Time until The Dahlia releases in Honkai Star Rail

The Dahlia’s release in Honkai Star Rail is on the horizon. Players are quite hyped about the unit’s debut, as she will enhance the Break Effect teams with her abilities. The Dahlia is confirmed to follow the Nihility Path and will become playable on December 17, 2025. Since there is not much time left for the character’s release, Trailblazers might wonder about her debut time in HSR.

This article takes a look at how much time players have left until The Dahlia becomes playable in Honkai Star Rail.

Time left until The Dahlia’s release in Honkai Star Rail, explored

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The Dahlia will become playable in Honkai Star Rail on December 17, 2025, at 11 am (CST/UTC+8). However, Trailblazers from America will get access to the character’s limited-time banner on December 16, 2025, due to time zone differences.

Since The Dahlia is set to be available during the first half of version 3.8, her release time aligns with the update’s release. Keeping that in mind, players can easily track the time left for her banner just by taking a look at the update countdown.

To make things easy, the following section lists when The Dahlia will debut in every region:

America

Timezone	Date and Time
Pacific Standard Time (PST)	December 16, 2025, at 7 pm
Mountain Standard Time (MST)	December 16, 2025, at 8 pm
Central Standard Time (CST)	December 16, 2025, at 9 pm
Eastern Standard Time (EST)	December 16, 2025, at 10 pm

Europe

Timezone	Date and Time
Western European Time (WET)	December 17, 2025, at 3 am
Central European Time (CET)	December 17, 2025, at 4 am
Eastern European Time (EET)	December 17, 2025, at 5 am

Asia

Timezone	Date and Time
India Standard Time (IST)	December 17, 2025, at 8:30 am
China Standard Time (CST)	December 17, 2025, at 11 am
Philippine Standard Time (PHT)	December 17, 2025, at 11 am
Japanese Standard Time (JST)	December 17, 2025, at 12 pm
Korea Standard Time (KST)	December 17, 2025, at 12 pm

Those who want to know how much time they have to wait for the brand-new 5-star Nihility character’s release can take a look at the following countdown. Players from all regions can use it as it's a universal one:

As usual, once the timer expires, Trailblazers can log into this turn-based gacha title and pull The Dahlia. Moreover, they will get 600x Stellar Jade as a freebie for the HSR 3.8 maintenance compensation.

The Dahlia banner details in Honkai Star Rail, explored

The first phase of HSR version 3.8 will feature the following characters:

The Dahlia: 5-star - Fire Element, Nihility Path
Firefly: 5-star - Fire Element, Destruction Path
Gallagher: 4-star - Fire Element, Abundance Path
Luka: 4-star - Physical Element, Nihility Path
March 7th: 4-star - Ice Element, Preservation Path

Similar to the characters, the following Light Cones will be available during the first half of HSR 3.8:

Never Forget Her Flames: 5-star - Nihility Path (The Dahlia signature)
Whereabouts Should Dreams Rest: 5-star - Destruction Path (Firefly signature)
Concert For Two: 4-star - Preservation Path
Good Night and Sleep Well: 4-star - Nihility Path
Memories of the Past: 4-star - Harmony Path

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Edited by Argha Halder