Honkai: Star Rail 4.7 Release Time: When the Update Unlocked

HoYoverse’s Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.7 update window opened at 5 p.m. ET on November 10. That is 10 p.m. UK time, and 06:00 on November 11 in the UTC+8 clock HoYoverse publishes in. The publisher says the update takes approximately five hours, which puts the new content in players’ hands at around 10 p.m. ET on November 10.

There is one clock for every platform, not a rolling release. HoYoverse’s Version 4.7 update notice lists the steps per platform. On PC you exit the game, restart the launcher and press Update. On Android the update arrives as an in-game prompt, on iOS you update from the App Store, and on PS5 the build downloads itself once you open the game.

The downtime comes with compensation. HoYoverse says Trailblazers at Trailblaze Level 4 or higher before the update began are eligible for 300 Stellar Jade for the server maintenance and another 300 Stellar Jade for bugs. It will send that compensation in-game mail within five hours of the update finishing. The maintenance compensation has to be claimed before Version 4.7 ends on December 23, 2026 at 06:00 (UTC+8), and the bug compensation by December 11 at 23:59 (UTC+8).

Version 4.7 is “Now, Lay Laughter to All Stars.” Affinitive Eidolon is a growth system that unlocks extra abilities for characters you already own, and it is one of the two headline additions alongside the limited 5-star Aeon Aha on the Path of Elation. Our earlier story on what the patch adds has the banner line-up and the event list.

The five-hour window is the part worth planning around, and HoYoverse’s own notice is the only document that puts a number on it. Two deadlines matter for most players: the one that tells you when to log in, and the one that tells you when you have to claim. Consider the Stellar Jade mail itself. The notice says it goes out within five hours of the update finishing, so it is waiting in the inbox the next time you sign in. The maintenance claim can go in any time before Version 4.7 ends on December 23, and the bug compensation goes earlier, on December 11, so a single login before December 11 collects both.

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