- Honkai: Star Rail leaks are suggesting that the game is making a major change to the limited gacha banner’s 50/50 system.
- The gacha banner will reportedly now allow players to designate a pool of characters available when losing the 50/50.
- The character pool is rumored to include both limited and standard characters, with a new five-star character shop also on the way.
A recent leak from Honkai: Star Rail is hinting at a major change coming to the game’s limited gacha banner, making losing the 50/50 more rewarding for players. While the popular sci-fi RPG from HoYoverse occasionally gives out free characters through various events, the game’s gacha system serves as its main way of adding new party members. Each update typically introduces one to two new five-star characters to the limited banner, with fans often needing to spend a significant amount of Stellar Jades. Now, a new change may help fans with one of the gacha’s more frustrating elements.
While Honkai: Star Rail‘s gacha banners feature one main character as the highlight, fans are not always guaranteed to acquire that character when pulling a five-star unit. Star Rail‘s banners work off a “50/50” system wherein, if players pull the featured unit, the next five-star character will only have a 50% chance of being the limited character. The standard rotation is often made the butt of jokes as well, joking about pulling less desirable characters like Yanqing and Bailu. However, Honkai: Star Rail may be looking to change the narrative on losing the 50/50.
Honkai: Star Rail Leak Hints at New Update to Gacha System
Honkai: Star Rail leaks are hinting at a major upgrade coming to the gacha system when pulling a five-star character in the RPG’s next update.
Honkai: Star Rail Making Change to 50/50s
A new update shared by prominent Honkai: Star Rail leaker Sakura Haven is hinting at a helpful change to the limited gacha banner. According to the leak, the game’s anniversary update will change the system for “losing the 50/50,” with players selecting seven specific characters for their 50/50 pool instead of just using the standard rotation. The leak suggests that both Honkai: Star Rail‘s standard characters and a small selection of limited characters will be available to choose from. The change to the limited gacha banners is currently expected to launch with Version 3.2 on April 8.
The gacha banner change looks to be an extremely helpful update for both newer and longtime Honkai: Star Rail fans. The inclusion of limited characters in the 50/50 pool will make picking up some of the game’s most popular limited units far easier than waiting for a re-run banner. The leak did not mention any specific characters within the group, though it will likely include older limited characters like Seele, Silver Wolf, and Jing Yuan.
Honkai: Star Rail‘s exciting update to the 50/50 comes as leaks have teased another new way for players to acquire five-star characters. A previous leak suggested that Star Rail will be adding a new five-star character “shop” in-game for players who have maxed out a five-star character’s Eidolons. After pulling a dupe of a maxed-out character, players will reportedly receive a special currency used to acquire a different five-star unit. Honkai: Star Rail looks to be bringing plenty of new ways for players to pick up its most coveted characters for the game’s second anniversary.
