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Overview
Eight-player raid content has been widely referenced in community coverage and secondary previews for Honor of Kings: World. However, as of April 2026 the eight-player raid size has not been directly confirmed by TiMi Studio Group in an official statement or press kit. What has been confirmed is that the game supports cooperative dungeons and boss encounters for parties of two to four players, with AI companions available for solo play. This article summarizes what is publicly known and flags what remains unverified.
What is Confirmed
Cooperative dungeons and boss encounters are a core feature
Party sizes of two to four human players are directly confirmed in Gamescom 2025 hands-on coverage and official press material
AI companions can fill party slots for players who queue solo or cannot find a group
The Bi Fang boss was demonstrated at Gamescom 2025 as a cooperative encounter
Matchmaking systems allow players to queue for group content directly from the open world
What is Unverified
The specific "eight-player raid" framing appears in secondary coverage but has not been confirmed in an official Tencent or Level Infinite press release that is accessible in English. It may turn out to be accurate at launch, or it may reflect a misunderstanding of the standard four-player co-op plus an endgame large-group mode that has not yet been detailed. Treat any specific raid mechanics, boss lists, or reward structures tied to "eight-player raids" as speculative until TiMi publishes an endgame content document.
Related Systems
Related confirmed content includes Boss Encounters, Dungeons and Raids, AI Companions, and Party and Matchmaking. These articles describe the verified cooperative features shown at GDC 2025 and Gamescom 2025.
Launch-Window Reality
Eight-player raids are not present in the S0 launch build. The day-one official Q&A thread (师姐问答) posted on April 11, 2026 explicitly confirmed that party size stays capped at four players for the S0 season, and that eight-player raid content is not part of the launch build. Players on launch-window speed-levelling routes therefore complete the four-player cooperative dungeon rotation without any eight-player option in sight.
What This Means for the Endgame Loop
The absence of eight-player raids at launch means that the deepest cooperative content on live servers is the four-player Dream Realm rotation plus the world-boss fights documented in the Boss Encounters article. The weekly cadence therefore runs entirely on four-player squads, which are assembled through the Party and Matchmaking flow or through manual Guild invites.
Roadmap Status
Neither the April 11 day-one Q&A nor the April 17 Week One Report attaches a specific season to an eight-player raid launch. As of the Week One Report, the confirmed S1 items are the minimap and the keyboard-and-mouse custom keybinding return. Gamepad custom keybinding is committed for S2. Eight-player raids, if they come, would arrive later than the S1 and S2 items that the production team has already named. See the Content Roadmap article for the full season-pinned commitment list.