What time does Honkai: Star Rail version 3.8 release?

Honkai: Star Rail's 3.8 patch is coming soon, and we're heading back to Penacony to figure out something about our memories.

Below, we explain when Honkai: Star Rail maintenance starts and ends, alongside the release time of version 3.8. We’ve also added some details about what to expect from Honkai: Star Rail patch 3.8.

What time does Honkai:Star Rail go down for maintenance?

Honkai: Star Rail will go down for maintenance on Tuesday, Dec. 16, or Wednesday, Dec. 17 (depending on your time zone), at the following times and will be unavailable for approximately five hours:

• 2 p.m. PST on Tuesday, Dec. 16 for the west coast of North America
• 5 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Dec. 16 for the east coast of North America
• 7 p.m. BRT on Tuesday, Dec. 16 for Brazil
• 10 p.m. GMT on Tuesday, Dec. 16 for the U.K.
• 11 p.m. CET on Tuesday, Dec. 16 for western Europe
• 7 a.m. JST on Wednesday, Dec. 17 for Japan
• 9 a.m. AEDT on Wednesday, Dec. 17 for the east coast of Australia

Make sure to burn your stamina before maintenance starts, if you want to, but also keep in mind that the new battle pass will start after the patch goes live, so you may want to hold on to some of it to do your weeklies.

What time does Honkai: Star Rail version 3.8 start?

Honkai: Star Rail should come back from maintenance with the 3.8 version at the following times:

• 7 p.m. PST on Tuesday, Dec. 2 for the west coast of North America
• 10 p.m. EST on Tuesday, Dec. 2 for the east coast of North America
• 12 a.m. BRT on Wednesday, Dec. 3 for Brazil
• 3 a.m. GMT on Wednesday, Dec. 3 for the U.K.
• 4 a.m. CET on Wednesday, Dec. 3 for western Europe
• 12 p.m. JST on Wednesday, Dec. 3 for Japan
• 2 p.m. AEDT on Wednesday, Dec. 3 for the east coast of Australia

The servers may come up early or late, depending on how maintenance goes, but these are the approximate times 3.8 should go live. Usually Hoyoverse is pretty good at abiding by maintenance times. We don’t usually get extended maintenance, but it does end early sometimes!

What’s new in Honkai: Star Rail version 3.8?

The story on Amphoreus is pretty much wrapped up, but this patch has us going back to Penacony, introducing us to The Dahlia, a new playable Fire Nihility character. Version 3.8 notably will also be a bit longer, lasting two extra weeks than usual.

There'll also be a Chimera-based event, as well as an update to Divergent Universe: Protean Hero.