Summary
A new leak fromHonkai: Star Railis teasing the first character skin being developed for the game, featuring one of the free starter characters. The highly-anticipated sci-fi RPG from HoYoverse would debut to massive success earlier this year, quickly racking up tens of millions of downloads from excited players. The game has already featured a plethora of new characters joining its roster withthe recently released Version 1.2introducing Kafka, Blade, and Luka to the cast. Now, the RPG will reportedly welcome its first character skin to the game in the near future.
WhileHonkai: Star Raildoes not currently feature any alternate skins for characters, HoYoverse’s other flagship games have regularly introduced new looks for fan-favorite characters.Genshin Impactwould debut new skins for two of the game’s oldest characters in Klee and Kaeya with the launch of Version 3.8.Honkai Impact 3rdhas also regularly featured new versions of popular characters with a variety of special animations and new gameplay. Now, recent leaks are suggesting that March 7th will be included amongHonkai: Star Rail’s first skins.
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A recent update from prominentHonkai: Star Railleaker Dimbreath has revealed the existence ofa March 7th skin in development. While the post does not feature any concept images for the supposed skin, Dimbreath would confirm its existence and claim its current release date is unknown. March 7th’s supposed skin would likely be among the first released for the game, with fellow HoYoverse RPGGenshin Impacttypically releasing new skinsroughly every four updates.
March 7th being one of the firstHonkai: Star Railcharacters to receive a skin would follow in a trend already established byGenshin Impact. HoYoverse has typically released new skins forGenshin Impactin pairs, featuring both a five-star and four-star character among the sets of skins. The four-star character included is typically one that is available either as a starter character or as a free reward during an accompanying event.March 7th serves as the first permanent party additionplayers receive, aside from the Trailblazer, after starting a newHonkai: Star Railaccount.
March 7th’s first skin comes as a plethora of new characters are set to come toHonkai: Star Railthroughout future patches. HoYoverse would announce Version 1.3’s new characters in the days leading up to Version 1.2’s launch withfive-star characters Imbibitor Lunaeand Fu Xuan joined by the four-star Lynx. Leaks have also teased multiple future five-star characters including Topaz, Jingliu, and Huohuo among others.Honkai: Star Rail’s addition of skins alongside new characters looks to have plenty in store for the RPG’s passionate fanbase.
Honkai: Star Railis available now for PC and mobile devices with a PS5 version releasing in Q4 2023.
