Honkai: Star Rail

List of All Free Characters

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Honkai Star Rail - List of All Free Characters

Here's a list of all the free characters you can get in Honkai: Star Rail. Check out a list of all the free characters and how to unlock them, along with a tier list of the best ones here!

List of All Free Characters

How to Unlock Each Character

Character Element Path How to Unlock
Trailblazer Trailblazer Physical Physical The Destruction The Destruction Obtained during the Eye of the Storm mission.
March 7th March 7th Ice Ice The Preservation The Preservation Obtained during the Eye of the Storm mission.
Dan Heng Dan Heng Wind Wind The Hunt The Hunt Obtained during the Eye of the Storm mission.
Asta Asta Fire Fire The Harmony The Harmony Obtained in your first Gacha Pull.
Serval Serval Lightning Lightning The Erudition The Erudition Obtained as a Pre-Registration reward.
Herta Herta Ice Ice The Erudition The Erudition Obtained after clearing the Simulated Universe World 1 for the first time.
Natasha Natasha Physical Physical The Abundance The Abundance Obtained by completing Lying in the Rust.
Qingque Qingque Quantum Quantum The Erudition The Erudition Obtained after clearing Memory Stage 3 of Forgotten Hall.
Trailblazer (Fire) Trailblazer (Fire) Fire Fire The Preservation The Preservation Obtained during the Roads to the Past Have Long Been Closed mission.
Yukong Yukong Imaginary Imaginary The Harmony The Harmony Obtained as a reward by completing Memory of Xianzhou Stage 1 of the Forgotten Hall.
Lynx Lynx Quantum Quantum The Abundance The Abundance Obtained by completing Youci's Clever Decor and clearing Stage 2 of Pure Fiction.
Trailblazer (Imaginary) Trailblazer (Imaginary) Imaginary Imaginary The Harmony The Harmony Obtained by completing the Then Wake to Weep Trailblaze Mission.
Xueyi Xueyi Quantum Quantum The Destruction The Destruction Obtained by completing Difficulty 2 of Apocalyptic Shadow.
March 7th (Imaginary) March 7th (Imaginary) Imaginary Imaginary The Hunt The Hunt Obtained by completing the Trailblaze Continuance March to Mastery: A Star is Born.
Trailblazer (Ice) Trailblazer (Ice) Ice Ice The Remembrance The Remembrance To be announced.

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Best Free Characters

Free Character Tier List

All Free Characters Ranked
Star Rail - S Tier Tier Star Rail - AstaAsta Star Rail - HertaHerta Star Rail - Trailblazer (Fire)Trailblazer (Fire)
Star Rail - NatashaNatasha Star Rail - YukongYukong Star Rail - LynxLynx
Star Rail - Trailblazer (Imaginary)Trailblazer (Imaginary) Star Rail - XueyiXueyi Star Rail - March 7th (Imaginary)March 7th (Imaginary)
Star Rail - A Tier Tier Star Rail - March 7thMarch 7th Star Rail - QingqueQingque Star Rail - ServalServal
Star Rail - B Tier Tier Star Rail - Dan HengDan Heng - -
Star Rail - C Tier Tier Star Rail - TrailblazerTrailblazer - -

Tier List and Best Characters

Who are the Best Free Characters?

S Tier - Top Priority

All S-Tier Characters
Star Rail - AstaAsta Star Rail - HertaHerta Star Rail - Trailblazer (Fire)Trailblazer (Fire)
Star Rail - NatashaNatasha Star Rail - YukongYukong Star Rail - LynxLynx
Star Rail - Trailblazer (Imaginary)Trailblazer (Imaginary) Star Rail - March 7th (Imaginary)March 7th (Imaginary) Star Rail - XueyiXueyi

Asta, Herta, Trailblazer (Fire), Natasha, Yukong, Lynx, Trailblazer (Imaginary) , March 7th (Imaginary), and Xueyi are the best free characters to build as soon as you get them. These characters can help you get through most of the content without struggle.

A Tier - Normal Priority

All A-Tier Characters
Star Rail - March 7thMarch 7th Star Rail - QingqueQingque Star Rail - ServalServal

March, Qingque, and Serval are good characters to invest in thanks to having a decent shield and can deal a good amount of damage respectively.

B Tier and Below - Low Priority

All B-Tier Characters
Star Rail - TrailblazerTrailblazer Star Rail - Dan HengDan Heng

While it's fine to build both the Trailblazer and Dan Heng, do keep in mind that you will attain much better characters to invest your materials in.

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Characters by Rarity

Character Rarity
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Characters by Path

Character Paths
Star Rail - The Destruction PathDestruction Star Rail - The Hunt PathThe Hunt Star Rail - The Erudition PathErudition Star Rail - The Harmony PathHarmony
Star Rail - The Nihility PathNihility Star Rail - The Preservation PathPreservation Star Rail - The Abundance PathAbundance Honkai Star Rail - The Remembrance PathRemembrance

Characters by Elements

Character Elements
Honkai Star Rail Fire ElementFire Honkai Star Rail Ice ElementIce Honkai Star Rail Lightning ElementLightning Honkai Star Rail Wind ElementWind
Honkai Star Rail Quantum ElementQuantum Honkai Star Rail Imaginary ElementImaginary Honkai Star Rail Physical ElementPhysical

All Unreleased Characters

Unreleased Characters
Honkai Star Rail - AglaeaAglaea Honkai Star Rail - The HertaThe Herta Honkai Star Rail - Remembrance TrailblazerTrailblazer (Ice)
Honkai Star Rail - FugueFugue Honkai Star Rail - Ten StoneheartsTen Stonehearts Honkai Star Rail - ScrewllumScrewllum
Honkai Star Rail - Duke InfernoDuke Inferno Honkai Star Rail - Flame ChasersAmphoreus Characters

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Comment

4 Anonie5 months

I find it funny that my strongest free character is Dan Heng. He (aside from Gepard) is my most used character. Then again it does depend on the build you do.

3 Anonymous10 months

Yes she is no longer obtainable, but is left on the list because it was.

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