Star Rail Update 2.6 – Release Time and Maintenance Details

Prepare for another fever dream of an adventure as the Astral Express crew returns to Penacony in Honkai: Star Rail Update 2.6, imminent.

The story and events of Honkai: Star Rail 2.6 look to be another wild ride on the planet of festivals, with hordes of little monkeys and the new character Rappa, who will be available on the Honkai: Star Rail 2.6 banners, taking the headlines will dominate. In the meantime, Madam Herta has come up with another game mode for the Simulated Universe that spices up the roguelike offering even more.

You can find all the details here Honkai: Start of Star Rail update 2.6 and server downtime.

Honkai: Star Rail servers are expected to go offline October 23, 2024, 6 a.m. (UTC+8) in preparation for Update 2.6. Here’s what this means for your time zone:

The Honkai: Star Rail servers are expected to be offline for five hours. Players can then log in again and dive into the content of Update 2.6.

Normally, HoYoverse doesn’t take more time than the planned five hours. So if everything goes according to plan, Update 2.6 for Honkai: Star Rail should be available in your time zone:

Every hour of server downtime is compensated with 60 Stellar Jades, leaving a total of 300 of the in-game currency on the table for the update process. If maintenance takes longer or bugs are discovered that affected the gaming experience in the previous version, additional compensation will be paid. Be sure to check your in-game email and claim your compensation within 30 days of the update – otherwise the currency will be lost.

The The preload for Honkai: Star Rail Update 2.6 on PC, PS5, iOS and Android is already available – This will allow you to download a majority of the files required to update the game in a timely manner, allowing you to get into the game much quicker when Update 2.6 is available.

The download size for updates in HoYoverse games varies depending on the device you play on and the language packs you have installed. However, here is how large the files should be on average for Honkai: Star Rail version 2.6:

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