How the gacha and pity works in Arknights: Endfield

In Arknights: Endfield, the gacha and pity systems are core elements of the experience, as with any other gacha game. The character and weapon gachas (called "headhunting" in-game) are how you obtain new units and equipment to complete the campaign, but understanding the pity system will help you decide when to spend all your pulls.

While Arknights: Endfield's systems aren't very different from those of other gacha games, there are some important details you should be aware of before spending your resources. Below, you can find an explanation of how the gacha and pity work in Arknights: Endfield.

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How the gacha works in Arknights: Endfield

The gacha system in Arknights: Endfield allows you to pull for characters, called Operators, and weapons. Each of these requires different currencies.

The operator gacha system follows a two-banner format: one limited-time banner called the Chartered Banner, and a permanent standard banner. In the former, you have a higher chance of obtaining the featured character, while in the latter, you can obtain one character from the fixed standard roster. By pulling on these banners, you can acquire four-, five-, and six-star operators. Character banners do not include weapons.

A single pull on either of the two banners costs 500 Oroberyls, a special currency that you can earn through quests or exchanging the premium currency Origeometry (one Origeometry gives you 75 Oroberyls). It is also possible to pull characters from seasonal and standard banners using special tickets called Chartered HH Permits and Basic HH Permits respectively.

A featured unit has a drop rate of 50.0000%, giving you a 50% chance to obtain them when you pull a six-star character in the Chartered banner. Here are the general drop rates for six-, five-, and four-star operators in both banners:

• Six-star operators: 0.8000%
• Five-star operators: 8.0000%
• Four-star operators: 91.20000%

While the standard banner doesn't rotate, the seasonal banners run for a set time and are the only place where you find the new six-star operators. In Endfield, after a seasonal banner ends, the rate-up character will still appear in the next two seasonal banners as possible pulls.

You need to perform an Arsenal Exchange to obtain signature weapons. To open the Arsenal Exchange menu, you must access the Acquisition Center or use the button on the bottom-left side of the Headhunt screen.

In the Arsenal Exchange menu, you can pull for the featured character's signature weapon or buy weapons in a weekly changing shop by using Arsenal Tickets. This is a unique currency that you can earn from headhunting (a.k.a. pulling from character banners), the season pass, paid bundles, or by exchanging Origeometry.

The drop rate of a featured weapon is 25.0000%, which means that, whenever you pull a six-star weapon, there is a 25.0000% chance of being the rate-up one. Below, you find the base drop rates for weapons:

• Six-star weapons: 4.0000%
• Five-star weapons: 15.0000%
• Four-star weapons: 81.0000%

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How the pity system works in Arknights: Endfield

The pity system in gacha games is a way for you to be rewarded after hitting a certain number of pulls. In Arknights: Endfield, there are two important thresholds when pulling for operators.

In both Chartered and standard banners, you will receive a guaranteed five-star unit every 10 pulls. Once you reach the mark of 80 pulls on a banner, you're guaranteed to pull a six-star character. In the Chartered banner, there is a 50% chance that this character will be the featured one. Otherwise, you'll get a different six-star operator. If you lose the 50/50 and don't obtain the featured character, you can chase the 120th pull, which guarantees you will receive the rate-up character.

You should be mindful when managing your 80 and 120 pity counters since they are treated differently. If you lose the 50/50 near a banner's end and then make another 40 pulls on the next banner to chase the next pity threshold, you may lose the 50/50 again. This happens because only the pity counter for the first 80 pulls is carried over from one banner to another, while the second counter resets when a banner ends. The secured 120th pull only works when performed while that specific seasonal banner is active and it can be triggered only once.

Because of how the pity works in Arknights: Endfield, you should make sure you have enough currency to perform 120 pulls. Otherwise, you risk losing a 50/50 and having the same thing happen in the next banner.

While you're pulling for your first copy of the featured character, hitting the first 60 pulls grants you a Headhunting Dossier, which is converted into 10 special permits usable only in the next banner.

If you are thinking about pulling copies of the same character, there's another factor to consider. When you pull a copy of the same character in Arknights: Endfield, you earn a Memento of that specific character, which unlocks one of their five passive abilities. For featured character's mementos, you are guaranteed to receive a Memento after 240 pulls. Whether you obtain the character in the first 80 pulls or take all 120 pulls to see their colors, the threshold to guarantee a copy remains 240 pulls. You may obtain it earlier, but the chances are low.

The pity system in the weapon gacha is less convoluted. You can only pull this banner 10 times at once, rather than opting for single-pulls. After three pulls of 10 weapons, if no six-star weapon is acquired, then it is guaranteed to come in the next pull of 10 weapons. This pity counter is not carried over to the next Arsenal banners. It takes eight pulls of 10 weapons each (each 10-weapon pull costs 1,980 Arsenal Tickets) for you to receive a guaranteed rate-up six-star weapon. You can obtain it before hitting this threshold, but you can also receive any of the other six-star weapons.

Every 10 pulls (100 weapons) will also grant you an Arms OC: Smelting Forge crate that lets you claim one of the six basic five-star weapons in the game, while 18 pulls (180 weapons) give you a rate-up six-star weapon as a bonus. These effects trigger only once. After that, you receive a bonus at every eight pulls of 10 weapons that can be either an Arms OC: Smelting Forge crate or a copy of the rate-up six-star weapon.