This honkai star rail 4.6 banners companion piece covers the three new 4.6 pieces first: Pearl's shielding and turn-advance kit, the two relic sets from the new Erosion Tunnel, and the Elation skill and Joke rules in Memory of Chaos. The honkai star rail team comps section then gives the account test for whether to pull, which relic set to farm for whom, and how to slot the October 21 12:00 shoot-in-one-take event into this week's Trailblaze Power.
Applicable version: 4.6 "Before the Moon Rises, Dance With the Beast" (live 2026-09-28, running to 2026-11-11 06:00)
Honkai Star Rail 4.6 overview: three tracks after the September 28 update
4.6 began maintenance at 06:00 on 2026-09-28 with 300 Stellar Jade for downtime and another 300 for fixes, and the version runs until 2026-11-11 06:00 .
New character and Light Cone
The 5-star Pearl (Elation, Ice) is the only new character, paired with the 5-star Light Cone Colors for Tomorrow, available through the Light Cone event warp .
New relics and a new stage
4.6 adds the Erosion Tunnel stage Hollowed Path of the Mimic, which drops the tunnel relic sets Dreamlit Performer and Heretic Who Devoured the Forbidden Fruit .
Honkai Star Rail Pearl kit: shielding, advancing and extra turns
The official description says Pearl spends Cheers to absorb damage for the whole team, her Ultimate advances one ally's action, under certain conditions she grants that ally an extra turn stacked with Jokes and Cheers, and she also heals the party and cleanses debuffs .
She is a defensive slot, not a sub-DPS
Pearl's damage is not the point. The point is filling the survival hole and pushing your carry up the action order. Whether to pull depends on one question: is your team currently held together by a single healer? If yes, she replaces that healer.
Extra turns are rotation income
The extra turn arrives loaded with Jokes and Cheers, both of which convert directly into damage inside the Elation shell. That means Pearl's value rises with the number of Elation units on the team, and half her kit goes unused in a pure direct-damage squad.
Honkai Star Rail new relics: how each set earns a slot
Dreamlit Performer gives 6% SPD at two pieces. Its four-piece bonus raises the skill target's Elation by 16% for 3 turns when the wearer uses a Skill or Ultimate on a single ally, and if the wearer holds at least 10 Cheers it also grants the whole team 12% crit damage for 3 turns .
The 10-Cheer threshold matters
The 4-piece bonus has a hard condition: 10 or more Cheers. Whoever wears it has to generate 10 Cheers reliably, or only the first half of the effect fires. That is exactly why Pearl and this set fit together, since her kit already accumulates Cheers.
Heretic is for basic-attack units
Heretic Who Devoured the Forbidden Fruit gives 16% crit damage at two pieces, 36% basic attack damage at four, and 20% ATK for 2 turns whenever the wearer uses a basic attack . It only works on units whose damage flows through basic attacks, so do not force it onto a skill-based carry.
Honkai Star Rail Memory of Chaos: Elation skill and Jokes
4.6 cycles two runs of Memory of Chaos, and the first, Chaos Memory: Crossing the Next Life, opens with the version and runs to 2026-11-02 03:59 .
The first slot gets the Elation skill
In this cycle the first character in your lineup gains the Elation skill Bliss Vortex, dealing 100% Elation damage of that character's element to all enemies, and at the start of each round Aha immediately gains an extra turn that counts as a fixed 20 Jokes and consumes none .
Slot order decides the payoff
Because the Elation skill is bound to slot one, who sits there decides who deals that 100% area damage. If your habit is carry in slot one, this cycle hands you a free AoE; park a support there and the value evaporates.
Honkai Star Rail October 21 event and resource order
Shoot in One Take, the Star Peace Festival event, runs from 2026-10-21 12:00 to 2026-11-11 03:59 for Trailblaze Level 21 and above .
The event opens at noon today
It opens today at 12:00 and is new content inside the version. Planar Ornament double drops are also live, running from 2026-10-12 04:00 to 2026-10-25 03:59, doubling rewards from Simulated Universe immersion and Ornament Extraction .
How to order Trailblaze Power
Take the doubles first: Planar Fracture charges do not reset during the event and are capped, so unused charges are simply lost. Then do the new event. Farm the new relic stage last, once the double charges are gone. Logging in also grants 6 Trendy Vouchers for free .
Honkai Star Rail 4.6 FAQ
Is Pearl worth pulling?
A: Yes if your team leans on a single healer, skip if survival is already solved; her core value is damage absorption plus a team-wide action advance.
How does the 4-piece Dreamlit bonus trigger?
A: At 10 or more Cheers the wearer also grants the team 12% crit damage for 3 turns; below 10 only the 16% Elation applies.
When does Chaos Memory: Crossing the Next Life end?
A: 2026-11-02 03:59, and the first lineup slot carries the Bliss Vortex skill .
How long is Planar Fracture left?
A: It ends 2026-10-25 03:59 and charges do not reset, so clear doubles before farming relics.
Honkai Star Rail 4.6 action list
- Clear Planar Fracture doubles before 2026-10-25 03:59.
- Start Shoot in One Take after 12:00 today; it ends 2026-11-11 03:59.
- Put the carry in slot one for Memory of Chaos to claim the 100% Elation AoE.
- Give Dreamlit to whoever holds 10 Cheers and Heretic to basic-attack carries.
- Pull Pearl only if survival is the bottleneck.
Banners and later 4.6 events follow official notices, and gghubs.com updates the team sheet when the next Memory of Chaos opens.