Overview
Season 0, often called the Jixia Chapter (稷下篇) in post-launch coverage, is the launch season of Honor of Kings: World. It went live with the April 10, 2026 PC launch and is the game's first live-service season. S0 is centered on the Jixia Academy storyline, features the 11-Resonance launch roster. frames the player's introduction to the world of Primaera through the perspective of a new student at the academy. The season includes a two-tier battle pass, Dream Realm events for five launch heroes, daily login rewards. a post-launch content plan built around two sub-versions per future season. The exact S0 end date and duration had not been officially announced as of April 12, 2026.
Season Structure
TiMi's launch-day Q&A confirmed the long-term season model. Each future season (S1 through S4) will receive two sub-versions that add story, Resonance, region, playstyle. cosmetic content. S0 itself is positioned as the foundational season and is named for its focus on Jixia Academy rather than being numbered as S1. No specific duration has been announced. For the full content delivery plan, see Content Roadmap.
S0 Launch Roster
Season 0 ships with 11 playable Resonances, verified by Baidu Baike and the Tencent world.qq.com S0 landing page. Leng Chun is the first character created exclusively for Honor of Kings: World and is not part of the base MOBA roster.
Resonance | Chinese | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Child of the Primal Flow | 元流之子 | Flexible | Player protagonist with multi-weapon cycle |
Dongfang Yao | 东方曜 | 强攻 Offensive | Jixia Academy guide for early chapters |
Xi Shi | 西施 | 辅助 Support | Silk-binding ranged support |
Meng Ya | 蒙犽 | 强攻 Offensive | Dual-ammo ranged gunner |
Master Lu Ban | 鲁班大师 | 辅助 Support | Mohist mech pilot |
Sun Bin | 孙膑 | 辅助 Support | Spacetime time-slow support |
Wang Zhaojun | 王昭君 | 强攻 Offensive | Ice mage from Wolf Banner tribe |
Jialuo | 伽罗 | 强攻 Offensive | Bow user, Thousand-Cave Guardian |
Mulan | 花木兰 | 对抗 Confrontation | Dual-form light/heavy sword |
Kai | 铠 | 对抗 Confrontation | Demon-armor greatsword, parry specialist |
Leng Chun | 冷春 | Hybrid | HoKW-original Jixia school physician with healer / Mo Sha dual-form |
S0 Battle Pass
The S0 battle pass is called 稷下战令 (Jixia Battle Pass) and offers two paid tiers plus a free track. Pricing was confirmed by Chinese coverage mirrored on wap.pp.cn and 17173. The pass is purchased once per season.
Tier | Price | Key Rewards |
|---|---|---|
Free | No cost | Daily quest rewards, Jing Po (晶珀) trickle, Resonance upgrade materials. basic cosmetics |
Basic (基础版) | 68 CNY | 1,000 stamina on purchase, 5 character draw tickets, 1 Resonance character, 1 exclusive weapon skin, plus 60 stamina + 50 Jing Po per day while active |
Deluxe (豪华版) | 168 CNY | Everything in the Basic tier plus an exclusive Resonance-character outfit (in-shop value roughly 3,980 Jing Po) |
The "character draw tickets" in the battle pass pull from a cosmetic and resource pool rather than a character-rarity gacha pool. Honor of Kings: World does not use a Genshin-style 80 or 90 pull character pity system at launch. See Battle Pass for the full battle pass article and Monetization for the broader storefront.
Launch-Week Events
Five event tracks went live with the April 10, 2026 launch, confirmed by Tencent's world.qq.com S0 portal.
Daily login rewards: seven-day calendar granting the mount "Borrowed East Wind" (借东风) and the hairstyle "Flash of Insight" (灵光乍现) among other cosmetics
Pre-registration claim: claimable rewards tied to the pre-launch reservation campaign. WeGame pre-registrations exceeded 3.8 million before launch. Pre-registration rewards are claimed in-game at launch. The exact reward list and platform-specific cosmetics have not been fully documented in accessed primary sources. See the Pre-Registration Campaign article for verified milestone details
Dream Realm events (梦境活动): free hero trial quests live at launch for Dongfang Yao, Sun Bin, Master Lu Ban, and Meng Ya. Xi Shi's Dream Realm event had already concluded by April 12. See Dream Realm Events for the full launch-week event schedule.
Voyage Notes (启航手记): new-player inheritance rewards and mall starter pack for first-time accounts
New-player Resonance grant: the Resonance "Shattered Blade" (破灭刀锋) is granted through the early-game tutorial quest chain
Monthly Card and Shop Cosmetics
Outside the battle pass, the most prominent S0 storefront items confirmed on world.qq.com are the monthly card 汐月之礼 (Xi Yue Zhi Li / Evening Moon Gift) at 30 CNY, which grants recurring daily benefits. the Heavenly Reward (天赏) cosmetic banner for Mythic-tier outfits, with pity set at approximately 15 pulls (around 2,400 CNY total) per Mythic outfit, using Dongfang Yao's Heavenly Reward skin as the example verified by 17173. Skin pricing follows the monetization structure documented in Monetization. Characters themselves are sold as one-off direct purchases at roughly 398 CNY each. all combat-balance resources remain free to earn through gameplay.
S0 Story Content
S0 contains 27 story chapters, verified by Ali213's post-launch walkthrough. The launch build includes the Prologue "灭世之战" (Di Xin tutorial boss), three numbered Jixia chapters, an Interlude and Home section. a series of hero-focused and region-focused chapters culminating in a Chapter 26 Epilogue (后日谈). The presence of a dedicated Epilogue indicates that the S0 main story is a complete arc rather than a cliffhanger. See Main Story and Quests for the full chapter list and boss encounters. Chang'an and the Great Wall / Northern Wilds region tied to Mulan, Kai. Wang Zhaojun are present in the game's lore but are not playable regions during S0.
Confirmed Post-Launch Additions
Time-stop photography mode (时空定格摄影) teased in the launch-day Q&A, no date
Mobile (iOS and Android) launch within April 2026, specific date unannounced
Cross-save between PC and mobile fully active at mobile launch
Additional controller fixes and shader compile optimization in upcoming patches — see Day One Patch
Sources
Tencent S0 portal: https://world.qq.com/
17173 day-one Q&A: https://news.17173.com/content/04112026/124221621.shtml
17173 monetization / battle pass pricing: https://news.17173.com/content/04072026/103944012.shtml
wap.pp.cn battle pass breakdown: https://wap.pp.cn/news/1067850.html
TapTap pre-registration data: https://www.taptap.cn/moment/789445920038061328
GamerSky S0 hero compendium: https://www.gamersky.com/handbook/202604/2117382.shtml
Baidu Baike 王者荣耀世界: https://baike.baidu.com/item/王者荣耀世界/62078704