Honkai: Star Rail fans rush to get these free characters – here’s how to unlock them

MUCH like Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail uses gacha to earn characters.

As this is completely random, you may want some guaranteed characters to start you off on your journey.

Luckily, there are a number of characters that can be earned without paying any in-game currency.

Here are all the Honkai: Star Rail free characters and how to unlock them.

How to unlock free characters in Honkai: Star Rail

There are eight characters that you can obtain for free in Honkai: Star Rail.

Here’s the full list.

• Trailblazer: Destruction, Physical
• March 7th: Preservation, Ice
• Dan Heng: Hunt, Wind 
• Asta: Harmony, Fire
• Serval: Erudition, Lightning
• Herta: Erudition, Ice
• Natasha: Abundance, Physical
• Qingque: Erudition, Quantum

Trailblazer is your main character, while March 7th and Dan Heng join soon after.

Asta will be given to you as you do the tutorial for the gacha machines giving you a team of four before your first battle.

Everyone who pre-registered for Honkai: Star Rail will also get Serval. You can get her through your in-game messages.

Herta is unlocked by completing an early Trailblaze Mission in the main story, called Simulated Universe: First Closed Beta.

Natasha is the next chapter reward. You’ll get her after finishing Lying in Rust.

Finally, after you reach level 21, you can complete Forgotten Hall – Memory Stage 3, which will reward you with Qingque.

These are the characters which are currently available for free, though more will likely become available later.

Just like Genshin Impact, HoYoverse has promised more free characters in upcoming in-game events.

Written by Marco Wutz and Georgina Young on behalf of GLHF.