It’s time for a last visit to the planet of festivities as the “Farewell, Penacony” update arrives in Honkai: Star Rail, and here are the patch notes for the game’s 2.3 version.
Honkai: Star Rail 2.3 Version Full Patch Notes Listed
The latest version introduces a ton of new endgame activities, such as the Apocalyptic Shadow game mode and the Divergent Universe. We also get a fitting epilogue for the Penacony storyline and, of course, the arrival of two new characters: Firefly and Jade.
āVersion Update Details
1. New Areas
ā The Radiant Feldspar
A luxurious airship sails across the seas of memory between the Twelve Hours within the Penacony’s dreamscape. Only guests who receive a direct invitation can board it.
2. New Characters
ā 5-Star character Firefly (Destruction: Fire)
Firefly is a damage dealer who fights using her mech armor, SAM. By activating her Ultimate, she enters the Complete Combustion state, enhancing her abilities. In this state, SAM has increased Break capabilities and Break DMG, and can also deal a partial Toughness Reduction to enemies that are not weak to Fire. Additionally, she can apply Fire Weakness to enemies using her Technique or Enhanced Skill.
ā 5-Star character Jade (Erudition: Quantum)
Jade is a damage dealer who can designate a single ally as a Debt Collector. By attacking enemy targets, either through herself or the Debt Collector, she gains Charges, which trigger follow-up attacks. When Jade activates her Talent’s follow-up attack, she immediately gains stackable effects that increase her CRIT DMG and ATK.
3. New Light Cones
ā 5-Star “Whereabouts Should Dreams Rest (Destruction)”
Obtainable through the Brilliant Fixation Light Cone Event Warp.
ā 5-Star “Yet Hope Is Priceless (Erudition)”
Obtainable through the Brilliant Fixation Light Cone Event Warp.
ā 5-Star “Eternal Calculus (Erudition)”
Redeemable through Herta’s Store.
ā 4-star “After the Charmony Fall (Erudition)”
Obtainable through the Brilliant Fixation Light Cone Event Warp.
4. New Story
ā Trailblaze Mission “Penacony ā Farewell, Penacony”
The trailblazing expedition of Penacony has come to a wonderful conclusion. It’s time to stride forward to the next destination ā but before moving on, let’s bid a formal farewell to the white night behind you.
Availability: Permanently available after the Version 2.3 update
Unlock Conditions: Complete the Trailblaze Mission “Penacony ā And on the Eighth Day”
5. New Events
ā Origami Bird Clash
Lookie here! An invitation to beta test Origami Bird Clash? The sender is The Family, so it shouldn’t be a scam, right…?
Event Period: 2024/06/21 12:00:00 ā 2024/07/29 03:59:00 (server time)
Participation Requirement: Complete the Trailblaze Mission “Penacony ā Stranger in a Strange Land”
ā Stellar Shimmer
The space station researcher, Grumpy, is conducting a mysterious test. This time, she has brought along her partner and has come to you, hoping for your assistance…
Event Period: 2024/07/05 12:00:00 ā 2024/07/29 03:59:00 (server time)
Requirement: Trailblaze Level ā„ 21
ā When Charmony Rings Out…
After completing specific missions, immediately obtain Trailblazer (Harmony: Imaginary). If Trailblazer (Harmony: Imaginary) have already been unlocked, obtain Shadow of Harmony Ć1 instead.
Availability: Permanently available after the Version 2.3 update
Requirements: Complete Trailblaze Mission “Jarilo-VI ā The Return”
ā Gift of Odyssey
Log in every day during the event to obtain check-in rewards. Trailblazers can claim Star Rail Special Pass Ć10 after checking in for 7 days!
ā» Please refer to future announcements for information on other events.
6. Others
ā Enemies
“Past Confined and Caged” (Bug), “Tomorrow in Harmonious Chords” (Bug), “Present Inebriated in Revelry” (Bug), The Past, Present, and Eternal Show (Complete), Stellaron Hunter: Sam (Complete), Ten Stonehearts: Aventurine (Complete), Cirrus (Complete), Annihilator of Desolation Mistral, Silver Knight of Virtuous Gallantry
ā Gameplay
āDivergent Universe: The Human Comedy
Aside from the Simulated Universe, Screwllum has also created a new branch to the project. As the project’s first standalone issue, the extrapolation this time concerns the “human world” beneath the stars.
Availability: Permanently available after the Version 2.3 update
Unlock Conditions: Clear Simulated Universe: World 3
āApocalyptic Shadow
Dr. Edward has struck a deal with a member of the mysterious Creed Exequy… They wish to seek traces of the shapeless prince in the experiences of your deadly struggles.
Availability: Permanently available after the Version 2.3 update
Participation Requirement: Equilibrium Level 3 or above
After you clear Apocalyptic Shadow’s Difficulty 2 for the first time, you can claim the character Xueyi (Destruction: Quantum), Stellar Jades Ć300, and Self-Modeling Resin Ć1 as rewards.
āRegular game modes Apocalyptic Shadow, Pure Fiction, and Forgotten Hall: Memory of Chaos will be refreshed alternatively. For more details, see below:
- Apocalyptic Shadow: Stormwind Knight
After the Version 2.3 update ā 2024/08/05 04:00:00 (server time)
When an enemy with Steadfast Safeguard is Weakness Broken, recover Skill Points for all allies and activate their Ultimates.
Increases the Weakness Break DMG received by all enemies by 15% and additionally increases Super Break DMG received by 25%.
- Pure Fiction: Out of Thin Air
2024/07/08 04:00:00 ā 2024/08/19 04:00:00 (server time)
After an ally attacks an enemy with a follow-up attack, charges Whimsicality based on the number of targets attacked. When charged to 10 points, deal a set amount of DMG to random enemies 10 times.
- Memory of Chaos: Dissipation of Dreams
2024/07/22 04:00:00 ā 2024/09/02 04:00:00 (server time)
After an ally uses a follow-up attack or Skill to attack, add 1 Hit to Memory Turbulence, up to 10 extra Hits.
At the start of every Cycle, every hit will deal DMG equal to a portion of the target’s Max HP to a random enemy target 1 time.
ā Missions
āAdventure Mission “Checking Out”
ā Stage
āCavern of Corrosion: Path of Cavalier
Successfully challenging the Cavern of Corrosion: Path of Cavalier stage located at Penacony ā Penacony Grand Theater will reward you with the brand new Cavern Relic sets “Iron Cavalry Against the Scourge” and “The Wind-Soaring Valorous.”
āDivergent Universe: The Human Comedy
Challenging Divergent Universe: The Human Comedy will reward you with the brand new Planar Ornament sets “Duran, Dynasty of Running Wolves” and “Forge of the Kalpagni Lantern.”
āBud of Erudition: Penacony Grand Theater
Clear the stage to obtain the new Erudition character Trace Materials “Exquisite Colored Draft,” “Dynamic Outlining,” and “Rough Sketch.”
ā Relic
āPlanar Ornament “Duran, Dynasty of Running Wolves”
āPlanar Ornament “Forge of the Kalpagni Lantern”
āCavern Relic “Iron Cavalry Against the Scourge”
āCavern Relic “The Wind-Soaring Valorous”
ā Others
āSome photos have been added to the photo wall on March 7th’s room. Trailblazers can check it out after completing the corresponding Trailblaze Missions.
āNew pages and collectible stickers have been added to the Dreamscape Pass.
āAdds messages for certain characters. These messages will be sent following the storylines with future version updates.
āAdds the new Finality’s Vision feature. When the Trailblazer’s Trailblaze Level is at 21 or higher, you can use Finality’s Vision to experience some content that you have yet to meet the requirements for, such as Divergent Universe and Apocalyptic Shadow.
āAdds Toughness and Toughness Reduction value display. When the Trailblazer reviews characters’ abilities, you will be able to see the Toughness Reduction of the current ability. When you review Enemy Details, you will see the enemy target’s Toughness (Current Toughness and Max Toughness), and be able to adjust your strategies accordingly.
āAdds the Planar Ornament Extraction feature. Trailblazers can directly challenge the Boss in Divergent Universe with the Save File from their Divergent Universe clear and quickly obtain Planar Ornaments.
āTravel Log icons will be added to events and some content related to game modes in the mission catalog, so Trailblazers can have an easier time finding the missions and participating in a timely manner.
āWhen an enemy is in the Charge state, the corresponding status prompt will be added to the Action Order.
āAdjustments and Optimizations
ā Characters and Enemies
āAdjusts the Talent tag of Trailblazer (Harmony: Imaginary) from “Impair” to “Support.”
āAdjusts the Ultimate use logic for Gallagher (Abundance: Fire) during auto-battle in certain circumstances.
ā Combat
āAdjusts the size of the area that the Points module takes up on the screen’s right side during battle.
āAdjusts how the edges of the models are displayed when selecting ally or enemy targets during battle.
āAfter the enemy “Past Confined and Caged” uses Shackle-Bearing Messenger, the Real-Time Combat View interface will now include a corresponding status description.
ā System
āAdjusts and optimizes the Starlit Homecoming event and optimizes how the Starlit Homecoming event page is displayed. Removes the limit of unlocking 4 stages per day. Adjusts the Returning Trail required for return missions, rewards, and claiming rewards. Missions in Path of Return can now be all completed in one go. Removes the daily attempt limit for the extra double drop rewards from Double Rewards, and increases 4 double drop chances for Cavern Relics and Planar Ornaments.
āOptimizes the display for the Interastral Peace Guide. Any completed Operation Briefing and Tutorials will automatically collapse. Trailblazers can click on the icon to expand the tab’s content.
āAfter completing prerequisite missions for Divergent Universe, content related to Divergent Universe and Simulated Universe in the Interastral Peace Guide will be combined in a new tag, so Trailblazers can easily check their unlock and clearance progress for the Simulated Universe module.
āTrailblazers on the PC version can use their keyboards to rapidly switch between category tabs and the selected target in the Inventory page.
āAdds other operations regarding character switch in the Forgotten Hall: Memory of Chaos, Apocalyptic Shadow, and Pure Fiction’s Lineup page. Trailblazers can now drag and drop characters to adjust their position in the team. Moreover, when making the team in the aforementioned game modes, Trailblazers can now read from and use their Preset Lineups.
āIn the Friend List and Trailblazer Profile interfaces, or when viewing the Friend Clearance Lineup for “Forgotten Hall: Memory of Chaos,” “Apocalyptic Shadow,” or “Pure Fiction,” clicking/tapping on the corresponding character avatar will display a brief version of the character details, including Character Level, Light Cone equipment, Trace Level, Relics, and more.
āThe Forgotten Hall: Memory of Chaos, Apocalyptic Shadow, and Pure Fiction modes will yield up to Stellar Jade Ć800 and other rewards per phase from Version 2.3 onwards.
āAdjusts the width of the Change Profile Picture page, giving Trailblazers an easier time to scroll up and down to find their desired profile picture.
āAfter the Version 2.3 update, guiding icons have been added to certain optional missions.
āAdjusts the navigation to obtain the material Lucent Afterglow.
āOptimizes the experience using the mouse or touchscreen to browse the “Simulated Universe: Aeon” and “Achievements” interfaces.
ā Missions
āAdjusts some texts about the Dreamweaver Barlow in the Adventure Mission “Dream Song.”
ā Gameplay
āAdjusts the triggering logic of the Blessings “Candlelight Radiance,” “Back to Life,” and “Empower” in the Simulated Universe game mode. The continuous healing effect of the characters Bailu (Abundance: Lightning), Lynx (Abundance: Quantum), and Natasha (Abundance: Physical)’s abilities can now trigger the effects of the Blessings above.
āAdjusts the labels for the events “Camping in the Snow,” “To Retire Upon the Perch,” and “Turquoise’s Reverie” in the Travel Log interface.
ā Audio
āAdjusts some background music’s behavior during the Trailblaze Mission “Penacony ā In Our Time.”
āAdjusts some audio performance.
āOptimizes some English voice lines for the Trailblazer, Boothill (The Hunt: Physical), and Seele (The Hunt: Quantum).
āOptimizes some English dialogue voice lines in the Trailblaze Missions “Penacony” ā “Cat Among Pigeons” and “In Our Time.”
āAdds some story Japanese voice lines when obtaining the item “Lost Property.”
āOptimizes some Japanese dialogue voice lines in the Trailblaze Missions “Penacony” ā “Cat Among Pigeons” and “In Our Time,” and Trailblaze Continuance “The Xianzhou Luofu” ā “A Foxian Tale of the Haunted.”
āOptimizes some Korean voice lines for Boothill (The Hunt: Physical) and Gallagher (Abundance: Fire).
āOptimizes some Korean dialogue voice lines in the Trailblaze Missions “Penacony” ā “The Sound and the Fury,” “Cat Among Pigeons,” and “In Our Time,” and “Jarilo-VI” ā “Unattainable Idol.”
āOptimizes some Korean dialogue voice lines in the Trailblaze Missions “Scorchsand Vacation.”
āOptimizes some Korean voice lines for the “Interastral Peace Broadcast.”
ā Others
āAdjusts the visuals of the Memoria Singularity in Dreamflux Reef in some graphics settings to optimize environment performance.
āAdjusts the prompt text for “Make public your online status” in the “Settings” – “Socialize” interface.
āAdjusts the visual effects of certain scene animations after completing the gameplay Clockie: Dreamjoy Memoir.
āAdds a new Special Effect Mode in some mobile devices. After turning it on, you can adjust how combat special effects are rendered to reduce device memory usage.
āReal-time shadows have been added in out-of-battle maps when playing on a PlayStation 5 or in certain graphics settings on the PC. Trailblazers can manually choose to turn these shadows on or off in Settings ā Graphics Settings ā Real-time Character Shadows in Map Exploration.
āBug Fixes
ā Characters and Enemies
āFixes the issue of the dragon whiskers abnormally disappearing in the ability animation when Dan Heng ā¢ Imbibitor Lunae (Destruction: Imaginary) uses his Ultimate, when using the ability “Cloudhymn Roar” in Echo of War: Divine Seed, as well as in some Trailblaze Mission animation sequences.
āFixes the issue where parts of the text in Acheron (Nihility: Lightning)’s Character Story: Part IV were not in red.
āFixes the issue where certain sound effects behaved abnormally when Jingliu (Destruction: Ice) entered the Spectral Transmigration state.
āFixes the issue where the first Super Break DMG Boothill (The Hunt: Physical) deals in combat is abnormal under certain circumstances.
āFixes the issue where, after the player team uses Taunt-type abilities in battle, the first hit of Bounce-type ability from enemies under the Taunt effect does not target the character who used the Taunt ability.
āFixes the text error in the status description of the ability “SGE: Molten Core” used by the enemy Stellaron Hunter: Sam in the Real-Time Combat View. The corrected description now reads: “…When they receive healing from sources other than oneself…”
āFixes the issue where some character’s models and special effects were displayed abnormally.
āFixes the issue where some enemy abilities’ effects and their descriptions were incorrect. This does not affect the abilities’ actual effect.
āFixes the issue where the prompt text incorrectly displays “Ignite Stove” when Dreamjolt Troupe’s Beyond Overcooked (Bug) uses its ability “Stove Detonation.”
āFixes the issue where, under certain circumstances, the enemy Dreamjolt Troupe’s Beyond Overcooked’s animations were abnormal when its Weakness was Broken.
āFixes the issue where, under certain circumstances, some characters have a chance of entering the wrong map when using their Techniques during exploration.
ā Combat
āFixes the issue where opening or exiting the Real-Time Combat View interface will cause parts to behave abnormally.
āFixes the issue where, if enemies are Frozen while Acheron (Nihility: Lightning) uses her Ultimate, the reflections of the enemies are not shown on the water pooling across the ground.
āFixes the issue where the enemy Memory Zone Meme “Something In The Mirror” refreshes extra Weaknesses after using its ability Mirror Cognition.
āFixes the issue where, under certain conditions, the Toughness Reduction caused by the character Xueyi (Destruction: Quantum)’s Ultimate is abnormal when battling the enemy “Embryo of Philosophy” Sunday.
āFixes the issue where, under certain conditions, depleting the enemy’s Toughness while battling “Embryo of Philosophy” Sunday would cause the enemy’s action order to be abnormal.
āFixes the issue where, under certain conditions, the character Argenti (Erudition: Physical)’s Ultimate icon displays incorrectly, and he could not use his Ultimate “For in This Garden, Supreme Beauty Bestows.”
āFixes the issue where, under certain circumstances, the player team’s Performance Points effect disappears abnormally, and the quantity obtained is incorrect.
āFixes the issue where, in the battle against “The Past, Present, and Eternal Show” and “Harmonious Choir” The Great Septimus, the enemy target could not be inflicted with “Thanatoplum Rebloom” under certain circumstances.
ā System
āFixes the issue where the Achievement “Just a Bug” cannot be completed under specific circumstances.
āFixes the issue where the Achievement “Ultimate Dance Move!” is triggered abnormally when the requirements were not met.
āFixes the issue where the Dreamscape Pass Illustrated Stickers “Iris Family Teachings” and “Alfalfa Family Teachings” are placed in the wrong location on the map.
āFixes the issue where the tutorials “Light Cone Enhancement,” “Space Anchor (I),” and “Diting” cannot be unlocked. After the Version 2.3 update, Trailblazers with this issue can head to the Tutorials page to view these tutorials and receive the Stellar Jade rewards. The relevant entries will be automatically unlocked.
āFixes the issue where the game progress becomes abnormal after entering the Light Cone details page during some tutorials.
āFixes the issue where, under certain circumstances, if Boothill (The Hunt: Physical) has 2 stacks of Pocket Trickshot when the battle is won, the Status Effect interface will erroneously display 3 stacks of Pocket Trickshot when returning to exploration.
āFixes the issue where some Messages cannot be triggered under certain circumstances.
āFixes the issue where search results sometimes glitched when using UID to search in the Friends system.
āFixes the issue where Boothill (The Hunt: Physical)’s messages were grouped incorrectly when using the message filter function.
ā Missions
āFixes the issue where some tutorials do not trigger properly under specific circumstances during the scripted combat in the Trailblaze Mission “Penacony ā And on the Eighth Day.”
āFixes the issue where the camera angle may be locked abnormally during certain missions.
ā Gameplay
āFixes the issue where the Blessing “Mostly Harmful” did not take effect abnormally in the Simulated Universe.
āFixes the issue where the trigger count for Additional DMG dealt by the Blessing “The Painted Albatross” behaves abnormally under certain circumstances.
āFixes the issue where the Occurrences “Architects” and “Implement of Error” do not display in the game mode Simulated Universe: Swarm Disaster’s Index. This issue only affects the Index display and does not affect claiming the Index rewards.
āFixes the issue where the sound effects of certain scenes were abnormal in the Simulated Universe game mode.
āFixes the issue where capturing or releasing Sequence Trotters does not count toward certain Achievements in Simulated Universe: World 9.
āFixes the issue where the Friend Clearance Lineups in some Forgotten Hall and Pure Fiction stages displayed abnormally under certain circumstances.
āFixes the issue where some Whimsicality effects of “Pure Fiction: Lexical Enigma” were incorrectly displayed in the Action Order. This fix does not affect the actual effect of Whimsicality.
āFixes the issue where some buttons do not match the features when playing on a controller in the game mode Clockie: Dreamjoy Memoir in Travel Log.
ā Audio
āFixes the issue where the character “Gepard (Preservation: Ice)” triggered the voice line for “Return to Battle” incorrectly when activating his Talent effect.
āFixes the issue where some voice lines for “Trailblazer (Harmony: Imaginary)” would play simultaneously.
āFixes the issue with the performance of some voice lines in Trailblaze Missions.
āFixes certain incorrect Mandarin Chinese dialogue voice lines in the Trailblaze Mission “Penacony” ā “Then Wake to Weep.”
āFixes certain missing English dialogue voice lines in the Trailblaze Mission “Penacony” ā “A Walk Among the Tombstones.”
āFixes the issue where some Japanese voice lines for Topaz (The Hunt: Fire) were behaving abnormally when added to Team with Aventurine.
āFixes certain missing Korean dialogue voice lines in the Trailblaze Mission “Penacony” ā “When the Sacred Ginmill Closes.”
āFixes the issue with certain sound effects being abnormal when Acheron (Nihility: Lightning) uses her Ultimate.
ā Environment Visuals
āFixes the issue where parts of the Dreamflux Reef’s Memoria Singularity contains abnormal light spots.
āFixes the issue where, under certain graphics settings, the water surface behaved abnormally in the scene “Horizon of Existence.”
āFixes the issue where there is a chance of unable to control characters after teleporting to certain locations in Penacony.
āFixes the issue where lighting and shadows for some maps are displayed abnormally.
āFixes the issue where some NPC models are displayed abnormally.
ā Others
āFixes the issue where the size of the chat box Cinematic Dreamchase is larger than the other chat boxes.
āFixes the issue where the overworld imagery has a chance not to become hidden when opening and closing the Settings interface.
āFixes the issue where the data displayed in the Collection Showcase interface was incorrect when accessing the Trailblazer Profile through specific actions.
āFixes the issue where some special lighting effects are missing when certain Android devices have Vulkan on.
āFixes the issue where the game FPS setting would be changed from 60 FPS to 30 FPS abnormally after certain operations.
āIn-game texts for the 13 languages have been adjusted, optimized, and fixed. These changes do not affect the actual effects. Trailblazers can switch the game language through “Phone ā Settings ā Language” and view the corresponding changes in the announcement.
āFixes and optimizations in English include the following (they have no impact on the actual in-game effects):
āAdjusts and optimizes some prompts, navigation content introductions, item descriptions, item names, buff descriptions, mission introductions, storyline dialogues, Simulated Universe indexes, Simulated Universe Occurrences, loading screen texts, character information, Messages, stat bonus, rules descriptions, game mode descriptions, enemy introductions, enemy abilities, hint information, tutorial prompts, Mission names, Relic introductions, Relic backstory, etc.
Honkai: Star Rail is available for Playstation 5, PC, Android and iOS
Published: Jun 18, 2024 11:27 pm