HoYoverse Previews Honkai Star Rail x Fate/Stay Night Crossover Details, Teases New Honkai Game

After being hinted at in August of 2024, we are finally provided with follow-up information on the crossover event between Honkai Star Rail and Fate/Stay Night. The first collaboration event "Sweet Dreams and the Holy Grail" for Hoyoverse's spacefaring fantasy RPG will see guest appearances from Saber and Archer from Type-Moon's landmark franchise Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Bladeworks in this highly anticipated event.

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Saber will be the banner character who will be available for the duration of the event. She can be earned through warps via Stellar Jades. By simply logging in, the 5-Star Archer is accessible to your account

It is scheduled to begin July 11th. At 12:00 server time, Trailblazers will be able to participate in Sweet Dreams and the Holy Grail, in which users will have a chance to earn the limited event characters Saber (Destruction: Wind) and Archer (The Hunt: Quantum). The "Penaconian Holy Grail War" story supervisor will be Type-Moon co-founder and author Kinoko Nasu, who along with the Fate series, also wrote light novels for The Garden of Sinners and Tsukihime. The story will take the Astral Express back to Penacony to witness the altercation unfold. traits from the Fate series are hinted to be implemented, such as Noble Phantasms, Command Seals, and Heroic Spirits. More details will be available in time, but it will be fascinating to see how these traits will be integrated into Honkai Star Rail's battle system.

In the midst of celebrating its second year anniversary, Honkai Star Rail has enjoyed tremendous success. What better way to cap much of the enthusiasm brought about with the Fate collab than teasing a new Honkai game? Titled Honkai Nexus Anima, we see an "expy" (exported character) of Kiana Kaslana, the protagonist of Honkai Impact 3rd, engaging in what appears to be a Pokemon-esque duel with Star Rail's Blade, a member of the Stellaron Hunters. With expys being commonplace within the Honkai nucleus of games, is this taking place in the same universe as each other? Only time will tell, as more details are revealed.

The collab festivities begin July 11th. Honkai Star Rail is a free-to-play gacha RPG currently available for Windows, PlayStation 5, and iOS and Android devices.