There are dozens of playable characters in Honkai: Star Rail. The cast has grown incrementally since the game’s launch in 2023, and we’ll list every character you can currently put in your party in this guide. Provided, of course, you’ve added them to your roster via the gacha system.

How Honkai: Star Rail characters work

Each character in Honkai: Star Rail is on a Path, a descriptor that helps define how they function, the abilities they can use, and what role th🧸ey play on your teams. For instance, a Destruction, Hunt, or Erudition character is a damage dealer.

Additionally, each character has an Element that defines their damage type: Fire, Ice, Lightning, Wind, Physical, Imaginary, and Quantum. Last, characters are also split across a star-rarity level. Rarer five-star units and more accessible four-star characters. Most five-stars are “limited,” meaning they’re only available for three weeks on a special, rotating basis. A small selection of characters is always available to pull for on the “standard” banner.

All Honkai: Star Rail characters and their Paths

As of February 2025, there are 65 characters available in Honkai: Star Rail🐈, with at least another dozen on the way🏅 during the 3.0 update period. The 3.0 update also introduced a new Path — Remembrance — which will receive plenty of attention going forward.

All Abundance Path characters in Honkai: Star Rail

Abundance characters are healers first and foremost, though units like Lingsha bridge the gap between healer and DPS. 🦩The best units that follow this Path can heal outside their place in the action order and cleanse debuffs from allies. The three in the top tier — Lingsha, Gallagher, and Huohuo — can also provide buffs to the team and/or apply debuffs to enemies.

Character Name	Release	Rarity	Element	Meta Rating
Bailu	Update 1.0	Standard 5-Star	Lightning	B-Tier
Gallagher	Update 2.1	4-Star	Fire	S-Tier
Huohuo	Update 1.5	Limited 5-Star	Wind	S-Tier
Lingsha	Update 2.5	Limited 5-Star	Fire	S-Tier
Luocha	Update 1.1	Limited 5-Star	Imaginary	A-Tier
Lynx	Update 1.3	4-Star	Quantum	C-Tier
Natasha	Update 1.0	4-Star	Physical	E-Tier

All Destruction Path characters in Honkai: Star Rail

Destruction characters are a slightly more versatile group of damage dealers. Their attacks have one primary and up to two secondary targets. How they do that varies from unit to unit. The best options in the game either enable their teammates to do more damage (Firefly’s weakness implant) or have a frankly absurd amount of counter-attack potential (Yunli and her Ultimate counter).

Character Name	Release	Rarity	Element	Meta Rating
Arlan	Update 1.0	4-Star	Lightning	E-Tier
Blade	Update 1.2	Limited 5-Star	Wind	B-Tier
Clara	Update 1.2	Standard 5-Star	Physical	A-Tier
Dan Heng – Imbibitor Lunae	Update 1.3	Limited 5-Star	Imaginary	A-Tier
Firefly	Update 2.3	Limited 5-Star	Fire	S-Tier
Hook	Update 1.0	4-Star	Fire	D-Tier
Jingliu	Update 1.4	Limited 5-Star	Ice	B-Tier
Misha	Update 2.0	4-Star	Ice	E-Tier
Trailblazer	Update 1.0	Free 5-Star	Physical	E-Tier
Xueyi	Update 1.6	4-Star	Quantum	C-Tier
Yunli	Update 2.4	Limited 5-Star	Physical	S-Tier

All Erudition Path characters in Honkai: Star Rail

The Path of Erudition is another damage-dealing Path, but rather than focusing on a few targets, these characters specialize in attacking everything on the enemy field. The🐻ir effectiveness tends to decrease somewhat against one or only a few opponents, though the best of them, like The Herta, hav✱e enough tools to still be viable in almost any situation.

Character Name	Release	Rarity	Element	Meta Rating
Argenti	Update 1.5	Limited 5-Star	Physical	A-Tier
Herta	Update 1.0	4-Star	Ice	A-Tier
Himeko	Update 1.0	Standard 5-Star	Fire	A-Tier
Jade	Update 2.3	Limited 5-Star	Jade	S-Tier
Jing Yuan	Update 1.0	Limited 5-Star	Lightning	S-Tier
Qingque	Update 1.0	4-Star	Qingque	B-Tier
Rappa	Update 2.6	Limited 5-Star	Imaginary	S-Tier
Serval	Update 1.0	4-Star	Lightning	A-Tier
The Herta	Update 3.0	Limited 5-Star	Ice	S-Tier

All Harmony Path characters in Honkai: Star Rail

Harmony characters are the buffing units of Honkai: Star Rail. They specialize in enabling their teammates to do more damage, 💜either by increasing a damage stat, advancing their turn, granting them Ultimate energy, or some combination of the three. The best of them do ꦺthose things and enhance a special trait or damage type. See Ruan Mei, Sunday, or Robin.

Character Name	Release	Rarity	Element	Meta Rating
Asta	Update 1.0	4-Star	Fire	B-Tier
Bronya	Update 1.0	Standard 5-Star	Wind	S-Tier
Hanya	Update 1.5	4-Star	Physical	C-Tier
Robin	Update 2.2	Limited 5-Star	Physical	S-Tier
Ruan Me	Update 1.6	Limited 5-Star	Ice	S-Tier
Sparkle	Update 2.0	Limited 5-Star	Quantum	B-Tier
Sunday	Update 2.7	Limited 5-Star	Imaginary	S-Tier
Tingyun	Update 1.0	4-Star	Lightning	A-Tier
Trailblazer	Update 2.2	Free 5-Star	Imaginary	A-Tier
Yukong	Update 1.1	4-Star	Imaginary	D-Tier

All Hunt Path characters in Honkai: Star Rail

Characters that follow the Path of the Hunt are single-target specialists. They’re usually the best option for dealing with a big boss but can struggle if they need to deal with large groups of enemies. Some, like Feixiao and Topaz & Numby, can get around part of their Path’s limitations, but not all.

Character Name	Release	Rarity	Element	Meta Rating
Boothill	Update 2.2	Limited 5-Star	Physical	S-Tier (except in Pure Fiction)
Dan Heng	Update 1.0	4-Star	Wind	E-Tier
Dr. Ratio	Update 1.6	Limited 5-Star	Imaginary	B-Tier
Feixiao	Update 2.5	Limited 5-Star	Wind	S-Tier
March 7th	Update 2.4	4-Star	Imaginary	A-Tier
Moze	Update 2.5	4-Star	Lightning	A-Tier
Seele	Update 1.0	Limited 5-Star	Quantum	C-Tier
Sushang	Update 1.0	4-Star	Physical	D-Tier
Topaz & Numby	Update 1.4	Limited 5-Star	Fire	A-Tier
Yanqing	Update 1.0	Standard 5-Star	Ice	F-Tier

All Nihility Path characters in Honkai: Star Rail

Nihility characters revolve around applying debuffs to their enemies. What they do with those debuffs varies. At its simplest, a debuff reduces an enemy’s defense or applies a negative condition. For special cases like Acheron, it also powers their main damage output. Still others, like Kafka, enhance and enable the damage-over-time debuffs they and their teammates apply.

Character Name	Release	Rarity	Element	Meta Rating
Acheron	Update 2.1	Limited 5-Star	Lightning	S-Tier
Black Swan	Update 2.0	Limited 5-Star	Wind	A-Tier
Fugue	Update 2.7	Limited 5-Star	Fire	S-Tier
Guinaifen	Update 1.4	4-Star	Fire	B-Tier
Jiaoqiu	Update 2.4	Limited 5-Star	Fire	A-Tier
Kafka	Update 1.2	Limited 5-Star	Lightning	A-Tier
Luka	Update 1.2	4-Star	Physical	C-Tier
Pela	Update 1.0	4-Star	Ice	A-Tier
Sampo	Update 1.0	4-Star	Wind	C-Tier
Silver Wolf	Update 1.1	Limited 5-Star	Quantum	C-Tier
Welt Yang	Update 1.0	Standard 5-Star	Imaginary	C-Tier

All Preservation Path characters in Honkai: Star Rail

Another sustain-centric Path, Preservation is about preventing rather than healing damage via shields or redirecting damage away from more vulnerable units. The undisputed king of Preservation is Aventurine, whose shields can be made unbreakable with the right build and playstyle. Don’t count out Fu Xuan’s ability to tank damage for her teammates, but AoE damage will make quick work of her. Gepard is a fine option if you don’t have any limited characters.

Character Name	Release	Rarity	Element	Meta Rating
Aventurine	Update 2.1	Limited 5-Star	Imaginary	S-Tier
Fu Xuan	Update 1.3	Limited 5-Star	Quantum	S-Tier
Gepard	Update 1.0	Standard 5-Star	Ice	A-Tier
March 7th	Update 1.0	4-Star	Ice	D-Tier
Trailblazer	Update 1.2	Free 5-Star	Fire	C-Tier

All Remembrance Path characters in Honkai: Star Rail

The newest Path in Honkai: Star Rail, Remembrance is a bit of a catch-all. Its DPS unit at launch, Aglaea, is one of the 🌟best damage dealers in the game at her release, and the Remembrance Trailblazer is a free S-Tier support-style character. These units rely almost entirely on their memosprite summons to function, but so long as that summon is on the field, Remembrance characters will put in work.

Character Name	Release	Rarity	Element	Meta Rating
Agalaea	Update 3.0	Limited 5-Star	Lightning	S-Tier
Trailblazer	Update 3.0	Free 5-Star	Ice	S-Tier

Those are all 65 characters currently available in Honkai: Star Rail, but as the game continues to grow and evolve, ther🍃e will undoubtedly be dozens more. Get those Stellar Jades ready.

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