In HSR, you’ll get to see many 4 Star & 5 Star playable characters to unlock. In this new Honkai title, you’ll have to choose 4 powerful units that will help you throughout your journey. Here, every character follows a Path and has an Element that defines their attack types. If you are not familiar with the characters available in the game, then we’ve got you covered. Below we have mentioned a list of all Honkai Star Rail main characters’ Names, Rarity, Path & other details
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All Honkai Star Rail Main Characters List (Confirmed Playable Units)
As of now, there are 27 playable main characters available in the Honkai Star Rail roster. That includes all the 4 Star & 5 Star units for you to unlock. However, only 8 of them will be available for free in the early stages of the game but do require story progression. For your reference, below we have categorized all the characters on the base of their Elements. Before you begin, let us tell you Trailblazer is one of the 5 Star characters who has the ability to adapt Path & Element. However, you can still choose the gender of this unit.
List of Ice Element Characters
There are 5 Ice Element units available for you to unlock. Ice character tends to stun the enemy and cause a Freeze status effect with their attacks.
| Characters | Rarity | Path |
| Yanqing | 5 Star | The Hunt |
| Gepard | 5 Star | The Preservation |
| Herta | 4 Star | The Erudition |
| March 7th | 4 Star | The Preservation |
| Pela | 4 Star | The Nihility |
List of All Fire Element Characters
There are 3 Fire Element characters available in the game. This element tends to do additional damage and cause burn status effects.
| Characters | Rarity | Path |
| Hook | 4 Star | The Destruction |
| Asta | 4 Star | The Harmony |
| Himeko | 5 Star | The Erudition |
List of Lightning Characters
The game features 6 Lightning Element main characters that can be obtained in Honkai Star Rail. This element inflicts lighting damage and also causes a Shock status effect to the enemies.
| Characters | Rarity | Path |
| Bailu | 5 star | The Abundance |
| Kafka | 5 Star | The Nihility |
| Jing Yuan | 5 Star | The Erudition |
| Serval | 4 Star | The Erudition |
| Arlan | 4 Star | The Destruction |
| Tingyun | 4 Star | The Harmony |
List of Physical Characters
There are 3 Physical Element units available in the game. This element inflicts physical damage and also causes a Bleed status effect.
| Characters | Rarity | Path |
| Natasha | 4 Star | The Abundance |
| Sushang | 4 Star | The Hunt |
| Clara | 5 Star | The Destruction |
List of Wind Characters
There are 4 Wind Element characters for you to unlock. Wind element tends to inflict additional wind damage and causes the Shear status effect.
| Characters | Rarity | Path |
| Bronya | 5 Star | The Harmony |
| Blade | 5 Star | The Destruction |
| Sampo | 4 Star | The Nihility |
| Dan Heng | 4 Star | The Hunt |
List of Quantum Characters
Players can obtain 3 Quantum Playable units in the game. Quantum element delays the enemy’s turn to give you an upper hand and causes an Entanglement status effect.
| Characters | Rarity | Path |
| Silver Wolf | 5 Star | The Nihility |
| Seele | 5 Star | The Hunt |
| Qingque | 4 Star | The Erudition |
List of Imaginary Characters
There are only 2 Imaginary element characters that can be obtained in the game. Just like Quantum, Imaginary delay’s opponent’s turn and tends to reduce their speed with the Imprisonment status effect.
| Characters | Rarity | Path |
| Luocha | 5 Star | The Abundance |
| Welt | 5 Star | The Nihility |
This covers all about the 27 main characters list, that are available to unlock in Honkai Star Rail. Apart from these units, many more are going to be added to the roster. If you’re looking forward to unlocking them then let us tell you, that it’s not going to come for cheap.
How to Unlock Units in Honkai Star Rail
As mentioned earlier only 8 characters come for free and the rest of them can be unlocked via the Gacha system. In Honkai Star Rail, its Gacha system is known as Wraps, where you obtain playable units by using Star Rail Passes or Star Rail Special Passes. These passes can be bought by using Stellar Jade or exchanging some Undying Embers & Undying Starlight. But if you don’t have the following currency, then you can always complete quests & participate in events to get some free passes.
That sums up all about the list of all Honkai Star Rail (HSR) main characters’ names and other details. If you are dicey about the units you should add to your team then check out our Characters Tier List for more details. Also, take a look at the best team composition recommended for new players.