HSR Gilgamesh Kit and Release Date

The Honkai Star Rail x Fate Stay Night collab is going to enter its next phase soon. The game will add two new Fate characters to Honkai Star Rail, and they are none other than Gilgamesh and Rin Tohsaka. Gilgamesh is one of the most popular characters of Fate, so fans of both games are curious about his kit and other details. To help them learn more about the character, here is a complete guide on HSR Gilgamesh’s kit, release date, element, rarity, and path.

Honkai Star Rail Gilgamesh Overview

Here is a full overview of Gilgamesh’s playable character in Honkai Star Rail x Fate Collab:

Gilgamesh is confirmed to be a 5-star character in Honkai Star Rail, following the path of Destruction and having the Lightning element. Both Gilgamesh and Rin Tohsaka will be part of the second part of the Holy Grail War storyline of Penacony, where Saber and Archer were introduced last time. Gilgamesh is known to have the largest treasury, and according to his drip marketing, he is looking to add a Stellaron to his collection soon.

HSR Gilgamesh Kit Leaks

Gilgamesh’s kit has been revealed with the HSR 4.4 beta leaks. Here is the full HSR Gilgamesh kit:

• Basic Attack: Deals Lightning DMG equal to 100% of Gilgamesh’s ATK to one designated enemy.
• Skill: Obtains “King’s Acknowledgement,” allowing this unit to ignore 30% of the target’s DEF when dealing DMG, lasting for 3 turn(s). Deals Lightning DMG equal to 200% of Gilgamesh’s ATK to one designated enemy, and deals Lightning DMG equal to 100% of Gilgamesh’s ATK to adjacent targets.
• Ultimate: Deals Lightning DMG equal to 400% of Gilgamesh’s ATK to all enemies, and additionally deals 10 instance(s) of DMG, with each instance dealing Lightning DMG equal to 40% of Gilgamesh’s ATK to one random enemy.
• Talent: When an ally uses their Ultimate, Gilgamesh gains “King’s Burden,” increasing Ultimate DMG dealt by this unit by 40%, lasting for 3 turn(s). Initially, automatically uses Basic ATK at the start of this unit’s turn. When an ally target takes action, Gilgamesh gains 1 point of “Interest.” When “Interest” reaches 10 points, Gilgamesh consumes 10 points of “Interest” and immediately takes action. When “Interest” reaches 10 points for the first time, Gilgamesh enters the “Interest Piqued!” state and can only use his Skill.
• Technique: After using Technique, creates 1 Special Dimension lasting for 10 second(s). Enemies in the Special Dimension enter the “King’s Permission” state. Enemies in the “King’s Permission” state will stop all actions. When entering combat by actively attacking an enemy in the “King’s Permission” state, causes all enemies in the “King’s Permission” state to enter combat, and deals Lightning DMG equal to 100% of Gilgamesh’s ATK to all enemies after entering battle. Gilgamesh also immediately gains 3 point(s) of “Interest.” Only 1 Special Dimension created by allies can exist.
• Traces:
  • Epic’s Opening: When other ally characters use their Ultimate, Gilgamesh additionally gains 3 point(s) of “Interest” and regenerates a fixed amount of Energy equal to 80% of the Energy consumed this time.
  • Hero’s Hauteur: Gilgamesh can accumulate up to 120 Energy overflow. After using Ultimate, the Energy overflow is cleared and a corresponding amount of Energy is regenerated. During the battle, every 1 point of “Interest” gained by Gilgamesh increases his CRIT DMG by 10% for up to 12 stacks.
  • Hegemon’s Strife: While Gilgamesh is on the field, increases the ATK of all ally targets by 30% and CRIT DMG by 30%. If the target’s Max Energy exceeds 100, every 1 excess point of Max Energy additionally increases ATK and CRIT DMG by 1%, up to a maximum of 100%.
  • Stat Boosts: 8% Lightning DMG boost, 18% ATK Boost, and 19% Crit Rate Boost
• Eidolon 1: When Gilgamesh possesses “King’s Acknowledgement,” its DEF-ignoring effect will apply to other teammates as well, and “King’s Acknowledgement” will additionally increase Gilgamesh’s ATK by 25%. After Gilgamesh consumes “Interest,” he additionally regenerates a fixed 60 Energy the next time he uses his Skill.
• Eidolon 2: When entering combat, Gilgamesh gains 8 point(s) of “Interest,” and additionally gains 6 point(s) of “Interest” when using his Ultimate. The DMG multiplier of the Skill “Gate of Babylon” dealt to the primary target increases by 30%, and the DMG multiplier dealt to adjacent targets increases by 20%.
• Eidolon 3: Increases Skill level by 2 and Basic Attack level by 1.
• Eidolon 4: Gilgamesh’s Energy Regeneration Rate increases by 20%.
• Eidolon 5: Increases Ultimate level by 2 and Talent level by 2.
• Eidolon 6: Increases the bounce DMG multiplier of the Ultimate “Enuma Elish” by 20.00%. While Gilgamesh is on the field, increases the All-Type RES PEN of ally characters by 20.00%, and when an ally character uses their Ultimate, Gilgamesh gains 1 point of “Golden Rule,” up to a total of 5 points. If Gilgamesh has 5 points of “Golden Rule” when using his Ultimate, he consumes all “Golden Rule” to activate his Ultimate.

When Will Gilgamesh Release in Honkai Star Rail

Gilgamesh will be released on July 24, 2026, with the start of the next phase of Honkai Star Rail x Fate collab banners. You can keep an eye on HSR banners to learn more about the upcoming character roster. Players can obtain Gilgamesh for free from the special login event anytime between July 24 and the end of Honkai Star Rail 4.6.

Other than that, Gilgamesh will also appear on the Fate collab banners so that players can spend Premium Star Rail passes to get him from the banners. If you are running short on Stellar Jades, grab HSR codes to obtain them for free.

So, this is everything we currently know about HSR Gilgamesh’s kit, release date, element, rarity, and path. Have more questions about him? Ask us in the comments section below.