Gacha system in Arknights Endfield deviates from what players are used to seeing. It's somewhat similar to the original game, but for the most part it does things quite differently than you might expect. There are some good and bad things in how End field deals with its gacha system, and all players will want to know how this works before diving deep into the game or investing heavily in it.
Endfield Gacha Banners and Prizes
End field has three different character gacha banners (called Headhunting banners):
- New Horizons Headhunting is for new players; it guarantees a standard 6-star character at 40 moves
- Chartered Headhunting is the limited time banner that changes regularly
- Basic headhunting is the standard gacha banner containing standard units of all rarities
Release prices
- 6 star character: 0.8%
- 5 star character: 8%
- 4 star character: 91.2%
For the Chartered Headhunting banner, you have a 50% chance of getting any character if you get a 6 star character in your moves.
What's different in Arknights Endfields Gacha?
The Endfield Pity System, explained
There are quite a few different things here, so we'll start with the one most players are curious about: the sin system. Similar to other popular gacha games, End field uses a sin system that gives players a 50/50 chance of getting a featured character from ongoing limited time banners. Hard pity kicks in at the 80-pull mark, and your pulls will roll over to the next banner as long as you haven't reached 80 pulls yet.
Good
If you lose 50/50, you only need 40 more moves to get a guaranteed operator roll at 120 moves. This safety net only applies once per Chartered banner, but you are guaranteed to receive an additional selected operator copy every 240 draws after reaching the 120 mark.
Also, you get a Headhunting document after 60 moves on the Chartered banner, which is coming give you a free 10-pull for the next Chartered Headhunting banner.
Finally, the character in the Chartered Headhunting banner will remain in the next two Chartered Headhunting banners. If, say, you fail to get Levatein before her banner is over, you still have a chance to get her when it's Gilberta or Yvonne's turn in the spotlight.
The Bad
If you fail to reach the 120 moves needed to reach the safety net, none of your moves will carry over to the next banner. When you lose your 50/50 at 80 moves, you've already entered full gambler mode – it's all or nothing at this point.
Endfield Weapon Banners, explained
How does Arsenal Exchange work?
End field have a completely different style of gacha for their weapons. Instead of using Oroberyls or Permits to draw weapons, you have to spend Arsenal Ticketswhich you can get by pulling from Headhunting banners or by collecting them from the Protocol Pass.
When you go to the Arsenal Exchange page, you will be bombarded with a bunch of random weapon banners called Issues. The featured weapon issue that coincides with the Chartered Headhunting banner will always be at the top, and you'll see the rest below. You can even buy a weapon with Arsenal tickets, which is pretty neat.
From here, just select any Issue you want to draw from and then roll the die. Weapons have the following drop rate:
- 6 Star Weapon: 4%
- 5 Star Weapon: 15%
- 4 Star Weapon: 81%
You have a 25% chance of getting the featured weapon in all numbers when you make the perfect 4% roll, and you have a 12.5% chance of getting other 6-star weapons.
Weapon soft pity starts at 40 moves, while hard pity triggers at 80.
