All free Honkai Star Rail characters & how to get them

❘ Updated: 2024-05-08T20:43:11

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Honkai Star Rail is a free-to-play RPG that features a lot of characters with unique abilities and backgrounds, but not all units are available for free. Here’s a list of all the free characters in Honkai Star Rail and how to get them.

Unlocking all Honkai Star Rail characters requires a lot of time and money. You can still unlock specific characters using some free Star Rail Passes and Special Passes, but even then there’s no guarantee that you will get the ones you want from the banners.

HSR does have some free characters for you to unlock, which can save you a lot of time and Stellar Jade. So,here’s a list of all the free characters in Honkai Star Rail and what you need to do to get them.

All free characters in Honkai Star Rail

Honkai Star Rail: All free characters

You can pick any of the 4-star characters that are available for free.

In Honkai Star Rail, there are currently 10 free characters that players can unlock. Dr. Ratio was available as well, but that’s no longer the case after the 2.2 update arrived in the game.

Characters	Rarity	Element	Path
Trailblazer	5-star	Adaptive	Adaptive
March 7th	4-star	Ice	The Preservation
Dan Heng	4-star	Wind	The Hunt
Asta	4-star	Fire	The Harmony
Herta	4-star	Ice	The Erudition
Natasha	4-star	Physical	The Abundance
Qingque	4-star	Quantum	The Erudition
Serval	4-star	Lightning	The Erudition
Yukong	4-star	Imaginary	The Harmony
Lynx	4-Star	Quantum	The Abundance

Although there are more deadly 5-star characters in-game, most of the free characters that you get are comprised of some of the finest 4-star characters belonging to various Paths and elements.

The Trailblazer is the main character in Honkai Star Rail, so all you have to do to get it is to start the game and choose the gender of preference. For the rest of the free Honkai Star Rail characters, here’s how you can unlock them:

Honkai Star Rail characters in Herta Space Station

The first storyline unlocks many free characters in Honkai Star Rail.

How to get March 7th, Dan Heng & Asta for free in Honkai Star Rail

Players can get March 7th, Dan Heng, and Asta very early in Honkai Star Rail. The first two are part of the Astral Express crew, meaning they join the Trailblazer very early in their adventure and can stay as companions from there.

Asta, on the other hand, is a guaranteed pull during the gacha tutorial in Honkai Star Rail, so all players can get this interesting support unit very early as well.

How to get Herta for free in Honkai Star Rail

Herta is the main responsible for the Simulated Universe in Honkai Star Rail, and players can get her by completing World 2 of this game mode. Players can also unlock her Eidolons by beating Worlds 2, 4, 6, and 9, where Herta is one of the main rewards.

Players meet Serval in the Belobog storyline but can get her earlier.

How to get Serval for free in Honkai Star Rail

Honkai Star Rail players can get Serval right after starting their adventure in Honkai Star Rail since she’s a reward for a pre-registration milestone. All you have to do is go to your mailbox once it’s available, and you’ll find her there.

How to get Natasha for free in Honkai Star Rail

Natasha can join your Honkai Star Rail adventure once you reach the first half of the Jarilo-VI/Belobog storyline. You’ll need to be Trailblazer Level 14 and talk to her to clear the first objective of the “Lying in Rust” mission.

How to get Qingque for free in Honkai Star Rail

Honkai Star Rail rewards players with Qingque after they complete Memory Stage 3 of Forgotten Hall. You’ll need to be Trailblazer Level 21 to be able to clear that game mode that acted as endgame content when HoYoverse’s RPG just came out.

Yukong has a tragic background that players get to know in the Xianzhou Luofu storyline.

How to get Yukong for free in Honkai Star Rail

To get Yukong in Honkai Star Rail, players need to complete the first stage of Forgotten Hall: Memory of Xianzhou which unlocks after clearing the mission titled “A Dragon Gallant, Its Ocean Distant” in the Xianzhou Luofu storyline.

How to get Lynx for free in Honkai Star Rail

You’ll need to complete the second stage of Pure Fiction after clearing the “Youci’s Clever Decor” mission to get Lynx in Honkai Star Rail. While Lynx is Serval and Gepard‘s sister, she doesn’t play an important role in the Belobog storyline. However, she got more recognition as the second free-to-acquire healer in the game.

It’s also worth noting that every Honkai Star Rail update brings new events with limited-time rewards. Some of these events feature a free character selector so you can unlock characters and Eidolons once you clear all objectives. Make sure to stay up to date with HSR’s events so you don’t miss the chance to get powerful four-star units.

That’s all you need to know about the free characters in Honkai Star Rail. In the meantime, make sure to check out our Honkai Star Rail content for all the latest guides and updates: