Hoyoverse has revealed a sneak peek at some of the major new features coming in Honkai Star Rail version 2.3, and a new permanent game mode and Simulated Universe overhaul are coming to the game very soon.
While Honkai Star Rail has had severalSimulated Universeevents, the newDivergent Universemode is a complete overhaul allowing for more efficient Planar Ornament farming with additional rewards. In addition,Apocalyptic Shadowis a new piece of endgame content joining the likes of Memory of Chaos and Pure Fiction, allowing Hunt characters to shine in challenging boss battles.
Honkai Star Rail Divergent Universe Explained
TheDivergent Universeis less of a limited-time event and more of a complete overhaul of Honkai Star Rail’s Simulated Universe. Theoriginal Simulated Universeis here to stay, but it looks like the new Divergent Universe is going to make farming Planar Ornaments much easier. Hoyoverse also states that Divergent Universe will be a major research focus in the future for Simulated Universe, so expect updates to the mode going forward.
In Divergent Universe, there will be more varied combinations betweenBlessingsandCurioswith even more unique effects added. Divergent Universe will add points to yourweekly Simulated Universe rewardstoo, so you can pick and choose which mode you want to play. Plus, you canrestart your runfrom the same stage when defeated, so there’s no need to start over entirely.
The main benefit of choosing Divergent Universe over Simulated Universe is the newPlanar Ornament Quick-Claimfeature. After clearing Divergent Universe, you may make a save file that allows you torepeatedly challenge boss enemiesover and over tofarm Planar Ornaments. The save file resets every week, but you don’t have to repeatedly work your way up to a boss if you want to farm during a given week.
Honkai Star Rail Apocalyptic Shadow Explained
On top of Divergent Universe, a new permanent endgame mode calledApocalyptic Shadowwill debut during Honkai Star Rail version 2.3 as well. It will rotate regularly alongside Pure Fiction and Memory of Chaos, but it’ll allow for entirely different team compositions to shine.
Apocalyptic Shadow is like a souped-up version ofEcho of War, pitting players against bosses that they’ve faced before in the story. These bosses will have modifiers that make the fights more challenging, however, but it shouldn’t be too crazy if you’re already familiar with Memory of Chaos and Pure Fiction.
You’ll be able to get up to720 free Stellar Jadesduring each phase of Apocalyptic Shadow, so it’s worth testing your might and seeing how many stars you can earn. With Apocalpytic Shadow added to the rotation, there will now be two weeks between every endgame Honkai Star Rail update with the game cycling betweenApocalpytic Shadow,Pure Fiction, andMemory of Chaosphases in that order.
While Honkai Star rail version 2.3 is still far away, there’s plenty of content coming in the version 2.2 update.Robinand Boothill will make their debut as featured 5-Star characters, and these units are some of the most exciting charaters that the game has seen in some time.
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