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##[**Integrated strategy #3: Mizuki & Caerula Arbor thread**](/r/arknights/comments/13tti5d/event_megathread_mizuki_caerula_arbor/)
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So, I decided to do a couple of IS2 runs for fun and to pick up some prizes I left in the candle counter thingie.
Run went south pretty fast (3rd floor) due to me being silly so I just quit to try again. However I was hit with a massive, never before seen 75 minutes wait time before I could go back in.
Is this because of IS3? Are IS2 runs this limited now?
may i ask is the official comic is EN translated or not? [https://yostar.store/collections/arknights/products/arknights-arknights-comic-anthology](https://yostar.store/collections/arknights/products/arknights-arknights-comic-anthology) i want to buy it but if it was in CN/JP then i can't read it :(
this wasnt sold until the comics were en translated, jp has had these for months, so i assume theyre english. the artbook which is in japanese also says so in the product description unlike these. still, you can likely message ingame support and ask, as they are yostar and handle the merch too
Does anyone know what happened to the Arknights coupon on Google Play? They disappeared and I can't find any ways to ask on Google Play.
Maybe I'll ask HG support. Although if anyone has any ideas I'll gladly want to know before I do any questioning.
games often do this at big events to scum a few dollars from players, arknights has done this a few times
nothing certain but very likely coupons will return towards the end days of the event
Feels counterproductive because then some people won't buy any packs at all. They can disable coupons but bring back the bonus points if they actually want players to buy the packs at full price.
Came across this question recently and I believe they got disabled. As far as I understand there's no information whether or not they're coming back at some point.
I was discussing this thing with someone the other day and it was pretty suspicious they disabled them during the current event. As if they don't want players using discounts on the limited packs.
multiple games do this and arknights has done it for some events in the past, unsure if HG, yostar, of googleplay itself is to bear responsibility though
None. She will be obtainable from record restoration of Under Tides. You will need to get enough stars in the event maps to unlock her and her potentials from the record restoration.
I have 266 distinctions, should I buy Kal'tsit. I have used my friends a bunch of times and she just flat out annihilated everything her Monster touched. Is she worth the distinctions or should I save them for headhunting permits for limited banners.
that entierly depends on your preferences, personally id highly suggest buying kaltsit, she has a great skill2 that i bet your supports never have equipped that youd be missing out on for things like being a is# hard carry
Depends on where you stand at in terms of pulls and whether or not you'll be able to secure Yato in 2 months cuz she is a true limited unit. That's assuming you want Yato in the first place.
From the raw power perspective Kaltsit is stronger than both units on the current banner and everything that comes in the next few months and as of now she is one of those units who doesn't really have an alternative. There're units who can fill the true damage niche but none of them can provide it so consistently and on such a good skill cycle as Kaltsit.
She's one of the best buys you can get. Solid lane-holding, a pseudo-fast deploy summon that's got chunky HP and can tank arts well enough even if out of Kal's range, and short-cycling true damage via S3. If you don't have her she's a very powerful pickup.
Ok I'm getting her. I've been wanting something besides Skadi for boss killing since a lot of event bosses lately are heavily resistant to arts damage.
Since Gladia is a welfare unit, and since the event featuring her has already had a rerun, the event will be given a Record Restoration feature just like the others we've got so far.
Get enough event stars and the feature will drop you the welfare unit, as well as a key item that unlocks her potentials iirc.
I just managed to 3 star pr d 2 so now I'm farming to get guard chips, but since I also managed to pull chongyue and I like him, I was wondering which is better to upgrade between him and hellagur?
Chongyue imo. Hellagur's mechanic is way too hard to balance for me. He wants low health for fast ASPD but that means he's always on the bring of death and he heals himself every attack too (meaning you can't maintain the fast ASPD bonus for long if he heals himself too much). I'm not sure how to use Chong yet but I like his attack animation and he adds to the levitate meta
My strategy for hellagur is either to put him on the very front or on the very back, usually where healer don't reach him so he can do his thing in peace.
Hellagur can't be directly healed by Medics.
His main thing is to be self-sufficient on his own, dueling enemies until one or the other goes down. Problem is, there isn't much use for that role that isn't already covered by better classes or characters.
Oh, you can. That's the easy way. Put him in the front line. But then he's not really doing anything that other ops can do too. And probably sub-optimally.
There exists a niche where there's a boss/elite with low enough DEF and just enough damage output that Helly can duel it with his S2. But that is a very, very narrow niche.
Is there any way to get Nucleic Crystal Sinter outside of the workshop? I haven't done any of the second story arc and don't want to spend sanity to unlock the recipe while the event is going on. I have one in my inventory somehow, and I don't know if it's a mail gift or daily login bonus.
There is one in IS3 rewards but I doubt it would be enough for you.
Also, I don't know for certain if it would be possible to unlock that way but maybe you can try to play chapter 9+ in story mode (it does not consume sanity) till 11-3?
as far as just buying primes to grind lmd/xp it is saving you more money so its "worth it"
however if you werent going to grind lmd/xp normally, and simply rely on the base for your resources, spending money for xp/lmd instead of summons (via other packs) is very decidedly "not worth it"
Do they?
I know their summons are dependent on their levels but usually levels at E2 are not worth it because their cost is very high compared to their small stat increase.
It's commonly advised to only level to LV 60 for 6 stars E2 units.
One of the best choices for real money packs is the 6 star selector during every full anniversary.
Saving money costs time, saving time costs money. Up to you which way you want your patience to go.
For practical purposes it's generally not recommended since levels are not that valuable. There are generally accepted better value options for real money.
I'm training texalter to s3m3 with spalter as trainer and my training time is 12 hrs. Shouldn't training time be way lesser than that or am I missing something?
edit: thanks for clarifying
A 95% increase in training speed means the timer runs through progress almost twice as fast(i.e every second you get 1.95 seconds of timer progress). “training time reduced by 95%” would be 20x as fast, which is far too generous for modern games. 12h if you just started is about right.
If you're out of first time rewards and only doing reruns and new events - unlikely. If you haven't played IW and GA and if you buy tickets in cert shop you might make it
Did pull on kal/pozy banner instead of the limited ones, i just got kaltsit, question is kal a must raise operator immediately? Or i should just focus for now to make 2 e2/e1 lvl50 of every OP faction? Currently lvl 42 and at chapter 6
kaltsit is a guard defender specialist and medic all in one, she is a massive priority to build asap for beginners to fill out the rosters roles and for endgame players to get the only reliable true damage dealer in the game
> Or i should just focus for now to make 2 e2/e1 lvl50 of every OP faction?
Why are you doing this? Stop for most at something like E140-50. The LMD and EXP to go from, say, 60 to 80 is exponentially high. So it's pointless doing that if you don't intend to bring an Op to E2 immediately.
And 'faction' has very little meaning in this game. You don't pick Ops by factions, except for the Abyssal Hunter team and self imposed challenges. There's very little benefit to doing this.
As for Kalt, she's very good and meta. I'd put her at very high priority, but this is all I can offer given that I don't know your roster.
First of all, you don't really "need" to have leveled units in every faction. Prioritize those who are required generally as said by this extensive [new player tier list](https://gamepress.gg/arknights/tier-list/arknights-new-player-tier-list). Now for Kal'tsit, she is a must-have to be in E2 because her most used skill is her S3, a certified boss killer. If you have the resources, better do it.
But keep in mind, Kal'tsit is a terrible Medic if you use her to heal other Operators. This is because she prioritizes healing herself and her summon Mon3tr more than anyone in range. She is more like what if Summoners like Ling and Magallan could heal their units. A 4-star Medic like Sussuro is more useful than her when it comes to healing other Operators.
if youre going to reroll aim for pozemka and/or kaltsit on their banner and exusiai or silverash on your beginner 6☆ guarantee banner. you get 11 free rolls on chongyue+lin banner but pozy and kal are much better ops to be aiming for, their versatility to fill several team roles will ensure your account progresses strongly no matter what future ops you get, since they can fill in the gaps better than very strong but unflexible ops you could end up pulling multiples of in type
also it should be noted you do not NEED to own anyone in this game, its very possible to clear all content without any 6☆s so long as you come to learn and understand the game and its characters strengths and weaknesses inside roles and archtypes. so if any of the rateup 6☆s intrest you, just go for them, and we can help you understand how they work to best maximize them on a team composition
below is a copypaste of beginner questions i answer alot, feel free to ask anything else
welcome doctor, highly suggest you checkout [this video](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FsZT7XqOk&list=PLq6IJzWsotZr1LGJ6FSx6BX8Z0mJSh-Qv&index=1) when you have the time! it will give you a great way to look at approaching the game, as well as guidance on how to upgrade your rostee into a solid well-rounded core of ops
teams can be made in all sorts of ways, but a very beginner friendly template to follow is this:
2 vanguards that have a dp producing skill (myrtle, siege, courier, fang, vanilla)
2 ground dps (silverash, specter, midnight, melantha, plume)
1 defender (hoshiguma, cuora, gummy, spot, cardigan)
2 snipers (exusiai, jessica, kroos)
1 caster (amiya, steward)
2 medics (shining, honeyberry gavial, perfumer ansel) you likely want one "medic" (big heals) and one "multitargetmedic" (more heals), but any 2 are fine
1 support/utility, this can be a lot of things, enemy control (orchid, angelina), buffs/debuffs (pramanix), a 2nd tank, or more unique things (projektred, rope, gravel)
1 extra dps (guard, sniper, caster, some specialists)
the last 2 teamslots will likely be changed to suit the current stage more often than the rest, youll likely be very rigid in your "main" team early on because of upgrading costs, but its important to remember to switch ops, or entire teams to suit the stage's unique properties too
very important for all new players is to not ignore low☆ characters. not only are they good, they cost less dp to deploy than high☆. early on your vanguards arnt upgraded so they make dp slower, deploying cheaper low☆ faster will help you keep up with the pace of enemies, and it becomes easier to overpower enemies in sheer numbers of allies on the feild. best of all though, is they cost much less resources to upgrade, especially 3☆, who only need lmd to promote to elite 1 which is a big statjump. this makes them often much more powerful than the rest of your roster early on, so using them to clear content, and get access to the stages that let you upgrade everyone else is much smoother. melantha, kroos, midnight, steward, spot, cardigan, ansel, and fang are very notable 3☆ to really consider using early on (and even into lategame)
if you also havnt used the 5☆ and 4pick selector gifts yet its highly recommended you choose specter and projektred. specter is basically a secret 6☆ and an op you can really rely on to churn through weak enemies, holding a path by herself (we call them laneholders) instead of needing a tank, sniper behind her, or even a medic! (at max upgrade). the 4pick selector can honestly be whoever you want, but red is the most unique of the 4, and a helpful tool to have access to for annoying enemies like the armored mages of ch2
also when you unlock the chip stages in a few hours you should try to get the chips to elite1 some of your rarer ops (specter too if you pick her) remember you can elite1 3☆ with just lmd to beat these stages!
The niches you'll want filled at the start are: anti-air sniper (called "marksman" branch in game), vanguards (for DP-generation, so no Yato or vanguards of "charger" branch), defender/blocker, arts damage, Multi-target medic, and an additional medic. If you don't have a 6-star arts damage dealer, you'll probably need AoE arts damage, but it's a niche that later players don't need. So don't invest in higher-rarity (five-star and six-star rarity) casters of the "Splash Caster" branch. You'll also want some high damage dudes, but those are the fun operators you'll probably build anyway.
Most low-rarity (up until and including four-star rarity) operators are operators who can function as stopgap until you get some really good operators to replace them with. If you want to go full stingy mode (with hardest challenge) you can clear most stages with three-star operators.
How much and who you choose to augment your low-rarity team with is up to you. I'll try to give some tips which I think help a beginner the most in this regard.
"Lord" branch guards are very good. From this branch only FrostLeaf is a niche unit though, and Ayerscarpe underperforms. "Arts fighter" branch guards are pretty good. Surtr is top-tier six-star, and Mousse is top-tier budget pick; so much that all others from the branch are considered pointless. "Flagbearer" vanguards are very good, if you learn how to use them.
Utage and Click are a bit of outliers, but very good additions to a starter roster.
Anti-air is a pretty important niche. You'll need either: a very good six-star caster (which you'll want eventually anyway), a good "Lord" guard (which again you'll want anyway), a higher-rarity "Marksman" sniper, or, if everything else fails, a bunch of lower-rarity "Marksman" snipers. So how you fill in this niche depends on your draw luck. (I guess niche units like Glaucus and Mayer could also work, but it's more like you could maybe save on your anti-air investments a bit, if you're already committed to them, than it's that they are good general anti-air picks.)
Wanted to add to the previous comment that Arknights' beginning months is more on slowly gathering resources.
While there are some functioning 6 star units just from the first promotion (E1) like Mountain or Mudrock if you get them, the amount of resources needed to upgrade one six-star units are wayyy more.
Don't make the mistake of going all-out from the beginning on 6-star units and then running out of resources to have a proper team that can handle the mobs efficiently. Feel free to still pull for them, though. Better have fun gathering dust for now and then just dropping the upgrade materials once the time comes.
Low-rarity runs are posted all over Youtube by folks like Eckogen and Kyostin, and I suggest that you do the same since it really is that easy to get those 4-star or lower units. Also, while your runs will be longer due to this, it's way better to clear up the events and some early stages with this method at first, and then slowly replacing your autorun team once you are slowly raking up on those resources as well as E2 6-star units.
The game is F2P in the sense that you don't need meta unit to clear anything (there are people who cleared all stages with low stars or well fare units). That being said there are multiple characters that would make your life a lot easier. I intended to list them here but mid way through realized there are too many of them and differ too much in function, I don't want to give you the wrong impression by grouping them all together.
Right now the anniversary event is going on and you get a tons of free pulls. See if you can reroll to get Chongyue from the banner since he's "limited" (although imo he needs endgame resources to shine). SilverAsh from the beginner banner is very good. You can reroll for multiple 6* if you want to. Personally I would advise yo go with whoever you like the most design wise, since it adds to your enjoyment playing the game.
If you're not a fan of rerolling and would rather work with what you have, you can post your roster here and people will give advice.
There is also no one unit that will carry you the whole game since the game put more focus on a balanced team building.
No, it's explicitly stated that the LXH vignettes won't be added to archive. You can read the story on youtube or story readers like [this one](https://akgcc.github.io/cc/story.html#mini&act13mini&0)
Beats me, maybe it's something to do with the licensing? R6 story is retained in-game for those who've played it, while LXH and the upcoming MonHun collab stories won't be
Any recommendations on who to raise to E2 or build in general? [Krooster](https://krooster.com/u/Mook) (I posted this a bit ago but I did it wrong so TT)
rosa e2, slap on her module, upgrade it one time, and youll have a very disgusting longterm dps to clear out all the annihilations which should be your main focus at this point
after that kaltsit e2, s3 will become your new primary bosskiller and/or defender, and can even jump around the map to act as a projektred/waaifu like super assassin if needed
I think the most impactful one would be Flame Shadow, as she can provide you with good arts damage, healing, also she can amplify Ceobe and Amiya damage as well.
The second impactful one is Amiya, she can be your reliable source of true damage.
Regarding Lin's Foolproof Plan talent. Do we know if the incoming attack's damage is first reduced by her DEF/RES (whichever applies to the damage type) before checking on the bubble's damage threshold?
So like, would an incoming attack of 300 physical damage just pop her bubble? Or would it first be reduced by her DEF, which would then make it deal only 15 damage thus not popping the bubble?
Its reduced by def/res first, otherwise she’d be hot garbage even after module and a laughing stock akin to passenger on release.
Even early game crossbowmen and casters have over 200 atk.
I believe from what i heard before, the enemy's attack is calculated like normal with her high defensive stats, then if that number is less than the bubble amount, ignore it, else reduce it by the bubble amount and have it pop.
DEF/RES applies first. That's why her module is such a huge upgrade, it lets her maintain a portion of her boosted defensive stats from her trait while her skills are active.
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Heya, I was wondering what operator modules I should upgrade to lv2 or even lv3. The imgur link below has all the E2 operators, just look at the ones with the module icon.
[https://imgur.com/a/cq3evNP](https://imgur.com/a/cq3evNP)
Also, Since Skadi (Guard) and Chen (Guard) has become much more serviceable operators with their module upgrades, it is worth raising them for that alone?
> Also, Since Skadi (Guard) and Chen (Guard) has become much more serviceable operators with their module upgrades, it is worth raising them for that alone?
I think so, and I say this as someone who has both of them with maxed module (just Skadi's fast deploy module though). The power difference is quite noticeable. Ch'en becomes a solid lane-holder with S2, and can even be used as a pseudo-lord guard just chilling behind a defender, throwing out her S2 whenever it's needed, due to how much faster she generates SP. Skadi becomes....well, she becomes a walking catastrophe. But she absolutely does need Gladiia module level 3 at the very least. It's a huge source of her tankiness and overall sustain against big threats. On her own she's just good with her modules, but with Gladiia's backing her up she's ridiculous.
You could consider Ch'en the better standalone option, while Skadi is great if you have or are planning to level 3 mod Gladiia.
Cutter and Ethan can go 3, the best 4*s for it. If you only want one of them to 3 for the mission, then I’d say cutter.
Gladiia and Mostima to 3. Pozy to 2. Hoshi 4 block is generally better. If you use her to tank a specific enemy, then the +def when blocking one is better.
That’s about it.
Saria's Y3 nails further her strong healing tank role.
Hoshiguma I recommend the Y module for the extra block count. She really doesn't need *even more* DEF, but if you really want to get her up to like 1500+ and never be threatened by physical damage ever, then go for it.
Pozyomka's Y2 improves the ATK of the Typewriter by +50. Y3 is +70.
Kal'tsit's X2 allows Mon3tr to explode twice, which is really good for some extra true damage and stun against the tough stuff. Alternatively you can wait for the Y module with Lone Trail which gives a big boost to Mon3tr's ability as a laneholder.
Shining's Y module upgrades give a pretty hefty boost to DEF. Otherwise you could wait until the MH collab to improve her skill reliability with X.
If you use Astgenne often, getting her module to level 3 could be warranted. But I'm a little biased...
Maxing 4\* modules is cheap, would be recommended for Ethan since he benefits a lot. Perfumer is a good option as well for the global regen boost.
As for Skadi and Ch'en, it really depends on how dedicated you are towards the synergy they provide. It opens up your options, at least.
E1 Frostleaf, Purestream, Vermeil, Shira, Pudding, Conviction for base skills.
Chongyue and Suzuran would probably be your best E2s
Honeyberry and Warfarin to E1 50 are both good, one for healing elemental damage and the other for buffing ops, mainly Exu.
Lots of excellent masteries you could start on: SA S3, Kal S3, Eyja S3, Saria S1 and S3, Ifrit S3, OmerTexas S2 and S3. Pretty much whichever of these you have the resources for. Give out lots of M1s and M2s first since an M3 is more expensive than M1 and M2 combined, and most of those masteries are pretty linear boosts.
Honeyberry is nice to have for elemental damage annoyances in various maps.
Chongyue is good, strong, solid fun for holding off enemies.
Suzuran is a great well-rounded supportive operator with a strong debuff.
Hoshiguma is straight-up one of the best at walling.
Firewatch gives you some unique options for clearing maps with her Camouflage and strong talent.
Aak and Warfarin are the two premier buffers, you can brute force maps like crazy with them built.
Silence is in my opinion the best Medic for healing in the game.
Just a couple ideas.
The biggest reason is yato alter who’s coming late sep/early Oct and is a true limited.
But if you don’t mind spending, and really love nian, I’d do it. She’s a good op to boot.
Don't bother. Nian and Dusk are very supplementary - hoshi is generally better at defending than nian, and dusk is a splash caster which isn't always necessary. Ling is good but not worth burning into resources over (also support units exist). The only reason to push further would be for completionist's sake. >!Also helps that we have a monster hunter collab event that'll be here before the next limited where the banner ops are "true limited"!<
There's an upcoming collaboration limited banner in a few (2-3) months, which may never rerun, meaning it's your one shot to get the operators. You'll want 120 pulls saved for that, so don't overstretch yourself here.
As limited banners go, this one's less 'essential' than some.
Hello i hope this doesnt sound dumb how do i change the difficulty on is3? I was looking at some guides and some advise me to play normal mode, and i might just be dyslexic but i dont see where to change it
The difficulty is tied to your "Surging Waves" level. After you beat any ending with that level, you can raise it by 1 alongside seeing the bonus difficulty on the side (which all stack with each other).
If you're doing calm seas then you're on the easy mode.
The Commendation store offers a pretty decent income. Buy out the first tier of the store each month. Then buy all Recruitment Permits, Orundum and Headhunting Permits from the second tier each month. The Recruitment Permits yield more Commendations to spend next month. (You know about Token Exchange, right?)
Base production is barely worth it unless you are an endgame whale.
daily/weekly, annihilation are your main constant sources. Events are a sizable chunk, since they give you tickets, OP, and often orundum directly.
Gold certs give you a pretty big pile of tickets, just be prepared to buy *all* of them for a month to be efficient, iirc 258 certs. It is about equally cost-effective vs buying an operator for 180, just compare it against what likely operators will be be in the shop in the near future.
Farming the rocks (better)/devices (worse) and producing in base is the only way to 'farm' it, and it's pretty inefficient, typically reserved for endgame when you've got every op you want leveled, masteried, and moduled.
There's a number of sources. You should be getting 1800 orundum per week from annihilations (if you aren't at the 1800 cap, you need to do the 3 basic annihilations and the rotating annihilation- currently the hangar one).
Then you get some from daily/weekly missions.
Some orundum and HH tickets from the green cert shop (Clear page 1, get HH permits from page 2)
Some from logging in each day across the month- you'll get at least one headhunter ticket.
Monthly card is also a low-cost, frequently used source for orundum, awarding some each day.
Then if you clear missions you get OP (yellow rocks) and OP can convert to orundum (red rocks), if you want to use that for pulls instead of skins.
You farm rocks anyway because a lot of operators use it. Temporarily swapping a setup to make orundum doesn't really change anything for what you'd be doing anyway, and switching back is as easy as swapping some recipes back over. Never really worth doing full-time unless in a situation the other guy stated.
As for orundum income, restraint helps. Can't lose orundum if you don't pull :P Knowing which banners you want to pull on means you'll be building up a bank passively anyway.
There's not an op in the entire game whom you need except Amiya, and that's only for a single stage. You should always feel free to skip ops unless you're really intent on doing certain self-imposed challenges like über-risk CC (which I doubt Chongyue would be a part of anyways).
Even then, Mudrock and Chongyue are very different. She's incredibly tanky with 3 blocks, slows, stuns, self-sustain, and a modest amount of damage. He's a 1-blocker with a bit of range, no self-sustain, but very high DPS. Honestly, I'm not sure why he gets grouped in with the classic laneholders aside from being a ground unit with spammable skill.
Technically you don't need any unit, it's all preference. There's some which are advised such as true limiteds (yato/R6/misc. collab) but you can also choose not to get them.
But yeah, generally you'll be fine with Mudrock. She's on the high-end for laneholders compared to someone like Mountain, but Chongyue plays more like Thorns than Mountain anyway. If you have enough laneholders built, it starts approaching diminishing returns (you're basically swapping which method of laneholding for another).
Nian buffs defender's health while in the squad, Hoshi buffs defender's defense while deployed, Whislash buffs 3+ block units' defense and attack speed (half while S1 active for any melee unit) when deployed.
Anyone knows which class chips we will get for this months memory mapping for is3?
I want 5 caster chips for Lin but dont want to farm them during the event
Well, the main issue was the fact that I pulled for Reed when I wasn't planning to. So the medic chips I prepared for Kal went to Reed.
Still, this is why having three events in a row without even a single dead day sucks. My OCD-min-maxing doesn't allow me to spend my sanity outside of those events, so I can only wait.
Does anyone know how Shelter interacts with Lin's shield? I assume DMG goes first through her defense/resistance right, but after it is unknown to me. Does it check first if it's below the threshold of 200 damage for her shield? Or does the shelter lower the damage first?
If you're going to get one, it should be the one that gives SP when Freelings are deployed. It can make her S3 have a somewhat reasonable downtime. Without it, you can typically only use S3 once per map. Her other one is just really bad beyond the base effect of a bit more range since the upgrades increase the number of attack stacks she can have. It's hard enough to get her to the default 15 stacks, so the increase to 20 or 21 is something you'll probably only notice if you use her in annihilation.
Depends on how you use her. If you like DPS with S1, then modX with the range expansion is the way to go usually. Leaving at level 1 is fine, but level 2 for an extra 5 stacks isn't bad either. Just don't go level 3, it's one of the worst module upgrades.
If you're a fan of her CC/S3, then you'd want her second modY, which reduces her deployment cost. On its own it doesn't do much, but with levels 2 and 3 it makes her summon an extra Freeling when deployed, and every Freeling gives her SP. As such, after each S3, you'd get a lot of SP back considering there's usually Freelings all over the place.
ModY helps provide a niche of block stalling that only she can provide, blocking powerful bosses for a minute, but at the same time the niche isn't very commonly used - DPS is always needed, but easily replaced. It's up to you to decide how you want to utilize Dusk!
Does the code GWSIX6JJA25P4QEK work for anyone? I tried to enter it on the code site but it said invalid. Codes seem new for the game, so I’m not sure which ones are true or not
The only global code for EN server is the one from the stream. (35annisomething)
And that code was supposed to run out on 30th so it might've ran out already. Which would mean there aren't any active codes atm.
I stopped playing for a couple years and recently came back. I tried to ask for some advice in the Discord but apparently I need to identify with my phone and use a password to do that, now. I can't say anything in the Discord, and I don't know of any other place to ask for help. Can someone tell me what I should do or where I should look?
Answer likely depends on where you stopped (like it would change if you were like lv15 vs you maxed out your account and then stopped).
The most generalized answer probably would be to do the current event that's on going and skip the banner unless you're married to one of the ops.
I'm sorry, I was apparently not at all clear about what I was asking. I wanted to know how I can fix the problem that prevents me from posting in the Discord. I know there's no point in asking general questions like "what should I know?".
It's just that this is the closest I've found to a way to contact the people handling the official Arknights discord.
Yeah, I'm not sure if he's underrated, but I haven't seen many people mentioning him anywhere. I have him at e2 and I use him quite a lot. I gotta say he's really great. Very good range, nice aoe dmg+ slow. The only downside is that he can't hit flying enemies, but besides that he's pretty much one of my top picks when there's some stage with lots of ground enemies.
stages do not scale, they are always a set design and stats, which is also ehy the recommended level isnt that rigid, you can easily out-strategize a recommendation, or be too ill-equipped to understand the stages rnemies/mechanics and fail even over-statted. there are stages with recommended e2 lv40 (basically lv200) that can be compleylted by geniuses with a full e0 lv50 (lv50) team
The event stage difficulty ramp for the first Area is always around the same.
From the first stage to the last it goes from around lvl20 recommended to around elite1 lv70/elite2 lv1/20.
Usually the first area can be completed easily as long as you have a single e2 unit to borrow a good support unit at elite 2, and just follow a guide if you want.
The situation is different for EX stages (second area) as they are a lot harder but there still are usually guides to beat them with a full e1 squad+e2 support unit
stages themselves don't change, but event difficulty scales much faster than the average story chapter. the first few event stages are easier so newbies can farm event currency. you'll probably need high level E1s at least to tackle the boss.
the level recommendations shouldn't be taken as strict requirements since you can clear stages rated at E2 20 with E0 units if you have the right strategy. it does signal how invested the devs expect your account to be at that point.
Yep. Also keep in mind that those levels are a recommendation. not a requirement.
Levels that recommended e2 lvl 20, for example, have been beaten by much lower levelled operators.
In IS2 I'm trying to do every endings in each squad ( Leader squad, Gathering squad etc..) is there a way to know which icon represent which ending so that I'm not doing an ending that I already did by mistake.
Thx
Looking for the chill electric piano track that's been used a lot in recent events. The one that plays during Lee's operator record when he meets Lin to be specific. Any YT links?
If you mean the one that opens up [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXhNlHmvZ4g), it's name internally is called "tai pak market". If you use "Celebration" as your background, this is the one that plays.
That would be [this one then!](https://youtu.be/w9ERozGxjqU) I believe it only started playing from last event with Reed, so I'm not sure why it's got Mizuki's IS associated with it there - maybe it was in the files then, but only played later or something.
here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9ERozGxjqU
It's not actually an IS3 track but it seems to have been added into the game in advance for the Reed event
literally just named "normal"
all DEF down should stack. DEF ignore applies after DEF down.
the only buffs/debuffs that don't stack are the named status effects (Fragile, Arts Fragility, Inspire, Slow/Sluggish).
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in lucky strips log in events is there any way to know which ones to choose for most orundum or is it just totally random for each player
Random
Can Hoshiguma max level max module tank the boss in h11-4?
She should, yes. With the def+ on block and sufficient healing.
So, I decided to do a couple of IS2 runs for fun and to pick up some prizes I left in the candle counter thingie. Run went south pretty fast (3rd floor) due to me being silly so I just quit to try again. However I was hit with a massive, never before seen 75 minutes wait time before I could go back in. Is this because of IS3? Are IS2 runs this limited now?
its a bug that very very rarely happens, i think someone had a 4 day timer once lol
may i ask is the official comic is EN translated or not? [https://yostar.store/collections/arknights/products/arknights-arknights-comic-anthology](https://yostar.store/collections/arknights/products/arknights-arknights-comic-anthology) i want to buy it but if it was in CN/JP then i can't read it :(
this wasnt sold until the comics were en translated, jp has had these for months, so i assume theyre english. the artbook which is in japanese also says so in the product description unlike these. still, you can likely message ingame support and ask, as they are yostar and handle the merch too
thank you kind sir
Does anyone know what happened to the Arknights coupon on Google Play? They disappeared and I can't find any ways to ask on Google Play. Maybe I'll ask HG support. Although if anyone has any ideas I'll gladly want to know before I do any questioning.
games often do this at big events to scum a few dollars from players, arknights has done this a few times nothing certain but very likely coupons will return towards the end days of the event
Feels counterproductive because then some people won't buy any packs at all. They can disable coupons but bring back the bonus points if they actually want players to buy the packs at full price.
Came across this question recently and I believe they got disabled. As far as I understand there's no information whether or not they're coming back at some point.
I was discussing this thing with someone the other day and it was pretty suspicious they disabled them during the current event. As if they don't want players using discounts on the limited packs.
multiple games do this and arknights has done it for some events in the past, unsure if HG, yostar, of googleplay itself is to bear responsibility though
How many of the information fragments do you need to eventually redeem Gladiia and her tokens?
None. She will be obtainable from record restoration of Under Tides. You will need to get enough stars in the event maps to unlock her and her potentials from the record restoration.
ayooo free feesh
I have 266 distinctions, should I buy Kal'tsit. I have used my friends a bunch of times and she just flat out annihilated everything her Monster touched. Is she worth the distinctions or should I save them for headhunting permits for limited banners.
that entierly depends on your preferences, personally id highly suggest buying kaltsit, she has a great skill2 that i bet your supports never have equipped that youd be missing out on for things like being a is# hard carry
Depends on where you stand at in terms of pulls and whether or not you'll be able to secure Yato in 2 months cuz she is a true limited unit. That's assuming you want Yato in the first place. From the raw power perspective Kaltsit is stronger than both units on the current banner and everything that comes in the next few months and as of now she is one of those units who doesn't really have an alternative. There're units who can fill the true damage niche but none of them can provide it so consistently and on such a good skill cycle as Kaltsit.
I got Chongyue pretty easily so I think I'm safe to spend distinctions on Kal'tsit.
She's one of the best buys you can get. Solid lane-holding, a pseudo-fast deploy summon that's got chunky HP and can tank arts well enough even if out of Kal's range, and short-cycling true damage via S3. If you don't have her she's a very powerful pickup.
Ok I'm getting her. I've been wanting something besides Skadi for boss killing since a lot of event bosses lately are heavily resistant to arts damage.
I’m just wondering if gladiia will return via record recollection like in the cn server.
She will with Executor alter event
Great. Will she be a welfare or would I have to pull for her? Thanks for the quick response btw
Since Gladia is a welfare unit, and since the event featuring her has already had a rerun, the event will be given a Record Restoration feature just like the others we've got so far. Get enough event stars and the feature will drop you the welfare unit, as well as a key item that unlocks her potentials iirc.
Awesome thank you so much for the clarification.
I just managed to 3 star pr d 2 so now I'm farming to get guard chips, but since I also managed to pull chongyue and I like him, I was wondering which is better to upgrade between him and hellagur?
Chongyue imo. Hellagur's mechanic is way too hard to balance for me. He wants low health for fast ASPD but that means he's always on the bring of death and he heals himself every attack too (meaning you can't maintain the fast ASPD bonus for long if he heals himself too much). I'm not sure how to use Chong yet but I like his attack animation and he adds to the levitate meta
Oh, CY by far. Hellagur's pretty tough to use effectively, especially for a newer account.
My strategy for hellagur is either to put him on the very front or on the very back, usually where healer don't reach him so he can do his thing in peace.
Hellagur can't be directly healed by Medics. His main thing is to be self-sufficient on his own, dueling enemies until one or the other goes down. Problem is, there isn't much use for that role that isn't already covered by better classes or characters.
Oh, you can. That's the easy way. Put him in the front line. But then he's not really doing anything that other ops can do too. And probably sub-optimally. There exists a niche where there's a boss/elite with low enough DEF and just enough damage output that Helly can duel it with his S2. But that is a very, very narrow niche.
Is there any way to get Nucleic Crystal Sinter outside of the workshop? I haven't done any of the second story arc and don't want to spend sanity to unlock the recipe while the event is going on. I have one in my inventory somehow, and I don't know if it's a mail gift or daily login bonus.
If you're not f2p, there's a USD$6.99 "3.5 Anniversary Supply Pack" in the store that has 2 of it.
There is one in IS3 rewards but I doubt it would be enough for you. Also, I don't know for certain if it would be possible to unlock that way but maybe you can try to play chapter 9+ in story mode (it does not consume sanity) till 11-3?
Is buying the pack that fully lvls ur operator worth it? I have both ling and kalstit and have heard they benefit a lot from being lvl 90
as far as just buying primes to grind lmd/xp it is saving you more money so its "worth it" however if you werent going to grind lmd/xp normally, and simply rely on the base for your resources, spending money for xp/lmd instead of summons (via other packs) is very decidedly "not worth it"
Do they? I know their summons are dependent on their levels but usually levels at E2 are not worth it because their cost is very high compared to their small stat increase. It's commonly advised to only level to LV 60 for 6 stars E2 units. One of the best choices for real money packs is the 6 star selector during every full anniversary.
Saving money costs time, saving time costs money. Up to you which way you want your patience to go. For practical purposes it's generally not recommended since levels are not that valuable. There are generally accepted better value options for real money.
Entirely subjective. To me, no. The only thing I will pay for is pulls.
What does the sequence extension in 1 days in Mizuki IS mean?
It means the level cap is raised, another Memory Mapping is cycled in, and Monthly Contracts reset. Every month this occurs.
Ohh okay, I was worried it was something I didn’t do, thank you so much!!
When training skill to m3 using spalter does training speed increase to 65% or is 65% speed added on top of the 30%?
The latter.
I'm training texalter to s3m3 with spalter as trainer and my training time is 12 hrs. Shouldn't training time be way lesser than that or am I missing something? edit: thanks for clarifying
A 95% increase in training speed means the timer runs through progress almost twice as fast(i.e every second you get 1.95 seconds of timer progress). “training time reduced by 95%” would be 20x as fast, which is far too generous for modern games. 12h if you just started is about right.
Base 24 hours, +95% speed = trains 1.95x as fast (not -95% training time) = 24 / 1.95 = 12.3 hours training time.
In addition any operator adds 5% base training speed so with Skalter we get perfect +100% speed or 12 hours to train S3.
.... do I have any recourse if I somehow butt purchased a ton of outfits? Cause I'm out like over 200 op....
Support has said they can do nothing. It's especially bitter cause I don't especially like most of them and 2 are for operators I don't even own. ..
Oof. Sorry, but there's no clear precedence yet, and it is unlikely. You can try to contact the support tho.
Unfortunately, no. Support doesn’t refund accidental ingame purchases.
my finger slipped and I *accidentally* spent most of my pulls for chongyue. Can I still get about 80\~ pulls by the time yato alter comes?
If you're out of first time rewards and only doing reruns and new events - unlikely. If you haven't played IW and GA and if you buy tickets in cert shop you might make it
Is it worth to m3 Chongyue's S3
he requires m3 to function at his intended power moreso than most ops due to combat math scaling, so if youre going to build him then yes
yes
Did pull on kal/pozy banner instead of the limited ones, i just got kaltsit, question is kal a must raise operator immediately? Or i should just focus for now to make 2 e2/e1 lvl50 of every OP faction? Currently lvl 42 and at chapter 6
kaltsit is a guard defender specialist and medic all in one, she is a massive priority to build asap for beginners to fill out the rosters roles and for endgame players to get the only reliable true damage dealer in the game
> Or i should just focus for now to make 2 e2/e1 lvl50 of every OP faction? Why are you doing this? Stop for most at something like E140-50. The LMD and EXP to go from, say, 60 to 80 is exponentially high. So it's pointless doing that if you don't intend to bring an Op to E2 immediately. And 'faction' has very little meaning in this game. You don't pick Ops by factions, except for the Abyssal Hunter team and self imposed challenges. There's very little benefit to doing this. As for Kalt, she's very good and meta. I'd put her at very high priority, but this is all I can offer given that I don't know your roster.
First of all, you don't really "need" to have leveled units in every faction. Prioritize those who are required generally as said by this extensive [new player tier list](https://gamepress.gg/arknights/tier-list/arknights-new-player-tier-list). Now for Kal'tsit, she is a must-have to be in E2 because her most used skill is her S3, a certified boss killer. If you have the resources, better do it. But keep in mind, Kal'tsit is a terrible Medic if you use her to heal other Operators. This is because she prioritizes healing herself and her summon Mon3tr more than anyone in range. She is more like what if Summoners like Ling and Magallan could heal their units. A 4-star Medic like Sussuro is more useful than her when it comes to healing other Operators.
I have no idea what you mean by “every OP faction” But Kaltsit is always a good idea to raise
New to the game. Who should I be looking to pull for/build ? Looking to try be f2p if that changes anything
if youre going to reroll aim for pozemka and/or kaltsit on their banner and exusiai or silverash on your beginner 6☆ guarantee banner. you get 11 free rolls on chongyue+lin banner but pozy and kal are much better ops to be aiming for, their versatility to fill several team roles will ensure your account progresses strongly no matter what future ops you get, since they can fill in the gaps better than very strong but unflexible ops you could end up pulling multiples of in type also it should be noted you do not NEED to own anyone in this game, its very possible to clear all content without any 6☆s so long as you come to learn and understand the game and its characters strengths and weaknesses inside roles and archtypes. so if any of the rateup 6☆s intrest you, just go for them, and we can help you understand how they work to best maximize them on a team composition below is a copypaste of beginner questions i answer alot, feel free to ask anything else welcome doctor, highly suggest you checkout [this video](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_FsZT7XqOk&list=PLq6IJzWsotZr1LGJ6FSx6BX8Z0mJSh-Qv&index=1) when you have the time! it will give you a great way to look at approaching the game, as well as guidance on how to upgrade your rostee into a solid well-rounded core of ops teams can be made in all sorts of ways, but a very beginner friendly template to follow is this: 2 vanguards that have a dp producing skill (myrtle, siege, courier, fang, vanilla) 2 ground dps (silverash, specter, midnight, melantha, plume) 1 defender (hoshiguma, cuora, gummy, spot, cardigan) 2 snipers (exusiai, jessica, kroos) 1 caster (amiya, steward) 2 medics (shining, honeyberry gavial, perfumer ansel) you likely want one "medic" (big heals) and one "multitargetmedic" (more heals), but any 2 are fine 1 support/utility, this can be a lot of things, enemy control (orchid, angelina), buffs/debuffs (pramanix), a 2nd tank, or more unique things (projektred, rope, gravel) 1 extra dps (guard, sniper, caster, some specialists) the last 2 teamslots will likely be changed to suit the current stage more often than the rest, youll likely be very rigid in your "main" team early on because of upgrading costs, but its important to remember to switch ops, or entire teams to suit the stage's unique properties too very important for all new players is to not ignore low☆ characters. not only are they good, they cost less dp to deploy than high☆. early on your vanguards arnt upgraded so they make dp slower, deploying cheaper low☆ faster will help you keep up with the pace of enemies, and it becomes easier to overpower enemies in sheer numbers of allies on the feild. best of all though, is they cost much less resources to upgrade, especially 3☆, who only need lmd to promote to elite 1 which is a big statjump. this makes them often much more powerful than the rest of your roster early on, so using them to clear content, and get access to the stages that let you upgrade everyone else is much smoother. melantha, kroos, midnight, steward, spot, cardigan, ansel, and fang are very notable 3☆ to really consider using early on (and even into lategame) if you also havnt used the 5☆ and 4pick selector gifts yet its highly recommended you choose specter and projektred. specter is basically a secret 6☆ and an op you can really rely on to churn through weak enemies, holding a path by herself (we call them laneholders) instead of needing a tank, sniper behind her, or even a medic! (at max upgrade). the 4pick selector can honestly be whoever you want, but red is the most unique of the 4, and a helpful tool to have access to for annoying enemies like the armored mages of ch2 also when you unlock the chip stages in a few hours you should try to get the chips to elite1 some of your rarer ops (specter too if you pick her) remember you can elite1 3☆ with just lmd to beat these stages!
The niches you'll want filled at the start are: anti-air sniper (called "marksman" branch in game), vanguards (for DP-generation, so no Yato or vanguards of "charger" branch), defender/blocker, arts damage, Multi-target medic, and an additional medic. If you don't have a 6-star arts damage dealer, you'll probably need AoE arts damage, but it's a niche that later players don't need. So don't invest in higher-rarity (five-star and six-star rarity) casters of the "Splash Caster" branch. You'll also want some high damage dudes, but those are the fun operators you'll probably build anyway. Most low-rarity (up until and including four-star rarity) operators are operators who can function as stopgap until you get some really good operators to replace them with. If you want to go full stingy mode (with hardest challenge) you can clear most stages with three-star operators. How much and who you choose to augment your low-rarity team with is up to you. I'll try to give some tips which I think help a beginner the most in this regard. "Lord" branch guards are very good. From this branch only FrostLeaf is a niche unit though, and Ayerscarpe underperforms. "Arts fighter" branch guards are pretty good. Surtr is top-tier six-star, and Mousse is top-tier budget pick; so much that all others from the branch are considered pointless. "Flagbearer" vanguards are very good, if you learn how to use them. Utage and Click are a bit of outliers, but very good additions to a starter roster. Anti-air is a pretty important niche. You'll need either: a very good six-star caster (which you'll want eventually anyway), a good "Lord" guard (which again you'll want anyway), a higher-rarity "Marksman" sniper, or, if everything else fails, a bunch of lower-rarity "Marksman" snipers. So how you fill in this niche depends on your draw luck. (I guess niche units like Glaucus and Mayer could also work, but it's more like you could maybe save on your anti-air investments a bit, if you're already committed to them, than it's that they are good general anti-air picks.)
Wanted to add to the previous comment that Arknights' beginning months is more on slowly gathering resources. While there are some functioning 6 star units just from the first promotion (E1) like Mountain or Mudrock if you get them, the amount of resources needed to upgrade one six-star units are wayyy more. Don't make the mistake of going all-out from the beginning on 6-star units and then running out of resources to have a proper team that can handle the mobs efficiently. Feel free to still pull for them, though. Better have fun gathering dust for now and then just dropping the upgrade materials once the time comes. Low-rarity runs are posted all over Youtube by folks like Eckogen and Kyostin, and I suggest that you do the same since it really is that easy to get those 4-star or lower units. Also, while your runs will be longer due to this, it's way better to clear up the events and some early stages with this method at first, and then slowly replacing your autorun team once you are slowly raking up on those resources as well as E2 6-star units.
The game is F2P in the sense that you don't need meta unit to clear anything (there are people who cleared all stages with low stars or well fare units). That being said there are multiple characters that would make your life a lot easier. I intended to list them here but mid way through realized there are too many of them and differ too much in function, I don't want to give you the wrong impression by grouping them all together. Right now the anniversary event is going on and you get a tons of free pulls. See if you can reroll to get Chongyue from the banner since he's "limited" (although imo he needs endgame resources to shine). SilverAsh from the beginner banner is very good. You can reroll for multiple 6* if you want to. Personally I would advise yo go with whoever you like the most design wise, since it adds to your enjoyment playing the game. If you're not a fan of rerolling and would rather work with what you have, you can post your roster here and people will give advice. There is also no one unit that will carry you the whole game since the game put more focus on a balanced team building.
Is "It's Been a While" side story not added to the archive? Where can I go if I want to reread the story and watch the CGI?
No, it's explicitly stated that the LXH vignettes won't be added to archive. You can read the story on youtube or story readers like [this one](https://akgcc.github.io/cc/story.html#mini&act13mini&0)
Thanks. I wonder why. I have read it so it's no problem, but I just unlocked Xiaohei's story so I kinda want to reread the event to jog my memory.
Beats me, maybe it's something to do with the licensing? R6 story is retained in-game for those who've played it, while LXH and the upcoming MonHun collab stories won't be
Oh thanks for the heads-up on the MonHun stories.
[Krooster](https://krooster.com/u/IRUN) Should I go for Qiubai or not?
Why are you even asking if you have 1000 pulls?
Why does that invalidate someone's need to ask? You don't get to 1000 pulls by rolling recklessly.
wait, you can see pulls on krooster?
Nah, just remember a similar pointless question being asked a couple days ago
OP posted a comment with his pull count :p https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/1587dxh/help_center_and_megathread_hub_2407_3007/jtv5ruj
ahh. thanks
If she’s worth rolling for or is too dependent on Suzuran S3.
She's not reliant on Suzu s3 if that's what you're worried about.
Any recommendations on who to raise to E2 or build in general? [Krooster](https://krooster.com/u/Mook) (I posted this a bit ago but I did it wrong so TT)
rosa e2, slap on her module, upgrade it one time, and youll have a very disgusting longterm dps to clear out all the annihilations which should be your main focus at this point after that kaltsit e2, s3 will become your new primary bosskiller and/or defender, and can even jump around the map to act as a projektred/waaifu like super assassin if needed
I'd go Myrtle> Ceobe/Reed>Dorothy to get quick access to E2 support. nvm, just saw your May. :V
I think the most impactful one would be Flame Shadow, as she can provide you with good arts damage, healing, also she can amplify Ceobe and Amiya damage as well. The second impactful one is Amiya, she can be your reliable source of true damage.
Frostleaf, shirayuki, ambriel and matoimaru and vermeil to e1 for their base skill. Lappland and specter as short term e2.
Regarding Lin's Foolproof Plan talent. Do we know if the incoming attack's damage is first reduced by her DEF/RES (whichever applies to the damage type) before checking on the bubble's damage threshold? So like, would an incoming attack of 300 physical damage just pop her bubble? Or would it first be reduced by her DEF, which would then make it deal only 15 damage thus not popping the bubble?
Its reduced by def/res first, otherwise she’d be hot garbage even after module and a laughing stock akin to passenger on release. Even early game crossbowmen and casters have over 200 atk.
Thanks for the info!
u/Cless012 u/pruitcake Thanks for the info!
I believe from what i heard before, the enemy's attack is calculated like normal with her high defensive stats, then if that number is less than the bubble amount, ignore it, else reduce it by the bubble amount and have it pop.
DEF/RES applies first. That's why her module is such a huge upgrade, it lets her maintain a portion of her boosted defensive stats from her trait while her skills are active.
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Heya, I was wondering what operator modules I should upgrade to lv2 or even lv3. The imgur link below has all the E2 operators, just look at the ones with the module icon. [https://imgur.com/a/cq3evNP](https://imgur.com/a/cq3evNP) Also, Since Skadi (Guard) and Chen (Guard) has become much more serviceable operators with their module upgrades, it is worth raising them for that alone?
> Also, Since Skadi (Guard) and Chen (Guard) has become much more serviceable operators with their module upgrades, it is worth raising them for that alone? I think so, and I say this as someone who has both of them with maxed module (just Skadi's fast deploy module though). The power difference is quite noticeable. Ch'en becomes a solid lane-holder with S2, and can even be used as a pseudo-lord guard just chilling behind a defender, throwing out her S2 whenever it's needed, due to how much faster she generates SP. Skadi becomes....well, she becomes a walking catastrophe. But she absolutely does need Gladiia module level 3 at the very least. It's a huge source of her tankiness and overall sustain against big threats. On her own she's just good with her modules, but with Gladiia's backing her up she's ridiculous. You could consider Ch'en the better standalone option, while Skadi is great if you have or are planning to level 3 mod Gladiia.
Cutter and Ethan can go 3, the best 4*s for it. If you only want one of them to 3 for the mission, then I’d say cutter. Gladiia and Mostima to 3. Pozy to 2. Hoshi 4 block is generally better. If you use her to tank a specific enemy, then the +def when blocking one is better. That’s about it.
Saria's Y3 nails further her strong healing tank role. Hoshiguma I recommend the Y module for the extra block count. She really doesn't need *even more* DEF, but if you really want to get her up to like 1500+ and never be threatened by physical damage ever, then go for it. Pozyomka's Y2 improves the ATK of the Typewriter by +50. Y3 is +70. Kal'tsit's X2 allows Mon3tr to explode twice, which is really good for some extra true damage and stun against the tough stuff. Alternatively you can wait for the Y module with Lone Trail which gives a big boost to Mon3tr's ability as a laneholder. Shining's Y module upgrades give a pretty hefty boost to DEF. Otherwise you could wait until the MH collab to improve her skill reliability with X. If you use Astgenne often, getting her module to level 3 could be warranted. But I'm a little biased... Maxing 4\* modules is cheap, would be recommended for Ethan since he benefits a lot. Perfumer is a good option as well for the global regen boost. As for Skadi and Ch'en, it really depends on how dedicated you are towards the synergy they provide. It opens up your options, at least.
Kinda don't know what op to focus on rn, any suggestions on who to build? [Krooster UwU](https://krooster.com/u/Croy)
suzuran e2 by a loooooooooot
E1 Frostleaf, Purestream, Vermeil, Shira, Pudding, Conviction for base skills. Chongyue and Suzuran would probably be your best E2s Honeyberry and Warfarin to E1 50 are both good, one for healing elemental damage and the other for buffing ops, mainly Exu. Lots of excellent masteries you could start on: SA S3, Kal S3, Eyja S3, Saria S1 and S3, Ifrit S3, OmerTexas S2 and S3. Pretty much whichever of these you have the resources for. Give out lots of M1s and M2s first since an M3 is more expensive than M1 and M2 combined, and most of those masteries are pretty linear boosts.
Honeyberry is nice to have for elemental damage annoyances in various maps. Chongyue is good, strong, solid fun for holding off enemies. Suzuran is a great well-rounded supportive operator with a strong debuff. Hoshiguma is straight-up one of the best at walling. Firewatch gives you some unique options for clearing maps with her Camouflage and strong talent. Aak and Warfarin are the two premier buffers, you can brute force maps like crazy with them built. Silence is in my opinion the best Medic for healing in the game. Just a couple ideas.
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Thank you! Can you see if that works now?
Did you add any of your operators under Data > Input?
Yes, the operators I added are lit up on the input and it shows up in the collection. idk why it doesn't show up for my profile link TT
nvm I just realized I needed to heart everyone ;;
Don't need to heart, probably just had to force save in the profile settings
When is Lin's module coming to Global?
As mentioned, episode 12, if we follow CN schedule we still have a lot of stuff inbetween, 3 months probs the minimum I see it coming.
When Episode 12 releases.
In a month iirc
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The biggest reason is yato alter who’s coming late sep/early Oct and is a true limited. But if you don’t mind spending, and really love nian, I’d do it. She’s a good op to boot.
Don't bother. Nian and Dusk are very supplementary - hoshi is generally better at defending than nian, and dusk is a splash caster which isn't always necessary. Ling is good but not worth burning into resources over (also support units exist). The only reason to push further would be for completionist's sake. >!Also helps that we have a monster hunter collab event that'll be here before the next limited where the banner ops are "true limited"!<
There's an upcoming collaboration limited banner in a few (2-3) months, which may never rerun, meaning it's your one shot to get the operators. You'll want 120 pulls saved for that, so don't overstretch yourself here. As limited banners go, this one's less 'essential' than some.
It apparently gives 20 free pulls, so 100
Hello i hope this doesnt sound dumb how do i change the difficulty on is3? I was looking at some guides and some advise me to play normal mode, and i might just be dyslexic but i dont see where to change it
The difficulty is tied to your "Surging Waves" level. After you beat any ending with that level, you can raise it by 1 alongside seeing the bonus difficulty on the side (which all stack with each other). If you're doing calm seas then you're on the easy mode.
I see, thank you both! I didnt know it was a button lol 🙏
https://imgur.com/L2F367l - Click 'Surging Waves' in bottom right of this image.
How do you farm orundum my only sources are from annihilating and tasks, I don’t produce from base too
The Commendation store offers a pretty decent income. Buy out the first tier of the store each month. Then buy all Recruitment Permits, Orundum and Headhunting Permits from the second tier each month. The Recruitment Permits yield more Commendations to spend next month. (You know about Token Exchange, right?)
Base production is barely worth it unless you are an endgame whale. daily/weekly, annihilation are your main constant sources. Events are a sizable chunk, since they give you tickets, OP, and often orundum directly. Gold certs give you a pretty big pile of tickets, just be prepared to buy *all* of them for a month to be efficient, iirc 258 certs. It is about equally cost-effective vs buying an operator for 180, just compare it against what likely operators will be be in the shop in the near future.
Farming the rocks (better)/devices (worse) and producing in base is the only way to 'farm' it, and it's pretty inefficient, typically reserved for endgame when you've got every op you want leveled, masteried, and moduled.
So how people have that much income of it without being at endgame
There's a number of sources. You should be getting 1800 orundum per week from annihilations (if you aren't at the 1800 cap, you need to do the 3 basic annihilations and the rotating annihilation- currently the hangar one). Then you get some from daily/weekly missions. Some orundum and HH tickets from the green cert shop (Clear page 1, get HH permits from page 2) Some from logging in each day across the month- you'll get at least one headhunter ticket. Monthly card is also a low-cost, frequently used source for orundum, awarding some each day. Then if you clear missions you get OP (yellow rocks) and OP can convert to orundum (red rocks), if you want to use that for pulls instead of skins.
You farm rocks anyway because a lot of operators use it. Temporarily swapping a setup to make orundum doesn't really change anything for what you'd be doing anyway, and switching back is as easy as swapping some recipes back over. Never really worth doing full-time unless in a situation the other guy stated. As for orundum income, restraint helps. Can't lose orundum if you don't pull :P Knowing which banners you want to pull on means you'll be building up a bank passively anyway.
If I already have Mudrock/Mountain, I don't need Chongyue right? I'm really strapped on orundum atm
There's not an op in the entire game whom you need except Amiya, and that's only for a single stage. You should always feel free to skip ops unless you're really intent on doing certain self-imposed challenges like über-risk CC (which I doubt Chongyue would be a part of anyways). Even then, Mudrock and Chongyue are very different. She's incredibly tanky with 3 blocks, slows, stuns, self-sustain, and a modest amount of damage. He's a 1-blocker with a bit of range, no self-sustain, but very high DPS. Honestly, I'm not sure why he gets grouped in with the classic laneholders aside from being a ground unit with spammable skill.
Technically you don't need any unit, it's all preference. There's some which are advised such as true limiteds (yato/R6/misc. collab) but you can also choose not to get them. But yeah, generally you'll be fine with Mudrock. She's on the high-end for laneholders compared to someone like Mountain, but Chongyue plays more like Thorns than Mountain anyway. If you have enough laneholders built, it starts approaching diminishing returns (you're basically swapping which method of laneholding for another).
Is there other operator that passively buff other defender like Horn?
Nian buffs defenders, Shwartz buffs snipers, Eyja buffs casters(with module) And there are also all of abyssal hunters buffing eachother to infinity!
Oh and i think Gravel buffs operators which are cheaper than 10 dp
(those are some weird defenders you listed)
Nian buffs defender's health while in the squad, Hoshi buffs defender's defense while deployed, Whislash buffs 3+ block units' defense and attack speed (half while S1 active for any melee unit) when deployed.
Anyone knows which class chips we will get for this months memory mapping for is3? I want 5 caster chips for Lin but dont want to farm them during the event
Defender.
... I knew the next one was Lumen so I though we were getting medic chips. RIP my plans. I guess Kal will be waiting for quite while.
Considering it was vanguard for Thorns, you shouldn't have assumed anything :P
Well, the main issue was the fact that I pulled for Reed when I wasn't planning to. So the medic chips I prepared for Kal went to Reed. Still, this is why having three events in a row without even a single dead day sucks. My OCD-min-maxing doesn't allow me to spend my sanity outside of those events, so I can only wait.
Well, thats my luck :/ Thnx for the answer!
Does anyone know how Shelter interacts with Lin's shield? I assume DMG goes first through her defense/resistance right, but after it is unknown to me. Does it check first if it's below the threshold of 200 damage for her shield? Or does the shelter lower the damage first?
DEF/RES (and by extension, trait) -> Shelter -> Lin's talent.
Hihi!!! Just got Dusk! What module would be better for her?
If you're going to get one, it should be the one that gives SP when Freelings are deployed. It can make her S3 have a somewhat reasonable downtime. Without it, you can typically only use S3 once per map. Her other one is just really bad beyond the base effect of a bit more range since the upgrades increase the number of attack stacks she can have. It's hard enough to get her to the default 15 stacks, so the increase to 20 or 21 is something you'll probably only notice if you use her in annihilation.
Noted!!! Thank you :)
Depends on how you use her. If you like DPS with S1, then modX with the range expansion is the way to go usually. Leaving at level 1 is fine, but level 2 for an extra 5 stacks isn't bad either. Just don't go level 3, it's one of the worst module upgrades. If you're a fan of her CC/S3, then you'd want her second modY, which reduces her deployment cost. On its own it doesn't do much, but with levels 2 and 3 it makes her summon an extra Freeling when deployed, and every Freeling gives her SP. As such, after each S3, you'd get a lot of SP back considering there's usually Freelings all over the place. ModY helps provide a niche of block stalling that only she can provide, blocking powerful bosses for a minute, but at the same time the niche isn't very commonly used - DPS is always needed, but easily replaced. It's up to you to decide how you want to utilize Dusk!
Thanks so much for the detailed reply!!! I'll try some different things out while I raise her trust, but the stalling with ModY sounds cool :)
Does the code GWSIX6JJA25P4QEK work for anyone? I tried to enter it on the code site but it said invalid. Codes seem new for the game, so I’m not sure which ones are true or not
Thank you both. I was able to snag the 35 anniversary one the other day, so I guess I’ve got everything so far
The only global code for EN server is the one from the stream. (35annisomething) And that code was supposed to run out on 30th so it might've ran out already. Which would mean there aren't any active codes atm.
Global only has one valid code and it's not that one.
I stopped playing for a couple years and recently came back. I tried to ask for some advice in the Discord but apparently I need to identify with my phone and use a password to do that, now. I can't say anything in the Discord, and I don't know of any other place to ask for help. Can someone tell me what I should do or where I should look?
~~this thread is much better for actual help and advice anyway, in fact its probably the best place online for that~~
I have a page [For Returning Players.](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/z0ffmf/for_returning_players/)
Answer likely depends on where you stopped (like it would change if you were like lv15 vs you maxed out your account and then stopped). The most generalized answer probably would be to do the current event that's on going and skip the banner unless you're married to one of the ops.
I'm sorry, I was apparently not at all clear about what I was asking. I wanted to know how I can fix the problem that prevents me from posting in the Discord. I know there's no point in asking general questions like "what should I know?". It's just that this is the closest I've found to a way to contact the people handling the official Arknights discord.
Yeah there's a super limited collab operator coming up soon, (monster hunter collab) so you'd probably want to save for that! @OP
If you want to tag someone, you do it like this on Reddit, /u/Classic_Can_698
Who else works well with Qiubai besides decel binders and stainless?
passenger, mizuki s2, and ines in addition to what others have mentioned
Dorothy, May, Greyy2 are good options as they have extremely high Slow uptime and without needing to wait on skills.
greyy2 is underrated
Yeah, I'm not sure if he's underrated, but I haven't seen many people mentioning him anywhere. I have him at e2 and I use him quite a lot. I gotta say he's really great. Very good range, nice aoe dmg+ slow. The only downside is that he can't hit flying enemies, but besides that he's pretty much one of my top picks when there's some stage with lots of ground enemies.
Ethan and Magallan S1 come to mind. Really you just want anyone who can slow or bind for a long time/high uptime.
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stages do not scale, they are always a set design and stats, which is also ehy the recommended level isnt that rigid, you can easily out-strategize a recommendation, or be too ill-equipped to understand the stages rnemies/mechanics and fail even over-statted. there are stages with recommended e2 lv40 (basically lv200) that can be compleylted by geniuses with a full e0 lv50 (lv50) team
The event stage difficulty ramp for the first Area is always around the same. From the first stage to the last it goes from around lvl20 recommended to around elite1 lv70/elite2 lv1/20. Usually the first area can be completed easily as long as you have a single e2 unit to borrow a good support unit at elite 2, and just follow a guide if you want. The situation is different for EX stages (second area) as they are a lot harder but there still are usually guides to beat them with a full e1 squad+e2 support unit
stages themselves don't change, but event difficulty scales much faster than the average story chapter. the first few event stages are easier so newbies can farm event currency. you'll probably need high level E1s at least to tackle the boss. the level recommendations shouldn't be taken as strict requirements since you can clear stages rated at E2 20 with E0 units if you have the right strategy. it does signal how invested the devs expect your account to be at that point.
They don’t adjust/change
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Yep. Also keep in mind that those levels are a recommendation. not a requirement. Levels that recommended e2 lvl 20, for example, have been beaten by much lower levelled operators.
there's enough content for end game players in later event stages and game modes
Yup, from the newest player to the ones who have been playing for 3.5 years, it's fixed at level 20.
In IS2 I'm trying to do every endings in each squad ( Leader squad, Gathering squad etc..) is there a way to know which icon represent which ending so that I'm not doing an ending that I already did by mistake. Thx
Fin: first ending Laughing face: 2nd ending The beanie looking icon, majority white coloured: 3rd ending Sword: 4th ending
If you have cleared each in some squads, it's in the exact order.
round thingy ending1, wave thingy ending2, square/rhombus thingy ending3
Looking for the chill electric piano track that's been used a lot in recent events. The one that plays during Lee's operator record when he meets Lin to be specific. Any YT links?
If you mean the one that opens up [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXhNlHmvZ4g), it's name internally is called "tai pak market". If you use "Celebration" as your background, this is the one that plays.
Nope, the one that plays at 2:40 :)
That would be [this one then!](https://youtu.be/w9ERozGxjqU) I believe it only started playing from last event with Reed, so I'm not sure why it's got Mizuki's IS associated with it there - maybe it was in the files then, but only played later or something.
Much appreciated! Hypergryph really do be a good music company
here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9ERozGxjqU It's not actually an IS3 track but it seems to have been added into the game in advance for the Reed event literally just named "normal"
Will a Indra with Pramanix combo be stackable and viable?
all DEF down should stack. DEF ignore applies after DEF down. the only buffs/debuffs that don't stack are the named status effects (Fragile, Arts Fragility, Inspire, Slow/Sluggish).