Honkai: Star Rail has steadily expanded its roster, offering players a wide selection of characters across multiple Paths and combat types. Whether you prefer damage dealers, supports, healers, or debuff specialists, understanding who is available helps when planning pulls, building teams, and preparing for new content. This guide lists every currently playable character in the game, grouped by rarity, with a short breakdown of what each unit generally brings to the table.

5-Star Characters

The 5-star roster features the strongest and most specialized units in the game. Their kits often define team archetypes, enabling unique strategies around damage scaling, buffs, debuffs, or survival.

• Acheron: A Nihility lightning DPS who ramps damage through debuffs and excels in multi-target encounters.

• Aglaea: A Remembrance lightning unit focused on freeze applications and team control.

• Anaxa: A wind Erudition character built for wide AoE coverage and consistent multi-wave clearing.

• Archer: A Quantum Hunt DPS who specializes in single-target damage and turn efficiency.

• Argenti: A high-impact Physical Erudition carry with powerful AoE burst potential.

• Aventurine: An Imaginary Preservation defender offering team shielding and defensive utility.

• Bailu: A Lightning Abundance healer known for strong healing throughput and revive capability.

• Black Swan: A Wind Nihility unit that spreads DoTs effectively and scales heavily in long fights.

• Blade: A Wind Destruction DPS who consumes HP to empower his follow-up attacks.

• Boothill: A Physical Hunt duelist specializing in forced 1v1 engagements and burst turns.

• Bronya: A Wind Harmony buffer who advances allies’ turns and amplifies their damage output.

• Castorice: A Quantum Remembrance unit centered on freeze setups and enemy control.

• Cerydra: A Wind Harmony support who enhances ally performance through consistent teamwide buffs.

• Cipher: A Quantum Nihility debuffer with solid utility in weakening enemy defenses.

• Clara: A Physical Destruction tank-DPS hybrid built around counterattacks.

• Cyrene: An Ice Remembrance specialist focused on freeze control and slowing enemies.

• Dan Heng | Imbibitor Lunae: An Imaginary Destruction hypercarry relying on enhanced multi-hit skill attacks.

• Dan Heng | Permanser Terrae: A Physical Preservation variant who protects allies while maintaining offensive pressure.

• Dr. Ratio: An Imaginary Hunt DPS whose damage spikes dramatically against debuffed targets.

• Evernight: An Ice Remembrance controller offering strong freeze uptime and crowd utility.

• Feixiao: A Wind Hunt assassin who thrives on high-tempo single-target burst.

• Firefly: A Fire Destruction unit known for high damage windows and transformation-based burst.

• Fu Xuan: A Quantum Preservation defender who redirects damage and stabilizes the team.

• Fugue: A Fire Nihility debuffer applying burns and weakening enemies over time.

• Gepard: An Ice Preservation tank providing some of the strongest shields in the game.

• Himeko: A Fire Erudition carry with follow-ups triggered by Weakness Breaks.

• Huohuo: A Wind Abundance healer who restores HP and energy with strong team utility.

• Hyacine: A Wind Remembrance freeze-centric controller with strong lockdown potential.

• Hysilens: A Physical Nihility debuffer specializing in weakening enemy stats.

• Jade: A Quantum Erudition burst unit scaling heavily in AoE environments.

• Jiaoqiu: A Fire Nihility debuffer with strong burn synergy and DoT support.

• Jing Yuan: A Lightning Erudition unit who summons Lightning-Lord for ongoing multi-target damage.

• Jingliu: An Ice Destruction hypercarry who gains massive damage spikes during enhanced states.

• Kafka: A Lightning Nihility DoT amplifier who excels at triggering Damage-over-Time effects.

• Lingsha: A Fire Abundance healer providing steady sustain and cleansing.

• Luocha: An Imaginary Abundance healer who provides automatic healing and unique cleansing.

• Mydei: An Imaginary Destruction unit with strong sustained and burst options.

• Phainon: A Physical Destruction unit specializing in high-impact single-target hits.

• Rappa: An Imaginary Erudition character focused on swift AoE rotations.

• Robin: A Physical Harmony buffer providing powerful offensive boosts to allies.

• Ruan Mei: An Ice Harmony support who accelerates team damage scaling and Break efficiency.

• Saber: A Wind Destruction unit offering mix-target flexibility and heavy strikes.

• Seele: A Quantum Hunt hypercarry excelling in fast turn resets and sweeping enemies.

• Silver Wolf: A Quantum Nihility debuffer capable of implanting new weaknesses.

• Sparkle: A Quantum Harmony buffer enhancing team SP usage and damage output.

• Sunday: An Imaginary Harmony support specializing in sustained buffs.

• The Herta: An Ice Erudition unit with improved multi-hit performance.

• Topaz & Numby: A Fire Hunt duo focused on follow-up damage amplification.

• Trailblazer (Physical Destruction): A Physical frontliner with flexible offense and defense.

• Trailblazer (Fire Preservation): A Fire tank capable of shielding and redirecting hits.

• Trailblazer (Imaginary Harmony): An Imaginary buffer offering broad team utility.

• Trailblazer (Ice Remembrance): An Ice controller specializing in freeze and crowd control.

• Tribbie: A Quantum Harmony unit supporting allies through buffs and utility.

• Welt: An Imaginary Nihility debuffer known for slowing and impairing enemy turns.

• Yanqing: An Ice Hunt DPS who excels when untouched, offering high crit scaling.

• Yunli: A Physical Destruction warrior with strong stance-based damage windows.

4-Star Characters

The 4-star lineup provides flexible, accessible units that fit well into early- and mid-game rosters, with many still seeing endgame use thanks to specialty debuffs, buffs, or utility.

• Arlan: A lightning Destruction unit relying on missing HP to maximize his damage output.

• Asta: A Fire Harmony buffer who boosts team SPD and improves turn cycling.

• Dan Heng: A Wind Hunt DPS who excels at single-target burst damage.

• Gallagher: A Fire Abundance sustain unit who mixes healing with offensive support.

• Guinaifen: A Fire Nihility burn applicator who excels in multi-enemy encounters.

• Hanya: A Physical Harmony unit who speeds up ally turns through mark-based buffs.

• Herta: An Ice Erudition unit focused on follow-up attacks against low-HP enemies.

• Hook: A Fire Destruction unit with reliable burn-enhanced single-target offense.

• Luka: A Physical Nihility brawler who stacks debuffs to enhance his damage.

• Lynx: A Quantum Abundance support ideal for survival-oriented teams.

• March 7th (Preservation): An Ice defensive support offering shields and counterattacks.

• March 7th (Hunt): An Imaginary Hunt variant with focused single-target burst.

• Misha: An Ice Destruction character scaling damage through follow-up hits.

• Moze: A Lightning Hunt assassin built for consistent turn-based burst.

• Natasha: A Physical Abundance healer with reliable early-game sustain.

• Pela: An Ice Nihility support who reduces enemy DEF for team damage boosts.

• Qingque: A Quantum Erudition gambler-style DPS with high-variance burst potential.

• Sampo: A Wind Nihility DoT dealer with strong multi-target pressure.

• Serval: A Lightning Erudition unit built around shock-based AoE damage.

• Sushang: A Physical Hunt warrior with strong single-target burst and follow-ups.

• Tingyun: A high-value Lightning buffer supporting SP and ATK management.

• Xueyi (Destruction): A Quantum Destruction DPS relying on tough follow-up mechanics.

• Yukong: An Imaginary Harmony support with strong ATK and crit-based buffs.

With nearly eighty playable characters and more arriving each patch, Honkai: Star Rail offers one of the most flexible team-building environments in the genre. Whether you prefer high-impact DPS units, supportive buffers, or technical debuffers, the roster continues to expand with new synergies and playstyles that keep the game evolving.

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