How to link your Honkai Star Rail account to PS5

❘ Published: 2023-11-29T19:52:31

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After a lot of anticipation, Honkai Star Rail is available on PS5, and you may want to know how you can link your existing account to the console. Here are all the steps you must follow to carry over your existing progress on PS5.

Honkai Star Rail has become an extremely popular gacha game in just a handful of months thanks to its large character roster, action-packed turn-based combat system, and regular updates provided by HoYoverse that ensure the Trailblazers across the world always have fresh content to enjoy.

PS5 players can now jump on board the Astral Express, but before you step into its Sci-Fi world on console, you may want to know how to link your existing account to the PlayStation. After all, carrying your progress and characters over is extremely handy.

So, here’s exactly how to link your Honkai Star Rail account to PS5.

How to link a Honkai Star Rail account to your PS5

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There are several different ways to link your Honkai Star Rail account to your PS5, so it’s worth knowing which category you fit into first.

If you’ve played Genshin Impact on your PlayStation before

If you’ve previously played Genshin Impact on your PlayStation, then your PSN account should already be connected to Hoyoverse’s servers.

As soon as you run Honkai Star Rail on your PS5, you’ll automatically be logged into your previous Hoyoverse account and enter the game with no issue.

Players new to Honkai Star Rail

For those entirely new to Honkai Star Rail and Hoyoverse in general, you’ll need to simply load up the game on your PlayStation and follow the instructions.

It should get you to register and create an account. Do this, and your journey will begin!

Players with an existing Honkai Star Rail character on their PC or mobile

If you’ve previously played Honkai Star Rail on your PC or mobile and want to continue the same character on your PlayStation, then you’ll want to follow these steps:

Ensure your HoYoverse account is linked to your PlayStation email.
Confirm the location of your PSN account is the same as the server your HSR character is in.
Open Honkai Star Rail on your PS5.
Choose “Already have an account, log in directly.”
Follow the instructions to link your already-made HoYoverse account to the PSN account you’re currently using.
Then, your character should appear and you can begin playing.

There you have it. That’s how you can link your Honkai Star Rail account to your PS5. While signing in and getting ready to hop back into the game, take a look at some of our other handy Honkai Star Rail guides and content: