HoYoverse just hosted a sizeable Honkai: Star Rail Special Program, revealing more than just the game’s next major update. Version 3.8 was the big highlight, of course, with the new release arriving soon, on December 16-17 depending on your server region.
Alongside showing everything coming with this next update, the developer also announced that 3.8 will go on for eight weeks, rather than the usual six. V3.8 is dubbed “Memories are the Prelude to Dreams”, and it brings an end to the Amphoreus journey.
The story in “Memories are the Prelude to Dreams” takes place after the final battle of Amphoreus, where Constance “The Dahlia” appears to deliver a twist: the Trailblazer’s memories are scattered, with many parts missing.
This final quest revolves around finding them in order to piece together the mystery, and involves a return to Penacony. This memory-hunting adventure is told from the perspective of Firefly, which will also explain how she entered the dreamscape initially and met the squad.
The new playable character is The Dahlia, whose power is linked to the the Remembrance path, which allows her to fabricate memories. Despite taking her powers from the Remembrance, The Dhalia actually follows the Path of Nihility in-game: she’s a 5-Star character who shines in teams dealing Break DMG.
The Dhalia can unleash a Gloomy Zone that causes Toughness Reduction inflicted by allies to trigger Super Break DMG, even before you break your enemies’ Weaknesses. The Dahlia can also invite one teammate to become her Dance Partner, which allows them (and her) to deal additional Super Break DMG each time they attack an enemy. If you trigger her Ultimate after picking a Dance Partner, she applies Type Weaknesses of both partners to enemies.
While The Dahlia is the only new character appearing in this final Amphoreus update, there’ll be reruns aplenty, with an unusual third banner phase to make up for the extra long wait for 4.0. Appropriately for her role in the story, Firefly will make her return alongside The Dahlia in Phase 1, while Fugue and Lingsha will both have banner reruns in Phase 2, which is expected on January 7th. A bonus two-week-long Phase 3 will then begin on January 28th, seeing brief reappearances for popular returning characters Aglaea and Sunday, before things (presumably) go back to normal with the new annual update.
Something else to look forward to in 3.8 is The Chrysos Awoo Championship, which invites players to become chimera trainers and compete in team-based battles. The Remnants of Twilight event kicks off with the new patch, too, featuring its own set of challenges. However, HoYoverse have confirmed that there won’t be an extra event during Phase 3 — but hopefully that’ll give you some time to wrap up the last of the Amphoreus story content, which is longer than the previous four chapters put together.