A new leak about a content update in purchase pulls in Honkai: Star Rail 3.3.

The leaks are also putting the spotlight on both Cipher and Hyacine’s gameplay kits, showcasing how they will work before the official reveal by the developer. Even with the augmented attention to the contents of Version 3.3, some leaks about future updates, such as Version 3.4, are already starting to circulate among the community. The leaks are a tad less reliable than Version 3.3 leaks, but they still provide useful information. For example, the Version 3.4 leaks have revealed details about the Honkai: Star Rail Fate collab characters, both of whom should be released in the same patch as Phainon.

New Ornament Sets Have Been Leaked For Honkai: Star Rail 3.4

One Set Has Been Datamined, But Ornaments Usually Come In Pairs

Even though new characters and their abilities take over the majority of the leaks in any given patch, other details are often leaked. In Version 3.4, players may get access to new gear, for example. According to datamined information provided by the leaker known as Sakura Haven, who has garnered a reputation for being reliable, Version 3.4 should introduce a new Planar Ornament set for players to farm. The leak was shared in a post tagged as “Datamined” on Reddit. The leak doesn’t provide any extra information about what the Ornament set will do in Honkai: Star Rail 3.4.

However, the mere mention of its addition in the patch can spark some speculation. A notable reasoning that is reached with the leak is that this should not be the only Ornament set to be introduced. Usually, Ornament sets are introduced in pairs. This means that players should instead get access to two different Planar Ornament sets in Version 3.4, which will be farmable together from the Planar Ornament Extraction function in the Divergent Universe. Neither leaked Ornament set has had its effects revealed, but based on the characters in Honkai: Star Rail, it’s possible to speculate a bit.

Honkai: Star Rail 3.4's Leaked Ornaments Could Serve Kafka

DoT May Be Revitalized In Version 3.4 With Kafka’s Buffs

I firmly believe that at least one of the new Ornament sets will serve Kafka. Version 3.4 is confirmed to be the patch in which the long-promised buffs to old characters will occur. These buffs will start with Kafka, Blade, Silver Wolf, and Jingliu – so far, it’s unknown exactly what will change in their gameplay kits, but the idea behind these buffs is to make them usable within the current meta, something that’s currently impossible for players trying to max out most of the endgame activities. Kafka in Honkai: Star Rail, for instance, has had her usage decreased significantly.

Surely, one of these leaked Planar Ornaments could serve any of the buffed characters in Version 3.4, but I’m sold on the idea that it will work with Kafka because of how much DoT (damage over time) mechanics have been powercrept over the past year. If Kafka is to be buffed, DoT effects need to be buffed, too, and that could come in the form of new gear. There have already been leaks about a new era of DoT in Honkai: Star Rail, with an character release, and I’m sure Kafka will be part of that new meta composition.

I, for instance, only use Kafka as a Nihility for my Acheron team comp in Honkai: Star Rail as a means of quickly charging the DPS character’s Ultimate.

Kafka’s gameplay kit is expected to not only be buffed in of stats but possibly even modified in a way of making her more relevant, so I also assume that none of the current Planar Ornament sets truly play into her future mechanics. As such, the rumors of a new Planar Ornament set arriving in Version 3.4 seem like more than a coincidence, but a foreshadowing of another farming period. Since her launch in 2023, Kafka has undergone several changes to her build, and players may once again be forced to farm for Kafka’s build in Honkai: Star Rail.

Leaked Ornaments May Also Work For Hysilens In Honkai: Star Rail

Hysilens Is Rumored To Be A Nihility Character

While I believe the Planar Ornament could serve Kafka, it could simultaneously work with another character: Hysilens. The mysterious Chrysos Heir, who has yet to make an official appearance in the game, is likely going to be released after Version 3.4. With Cipher and Hyacine confirmed for Version 3.3, and Phainon and the Fate characters rumored for Version 3.4, it is likely that Hysilens will make their debut in Version 3.5 or later. The rumored release of new Planar Ornaments in Version 3.4 could allow players to pre-farm gear to use on the leaked Hysilens in Honkai: Star Rail.

The leaks about Hysilens have already indicated, on separate occasions, that they will be a Nihility character. In fact, Hysilens is the character who is directly linked to the rumors about a new age of DoT mechanics in the game. If Hysilens’ gameplay kit truly revolves around DoT, much like Kafka’s kit, then one of the datamined Planar Ornament sets could be a way of making DoT mechanics more powerful for both of them, incentivizing the application of DoTs and then the detonation of their effects against enemies in Honkai: Star Rail.

As reliable as Sakura Haven is, and despite the information allegedly coming from datamined content, the leak should still be taken with a grain of salt. The release of new Planar Ornament sets could be postponed for any number of reasons. Furthermore, there is a chance that neither of the two speculated sets will serve DoT mechanics at all – though it would be a huge waste not to do so, seeing that the idea seems to bring DoT back to the meta in Honkai: Star Rail.

Source: Reddit