The second half of Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.3 goes live on June 24, 2026 (server time), and it is built almost entirely around bringing two of Amphoreus's most-requested five-stars back to the warp banners. Cyrene and Phainon both headline Phase 2 reruns alongside their signature Light Cones - a rare double encore for players who missed them the first time.
Cyrene is a five-star Ice character walking the Path of Remembrance, a graceful summoner-style unit whose kit slots neatly into the memory-based teams that have defined the back half of the 4.x cycle. Her rerun runs from June 24 through July 14, the standard three-week window that carries the patch to its close.
Phainon returns to close the arc
Sharing the spotlight is Phainon, a five-star Physical unit also on the Path of Remembrance and one of the narrative anchors of the Amphoreus storyline. His Phase 2 banner runs on the same June 24 to July 14 schedule, making this a clean two-character window rather than a staggered split. The four-star characters boosted across these banners are Yukong, Arlan and the Preservation version of March 7th.
A rerun-first half-patch, by design
It is worth being clear-eyed about what Phase 2 is: because Mortenax Blade was the only brand-new five-star debut in Version 4.3, the entire second half leans on returning units rather than fresh pulls. For long-time players that is a feature, not a bug - reruns of two strong, story-relevant characters give anyone who skipped the first window a low-pressure chance to fill out their Amphoreus roster before the next major version resets the meta.
For free-to-play travelers planning their Stellar Jade, the math is straightforward. With no new headline character competing for pulls, Phase 2 is a natural moment to commit to whichever of Cyrene or Phainon better fits your account - or to bank resources entirely for what comes next. Honkai: Star Rail remains available on iOS, Android, PC and PlayStation 5, with cross-progression carrying your account across all of them.
