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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, and 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, and 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, and 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.

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.

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. iOS pre-registrants receive the limited glider cosmetic "First Traveler's Wings" (初旅者之翼)

• Dream Realm events (梦境活动): free hero trial quests live at launch for Dongfang Yao, Sun Bin, Master Lu Ban, Meng Ya, and Leng Chun. Xi Shi's Dream Realm had already closed by April 12.

• 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, and 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, and 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, and 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, and 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