5 Arknights Tips I Wish I Knew Starting Out

[@lingerlights]

as a cutter simp my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined😢

[@YuriSteiner04]

Cutter outfit when? T_T

[@ghostgear7647]

Same

[@Chara-yp6zj]

Same dude Cutter can be a midgame DPS carry twt

[@sukesada5355]

​@@YuriSteiner04matoimaru outfit when?(

[@phoebecara4361]

@@sukesada5355 wait a minute...

[@Skullfiend]

A couple tag Combinations you might want to look out for: DP/Vanguard+Healing=Myrtle 4* Caster+Slow=Grey 4* Guard+Slow=Frostleaf Sniper+Slow=May/Shirayuki Support+Guard=Dobberman Support+Medic=That water medic i forgot her name. Nuker=Cutter Crowd Control=Click Sniper+Nuker=Firewatch Specialist+Crowd control=Project Red Sniper+Debuff=Meteor Caster+Debuff=Haze Supporter+Debuff=Shamare/Pramanix Crowd control+Supporter=Mayer/Glaucus Specialist/Shifter+Slow=F-eater To name a few off the top of my head. The 5*combinations aren't guaranteed, so don't feel bad if you don't get them.

[@xenotyphon]

Debuff + AoE gives Meteorite

[@KhadiPlays]

There is a site that does this for you. It's called aceship.

[@randypc1]

Support/Debuff/Specialist/Shift/Fast-redeploy are tags that gurauntees a 4 star by themselves. Unless you want a specific one, just select that one tag and save yourselves the lmd. Support has 2 robots but as long you put > 3 : 50 and the tags don't drop you'll get the 4 star. Or just put 9hrs to be safe. Summon alone is Mayer tag but you'll likely see it with other 5 star tag combinations

[@blitzrohan]

range/sniper+survival(or defense?)=jessicat

[@SteppingStairs]

another 5* combo to look out for is healing + dps/caster = Nightmare supporter/slow + healing = Podenco

[@dirnaras2887]

One thing that I totally missed is that in the Base it is possible to burn drones to get some extra quick gold to LMD conversions. And the longer I play the more I am fenced off by LMD specfically. So not doing that at all for a long time was a mistake on my part.

[@ninjablade2]

If you have Priviso, your LMD issues will disappear (you just need to invest and make her elite 2) She's got what must be the best base ability i know of in that when she's in the trading post and you have an order that is less than 4 gold, she boosts the trade by 2 Meaning when you have a short timed 2 gold trade, that suddenly becomes a short time 4 gold trade, and a medium time 3 gold trade become 5 gold! Personally i have 3 factories set up to produce gold, and the rate at which i'm able to trade is so fast now i'm constantly reducing the total stock! even with 3 factories working non stop I've got 7.6 mil LMD and that's with leveling a few of the new units that just dropped; it's to the point i seriously need to farm the EXP stages whenever it's not an event, haha

[@sharkyferret]

As an extended tip to the recruitment bit, if you want your favourite 1 star robots to come, your best bet is to set the time to 3:50 with a robot tag. This is the highest time before you cannot get 1 stars and still try to prevent that robot tag from slipping off.

[@charginginprogresss]

And with no robot tag, go for 1 hour with relevant tags for the specific robot (defender, sniper, support, specialist, nuker, etc)

[@Renno802]

@@charginginprogresss 2 stars : Allow is to introduce ourselves

[@kyarumomochi5146]

Its weird that you showed the kerned headhunting and didnt say "DO NOT PULL" immediately No new player should EVER pull on those banners

[@charginginprogresss]

@@Renno802 that's why you set 1h, with 3:50 you're more likely to get 2 stars compared to 1h 2 stars will always be the biggest outcome of recruitment in any case, but at least with 1h you slighlty skew the odds towards 1 stars

[@STREEEEEET]

The most important tip i can think of, is to save yellow certificates to snipe powerful operators from the shop instead of testing your luck when their banner comes out. That way you'll probably have enough resources to get every limited operator. Also, in the beginning there are A TON of pulls to farm from stages and past events, so it would be wise to accumulate 300 pulls and then dump it all when a good limited character comes with a good off banner limited like Skadi and Ch'en Alter. If you're new, during limited banners they rerun some old limited operators that you can get from the shop if you spend 300 pulls on the current limited banner.

[@mauricioolmedo5392]

Do u know exactly how does the banners works? Bc im a returning player and im aiming to get Nian and Chongyue on their rerun, does that mean that i have to save 600 pulls so i can buy them at the shop? And also do u know the soft and hard pity of the banners?

[@STREEEEEET]

@@mauricioolmedo5392 Soft pity for limited banner starts at 50 pulls. Then each failed attempt to get a new 6* increases your chances by 2%. Collab banners gives you a guaranteed banner character at 120 pulls. We only had 2 of those, so they are not very common anyways. Yes, you need 300 special certificate to buy a limited operator. If you want both, you'll need 600. But it's possible to pull for them while they are on the shop but rates are low. You gonna need some luck

[@mauricioolmedo5392]

@@STREEEEEET Tysm! Do u have a recommendation or something for farming pulls? I barely have 60k orundum (i think that's how it's called)

[@STREEEEEET]

​@@mauricioolmedo5392 Some people use their base to farm but i don't think that's a good idea if you want to get new characters. You won't have resources to level them up. But it's an option nonetheless. Just make sure you've cleared all story mode and past events on regular and challenge mode, also check the paradox for every character you have, it's 200 for each clear and then save. If you have most of the story and events to clear, the first 300 won't be that hard.

[@mauricioolmedo5392]

@@STREEEEEET okay! And abt the base farming, how do i do that? And my characters are at E1 lvl 50, am i strong enough to clear event stages? Bc i tried one time and got destroyed 💀 Sorry for the load of questions, u r just helping me a lot! Thanks in advance bro

[@cirnobyl9158]

Splitboxing is one of those things that the game doesn't teach you but is really useful to know.

[@AY-uo9gp]

You forgot one very important tip. Finish building your base as early as possible, and add as many friend as possible.

[@Dementel]

how many should add? I only have 6

[@blitzrohan]

@@Dementel max your friend list

[@Rektcloaa]

Oh, i don hav frends 💀

[@Eddison33]

I can only add some random people if I used their support Operators, right? I added two of them. Where can I find some more?

[@justanotherweirdo11]

Yeah there's the discord. I also would send friend requests to people with random usernames like Melon or Cookie or something.

[@VCE4]

Not exactly an early game tip, more for returning players but - I noticed that some people still don't know about the Annihilation sweep function, that allows you to clear all weekly Orundum in just a minute, without spending 10 minutes per usual autodeploy run.

[@King_Jockey]

yeah but returning players wouldn't immediately have skip tickets on hand unless its available on the "returning player rewards" thing then they'd just get 1 from the daily missions

[@VCE4]

@@King_Jockey this is why I bringing it up. Because they don't have at hand and because UI can be overwhelming (for older players) they may even not notice this skip card and tiny icon next to annihilation mission start. That is of course assuming that they skip and don't read tutorials, as many people do.

[@Tema2kyboi]

Wait what...

[@VCE4]

@@Tema2kyboi exactly what I said :)

[@Tema2kyboi]

@@VCE4 I mean, it's kinda obvious but... that much?

[@meakysh]

I am a beginner (67 lvl) BUT I wish someone told me some things earlier. So! 1) Don't farm LMD!! It's a waste of sanity. You'll get enough of it in other ways. 2) Farm events!!! And buy everything from the event store. It saves you tons of sanity and gives many materials. 3) Build your base as soon as possible! Put there 4 factories, 3 power plants and 2 trading posts. It's okay if your dorms are not fully lvled. 4) Start leveling your characters' trust in the base. Even if you're not using a facility (such as training room) put someone in there anyway. 5) Add many friends and visit them for credits. Don't forget to daily use credit store. 6) Build Myrtle. Really. E1 lvl 60 is enough. 7) Don't convert your Originite Prime to Orundum!! Save them for some Pro Enchancement Packs after you're reaching a certain level. Buying that pack you're getting all spent Originite Prime back in Orundums + some materials that may be needed in the future. You're not losing anything, only gaining

[@DARK_awp]

A tiny thing about base, the build you are describing is a 243 build. However a 252 build is possible and much more efficient/makes more resources overal. (2 power plants, 2 trading stations 5 factories)

[@meakysh]

@@DARK_awp I've heard about 342 too, but never tried it. Honestly I didn't really know I could rebuild the base until I started inspecting my friends' bases. Mostly they were using 243, so I tried it and it ended my struggles with LMD. Now I'm struggling with other material tho... If doing 252, should I put down all my dorms to lvl 4?

[@phoenix.6350]

@@meakysh you can put to lvl 5 one dorm and just lvl 2 or 1 the remaining dorms. Your ops will be fine, trust.

[@hijeffhere]

I've been playing the game for so long that I forgot Enhancement Packs were a thing

[@szerny1271]

Myrtle usefulness has outlived the usage of most of my 5 star operators. To this day I still use her as my go to dp printer coz SHES THAT GOOD

[@talhayigitcelik1868]

I always thought that myrtle was useless bc of the ability when i need early defense and when she just doesnt block someone it would screw me over... And i still havent changed my mind and im aint gon upgrade her from lvl 1 but if shes like THAT GOOD then ill maybe upgrade her and try her out please inform me

[@velaxibaldy932]

​@@talhayigitcelik1868 You're not supposed to use Myrtle as blocker. You put her somewhere where nobody will touch her and let she do her job which is printing a lot of DP. There is a reason why Myrtle is the #1 pick for all CC content. Her existence broke the game which balances around high rarity = high DP = harder to deploy. She makes almost 5* star operators and below kinda useless in normal content. At least Integrated Strategies make em worthwhile a bit.

[@charliecookroom2504]

Unlike other games, arknights is the only gacha game that I know that tells you "six Star is meta but lower rarities are eternal"

[@phabidz]

Xiangling

[@halley_lu]

Corrections: 2:16: Incomplete advice. while the 7:40 rule is good when you don't have any good options, if you have a guaranteed 4* or higher (such as here) it's better to set to 9 hours to lower the chance of the tag dropping. While it's slightly more LMD consumed (the numbers you mentioned are actually slightly lower than with a level 1 office, since office levels give a slight, but negligible discount in LMD), the gold cert and more green certs is worth more than... less than 0.3% of your daily base production if you manage your base properly. With a level 1 office, it's 774 LMD vs 630 LMD, so not much of a difference. Regardless, don't actually upgrade the office because it locks you out of factory production in 252 (the better base layout) for very minimal value. You can easily burn through the recruitments a day with only 2 recruitment slots, and no it doesn't give a higher chance of rarer ops or increase office refresh rate 3:51: These selectors are never worth it since they only give a 4* operator that was available in launch. Which are usually pretty common to obtain in the gacha anyway. The only 3* not available in recruitment is Cardigan, but even still you'll see plenty of her in your pulls. 4:51: For newer players, it's not advised to pull on the blue cert banner anyway. Getting a good unit in 2023 (and later) is a lot better than getting a unit that was good in 2020. While there are some 6* in the blue cert banner that are great (such as Suzuran), it's much better to just wait until she's in the shop and buy her with gold certificates. Not to mention the Kernel Locating Banner which lets you choose two 6*'s and three 5*'s (and put one of each in the shop) from a selection of 6*'s and 5*'s. This is far smarter than rolling on a newbie banner for a good 6* (which has a measly 25% rateup btw) 2:00: More of a gripe but I wouldn't say that Myrtle is metabreaking. The opposite, actually: flag S1 skills are purely QoL until you hit like DP down 2+. This is because when trying to cut down ops used in a general clear, the first ops to be cut are vanguards and medics. Unless the vanguard also has utility (such as Ines) or does other useful stuff later in the stage (such as Elysium S2 or Sail S3), the common route of action is to simply find a more DP-efficient opener. For newer players, yes it is helpful to have a unit like this to ramp into expensive carry units like Chalter and their defenders, but with Mlynar doing almost 1000 more DPS than her at all defense levels and costing 20 less than her, low rarity guides that use Mlynar will likely Myrtle as a "unit that every new player has at E2" that generates some DP (she is also a horrible recommendation as a first E2 btw). More AK tips for beginners: Manage your base because it is the main source of LMD and EXP in the lategame. Kukkikaze's latest series of base videos are excellent and digestible sources of information. Your first E2 should either be a good 6* or a 4* with good DPS. Examples of 4*'s are Cutter, Pinecone, Click, Totter, Humus, Jaye, May, and Arene. Vigna is fine as well.

[@beatyoutoapulp]

Don't listen to this pathetic 2-5-2 base layout propaganda dear newbies. It all actually stems from a lot of copium on their side where they don't upgrade the right side of the base, but then they have to upgrade at least some of it because they need masteries. That's not the most efficient version of 2-5-2 already. Then they want you to build half-assed dormitories that don't eat up too much of the energy reserves you have and want you to micro your ops more than they deserve. Just find decent base combos and go with the good old 2-4-3 layout that doesn't require much from you to be effective and simply lets you max everything out and be done with it.

[@halley_lu]

@@beatyoutoapulp Sorry I can't hear you over the extra LMD and EXP I'm making

[@wickeddave5148]

@@halley_lu that dude talking about being a "normie" for saying Eyja is a power house in his other comment, while here you can see him using 2-4-3 base layout, quite ironic if you ask me🤣

[@idioticchromosomedboi199]

Been playing for 4 months but never heard about splitboxing before. Thanks for the tip!

[@andreiamendes5449]

Cool 3/4* newbies might want to build (3/4* are much cheaper to build) PS: if you got better replacement skip similar chars 3* Kroos (kokodayo sniper) Midnight (ranged guard, does arts dmg on skill) 4* Cuora (tank, appears on FC shop, casual 95% extra def, heal and +1 block on skill) May (sniper that can stun and slow on skill, from recruitment) Click (May if she was a caster, skill increases range to sniper range, from recruitment) Perfumer (multi target healing, although weaker heals, has passive that slowly heals map wide, from recruitment) Myrtle (Best DP generator in the game is a 4* LOL, from recruiment) Gummy (tank healer, from recruitment) Ethan (no block, aoe attack/bind, very fun, from red cert shop) Cutter (casual melee nuke, from recruitment) Sussuro (burst medic, from recruitment) Gravel (Tanky panic button, from recruitment) Courier (Tanky vanguard, from FC shop) Gavial (Medic, better than the 3*, from FC shop, sussuro is better)

[@noah1535]

Something fun to note with Ethan for mid-game or later: if you want to put the extra resources into modules and mastery (both like mid-late game things, can't do it early on), he has an over 80% chance to Bind enemies with Skill 2 active for the same duration as his attack interval. Meaning chances are in your favor to have true AoE perma-Bind for 30 seconds. While it's complete RNG it's fun to be able to stop every enemy in his range from moving basically at all for up to 30 seconds. His module is insanely good, even compared to 6* units his module is insane. Also he kinda breaks the balance of some events with Skill 1, anything that requires a certain amount of hits instead of having hp.

[@charliecookroom2504]

5:48 so that's what it's called, split boxing. I just kinda do it because it's cool.

[@PolarBear_ed]

I started playing when Grani event started(I still don't have guard Skadi till this day) then got Blaze on 5th pull when her banner came out and she's my first lv90 operator. She did not disappoint. Going back to the video, pretty solid tips.

[@x_twitter]

most important tips. Don't forget to activate melantha skill

[@energybeats6051]

0:30 I did quite the opposite, I wanted to build every single 5 star I got and now I don't even use like 90% of them 💀

[@hantzi_esta]

In the end, no matter how many your 6 stars is in the end you can only bring 12 ops. It will useful in certain gameplay like IS or SSS but it wont be that good at normal run

[@sharkyferret]

RIP 💀. At least there are still uses for them :).

[@KhadiPlays]

Story of my life. I don't even use them in IS and I completed 2nd one and did most of 3rd one.

[@phoenix.6350]

I stopped setting on 7:40 since 2mos of my accnt. so far, I got 2 top and senior on recruitment for 3mos of playing. Just click full 9hrs and let the system decide which, 4* or 3*.

[@makodolphus7810]

A very useful example on investing in lower-rarity operators: Totter He's only 4-star rarity, and not a particularly strong sniper (from my knowledge and practice with him) on his own- even just in terms of besiegers, but in spite of his low star rating he is so far the *only* operator capable of *attacking invisible enemies outright.* There is *a lot* of potential with an ability like that. Are other operators far more practical in the same job? Absolutely! An operator like Silverash is far more useful simply because he *reveals* enemies in range instead of just ignoring invisibility altogether, but Silverash is far rarer- and has the costs that come with being a 6-star. Same goes for every other operator with invisibility reveal as part of their kit, though with one exception they can all be obtained through recruitment instead of being headhunting exclusive like Totter is. Adding onto this: The robots They basically all function like the deployable items you get in some missions. You throw Lancet down like an on-demand heal bomb, THRM-X is *literally* a bomb, Castle and Justice Knight buff your other operators for a set time- you get the picture. Yeah you sacrifice an operator slot to have one of these along (or more, if you so choose), but you get the versatility of a cheap and effectively infinite on-demand buff. There are a lot of situations where a player can use them, even in the later game. TLDR: Lower-rarity operators do have some strong abilities that higher-rarity operators simply don't have, even if you have to look for them- or if they seem counter-intuitive.

[@ninjablade2]

"and effectively infinite on-demand buff" is a verrrry misleading way to put it i think xD Considering their cool down you will only get 1, and if you use them immediately on a long map, mayyyybe 2 deployments per operation; they're great yes, but by no means infinite, haha

[@makodolphus7810]

@@ninjablade2 You're right on the face of it, but I did mean "effectively infinite" in the sense that you *only* have to worry about that cooldown with them. The other support items you get, *generally speaking*, do tend to have a very short cooldown yes (compared to your actual operators)- but you have a hard cap on how many times they can be used at all. Obviously there are going to be exceptions here too, like the items that were in the monster hunter crossover event, if my memory is holding up correctly Admittedly probably should have clarified that in the first place, lmao

[@frakeit]

arknights tips i wish i knew starting out: have ling

[@AquaticIdealist]

She isn't E0L1, so you might as well build Cutter lolz I really found the lower costs of 4 and 5 stars to be important in early and midgame, though admittedly my favorite is Blue Poison and she's pretty solid regardless. Like you said, Cuora and *especially* Myrtle are very good picks, but honestly so is Platinum. One cannot rely solely on Platinum and Kroos of course, but Platinum can do a lot Nice mention of splitboxing, yeah that's been an important tactic throughout this game's lifespan for sure. I have noticed the recruitment permits can run out, especially if you jump at any potential 4 star tags you see, so buying the second green cert tier recruitment permits is a good idea... Though, sure, for the purposes of saving them players probably should focus on pulls and/or mats... Nice vid! Hopefully we'll see more general tips from you alongside the Operator Showcases!

[@idiot726]

I couldn't come up with a comment on my own so ill mooch off of urs and mention that Rewrite Kuma did a video on recruitment in which he found that on avg u get back all ur green certs + new gold certs so broadly speaking, ur better off always purchasing the permits.

[@sharkyferret]

@@idiot726 nice mooching XD, but yes, usually it’s the yellow certs you’re trying to get at the cost of some amount of green certs.

[@Durngor]

I have tried only using recruitment permits when i have a 4 star+ available, but then I started to stockpile them hard, like 250 Permits left over. I don't seee the use of experdited plans as usefull, as I am waiting on refreshes anyways. What did you do to run out of them, as it might be way better than what I am doing?

[@sharkyferret]

@@Durngor I think your way is fine! Personally I run out pretty quickly cause I use them the first chance I get. The logic is there isn’t really a point to holding on to them, so I just use it.

[@PlatinumKrown]

I had an interesting problem when I started, I got Exusiai first but had to build Jessica because I didn't and still haven't gotten Blue Poison or Platinum. So my snipers were weak until I finally had the resources to S3M3 Exu.

[@ftk-alt]

for new players, amiya is a good caster for early stages. definitely worth to up her together with other 3/4* stars

[@quitw18]

Gonna need to e2 her to clear ch8 regardless so might aswell give her use

[@jeamel362]

New thing I learned is that 7:40 trick dem thanks man!

[@sharkyferret]

You’re welcome :)

[@bakujin]

The Headhunting Permit buying. I highly suggest doing it before a start of a Limited banner run. You can recover the yellow certs effeciently as a number of pulls will be done. If you are F2P and in Global, always watch future banner lists, skins and characters which go into the shop. Look into which one you like and likely target that. If in any case you cannot get the op you want. As long as that op is not limited, it will be in the shop likely in a year or so.

[@eufrosniad994]

I think the dilemma is that as a f2p, you are almost always better off saving the certs for the permit clear at the gold store. 38 pulls for a f2p is valuable. I used to plan to save pulls for limited banner so that I can get the ops I want from there from off-banner ops that end up getting pulled. However, the introduction of a separate banner for the older ops and removing them from the pool has made that decision painful.

[@beatyoutoapulp]

​@eufrosniad994 it really isn't painful as it means faster older operators rotations in gold certs store, and don't forget you can choose a specific operator from a restricted pool to appear in the gold shop when kernel locating starts

[@arikurniawan8356]

​@@beatyoutoapulpwhat is kernel and how you use it?

[@eufrosniad994]

@@beatyoutoapulp For a f2p, after one has a decent roster, then one can just keep saving for limited banners and fill in the other operators via off-banner ops that appear when pulling on the limited. But, that is no longer possible. This means that one would have to spend the gold certs on the operator when they appear in shop, which is also a painful ask since those certs could be used toward 38 pulls. If planned right, this could potentially be 38 x 3 = 114 pulls for each limited banner from the gold cert shop alone. That has to be forgone if one is buying the gold cert op with 180 certs. I think a more satisfying option would have been if they had put the known to be worse operators like Skadi or Siege in the separate pool while keeping the powerhouses like Eyja, Suzuran etc. still in the total pool for headhunting.

[@beatyoutoapulp]

@@eufrosniad994 while that is true, the amount of actually decent operators among those put into blue banners is so small you actually have better chances of getting a good unit off-banner on limited banners now than before. Moreover, saying Eyja is a powerhouse is a normie thing at best; endgame tends to have lots of situations where RES is so high casters really struggle with it and you're better off using other providers of Arts damage unless it's someone like Mostima who's essentially a supporter, not a caster. But I digress. What you pay there for is increased chances of getting a specific operator you want, so it's reasonable. You aren't going to buy them all the time because most of them are what I said - crap. And those that stand out are definitely worth buying them if you're somehow missing them over hoping to get them in a large pool of off-banner variants.

[@PlatinumKrown]

As a semi-whale, I usually stop at E2 60 (the module limit) but I've realized that I need to build more 4 and 5 stars because my 6 stars are so expensive that I can only e2 them once or twice a month. Ops like Nearl and Totter are really handy to have, and now I'm trying to decide on a cheaper caster to build.

[@noah1535]

Don't really have many options other than Click imo for 4*, the rest just aren't great. Casters seem like a really top-heavy class and most cheaper options aren't better than Amiya. Lava and Steward are really cheap to raise so they're ok too, no reason not to raise 3*

[@nouashax__]

I only buy Monthly cards too, and stop buying it till 2 months ago. I also think E260 is the optimum one. and still has 10Mil LMD

[@beatyoutoapulp]

Don't waste your resources on useless 4 and 5 stars and you will be able to build 6 stars more often

[@nouashax__]

@@beatyoutoapulp i build anyone that maximise base efficiency. It is the endgame for me

[@beatyoutoapulp]

@@nouashax__ wasn't replying to you though, if I was your username would pop up. Your username not being there means I'm talking to the OP

[@rainzerdesu]

I feel that first tip. Surtr was my first 6 star and imagine my surprise when you put her down, do damage, and then she leaves.

[@sharkyferret]

That be that skill 3 draining that health.

[@lybeznovsky]

I keep forgetting that the story stages have a complicated version, from which resources also fall.

[@xrosethegreat9048]

low star is no joke, my maxed out totter can has and will carried me through so much content its amazing. and if you're smooth brained like me haveing all of your lower rarities built helps with following guides like kyo or eckogen for difficult hurdles

[@randypc1]

Even at 9hrs, tags can still drop. 7.40 has even more chance for tags to drop, I don't know the exact percentages but I don't think its worth the 112 lmd you saved. On the other hand if you wish to save lmd, on the scenario that you do not have a 4/5 star combination or Top/Senior tag, just don't select a tag (along with a 7.40 timer). Selecting a tag itself cost 70 lmd. Unless you want a specific 3/4 star, tags has no purpose other than spending more lmd. Probabilities for 3/4/5 stars also remain the same.

[@omegand.]

2:12 hnnn I thought some people did tests and 9hr increases spawn chance of higher star operators

[@bullshot101]

I always wonder how it'd have been if I wasn't so lucky starting out in AK. I did get a platinum as my first 5 star, but along with her, I had 2 Hoshis and a Silverash in the confirmed beginner banner. Got early eyja into grani event, and got ifrit off headhunting in less than two weeks of play. Sounds like God tier luck, then CC came around and realized how much I was babied by that early roster and get my rear handed.

[@HungNguyen-bj4xr]

"don't pull all your resources into 1 Operator" me who has texas the omertosa pot 6: jk, but yeah, solid tips

[@sharkyferret]

Thank you :). Of course there are solo carry-like operators like Thorns but not everyone is gonna get those ops.

[@yon9906]

3 tips i can share: first, when you in battle dragging your ops to deploy, you can simultaneously press the escape key or back button to pause the game mid-deployment, this may seem like a ridiculous minmax technique but it can shave a couple seconds deploying your operator which could be crucial in a hard stage, plus it also looks really cool on auto deploy making it seem like you deployed multiple operators at the same time second, you can also click on an operator and use escape or back button again when their skill is up to use their skill while the game is paused, same reason as the the previous tip third, as a base nerd, if you're a new player and want to maximize production of your base, I implore you DO NOT upgrade your office past lvl 1 and reception room past lvl 2, and dormitories past lvl 1, the buildings upgrades on the right side are PERMANENT and cannot be downgraded. why you shouldn't upgrade them? your power plant only have limited power and upgrading them increase power usage, the upgrades on reception room only increases your friend slot and amount of support units you can put, and the office only increases recruitment slot by 2 and reduce cost of each recruitment by 100 which are not worth the upgrade. Without upgrading those buildings you can instead use the energy to instead build an extra lvl 3 factory, which would net you either 8 exp reports or 21 gold bars everyday at the bare minimum.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Something very important, which probably applies to most gachas, is that low rarity units are totally worth it. Yes, they are weaker, but they're also cheaper. both upgrading and deploying. I've been playing on and off for a while, and Fang, Hibiscus and Kroos are still pretty much in use everywhere. 3-5 stars are still in much use. And yeah, Gummy is cheaper to deploy than Nearl or Saria but can do the same job. And keep the originite prime for skins. You'll get the red in decent amounts, but the 3 prime for clearing a mission are pretty much free skins.

[@harube-tz6ww]

essential ops for me would be melantha, gravel and myrtle cause even in the late game they would be useful maybe not melantha and gravel but myrtle is lmao. But they are still good and do well. Even kyo uses melantha and gravel on endgame. During summer event (which will be on probably next next week) save up to 300 pulls and prioritize getting chalter cause she's "BALANCE".

[@raine7428]

gotta agree, 6* ain't everything. Look at myrtle and la pluma, there's even the niche of gravel being the only tanky fast redeploy.

[@sharkyferret]

Still my most used 4 star (Gravel) cause no one else does what she does.

[@raine7428]

@@sharkyferret bro fr, even with the 6* fast redeploys, gravel still fills that tanking niche since there aren't any of them that can do it, and there are time one can't just simply kill the enemies(like that collosus)

[@Spudtron98]

The DP expense of six stars must also be taken into account. All them fancy top level operators won't do you any good if the enemy leaks before you can get any of them onto the field.

[@auriorbis319]

I see thumbnail - i like. Yes! There are so many pulls for limited ops.

[@sharkyferret]

Glad you like the thumbnail, idk how to make good thumbnails lol.

[@ZuraJura]

"Don't use all resources on one operator" Ling user :

[@fieldrequired283]

It's a trick. Ling is actually 5 operators.

[@haiderhussein9355]

As someone who played this game for almost 4yrs Idk why I'm watching this but good tips man

[@BellAKYT]

0:40 KAZIKNIGHTS MENTIONED WOOOOOO

[@sharkyferret]

I like them horseknights

[@BellAKYT]

@@sharkyferret truly elevated taste

[@kocheryzh-ka]

only thing I want to know is where find frends? I don't have any IRL that play and I Really can't find how to make frames in game (maybe I'm missing something idk) but that mission to visit a friend's base is killing me

[@sharkyferret]

You have a few options: 1. Bring random support units before you start a stage and you will be prompted to send a friend request to whoever you borrowed a unit from after you clear the stage. 2. Ask on an Arknights discord server, there’s plenty out there. 3. Send a friend request to my Arknights account (PixelFerret#3055), I gotchu. Shameless, I know XD.

[@kocheryzh-ka]

@@sharkyferret I chose third option. Thanks in advance :)

[@vvv3876]

270 yellow certificate for all headhunting permits? gonna save them then

[@sharkyferret]

258 if you are talking about the yellow cert tickets, but yes, save em!

[@youredad10yearsago91]

after logos and walter came focusing resources on one operator might be a good thing 😂

[@sharkyferret]

Perhaps… 😂

[@lnclnn]

In 4:48, do you know the total price when you buy out all of the permits due to the discounted price or is it just 100 for every 1 permit?

[@noobguy4376]

The total cost of the permit i think is around 2600

[@namensklauer]

one thing i learned quite late was, that the statement "good doctors dont let their operators die" is not just some moral preaching. Retreating an operator refunds half the DP cost, which is typically >10, so equivalent to a vanguard skill activation. when desperately stalling a strong enemy this makes the difference between running out of DP or not, especially when all your operators start to cost 40 dp due to multiple reployments.

[@Angelina-San]

My god when i clicked on it I got AK Ad and guess what? ITS WAS PINK DOG

[@sharkyferret]

NICE, WE LOVE PINK DOGGO (even though Goldenglow is a cat XD).

[@waffleserzeant3327]

Good video, but the example on split boxing with Gravel and the fire tile is a bad example at 5:35. That is just blocking enemy normally to stop them from leaving the fire tile. It has nothing to do with split boxing.

[@fieldrequired283]

I made the same mistake on my first viewing. The enemy is actually moving to the right here (see the blue exit tiles?) so you can't block it on the fire from the left without splitboxing.

[@chas3btha1]

Got Mountain to E1 for starter pulls. really trying to figure out if I need to use and raise Cutter to E2 . Currently on my bench.... 😢

[@BlueberrySankta]

Thanks for this and well wish me luck on making my hands bleed from trying to get my first E2 on flametail

[@sharkyferret]

Good luck!

[@sy8099]

I recently came back (lv 55) and thinking about make new account and start fresh...... But i am too lazy to do it xD

[@sharkyferret]

Laziness is our worst enemy, relatable hahaha.

[@sy8099]

@@sharkyferret i already make new account and got Ines in 10 pulls, but i am too lazy to do over the auto deploy

[@sy8099]

On the bright side, i got snek mommy and Penance on the old account so i am satisfied xD

[@rafliyaumil8812]

Another tip that I wish a new Arknights players did was READ. I swear the discord channel being flooded by the stupid question like "how did I clear xx stage mission?" where it clearly stated how to do it.

[@sharkyferret]

As an EN player, I can confirm that we don’t read.

[@Spudtron98]

Localisation is sometimes obtuse or straight up _wrong_ sometimes, though.

[@badbuddy0934]

Only thing that makes me stupid as newbie was i thought you can buy operators for 18 originuim.

[@sharkyferret]

hahaha we do make those types of errors sometimes, I assume you mistook a skin for an operator?

[@alkabissvyvorant573]

Oh man, with yellow tags I NEVER buy anything but 6 stars I don't have yet and want in the shop lol. Worth a lot more than some more gambling points imo lmao

[@bimchik]

I wish i knew that the Office should not be upgraded to lvl 3

[@8kman0]

There is ancient legend, that one day the the base will come out of beta. Jokes aside, you can utilize full build 2-4-3 base well, but it requires many 3-op-combo teams + some operators who benefit from fully built buildings.. but its impossible to do early game.

[@xcjsmith5310]

Someone should recommend this to Vifer

[@CrowellWTF]

As a new player i found these tips incredibly useful thank you, with the upcoming Kernel locating how can i get these many yellow certificate for a 6* and, as a new player, what should i get (eyjafjalla ?)

[@sandweed]

Eyja is solid, Mudrock or Silverash is also a good pick.

[@sharkyferret]

Yellow certificates are gained from pulling 5 or 6 star operators or when you trade your 7th or onward extra dupes (4, 5, and 6 stars) to the certificate shop. There is also an info tab at the bottom left of the cert shops for more info. Also, you know what, let me make a video for that last question.

[@DARK_awp]

typically you get yellow certs by pulling on non kernel banners. or getting units via recruitment. 4 stars and above give yellow certs. Typically the amount you get is a bit low on the 40 ish per month if all your 4 stars are max pot. You can trade any additional potentials for certs n the buttun left down in the cert shop interface. Getting 180 quickly is basically pretty improbable unless you whale or got many pulls.

[@CrowellWTF]

@@DARK_awp ty all for your answers, you right i would need an extra+ streamer luck premium to get these many 5-6* and have enough yellow cert for next kernel locating, i will just focus on leveling my squad for now; and i still can get lucky on the kernel locating pulling maybe. Have fun everyone

[@sengoku2662]

Who was that operator at start of the vid bombing? Skyfire?

[@sharkyferret]

Yes, that be Skyfire.

[@QuadringentiViginti]

I want to say for the new players one thing that I wish I knew back then. Unless you want to play in some specific style (Vanguardknight, Defenderknights, etc), for the love of God, don't be deceived by the beauty of 5* pngs if you want usefulness. Don't waste your precious resources on them. They cost like 6*, stats like 4*, skills and traits like 4.1*. There are some exceptions and you can count them on one hand, ok maybe 2 hands but that's it. 5* - they are for sugar daddies\mommies. You invest time, sanity, resources, OPs for skin(s) in order for them to look magnificent but they'll never work a day in their life ever after a promotion. Waifuknights - ignore this message. Totally understandable, no questions asked.

[@hashbroun3444]

how do u deploy ops so that in auto run they like deployed instantly like 5 ops at the same time or maybe 12

[@sharkyferret]

You quickly pause in between each deployment so that only a little time has passed

[@BurriedLegend]

Things i wish i knew before playing: This game requires at least a dozen braincells and a requires you to worship kyo.

[@ekapratama2894]

Which banner would you recommend me to pull in the near future ?? Im new only played for about 10 days, i have 60 originite primes saved up and 8k originium. So far i only summoned a total of 30 times 20 from the newbie banner 10 on typhon banner and i got her

[@sharkyferret]

Congrats on Typhon! I recommend Reed the Flame Shadow from a rerun event, might not happen for a while though You also can’t go wrong with trying for limited operators, happens every half alyear or so. Definitely watch for the yellow certificate shop operator rotations, you’ll get those certificates from pulling! In Arknights you can get away with a lot, so pull for who you might fancy so long as they fulfill a needed role, especially for your newer account.

[@ekapratama2894]

@@sharkyferret noted. As for the ops I like it's the female horned blonde guard with a suit I don't remember what her name is, it's pretty long and I can't even pronounce it lol. When is the next limited banner ?

[@sharkyferret]

@@ekapratama2894 You might have to be more specific XD. Also, the next limited banner is likely sometime in the June-August range.

[@ekapratama2894]

@@sharkyferret June huh. Maybe I can save 300 pulls by then lol. Since I heard another KZbinr say save 300 pulls for limited banner so you can buy 1 free limited unitd

[@sharkyferret]

@@ekapratama2894 Normally the 300 pulls is essentially the "pity" if you get insanely unlucky, but you can also exchange the 300 for past limited operators as well as the current limited operator.

[@hiddenbruh]

If only this vid came out 2 weeks ago lol. But I ended up investing alot into my first 6 star which was thorns bec I saw that his best skill is at e2. Now I'm slowly building up my 4 stars and some 3 stars

[@sandweed]

On the other hand Thorns can carry you all the way to chapter 12.

[@fieldrequired283]

Thorns seems like a pretty strong early E2. Expensive for a newbie, though. My first E2 was Pinecone, and she hard carried me through the first several chapters and some event content. And at that 4* cost, it was an easy way to get e2 operators on the support board.

[@mooun1531]

-p- my... your voice is really nice brother

[@sharkyferret]

Thank you! Some days, I don’t know why I get that every so often XD

[@mooun1531]

@sharkyferret because it sounds really smoothing, it really does ! im glad other people notices that too ^^)/~

[@heinrichvongotzen398]

Dont forgot newbie mistake of not picking spectre with the free 5 star recruitment permit, when i found out how she carried the game for lane freeze i'm so getting her in the recruitment effort

[@MaybeJohnny1]

Lapland would be a better option imo as her silencing passive can disable lots of enemy skills, at E2 the silence lasts for a whole 5 seconds (2.5 if on 2x speed)

[@KhadiPlays]

Absolutely not my guy, Spectre fell off hard. There is a ton of silencable enemies nowadays and Lappland is one of only 2 or 3 operators in the game with that ability. And once you e2 her she silences anything she hits for pretty much forever until it dies. Lappland is by far the best 5* in that selector.

[@IrvineTheHunter]

@@KhadiPlays Hard disagree, Specter is one of the best hellidrops outside of Surtr, just because INVINCIBILITY. But frfr, who even knows what silence does? Ceobe has it, Provoso has it, even Ho'holheyek and Cerosium have it but besides exploding slugs and fighter drones it's use is inconsistent and the game almost never tells you when it works or what it does. That said I used Lapland more early game, but the E2 specter has regen which means she can pull a Emnity and be a stray lane holder, with her OP S2, allowing her to dominate stay heavies with regen procing between waves.

[@halley_lu]

@@KhadiPlays How many enemies are actually worth silencing outside of SN/maybe OD enemies and main story slugs/frost drones? The only SN enemies I can say are really worth silencing are the ones that drop Brand on the floor - the dodge guys you can hit with any crowd control and they lose their dodge. Preventing the spawning of stuff in OD enemies is nice but another hardcounter is just using a defender to kill them slowly and block the slugs when they finally do die. Lastly, main story slugs/frost drones can be outranged - and there are plenty of options to deal with them comfortably in case that's not immediately possible (such as using texalter/yato alter s3, Goldenglow S3, and for low rarity, Ambriel S2) Before you mention Kristen phase 2, while she is silencable, it makes much more sense to kill her last, or kill all the other balls first. Fighting against her damage reduction AND bringing a silence when you do kill her is not a smart tactic.

[@eufrosniad994]

@@KhadiPlays Spectre only drops in usage if you have Spec Alter. Otherwise, she is still a solid operator. I sometimes even run her with Spec Alter because OG Spectre has 3-block! That is a lifesaver in some missions. Unlike Blaze or Gavial, Specter can also remain alive for the duration of her s2. Plus, her e2 stun is also not that big of an issue if you have someone like Lumen s3 up when it happens. So OG Spectre is still a very solid operator.

[@Konpekikaminari]

As a relatively new player- I can attest to the importance of hoarding your yellow certificates I bought 2 pulls (a total of 22 certs wasted) and that nearly cost me a Surtr So unless you have enough for a 6-star or all 38 pulls, _do not_ spend yellow certs, you may never know what might miss out in the future

[@nguyenhieu8142]

Been playing from jan 2019 or 2020 (i don't remember) and now i just notice this trick😂😂 but I guess it was too late

[@yourimmortal6228]

Me too lazy to set 7:40, 8:00 is fine for me

[@DStarLugia]

Here's one which is not gonna be helpful gameplay wise but: don't update your earlier auto deploys when you've played the game for a long time. it's quite fun to see what your squad used to be when you were first starting out!

[@sharkyferret]

Quite true! It’s nice to see how far you’ve come when looking back at those.

[@jairogarcia6857]

I need some help on my account, im a newbie and dont know what to pull for u.u

[@sharkyferret]

You have a few options (and not just these ones): 1. Limited banners, especially the next one probably for our anniversary in January (some good stuff there) 2. Pull for niches (for example, a healing defender) you don’t have yet on your account (or better versions of your existing niches) 3. If you want to go for meta, some select choices include Thorns, Ch’en Alter, Surtr, Saria, Goldenglow. The choice is yours!

[@jairogarcia6857]

@@sharkyferret thanks bro, i got only Thorns from that list lol, Guess ima save for limited cuz i dont have that much currency saved, got enough for 50 pulls from what i saved in this 2 weeks i got playing, I've read that u need 300 for a limited

[@hankshill71]

I don't understand how people say they can struggle early game, whole thing was easy. Unrelated I pulled Mlynar the week I started, okay unit I guess.

[@AnokoSecretRule]

Quite useful for newbie

[@cLOcKgOdtanaka]

dont put all your resources into 1 op... unless it's myrtle (or ling)

[@grap3bo173]

my account do be in rough shape lol

[@Player-rv8ph]

Yup, 2.46M LMD is low... Imagine finished upgrading 6 stars operator then you lost around 2M...the pain :( But, if you have 12M, then the LMD consumed can feels so insignificant that your day feels better XD

[@sharkyferret]

XD

[@kyarumomochi5146]

You forgot the most important tip wich is to NOT pull for any standard banners because of the stupid pity system in this game Best banners to pull for a limited banners because of HGs arrogance on lowering the spark to something actually managable

[@nightlywish2583]

thanks

[@gandahk416]

Cool video

[@sharkyferret]

Cheers mate :)

[@DallyLama93]

You should absolutely NOT buy pulls with yellow certs especially if you could instead buy a better Operator that's in the shop or buy pots for your limited operator. Buy pulls only if you're a veteran and have everyone that might be rotating in the shop for the next 6 months.

[@a-1455]

bad advice, pulls are objectively more important than potentials and the shop operator is a gamble that is not worth to wait for, especially if theres a limited or a powerhouse unit in the next banner.

[@ACupOfWarmLatte]

​@@a-1455Shop operator is an educated gamble, the estimated upcoming operators list circling around the community are very accurate, with a very low failure rate. Only if you don't want the future potential shop operators, you can buy the headhunting tickets. BUT EVEN THEN, it's still a sketchy af advice as gaining THAT many gold certs as a new/intermediate player is not very easy. Especially if you consider the small easy to miss fact that if you flub up your schedule and take a break, you just WON'T gain gold certs. Basically, for newer to intermediate players, I still think the wisest way to spend your gold certs is saving 180 + 45 since more than likely you'll benefit more from the confirmed new operator vs more gambling.

[@a-1455]

@@ACupOfWarmLatte those lists are still speculations, the only certain thing is the schedule of events that everyone can be certain of, the ultimate point is that the certs are only good if you like the shop operator or the banner operator more than the other, the 5* shop operator can randomly come in any banner but the 6* depends on what you want the most. i still recommend getting the pulls, the RoI is much better than just getting the 6* you might not even be able to build in a while.

[@IrvineTheHunter]

@@a-1455 Pulling is a gamble, the shop op WILL EVENTUALLY PROC, right? Like unless your saving 300 pulls, limited are all RNG, and you can just borrow, having a well rounded team is worth way more than Texas goes brrrrr. That said I've been playing for a year, so I pretty much only pull on limited banners lol.

[@a-1455]

@@IrvineTheHunter ah yes because i will wait 2 years untill they decide to put saga in the shop. that scenario applies to anyone who wants an operator, unless you want to gimp yourself for at least 6-12 months you may not see the one you actually want and if for some reason you buy another one that is not *the* one, you just cuck yourself because you may not like that op and you cant buy pulls. that is why its so much better to have pulls ready for the scheduled banners you *know* you have to save so if you dont thats on you, really.

[@NekoGall]

Retreat operator rather let Him/She die

[@shark20069]

Don't neglect your base! When starting out, you should build 2 powerplants (green), 2 trading posts (blue), and 5 factories (2 for gold, 3 for exp).

[@Yepp11]

Hahaha i was play this game for long time and was going to middle late game but i don't know how the f*ck to right play's this game 😐😐😐

[@sharkyferret]

Honestly, getting to grips with this game takes some time. Play how you want, it is your account after all!

[@Yepp11]

@@sharkyferret yes i was Agree with that point, but this game was really so hard if don't have some good operator and luck(not skill issue in stage) 🥲🥲

[@sharkyferret]

I agree to an extent for sure, it does take time to build up that account as well as completing content at the same time, especially early on. Low rarity guides are your friend!

[@inthelight4671]

There is only 1 thing wrong about your video, MYRTLE IS A 6STAR GET THAT RIGHT xD

[@bloodred255]

Oh boy. Your recruiting advice i disagree with. 1. Always buy the second level shop passes. Only place ive seen that advises otherwise is gamepress. Rewrite kuma did a bunch of recruitments @9 hours because not an idiot. And got a 72% 3 star rate. If we assume a 3 star is 10, and a 4 star is 30. 4 passes cost 60. You get 30 from 3 3 stars and 30 from a 4 star. 2. Never do 7:40. It gimps your 4 and 5 star rate significantly

[@uraviry5066]

The time shouldn't have anything to do with the rarity, time gives more chances for your selected tags to happen, so if you are selecting any tag, the timer better be at 9:00. Otherwise, it is fine leaving it a 7:40.

[@bloodred255]

@@uraviry5066 I only know about odds with 9 hours intimately. how many 3 4 and 5 and 6 stars have you gotten at 7:40 over the course of a year? obviously if you don't like your numbers you can hand wave away 5 star numbers but you should ALWAYS be selecting tags. the way the game works is it rolls tag rarity before it give you the tags. sometimes its super obvious that the tags are 5 star rarity, sometimes...it looks like standard Guard and medic tags. so your situation of 'not selecting any tags' isn't a situation that should be happening.

[@_gkc]

It's been proven time and time again that setting it to 9:00 instead of 7:40 does not increase rarity rates :P. There's no reason to set the time to 9:00 unless you have a combination of tags that guarantees a 5* or 6* operator.

[@JamesP7]

Everyone knows that the recruitment time doesn’t affect rarity rates. 🤦‍♂️ The only thing time changes (besides which rarities are able to drop on that recruitment) is the chance for your tag(s) to vanish.

[@bloodred255]

@@JamesP7 well, they do, and everyone is apparently stupid.

[@lonestarschiz0357]

Recently returning player who also was there day one here, I literally had no idea there was a second tab in the green shop. Level 72 and I had zero effing clue.

[@ninjablade2]

Correct me if i'm wrong, but you should ALWAYS be buying up all the recruitment permits you can, because you will always be making back your green certs + bonus gold certs everytime Not to mention if you play daily and just set the recruitment to the max time, you will start running out of recruitment permits before the monthly refresh anyways; so it's essentially like printing money! I'd also argue that buying the headhunting permits with gold ticket should be avoided unless it's a unit you REALLY want; because the 180 gold certs for a guaranteed 6 star (assuming you don't have all the non limited 6 stars) is almost always going to get you more value than 38 single pulls For example, i got through gold certs Kalsit, Surtr, Bagpipe, etc just having the guarantee prepped is a massive boon, ESPECIALLY to newer accounts~!