Honkai: Star Rail 4.4 — In Ravages Does the Whistle Sound: Full Patch Guide

New Character & Phase 1 Banners

Himeko • Nova debuts as a new 5-star Fire Erudition character. She wields the mech Starblazer in battle and is the featured banner character for Phase 1, which runs from the patch launch on July 15 through early August . Multiple sources confirm her banner runs for the entire duration of Version 4.4 . Phase 1 also includes the return of 5-star characters Sparxie and Dan Heng PT (Evernight version) alongside 4-star units Moze, Hanya, and Serval .

Fate/stay night [UBW] Crossover — Phase 2

Phase 2 of the Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] collaboration launches on July 24, 2026, with a dedicated Trailblaze Continuance chapter titled "Imagenae: Holy Grail War" . It introduces two new 5-star characters:

• Rin Tohsaka — Quantum, Erudition path
• Gilgamesh — Lightning, Destruction path

Free character claim: From July 24, 2026 until the end of Version 4.6, all players can log in and choose to obtain either Gilgamesh or Archer for free through the "Fate Contract: Renewal" event. The free character comes with enough ascension and trace materials to reach Level 60 .

Both Rin Tohsaka and Gilgamesh also have their own warp banners open on July 24. These banners have no announced end date and are expected to remain pullable through the end of Version 4.6 . The guaranteed pity count for these banners merges with the existing Fate/stay night banner system .

Free-to-Play Stellar Jade Estimates

Multiple independent calculators converge on a F2P total of 12,530–13,110 Stellar Jade, plus 15 Star Rail Special Passes and 16–17 Standard Passes, translating to ~93–97 limited banner pulls .

Minor variations arise from differing assumptions about end-of-patch events and achievement completions. The consensus range 12,530–13,110 Jade (93–97 limited pulls) is consistent across all five source calculators .

Detailed F2P Jade sources (based on Sportskeeda and The Phrase Maker ):

• Daily Training (42 days): ~2,520
• Simulated Universe (weekly): ~2,340
• Trailblaze Mission (story): ~1,400
• Version events & mail: ~2,270–3,530
• New achievements: ~295–600
• Divergent Universe content: ~1,800
• Maintenance & livestream codes: ~600
• Character trials: ~120
• Pity from Standard Passes: ~960

For spending players, the Express Supply Pass adds ~3,780 extra Stellar Jade (bringing the total to ~16,310 and 116 pulls), and layering on the Nameless Glory battle pass adds another 4,460 Stellar Jade plus 4 more Special Passes (total ~17,125 and 126 limited pulls) .

Quality-of-Life Improvements

Two significant QoL features were confirmed in the 4.4 Special Program :

• Character & Light Cone Quick Level-Up: One-click leveling that auto-calculates materials and ascension steps. Previously, players had to manually level up, ascend, then level up again in repeated steps. The new system allows a single click to raise a character or Light Cone directly to max level (80) .
• One-Click Achievement Claiming: The optimized achievement interface lets players instantly claim rewards from all already-unlocked achievements without navigating through individual menus — saving significant time when batch-claiming small Stellar Jade rewards .

Patch Duration and Server Schedule

Version 4.4 runs exactly 42 days, from July 15, 2026 to August 26, 2026 (06:00 UTC+8) . Server-specific launch times:

• NA: July 14, 2026
• EU & Asia: July 15, 2026

Maintenance was scheduled from 06:00 UTC+8 on July 15 and expected to last approximately five hours, with 300 Stellar Jade compensation for the update and an additional 300 for issue fixes .