THE LORE OF ARKNIGHTS EXPLAINED - (Originium, Infected, Catastrophes & More!)

Today we are looking at the Lore of Arknights Facts (Arknights Originium, Arknights Catastrophes, Arknights Orioaghy and More)! Bits and Pieces from the entire Arknights World and Arknights Story!
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[@QaiserMLG]

That should cover the Basics

[@YataTheFifteenth]

when will we be good enough to get the advanced course, sensei?

[@MoistyRain]

A 47-minute video about the "basics" says a lot about the lore we have on our hands.

[@goopo5320]

C:

[@jackthefoxy3788]

Now, let us hear a much more advanced lessons about Arknights.

[@kenkaneki3873]

When do we go beyond the basics 👀

[@-thepatriot-9719]

The fact that this 47 minute video is the more condensed and short explanation of the world of Arknights shows that how big and complex the lore and worldbuilding has gotten over the years.

[@VCE4]

I disagree. With last part. If you go back and watch earliest game's trailers carefully you may notice that we had already a very diverse group of characters at the start, from all different places. As an example - the Kjerag trailer that shows Degenbraker and Gnosis, despite the fact that we had Break the Ice event only 2+ years after release. Arknights world did not just grow up bigger over the years, it is *already was huge* at the *very beginning* At least, conceptually. Isn't it a great magnificent universe to dive into?

[@kobeyashi6981]

@@VCE4 i mean both of you are right, from earlier trailers they already exist, but became more complex when we actually have events for them to explore the region

[@shadowsketch926]

@@kobeyashi6981 no, the complexity of the world and it's politics, societies and mechanations have always been there we've just been drip fed all of this throught the story chapters and events, and a majority of people cannot comprehend the scope of context without seeing it first hand. even from the base game at release, a massive world dealing with the effects of oripathy, how the infected get treated from country to country, city to city, and how the catastrophes required large cities to be build on mobile plates to move in time, which is all explained in said base game, should already have given you a idea of how large and complicated this world is.

[@kobeyashi6981]

@@shadowsketch926 maybe i havent made myself clearly, but what you just said is what im trying to say. The lore is already deep, but we got further analysis on every region with every event like you said. Nontheless, i agree with you

[@jasonhernandez730]

It's not this guy just read the menu for 47 mins didn't actually get into any story

[@AmoreyYaoiSecks]

the moment when qaiser said "its loring time" and lored all over the video was so poetic i literally cried so hard i flooded my entire country with tears

[@lockydowny]

Can confirm. I felt the tears inside me

[@-thepatriot-9719]

Kekw

[@WarcrimesEnthusiast]

Truly a moment of all time.

[@undead724]

i was shaking and crying,, i can relate.

[@randomuser8144]

Just to take note: This only covers the very basics of the world of Terra, the different nations, races, as well as the history of how Rhodes Island was formed. We have barely scratched the surface of what is going on in Terra (Note how not even Reunion is talked about).

[@KZMShintaro]

This is like, the main of the mains. The overalls. Stories in Arknights goes down from the World, to the Nations, to the Governments, to the societies, to the commuinity, all down to the minute individuals. Even certain items have its lore. Having a full on sitdown to read thru every lore may take weeks even!

[@Skullfiend]

I remember that when i first started playing the game, i thought that the animal-features were mutations caused by Oripathy. So that last clarification is nice.

[@krismas7531]

I think that's addressed also because the anime only people also kept thinking the same thing😂

[@Some0ne_InInternet]

same lol

[@Iago.Carvalho]

Me too XD

[@wenhaofan8015]

well they kinda are, for example province's tail becomes way bigger than it should be due to oripathy

[@freyamanika]

It always makes me laugh whenever I look back on Arknights lore because we used to be like, oh no, oripathy! We have to fix it!! But now we have ELDRITCH SEA MONSTERS AND DEMONS TO WORRY ABOUT??? Like 😭 Also big, BIG kudos to you Qaiser!! The amount of effort you put into this... respect.

[@DylanoRevs]

A 47-minute video about the lore of Arknights is a treat i need. It is still interesting to learn more about the world of Terra. It may get complicated at first, but you'll get used to it Now with this video up, i can get some material for my Arknights fanfic! (In a Battered World) Peace out, guys. Revs, signing off

[@-thepatriot-9719]

Interesting... May i ask about what your fanfic is?

[@LoganRonin-vn2we]

Do point us towards your fic when you eventually post it! I'm always looking forward for reading some fanfiction.

[@dantekitkat4752]

9:05 ceobe also have yellow oripathy crystals in shes leg (in her base skin, but in her "Unfettered" skin the crystals are black)

[@pineapple9958]

could be they painted it to look stylish

[@Absolute__Zero]

This man decided to wake up during this new year and try to explain the entirety of Arknights’ lore 🗿 Absolute madman *but a Chad no less!*

[@-thepatriot-9719]

Absolute UNIT

[@YataTheFifteenth]

truly a contributor to the AK society

[@-thepatriot-9719]

​@@YataTheFifteenthindeed my friend!!!

[@jayreed9370]

unlikely. yuck.

[@No-cc1fq]

And have similar accent to lord kyostinv

[@HachiMayoi]

36:47 pretty sure Emperor isn't actually a "human" although he is part of "humanity", he is more like a "talking animal" (weird when compared to Rat King not being the same case), similar to Eunectes's bird friend they're Feraeri. But I guess that would be more advanced part of lore and spoiler territory (which clearly isn't the point of this introduction video) as we start talking about immortal beings and "deities".

[@bahamutknight5783]

With those demons, in my opinion the most dangerous are the Seaborn because of 2 main things. First is the fact that it is essentially a Hivemind so they have the great way of coordination and the second one is their ability to adapt and evolve (just like the Zerg and Tyranids in Starcraft and Warhammer 40k universes).

[@fdenrico9861]

plus the nations that are holding them back are on the verge of collapse, compared to the Fire Demon at Sargon that doesn't seem to do anything threatening to Sargon (yet?), and the ongoing battle between Northern Demon against Ursus & Sami which seems going pretty well for now since Ursus at least, still have time & resources to deal with the infected, it may sounds bad but the fact that they have the time to do that meaning at least they're not in a losing battle against the Demon

[@GcYoshi13]

Thanks for this a lot. I really began to enjoy Arknights the past 4 months, but my anxiety of spending all my stamina had me rushing through stories and events. This is a really nice and comprehensive world building guide. You made 40 minutes go by like it's 10. I really appreciate it.

[@QaiserMLG]

Thanks a lot man, I really appreciate that, might as well do a comeback now

[@Truck-kun11]

It makes sense that the inhabitants of "Terra" are much stronger than an ordinary human being (As shown in the Rainbow Six event), because if they weren't, they would have been extinct a long time ago.

[@davidty2006]

No wonder why the sarkas are so buff.

[@carlosgracia2147]

@@davidty2006 they are like a space marine(?)

[@Speedracer6]

@@carlosgracia2147 almost literally. A guy from our world unloaded a heavy machine gun into mercenaries of terra. And it was only akin to stoning them. Still hurts. But not the absolute genocide we'd expect a heavy machine gun to do. And ACTUAL soldiers only go up from there.

[@Zeni-th.]

@@Speedracer6 When the hell did a guy from our world unload a machine gun into mercenaries from Terra?

[@demitrysualokin2796]

@@Zeni-th. Arknights x Rainbow 6 Siege crossover event - Originium Dust

[@Ezekiel_Allium]

This is the exact video I wanted for years. I hope new lore fans appreciate what a useful resource this will be going ahead. You have genuinely made one of the best and easily accessible jumping off points for basically any corner of the lore people may find interesting, and will massively help people form a fuller picture much faster than it took me slowly piecing things together on my own. massive props

[@Ben-ve8js]

here my boi i just downloaded it yesterday LETS GOO baby, i heard many good thing about arknights

[@Ezekiel_Allium]

@@Ben-ve8js good luck! I personally bounced off the game a few times before I really got into it, so here's hoping you have an easier time getting into it than I did, because once you _get_ the gameplay and stop being annoyed by the base, the game has a lot to offer you from both the story and gameplay perspective. Also hot limited noisy dragon man is coming in a couple days, so I wish you luck on that front, he seems like he'd be a great op to get early on

[@Ben-ve8js]

@@Ezekiel_Allium ui thanks for mentioning

[@juno_illust]

The grinding in Arknights repeatedly had me drop the game, but then i would see your expansive lore videos and i'm reminded just how detailed, intricate, and in-depth AK's lore is, and i just can't help but get back into the game if even just for the stories in it. I especially loved the stories set in kazimierz and kjerag, as well as those of the abyssal hunters. it's INSANE how AK's writers manage to put in this much detail and for all of it to feel so interwoven and alive, and not collapse on itself despite how some elements like, say, how the Originium Arts system feels like anything goes sometimes. Thanks for the long video btw, u are the goat for us AK lore fans

[@MidnytRaccoon]

same man, imho I want to explore terra as an rpg type of game not just through text and tower defense puzzles. I love the game still but I still feel its a grindfest sometimes. I hope they will eventually make like a hack and slash rpg game for Arknights, I think theres one Endfield, but its not in Terra tho

[@juno_illust]

@@MidnytRaccoon oh man, Endfield. It's been a year of radio silence. I hope they're still working on it tho, cause it's probably the next best thing to an Arknights rpg

[@Kaltsit-]

I literally started 3 days ago and got instantly invested into this game. Gosh is this game so good. I got into it because of the music, just like I got into Genshin because of its music. And Arknights lore is interesting in all honesty. I’m still early in the game so nothing huge has happened yet, but from what I’ve seen it does get pretty *heavy* on stuff at points so I’ll try to be prepared for that.

[@Yamato-tp2kf]

Welcome back Doctor! I salute you, my fellow comrade

[@Zeni-th.]

Yeah I started playing recently, have you seen what the dudes are talking about on reddit? Its shit I've never seen explained in any vid talking about lore

[@Kaltsit-]

@@Yamato-tp2kf back? I never even played the game before. Oh wait you’re making a joke about the amnesia thing. I get it. Sorry

[@Kaltsit-]

@@Zeni-th. I haven’t seen what people are talking about because I know some of it could be spoilers and I’m already spoiled a bit on some story elements.

[@Zeni-th.]

@@Kaltsit- I mostly spoiled on the main story, I dont have a clue about the events

[@raunchyroll1275]

Lots of lore with the recent event hope you comeback bro

[@Djoopa_Smooka]

"Black transparent crystals that give off a bad vibe" is my favorite way of describing Originium.

[@Truck-kun11]

These videos are insanely useful, as I don't have time to spend half an hour reading text between stages. The story and Lore of Arknights can be good, but sometimes it feels like I'm playing a Visual Novel.

[@nuckelaveee4650]

Arknights is a visual novel with a gacha and tower defense in the game lol

[@Hindshell5438]

It is a visual novel

[@michelepiocurci7924]

@@nuckelaveee4650 developed by a music company*

[@NeostormXLMAX]

@@nuckelaveee4650it has more than fate which started off as a visual novel

[@riekkk154]

Can we appreciate how much effort he put on making this video, like fr garthering informations from operators files, events, even some small details he found on those relics must be very time consuming. Thank you for such an absolute amazing and informative video, absolutely mad lad. (And sorry 4 my bad english)

[@exgenesis4457]

Imagine finding this in your recommendation in 12:00 am and there's test later. Yup, that's definitely me.

[@NyanSequitur]

4:57 Technically, there are approximately seven guns in Arknights that don't require arts, those being the guns of Team Rainbow after they were modified by Rhodes Island to fire ammunition comprised of crushed Originium powder and Keton.

[@shinigamikrupp480]

World building is insane even most of Mangas lack this kind of lore.

[@justatrashmonster4275]

5:15 this explanation made guns in Arknights sound so fucking cool.

[@Writer-Two]

This is amazing if you ever feel like i'd love to see an extended version digging into the deep lore of this world!

[@TheLeftOverKing]

miss you bro. take as long as you want, but come back at some point =]

[@MidoriDragon]

The fact that he started by explaining how apocalyptic is when the shit is currently hitting the fan and that the people have learned how to utilize the shit. It had me laughing

[@Fyrethorne]

Very impressive rundown, all the more so for citing your sources with each fact!

[@melfeek4304]

37:00 no because i exactly thought that when i first started playing arknights

[@alfawolfneo9236]

When I heard originium catastrophies, it reminded me of my idea of magical natural disasters and how they affect society, its development, and both flora and fauna, and I always love the adition of a disease conected to the same power system in the story, it doesnt necessarily be the requirement of the power, but as an effect of either having heavy contact with it, overexerting yourself, or simply a disease that adapt to mana and use it in one way or another, it is to say, it is always interesting to see how magic, mana, energy sources, that arent of our own world affect the entire ecosystem specially if a society uses it. It makes the world feel genuine and familiar in a way where you can understand it personally, but it is different enough to be interested in it.

[@Dgdiotristan.0]

Earth: A incurable disorder that makes you turn into a statue made of bone, everytime you hurt yourself Terra: A incurable disease that makes your body into a crystals until you die to dust. This looks like the same thing.

[@Zhangmengxing3236]

Simple, concise and not overly elaborated, very well done.

[@yon9533]

great work as always!! it doesnt feel like a 47 minutes vid honestly, arknights lore does that to you

[@jayreed9370]

This is the most outstanding summary, far better than most of the in-game infodumps.

[@arieelberian7614]

> brief overview > 47 minutes Just goes to show the absolutely insane amount of lore Arknights packed, and this is only barely scratching the surface.

[@ryanluu8757]

Any post is appreciated and i appreciate you. Happy new years too.

[@piotrmiler234]

7:08 So basicly a less toxic tyberium . Noice .

[@rextreme2873]

Simply your best video for me brother, I used to not understand English as much as I am now, I probably missing small detail like this and so many gap in my understanding for the world of arknights. This video is just what I needed, I learned so much and I thank you so much for making it.

[@loafofocean2289]

This was mega helpful for people like me who cannot stand reading thousands of blocks of texts. Thank you! Even after playing for a year I hadn't got the background of the game because of the sheer number of texts that I would have to go through.

[@BioNV22]

Mad respect for your lore videos, keep it up!

[@zan9922]

Awesome video! I've been playing Arknights for a long time but there was still so much I didn't know in this video.

[@Briansip2]

Yesss I’ve been waiting for so loong! Thankyou

[@Dr.GojoKun]

Let's goo I always wanted a video who explain the arknights lores thanks bro ❤️

[@M2DreDaniel]

Please keep these coming it is pure gold

[@Appollyon]

So this is what you were up to last month Nice Keep on with the bangers, mate!

[@Dr.J96]

Awesome Video. A nice and concise Rundown of the Arknights Basics. Also nice to see you back at it again, Qaiser. By the way, are you still open for a few Videoideas? I got a few at hand: 1. An Guide/Analysis of the Rhodes Island Landship. Showing of Infrastructur, Servicehistory, etc. 2. A Theoryvideo on Jessicas New Outfit and Gear, similar to your Video for Franka and Liskram(R6 Event). 3. A Basics-Guide to different Operators and their Relationships with one-another(outside of Memes/Shipping, 'cause lets be honest her, there are probably many people in the Community that take both way too seriously). You could even go by Factions(PL, the Followers,etc.). 4. Scavangers portrayal in game and why it might not be so positiv, as the Community is making it out to be. Cheers and all the Best in 2023, from a fellow german Doctor.

[@JoeSmith-st9lc]

I love trying to draw parallels between which Arknights nations are inspired by which real world countries/areas.

[@timmytimed]

Thank you for this video, I was always interested in the world building of Arknights

[@PandAMonier]

Algorithm played this video for me with my phone on the background. Fantastic video, man.

[@kobeyashi6981]

I may be playing this game since almost the beginning, and i still learned a lot in this video about the lore of arknights.

[@GENeralGremory]

This is actually a good video to watch to have a recap of the events and lore of Arknights, nice work Qaiser. Though if I have to guess these are some questions that would be left within some or probably many Dokutah's heads: * Why does the Dokutah wear a helmet? * Why do some people have 4 ears? * Are furries/scalies and kemonomimis (catgirls and dog-girls, and of the like) seperate beings? * Who is kataok-

[@michelleaprilmendoza5104]

As i know why the doctor wears the helmet and everything is because being frozen for years wasn't good for their health and needs the whole outfit to help them also it was supplied by their personal doctor, kal'tsit

[@randomuser8144]

1. The Dokutah's entire get-up is pretty much his life support since they just came out from multiple years of comatose. 2. We have no idea. There are theories regarding this topic but there's not enough information to come to a concrete conclusion. 3. They are all categorised as human, they are just under different races. Think of it something like in our world we have different races (black, white, etc) 4. An artist who is very well known for their cursed Exusiai art.

[@azure928]

Terra: perpetual shit hitting the fan universe. Doktah: in constant need of opening body bags to get favorite talking jpeg.

[@rafaelsoufera]

amazing work friend!

[@JustAnActyet]

Thank you for making this! I will start watching the anime now.

[@minhkhoitrankhai7440]

Welcome back, been waiting for you

[@bluefifth]

little correction: the emperor (the penguin seen in the video when talking about human races) is not considered human. He is another type of being, a "great beast", a term I'm not sure if it has come to en yet. "great beasts" are said to be immortal. Other examples are the parrot in the Great Chief returns event, the Duck Lord you see in rougelike, and the lions in Seige's backstory.

[@1nv15BL3]

That's not the point, "humanity" in Arknights is different from "humanity" in the real world, so technically Emperor can consider himself a part of humanity, even though there are no humans in the world of Arknights.

[@qacksters6024]

Damn... Critism Through Race has a new meaning.

[@tintin999]

I thoroughly enjoyed this good job mate

[@otakukazu3419]

Omg I needed this, I’m new to the game and a bit of a lore guy. Thank you.

[@SOLPIU]

Welcome abroad

[@MidoriDragon]

24:52 personal time stamp

[@TheDimir]

One thing I don't get. How someone develop unique arts? Like Ceobe can "hear" weapons, all of the Nearls have same arts and in both of the above cases, they don't use arts units.

[@toryumau6798]

… The most comprehensive summary of this titanic wall of lore I’ve seen to date. The AK community salutes your valiant effort, dear historian. >):^D

[@Yotsuki10400]

He's gone for 2 months...

[@echigokurogane8612]

You know, considering the comparisons between the two, I’m genuinely surprised we haven’t gotten a crossover with RWBY yet. Hell, the main music composers for RWBY even did an official song for Arknights.

[@Senpailoveyou]

Thanks for the cover about arknight World

[@lockydowny]

I've been waiting for this

[@weekachawchaw6304]

me, who presses “skip cutscene” all the damn time: ah yes time for a 47 minute lore explanation for shit i could have known already if i wasnt lazy

[@Zyrodil]

Very good video! Very well done!

[@user-tc8tg4ry7p]

really love the way this video is edited😂, especially those creepy laugh.

[@tasora2619]

Thank you very much for making this very simplified lore of Arknights in a way that we actually understand everything what's going on!

[@pedrolourenco1268]

Qaiser please rise from the ashes

[@ElliottHansen]

Now I know why you haven't made any videos recently lol. Love this video, thanks for all the info

[@diocalante1341]

This is the reason why i keep playing arknights, the world building and just so good.

[@lukazfox_lol]

Qaiser: cities are movable in arknights me: hm, this sounds familiar

[@lukazfox_lol]

edit: found it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGrKeGOJm5ppqNE

[@dylanjamesramirez6061]

>No mayor spoilers >Perfect explanations of the lore How the F*ck he managed to do that

[@shilohmagic7173]

Basically, the planet itself has oripathy.

[@Baguette_Lord]

Yk Aegir seemed like a rlly chill place.. and then you mentioned sea monsters and idk where id wanna live😭

[@jerkvalenzuela9394]

Thank you So Much for this video bru

[@Zeni-th.]

Life isnt the same without you qaiser, come back

[@luckykitty1740]

Great summarization.

[@Jusoms]

Wow.. 47 full mins of lore! Really appreciate the effort put into this! Edit: spelling

[@davidty2006]

Ah yes nearly 1 hour of arknights lore. A suprise to be sure but a welcome one.

[@artin7343]

I quit arknights a few days after this video came out. I just came back to check on this channel and see if its fine. I now rather worried that you haven't uploaded at all. Hope you're doing alright

[@terra6713]

Amazing video, though I knew everything that was presented here (cuz I've been playing since global release), it's really good to help other players get interested in the world of Arknights, and maybe even have more Lore readers (because the ratio between Lore Readers vs Lore Skippers is atrocious lmao) Anyways, have a good day and happy new year! Edit: Weird/Unfortunate to have the username Terra lol

[@ayu5tails]

This is the basics of why i love this game. ❤️

[@Ananda_Pramudana]

This is nice video for people who doesn't understand about arknights lore, very impressive dude

[@crisperstorm]

I didn't realize how good the anime is for getting people into the story... now instead of saying "read the story, it starts slow and gets better" you just watch the anime then you're at the part where it gets better without that awkward first step

[@modii7755]

Can't wait for the long version

[@tokra8251]

good game, this is crazy, you really understand arknight, i respect that

[@Thalasseven]

Incredible job, i can now propagand arknights to my poor innocent friends easier

[@placeholder7753]

i do this too

[@errebusaether]

Hell yeah. The story of this game is massive! I love it.

[@logout_101]

46:10 Amiya: dokutah wake up we got some blue box to defend

[@alex22100]

Thanks for your work, now i can send people with question to this video, instead of writing essay about arknights lore under their videos comments.

[@Yorkington]

>cow race I hope the fan artists have done something with that tbh

[@Cawrots]

Here me, scrolling for good arknights video to pull me in. *Found this* : OKAY IM PLAYING!!

[@naufalsyauqifillah6388]

We need more arknight story sir its been 4 month damn are you retired from youtube dude i really miss your storytelling on every arknight story...😢

[@velvetra29]

If only i paid attention to my geography class like i'm paying full attention to this video.

[@rextreme2873]

Omg papa ur back ❤️❤️❤️

[@ReinTenebres]

IDK. Kjerag and Laterano sound fantastic.

[@tullicui928]

hope u fine

[@BlackPegasusVids]

he should be, he recently uploaded on "QaiserGAMES"