Level Infinite recently announced Honor of Kings Plus, a massive HoK update that is going live today, June 24, 2025.
While the game’s many collabs may be more attention-grabbing, this update is just as exciting for fans. After all, this new update features a wealth of improvements, along with plenty of new additions.
To start, the new update introduces Flowborn, a player’s personal in-game avatar that offers more depth and customization features. Here’s a rundown of what to expect with the Flowborn:
- Determine your look
- Select appearance
- Select skin tone
- Select outfit
- Unlock additional clothing, hairstyles and more
- Create and share your own 2D poster from a choice of backgrounds, stickers and nameplates
- Adaptive combat system
- Versatile weapons & skills are effective across multiple lanes
- Freely select attribute buffs during a match
- Flowborn will be rolled out as follows
- Flowborn – Marksman available starting from June 24
- Flowborn – Tank coming soon in July
- Flowborn – Mage coming soon in July
The Honor of Kings Plus update will also see a player’s individual performance receive greater acknowledgement and Star rewards, even for players on the losing side. This will be done via the following changes:
- Overarching criteria
- Result points = match victory + personal performance points
- Personal performance points = basic evaluation + highlight moments points, with the total converted to a rating, which will provide different points accordingly
- Ratings and Stars will be awarded to players who achieve “Highlight Moments”
- Examples of Highlight Moments
- Single-handedly destroying the highground tower and then destroying the opponent’s crystal = Rating jumps directly to SSS
- Carrying the game with full score = Earn an additional 2-star rating
- In a 1v9 scenario even if unable to carry the match in spite of your best efforts = Retain or even gain Stars
- On the losing side and not MVP but receives a gold medal = Potential to gain Stars
The update will also aim to help lessen communication issues via real time voice to text transcription and translation. This will initially support Chinese, English, Indonesian and Malay.
Players can also expect the following gameplay changes during matches:
- The number of mid lane minions will be increased to four
- The Central River Sprite will be removed completely to deliver a better flow and balance in mid lane
- Adjustments to the respawn frequency, abilities and rewards for top and bottom lane River Sprites & the Space Sprite
- The Red Falcon’s spawn timing, skills, and rewards have been rebalanced
- Super minions in all three lanes have had their attributes lowered to balance late-game pressure\
- Changes to Turret shield system
- Teleport Summoner Skill is now permanently available along with improved Teleport visuals
Plus, the Honor Pass system is getting an overhaul, with a more streamlined mission system. Basically, players can earn experience for:
- Completing Honor Pass missions
- Achieving Highlight moments
- Completing campaigns
These can then be used to upgrade Honor Pass levels and earn more rewards.
Here are more new Honor Pass details:
- For the first month, after updating their game players will receive an Elite Pass for free
- The first new Honor Pass will be KWC themed
- Level 1 will immediately get the skin Nuwa-Syzygy Moonlight, Stay active and level up to 80 to get Alessio EWC skin for free
- Upgrading to the Deluxe Pass also grants an additional 398 tokens, which can be used for the next Honor Pass, or a future pass
Finally, players can enjoy a Limited Time Freebie Frenzy. Here’s how it works:
- Starting June 19, complete tasks to earn special event tokens
- Starting June 24, after updating to the latest version, players can go to the Event Center to redeem the special event tokens for a skin voucher worth 1688 Tokens
- From June 28 to June 30, players can use the 1688-Token Voucher in the Shop to get a discount on designated skins!
- This coupon is valid for all skins released before January 1st 2025, with the exception of the newly launched skin Yun Ying – Crystallight Spear
- The coupon is fully usable with no minimum spend, and can deduct up to 1688 Tokens. It is valid for a single skin only and cannot be used for bundled purchases.
Honor of Kings is available now on Android and iOS devices.