What Cosmic Lucky Prize option to choose in Honkai: Star Rail

Honkai: Star Rail is taking gambling to the next level with the Cosmic Lucky Prize event, which runs daily from Jan. 27 until Feb. 2.

This limited-time event requires you to log in daily to choose between instant gratification or a chance to get a whole lot of premium currency. A few very lucky players will win 500,000 Stellar Jade (which equals 3,125 gacha pulls), so it’s an enticing gamble.

Below, we explain how the Honkai: Star Rail Cosmic Lucky Prize event works and which option you should pick to net the most Stellar Jade.

How does the Cosmic Lucky Prize work?

Every day when you log in, you will be presented with a choice: Take the 100 jades now? Or enter a lottery?

So there’s a chance every day to win 500,000 Stellar Jade from the lottery, and if you are not among the lucky few players who gets that grand prize, you’ll have a 10% chance to get 600 Stellar Jade and a 90% chance to get 50 Stellar Jade. Your reward from the lottery will be delivered to your mail the next day. You can only win the 600 jades and the 500,000 jades once (if you’re so lucky to even win those).

There will be varying numbers of winners each day and 20 winners total.

Pretty much, the lottery is for the gamblers and the 100 Stellar Jades are for those who like to stay safe.

So, should you pick the 100 Stellar Jade or the lottery option?

Keeping it real with you, dear reader, I don’t want to be personally responsible for your gambling decisions, but I will try to advise you!

It’s safest to just grab the 100 jades daily. Picking the safe 100 Stellar Jade option will net you 700 jades over the course of the event, as opposed to the lucky prize, which will very likely just net you 350 Jades — unless you get lucky enough to hit that 10% and get 600 jades. However, if you hit the 10% chance one time, you’ll walk out with 900 jades total making it more worthwhile — but it’s all kind of dependent on if you actually hit that 10%. I can’t really speak for your own luck, here!

The option you pick can also depend on your need for Stellar Jades. Are you trying to pull in any of the gacha banners right now and you need more jades? Then you should pick the safer option and get the 700 jades. If you aren’t pulling for anyone and are still saving for future banners (with plenty of time to farm more jades), then gambling may be more enticing.

However, let’s be honest here — I’m personally going for the gamble every day. I’m not taking my own advice here. And you don’t have to, either. Long live the gamble!