Honkai Impact 3rd x Honkai Star Rail crossover update: Release date, Sparkle battlesuit, and more patch details

Honkai Impact 3rd v7.9 will bring forth the much-awaited Honkai Impact 3rd x Honkai Star Rail collaboration featuring Sparkle. The v7.9 update will be released across all servers on November 28, 2024. Titled Stars Derailed, the main focus of this update will be the collaboration that introduces Sparkle and her battlesuit: housand-Faced Maestro: Cameo!.

Other content such as the continuation of the main story, along with more events and QOL features, will also be added to the update.

This article provides details regarding the upcoming Honkai Impact 3rd v7.9 update. It also details more information about the Honkai Impact 3rd x Honkai Star Rail collaboration, which will finally be released in game.

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Honkai Impact 3rd x Honkai Star Rail collab release date and details

The Honkai Impact 3rd x Honkai Star Rail collab with Sparkle as its face will be released along with the HI3 v7.9 update on November 28, 2024. After the update goes live, players will be able to obtain Sparkle's S-Rank battlesuit Thousand-Faced Maestro: Cameo!, which is a QUA-type battlesuit.

The featured crossover event for this update, A Fool's Hand, will introduce a new type of map in game called the matrix map. It is a blend of both the Honkai universes. Players can participate in this event to get a special Sparkle outfit, Fictitious Game, along with other rewards such as a Best Player Emblem, Source Prisms, and 1000 Crystals.

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Sparkle's Battlesuit - Thousand-Faced Maestro: Cameo! details

As mentioned above, Sparkle's battlesuit is an S-Rank QUA-type battlesuit named Thousand-Faced Maestro: Cameo!. Sparkle's signature weapon is a Drive Core called Volatile Sparkler, with her recommended Stigmata set being Inimitable Stage Director.

Sparkle deals Fire DMG to enemies, with a World Star Astral Ring specialization. She can switch between two different forms during battle: Monodrama form and dreadiver form. While her main role in a team is that of a Fire DMG support character, she can also deal significant amounts of Resonance DMG when used in a Resonance team.

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Other content in Honkai Impact 3rd v7.9

Honkai Impact 3rd v7.9: Main story

The main story for HI3 Part 2 will progress in the new update (Image via HoYoverse)

The main story for the game will be continued in the new version update. Once the update is released globally, players can access the Part 2 Main Story Chapter VI: Wails Stifled by the Silent Shadow. The story for this update features characters such as Helia, Theresa, and Durandal.

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Honkai Impact 3rd v7.9: Events

Snazzy Cards Club event (Image via HoYoverse)

Apart from the featured crossover collaboration event, the new version will also have other events, such as:

• Excavate? Pursuit? Big Winner!
• Snazzy Cards Club
• Interlude Preparations warm-up login event

Players can get a variety of rewards by participating, including new outfits, Source Prisms, Crystals, and Asterites.

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Honkai Impact 3rd v7.9 - Free Herrscher of Human: Ego (Elysia) Character Card

After the new version update, players will be able to obtain the Herrscher of Human: Ego (HoHE) Character Card for free simply by completing missions in 'When Petals Flutter.'

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