Genshin Impact vs Honkai: Star Rail: which pity system is more generous?

Same question every player asks before starting a second gacha: is Honkai: Star Rail kinder than Genshin Impact, or the other way round? This page puts the main banner of each game side by side — the numbers that decide how many pulls a featured unit really costs — and reads the verdict from them. Everything comes from each banner's published rate table, not from opinion.

Main banner, side by side

	Genshin ImpactCharacter Event	Honkai: Star RailCharacter Event
Hard pity	90	90
Soft pity starts at	74	74
Base rate	0.6%	0.6%
Featured guarantee	50/50 with carry-over	50/50 with carry-over
Cost per pull	160 Primogems	160 Stellar Jade
Cost of hard pity	14,400 Primogems	14,400 Stellar Jade
Featured unit, worst case	180 · 28,800 Primogems	180 · 28,800 Stellar Jade
Chance in 10 pulls (pity 0)	5.8%	5.8%
Pulls for a 50% chance	76	76

Verdict

On this point the two games are identical.
In both games the pity counter carries over to the next banner of the same type, so saving between banners is never wasted.

Open the Genshin Impact pity calculator →Open the Honkai: Star Rail pity calculator →

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