Honkai Star Rail Yao Guang Kit Leaks and Release Date

Yao Guang is the first character revealed for Honkai Star Rail 4.0, where the Trailblazer would head into Aha’s territory of Elation. She is also going to be the game’s first Elation character, so a lot depends on her kit to entice us into the new Elation meta. If you want to learn more about Yao Guange in Honkai Star Rail, then you have arrived at the correct place. Here are all the details on Honkai Star Rail Yao Guang’s kit and release date.

Note: Last updated Honkai Star Rail Yao Guang’s kit on January 9, 2026.

Honkai Star Rail Yao Guang Stats Overview and Eidolons

Here are all of Yao Guang’s base stats, including her energy, speed, rarity, path, and element:

Yao Guang’s base speed and base HP both are quite high. She is a 5-star character of the Elation path, a new playable path in Honkai Star Rail. She possesses the Physical Element, and her role is to provide support to the Elation team.

Yao Guang’s eidolons are quite interesting for the current state of her kit. Her E1 increases the fixed amount of Punchline and increases the DMG dealt by the Elation skill massively. Her E2 is a massive support upgrade, increasing the speed of allies by 12% when her Zone is active, while also increasing the Elation by 16%.

If you continue to invest in Yao Guang’s eidolons, then her E4 is massively powerful for Elation teams. It causes Elation DMG to ignore 18% of the enemy’s DEF. Finally, the E6 increases all allies’ Elation DMG by 20%, while also increasing Yao Guang’s Elation skill’s DMG multiplier by 60% of the original.

All Yao Guang Ascension Materials

Here are all of Yao Guang’s ascension materials, based on Honkai Star Rail 4.0 beta leaks:

All Yao Guang Traces and Their Priorities

Yao Guang is one of the Seven Arbiter-Generals of Xianzhou Alliance, and she is in charge of the Xianzhou Yuque. She is the Seer Strategist of Xianzhou and will likely spearhead the fight against the Destruction in Planarcadia. Here is everything we currently know about Yao Guang’s kit in Honkai Star Rail:

• Basic Attack: Deals Physical DMG equal to 90% of Yao Guang’s ATK to one designated enemy and Physical DMG equal to 30% of Yao Guang’s ATK to enemies adjacent to it. Increases Energy regenerated from Basic ATK.
• Skill: Deploys a Zone for 3 turns. The Zone’s remaining duration is reduced by 1 at the start of this unit’s turn. While the Zone is active, increases the Elation of all allies by an amount equal to 15% of Yao Guang’s Elation. After using Basic ATK or Skill, Yao Guang gains 3 Punchlines.
• Elation Skill: Inflicts “Woe’s Whisper” on all enemies, lasting for 3 turns. Increases DMG received by enemy targets under the “Woe’s Whisper” state by 10%. Deals Physical Elation DMG equal to 80% to all enemies. Afterward, deals Physical Elation DMG equal to 20% to one random enemy 5 times.
• Ultimate: Gains 5 Punchlines. Aha immediately gains 1 extra turn, where a fixed amount of 20 Punchlines is taken into account. This turn does not consume Punchlines and increases all allies’ All-Type RES PEN by 20% for 3 turns.
• Talent: When Yao Guang possesses “Certified Banger”, ally targets will trigger the “Great Boon” effect after using an attack, dealing additional Elation DMG of the corresponding Type equal to 24% to 1 random hit target. For every 1 Skill Point consumed during this attack, trigger the “Great Boon” effect one extra time, up to 3 times per attack. When triggering “Great Boon,” if the attacker’s Elation is lower than Yao Guang’s, this instance of Elation DMG is calculated using Yao Guang’s Elation. Triggering “Great Boon” is not considered an attack.
• Technique: After using the Technique, automatically triggers Skill 1 time at the start of the next battle without consuming any Skill Points. When Yao Guang is in the team, breaking destructible objects immediately grants “Red Envelope” up to 8 within every Earth Week.
• Ascension abilities:
  • A2: When Yao Guang’s SPD is 120 or higher, increases this unit’s Elation by 30%. For every 1 point of SPD exceeded, this unit’s Elation increases by 1%, up to 200 points of excess SPD.
  • A4: Increases this unit’s CRIT DMG by 60%. After using Elation Skill, recovers 1 Skill Point for the team.
  • A6: When Yao Guang obtains “Certified Banger,” increase its duration by 1 turn.
• Stat Boosts:
• Speed: 9
• Crit Rate: 18.7
• Elation Boost: 10%

All Yao Guang Eidolons

• Eidolon 1: Increases the fixed amount of Punchline taken into account in Aha’s extra turn triggered by the Ultimate to 30, and the DMG dealt by the Elation Skill becomes 140% of the original DMG.
• Eidolon 2: While the Zone is active, increases all ally targets’ SPD by 12%, and additionally increases Elation by 16%.
• Eidolon 3: Increases Skill Level by 2, Basic ATK level by 1, and Elation Skill level by 1.
• Eidolon 4: When all ally targets deal Elation DMG, they ignore 18%
   of the target’s DEF.
• Eidolon 5: Increases Ultimate Level by 2, Talent level by 2, and Elation Skill level by 1.
• Eidolon 6: All allies’ Elation DMG merrymakes by 20%. Increases DMG multiplier of Yao Guang’s Elation Skill by 60% of the original multiplier.

When does Yao Guang Release in Honkai Star Rail?

Yao Guang’s drip marketing was recently announced, which confirms her for Honkai Star Rail 4.0 banners. She will be released in the 4.0 version, featuring in the first half of the banners. If the current version goes as planned, Yao Guang will be released on February 13, 2026.

So, that’s everything we currently know about Yao Guang’s release date and kit in Honkai Star Rail. These are still early days for Honkai Star Rail 4.0 information, so do expect her kit to change a lot in the coming days. Let us know what you expect from Yao Guang’s kit and whether you plan to pull for her in version 4.0.