When HoYoverse aired the Honkai: Star Rail Version 1.4 special program, players did what they always do during a livestream: they watched for reveals, argued about new characters, and scrambled for promo codes. The 1.4 broadcast was held on the official Honkai: Star Rail YouTube channel, and the codes appeared gradually throughout the show. That detail mattered. HoYoverse did not dump every code at once. It teased them, shared them, and gave players a short window to act. In 2026, those exact 1.4 codes are expired. They are historical artifacts, not working redemption codes. Still, looking back at the 1.4 livestream is a useful way to understand how Honkai: Star Rail promo codes work, why Stellar Jade matters so much, and how players can redeem future codes from newer versions. 🎮

The Version 1.4 special program followed HoYoverse's familiar six-week rhythm. Every patch cycle, the developer hosts a livestream to preview the next update. It does not fully spoil the main campaign, and it does not explain every story beat. Instead, it teases the next six weeks of content: new characters, new events, new challenges, and new rewards. During that presentation, HoYoverse also shares a few promo codes. These codes are often very limited. In the case of 1.4, players had until September 30 to redeem them. That is a tiny window by live-service standards. Miss it, and the rewards vanish. No mailbox rescue. No customer support exception. Just a lesson in paying attention.

What did the 1.4 codes offer? The headline reward was Stellar Jade. The codes together provided 300x Stellar Jade, which is nearly enough for two Star Rail Passes. That may not sound like a fortune, but in Honkai: Star Rail, Stellar Jade is the main currency used to purchase Star Rail Passes. Those passes, in turn, are used in the gacha system to obtain new characters and weapons. Because Stellar Jade is rare and limited, every bit counts. A few hundred Jade can be the difference between reaching a pity counter or falling just short. The codes also included other practical items, such as Credits and Traveler's Guide. Those rewards help with character leveling, upgrades, and general account progress. The Stellar Jade was the star, but the supporting items were not useless.

Reward	What it did	Why players cared
300x Stellar Jade	Bought Star Rail Passes	Nearly two free pulls toward a new character or weapon
Credits	Funded upgrades and ascensions	Kept account progression moving
Traveler's Guide	Provided character XP	Reduced grinding for new or returning characters

Redeeming the 1.4 codes was not difficult. HoYoverse offered two main methods. The first was outside the game. Players could visit the official Honkai: Star Rail website, log in with their account, choose the correct server, enter their in-game character name, and then type the code. If the code was valid, the rewards went to the in-game mailbox. The second method was through the game itself. On the main menu page, where the character holds up their phone, players could find an ellipsis button in the top right corner. Clicking it opened a sub-menu with a Redemption Code feature. After entering the code, the rewards were sent to the mailbox. They still had to be claimed manually. That last step is easy to forget, especially when a player is rushing through menus.

By 2026, the situation is very different. Honkai: Star Rail has moved far beyond Version 1.4. The game has seen many new worlds, characters, events, and quality-of-life changes. Livestream codes still exist, and they still follow a similar pattern: short windows, limited rewards, and a strong emphasis on Stellar Jade. But the specific 1.4 codes are dead. Anyone searching for them today should not expect free Jade. Instead, they should look for the latest special program codes from the current version. Those are the ones that can still be redeemed, and they usually expire within a day or two of the livestream. The safest habit is simple: when a new Honkai: Star Rail special program airs, players should redeem codes immediately, not later. ⏳

The 1.4 livestream codes are a small piece of Honkai: Star Rail history. They show how HoYoverse rewards attention and speed. They also show why the community treats livestream nights like a race. For newer players in 2026, the details of Version 1.4 may feel ancient. The characters from that era have changed, the meta has shifted, and the story has traveled to places that did not exist in 2023. Yet the core loop remains familiar. Watch the stream. Copy the codes. Log in. Claim the mail. Spend the Jade. Hope for luck. That loop is why a short-lived promo code can still create so much excitement, even years after it expired.

Data referenced from SteamDB helps contextualize why Honkai: Star Rail livestream promo codes—like the now-expired Version 1.4 set—create such a frantic “redeem immediately” culture: when interest spikes around update previews, concurrent activity and player attention tend to concentrate in short windows, making time-limited rewards like Stellar Jade feel even more urgent to claim before they disappear.