Honkai: Star Rail 4.7, “Now, Lay Laughter to All Stars,” goes live after about five hours of maintenance on Nov. 10 at 10 p.m. ET. Here’s the schedule in your time zone, the pre-download size, Aha’s banner dates and the free rewards.
Honkai: Star Rail 4.7, “Now, Lay Laughter to All Stars,” goes live after about five hours of maintenance on Nov. 10 at 10 p.m. ET. Here’s the schedule in your time zone, the pre-download size, Aha’s banner dates and the free rewards.
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Honkai: Star Rail 4.7, “Now, Lay Laughter to All Stars,” goes live after maintenance on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 10 p.m. ET (7 p.m. PT), which is Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. in Singapore and 3 a.m. in the U.K. The headline is Aeon ★ Aha, the game’s first playable Aeon, whose banner runs for the whole version. Here’s when the servers go down and come back in your time zone, how big the pre-download is, which characters are on the banners, and what free rewards you can claim.
HoYoverse’s 4.7 maintenance starts at 06:00 on Nov. 11 (UTC+8) and is scheduled to last about five hours, according to the official maintenance notice summarized by HoyoBuild. You can’t log in while it runs. Polygon converts that window like this:
Servers can reopen a little early or late. If you want to spend your Trailblaze Power before the reset, do it before maintenance starts. Polygon notes the new battle pass begins when the patch goes live, so some players hold back stamina for the new materials.
Pre-download has been open since Nov. 9 at 14:00 (UTC+8). Approximate sizes from the official notice, as listed by HoyoBuild:
Extra voice packs change those numbers. It’s a light download next to this month’s big console installs. If you’re juggling storage, our guide to the GTA 6 pre-load times and 212GB file size shows how much space that game alone needs on PS5 and Xbox.
One thing for iPhone players to note: HoYoverse says Version 4.8 will require iOS 15 or later.
Aeon ★ Aha, the character players knew as Nihilux before the reveal, arrives as a five-star Quantum Elation character, according to Polygon. Unlike most limited characters, Aha’s banner isn’t tied to one phase. Gamer.org reports it stays up for the full version, until about Dec. 22 at 5 p.m. ET (Dec. 23 in Europe and Asia). That gives you about six weeks to save Stellar Jade.
Six rerun characters are listed for the version:
Since the three Phase 1 reruns share Aha’s Elation Path, they’re the obvious pulls if you’re building a team around the new Aeon. Check the in-game banner schedule for exact phase dates in your region.
Acheron, Dan Heng • Imbibitor Lunae and Jing Yuan get buffs through a new “Affinitive Eidolon” system. Polygon reports that everyone who logs in during the patch can pick one Affinitive Eidolon for free, so it’s worth claiming even if you don’t plan to pull. If you own one of those three characters, that’s the cheapest upgrade in 4.7.
Star Rail isn’t the only live game changing today. November 10 is one of the busiest patch days of the month, with an EVE Online expansion, a Final Fantasy XIV patch and the first class tuning for WoW Forever, Blizzard’s new World of Warcraft ruleset all landing on the same day.
Minimum specs haven’t changed in a way that should affect most players. HoyoBuild lists these from the notice:
If your PC is older than that, streaming is an option for some games, and our explainer on how cloud gaming works covers the trade-offs.
Around 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT on Tuesday, Nov. 10, which is Nov. 11 at 3 a.m. GMT, 11 a.m. in Singapore and noon in Japan, once the five-hour maintenance ends.
About five hours, starting at 06:00 on Nov. 11 (UTC+8), or 5 p.m. ET on Nov. 10.
The whole version, ending around Dec. 22 (Americas) or Dec. 23 (Europe and Asia).
300 Stellar Jade for Trailblaze Level 4 and above, sent by in-game mail after the update.
About 5.66 GB on PC and 2.98 GB on mobile for the pre-download, plus voice packs.
We’ll update this if HoYoverse extends maintenance or changes banner dates. Sources: Polygon, HoyoBuild (official notice summary), Gamer.org, HoYoLAB.
Featured image: Astral Express train display for Honkai: Star Rail at Xujiahui, Shanghai, by Leiem, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped).
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