I opened my Discord and three separate threads were shouting about Gilgamesh spoilers. You can feel the banner clock ticking as dataminers and Hoyoverse teasers collide. I collected the leaks so you can stop chasing rumors and decide fast.
On my Reddit feed, every Gilgamesh post stacked up like market orders — then I checked the files
I’ll be blunt: Gilgamesh arrives as a headline act. The collab drops two Fate characters into Honkai Star Rail’s Penacony story and he lands as a 5-star unit following the Destruction path with the Lightning element. His lore teases a collector’s hunger; his treasury is a locked vault that the game keeps jingling in front of fans.
| Type | Details |
|---|---|
| Rarity | 5-Star |
| Path | The Destruction |
| Element | Lightning |
| Attack | 717 |
| Defense | 509 |
| HP | 1125 |
| Speed | 97 |
| Energy | 600 |
If you follow Hoyoverse channels, Moyens I/O coverage, X threads, or Discord leaks, this profile will not surprise you — but it does shape how teams will use him. He’s built to be a damage anchor who also manipulates turn order through an interest mechanic; that makes him part damage dealer, part tempo controller.
I watched the HSR 4.4 beta logs roll through a dataminer channel, then annotated every line
Here’s the kit as shown in the leaks. Read it like a playbook: you want timing, synergies, and chances to stack his interest quickly.
- Basic Attack: Deals Lightning DMG equal to 100% of Gilgamesh’s ATK to one designated enemy.
- Skill: Gains “King’s Acknowledgement,” letting this unit ignore 30% of the target’s DEF for 3 turns. Deals Lightning DMG equal to 200% of ATK to the primary target and 100% to adjacent targets.
- Ultimate: Deals Lightning DMG equal to 400% of ATK to all enemies, then fires 10 additional instances—each 40% of ATK—targeting random enemies.
- Talent: When an ally uses their Ultimate, Gilgamesh gains “King’s Burden,” increasing his Ultimate DMG by 40% for 3 turns. Auto-uses Basic Attack at turn start. Gains 1 point of “Interest” whenever an ally acts; at 10 Interest he immediately takes action. The first time Interest hits 10 he enters “Interest Piqued!” and can only use Skill.
- Technique: Creates 1 Special Dimension for 10 seconds. Enemies inside enter “King’s Permission” and stop acting. Attacking an enemy in that state drags all of them into combat and deals Lightning DMG equal to 100% of ATK to all enemies, while granting Gilgamesh 3 Interest. Only one allied Special Dimension can exist.
- Traces:
- Epic’s Opening: When allies use their Ultimate, Gilgamesh gains 3 Interest and recovers energy equal to 80% of the energy consumed.
- Hero’s Hauteur: Max 120 Energy overflow and during battle each 1 Interest gives +10% CRIT DMG up to 12 stacks. After Ultimate, overflow clears and becomes recovered Energy.
- Hegemon’s Strife: While on field, increases all allies’ ATK by 30% and CRIT DMG by 30%. If an ally’s Max Energy >100, each extra point adds +1% ATK and CRIT DMG up to +100%.
- Stat Boosts: +8% Lightning DMG, +18% ATK, +19% Crit Rate.
- Eidolons & Progression:
- Eidolon 1: “King’s Acknowledgement” applies to allies and grants Gilgamesh +25% ATK. After consuming Interest, next Skill use restores 60 Energy.
- Eidolon 2: Enters combat with 8 Interest and gains 6 Interest on Ultimate. Skill damage multipliers are increased (+30% to primary, +20% to adjacent).
- Eidolon 3: +2 Skill levels, +1 Basic Attack level.
- Eidolon 4: +20% Energy Regen Rate.
- Eidolon 5: +2 Ultimate levels, +2 Talent levels.
- Eidolon 6: Increases Ultimate bounce DMG multiplier by 20. While on field, grants allies +20% All-Type RES PEN. Allies using Ultimates give Gilgamesh 1 “Golden Rule” point (max 5); having 5 Golden Rule consumes them to immediately trigger his Ultimate.
Design notes from the leaks: his kit is engineered around generating Interest and converting it into opportunistic turns. His Ultimate’s 10-instance mechanic means single-target survivability checks are brutal—a thunderclap of damage that can crumble light-defended targets.
When will Gilgamesh release in Honkai Star Rail?
The official timeline is clear: Gilgamesh launches with the next phase of the Fate collab on July 24, 2026. Hoyoverse confirmed the start date and the collab’s second act will overlap Penacony’s Holy Grail War chapter where Saber and Archer previously appeared.
Is Gilgamesh free or only on banners?
He has two entry paths. First, a special login event gives players a chance to claim Gilgamesh for free between July 24 and the end of Honkai Star Rail 4.6. Second, he appears on the Fate collab banners where you can pull him with Premium Star Rail Passes or Stellar Jades. If you’re short on Stellar Jades, check official HSR codes promoted via Hoyoverse, social channels, and community hubs like Reddit and Discord for occasional giveaways.
At the banner countdown page I watched the timer flip — then mapped the acquisition routes
Practical running plan: if you plan to claim him free, mark the first login window and don’t spend passes on intermediate banners. If you want dupes or Eidolon pulls, prepare Premium Star Rail Passes and Stellar Jades ahead of the July 24 drop. Follow Hoyoverse posts, X, and major dataminer accounts for exact banner windows and pity information.
Use community tools like Honkai Star Rail planners, Banner trackers, and spreadsheet templates shared on Discord to forecast pity and energy needs. Watch metadata from the 4.4 beta and cross-check with official patch notes on Hoyoverse’s site the week of release.
If you want a quick build idea: he pairs with characters who can generate multiple actions per turn to stack Interest rapidly, and allies that benefit from CRIT DMG boosts will ride his traces well. Think team architectures that combine energy manipulation with burst ultimates — operators familiar from meta discussion on Reddit and X will tell you the same.
I’ve laid out what the leaks show and how to approach the drop; which strategy will you pick when the banners go live?