There’s a new update for Honkai: Star Rail which means some new characters and Light Cones have dropped. In 3.8’s second phase, we have Fugue and Lingsha taking the spotlight alongside their respective Light Cones. These cards bring special buffs and abilities for their kits that can only be gained through their banners. Here’s what every featured Light Cone for this phase is and what they can do.
💭 How Long Will HSR 3.8 Phase 2 Last?
Honkai: Star Rail is known for having some very short phase times for its banners. This makes it important to know the dates of when new updates, phases, and banners begin and end so you can get your pulls quickly. Every Phase and banner typically lasts for 4 weeks total when released. That isn’t a lot of time to get all the characters and Light Cones you want depending on your schedule. However, in-game events and quests can help with that. Another way is to get a Honkai star rail top up cheap, which can be found right here.
The second phase for HSR 3.8 will be lasting from January 7th, 2026 to the 28th. That’s about almost a full month to pull whatever you want from the banners. It also gives you time to build your characters before having to worry about the next debuts. Even then, if you don’t want the current characters, you have more than enough time to prepare for the next batch.
🏠 The Long Road Leads Home Banner Featured Light Cones
Fugue’s signature Light Cone makes an appearance in its own banner during this phase. As a Support character, her kit revolves around the Break effect only. She gives special boosts to her party’s Break damage and effectiveness over time, but it comes at the cost of her versatility. Her Light Cone further boosts these buffs, but it’s only useful when paired with a full Super Break team.
| Light Cones | Descriptions |
|---|---|
| 🏠 Long Road Leads Home 🏠 | Rebirth: Increases your character’s Break Effect by +60%. When an enemy target’s Weakness gets broken, there is a 100% base chance to inflict the “Charring” state on it, which increases its Break damage taken by +18%, lasting for 2 turns. |
| 🦛 The Moles Welcome You 🦛 | Fantastic Adventure: When your character uses a Basic Attack, Skill, or Ultimate to attack enemies, they gain one stack of Mischievous. Each stack increases their Attack by +12%. |
| 🗣️ Post-Op Conversation 🗣️ | Mutual Healing: Increases your character’s Energy Regeneration Rate by +8% and increases their Outgoing Healing when they use their Ultimate by +12%. |
| 🧠 Geniuses’ Repose 🧠 | Each Now Has a Role to Play: Increases your character’s Attack by +16%. When your character defeats an enemy, their Critical damage increases by +24% for 3 turns. |
Every Featured Light Cone in Honkai: Star Rail’s 3.8 Phase 2 Banners
📜 The Scent Alone Stays True Banner Featured Light Cones
Lingsha is another Break character that could run alongside Fugue in your party. She’s more of a healer rather than a buffer, but she has some perks. Her biggest being that she can reduce an enemy’s Break resistance to make them more susceptible to your Break party. Her Light Cone only buffs this further by increasing how much Break damage that enemies get.
| Light Cones | Descriptions |
|---|---|
| 📜 Scent Alone Stays True 📜 | Contentment: Increases your character’s Break Effect by +60%. After they use their Ultimate to attack enemy targets, it inflicts the targets with the “Woefree” state, lasting for 2 turns. While in “Woefree,” enemy targets take +10% increased damage. The effect of increasing damage taken is additionally boosted by +8% if your character’s current Break Effect is +150% or higher. |
| 🦛 The Moles Welcome You 🦛 | Fantastic Adventure: When your character uses a Basic Attack, Skill, or Ultimate to attack enemies, they gain one stack of Mischievous. Each stack increases their Attack by +12%. |
| 🗣️ Post-Op Conversation 🗣️ | Mutual Healing: Increases your character’s Energy Regeneration Rate by +8% and increases their Outgoing Healing when they use their Ultimate by +12%. |
| 🧠 Geniuses’ Repose 🧠 | Each Now Has a Role to Play: Increases your character’s Attack by +16%. When your character defeats an enemy, their Critical damage increases by +24% for 3 turns. |
✨ What Light Cones Will There Be in Phase 3?
There isn’t a whole lot of information about phase 3 for right now, but we do already know their upcoming featured Light Cones. For Aglaea and Sunday, they both have their turn to shine coming soon. Both are very focused on damage output and Critical Hits, so it’ll definitely be a turn from the Support focus that the current phase has.
| Light Cones | Descriptions |
|---|---|
| ⚜️ Time Woven Into Gold ⚜️ | Establishment: Increases your character’s base Speed by +12. After their memosprite attacks, they will gain 1 stack of “Brocade.” Each stack of “Brocade” increases the character’s Critical damage by +9%. |
| 🚀 A Grounded Ascent 🚀 | Departing Anew: After your character uses a Skill or Ultimate on one ally character, they regenerate +6 Energy and the ability’s target receives 1 stack of “Hymn” for 3 turns. Each stack of “Hymn” increases their damage dealt by +15%. |
| 📚 Geniuses’ Greetings 📚 | Congratulations: Increases your character’s Attack by +16%. After they use their Ultimate, the Light Cone additionally increases their memosprite’s Basic Attack damage dealt by +20%. |
| 🛒 Trend of the Universal Market 🛒 | A New Round of Shuffling: Increases your character’s Defense by +16%. When they’re attacked, there is a 100% base chance to Burn the enemy. |
| 💃 Dance! Dance! Dance! 💃 | Cannot Stop It!: When your character uses their Ultimate, all allies’ actions are Advanced Forward by +16%. |
