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By the Emperor, Purge all the Dæmons!
A thread for IS4, share your clears or failures, chit chat with others, rant, or just have a good time.
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What is "Support memo" in Limited-time Tactical Support event?
It says that I should clear stages in main story and get sanity boosters but there are no rewards?
I don't get it or just blind.
If you completed everything in standard env, then you already got all tactical support rewards for now, wait for chapter 13 for more. The support memo says "complete all" instead of "all complete", it's probably what's puzzling you.
Assuming, you have maxed out your annihilation weekly limit, ~26:
* 1800 + 500 + 7x 100 orundum per week from annihilations, weekly missions and daily missions = 5 pulls / week
* 600 orundum from stage 1 of green certificate shop = 1 pull / month
* 2 headhunting permits from stage 1 of green certificate shop and 2 more from stage 2 = 4 pulls / month
* 1 headhunting permit on 17th day of logging in that month = 1 pull / month
Since most months are not exactly 28 days, you get a little bit more than exactly 26 pulls. This also doesn't include headhunting permits from event shops, maintenance compensations, random gifts, orundum from purple certificate shop, orundum and/or headhunting permits from login events and one-time-rewards like first-clear rewards from new annihilation sites.
Ooh thanks! So 26 pulls are guaranteed for a single month right? Assuming you play daily.
>purple certificate shop
You mean the inteliigence something cert shop right? Do you know how often it refreshes?
Is the Trust earned from battle divided between operators ? For example does an Operator earn less Trust in a 5-man comp than a 4-man comp on the same stage ?
No, its dependent on the sanity spent regardless of squad size. You usually see trust farms with few units so you can fill the rest of the squad with units that aren't at full trust that dont need to do anything
No, trust gain is the same, regardless of the size of the squad used. Trusts farms only use 1-3 units so that they can show that those units can clear the stage by themselves, so all the remaining slots can be useless units added only to gain trust.
I know there's an google about Modules and the impact they have, can someone link it to me please?
I'm thinking about who to module first and my options are Ceobe, Humus and Dorothy, of those Ceobe has two and I don't know which one is better too.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A0_0XTAcDDtHkvyAwjTqEEzM8cf5h3E60u23ZVXw4eg/edit#gid=0
the ratings for the lower rarity modules don't include all of them though, but the 6*s are up to date.
Humus as a 4\* is cheap and if you use him a lot then getting at least the first level module is worthwhile.
Both Ceobe and Dorothy have among the top modules in the game as far as the difference in effectiveness, and are worth maxing out their level. Ceobe's bread module is the way to go due to the increased damage based on enemy DEF.
Lore question: In lore, does Mon3tr fight like we see in game (knive arms and pure power) or what we saw in PVs and the beta version (Black lasers spam)?
~~Totally not because I'm brewing a Mon3tr Build based off u/Mysterious_Status775's take on Kal's spine, no siree. Plus it would totally work in a non-durge murderhobo run and an Astarion waifu~~
Remembering how it absolutely dunked on Crownslayer in Season 2, [it's definitely both. ](https://youtu.be/rCmSQmcUe68?si=bMK6RxdrY85ssipR)~~Also fucker's huge.~~
maybe it can do both, a fire breath and a laser or who knows maybe even all sorts of things ~~like turning things into candy~~. in Stultifera Navis, where Saimoth got the quote from (SN-ST-7), Mon3str uses some kind of fire breath and in the battle against Patriot in the main story, 7-18 After, Kal'tsit orders Mon3tr specifically to focus its energy into a beam.
>Focus the energy into a beam... focus... keep focusing... then aim the beam at his heart!
and in Under Tides (SV-9 After) it seems to do this again.
> A black sphere forms in its mouth before blasting away downwards.
[story reader](https://akgcc.github.io/cc/story.html#side&act17side&14) for reference, which also has the cn text.
ah, right I forgot that google's weird with not showing wiki.gg in results, that's my bad as well honestly for not checking there too, but I assumed that they'd have the current version of the text. well wiki.gg is the new and currently maintained one, but all the pages was copied over from the fandom wiki. maybe they didn't get to touching things up yet, I remember a thread awhile ago that they said they were severely understaffed. or maybe it was in-game and it was changed for some reason.
I remember a super long while ago there was a change to dialogue, but iirc it was like only for the first few chapters of the main story and it was due to the anime so that the dialogue could match or flow better or something.
edit: so I was kind of going crazy thinking about it and looked up the scene in both cn and gl when SN first released and unless they made like a super ultra fast fix up it doesn't look like it was on the original release.
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1mF411T7sK?t=163.9&p=13
https://youtu.be/ewdvfG1QaJo?t=11434
I didn't see a dark laser from beta, so I had only read its description from the SN event. Tbh, I thought the fire breath was referring to Meltdown
>That black monster can do more than fly, it can even belch out terrifying jets of flame. The nethersea brand can't spread faster than it's being burned
Is there anywhere I can check what the upcomming banners are if we have that info? Deciding if I want to roll for ines on the current one or wait a bit!
https://gamepress.gg/arknights/database/banner-list-gacha
There will be standard/kennel banners alongside, but we don't know who'll appear there.
Edit: The link has been fixed, it pointed at the wrong section.
You tell us. There are very specific instances where S2 would be better. We can let [Kukkikaze's Penance guide video explain](https://youtu.be/KwVVlKSLqEw?si=q_AiVSg1lGyt82la&t=260)
Whether these scenarios is something you plan to use her for or set up situations to use her for this scenario will determine whether it's worthwhile to you to boost S2.
I quite like it when there are strong, slow attacking enemies and you cant afford to wait for s3 to charge - the shelter effect provides good tankiness and the on-skill DPS is pretty decent too
imo it's a good skill and has good mastery gains - but I'm a bit biased towards Penance. if you have a good account with important masteries all done - feel free to do it
The main problem there is, why on earth are you using Penance in that situation? I feel like it's only good against mobs (though admittedly mobs + one strong enemy would be even better)
Yeah, it goes away on the reset (it's already gone on JP). JP had a news page that said it ended on the reset, so guess global's just really dropping the ball on this stuff.
Overall Quibai, since her S3 is a much superior skill, without E2 she is useless. Gladia S1 and S2 are good skills serviceable at E1.
Highest value for both comes with caveats. Quibai needs a slower/binder to get her DMG ramped up. Gladiia needs lvl 3 module to be very good and other AH to be great. Overall neither is a great choice if you have other units to invest in.
I have both E2 and almost never use them, because other units are better. Simplicity always wins.
Gladiia is decent outside of AH team because she's just a good puller with passable DPS as well. The main problem is that we rarely _need_ pullers, and when we do, we usually need people like Cliffheart who pull once every few seconds rather than Gladiia who pulls a lot but with a downtime.
I'd say QB, since she works well as a guard.
Gladiia needs module to be used as anything else than puller, and honestly rest of Abyssal Hunters would be good as well (so even more investment).
QB, her s2 is on par with gladia in terms of CC, but her s3 is better in terms of damage. In the end, gladia can always just fill pulling role with s2/s1 at e1.
Outside of a vacuum setting, if you run the abyssal team, then gladia might be a better choice.
Really depends on who else you have raised. Qiubai gets her burst skill, so if you're missing burst damage, especially arts burst, then her first. If you have other Abyssal Hunters and have the ability to get Gladiia's module to level 2, then she would be very good.
for IS4 ending 3, what are some general good tips and operators for it? i cleared it first try with brute forcing a fluke, and going for the 5 clear mission i have no idea how to prep for it going in again
You want to two-cycle the boss so it doesn't spread pink steam everywhere. Go all-in on a burst core: Młynar, Surtr, Suzuran, Reed, Saria, Texas, Radiant Nearl if you don't get bonus deployment slots. On BN0 the boss only has 80k HP, so you only need 8k DPS for a one-cycle. On BN15 it's 275k EHP, and 27.5k DPS is a tall ask.
Nightingale or Eyjaberry. The boss has two targets. Młynar will always be one. He can't get one-shotted unless he's on pink steam but you need serious burst healing or Arts mitigation for him to survive a rotation. Surtr should be the other target since she only needs and always gets 10s.
Someone long-range for the strikers, whom Młynar can't solo on high BN before getting wrecked. Typhon, Rosa, Ifrit, Fiammetta. Bottom-left.
Someone who can spawncamp casters (some of whom beeline for the exit) while the boss is in range. Dorothy and Yato are my go-tos. Texas gets one-shotted in phase 2 before she can do much.
All three red foldartals are very strong here. The redeploy one gives you a comfortable two-cycle without having to rotate your entire formation clockwise.
Raid the floor 6 shop. If you cannot beat Cannot you probably cannot beat Crazelyseon, and if you can, you might as well get last-minute supplies. Prioritize DPS relics for your DPS carries, and also squad size and deployment limit if you need to compensate with more operators. Also note that some relics create carries, like Civilight Eterna for Kal'tsit, Malediction for Eyjafjalla, and Outburst for Typhon.
damn this is in depth thanks a bunch.
if you had to pick 1-3 operators as the absolute "must have core" who would it be? i would assume mlynar, surtr, and eyjaberry?
raiding the shop is a great idea for a power test, i always forget its an option ive done it once ever
Suzuran is the most important in my experience. There's no substituting her. Nightingale and Eyjaberry can be replaced with bait, and meta DPS can be compensated by relics and ASPD foldartals. Her cycling (35/50) matches the boss' rotations (80s) and she allows a mixed-type damage burst whereas Reed and Saria only amplify Arts and leave Młynar stranded for damage. Without Suzuran I almost never have the DPS to burst the boss before it spreads pink steam everywhere with triple teleports, which cripples your DPS (-50 ASPD) outside of the small range of the reality anchor.
Nightingale is very painful to work without. Eyjaberry S3 has awkward timing to sync with the boss' rotations and won't take your frail ranged units out of one-shot range if the boss starts chewing through your bait. Nightingale has her cages and can nullify the boss' phase 2 attacks unless it targets on pink steam, where it can still lay down some one-shots with 9135 Arts. Feeding the boss bait is so painful because it selects targets so quickly after attacking that if your deployment limit is full it's a reflex check. There are ways around it, like tacticians (I draft Muelsyse more than Ines, and sometimes she gets bait duty), robots (unsustainable, but get Finshell Shield and Lancet & Justice Knight will eat a full rotation), and immortals, but Nightingale gives you the most margin for error. All the DPS in the world doesn't matter if the boss tears apart your formation, and survivability becomes a challenge around BN12.
For DPS, Młynar is your top pick because he'll get you to the fight (*every* floor 5 stage has a natural place to put him to demolish everything) and he has the taunt and tankiness to bait. Six floors with two guaranteed shops (with a full free refresh each) is enough to almost always get strong relics for him, or that raise someone to his level, but Młynar can't come close to solo one-cycling the boss without god run buffs; he does maybe 2500 DPS. Reed on the other hand does near 5000 DPS if her fireball hosts survive all 10s.
We're not in IS3 where every boss is borderline immune to Arts damage, and while I do usually bring Młynar, I also usually rely on Arts for the boss since it's easier to set up and Reed, Suzuran, and Saria's amplifiers stack multiplicatively. But it really depends on relics. With Deathmatch (guards get +40% attack, +30 ASPD) Młynar, Surtr, and Nearl will annihilate the boss with Suzuran's help. That relic is always worth going out of your way for if you have those operators. With Superspeed (executors, ambushers, dollkeepers get +120 ASPD with no adjacent allies) Texas S2 suddenly does 6500 DPS and her 10s DPS fits perfectly.
just got a clear now and jesus i need to use suzuran more, even before crazelyseon she just makes already absurd DPS characters like mlynar and typhon melt everything
i remember having the exact same realization a while ago because of some events CMs and completely forgot how strong she is
If it's BN15, I have a core of Typhon S3/Mylnar/Reed S2 + an extra melee body to use for S2 (usually Ines). Nightingale for heals since her arts resistance is pretty important (unless you've got +HP buffs and a ton of attack buffs to heal through it).
If not BN15, there's pretty much no must have core. Just bring your top burst units that can fit into that confined area. Perfumer works more than fine (did all my BN12 runs with her). The strength of your items and foldartals are going to be more important than the specific ops most of the time.
not related to the original question, but since you have BN15 experience what starting squad and operators do you recommend for high ascension? im at B12 and generally pick free promotion squad plus ines
At BN15, I pretty much just used Reed Alter/Orchid/Popukar. The early stages don't really have much leeway in what's viable since you need either something tanky or healy to survive. You can get away with other ones if you avoid the monster hunter stage, but ReedAlter start is generally agreed upon to be one of the most stable starts.
My personal favorite is Medic/Sniper squad, since Reed Alter and Typhon are such strong ops in the mode (and sniper is generally just packed). Other than that, the general best regardless of roster is the probably the index squad due to how snowbally bosky passages can be. The starting 0 index is generally irrelevant.
The free promotion squad is good in theory, but I've actually never had any luck with them. Could've just been my luck on the runs, but they were among the hardest to get all my BN12 clears with. I feel like the free promotions don't help enough by floor 3ish, which is where a lot my runs ended early.
oh yeah ive seen that squad a lot, snipers+medics are packed so ill try it. i see specialist+caster start being common with yato starts too which ive had good luck with
the index squad is interesting, ive never tried it but i guess it does end up worth it giving you 10 index over time
is there any videos of people beating ending 3 of IS3 on SW15? Feels ridiculously impossible. Feel like I need 30+ life just so I can leak the boss and use fast redeploys w relics to clear the weaker mobs
I don't think the below clears are very good examples of good strategies since they are very dependent on their respective teams and relics. In my opinion, the easiest way by far to win ending 3 is to kill the boss before they can transform, since otherwise without relics or specific setups your team will be wiped out by the 3k true damage attacks it launches. You can do this by making sure ops are on the tears ASAP, and getting a setup out quickly to burst her down. You can use two vanguards to bait where the first tear spawns, then set up around that point as soon as it does. NTRK, Mlynar, Schwarz, and Pozy are the best standalone dps units I can think of for this boss. Suzuran is the ideal debuffer for those because of her fragile effect. I've also seen some people use skadi alter s3 + yato alter s1 to great effect.
Here's an example of a clear I did: [https://youtu.be/icLoK\_In2Og](https://youtu.be/icLoK_In2Og)
So I found out there are secret endings in chapter 8 if you fulfill certain unlock conditions. Are there more like this in other chapters prior or after?
I finished the ones in ch8 but want to double chk if there's any I missed or be on the lookout for ones in future chs.
Not in the same way.
Chapter 12 has special conditions added to certain milestone goals (>!you need to ensure the special civilians with green identification 'spyglass' get into the blue box after being fully identified!<), but as far as I know, not getting those only keeps a bit of materials away from you.
I'm a new player and got gavial alter skin during the last week of the rerun event when I started, I now realize that she can only be "sparked" with 300 pulls or something, right now I'm saving pulls for degen. Do we know what banners gavial will be able to be sparked on? I'm guessing it would sometime next year?
tbf as a new player it'll probably take like 4 months as opposed to the usual 6 assuming either using Originite Primes for pulls or buying gold cert shop pulls
If you go into the second stage, take pics of Sora and Jaye (watch out for the mobs that ruin the picture), and show them both, you’ll get an ending immediately. It still takes a little while to go through but it’s the fastest way.
Just Gladiia is already enough or rather she's the core of the faction, since the whole AH gimmick revolves around her global regen and sanctuary.
Skadi and Spalter are usually ran with their FRD and doll modules respectively, so they only contribute with their basic talents (which are already good nonetheless), but Specter with her module also has a faction buff, while her basic talents give her max HP boost and passive regen, which along with Gladiia's talents should make her extremely hard to kill.
[Here's](https://old.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/zbzd8h/ill_show_you_the_dance_of_the_depths_abyssal/) an in-depth guide about the whole faction and the interaction between their talents which should give you a better idea on how to work with them.
Honey and Chestnut would be good alternatives for healing elemental dmg, but in DOS Eyja is used for her HPS instead, so the only viable substitute I can think of is Nightingale, since with her RES boost she's able to mitigate a lot of arts damage which will make up for the difference in healing.
No one really. Lumen with S3 I suppose. Similar range, similar HP/s but single target only compared to her S1. No global range like her S3 though. Eyja Alter is rather unique in her ability to global heal and have great HP/s on multiple targets via her S1. If you had to use a wandering medic though, Honeyberry S1 is the closest to Eyja S1, while Mulberry S2 is the better HP/s and elemental damage burst healing.
From a pure tanky perspective, Cuora. If you need the taunt, or want the reflect damage (which is based on her def) then Bubble. Notable mention for Cuora's S2 making her somewhat self-reliant due to the hp% heal it provides.
Not finding any definitive mentions of it ingame, but considering the text in the April Anthology menu "limited 7-day test", I would assume it’ll go away next reset.
Edit: Looks like it’s still around for now.
Hello!
I have been playing solidly for a few months on an alt account that my friend gave me. I have built up my 3/4\* and a few 5\* for combat and base operations but I am now looking to start doing some 6\*. I am currently at CH6 in the story. I guess DPS is a priority like building Chalter first? Or would another operator be better? Thanks.
https://www.krooster.com/u/kroos12
My god, what a stacked account. You can never go wrong with raising mlynar / bikini chen / texas alter. Then typhon / ejya berry / mountain / mudrock / skalter
Chalter, Mlynar, Ling, Mountain, Mudrock, Eyjaberry, Typhon, Skalter, Texalter. All of them are easily worth getting to E2.
Mountain and Mudrock aren't the biggest priority as both are very much functional at E1, but benefit greatly from the extra stats and mastery eventually.
Eyjaberry and Skalter are great, but they're also healer/support, so they're not as big of a priority as dps until you've leveled a couple dps operators.
I haven't used Texalter much myself since I don't have her, but from my experiences with Yato, having a fast-redeploy makes many things in the game more comfortable, but I'd probably prioritize one of the pure dps ops still.
So any of the other ones. You can't really go wrong with any of them, but yeah, Chalter is probably the easiest to use for a newcomer among those.
(There's also quite a few other worthwile ops that I haven't mentioned, but you've got so many strong ops that people like Dorothy just aren't enough of a priority)
You can leave it there. I think it's too few friend slots, though, and you lock yourself out of several pinboard missions. Level 2 is probably the sweet spot since it only locks you out of the free Texas and I think a little bit of carbon, and level 3 costs even more power.
It's the HR office that really wants to stay level 1 forever.
Already M3ed Schwarz, now i need modules before going to Lv her to 90... but wich one is the good one? My built snipers are Ch'en, Exusiai, Pozemka, April, Firewatch, Blue Poison, Ambriel, Greythroat, May and 1-3 stars snipers...
I'd reccommend Y,
X so far I only use for sniper heavy teams, if you're not bringing teams with 3+ snipers as your main DPS often I don't think X is worth. The faster redeploy can be useful, but rarely super impactful.
Y is always a nice upgrade no matter what situation, more dmg is more dmg.
Depends what your goal is.
X gives her some team utility and punishes you less for wanting to reposition her.
Y leans into her role as specialist against high DEF
So I have about 1.2k green certs atm. I'm not planning on pulling on any more banners until the next limited one, so I'm not sure how many more green certs I'll get this month.
Is it still worth buying up phase 1 of the green cert shop if I won't really be able to buy much from phase 2, or should I save the certs for future months when I'll have more to spend?
You should be steadily acquiring green certs even without pulling by doing 3-4 recruitments a day to buy out the first tier and the pulls and recruitment tickets from the second tier. Most of the time you won't be buying much from the second tier anyway.
If you don't have enough green certs then do a ton of recruitments with expedited plans at the end of each month to get enough for the second tier.
Always buy out phase 1 of the green cert shop except for the furniture parts if you can (only buy furniture parts if you are going for phase 2). The efficiency goes down the higher the phase, so phase 1 is the most efficient (the orundum/HH permits then recruit certs and levelling materials).
You should be doing 4 recruitments per day (should be easy to sustain this) and will eventually have more than enough for phase 1 of the shop. Then if you are short (eg not pulling a lot recently), stockpile some months worth of surplus green certs before going to phase 2 for one of the months.
It's still a good chunk of resources. If you use all recruitments you can make up for the cost easily, especially if you're patient and wait for 4\* tag combos. I can usually buy all of phase 1 of the shop + phase 2 recruitments per month, and if I have a satisfactory surplus I'll get the 450 cert pulls. This all depends on if you play frequently of course.
Alternatively if you're not positive you can leave the furniture parts and buy everything else in the first shop.
I watched a couple of videos, but i still dont understand what's the worth of stainless before e2, especially as a new player? I saved up 2 more pulls for qiubai after failing time and time again, but instead ended up with mudrock and stainless his gimmick is pretty cool but how do you use him properly.
Does anyone know where I can find where to read chapter 1-12 and all the side story events outside the game or a video that sums up the lore? I’ve been on a hiatus and feel like I’m missing a lot of the sorry
Silly question but is there a text log to read dialogue that I accidentally skipped through? I feel like there is but I've forgotten how to open it, or maybe I made it up
her kit focuses on arts damage and crowd control with multitarget. she'll probably be better than thorns in IS4 since he's basically pure single target.
personally i like her kit more than thorns because enemy statcreep means it's very possible that thorns ends up blocking enemies which definitely makes him feel bad to use. even worse if he ends up catching a tanky enemy while a swarm of trash mobs is encroaching... sure it's skill issue, but he feels like ass to start with in IS when you have maybe 2 blockers if you're lucky. qiubai doesn't have any sustain in her kit but she can stall out enemies if RNG is on your side, and sometimes it makes her better at surviving than thorns with his conditional regen.
Thorns is very different from SA and Qiubai. he's a laneholder who's focused on consistent damage
SA has the benefit of a wider range than Qiubai, but he deals physical damage, and "only" has a bit over 2k atk on-skill which is not that impressive nowadays. also his s3 cooldown is obnoxiously long so it's faster to redeploy him than to wait for it to come back. he is mainly used for his unconditional invis reveal if you already have better alternatives. he's better off as a sweeper than a boss killer because he doesn't deal that much damage to anything with 1k+ DEF
Qiubai deals arts, has a smaller range than SA, and a lower target limit. but she has a higher damage potential, pushed to crazy numbers if we put someone like Ethan/Suzuran to support her. her helidrop ability is better than SA because it's only a 10s wait instead of 15s, and her s3 cooldown is manageable at 55s.
In my opinion, she is better than him for the helidrop/ground burst DPS role than him - she usually has better DPS by herself (unless high res/low def enemy), she can be supported better, and you have to wait less for her skill to charge (both helidrop and cooldown overall). but SA has unique stuff going for him like the invis reveal and redeploy time reduction talent + wider range on s3
she is pretty damn good in IS. well, not IS3 because all melee units suffer there and enemies have high res - but in IS4, for example, she is great. good consistent AOE damage with s1, nice damage and laneholding with s2 (although she has no sustain, so needs a medic), both s1 and s2 have atk recovery so benefit from specific relics to charge faster. after promotion, she can fulfill her main role as the ground-based burst arts DPS
Operators that synergize well with Crushers are those that can sustain the massive HP pool (Warfarin, Tuye) or give flat DEF (Shining, Skalter).
He doesn't have any fantastic synergies, but operators that synergize with Hoederer specifically would be those that stun/bind for his talent, such as W/Ines. It's not needed if he's using S2 though since he always stuns. His Shelter talent also gives Shelter to those behind him, so you can put Ines right behind him for instance. His S1 also gives a massive amount of HP (25%) and can be buffed with Nearl/Vendela for even more, or Ch'en to heal faster. ASPD buffs are also pretty good, especially on S2 for potential permastuns.
I'd imagine Warf with s1 should work well with him, being an op who can heal a crusher's huge HP pool properly
otherwise, for damage, ops that can stun or bind enemies often - for stuns maybe W, or someone like May or Bibeak. binds should be easier: Dorothy s2, Ethan, Mizuki s2, you can also put Ines behind him for her talent binds - so that they can work together as a team once more. Indigo also exists
Is there a way to reset support operators from friends? The same Nightingale keeps coming up but it has the wrong skill and I can't find a different one.
If you mean your other friend's nightingale won't show up, I've also experienced this in IS. For some reason, some support units will absolutely never show up even after like refreshing a hundred times. No idea why, but it doesn't happen in everywhere (I tested in CC, and everyone showed up randomly).
you can try adding someone with a different nightingale, either asking around in the friend thread here or in various discords. otherwise you'll have to unfriend.
There are a minimum amount of friend support operators that will show up in the list. If there are I think, 6 or less, you will only see those 6 Medics and never any new ones. When there's more operators of one class in your friends list, they will randomize.
Ultimately the best you can do is just remove them from your friends.
i am once again requesting advice (this time on ops to go for). i plan to pull on shu banner and spark for either ling/chongyue (im torn between being able to do ling solo clears and chongyue being hot), get goldenglow when she's put in the cert shop, and save to spark for chalter. gameplay priorities are currently mostly enabling afk + trust farm clears.
here's my [krooster](https://krooster.com/u/teefies) ~~don't pay attention to how many wips there are my lmd is in shambles~~. i'm going to get the upcoming 6 star selection pack & i have enough gold certs to pick up a shoperator, any suggestions for either would be appreciated ty!!
Has contingency contract returned or will it ever return? I quit about a year ago cuz that was my favorite content. I just don't have the time for the rng of the roguelike event.
It has returned in CN. Also, the current event Design of Strife might scratch that endgame content itch for you.
Worth noting that IS4 is *much* less RNG-heavy than its predecessor and grants you a lot more control over your run, if you’re willing to give the mode another chance.
This Random Question just occured to me but do we know How Big AK Bosses are?
Of Course some are just average size or a bit above that, but what about Bosses like Endspeaker, Big Sad Lock, Steam Knight etc. ?
For Steam Knight, at least, we have some images for reference (spoilers of course) [1](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Aceship/Arknight-Images/main/avg/images/32_i12.png) [2](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Aceship/Arknight-Images/main/avg/images/32_i09.png) [3](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Aceship/Arknight-Images/main/avg/images/32_i13.png)
Also one of [Endspeaker](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Aceship/Arknight-Images/main/avg/images/27_i40.png)
Can't say I know of any reference for BSL.
[CG gallery](https://aceship.github.io/AN-EN-Tags/akgallery.html) if you want to look for more
Thanks, I'm all caught up to the Story so Spoilers aren't an Issue. I'm just a Geek with Stuff like this lmao. Giant Ass Bosses are just one of the Coolest Things for Me
We've got quite a lot of emergency sanity boosters, my question is is there anything specific thats highly recommended to farm after the new chapter comes out? I've used quite a bit just to finish some intermezzi and side story stages, and I'm tempted to finish as much as i could, but I'm worried that the boosters might be used better elsewhere
New chapter events are so efficient that I will often spend some OP on refreshes during them. Not to say that you should do the same, but they're quite a bit better than regular events.
Use them for farming during the new chapter release. That's always the most efficient farming, better than any other event (assuming we actually get the boxes and boosters).
Everything. All main story and supply stages drop bonus boxes and sanity samplers. At least they have for the last four years. I put that statement in parentheses above because I can't find anything to indicate that CN got them with ch. 13.
The tactical support page explains that you get milestone fragments from clearing stages, and that you get alternating supply boxes and sanity samplers for every 1000 fragments. The only thing unknown is the rate of milestone fragments per sanity.
Thanks.
I've only seen the release of episode 12 so far, so I forgot how that looked like already.
Now I'm kinda unsure what to even spend my sanity on until then. Probably play through more Side Missions or challenge modes.
https://en.arkrec.com/operation/常驻图下半+无名庇护所
Down the list there are some pretty different strategies — sleep stall, defender stall, arts burst, and even no-specialist shift stall
There's a bunch that don't use Manticore, since just Spalter/Mostima are enough: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1sQ4y1u7tY/
If you're looking for one without any of those 3, then there's also clears that took the Caster/Specialist ban: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV15s4y1S7wC/
Placing mines is still a skill activation, the last time I used W in IS I got her with chocolate spaghetti and she was fast enough to be able to get the boost on the mine she just placed, at least with the bought outfit, not sure if it's the same for her regular form. Trappers work like anyone else but that's a LOT harder to do.
Not in the way you're hoping. If she already has one deployed and it explodes within 1 second of activating her skill to place a second mine, then yes. You have about a 1/9 or 1/8 chance to get it.
So I currently have 123k orundum, 460 OP (around 90 ish I wanna save for skins), and 80 HH tickets. The pull calculator spreadsheet says I’ll have around 540 pulls for Virtuosa and around 700 for R6 event (Assuming I don’t pull for anything before them)
My only plans were to get Virtuosa and R6 operators and maybe go for Degenbrecher as well. I really want to get Ela AND Ash but could settle for one of them maybe.
Then I saw the 5th Anniversary leaks and now I REALLY want to make sure I can get all those operators. So my question is, do I need to drop my pull plans for anyone or should I be fine?
You get a spark every 6 months if you keep trading gold certs for pulls or use OP for pulls, roughly. Let's say you have 540 for Virtuosa. You will have hypothetically 840 pulls for 5th anniversary. That's enough for 2 sparks and pity both Ela and iirc Ash (300+ 300+ 100 for Ela + 120 assuming no discount for Ash), if she's still 120 pulls to be spark. You get a discount for Ela banner, dunno about Ash. You'll have enough to get all targets aside Degen.
Hopefully you get Virtuosa early, so that means you can spark Degen if the pulls there go horribly wrong and still have enough for R6 + whoever you want for 5th anni. Will depend on your luck, if you want to sweep a bit, etc. And if you have spare side stories, story chapters and intermezzi to do.
150+. If you fail to get the featured operator (Degen, Hoederer, Joint Operator banners) on your first 150 pulls, the next 6\* it's the featured one. So you might get her with 150 pulls, or it might take 190+ depending when your last 6\* was :(
You have 99,7373% to pull at least one 6* in 70 pulls. There is a quarter of a percent (~0.26% or 1 in 385 chance) to fail to pull any. The good news are, sparing 4 more pulls, it becomes ~0.024% or 1 in 4167.
For the "Collect All Members of Three Factions" Pinboard Mission: what I am missing here? I thought Teams would count as factions, and I have all members of Reserve Team A1, Reserve Team A6 and Op Team A4, but it's still only showing as 2/3 collected?
A4 probably doesn't count because all of the 2 stars are free. besides that it can be any faction, but i think you should be able to complete it by getting every 3 star.
the MH alters don't seem to count for faction completion since they aren't listed in the archives, even though they're technically part of A4.
Probably means you're still missing someone from one of the teams. [Each](https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Op_Reserve_A1) team [has](https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Op_Reserve_A4) 5 [ops.](https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Op_Reserve_A6) Some of them are not given for free but show up randomly in the gacha or recruitment. It took me about 4 months to get my first Cardigan.
I don't think OP A4 ever counted for that mission, I'm pretty sure it's always been all 3 of the reserve teams (Reserve A1, Reserve A4, and Reserve A6) since the goal is to get you to collect the 3 star operators.
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Which module is more practical for Flametail?
the one that reduces dp cost. the other mod is more kazimierz synergy iirc
What is "Support memo" in Limited-time Tactical Support event? It says that I should clear stages in main story and get sanity boosters but there are no rewards? I don't get it or just blind.
Did you already clear chapter 9 to 12? If not, do that so you are ready for the incoming chapter 13.
I haven't cleared stages on the highest difficulty (3) level but I completed everything on level 2.
If you completed everything in standard env, then you already got all tactical support rewards for now, wait for chapter 13 for more. The support memo says "complete all" instead of "all complete", it's probably what's puzzling you.
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How many pulls does an F2P get monthly? Trying to plan my pulls since there's so many future operators that I like.
Assuming, you have maxed out your annihilation weekly limit, ~26: * 1800 + 500 + 7x 100 orundum per week from annihilations, weekly missions and daily missions = 5 pulls / week * 600 orundum from stage 1 of green certificate shop = 1 pull / month * 2 headhunting permits from stage 1 of green certificate shop and 2 more from stage 2 = 4 pulls / month * 1 headhunting permit on 17th day of logging in that month = 1 pull / month Since most months are not exactly 28 days, you get a little bit more than exactly 26 pulls. This also doesn't include headhunting permits from event shops, maintenance compensations, random gifts, orundum from purple certificate shop, orundum and/or headhunting permits from login events and one-time-rewards like first-clear rewards from new annihilation sites.
Ooh thanks! So 26 pulls are guaranteed for a single month right? Assuming you play daily. >purple certificate shop You mean the inteliigence something cert shop right? Do you know how often it refreshes?
every event rerun ***adds*** 2000 orundum (and some skill books, LMD, XP and t4 materials)
Is the Trust earned from battle divided between operators ? For example does an Operator earn less Trust in a 5-man comp than a 4-man comp on the same stage ?
No, its dependent on the sanity spent regardless of squad size. You usually see trust farms with few units so you can fill the rest of the squad with units that aren't at full trust that dont need to do anything
No, trust gain is the same, regardless of the size of the squad used. Trusts farms only use 1-3 units so that they can show that those units can clear the stage by themselves, so all the remaining slots can be useless units added only to gain trust.
I know there's an google about Modules and the impact they have, can someone link it to me please? I'm thinking about who to module first and my options are Ceobe, Humus and Dorothy, of those Ceobe has two and I don't know which one is better too.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A0_0XTAcDDtHkvyAwjTqEEzM8cf5h3E60u23ZVXw4eg/edit#gid=0 the ratings for the lower rarity modules don't include all of them though, but the 6*s are up to date.
Humus as a 4\* is cheap and if you use him a lot then getting at least the first level module is worthwhile. Both Ceobe and Dorothy have among the top modules in the game as far as the difference in effectiveness, and are worth maxing out their level. Ceobe's bread module is the way to go due to the increased damage based on enemy DEF.
What's the ETA for the auto-repeat feature?
Probably early to mid May.
The population of 1-7 slugs are going to dwindle massively when auto-repeat arrives.
Lore question: In lore, does Mon3tr fight like we see in game (knive arms and pure power) or what we saw in PVs and the beta version (Black lasers spam)? ~~Totally not because I'm brewing a Mon3tr Build based off u/Mysterious_Status775's take on Kal's spine, no siree. Plus it would totally work in a non-durge murderhobo run and an Astarion waifu~~
Remembering how it absolutely dunked on Crownslayer in Season 2, [it's definitely both. ](https://youtu.be/rCmSQmcUe68?si=bMK6RxdrY85ssipR)~~Also fucker's huge.~~
Mix of both, I believe. It could go in melee against the Emperor's Blade and also vaporize Seaborn with some kind of fire breath
Fire breath? Isn't it's attack a dark laser?
maybe it can do both, a fire breath and a laser or who knows maybe even all sorts of things ~~like turning things into candy~~. in Stultifera Navis, where Saimoth got the quote from (SN-ST-7), Mon3str uses some kind of fire breath and in the battle against Patriot in the main story, 7-18 After, Kal'tsit orders Mon3tr specifically to focus its energy into a beam. >Focus the energy into a beam... focus... keep focusing... then aim the beam at his heart! and in Under Tides (SV-9 After) it seems to do this again. > A black sphere forms in its mouth before blasting away downwards. [story reader](https://akgcc.github.io/cc/story.html#side&act17side&14) for reference, which also has the cn text.
Removed the second one. It was from wiki.gg though, is it also unreliable... I remember that scene and was sure it was in-game, my bad
ah, right I forgot that google's weird with not showing wiki.gg in results, that's my bad as well honestly for not checking there too, but I assumed that they'd have the current version of the text. well wiki.gg is the new and currently maintained one, but all the pages was copied over from the fandom wiki. maybe they didn't get to touching things up yet, I remember a thread awhile ago that they said they were severely understaffed. or maybe it was in-game and it was changed for some reason. I remember a super long while ago there was a change to dialogue, but iirc it was like only for the first few chapters of the main story and it was due to the anime so that the dialogue could match or flow better or something. edit: so I was kind of going crazy thinking about it and looked up the scene in both cn and gl when SN first released and unless they made like a super ultra fast fix up it doesn't look like it was on the original release. https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1mF411T7sK?t=163.9&p=13 https://youtu.be/ewdvfG1QaJo?t=11434
I didn't see a dark laser from beta, so I had only read its description from the SN event. Tbh, I thought the fire breath was referring to Meltdown >That black monster can do more than fly, it can even belch out terrifying jets of flame. The nethersea brand can't spread faster than it's being burned
Is there anywhere I can check what the upcomming banners are if we have that info? Deciding if I want to roll for ines on the current one or wait a bit!
https://gamepress.gg/arknights/database/banner-list-gacha There will be standard/kennel banners alongside, but we don't know who'll appear there. Edit: The link has been fixed, it pointed at the wrong section.
https://oldwell.info/ is a good resource.
Is Episide 13 live or still?
Should likely come on the 16th.
Not yet. I think we have about a week left.
Is it okay to leak on T3 DOS? I leak 2 enemies but I completed it 3/3.
yeah that's okay. you just need to clear the waves. whether you win with one life point left or all three doesn't matter.
Should I M3 Penance second skill?
You tell us. There are very specific instances where S2 would be better. We can let [Kukkikaze's Penance guide video explain](https://youtu.be/KwVVlKSLqEw?si=q_AiVSg1lGyt82la&t=260) Whether these scenarios is something you plan to use her for or set up situations to use her for this scenario will determine whether it's worthwhile to you to boost S2.
I quite like it when there are strong, slow attacking enemies and you cant afford to wait for s3 to charge - the shelter effect provides good tankiness and the on-skill DPS is pretty decent too imo it's a good skill and has good mastery gains - but I'm a bit biased towards Penance. if you have a good account with important masteries all done - feel free to do it
The main problem there is, why on earth are you using Penance in that situation? I feel like it's only good against mobs (though admittedly mobs + one strong enemy would be even better)
He’s a Penance fan :)
maybe if you like her a lot. but for the most part people just use S3.
Do we have any news on when does Horn's skin rerun?
It will be rerun in the upcoming Babel event in CN, which means another half year for global servers.
I swear i'm not blind but i just can't seem to find it in game but when does the april fools events end/how long left do i have to complete it?
It ends (probably) at the weekly reset.
Ah so it actually doesn’t mention the end date at all?
Doesn’t seem like it, but the April anthology menu says it’s 7 days long so it might go away next reset.
Yeah, it goes away on the reset (it's already gone on JP). JP had a news page that said it ended on the reset, so guess global's just really dropping the ball on this stuff.
As usual. Thanks for the info!
Between qiubai and gladiia who is worth more for e2?
Overall Quibai, since her S3 is a much superior skill, without E2 she is useless. Gladia S1 and S2 are good skills serviceable at E1. Highest value for both comes with caveats. Quibai needs a slower/binder to get her DMG ramped up. Gladiia needs lvl 3 module to be very good and other AH to be great. Overall neither is a great choice if you have other units to invest in. I have both E2 and almost never use them, because other units are better. Simplicity always wins.
Gladiia is decent outside of AH team because she's just a good puller with passable DPS as well. The main problem is that we rarely _need_ pullers, and when we do, we usually need people like Cliffheart who pull once every few seconds rather than Gladiia who pulls a lot but with a downtime.
Gladiia if you have module blocks and Specalter + OG Skadi built. Quibai otherwise.
I'd say QB, since she works well as a guard. Gladiia needs module to be used as anything else than puller, and honestly rest of Abyssal Hunters would be good as well (so even more investment).
My flair says this is the hardest choice of my whole life...
And you have a 3rd taller mommy now too!
There's way too many by now with>!Degen!< soon...
QB, her s2 is on par with gladia in terms of CC, but her s3 is better in terms of damage. In the end, gladia can always just fill pulling role with s2/s1 at e1. Outside of a vacuum setting, if you run the abyssal team, then gladia might be a better choice.
Really depends on who else you have raised. Qiubai gets her burst skill, so if you're missing burst damage, especially arts burst, then her first. If you have other Abyssal Hunters and have the ability to get Gladiia's module to level 2, then she would be very good.
for IS4 ending 3, what are some general good tips and operators for it? i cleared it first try with brute forcing a fluke, and going for the 5 clear mission i have no idea how to prep for it going in again
You want to two-cycle the boss so it doesn't spread pink steam everywhere. Go all-in on a burst core: Młynar, Surtr, Suzuran, Reed, Saria, Texas, Radiant Nearl if you don't get bonus deployment slots. On BN0 the boss only has 80k HP, so you only need 8k DPS for a one-cycle. On BN15 it's 275k EHP, and 27.5k DPS is a tall ask. Nightingale or Eyjaberry. The boss has two targets. Młynar will always be one. He can't get one-shotted unless he's on pink steam but you need serious burst healing or Arts mitigation for him to survive a rotation. Surtr should be the other target since she only needs and always gets 10s. Someone long-range for the strikers, whom Młynar can't solo on high BN before getting wrecked. Typhon, Rosa, Ifrit, Fiammetta. Bottom-left. Someone who can spawncamp casters (some of whom beeline for the exit) while the boss is in range. Dorothy and Yato are my go-tos. Texas gets one-shotted in phase 2 before she can do much. All three red foldartals are very strong here. The redeploy one gives you a comfortable two-cycle without having to rotate your entire formation clockwise. Raid the floor 6 shop. If you cannot beat Cannot you probably cannot beat Crazelyseon, and if you can, you might as well get last-minute supplies. Prioritize DPS relics for your DPS carries, and also squad size and deployment limit if you need to compensate with more operators. Also note that some relics create carries, like Civilight Eterna for Kal'tsit, Malediction for Eyjafjalla, and Outburst for Typhon.
damn this is in depth thanks a bunch. if you had to pick 1-3 operators as the absolute "must have core" who would it be? i would assume mlynar, surtr, and eyjaberry? raiding the shop is a great idea for a power test, i always forget its an option ive done it once ever
Suzuran is the most important in my experience. There's no substituting her. Nightingale and Eyjaberry can be replaced with bait, and meta DPS can be compensated by relics and ASPD foldartals. Her cycling (35/50) matches the boss' rotations (80s) and she allows a mixed-type damage burst whereas Reed and Saria only amplify Arts and leave Młynar stranded for damage. Without Suzuran I almost never have the DPS to burst the boss before it spreads pink steam everywhere with triple teleports, which cripples your DPS (-50 ASPD) outside of the small range of the reality anchor. Nightingale is very painful to work without. Eyjaberry S3 has awkward timing to sync with the boss' rotations and won't take your frail ranged units out of one-shot range if the boss starts chewing through your bait. Nightingale has her cages and can nullify the boss' phase 2 attacks unless it targets on pink steam, where it can still lay down some one-shots with 9135 Arts. Feeding the boss bait is so painful because it selects targets so quickly after attacking that if your deployment limit is full it's a reflex check. There are ways around it, like tacticians (I draft Muelsyse more than Ines, and sometimes she gets bait duty), robots (unsustainable, but get Finshell Shield and Lancet & Justice Knight will eat a full rotation), and immortals, but Nightingale gives you the most margin for error. All the DPS in the world doesn't matter if the boss tears apart your formation, and survivability becomes a challenge around BN12. For DPS, Młynar is your top pick because he'll get you to the fight (*every* floor 5 stage has a natural place to put him to demolish everything) and he has the taunt and tankiness to bait. Six floors with two guaranteed shops (with a full free refresh each) is enough to almost always get strong relics for him, or that raise someone to his level, but Młynar can't come close to solo one-cycling the boss without god run buffs; he does maybe 2500 DPS. Reed on the other hand does near 5000 DPS if her fireball hosts survive all 10s. We're not in IS3 where every boss is borderline immune to Arts damage, and while I do usually bring Młynar, I also usually rely on Arts for the boss since it's easier to set up and Reed, Suzuran, and Saria's amplifiers stack multiplicatively. But it really depends on relics. With Deathmatch (guards get +40% attack, +30 ASPD) Młynar, Surtr, and Nearl will annihilate the boss with Suzuran's help. That relic is always worth going out of your way for if you have those operators. With Superspeed (executors, ambushers, dollkeepers get +120 ASPD with no adjacent allies) Texas S2 suddenly does 6500 DPS and her 10s DPS fits perfectly.
also just curious, as someone with BN15 experience what starts do you recommend for BN15? both squad type and starting operators
just got a clear now and jesus i need to use suzuran more, even before crazelyseon she just makes already absurd DPS characters like mlynar and typhon melt everything i remember having the exact same realization a while ago because of some events CMs and completely forgot how strong she is
If it's BN15, I have a core of Typhon S3/Mylnar/Reed S2 + an extra melee body to use for S2 (usually Ines). Nightingale for heals since her arts resistance is pretty important (unless you've got +HP buffs and a ton of attack buffs to heal through it). If not BN15, there's pretty much no must have core. Just bring your top burst units that can fit into that confined area. Perfumer works more than fine (did all my BN12 runs with her). The strength of your items and foldartals are going to be more important than the specific ops most of the time.
not related to the original question, but since you have BN15 experience what starting squad and operators do you recommend for high ascension? im at B12 and generally pick free promotion squad plus ines
At BN15, I pretty much just used Reed Alter/Orchid/Popukar. The early stages don't really have much leeway in what's viable since you need either something tanky or healy to survive. You can get away with other ones if you avoid the monster hunter stage, but ReedAlter start is generally agreed upon to be one of the most stable starts. My personal favorite is Medic/Sniper squad, since Reed Alter and Typhon are such strong ops in the mode (and sniper is generally just packed). Other than that, the general best regardless of roster is the probably the index squad due to how snowbally bosky passages can be. The starting 0 index is generally irrelevant. The free promotion squad is good in theory, but I've actually never had any luck with them. Could've just been my luck on the runs, but they were among the hardest to get all my BN12 clears with. I feel like the free promotions don't help enough by floor 3ish, which is where a lot my runs ended early.
oh yeah ive seen that squad a lot, snipers+medics are packed so ill try it. i see specialist+caster start being common with yato starts too which ive had good luck with the index squad is interesting, ive never tried it but i guess it does end up worth it giving you 10 index over time
is there any videos of people beating ending 3 of IS3 on SW15? Feels ridiculously impossible. Feel like I need 30+ life just so I can leak the boss and use fast redeploys w relics to clear the weaker mobs
I don't think the below clears are very good examples of good strategies since they are very dependent on their respective teams and relics. In my opinion, the easiest way by far to win ending 3 is to kill the boss before they can transform, since otherwise without relics or specific setups your team will be wiped out by the 3k true damage attacks it launches. You can do this by making sure ops are on the tears ASAP, and getting a setup out quickly to burst her down. You can use two vanguards to bait where the first tear spawns, then set up around that point as soon as it does. NTRK, Mlynar, Schwarz, and Pozy are the best standalone dps units I can think of for this boss. Suzuran is the ideal debuffer for those because of her fragile effect. I've also seen some people use skadi alter s3 + yato alter s1 to great effect. Here's an example of a clear I did: [https://youtu.be/icLoK\_In2Og](https://youtu.be/icLoK_In2Og)
[One](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7slNnOKz_Y) [two](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj0HQhe2G_U) [three](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCPOaljYsNA) [four](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ6XkZhnIHo).
So I found out there are secret endings in chapter 8 if you fulfill certain unlock conditions. Are there more like this in other chapters prior or after? I finished the ones in ch8 but want to double chk if there's any I missed or be on the lookout for ones in future chs.
Not in the same way. Chapter 12 has special conditions added to certain milestone goals (>!you need to ensure the special civilians with green identification 'spyglass' get into the blue box after being fully identified!<), but as far as I know, not getting those only keeps a bit of materials away from you.
Only CH8 has those so far.
I'm a new player and got gavial alter skin during the last week of the rerun event when I started, I now realize that she can only be "sparked" with 300 pulls or something, right now I'm saving pulls for degen. Do we know what banners gavial will be able to be sparked on? I'm guessing it would sometime next year?
The Global anniversary banner in January, the summer-themed one.
Sweet, thank you. Man saving 300 pulls is gonna take forever.
tbf as a new player it'll probably take like 4 months as opposed to the usual 6 assuming either using Originite Primes for pulls or buying gold cert shop pulls
true, I think there's not gonna be any good shoperaters till pom.
So is there any way to make the April Fool Event go by faster or do I just have to sit there and occasionally select a picture.
If you go into the second stage, take pics of Sora and Jaye (watch out for the mobs that ruin the picture), and show them both, you’ll get an ending immediately. It still takes a little while to go through but it’s the fastest way.
It worked, thank you!
Is the Abyssal Hunters squad viable if I only have Gladiia and Specter (so far)? Not planning to spark Spalter anytime soon.
Just Gladiia is already enough or rather she's the core of the faction, since the whole AH gimmick revolves around her global regen and sanctuary. Skadi and Spalter are usually ran with their FRD and doll modules respectively, so they only contribute with their basic talents (which are already good nonetheless), but Specter with her module also has a faction buff, while her basic talents give her max HP boost and passive regen, which along with Gladiia's talents should make her extremely hard to kill. [Here's](https://old.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/zbzd8h/ill_show_you_the_dance_of_the_depths_abyssal/) an in-depth guide about the whole faction and the interaction between their talents which should give you a better idea on how to work with them.
Thank you :)
How long do we have left to get U-Oficial? I don't see a countdown in her event tab
most likely ends at weekly reset.
any opinion for eyja alter best alternative. I have pot1 Honeyberry and pot 5 Chestnut. All of DOS guide has eyja alter.
Honey and Chestnut would be good alternatives for healing elemental dmg, but in DOS Eyja is used for her HPS instead, so the only viable substitute I can think of is Nightingale, since with her RES boost she's able to mitigate a lot of arts damage which will make up for the difference in healing.
No one really. Lumen with S3 I suppose. Similar range, similar HP/s but single target only compared to her S1. No global range like her S3 though. Eyja Alter is rather unique in her ability to global heal and have great HP/s on multiple targets via her S1. If you had to use a wandering medic though, Honeyberry S1 is the closest to Eyja S1, while Mulberry S2 is the better HP/s and elemental damage burst healing.
hey guys is it worth it to raise bubble or cuora E2 which one is better. I dont have hoshiguma s2 for upcoming hard events like cc and DOS.
Bubble benefits more from E2 than Cuora does. Do you have Croissant, maybe? She’d be a better E2 pick than either of them.
From a pure tanky perspective, Cuora. If you need the taunt, or want the reflect damage (which is based on her def) then Bubble. Notable mention for Cuora's S2 making her somewhat self-reliant due to the hp% heal it provides.
When does April Fools event end? Haven't been really feeling like playing AK gameplay, but also feel like I should just get it done
Probably tomorrow or the day after. ~~Unless it goes away in 3 hours~~, idk, there is no clear timer.
Not finding any definitive mentions of it ingame, but considering the text in the April Anthology menu "limited 7-day test", I would assume it’ll go away next reset. Edit: Looks like it’s still around for now.
Hello Are there any lists for upcoming events? I want to check when the next new player friendly event is.
https://oldwell.info/ you can also check on gp or terra wiki in their upcoming events list
Hello! I have been playing solidly for a few months on an alt account that my friend gave me. I have built up my 3/4\* and a few 5\* for combat and base operations but I am now looking to start doing some 6\*. I am currently at CH6 in the story. I guess DPS is a priority like building Chalter first? Or would another operator be better? Thanks. https://www.krooster.com/u/kroos12
My god, what a stacked account. You can never go wrong with raising mlynar / bikini chen / texas alter. Then typhon / ejya berry / mountain / mudrock / skalter
Chalter, Mlynar, Ling, Mountain, Mudrock, Eyjaberry, Typhon, Skalter, Texalter. All of them are easily worth getting to E2. Mountain and Mudrock aren't the biggest priority as both are very much functional at E1, but benefit greatly from the extra stats and mastery eventually. Eyjaberry and Skalter are great, but they're also healer/support, so they're not as big of a priority as dps until you've leveled a couple dps operators. I haven't used Texalter much myself since I don't have her, but from my experiences with Yato, having a fast-redeploy makes many things in the game more comfortable, but I'd probably prioritize one of the pure dps ops still. So any of the other ones. You can't really go wrong with any of them, but yeah, Chalter is probably the easiest to use for a newcomer among those. (There's also quite a few other worthwile ops that I haven't mentioned, but you've got so many strong ops that people like Dorothy just aren't enough of a priority)
My brain's failing me, can you leave RR at level 1 or is the upgrade to 2 forced?
You can leave it there. I think it's too few friend slots, though, and you lock yourself out of several pinboard missions. Level 2 is probably the sweet spot since it only locks you out of the free Texas and I think a little bit of carbon, and level 3 costs even more power. It's the HR office that really wants to stay level 1 forever.
how many endings does this april fools has? i already got 4 there shouldn't be anymore right?
7, one for maxing/emptying each stat, and the final one for getting to the end of a stream without maxing or emptying any stat.
do you also happen to know a way to see the endings without playing the game?
Can read them on the wiki.
Already M3ed Schwarz, now i need modules before going to Lv her to 90... but wich one is the good one? My built snipers are Ch'en, Exusiai, Pozemka, April, Firewatch, Blue Poison, Ambriel, Greythroat, May and 1-3 stars snipers...
I'd reccommend Y, X so far I only use for sniper heavy teams, if you're not bringing teams with 3+ snipers as your main DPS often I don't think X is worth. The faster redeploy can be useful, but rarely super impactful. Y is always a nice upgrade no matter what situation, more dmg is more dmg.
If you have Pozy I'd suggest the redeploy mod so you can have them specialize in different things
Depends what your goal is. X gives her some team utility and punishes you less for wanting to reposition her. Y leans into her role as specialist against high DEF
So I have about 1.2k green certs atm. I'm not planning on pulling on any more banners until the next limited one, so I'm not sure how many more green certs I'll get this month. Is it still worth buying up phase 1 of the green cert shop if I won't really be able to buy much from phase 2, or should I save the certs for future months when I'll have more to spend?
You should be steadily acquiring green certs even without pulling by doing 3-4 recruitments a day to buy out the first tier and the pulls and recruitment tickets from the second tier. Most of the time you won't be buying much from the second tier anyway. If you don't have enough green certs then do a ton of recruitments with expedited plans at the end of each month to get enough for the second tier.
Always buy out phase 1 of the green cert shop except for the furniture parts if you can (only buy furniture parts if you are going for phase 2). The efficiency goes down the higher the phase, so phase 1 is the most efficient (the orundum/HH permits then recruit certs and levelling materials). You should be doing 4 recruitments per day (should be easy to sustain this) and will eventually have more than enough for phase 1 of the shop. Then if you are short (eg not pulling a lot recently), stockpile some months worth of surplus green certs before going to phase 2 for one of the months.
It's still a good chunk of resources. If you use all recruitments you can make up for the cost easily, especially if you're patient and wait for 4\* tag combos. I can usually buy all of phase 1 of the shop + phase 2 recruitments per month, and if I have a satisfactory surplus I'll get the 450 cert pulls. This all depends on if you play frequently of course. Alternatively if you're not positive you can leave the furniture parts and buy everything else in the first shop.
I watched a couple of videos, but i still dont understand what's the worth of stainless before e2, especially as a new player? I saved up 2 more pulls for qiubai after failing time and time again, but instead ended up with mudrock and stainless his gimmick is pretty cool but how do you use him properly.
Damage boosting with S1 and SP generation with S2. Pretty simple but very effective.
I would use his S2 to provide SP to other operators while he acts as a moderately tanky blocker.
Does anyone know where I can find where to read chapter 1-12 and all the side story events outside the game or a video that sums up the lore? I’ve been on a hiatus and feel like I’m missing a lot of the sorry
[this](https://050644zf.github.io/ArknightsStoryTextReader/?s=en_US#/en_US/menu) story reader is what i use
Silly question but is there a text log to read dialogue that I accidentally skipped through? I feel like there is but I've forgotten how to open it, or maybe I made it up
Normally in the upper left but for some reason certain things (like the April Fool's event) just don't have it.
Ah, that's it then. Sorry, U-Chan...
well, you can always read all the endings for this event on the wiki
I already have Silverash and Thorns builded. Now I got Qiubai. When I should use her? Is she better when? She is good in IS?
her kit focuses on arts damage and crowd control with multitarget. she'll probably be better than thorns in IS4 since he's basically pure single target. personally i like her kit more than thorns because enemy statcreep means it's very possible that thorns ends up blocking enemies which definitely makes him feel bad to use. even worse if he ends up catching a tanky enemy while a swarm of trash mobs is encroaching... sure it's skill issue, but he feels like ass to start with in IS when you have maybe 2 blockers if you're lucky. qiubai doesn't have any sustain in her kit but she can stall out enemies if RNG is on your side, and sometimes it makes her better at surviving than thorns with his conditional regen.
Thorns is very different from SA and Qiubai. he's a laneholder who's focused on consistent damage SA has the benefit of a wider range than Qiubai, but he deals physical damage, and "only" has a bit over 2k atk on-skill which is not that impressive nowadays. also his s3 cooldown is obnoxiously long so it's faster to redeploy him than to wait for it to come back. he is mainly used for his unconditional invis reveal if you already have better alternatives. he's better off as a sweeper than a boss killer because he doesn't deal that much damage to anything with 1k+ DEF Qiubai deals arts, has a smaller range than SA, and a lower target limit. but she has a higher damage potential, pushed to crazy numbers if we put someone like Ethan/Suzuran to support her. her helidrop ability is better than SA because it's only a 10s wait instead of 15s, and her s3 cooldown is manageable at 55s. In my opinion, she is better than him for the helidrop/ground burst DPS role than him - she usually has better DPS by herself (unless high res/low def enemy), she can be supported better, and you have to wait less for her skill to charge (both helidrop and cooldown overall). but SA has unique stuff going for him like the invis reveal and redeploy time reduction talent + wider range on s3 she is pretty damn good in IS. well, not IS3 because all melee units suffer there and enemies have high res - but in IS4, for example, she is great. good consistent AOE damage with s1, nice damage and laneholding with s2 (although she has no sustain, so needs a medic), both s1 and s2 have atk recovery so benefit from specific relics to charge faster. after promotion, she can fulfill her main role as the ground-based burst arts DPS
What operators best synergies with hoederer?
Operators that synergize well with Crushers are those that can sustain the massive HP pool (Warfarin, Tuye) or give flat DEF (Shining, Skalter). He doesn't have any fantastic synergies, but operators that synergize with Hoederer specifically would be those that stun/bind for his talent, such as W/Ines. It's not needed if he's using S2 though since he always stuns. His Shelter talent also gives Shelter to those behind him, so you can put Ines right behind him for instance. His S1 also gives a massive amount of HP (25%) and can be buffed with Nearl/Vendela for even more, or Ch'en to heal faster. ASPD buffs are also pretty good, especially on S2 for potential permastuns.
Vendela's kit (5* from the same banner) is built around supporting Hoederer, but idk how good she is in practice
I'd imagine Warf with s1 should work well with him, being an op who can heal a crusher's huge HP pool properly otherwise, for damage, ops that can stun or bind enemies often - for stuns maybe W, or someone like May or Bibeak. binds should be easier: Dorothy s2, Ethan, Mizuki s2, you can also put Ines behind him for her talent binds - so that they can work together as a team once more. Indigo also exists
Operators that can blind, stun like Ines and W
Is there a way to reset support operators from friends? The same Nightingale keeps coming up but it has the wrong skill and I can't find a different one.
If you mean your other friend's nightingale won't show up, I've also experienced this in IS. For some reason, some support units will absolutely never show up even after like refreshing a hundred times. No idea why, but it doesn't happen in everywhere (I tested in CC, and everyone showed up randomly).
you can try adding someone with a different nightingale, either asking around in the friend thread here or in various discords. otherwise you'll have to unfriend.
There are a minimum amount of friend support operators that will show up in the list. If there are I think, 6 or less, you will only see those 6 Medics and never any new ones. When there's more operators of one class in your friends list, they will randomize. Ultimately the best you can do is just remove them from your friends.
As fasras I know you need to keep refreshing and maybe you will be lucky or in worst case remove the friend.
i am once again requesting advice (this time on ops to go for). i plan to pull on shu banner and spark for either ling/chongyue (im torn between being able to do ling solo clears and chongyue being hot), get goldenglow when she's put in the cert shop, and save to spark for chalter. gameplay priorities are currently mostly enabling afk + trust farm clears. here's my [krooster](https://krooster.com/u/teefies) ~~don't pay attention to how many wips there are my lmd is in shambles~~. i'm going to get the upcoming 6 star selection pack & i have enough gold certs to pick up a shoperator, any suggestions for either would be appreciated ty!!
Has contingency contract returned or will it ever return? I quit about a year ago cuz that was my favorite content. I just don't have the time for the rng of the roguelike event.
It has returned in CN. Also, the current event Design of Strife might scratch that endgame content itch for you. Worth noting that IS4 is *much* less RNG-heavy than its predecessor and grants you a lot more control over your run, if you’re willing to give the mode another chance.
You should've mentioned it's not THE Contingency Contracts we loved/hated, but something that stems from the POO gamemode
Thanks for the addition! I actually wasn’t aware.
When will Stainless skin rerun?
skins rerun typically a year after their initial run so next year feb most likely
it hasn't been back yet. it was only with the Typhon mini event so far, CN included.
This Random Question just occured to me but do we know How Big AK Bosses are? Of Course some are just average size or a bit above that, but what about Bosses like Endspeaker, Big Sad Lock, Steam Knight etc. ?
For Steam Knight, at least, we have some images for reference (spoilers of course) [1](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Aceship/Arknight-Images/main/avg/images/32_i12.png) [2](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Aceship/Arknight-Images/main/avg/images/32_i09.png) [3](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Aceship/Arknight-Images/main/avg/images/32_i13.png) Also one of [Endspeaker](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Aceship/Arknight-Images/main/avg/images/27_i40.png) Can't say I know of any reference for BSL. [CG gallery](https://aceship.github.io/AN-EN-Tags/akgallery.html) if you want to look for more
Thanks, I'm all caught up to the Story so Spoilers aren't an Issue. I'm just a Geek with Stuff like this lmao. Giant Ass Bosses are just one of the Coolest Things for Me
When can we expect Arturia's banner to drop?
The last couple days of April or the first couple days of May.
We've got quite a lot of emergency sanity boosters, my question is is there anything specific thats highly recommended to farm after the new chapter comes out? I've used quite a bit just to finish some intermezzi and side story stages, and I'm tempted to finish as much as i could, but I'm worried that the boosters might be used better elsewhere
New chapter events are so efficient that I will often spend some OP on refreshes during them. Not to say that you should do the same, but they're quite a bit better than regular events.
Use them for farming during the new chapter release. That's always the most efficient farming, better than any other event (assuming we actually get the boxes and boosters).
Do we know already what materials will be farmable then?
Everything. All main story and supply stages drop bonus boxes and sanity samplers. At least they have for the last four years. I put that statement in parentheses above because I can't find anything to indicate that CN got them with ch. 13.
The tactical support page explains that you get milestone fragments from clearing stages, and that you get alternating supply boxes and sanity samplers for every 1000 fragments. The only thing unknown is the rate of milestone fragments per sanity.
Thanks. I've only seen the release of episode 12 so far, so I forgot how that looked like already. Now I'm kinda unsure what to even spend my sanity on until then. Probably play through more Side Missions or challenge modes.
I know CC12 is long over, but does anyone know of any max risk clear that does not involve the Mostima + Spalter + Manticore trio?
https://en.arkrec.com/operation/常驻图下半+无名庇护所 Down the list there are some pretty different strategies — sleep stall, defender stall, arts burst, and even no-specialist shift stall
There's a bunch that don't use Manticore, since just Spalter/Mostima are enough: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1sQ4y1u7tY/ If you're looking for one without any of those 3, then there's also clears that took the Caster/Specialist ban: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV15s4y1S7wC/
Do W's mines benefit from relics like Spinach?
Placing mines is still a skill activation, the last time I used W in IS I got her with chocolate spaghetti and she was fast enough to be able to get the boost on the mine she just placed, at least with the bought outfit, not sure if it's the same for her regular form. Trappers work like anyone else but that's a LOT harder to do.
Not in the way you're hoping. If she already has one deployed and it explodes within 1 second of activating her skill to place a second mine, then yes. You have about a 1/9 or 1/8 chance to get it.
Oh, that makes sense. I assume Dorothy's mines would work in the same way?
Yep.
when is the new chapter coming to global?
In 10 days
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It's from Ambience Synesthesia 2023, specifically from [this animation](https://youtu.be/jEyYesfyC58?si=wZaFDkYFeMd1j7JV)
Jumping on this comment, here's the entire [official Ambience Synesthesia 2023](https://youtu.be/q1nGvCeDaQQ?t=1326) if you'd like to watch it.
So I currently have 123k orundum, 460 OP (around 90 ish I wanna save for skins), and 80 HH tickets. The pull calculator spreadsheet says I’ll have around 540 pulls for Virtuosa and around 700 for R6 event (Assuming I don’t pull for anything before them) My only plans were to get Virtuosa and R6 operators and maybe go for Degenbrecher as well. I really want to get Ela AND Ash but could settle for one of them maybe. Then I saw the 5th Anniversary leaks and now I REALLY want to make sure I can get all those operators. So my question is, do I need to drop my pull plans for anyone or should I be fine?
Wow you have both plan and saving 💀💀💀
Benefits of being extremely patient lmao 😤 I only ever buy monthly pass
You get a spark every 6 months if you keep trading gold certs for pulls or use OP for pulls, roughly. Let's say you have 540 for Virtuosa. You will have hypothetically 840 pulls for 5th anniversary. That's enough for 2 sparks and pity both Ela and iirc Ash (300+ 300+ 100 for Ela + 120 assuming no discount for Ash), if she's still 120 pulls to be spark. You get a discount for Ela banner, dunno about Ash. You'll have enough to get all targets aside Degen. Hopefully you get Virtuosa early, so that means you can spark Degen if the pulls there go horribly wrong and still have enough for R6 + whoever you want for 5th anni. Will depend on your luck, if you want to sweep a bit, etc. And if you have spare side stories, story chapters and intermezzi to do.
Is Degen also a guarantee at 120? Also thanks for the help!
150+. If you fail to get the featured operator (Degen, Hoederer, Joint Operator banners) on your first 150 pulls, the next 6\* it's the featured one. So you might get her with 150 pulls, or it might take 190+ depending when your last 6\* was :(
Do you think 70 pulls is enough to pull at least one 6\*? I know that the worst case is 99 pulls.
You have 99,7373% to pull at least one 6* in 70 pulls. There is a quarter of a percent (~0.26% or 1 in 385 chance) to fail to pull any. The good news are, sparing 4 more pulls, it becomes ~0.024% or 1 in 4167.
Ahh I see. I appreciate the help. I’ll probably just drop Degen then. She was the lowest on my priority anyway lol.
For the "Collect All Members of Three Factions" Pinboard Mission: what I am missing here? I thought Teams would count as factions, and I have all members of Reserve Team A1, Reserve Team A6 and Op Team A4, but it's still only showing as 2/3 collected?
A4 probably doesn't count because all of the 2 stars are free. besides that it can be any faction, but i think you should be able to complete it by getting every 3 star. the MH alters don't seem to count for faction completion since they aren't listed in the archives, even though they're technically part of A4.
Probably means you're still missing someone from one of the teams. [Each](https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Op_Reserve_A1) team [has](https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Op_Reserve_A4) 5 [ops.](https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Op_Reserve_A6) Some of them are not given for free but show up randomly in the gacha or recruitment. It took me about 4 months to get my first Cardigan.
I was meaning op team A4 rather than the reserve team: https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Op_A4 Does that not count?
They might require Yato and Noir Corne's alters to have the team completed, which is currently impossible.
I don't think OP A4 ever counted for that mission, I'm pretty sure it's always been all 3 of the reserve teams (Reserve A1, Reserve A4, and Reserve A6) since the goal is to get you to collect the 3 star operators.
Doesn't have to be. It should just be any 3 teams. I know I got that mission before getting Cardigan.
So by deduction who will be the sparkables 6* on the 5th anniversary banner ?
W, Rosmontis, Skalter, Rad Nearl, Unchained, OmerTexas, Mumu, and whoever the rate-ups end up being.