Many Trailblazers are eagerly waiting for Pearl’s banner in Honkai Star Rail 4.6. During the version 4.6 livestream, the developers revealed her banner details and her release date. According to the official announcement, Pearl will debut on September 28, 2026, alongside the upcoming version 4.6 patch.
This article takes a look at Pearl’s release date and limited-time banner details in Honkai Star Rail 4.6.
Note: Pearl’s limited-time banner will be active until Honkai Star Rail version 4.6 ends.
Pearl release date and time in Honkai Star Rail 4.6
As mentioned earlier, Pearl will debut in Honkai Star Rail alongside version 4.6 on September 28, 2026. Since the update will go live across all regions simultaneously, many might wonder about her release date and time in their particular area.
For those curious, we have listed Pearl’s release date and time across all major regions:
America (September 27, 2026)
- Pacific Daylight Time (PDT): 8 pm
- Mountain Daylight Time (MDT): 9 pm
- Central Daylight Time (CDT): 10 pm
- Eastern Daylight Time (EDT): 11 pm
Europe (September 28, 2026)
- Western European Summer Time (WEST): 4 am
- Central European Summer Time (CEST): 5 am
- Eastern European Summer Time (EEST): 6 am
Asia (September 28, 2026)
- India Standard Time (IST): 8:30 am
- China Standard Time (CST): 11 am
- Philippine Time (PHT): 11 am
- Japan Standard Time (JST): 12 pm
- Korea Standard Time (KST): 12 pm
Pearl banner in Honkai Star Rail 4.6, explored
Characters
Since Pearl will debut alongside the first half of version 4.6, we will be taking a look at every phase one character banner. As per the official announcement, the rerun unit, Evanescia, will accompany the new Elation unit during the first phase.
Furthermore, three 4-star characters will be featured in all phase one banners with a boosted drop rate. Let’s take a look at every unit you can get during HSR 4.6’s first half:
- 5-star: Pearl (Elation, Ice)
- 5-star: Evanescia (Elation, Physical)
- 4-star: Xueyi (Destruction, Quantum)
- 4-star: Qingque (Erudition, Quantum)
- 4-star: Misha (Destruction, Ice)
Light Cones
As usual, the first half of Honkai Star Rail 4.6 will feature the signature light cones of the 5-star units, in this case, Pearl and Evanescia’s. Both LCs will be available in different banners. Hence, you must choose one before pulling.
Like the character banner, three 4-star light cones will be featured in all LC warp events with a boosted drop rate. Here are all the light cones you can get during the first half of Honkai Star Rail version 4.6:
- 5-star: Colors for Tomorrow (Elation)
- 5-star: Until the Flowers Bloom Again (Elation)
- 4-star: Planetary Rendezvous (Harmony)
- 4-star: Boundless Choreo (Nihility)
- 4-star: Post-Op Conversation (Abundance)
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Edited by Argha Halder
