Honkai: Star Rail Lead Designer Hints At Fan-Favorite Characters Joining The Roster

The Lead Designer of Honkai: Star Rail has dropped a major hint that fan-favorite characters will join the roster in the next year, though stopped short of dropping specific names.

Honkai: Star Rail players have been treated to a regular slew of updates, with the next in line, version 4.7, marking the introduction of Aha as the first playable Aeon in the title.

The plans to introduce Aha into the game have been running for a long time, with developers hard at work for updates well into the future, preparing for as much as 15 months ahead of a release.

That results in a slew of characters ready in the wings to make the jump into Honkai: Star Rail’s playable roster, including some fan-favorite names.

“We have around 10 unreleased characters, and we have very specific plans for them,” Chengen An told assembled media in Seoul, including Prima Games.

“In the next year, you might be able to see some of the characters that players have wanted to see for some time.”

Detailing the long process that goes into the updates, Chengen An explained how it can take as long as 15 months for work to materialize in the title.

“It’s difficult to make a game if we’re just looking at the next update, so we always want to provide updates with high quality, with our characters closely connected, so we have to prepare ahead of time,” he explained.

“If we want to create a whole new world, it takes at least 15 months, and based on those concepts, we can then design characters and things.”