Honkai: Star Rail 4.7: Aha warps, Elation reruns, dates and free Stellar Jade

Key points

• Version 4.7 "Now, Lay Laughter to All Stars" went live once the update maintenance ended. That maintenance began at 2026/11/11 06:00 (UTC+8), which is 22:00 UTC on Tuesday 10 November 2026, and was planned to take about five hours. The version runs until 2026/12/23 06:00 (UTC+8).
• Aeon ★ Aha (Elation: Quantum) is the limited 5-star character with a boosted rate in Phase I, on the Elation Path. The limited 5-star Light Cone "Upon the First Echo of 'Aha' (Elation)" has its own Light Cone event warp.
• Silver Wolf LV.999, Sparxie and Yao Guang return in Phase I. Their warps close on 2026/12/02 11:59 server time, well before the Aha warps end on 2026/12/22.
• Two events give free Stellar Jade: a Discord Quest that runs until 2026/12/01 (UTC+8) and gives a chance at rewards including 30 Stellar Jade and 20,000 Credits, and the "Come With Me, Take the Journey" return event with up to 480 Stellar Jade.

When version 4.7 went live and how long it runs

Version 4.7 is called "Now, Lay Laughter to All Stars". Maintenance started at 2026/11/11 06:00 (UTC+8), which is 22:00 UTC on Tuesday 10 November 2026, or 23:00 Polish time the same evening. The update was planned to take about five hours, and nobody could log in while it ran.

Pre-installation opened at 2026/11/09 14:00 (UTC+8), which is 06:00 UTC on Monday 9 November. It let you download part of the new resources in advance, so the game opened faster once maintenance ended. You still have to update the client after maintenance even if you pre-installed. The Version 4.7 Update and Maintenance Notice recommends a Wi-Fi connection for the download because the new resources are large, so start it at home rather than on mobile data.

The version ends at 2026/12/23 06:00 (UTC+8), which is 22:00 UTC on Tuesday 22 December 2026, or 23:00 Polish time. The Version 4.7 "Now, Lay Laughter to All Stars" Update Details post gives this end date, and the return event closes at the same moment.

Which 5-star characters are on the Phase I warps

The Version 4.7 Event Warp: Phase I notice lists one limited 5-star character with a boosted rate and three returning ones. All four are on the Elation Path, and each entry gives the Path first and the element second.

The Light Cone "Upon the First Echo of 'Aha' (Elation)" sits on the "Brilliant Fixation: Upon the First Echo of 'Aha'" Light Cone event warp. The Silver Wolf LV.999 character warp runs next to the "Coalesced Truths: Welcome to the Cosmic City" Light Cone event warp. Three limited 5-star Light Cones return in Phase I: "Welcome to the Cosmic City (Elation)", "Dazzled by a Flowery World (Elation)" and "When She Decided to See (Elation)".

If you are weighing a rerun against Aeon ★ Aha, read up on their kits and builds on our characters and builds page before you spend. The returning characters leave earlier than Aha, so that choice has a deadline, covered in the section on closing dates below.

Which 4-star characters and Light Cones get boosted rates

The 4-star rate-ups in Phase I sit on the two Aha warps, "A Comedy of Stars" and "Brilliant Fixation: Upon the First Echo of 'Aha'". These are the 4-star drops with boosted rates. The first name in each bracket is the Path (Harmony, Abundance, Preservation, Erudition or The Hunt), and for the characters the element follows it:

• Asta (Harmony: Fire) is one of the three boosted 4-star characters on "A Comedy of Stars".
• Lynx (Abundance: Quantum) gets the same rate-up on that character warp.
• Yukong (Harmony: Imaginary) fills the third 4-star character slot.
• "Trend of the Universal Market (Preservation)" is a boosted 4-star Light Cone on the Aha Light Cone warp.
• "Geniuses' Repose (Erudition)" has a boosted rate on that same Light Cone warp.
• "Shadowed by Night (The Hunt)" completes the three 4-star Light Cones there.

If you want Asta, Lynx or Yukong, pulling on "A Comedy of Stars" puts them in the boosted 4-star pool next to Aha. Pulling on the Aha Light Cone warp does the same for the three 4-star Light Cones listed above.

When the Phase I warps close

The Phase I notice gives two closing times, both in server time. The returning warps for Silver Wolf LV.999, Sparxie, Yao Guang and their Light Cones end at 2026/12/02 11:59 (server time). On the Europe server, which runs on UTC+1, that is 10:59 UTC on Wednesday 2 December 2026, or 11:59 Polish time.

The Aha warps carry a later date: 2026/12/22 15:00 (server time). On the Europe server that is 14:00 UTC on Tuesday 22 December 2026, or 15:00 Polish time. That falls earlier on the same day the version itself ends at 22:00 UTC.

Plan your pulls around the earlier date. If you want one of the three returning characters or their Light Cones, spend your Stellar Jade on them before 2 December. Aha stays on the warp until 22 December, which leaves time to collect the free Jade from the events below before you pull for Aeon ★ Aha.

Which events hand out free Stellar Jade and Credits

Two events announced with version 4.7 give Stellar Jade without any spending:

• The Version 4.7 Now, Lay Laughter to All Stars Discord Quest Event runs from 2026/11/11 to 2026/12/01 (UTC+8). You take part in the quest on Discord and log in to the game to play the 4.7 content. The listed rewards include Stellar Jade ×30 and Credit ×20,000, and the post calls them a chance at rewards rather than a fixed payout.
• Come With Me, Take the Journey is a web event built around players coming back to the game. It pays out up to 480 Stellar Jade and opens after the 4.7 update.
• Closing time for the return event is 2026/12/23 06:00 (UTC+8), which is 22:00 UTC on Tuesday 22 December 2026, the same moment version 4.7 ends.

The Discord Quest ends first, on 1 December, so do it before the return event. Its end date also falls one day before the reruns close, so any Stellar Jade you get from it can still go toward Silver Wolf LV.999, Sparxie or Yao Guang if you finish it in time.

How to earn Stellar Jade from the returning player event

The return event rewards the player who sends an invite when an eligible player comes back through it. This is how it works:

1. Open the "Come With Me, Take the Journey" web event from its HoYoLAB post any time after the 4.7 update.
2. As an active Trailblazer, copy your unique invitation code from the event page.
3. Send that code to other eligible Trailblazers to get them to return to the game.
4. Collect the Stellar Jade and event draw chances you earn as invited players come back.
5. If you are the one returning, log back into the game first, then share your own invitation code to bring in more eligible players.
6. Claim everything before 2026/12/23 06:00 (UTC+8), which is 22:00 UTC on 22 December 2026.

The cap is 480 Stellar Jade, and the event draw chances come on top of that. A returning player can act as an inviter once back in the game, so one friend coming back can lead to further invites from their side.

What the Aha animated short is about

The animated short "A Joyful Funeral Beneath the Moon" went up on HoYoLAB on 11 November 2026 at 04:00 UTC. Its description is a letter to travelers signed by "the unwelcoming Aha". The letter is about starting a game over and over until you get better at it and learn to laugh. In the English voice cast, Amber Lee Connors voices Aeon ★ Aha, while Shaun Mendum and Chloe Eves voice The Other Trailblazer.

A separate welcome clip for the version went up on YouTube on 11 November 2026 at 03:00 UTC, one hour before the animated short. For new 4.7 notices as they come out, check our Honkai: Star Rail news page.