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Honkai: Star Rail update 2.5 – release time and maintenance details

Learn when the Honkai: Star Rail servers will be back up

Marco Wutz

HoYoverse

It’s time for the finale of the current story arc involving the Trailblazer and friends with Honkai: Star Rail 2.5 bringing the resolution to the Borisin crisis on the Xianzhou Luofu as well as the Wardance Ceremony. Expect action in and outside of the arena.

Table of Contents

  1. Honkai: Star Rail update 2.5 – server downtime
  2. Honkai: Star Rail update 2.5 – release time
  3. Honkai: Star Rail update 2.5 – preload
  4. Honkai: Star Rail update 2.5 – download size

The HSR 2.5 events and feature updates offer plenty to look forward to, but players are even more excited about the upcoming characters on the HSR 2.5 banners – the mighty Feixiao, elegant Lingsha, and shadowy Moze.

Here are all the details on the Honkai: Star Rail update 2.5 start and server downtime.

Honkai: Star Rail update 2.5 – server downtime

The Honkai: Star Rail servers are scheduled to go offline on September 10, 2024, at 6am (UTC+8) in preparation for update 2.5. Here’s what that means for your timezone:

  • September 9, 3pm PT
  • September 9, 5pm CT
  • September 9, 6pm ET
  • September 9, 11pm BST
  • September 10, 12am CEST
  • September 10, 3:30am IST
  • September 10, 6am CST
  • September 10, 7am KST/JST
  • September 10, 8am AEST
  • September 10, 10am NZST

The Honkai: Star Rail servers are estimated to be offline for a duration of five hours, after which players will be able to log back in and start diving into update 2.5’s content.

Honkai: Star Rail update 2.5 – release time

Normally HoYoverse doesn’t need any more time than the scheduled five hours, so here’s when Honkai: Star Rail update 2.5 should be available in your timezone if all goes according to plan:

  • September 9, 8pm PT
  • September 9, 10pm CT
  • September 9, 11pm ET
  • September 10, 4am BST
  • September 10, 5am CEST
  • September 10, 8:30am IST
  • September 10, 11am CST
  • September 10, 12pm KST/JST
  • September 10, 1pm AEST
  • September 10, 3pm NZST

HoYoverse will compensate players with 60 Stellar Jades for free per hour of downtime, so you can expect to receive a total of 300 Stellar Jades as an apology for the inconvenience. In case maintenance takes longer or bugs that impacted the player experience in the previous version have been discovered, additional compensation will be issued. Make sure to visit your inbox and claim your freebies inside a timeframe of 30 days following the update – otherwise the currency will be lost.

Honkai: Star Rail update 2.5 – preload

The preload for Honkai: Star Rail update 2.5 on PC, iOS, and Android is now enabled – this will allow you to download a majority of the files needed to update the game well ahead of time, enabling you to dive into the game earlier when update 2.5 is available. Preload is not available on PS5, so users playing on console will need to remain a little more patient and download the update on launch day.

Honkai: Star Rail update 2.5 – download size

The download size for updates in HoYoverse games varies depending on the device you play on as well as the language packages you have installed, but here’s how large the files should be on average for Honkai: Star Rail version 2.5:

  • PC: 12 to 13 GB
  • Mobile: 1.5 to 2 GB

Make sure to have extra space on your device beyond the sheer download size, as the game will temporarily need some additional free storage to unpack all the data before installing the update.

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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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