Arknights Beginner Guide 2024! Everything you need to know
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2024
- New to the game or things you do not Understand?
I made this guide to clarify everything that might be a bit complicated in the beginning.
If there are still more questions regarding topics about the video or things in general, let me know and I will try my best to help you regarding that.
I won't be a guide maker but I since I started doing the Tier lists again I thought releasing a guide might make sense for new players.
Timestamps
Intro: 0:00
Arknights Low rarety 1:00
re-rolling 2:23
Which Banner Should you pull on 5:21
recruitments 7:05
Friends: 9:49
What to buy in the store: 11:00
Gameplay 18:33
Events 20:38
old Events 21:53
What do farm: 23:00
5 Star Voucher 24:30
Base 25:10
Links
Farming spreedsheet:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Recruitment calculator:
Aceships
aceship.github.io/AN-EN-Tags/...
Gamepress:
gamepress.gg/arknights/tools/...
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sandglass#3175 my name got censored by the game so you will see ***#3175 when you search for me lmao XD
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All my worthy ops are lvl 60, mod 1, mas 3, im not good enough lol
yurienthusiast#7777 Lappy, Texas Alter, Chalter, only 4 slots jaja
12:42 "So if you plan to buy one (skin), make sure it's a skin you really really love"
Me, who bought both Ling skin even tho I don't have the op: 👀
My F2P ass keeps buying skins on a whim fully knowing I am saving for upcoming banners.
as someone who desnt have suzuran ye i do this a lot
Honestly, buying the new ling skin if you ever want her is smart. it's a crossover skin, so there's a chance it never returns.
@@tweetug3697 same, at this point I'll probably skip the r6 banner
@@tweetug3697holy shir same
Great video. Only thing I (slightly) disagree on is IS. While I do agree that putting it off until you have a more mature roster is a good idea, the monthly squad missions are super easy, fairly quick, and give really good rewards for a new player.
IS when you not ready is ask for asylum but yeah i think i become bipolar when i play that
The monthly squad mission I agree cause you only really need the operator they give you to complete it, monthly quest tho is a pain
9:34 small correction
You actually get 2 vouchers after 100/250 recruitments which you can redeem for either Vulcan or Indra so you can get a copy of each ^^
(Not sure about the exact numbers but it's in that range )
they lowered them to 100 and 250? wow, in 2021 I had to do 300 and 1000 for the vouchers
My bad you are absolutely right
It feels so long ago ^^'
No it's 500 and 1000, I got the 500 last week
Only thing i'd like to say: Skins>Pulls anytime! Arknights is one of the very few games that enables you to have nearly all the skins you want while being f2p, while if you use your OP to do a 10 pull if i'm not mistaken it costs 33-ish, thats almost 2 SKINS, and you're only getting a blue bag anyway. Buy the pretty skins you like, you get more than enought pulls doing the usual stuff, you can get most of the characters you want without spendind OP. Also, don't get fixated too much on limited banners, pull on who you like regardless, many get swept in the hype for limited and end up only... seeing worth in the game every 4~6months.
The reason why everyone is fixated on limited banners is because all your pulls will be wasted if you don't get the limited 6* as pity doesn't even carry over, and the spark of 300 is incredibly difficult to reach for most F2P players. Is it really players' fault for doing this when the gacha system is the one that's flawed and offers virtually zero safety net for players? At least lower the spark and/or allow it to carry over like how Nikke does its mileage system.
I don't doubt that some people will defend this ridiculous gacha system by saying "but the rates are high and you don't need dupes". Regardless, 300 is unreasonable and don't forget that getting old limited operators is heavily RNG-dependent so there's massive FOMO for pulling. 2% rate isn't exactly amazing either and there's a lot of RNG involved in getting the operator you actually want. There's clearly room for improvement but HG just refuses to give a shit and everyone's somehow ok with it.
I'd advise new players who want to speedrun through the game on easy mode to find someone with Ling (Mastery 3, Mod 3), especially once you get your first E2. Ling's biggest flaw is the fact that using her summons means you're not using your other operators, and even with that flaw she's still strong. Meanwhile new players have few strong operators so if you're not using your other operators it doesn't mean that much.
22:26 Bibeak and Scene are from the CC Permanent Trade Center, not from events.
Thanks for the newbie guide. I guess I count as one of those newbies joining in. Started around late February. Initially for the music.
Loved the art, loved the music and I'm loving the Story.
So here I am. Thank you for the instructive video.
We've been playing this game for too long that Mountain and Thorns are in the beggining banners now😂. Love seeing this kinds of vids.
I've been playing Arknights casually since 2020, yet I'm still not max level. Hahahaha! I still play it from time to time, and farm and slowly build my operators whenever I'm free. I have a vast collection of them which is a joy. It's not a race. Just pull for the operator you want and max them if you want.
Woah, thanks for the guide, i got interested of the game because i saw a r6s collab in my recommendation so i started playing this game, so far ive been enjoying the game slowly and just saving orundum stuff and
until the collab happen so i can use all my orundum on it and hopefully got the collab units! (I only headhunt 1 times for the free 6 stars and got mountain and he is been really helpful for my team 😊)
Welcome to the game, and best of luck for your pulls on the R6 banners in a few month 👍
@@kevinseraphin5456 thanks, and quick question is ce'en good? I got her from the recruitment when I choose the golden tag called top operator and a nuker(cause it sound cool) and I got her so now I got 2 six stars guard!
Edit: oh and who should I upgrade first mountain or ce'en?
@@Inquisitor.N_corp I'd say Mountain would probably make your life easier and he require less investment, Ch'en is good in specific scenario but need high investment and be paired with a buffer to at her peak at her role, wich is mostly killing boss with annoying mechanics realy fast, The issue is that there are a lots of character nowaday that can do that, and most are better, but she get the job done still.
And there's a character that will release in 1-2 month that's from the same archetype, with similar skill and that completely overshadows her in every way.
@@kevinseraphin5456 I see... thank you for the answer, Mountain it is then!
10:00 Ayo it's me Tsukinogi church leader, we are so back!
Guess I need to rework the video
@@Cesith Ye could've shown me as an example of how friends work and said "Look at this based gigachad with hot ladies in support unit"
Why did I stare at the Lappland pillow for half an hour?
3:09 The tradeoff for the "free" Texas is a Lv 3 Office, negating max 252 base and long term profit.
10:17 that caught me off guard
I'm not a beginner but i wanna help since i've never seen anyone covering this.
1. Focus all your attention in your base. Watch guides. 2-2-5 is the best design imo.
2. It's really easy to farm 300 pulls in the beginning, there's plenty of past events and chapters to do so. Once you have 300 you wait for a rerun on the shop of past limited operators then you go all in for them. Ch'en alter and Skadi alter are the best options there.
3. Refrain from pulling in regular banner unless both operators are S+ tier. You better off saving pulls for limited banners while sniping operators with yellow certificates from the shop.
As it happens in life., delaying gratification usually gets you better outcome.
glad to see a really dedicated arknights youtuber this day
18op+ skins also means in game effects change.
And while i agree that texas is indeed free later its only after you have already e2 ops and a module and other things so unless you want to use texas, an early flametail or courier are both good to upgrade.
Id also clarify that once the base is done it takes less then a minute to collect and swap out fatigued ops. Just so they dont think it takes forever once its done.
Other then that its a great video.
Thumb up for re-roll tip. Only wish I knew when I started. You didn't mention Oyuki's guides. Every player should gave his guides one peek. They were all in Japanese, but with numbers showing deployment order and arrows indicating facing.
Makes following his guides very easy.
10:05 Nature jumpscare
Great introduction video for the game!
This is the prove Arknights is a good game. 5th anniversary on china server we still have rookie guide. Everyone like it. Give it a try and become doctor you won't regret it.
Me who has been playing this for literally 1 year now: a beginners tutorial? Sounds like something for me
2021 to 2023 AK player here. I didn’t really get into it however till early 2022. One tip I can give is to try and experiment with your team layout. Just keep trying until you understand the enemy mechanics and map layout. I tried following guides but I didn’t learn how the game worked until later on when I tried it myself. It becomes much more enjoyable when you understand how to use your operators effectively for sure.
I think I started a month ago? Or 2? I re-rolled 6 times to get Thorns simply bc I loved his design more than anyone else. He's been carrying me since then and I really love using him (plus his JP VA is one of my favs). Now, even tho I figured it might've been bad, I've been trying to pull for Leonhardt in Kernel (cause of his JP VA lol). Is he really just there or is it okay to pull for other banners for a tiny chance to get him? I really want him but his name wasn't on any banners except for Kernel.
Maybe I should've watched this sooner. I realized I'm having a very slow progress in Arknights. RN I'm focusing on leveling my characters up and their talents bc yes, I did think I was too low leveled in the current stages I'm clearing. The dumb me never thought there were different kinds of damages like physical and stuff. I kept using my shielders against those huge bozos and my dumb just realized I could've used mages. This guide is really helpful. I figured a lot of things myself but I realized I never paid attention to the ones that mattered lmao! Thanks!
My tip: For those players who want to enjoy story, there is also the anime & free canon comics.
Thanks for this guide! Will shot it to some friends!
I'm leaving this comment here before video is out
HUH?!
Impossible 😮😮
Howwww?????
???
Beating 1-10 for events is only most events mind, some require 3-8 if i remember right. And with the next Limited we get x2 redcert Operators. Should also go over why you can get early access to chapter 9 (so you can farm mats needed for Operators added later on).
damn, seeing this makes me want to start over lmao
Here's my tip, if you want to improve your playstyle and not being reliant on strategy vids i suggest you to play integration strategies a lot of times, it's like killing two birds in one stone, you learn the game and you get the rewards by playing it a lot.
OK. good 4 stars do one job well. good 6 stars can do multiple things.
to elaborate, a 4 star like myrtle generates deployment points (which are needed to deploy units) higher rarity isn't really needed because thats all a vanguard needs to do on your team.
whereas a 6 star like ines can generate points, crowd control, reveal stealth and kill units.
a 4 star takes 1/3rd the resources to raise over a 6 star. the issue is a 6 star resources are given out freely in game events and the permanent game mode IS2,3 and 4 milestone rewards.
as such it might actually be EASIER to raise a 6 star unit as your first elite 2 unit than a 4 star, that said Pudding (and I think only pudding) uses some materials that can easily be gotten on IS2 milestone level 5, and the rest is just farming the chapter 2 boss and you can get her to elite 2 in 660 activity basically 3 days.
As such I would recommend a few 3 stars as a first build, kroos, ansel, cardigan, orchid, midnight, a few 4 stars, Myrtle, pudding, perfumer, may, mousse, gummy, coura.
but raising your higher rarity is not a bad idea, if you have the materials from some event or something, they are much more valuable in the long run, and running the IS2 and IS3 its not difficult to actually get large quantities of materials for promotion.
welcome new player and thank you cesith
Don't be embarrassed to ask on the official discord, if I meet you, I will answer.
Ah yes. Perfect background video to listen to as a level 120 account progging S3 In DOS
in the "what to farm part" you say not to farm Integrated strategy, and I personaly desagree.
Yeah as a new player you will struggle a lots going far in it, but it's deffinitly possible to clear floor 2 even reach the florr 3 boss with just a borrowed units and 3stars, especialy IS2 where mountain alone solo the first 2 floors, and the reward are INSANE for a new player, dude it's 20k LMD for the first level is massive for a new player, something you reach even if you don't clear floor 2...
Same with the monthly squad, these shit have insane reward that boost your progression so much, and the clear condition are usualy pretty doable, imagine doing a run. So IMO doing a run once in a while help a tone.
the posters in the bg is crazyyy
THANKYOU!❤
Appreciate the video as someone who just started arknights recently !
The type of a beginner guide after which I have more questions than before... I will just go play the game and when I brick my first account come back here I guess
hey there I've comeback to arknight just recently and little bit confused about newer stuff is there any guide for players that coming back to the game ?
May I know the link for the Tomimi art behind, or the artist so I can check it myself.
I would mention that you shouldn't upgrade the Office in the base past lv1, as it permanently locks you out of the best base configurations later on (and the benefits of an upgraded Office are miniscule). Not a huge deal for people who aren't trying to min-max though.
Lets go its time to bring in new Doktors
22:55 you can just go to chapter 9 directly, so there's no "stuck in the story"
hey i really love the way u explain things... can u make a video about returning player n 2024... the changes in this game is overwhelming after 3 years
I mean build the good base at the beginning make you can promote E2 (Ascension) any unit faster and make your game more easy ,also if you have unit name Myrtle , build her to E2 first as fast possible ,she so easy to build to E2 and more value than any unit in this game when you start so you can't go wrong with that .3 Unit that you should looking to when you start , Kroos build her to max , Shaw you only need skill rank 4 and Myrtle E2 ,this 3 unit will make your AK journey more smoothly than the rest .
Honestly, for a new F2P account, Id recommend the following: Mountain > Thorns > Archetto > Flametail. The other 6* are good for sure, but they require their E2 to be optimal while Mountain only needs E1 to get his best skill and it doesn't need to be M3 to make him useful for a new account. Archetto is also very good, but Thorns can also lane hold and is also ranged but he also suffers from needing his E2 to make him really good as his E2 skill is really the only skill you should be using with him.
I would also disagree on IS. IS is 100% worth doing especially if you have a few high level friends that have Mountain or Thorns. You can use them to help crutch through probably the early stages in Crimson and and Mizuki which will help get you basically free material/LMD/cosmetics. I wouldn't say to spend hours grinding it, but new players that are at least a little along should be trying to do it once in a while for an injection of stuff. SS however is 100% skippable to anyone that does not have a really strong roster and is pushing to get all of the modules for every operator and get them to level 3. New accounts 100% don't need to pay any attention to this for a long time.
Just my two cents though, overall very informative guide!
Ayo, where'd you get that Amiya Hoodie? I want!
small nitpick, I would have tried to avoid showing any skins at all until the skin section, and just set everyone to their default skin in the meantime.
Quick question, why my range operator always get targeted by ranged enemy ? On 19:58 almost all range enemy range targeting the defender insted range operator.
Good Question , Enemies Always Target Last Deployed Operator
For Example If You Deploy Sniper/Caster , Then You Deploy Defender , Ranged Enemies will Focus on Last Deployed Operator [ Your Defender/Guard or Any Melee Operator ]
Nice background you have
1:32 "some of of the most oustanding 4 stars are: Kroos, Melantha, Cutter, Pinecone, Myrtle"
I returned to arknights after dropping it in 2020-ish, and I returned today, only to find it is level 4, has three 6 stars, and then 5 stars. AND MOST OF THEM WAS AT MAX LEVEL. but the stages were still on 2 stars, but nonetheless I got a lot of originium from the uncompleted stages
Welcome new players ^^
Hey I'm a newbie and have a question and I hope that someone can help me
Is there right now a way to get Lumen and Bibeak? All guides say they are wellfare operators but there is no record restoration for stultifera navis.
I already unlocked Gladia the same way. Is there any other operator you can recommend that you can get for free?
there are lots of operatos that you can obtain for free. You said that you got gladiia in record resotration, you can get lumen the same way; stultifers navis has is there. others in record restoration is sideroca, heavyrain, and silence alter. in the side storys, by 3 staring the first few stages you can get a free 5 star that is only obtainable in the side story. You cam get grani, ceylon, bison, folinic, tomimi, whislash, robin, lava alter, tequila, and wild mane.
@@kyoki8164 the problem with some of these operators is that althought I unlocked their side story/ intermezzi with the disks, there is no record restoration to unlock them. I played stultifera navis till SN-5, all 3 stars, but there is no record restoration and every guide says that you can already unlock him at SN-4. Do I miss something?
@@easypeasy7161Record restoration for SN is around nov or dec 2024
i regret not buying eyja went she appear in the shop and i hope hypergryph can some what bring the base out off beta i
Lv 43 dokutah here, quick question...
Is it really that sanity consuming to e2 a 6* op?
Quite so, you need almost 600k lmd to build a 6* to e2lv1 (not mentioning the materials)
If you start from scratch and can farm the best (and hardest) stages, you'll probably take over a week
Thank you so much for answering! It sucks I can't really clear some event stages as I only have e1 ops... But, back to the grind!
Hi someone has hacked an Arknights channel and erased most of the original videos does anyone knows what to do? The channel's name was changed to Mei Official the channel has 13k subscriptions
If I was just want the best character in the 5 star selector what it would be
0:35 is it true? i barely note it at all v:
The things i wish i knew before starting 😞. Time to make a new account 🙂
As a player for 4 years uhhh thanks for this video
How do i bind my guest acont?
Welcome, new Doctors.
Arknights beginner guide time duration: 29 min
Explanation about how to play: 2 minutes (in a very poor way).
Tell me how should I consider a good/bad operator or what is the meaning of the game if you dont explain how to play the game and take 8-9 minutes about getting operators, gacha banners and recruitment. Arknights is much more than getting a good operator for the beginning... it's lore (a huge lore and very developed characters and worldbuilding), it's gameplay, it's wonderful visual aspects, it's...the most important, STRATEGY and your guide doesn't show the most important about this game and why is a better choise over another gacha games.
9:48 a word from a wise man
I just started and got Weedy as my first 6 stars... at least I like her
I bet Cesith inner circle doesn't have any Arturia m6, Ray s3 and degen s3 user to borrow at all 😂
Dat manticore pillow... her chest is...pointy let's say xD
I have like 20 good snipers (and keep buying/rolling snipers) get on my level
Me, veteran player who has been on global server since day 1: write that down! write that down!
I am a veteran player and if they add an auto swap teams for the base i will come back cx
Yes doing that task everyday make me quit for the monotony(only the base thing the rest of the game is hyper fun :D) xddd
Also i aprove this guide, i couldnt say everything any better :D
12:26 , hell no i've been f2p since day 1 of my acc 2020/5/1, and to this day i still only use my op for skins and i have not bought a single level pack. I still got majority of the 6 star operators without spending any op and almost everyone that is e2 in my acc has skin, I even have multiple skins for operators like surtr,mudrock and more. Wasting your're hard earned OP on pulls especially if you use like 36(?) of it for a single multi just for you to get a blue bag is not a fun time trust me. But sure if you need to use like a couple of op to maybe reach that pity or maybe if you are just starting and want more operator in your roster then sure go on. But if you play this game because of the aesthetics highly recommend not using you're op to anything but skins.
Little advice: Buy your favorite/preferred skins, not every skin.
20:41 huh?
I'm new player and easy clear is 2 until is 4
Also, maybe I can add a few additional information, about this *really good guides* (seriously, the best beginner guide so far in UA-cam)
1.) Arknights Low Rarity
Just to make the opinion stronger, most of Arknights content can be beaten by 3 stars & 4 stars E1 Lv. Max operators + 1 6 stars operator from support unit (keep in mind, you need to bring E2 Myrtle to make it possible borrowing E2 operators in support unit). Not only that, you can even find that certain creators who literally beat the hardest stage in this game using only 4 stars operators (if course its max built)
And top of that, don't focusing only build 6 stars operator. You need a large & built roaster of operator. So yeah atleast build most of your lower rarity operator to E1 Lv. 40. You can build your way through after that
2.) Rerolling. Mountain & Thorns are the operators that you always use, because they are the best lane-holder in this game. Suzuran in other hand, only really benefit you if you already have a large roaster operators, especially you have atleast 1 boss-killer. Archetto is pretty decent, even tho in most cases Exusiai is better than her. Weedy is a very situational operator, but once you really need her, she can do a really good job. While Flametail... Pls she is not worth it
3.) What banner you should pull
There is actually more banner here
- Limited banner. Happens every 3 months (January, May/April, July/August, November). Where the main operators there are *new 6 stars limited operator* & *new 6 stars operator* . You can actually get the past limited operator by buying them, using token you get every pulls in that limited banner (you need 300)
- Celebration banner. Happens every mid year (I suppose). How the banner work, is the 1st 6 star you get here, is gonna be the new one... Which is not a good thing for beginners since you only have a few of them anyway
- Collab banners. A very limited banner, where the operator only available in that banner. There is gonna be collab banner around 5/6 months later
11.) Base. Actually it's a really good explanation. But I don't quite agree with that 2 Trading Post-5 Factory-2 Power Plants (2-5-2) lay out. Actually it's still good even thou you are a beginner. It will give you a huge amount of LMD & Battle Records. But yes, it will be much more efficient for veteran rather than newbie and yes if you wanna see aal of your facility level max, 2-4-3 was the best choice. Even thou you can try to reconsider it. The micromanagment is not even that complicated
I’ve been playing since release, why I’m I watching this lol
Pretty good guide but i believe it could been much shorter. Still it looks amazing. Thank you cesith! Hope you start making more content when the 4.5 anni drops
I have never seen anyone with a body pillow harem before. Teach me your manly ways.
Whats re-rolling btw?
Re rolling means delete your current account and make a new one
I loved this game but was too smol brain for it
6k seems alot for a 10pull
Hey I may not a new player, but *I NEED SOMEONE WITH TYPHON S2* . I'm Typhon-less & all of my friend only set Skill 3. So plz I need it (note : plz if you wanna help me, just to make sure you're not the type of player who change the support unit. I may not use her now, but I will absolutely use her in the future)
NY3H#4061- Lv. 93 (by the time I wrote this comment)
Surtr as assistant. Warfarin S2, Elysium S2, & Aak S3 as support unit
Btw another operators I need
- Hellagur S2 : just for fun, I love using him
- NTR Knight S2 : just in case I need Helidrop
- Stainless S1 : I'm a (de)buff knights enthusiast
- Irene S3 : just for fun
- Eyafjalla-Alter S3 : just in case I need huge burst healing, especially in CC Pyrolysis later on
When is the auto deploy quality of life update coming? Starting new sounds really fun but the grind is a nightmare early on.
Virtuosa event, after ch13 event or early may
@@Rezter of all updates, could they not have pushed this one to come out sooner? Man
@@marielcarey4288 it legit comes out next month the reason why it can't be pushed sooner is because limited banners like virtuosa's have pretty set dates in the year overal.
also starting now overal would be better since even without the autorepeat feature at most the game is an half hour grind to maybe an hour out of 24 hours.
hi
You will get 6 stars but they will be random
If you go f2p
I only got into the game bc of Mountain
My first 6 star
Mountain
Finds out Mountain is great
Happi
ALSO WDYM EVEN THO HE IS A FURRY!?
Hi Im new 🤓
Bro's room💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
This game has the worst Gacha system 300 pulls for a pity is BULLSHIT thats 180k crystals 1 Year of saving and the worst is that the pity tickets you saving getting expired after each banner LMAO
pinecone s2 bruh
For people who want the most casual way here;
For base do:
1 Post - 2 Factory
1 Post - 2 Factory
3 - Energy
With this set up you can figure out which section has lmd and exp operators much more conveniently and if you're lazy enough, disregard the energy facilities.
Next use an annihilation skip ticket everyday, preferable chose a stage where you can do it 7 times a week. It will make your dailies so much faster, just do base, Anni, recruitment, credit store and you're done (or maybe visit a friend base not 100% sure)
Next you can also just abandon the clue facility (not recommended if you care about friend's credits), just make sure you fill up every clue first so friends won't send you clues you won't use it and leave one operator there so you won't get a red notification.
First thing to do when playing Arknights -> Quit. The game is super pay to win, it's almost impossible to get 6 stars as a f2p and every new event is only for whales, L game.
This is just ragebait ignore it hahaha, late april fools joke :P
You almost had me…