How do I get all the free characters in Honkai: Star Rail? Honkai: Star Rail is a gacha game, meaning that it’s monetised via a lootbox-esque system that allows you to essentially gamble for new characters. However, it’s important to understand that Honkai: Star Rail can absolutely be played for free, and in fact, eight of the characters in Version 1.0 can be added to your party permanently without needing to take a chance in the gacha. That’s around one-third of V1.0’s total available characters, and is plenty to be going on with if you just want to play the game for free and ignore the temptation to spend money.
Unlocking most of these characters is fairly straightforward, but so that you know exactly what you’re getting, we’ve detailed below when and how every free character in Honkai: Star Rail will become available to you.