You can get Honkai Star Rail’s Dr Ratio for free in the version 1.6 update, and you don’t even have to do anything to claim the 5-star character. HoYoverse is sending him to every player’s in-game mailbox after the 1.6 update goes live on Dec. 27, 2023, and you only need to complete the Warp tutorial mission in Star Rail’s early hours to be eligible.
The in-game message containing Dr Ratio will remain available until Honkai Star Rail version 2.1, so you’ll have plenty of time to scoop him up.
HoYoverse made the announcement alongside a reminder that Honkai Star Rail won best mobile game at The Game Awards 2023, best game of 2023 in the Google Play Awards, and iPhone Game of the Year, and they even added a small in-game reason for Dr Ratio inserting himself into your life.
Proposal from Dr. Ratio
Pardon the interruption — you are now speaking with Veritas Ratio.
It has come to my attention that your broadcast today touched on certain warp arrangements in connection with myself. If I may be so bold…
The current arrangements for this Warp are… pic.twitter.com/ENfTWTTWM1— Honkai: Star Rail (@honkaistarrail) December 15, 2023
“The current arrangements for this Warp are pitiful! Zero points!” HoYoverse has the character saying in the announcement tweet. “The dissemination and sharing of knowledge, as well as truth, is imperative. I, in my esteemed capacity, demand that every trailblazer be given access to a proper education! With lessons delivered by me in person!”
This marks the first time HoYoverse made a 5-star character free in Star Rail, and it’s something the studio has never done in Genshin Impact either. It’s good news for anyone keen on saving some Stellar Jade, of course, and even better for new players or those who missed out on Welt and Imbibitor Lunae. The only other free or easily obtainable Imaginary character is Yukong, who operates in a support capacity – not something you can do much with against high-level enemies in the Forgotten Hall.
You can still spend Jade on Dr Ratio’s banner, if you want to try for extra copies of him, though you may want to store that Jade up for the 2.0 characters, Black Swan and Sparkle.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF