Honkai: Star Rail Launches Fate/stay night Collaboration Without Boosted 4-Stars or English VO, but Includes a Free Character

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Okay, so today feels kinda huge if you’re into Honkai: Star Rail, right? They’ve been teasing this for ages—a crossover event that honestly has everyone buzzing. It’s all about mixing in Fate/stay night with what’s already a pretty epic RPG. Free-to-play, by the way, which I keep forgetting to mention. I swear, sometimes I have the attention span of a… anyway.

So, they dropped this after patch 3.4, and more than just eye candy from some visual novel scene came along for the ride. Weird how much they pack in sometimes. There was a stream back in June that spilled the beans, and yup, everyone was jazzed about these two new characters. Gotta admit, I’m kinda psyched myself—even if I’m a bit late to the party. Story of my life.

Alright, here’s the thing: this crossover? It’s sticking around. No end date! Yet. But rumor mill’s saying till November-ish maybe? Unpredictable, like my dog’s obsession with chasing empty soda cans. Anywho…

Saber. Yes, that Saber—she’s this Wind/Destruction powerhouse in the game now. And then there’s Archer—5-Star like Saber, but as a Quantum/Hunt kinda dude. Log in, grab Archer for free. Unsure why they didn’t just hand us all the toys, but hey, free is free. Oh, and you can level Archer up to 60 without breaking a sweat.

Oh man, the banners. Four of ’em! But no boosted drop rates for 4-star stuff. Odd, right? Yet, get this: you’re for sure snagging Saber’s light cone after 200 warps.

Side note: those Fate characters? No English voice overs. Intentional? Who knows. Especially chuckle-worthy ’cause MiHoYo recently threw shade at their US voice actors about that SAG-AFTRA strike. Coincidence?

There’s more, though—New Trailblaze Continuance. Sweet Dreams and the Holy Grail. Sounds like a bad album title, right? And fast forward to August 11—combat challenges with temporary rewards. Some of it will stick around, some won’t. Like my attempts at keeping potted plants alive.

Oh, and another thing—earlier this month, non-Fate characters like Phainon, another 5-Star genius, came marching in. Physical/Destruction, not to bore you with details, unless you’re into that, then… cool?

They’re doing rerun phases too. Phase 1 hit on July 2 with Tribbie, Sunday, and Sparkle. Phase 2 rolls on July 23; Firefly gets a wardrobe change with Blade tagging along and maybe someone else—I forget. Updates also spiffed up Kafka, Silver Wolf, and Blade. Jingliu got lucky; her rerun aligns with her upgrades. Timing, huh?

And that’s kinda that. Just a rollercoaster of gaming chaos, but I guess some of us wouldn’t have it any other way.