Summary
Honkai: Star Railhas revealed the new five-star character Topaz. Following in the footsteps of other HoYoverse games,Honkai: Star Railhas spared no resources in creating a diverse cast. These characters bring skills that can shake up theHonkai: Star Railmeta.
The most recent majorHonkai: Star Railupdate introduced the four-star character Luka, and the five-star duo Kafka and Blade. But while Version 1.2 was released just under a month ago,Honkai: Star Railis getting ready for more. This week HoYoverse will be holding anewHonkai: Star RailSpecial Programto talk about the game’s next major update, which according to leaks will introduce a new area, events, and more.
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In the meantime,Honkai: Star Railhas revealed Topaz, a new five-star character who serves as Senior Manager of the Strategic Investment Department at the Interastral Peace Corporation. Leader of the Special Debts Picket Team, Topaz is a Fire character from The Hunt Path who deals with the organization’s finances and traverses the cosmos collecting debts that negatively influence IPC’s business ventures. To help with her work, Topaz has the help of her companion Numby, a Warp Trotter who can “see where the riches are.” Numby can also do security work, debt collection, and actuarial science. AHonkai: Star Railleak revealed Topaz and Numbylast month, but Topaz’s companion had a different name than the official one.
Players celebrated the announcement of Topaz, which came a day afterHonkai: Star Railrevealed Jingliu, one of the game’s most anticipated characters. Topaz’s reveal also confirmed that her voice actress will be Slam Slade, known for her work on the gamesBrawl Stars,Punishing: Gray Raven,and Epic Seven, and for being the voice of the NPC Jiangli inGenshin Impact. Although Topaz is a new playable character, some players have noticed something interesting about her. Topaz is already present inHonkai: Star Railas the character featured in the four-star light cone Trend of the Universal Market.
Like Jingliu, Topaz doesn’t have a confirmed release date inHonkai: Star Rail. However, rumors suggest that both characters will be released with Version 1.4 of the game. Speculation about Version 1.4 also teases that the trio of characters in the update will include the four-star Xueyi. Players previously saw the Xueyi at the Xianzhou Luofu events inHonkai: Star RailVersion 1.2 featuring thefour-star character Dan Heng, Luocha, and Sushang.
Honkai: Star Railis available now for Android, iOS, and PC. A PlayStation 5 version launches in Q4 2023.
