: Star Rail’s newest rewards campaign is far from the first time the sci-fi RPG has given out free gifts to players. Each update to the game typically includes a new “Gift of Odyssey” event, rewarding players with up to 10 Star Rail Special Passes for logging into the game for seven days. HoYoverse also frequently revealsnew special redeemable codes forHonkai: Star Railthat players can use to gain free Stellar Jades and other in-game resources.
The new batch of free Stellar Jades inHonkai: Star Railcomes as the RPG has several highly-anticipated characters on the way. The recent release of the Version 1.5 update welcomedthe addition of five-star healer Huohuoto the game’s roster, with five-star Physical Erudition character Argenti launching later in the update. HoYoverse has also already confirmed the new characters for the following Version 1.6, with Ruan Mei and Dr. Ratio appearing as new five-star units and Xueyi as a new four-star character. Players looking to save forHonkai:Star Rail’s upcoming characters will get a little boost from HoYoverse’s newest gift.
Honkai: Star Rail
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