List of All Free Characters | Honkai: Star Rail｜Game8 (2024)

There are a total of 12 characters you can get for free 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	Physical	The Destruction	Obtained during the Eye of the Storm mission.
March 7th	Ice	The Preservation	Obtained during the Eye of the Storm mission.
Dan Heng	Wind	The Hunt	Obtained during the Eye of the Storm mission.
Asta	Fire	The Harmony	Obtained in your first Gacha Pull.
Serval	Lightning	The Erudition	Obtained as a Pre-Registration reward.
Herta	Ice	The Erudition	Obtained after clearing the Simulated Universe World 1 for the first time.
Natasha	Physical	The Abundance	Obtained by completing Lying in the Rust.
Qingque	Quantum	The Erudition	Obtained after clearing Memory Stage 3 of Forgotten Hall.
Trailblazer (Fire)	Fire	The Preservation	Obtained during the Roads to the Past Have Long Been Closed mission.
Yukong	Imaginary	The Harmony	Obtained as a reward by completing Memory of Xianzhou Stage 1 of the Forgotten Hall.
Lynx	Quantum	The Abundance	Obtained by completing Youci's Clever Decor and clearing Stage 2 of Pure Fiction.
Trailblazer (Imaginary)	Imaginary	The Harmony	Obtained by completing the Then Wake to Weep Trailblaze Mission.
Xueyi	Quantum	The Destruction	Obtained by completing Difficulty 2 of Apocalyptic Shadow.

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Best Free Characters

Free Character Tier List

	All Free Characters Ranked
Tier	Asta	Herta	Trailblazer (Fire)
	Natasha	Yukong	Lynx
	Trailblazer (Imaginary)	-	-
Tier	March 7th	Qingque	Serval
Tier	Dan Heng	-	-
Tier	Trailblazer	-	-

Tier List and Best Characters

Who are the Best Free Characters?

S Tier - Top Priority

All S-Tier Characters
Asta	Herta	Trailblazer (Fire)
Natasha	Yukong	Lynx
Trailblazer (Imaginary)

Asta, Herta, Trailblazer (Fire), Natasha, Yukong, Lynx, and Trailblazer (Imaginary) 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
March 7th	Qingque	Serval

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
Trailblazer	Dan 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.

Honkai: Star Rail Related Guides

▶︎ All Playable Characters

Characters by Rarity

Characters by Path

Character Paths
Destruction			Hunt			Erudition			Harmony
Nihility				Preservation				Abundance

Characters by Elements

Character Elements
Fire			Ice			Lightning			Wind
Quantum				Imaginary				Physical

All Unreleased Characters

Unreleased Characters
Sunday	Firefly	Duke Inferno

Other Lists of Characters