Jan 20, 2026
3 min read
Stay up to date with current and upcoming Arknight: Endfield banners, including all featured characters and weapons, gacha and mercy rates, and more.
In Arknights: Endfield, banners are the primary way to acquire new characters.An ever-expanding list of powerful four-, five- and six-star operators, each with their own unique strengths and playstyle, are important features for any Endmin to master.
From the initial banner that offers new players a welcome boost to the limited banner that changes every few weeks and often introduces new, limited operators, it can be hard to keep up.But, with this handy guide (and our all-new Arknights: Endfield Codes list), you can stay on top of all the latest information, and figure out what to fork out and keep spending or saving.
Here's everything you need to know about the Arknights: Endfield banner:
What is the Arknights: Endfield standard now?
While not technically a "current" banner as Arknights: Endfield doesn't have a release date yet, Hypergryph has confirmed that the first Arknights Endfield banner will feature a rate increase for six-star operator Laevatain.
Lavaten is a fire attacker that deals heat damage.She appeared on the featured banner in the beta, so you may have had a chance to play her before.If not, you can check out this official X post to know more about her.
This banner runs from game launch until Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 11:59 server time.
Here's the real Arknights: Enfield banner:
workshop mark
22 January - 7 February
- Laevatain (six stars, heat, striker)
Also, as part of the release party, there is a chance that an operator from one of the upcoming banners will appear in the previous banner.For example, there is a chance you can drag Gilbert or Yvonne under the Laevatain banner.
If you want to learn more about the different prices and sympathy systems on the displayed flag, please scroll down to the 'gacha values and sympathy' section of this guide.
What is the Arknights: Endfield flag?
During the official launch livestream, Hypergryph announced that the upcoming Arknights: Endfield banners will feature the six-star operators Gilberta and Yvonne.
Here are the following Arknights: Flags of Endfield:
The floating messenger
7-24 February
- Gilberta (six stars, nature, fan)
Color of passion
February 24 - end of version 1.0
- Yvonne (six stars, ice cream, wheel)
As mentioned above, since the three launch banners are part of a special launch party, the operator from the next banner may appear in an early banner - so you might get lucky and get a copy of one of these two popular characters early.
What is Standard Arknights: Endfield Banner?
The basic Arknights: Battlefield Ends flag, called Basic Headhunter, is a permanent flag with a limited character pool.On this banner, you are guaranteed to get at least one six-star worker for every 80 reds.
In addition, if you have completed a total of 300 drawings on this banner, you can claim a "Select designation" bonus opportunity, which you can get a six-star operator of your choice.
Here are all six-star characters shown on the standard Arknights: Endfield banner:
- The last ceremony
What is a starter Arknights?Flag of the final field.
The Arknights: Endfield launch banner, titled New Horizons Headhunting, is a special banner designed to help new players get started.During the special official launch event, Hypergryph confirmed that you can get all the necessary hunting licenses (gacha pulls) for this banner by progressing through the game.
Completing this flag will guarantee you a six-star operator from the following pool:
- The final rite
Additionally, completing this banner will also net you a bonus New Horizons Weapon Supply item that you can use to obtain a six-star weapon of your choice.
Arcknights: How do Endfield Weapon Banners work?
Acquiring weapons in Arknights: Enfield is very different from other gacha games.Instead of using your regular gacha currency, you need to buy special items called Arsenal Tickets.
You can get Arsenal tickets by clicking on the operator banner, in the in-game store or by completing weekly routine tasks.You can also get them via Protocol Pass (Battle Pass) or trade geometry for them.
You can then use these Arsenal letters to pull up various Arsenal problem banners, including those that provide the right weapon for a particular character.
When you use Arsenal Tickets on the Arsenal Issue banner, you'll get ten guns at once.In each issue of Arsenal, you will receive six star weapons in four issues and rating weapons in eight issues.
Issue ten adds an additional weapon deal in the box, allowing you to choose a six-star unrated weapon from the theme banner, and issue 18 adds an additional tariff weapon.After that, every eight numbers you get a weapon offer box or a ratio-increasing weapon (alternatives).
Alternatively, you can purchase certain five and six-star weapons directly using Arsenal Tickets, and some in-game features can also give you weapons.
During the official release special, HyperGriff revealed that after passing feedback from the second beta test, it extended the Arsenal issue banners for special character weapons to the length of three chartered hiding banners, giving you more time to get the weapons you want.For the official release, the Arsenal issue banners will be available in the following order:
- The problem of sulfur extraction
- Express delivery problem
- Graffitiproblem
We will update this guide with more information about the Arsenal Issue banners and the weapons they offer after the official launch.
Arknights: Ultimate gacha and love rates explained
Like all the best gacha games, Arknights: Flags of the Endfield has a gacha speed and regret system.As seen in the game's betting and official broadcast features, each flag guarantees at least one five-star or better character in every ten draws and at least one six-star character in every 80 draws.
When you draw five or six star characters, the corresponding mercy will be restored.For every roll where you don't get a five or six star character, you get a four star character; there are no weapons or other items on the character banner.
The Chartered Headhunting banner featured also appears to have a 50/50 system that you may be familiar with if you've played other games like Genshin Impact.This means that if you draw a six-star character that is not the featured character, you are guaranteed to get the featured character as your next six-star draw.
In addition to this, Hypergryph also confirmed the existence of a 120 bet penalty limit during the live stream, which guarantees that you will get the featured character in 120 bet if you lose 50/50 instead of the 160 max penalty.From what we've seen in beta, this penalty limit isn't displayed on banners.
In addition, the featured six-star character will also be in the list of all possible operators for the two ladensed headhunter banners after the end of their featured flag.This means that you still have an opportunity to get the previous featured six-star operator if you draw a six-star operator that is not a featured operator on one of the next two featured banners.However, after the end of the three banners, the six-star operator will not touch the pool normal characters on the basic headhunting fixed flag, meaning you will have to wait for future rewins if you do not get them.
Hypergryph has confirmed that the Chartered Headhunting banner will also have an urgent recruitment system upon release.This means that after completing a total of 30 headhunting moves, you will be able to claim ten free moves on the current banner.However, please note that this will not count against the guarantee. However, getting the grade you want with this free ten move will not affect the guarantee either.
Then, after a total of 60 attempts to hunt Chartered Headhunting, you can claim a bonus portion that automatically turns into ten special moves that you can use in the next Chartered Headhunting banner when it launches.
Of course, there is also the issue of "soft mercy".If you don't know, "soft mercy" is a system where your chance of getting a high rarity item or character (in this case, a six-star operator) starts to increase after you reach a certain number of pulls without getting any, and then continues to increase until you reach a 100% chance of hard mercy (80 pulls in this case).
We're not sure at the moment if Arknights: Endfield has a weak love system.But considering it's become commonplace in all major gachas, we think it's better to follow the industry standard of putting it on your 65th or 70th pull, with your chance of getting a six-star rating, and then increasing each time until you hit your 80th pull.
We are currently unsure of the exact percentage of four, five, and six star models that are out of warranty, but we will update this guide when we have information.
