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Honkai: Star Rail 4.6 Preload Lands Ahead of Pearl's Planarcadia Debut
Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.6 preloading has begun ahead of its September 28 launch, introducing Pearl and expanding the Planarcadia storyline.
Key facts
- Topic:
- Mobile Updates
- Published:
- 2026-09-27
- Reported by:
- Gameforce Mobile News Desk
Key takeaways
- Honkai: Star Rail 4.6 mobile preload weighs approximately 2.21GB on Android and iOS, alongside a 3.58GB PC package.
- The update debuts Pearl, CEO of Planarcadia and Ten Stonehearts executive, while advancing the Voracity versus Elation narrative.
- Servers will undergo five hours of scheduled maintenance before opening on September 28 (Europe/Asia) and evening September 27 (Americas).
Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.6 is almost here, and HoYoverse has opened preloading ahead of the update's September 28 rollout in Europe and Asia. The mobile preload weighs approximately 2.21GB, considerably friendlier than the 3.58GB PC package but still large enough to remind everyone that modern mobile games have developed appetites previously associated with desktop operating systems. Version 4.
6 introduces Pearl, CEO of Planarcadia and member of the Ten Stonehearts, while continuing the Planarcadia storyline involving the conflict between Voracity and Elation. Maintenance is expected to run for around five hours before servers reopen. North American players technically see the update during the evening of September 27 because of time-zone differences, while European servers move into the new version during the early hours of September 28.
Star Rail's continued expansion demonstrates how thoroughly the boundaries between mobile and traditional RPG production have dissolved: this is a phone game receiving cinematic story chapters, substantial character releases and multi-gigabyte updates on essentially the same cadence as its PC counterpart. Your storage manager may disagree that this represents progress.
