With Honkai Star Rail 1.5 featuring the first rerun of Silver Wolf, the next update seems to be getting the rest of the Stellar Hunters. Blade and Kafka have been confirmed to be the returning characters, alongside Ruan Mei and Kafka. This will also be the first time HoYoverse deploys two reruns in a single update, with two banners in each phase.This article lists all the release times and the dates for Blade and Kafka in v1.6. Readers will also find a countdown for each character, helping them track the time based on their region.Disclaimer: This article is based on leaks by popular leaker Croix. Readers should take everything mentioned here with a grain of salt. Blade rerun release date and times in Honkai Star Rail 1.6Blade appeared in the first phase of v1.6 alongside Ruan Mei. The update was released on December 27, 2023, at 11:00 UTC +8.Here is a list of Blade's release dates and times, followed by a countdown:American servers (December 26): Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time: 5 pmPacific Standard Time: 7 pmMountain Standard Time: 8 pmEastern Standard Time: 10 pmEuropean servers (December 27): Western European Time: 4 am.Central European Time: 5 am.Eastern European Time: 6 am.Asian servers (December 27): Indian Standard Time: 8:30 am.China Standard Time: 11 am.Philippines Standard Time: 11 am.Japanese Standard Time: 12 pm.Korea Standard Time: 12 pm.Typically, the aforementioned times can change based on the maintenance downtime before the update.Kafka rerun release date and times in Honkai Star Rail 1.6Similar to Blade, his Stellaron companion Kafka was also featured in one of the two limited banners in the second half of Honkai Star Rail 1.6. She arrived alongside Dr. Ratio, making it her first rerun in the game. Here is a list of Kafka's release dates and times, followed by a countdown:Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time: January 16 at 6:00 pmPacific Standard Time: January 16 at 8:00 pmCentral Standard Time: January 16 at 10:00 pmEastern Standard Time: January 16 at 11:00 pmWestern European Time: January 17 at 5:00 amCentral European Time: January 17 at 6:00 amEastern European Time: January 17 at 7:00 amIndia Standard Time: January 17 at 9:30 amChina Standard Time: January 17 at 12:00 pmPhilippine Standard Time: January 17 at 12:00 pmJapanese Standard Time: January 17 at 1:00 pmKorea Standard Time: January 17 at 1:00 pm.Note that the aforementioned times may vary depending on your local time zones and server regions.