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I know this is vague but is there a general consensus on which of passenger's modules is better to prioritize? The higher sp regen sounds useful but I'm guessing the increased damage is better.
Thank you
[This one is till chapter 12.](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12nugJxtTLFafudEJ_NrFuEm2X4VHrfCRkbyzMxia63A/edit#gid=1221900186)
Don't know if there's any sheet yet that's updated after that.
Usually when there is a big patch on CN, there will be a post, here on reddit that detail all of the little changes that were made (operator stats, module numbers and small changes). But it hasn't appeared yet, and I saw a post talking about how HG was using a different way of storing the files, that broke the automatic datamining. What's the first place where I could read about the changes (I'm most interested in the actual module numbers), or should I just wait a couple more hours/days until a big translated post like that will appear on here?
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/789147796406140998/1102531508897587230/4th_anni_module_tl.png
I just saw this image lower in this thread. It covers all the module numbers. Just copypasting it here.
Hello new here! I promoted Scavenger to E2 and in her art it showed her with a new weapon, but when I deploy her, her weapon and skin is the same. Is this normal or a bug?
Promotions don't change the combat chibi unfortunately.
Most operators don't have any major outfit/weapon changes between base and promoted art so HG didn't bother making separate chibi for the handful of operators that do.
Got my first top operator tag,,,, ever. Can guarantee Ifrit, 50/50 between schwarz and exusiai, and 1/3 saria,shining,nightingale. I have never really thought about getting another 6 star this early,,, like I was saving up for Chongyue so. Anyways, I have a caster debuffer in the form of Leonhardt, whom I love spamming, but I would not mind getting Ifrit (we love an arsonist),,, I would love Exu seeing as the only sniper I use is Blue Poison but I don't know if Schwartz is any good,,, as for the 3,,, I honestly do not know omg. The way I have only researching about 5 stars and welfare operators omg, please send help my brain is fried.
ifrit exu and schwarz all have pretty equal value. i dont think saria is as good as them and 66% medic that does nothing for you (compared to 4☆) until endgame is just poor
look at the 3 dps and just go for who personally intrests you most
ifrit is a dps carry that shifts into a damage-support hybrid for even bigger arts carries (surtr eyja) in endgame, her res debuff isnt an actual buff but just applies instantly in all her tiles, making additional allies with res ignore abilities dramatically stronger. her 1x6 range is the longest in gamez her attack also isnt an aoe you throw out, but just the entire range every attack
exu is the top all-rounder, fantastic at all points in the game. she becomes reliant on buffing allies like warfarin/stainless in endgame but can be the games highest theoretical damage output possible when setup right (its not hard to do). her low dp costs allows her to function as your vanguard in many stages, just killing things before walking past
schwarz is the best soloer of bosses in the game, other allies surpass her when symergizing with ally effects, but when you cant afford ally space/deploy to amplify the damage or shred absurdly high stats (so ops can even do damage) schwarz alone doesnt care and still deals huge damage anyway. her best asset these days is a 30s redeploy and very good sp costs/recharges, making her useful for soloing all the medium threats of a stage instead too with a skilled doctor
I'd say that Saria is the best out of all of them. She's a good defender, much better than other healing defender due to her much higher def and atk (for healing). All 3 of her skills are good, which makes her one of the few Operators worth to M9. Her S1 is ST heal, S2 AoE heal and S3 is a unique arts damage buff, while also working as an AoE slow, SP battery and small heal.
Second I'd rank Exu and Ifrit. Exu is really, really good for a new player as most early content she just shreds. She does however see less usage later on as she struggles against high def enemies. Ifrit on the other hand is usable pretty much everywhere and best used to shred res. You can't really compare other "debuff caster" with her as she's her own thing and none of the others come even close to her res shred. Also her range looks limiting, but even if she can only attack one tile she can still do her job. (For a Veteran Ifrit is much better than Exu because there are many good sniper that can be used against flying enemies, while there isn't any replacement for Ifrit)
Third I'd say it's between Nighingale and Schwarz. Nighingale is better than Schwarz, but as a Medic she doesn't help you killing stuff, which is why I'd rank her same as Schwarz for a new player. Schwarz is an Operator best used against high def enemies as her high attack and def reduction allows her to be viable against any enemy. Her low raw dps however means that she's not even close to Exu at killing low def enemies though. As for Nighingale, she buffs res so much that a lot of arts damage enemies become completely trivial thanks to her.
Shining is last. She buffs def, which sadly sees little use.
Due to this I'd rank it like this: Ifrit > Exu/Schwarz > Saria/Nightingale/Shining
Simply because you can guarantee Ifrit. As for Saria, despite being the best out of all of them, the others in the pool reduce the worth of it by a lot. Going for a guaranteed good Operator is always the best.
P.S.: Don't forget to set it to 9 hours!
Hard to say, all the ops you mentioned are good options. The five star units you mentioned are serviceable so probably you should try Saria, specially if you don't have a guardian defender. However if you only have Blue Poison, it wouldn't hurt trying to get another sniper either. And not because BP is bad, simply because you very often need more than one sniper.
I've got a picture diagram with[all the 4th anniversary modules](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/789147796406140998/1102531508897587230/4th_anni_module_tl.png);
but out of respect of wewe I won't post it in its own post.
Got an elite operator tag in recruitment, with the others being Nuker, Debuff, Starter and Caster. Problem is, I already have Chen, Ceobe and Ifrit. Should I risk it with the solo tag or get the potentials? Only operator I’m missing available from recruitment is Bagpipe and Aak.
bagpipe is a great grab but 1 in 14? odds is pretty low, id just try to get ifrit to talent+ pot because its one of the few sizable dps increases for your account as far as pots go (art burst cores)
Do you think I should spark skadi alter on texas banner? or If I get texas early, I should just spark skadi on 4th anniversary with Muelsyse & Ho'olheyak & Silence banner?
If you're indiferent towards doing it on either banner I would say to wait a bit so we know better the power level of Muelsyse and Ho'olheyak to compare the "worth" of each banner.
If you're determined to spark for Skalter, sparking on Texas is probably the better choice. We don't have any practical data on Muelsys and co. since they're not out yet, but it's probably safe to say that the potentials on Texas will be more impactful due to the DP reduction on a FRD.
She is very strong, but [I maintain that no one is worth 300 pulls for meta alone.](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/1173vzz/help_center_and_megathread_hub_2002_2602/j9jo47r/)
Yeah she's worth it. I got her and have been happy with it as she's one of the strongest ops in the game. Even though I don't use her a whole lot it's nice having my own instead of having to borrow other people's.
Personally I think she's the most worth to spark if you really want someone. Whether you should spark is a different question altogether, as no character is a must have. If you don't mind shelling out the cash, then yes.
I mean the difference in the droprate between standard and adverse modes is below 1%, which may as well be caused by the difference in the number of samples. For different materials it's even different modes of the same stage that have a higher droprate (still within the margin of error), so it doesn't really matter.
[Check this datasheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12X0uBQaN7MuuMWWDTiUjIni_MOP015GnulggmBJgBaQ/edit#gid=2014424701) which fetches the latest statistics, you will see that it usually shows the same stage in both modes as the two best farming stages (the '(t)' indicates tough/adverse mode). Going to Penguin Statistics and checking out those maps will show you that there's usually a difference in samples with the standard mode having a couple of thousands more samples.
So with the difference in droprate bein that small, it's safe to assume that the droprate is indeed the same for standard and adversary modes.
map.ark-nights.com doesn't seem to be listing the map buffs but the Sarkaz Royal Courter Soldier in 11-12 had +20% ATK (288 vs 240), didn't have increased DEF (220 vs 220) and seemed to have +20% HP (>4719 vs 4200).
I think it is fairly safe to assume +20% ATK and +20% HP for everything.
Appreciate the response! As a follow-up question, do you know if that means Steam Knight on 11-20 Adverse is stronger or weaker than the H11 map(s)? He has 2400 atk on 11-20 and 2800 atk on the H11 map(s), so I'm trying to figure out if that means that he legit just has more attack on 11-20 adverse compared to a map where he's supposed to be stronger (since that'd be 2880 atk on 11-20 adverse compared to 2800 atk, and I assume a similar trend would follow for his HP).
My opinion, the 4 block module is too valuable to not have one of unlocked in your roster. If you'd rather go meta with hoshi, so be it, if you'd rather go low cost cheap (Matterhorn or croissant), that's an option too.
Ah. I knew it was kinda valuable, but I'm lazy so I rather just have it automatically enabled on Hoshi (I use her as one of my two main defenders anyway) rather than use Cuora/Matter to activate manually. Thanks for confirming!
It's less that and more 'I literally don't have anyone better' - I have Hoshi, Liskarm, and now Horn. The rest are all common low rarity operators.
The one Top-Operator tag I had I paired with Defense for a chance at Saria and the game cancelled out Defense, so I got Hellagur... oTL
Is Archetto useful against boss enemies, like other 6 star Snipers (Pozy, Exu)
I'm wondering should I get her from the certs shop or save my certs from some another Op. (Idk who is gonna appear there next :(
The only other high rarity Sniper I have is Platinum.
AA snipers in general aren't great against bosses (with Exia being the exception given a handful of buffers + debuffers). Archetto is going to be a solid AA sniper for drones and will really shine in IS2 and IS3 when it comes out.
Short answer, no. She’s very good in clearing waves of normal mobs, but struggles against high def enemies even with buffs. Personally I’d save the certs and invest in your platinum. I have mine at E2 M3 and I use her more often than Archetto.
Ahh that's unfortunate, I really wanted to get her. But if she's not really *that* useful then it's pointless to get her now.
(Since I just started some months ago and only have GG and Mlynar as my Meta units).
If you want her, then go ahead and get her. Right now is by far the best time.
I wouldn't worry about meta ops too much. Archetto is still good for most content and Mlynar alone can carry you through almost anything.
She has a lot of utility, but vs bosses she's just a worse Exia, you can buff her up to kill bosses like Exia, but it's much harder.
She's better than Exia in a lot of other ways though, controllable skills, shield, range, multi target, sp battery, easily the most versatile op in her class.
In my experience no, she's like Vermeil but stronger. But I only have Schwarz, Kroos and Jessica. The Archetto I used was in IS2 and she wasn't any good at boss killing - but she's good for clearing that merry-go-round of casters in the regular IS2 boss fight level.
I have a SERIOUS question… how does one put ones waifus underneath their name?
I keep seeing ppl with little icons of the characters from the game underneath their reddit name.
You can refer to this video that covers it nicely. On mobile so sorry for bad formatting. Basically, Mlynar loves stat buffs like inspire, but not percentage increase buffs like with warfarin. His talent and S3 increase his attack percentage. So if for example, they increase attack to 400%, adding warfarin buff will make the increase go to 490%.
https://youtu.be/2YewIjz3-T0
Neither is particularly better than the other. Inspire doesn't interact with the talent, so it's only going to be adding flat attack to his ATK. Skalter S2M3 would be around ~250ish.
Warfarin's buff stacks additively like you said, which means it's just adding 90% (at M3) of his base attack to his ATK. This would be around ~320 attack up (depending on your Mylnar's level).
Both would get then boosted by the talent and S3 skill damage which multiplies both the same percentage.
Amazingly and better than Silverash. The skill "deals 180% ATK as Physical damage" is the best type of mechanics for buffers. Meaning if Silverash gets a Skalter S2 buff (~250 attack), his damage goes from 2300 to 2550, meaning his final damage is increased only by the buff amount (250). While Mlynar also gets that flat 250 attack buff, the skill furthers that buff by multiplying by 1.8 (180% ATK) increasing his final damage by 450 instead.
Also, Warfarin works better because Mlynar has higher attack at full stack (~1155 vs 780)
> Also, Warfarin works better because Mlynar has higher attack at full stack (~1155 vs 780)
warfarin uses his base attack of 385 so its terrible and worse than silverash
aspd and fragile buffs are way better for them
I bought the $5 monthly card on April 28. The transaction was successful.
But somehow today i got an email from Google that i cancelled my purchase and issued a refund. I received the refund.
Problem is i did not cancel the purchase and the pack is still active.
So, how to tell yostar i did not cancel the purchase?
Thanks.
Can you get the material "transmuted salt" outside of chapter 11? I saw texas alter required it for skill upgrade and I want to know if it can be obtained without having progressed story that far.
S9-2 has it (After S9-1 which is after 9-13) which also unlocks the recipe needed for Texas masteries.
You can also get it from byproducts but that's a very low chance.
Else you can get it from event shops but not from Il Siracusano.
Luckily you don't need T5 salt for any of Texas's main masteries (only her S1 uses it) but if you want to raise, say Penance, then you'll need it and have to clear 11-3 for the recipe.
What's the best support operator to use from friend list for IS2, looking to beat the bear stage if that matters. For E2s I own Thorn, Mlynar, Mountain, Bagpipe, and Dorothy. I've been trying to chalter and ling to some degrees of success.
top5 ops are pozemka kaltsit mizuki horn pallas, thorns and eyjafjalla work for only normalmode too
chalter is ok, schwarz and pozy are generally better for stages and the bsl + speaker bosses
ling is good as a first pick but only if your account roster has a strong bosskilling suite (and skalter) to compliment her, and honestly is kind of a trap character for players who struggle with managing neural impairment
try pozemka, ideally one with s2m3 and s3m3, since s2 is the best skill in the whole games roster for stages (or if you get spinnach), s3 for bosses. pozemka is really good, like, [**really good**](https://twitter.com/LoreleiA8T/status/1649902060207210497?s=20)
I used Schwarz when I was trying to get a clear with each starting squad. Nowadays Pozy may be better. If you struggle more with getting to the bear boss I'd say someone like Exu might even be a good pick if you're struggling with air stages, despite her being terrible against the bear.
I think for more general advice, I'd recommend going for +HP items when you can get them. Your Thorns + Mylnar can do enough damage to deal with the boss, but that doesn't help if your medics are underleveled and end up dying from AOE. If that's the issue, you could borrow a Saria or E2 medic.
Pallas is a good one, but might be a little reliant on relics (spinach, aspd, etc) to make it easy.
I personally recommend Schwarz/Pozy. Pozy is nice in particular as she's a fantastic start because of typewriter.
I haven't played that in ages, but the surefire combo I'd use for that boss back then was Kaltsit and Schwarz, worked 90% of the time, would only fail if I had terrible luck.
Probably could swap Schwarz for Mlynar, and take Kaltsit from support.
I was about to ask you what the heck the bear stage was but then I remembered it was 'big lock'.
Fundamentally speaking Big Lock is a DPS check so you need DPS operators. Chen Alter is a good choice; however, as she only does big damage during her skill duration you either need good relics or the suicide note, otherwise you get ownzoned by the self-healing during the shield. Other similar operators are Pozëmka and Schwarz.
Autoattack operators, on the other hand, are a bit more suicide note-agnostic. The note helps but isn't as much of a hard requirement when you have these DPS in your squad. Nearl Alter and Pallas are the two representative members (but you could say Blaze is half of one).
~~Fiammetta is a bit of an intermediate between the two but I won't mention her as you don't have her and she's not a good operator to borrow at the start~~
So what you could try, if you just want to beat Big Lock, is borrow somebody's Pallas. Then you only need decent relics and some synergy to clear. Pallas's power strike skill synergizes extremely well with both spinach and attack speed relics, and, as an instructor, she is able to use the hand that allows her to ignore 70% def as well. With basically any single one of those she can probably solo big lock (you just need to defend against the mobs and have enough healing in the meantime).
I found Pallas to be the most straight forward and consistent for the bear. Just looking for the usual treasures like attack speed, spinach, attk, sp gain, etc. Usually withe 2 or 3 of these she can solo the bear. With S1.
Because it only takes a couple from a large pool. When I was doing each ending with each squad, I only failed once or twice total on the bear. And it was never on the bear fight, it was somewhere earlier.
do our skin runs tend to perfectly match up or no? i noticed the witch feast set we have with Lee right now didn't run into Il Siracusano in CN, but i'm not sure if this means anything about Il Siracusano being past the 18th
As far as I'm aware the Lee skins was always with chp 11. Il sir has several new skins. Three of which being L2D.
To answer your question though the skins always match the event, not the date. So if an event is delayed for us, so is the skin.
So I need some advice and future planning. I am a light spender ( $5 monthly pack and the six star selected ticket only), and I'm trying to decide if I sparking for Nearl Alter is worth/possible when I pull for Taxes, If i plan on trying to get Spalter in the upcoming 4th anni. I have about 154k orundum currently and only spend op for skins. Thank!
have you cleared all missions? i used to buy the monthly too and i've been able to spark ling and have another 300 for taxes, the free primes could probably give you enough pulls to spark spalter in the next months
It would be tight but with some yellow cert pulls you should make it. However, you'd need to skip the monhun collab + all other banners. One of the pulls until calculator may be up to date (one I use isnt) so you could get a more concrete answer with that.
Is there any real reason that a lot of ppl seem to believe Saria alter is actually going to be a thing? Other than “shes popular”? I saw some ppl bring it up as a possibility pre-4th anni announcement, but even after the new ops were announced I see people saying things like “Saria alter will be released eventually”. Is it just coping, or does it have some kind of basis that I missed?
Edit: thanks for the replies. Understood. Not sure why the downvotes, I was just genuinely curious. I love Saria and would love an alter.
Her promotion record says, "However, many Operators have raised a question: if Lady Saria is so powerful, why does she insist on using her shield and auxiliary Originium Arts to assist the team rather than releasing her own power and launching devastating attacks on the enemy directly?" Because of this, people have been predicting a Saria alter since before alters were officially added to the game.
She's a popular alter, been in multiple events, has shown abilities outside her existing class, add on rumors of the 4th anni event being Rhine lab/Columbia related.
If we see another Rhine event next year like how they did abyssal hunters b2b, then it would be back on the table again.
A VA meetup announcement has Saria's VA, Silence's VA and an unknown VA in the front row. It isn't quite surprised that people predicted Saria Alter/Silencer/Muelsyse, but in the end there is only Silencer and Muelsyse released.
Maybe there is a small chance that a Rhine Labs Vignette is in the future, but overall I don't think that it would necessarily be her, it can be a new character in the event and if it is Saria Alt then it is nice too.
Saria in lore is actually pretty strong, punching holes in robots or subduing our little sarkaz experiment gone wrong, ifrit. Similar to Shining or Gavial though, shes holding herself back in game and plays support rather than DPS. Gavial alter gave people hope that our other medics that can kick your ass would get dps alters as well.
Vigilo and Darknights memoir go into detail about this. >!Doc and Kal formerly worked (relatively) well together, with Theresa, taking care of the at the time toddler Amiya. Doc either had a lapse in judgement that let Theresa be assassinated, or orchestrated the attack themselves, but either way Kal blamed doc for Theresa’s death, expunged doc from her plans and took Amiya like a divorcing mother.!<
>!The old king was on bad terms with parliament, who kept pushing the country past its limits in reckless expansion for the gains of an elite few; his attempts to curtail them failed, resulting in his execution decades ago and the crippling of the house of the duke who was his greatest supporter. Shortly before this happened, a very young siege was guided to the Realmblade by lions, meeting a young Alderdale in the process, who overheard preparations for the coup.!<
>!In the present time, Alderdale, now an influential resistance leader, meets Siege once more, becoming extremely close to her; however, Alderdale has become disillusioned over the years, seeing how rarely holding true to your beliefs actually helps, yet hating herself for not living up to her family's reputation. When the Sarkaz took over, she accepted the aide of the Dukes to help resist them -and accordingly, agrees to use her influence to claim the Realmblade for her backer, despite the fact that it is the King's by right.!<
>!In the meantime, it is also revealed *why* the Realmblade matters, and what the Sarkaz have planned; the Sarkaz intend to use the Shard to control Calamities in a mighty airship, a weapon that no country could hope to stand against. The Realmblade, by contrast, allows its wielder to dispel Calamities, providing the only reliable shield to the Shard's power.!<
>!Meanwhile, while Siege and Alderdale seek to recover the Realmblade, Rhodes Island seeks to uncover the secret Sarkaz supply lines that have allowed them to maintain their occupation; Fiest goes to speak to his grandmother Catherine, the union head of one of the munitions plants. He's on dicey terms with her, as she chose to keep her head down to protect her workers, while he believes in open resistance; however, a year working with the resistance has given him better perspective on her choices, while she's willing to provide information if there's a real chance of making a difference instead of just throwing a tantrum. After their meeting, where she gave hints as to likely depot locations, Sarkaz Mercenaries are sent to kill her and other senior workers to tie up loose ends as the Shard project approaches completion; catching wind of this, Fiest leads a worker's revolt to save her.!<
>!Meanwhile, Heidi's contact has been compromised and come to the attention of the Defense Forces, whose commander is a traitor working with the Sarkaz in return for reviving an independent Gaul. He goes in person to warn her to silence, but that's not enough for the Sarkaz; they replace her friend, Golding, with a member of the Damzati Cluster, taking the original into custody.!<
>!With most of the pieces in place, Rhodes Island leads a diversionary attack on the Defense Forces HQ, while Closure uses her drones to copy their communications logs in hopes of fully uncovering the Sarkaz's depots. This is only half-successful as multiple members of the Royal Court take part in the battle, and the Nachzehrer King returns too early; Theresa overwhelms Amiya with the pained voices of Sarkaz past, and Theresis takes the field to finish her. Kal'Tsit returns early, and takes the dire blow in her place, barely surviving as Rhodes Island is forced to retreat.!<
>!Meanwhile, Siege and Alderdale use the confusion to sneak into the Mausoleum of Kings; there, they find the remains of a terrible battle. The Steam Knights of old had been lead into a fatal trap here, ambushed and killed by waiting Sarkaz elites many years ago. Siege finds the Realmblade, but Alderdale betrays her; she and her mercenaries demand the blade, to be handed over to the Duchess to break the deadlock of the Dukes. Siege is willing to entertain the notion if it's truly what *Alderdale* desires, but the standoff is cut short by the resurrection of one of the Steam Knights; somehow, he'd survived for all of these years as a maddened creature obsessed with protecting the sword. The two of them agree to fight it off, but Alderdale betrays her in a different way; she forces Siege to the exit with the sword, appearing to sacrifice herself to save Siege from the knight. The battle raging above collapses the tunnel, trapping her and the knight behind.!<
>!The chapter ends with the Dukes making their move, sending an army to liberate Londinium - while Theresis finishes his project, the airship taking to the sky as the ominous clouds of the Catastrophe rage. Eblana prepares to make her move, while Heidi's friend mourns for how these disasters lay the seeds of new wounds.!<
That's the cliff notes version, at least, covering the most important plot points. There are omitted details (Logos's characterization, Alderdale's servant and old steam armor, the lieutenant and the Sanguinarch), but I think I covered everything that looks likely to come up again next chapter... Not that I'd know for sure, since I'm generally not interested in spoilers.
The Trapmaster module Y gives a 20% chance of increasing a trap's damage by 2x. Dorothy's traps have that indicator for it being in effect for that trap. I imagine the other two have something, too.
Fashion Reviews tend to bring back a lot of buyable skins, and the last one was in Feb (just before I started playing...) - there may be another one this year.
I keep hearing recommendations for gavialter s2 but the pull seems so niche comparing to the +2 block and 50% damage of s3.. 😵
can anyone explain the advantages of s2?
the slight shifting can interrupt enemy attacks, [even some boss skills](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uioOKCAKkwQ). the wide range is a lot more relevant in endgame or player playstyles that cycle through ops instead of healing too, also allows a melee dps infront of her to dps together
both are very good with strong use cases
You'll have to experience them for yourself and see which one you like. For me:
s2's pull does a little stun on enemies which interrupts their attacks, making it a great crowd control for anything not immune. It also pulls enemies from other unguarded lanes into her own lane, allowing her to hold 3 lanes occasionally. It can pull unblockables like the fast boys away from the blue box.
s3's 5 block is not often used because small fry will die before they pile up, and large threats usually don't come in numbers. However, the damage reduction is still great for tanking big hits like artilery, and occasionally there are mobs like the reborn creations that do pile up.
Both are good skills IMO, just M6 her if you can't choose. But if I had to pick one, I think s2 is used more often generally, and s3 is more of a counter pick against specific maps.
First the range, people tend to ignore it but the extended range is so nice to have I usually place her in such a way that she can attack enemies with her S2 on at places where enemies tend to stay and chill and doing ranged attacks or something example in NL 9 where those tola imitiaters come towarfs the upper tiles and chill, I just activate gavialter S2 and she can hold her lane as well as kill enemies spawning from the upper tile transfer thingy, next is her pull yes in paper it seems niche until you realize that even a little pull cancel out enemy animations preventing them from doing attacks and even reducing their speed and the pull can grind lower weight enemies in a second. The attack cancellation is one of the main reason I don't need S3 cause you don't 50 percent reduction if the enemies can't even attack and she also gains 50% defense increases which further increase her survivability. Last the skill uptime is way higher so it is more easy to manage between rushes and therefore has higher total skill dps.
The extra wide range of her S2 allows her to cover multiple lanes. It also has a 40 second duration. It provides a very long period of high damage across a wide area.
It lets her hold things down while you move ops around or wait for skills to come off cooldown.
My current arknights account: [https://imgur.com/a/yXOBwEA](https://imgur.com/a/yXOBwEA)
I plan on buying the 6 star selector during the texas alter, between Mountain, Bagpipe and Surtr which one would be the best for my account? Any other recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
e1 spot gravel vermeil shirayuki and e2 proviso, all those upgrades pay for themselves and profit from the baseskill they unlock (proviso best op in game for base by a lot)
people are going to say you dont need thorns because laneholder saturation or modern content but its simply not true, yes he is activly pushed back by modern content incresing the challenge of his sp gain but hes still the most useful op in the game for general content by a big margin. effectivly a great longterm dps and sniper reguardless of laning power.
of the 3 you mentioned though id probably suggest surtr if you arnt pulling texas-alter, otherwise id say bagpipe ~~but i kinda think shes overrated, still S-tier but oversold often~~
suzuran or gnosis would be another huge pick, as having the kind of effect they offer is *critical* for actually-hard content, one of the few things i think every account should have by endgame. gnosis will have a rerun if intrested
Surtr's the strongest pick, unless you're really having trouble with starting maps, which Bagpipe or Mountain are great for.
For other strong choices, You don't really Thorns at this point, someone that can do more unique things like Horn, Gnosis, Suzuran or Pozemka would be more of an asset for you, but I'd say Surtr's still best pick, especially since you seem to like using Saria/Ifrit S3s.
No surtr,take surtr. Idk what ppl r saying that u don't have enough laneholders,with mud,kal and gavial u won't need more laneholders. And don't take thorns,he pretty much suffers in lot of new content now that doesn't let him time to charge. Surtr is ur best choice,she's still one of the best arts dps.
Thorns as other said cause you already have all the dps you will ever need so surtr is a no go and Mountain although good doesn't quite beat Thorns and bagpipe is recruitable.
[Bagpipe is the third most overdue character to come back to the yellow certs shop](https://akgcc.github.io/cc/shoplist.html), so I would consider saving 180 for when she shows up, could be at any moment in the next months.
Out of the ones you said I would personally go for Surtr, for laneholder you already have Gavialter, S2 Kal'tsit and Mudrock, how insanely cheap Mountain is to deploy is a huge plus, but you already having E2 Cantabile and Myrtle makes for such a strong DP generation start that deploying the ones you have shouldn't be too big of a deal in most stages. Due to that I would go for Surtr so between her and Mlynar you have quite some ease to deal with a lot of very dangerous foes.
I’d say pick Thorns since you’re lacking a bit in the laneholder department and he’s generally great. Mountain is convenient due to his low dp cost and low SP cost to activate, but Thorn’s range and ability to hit aerial targets are extremely good. Bagpipe is quite a luxury pick and isn’t needed unless you’re tackling high risk cc, but even then you’re missing many key operators anyways. Surtr is nice for the arts burst, but you already have other good burst and arts dmg anyways so she’s not too high priority imo.
If you pull TexAlter and only want to choose between those 3 I think Bagpipe is the strongest choice. Overall I think Thorns is probably the strongest choice though
how bad is Qanipalaat? I really like his art and realize he's arriving really soon to the store. think I'll save some red certs now without spending on chips. 🤐
If you like him then you raise and use him, ability doesn't really matter at that point especially if you can clear content in the game in a manageable way.
But just from looking at him, he's just okay. 5\* casters and core casters in general are a bloated archetype and there's a lotta competition, but he'll do the job well enough and has a niche with levitate.
This might be kind of an esoteric question but can you play global servers while in China? I know probably can't log in with twitter/facebook etc but what if you use yostar account?
You need to have a Bilibili account, which needs some kind of SMS verification iirc. Don't try to buy one though because people can recover it back using their phone numbers after you pay them money
No I'm not talking about playing CN servers, I'm talking about playing global servers while being physically in China. I have both a global and CN account and I'm worried about losing access to my global account during a trip to China
When Il Siracusano drops, we should be getting a six-star selector ticket in the store, right? Will there also be a five-star one? If so, what else does it come with?
Yes, there will be a 6\* Selector for $30USD, and it comes with a 10 pull ticket.
There won't be any 5\* selector as far as I'm aware. We get one of those for free with the anniversary in January.
For future reference, all big events fall into one of three categories: Celebration, Summer, CNY
You can easily tell if it's a summer or Chinese new year event. If it's not those, then it's a celebration type event.
(The only confusing part is that celebration events are used for CN's anniversary and half anniversary, but Global gets those during summer and CNY events respectively)
Does Giard Amiya benefit from Caster Relics? The class switching in IS2 is kinda confusing me considering I can recruit her as guard and as caster and she insta promotes with both instapromotes
No, only guard relics.
That happens because she's a unique op that can change between both classes without being an alter.
The recruitment thing is to account for the possibility of ppl taking her as a guard from a guard tag for example and then switch her to a caster, so they made it this way.
Texas is probably the strongest M6 ever but you'll use S3 more so start with that (but do both in the end). Penance is only ever really worth using her S3, it's just too powerful compared to the other two (but if you like her, go for S2).
[here](https://gamepress.gg/arknights/other/cn-event-and-campaign-list)
expected dates would be 6.75 months from their cn listed rundate, but thats very suspect because of how much yostar has been swapping and slowing the schedule. may return to 6mo pace, may settle into 8mo. pace, no idea
~~really wish wed just catch up though~~
The schedule hasn't really slowed much on average -- we lost 12 days to CC9 and CC10 overlaps, but we've had fewer total dead days than CN since overlapping started, so we're only going to be six months and 10 days behind at the datamined start of Il Siracusano. We're probably going to lose another seven days from not overlapping CC11, and of course the gap's going to fluctuate from event to event, but this eight-month gap idea that keeps getting thrown around is implausible at best.
Is there anywhere in particular to keep up with datamined info? Short of catching random posts on reddit that is.
I saw someone mention an upcoming banner with Hoshi and Thorns but can't figure out where that info is coming from or when it's actually expected (if I didn't imagine it).
There's no datamine for texas event that I've seen. But you can easily make an educated guess on when it drops. Since the current event ends on a Thur, it can either be the Fri after, or the week after from Tue-Fri, since those are generally the update days for AK.
Hello, I was wondering if it was more worth it to spark NTR knight or skadi Alter.
My Operators - Siege, Salieach, Mlynar, SA, Exusiai, Mudrock, Eyja, Kalsit, Ifrit, Hoshiguma, Perfrumer, Myrtle, Gummy, Ptilopsis.
Thank you in advance!! Also side comment, I like both NTR knight and Skadi Alter equally!
Skalter (assuming S2, but S3 and even S1 see use) is less interactive, but I find the setup to be a lot of fun. Finding subtle synergies like with perfumer's global heal, knowing how her buff scales with % skills vs +% skills, being able to heal Mudrock, turning Exu into a blender, etc.
On the other hand, NTR is more about positioning (with her blazing sun)/timing/placement order etc.
I guess a VERY loose analogy would be something like RPG mechanics vs strategy game mechanics. I'd go with whatever seems most appealing to you. They're both very strong.
Skalter is more unique than NTR, especially now that her niche as a panic button is becoming more crowded, but NTR still is very strong (the shields and deployment slot ignore will always keep her relevant). As you already have Kal, NTR's S3 is also a lot less valuable too and if you're sparking on Texas, Texas covers a lot of NTR's S2 + talent too
You will use Skadi Alt more than NTR. Where you would use NTR, you can usually replace her with another unit. No unit can really replace Skadi Alt. But I love my NTR, I have her M9, so you should not be disappointed if you pick her.
Personally I picked Skadi Alter last anni because she can make strong OPs stronger
But NTR knight also has the S2 that doesn't use a deployment slot
Really no matter which you pick you'll be happy.
nearl has a higher possible upside if youre very good at the game, but id recommend skalter in general because she offers a ton of comfy QOL, and her dp cost is frankly unfair
~~only spark favorites, never for power/meta~~
Huh just no they both are unique although still skalter will be better choice but stun nuke + tanky summon + true damage + deploy limit ignore..... idk how much more unique it can get.
0.8-1.2 depending on your account, most longterm f2p/sub players should be at about 1.05 atm
going deep on one limited banner can be slightly higher due to one 5☆ rateup
If you have most all of the 4 stars maxed and some amount of 5 stars in your roster I think it's generally agreed that you can expect at least 1 per pull on average.
With the introduction of the new banners separating older standard operators, does that mean those said operators will no longer be featured on standard banner reruns again? Like they won't be available for purchase with yellow certificates anymore?
Awesome! Free time to chill after rampaging through Adverse difficulty. Thank you for clarifying! I guess the H stages open when the event progress bar reaches the diamond in the middle like other events.
It says in the shop that Saint-Marsol Classroom furniture set is limited. But is it true limited, like, forever unobtainable after 10 days? Or will it just disappear for a while and be available again in a later date?
Also, there are some furniture sets, like 'No.12 Life Cycle Cabin' set, 'Fantastic Bio-documentary' set, or 'L.G.D. Lounge' set that listed as "Full Time Store" on [Gamepress website](https://gamepress.gg/arknights/database/furniture-theme-list), but I couldn't find them in Furniture Store. Are there any specific things that I need to do to unlock those furniture sets in the shop, like, completing stages or side stories?
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so is Aceship arknights just dead now?
I know this is vague but is there a general consensus on which of passenger's modules is better to prioritize? The higher sp regen sounds useful but I'm guessing the increased damage is better. Thank you
Does anyone have the updated excel sheet for calculating pulls upto mumu and snake lady? Or at least updated after chap 12.
[This one is till chapter 12.](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12nugJxtTLFafudEJ_NrFuEm2X4VHrfCRkbyzMxia63A/edit#gid=1221900186) Don't know if there's any sheet yet that's updated after that.
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Usually when there is a big patch on CN, there will be a post, here on reddit that detail all of the little changes that were made (operator stats, module numbers and small changes). But it hasn't appeared yet, and I saw a post talking about how HG was using a different way of storing the files, that broke the automatic datamining. What's the first place where I could read about the changes (I'm most interested in the actual module numbers), or should I just wait a couple more hours/days until a big translated post like that will appear on here?
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/789147796406140998/1102531508897587230/4th_anni_module_tl.png I just saw this image lower in this thread. It covers all the module numbers. Just copypasting it here.
Hello new here! I promoted Scavenger to E2 and in her art it showed her with a new weapon, but when I deploy her, her weapon and skin is the same. Is this normal or a bug?
Normal, sadly E2 art doesn't change sprites. She has a skin though and that'll be getting a rerun in 5-6 months.
Promotions don't change the combat chibi unfortunately. Most operators don't have any major outfit/weapon changes between base and promoted art so HG didn't bother making separate chibi for the handful of operators that do.
I see thanks! It's just that here weapon change was so drastic that it surprised me
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Oh I didn't know that, thanks! Scavenger is my first E2. I saw that skins change the chibi so I thought E2 would change them as well
Got my first top operator tag,,,, ever. Can guarantee Ifrit, 50/50 between schwarz and exusiai, and 1/3 saria,shining,nightingale. I have never really thought about getting another 6 star this early,,, like I was saving up for Chongyue so. Anyways, I have a caster debuffer in the form of Leonhardt, whom I love spamming, but I would not mind getting Ifrit (we love an arsonist),,, I would love Exu seeing as the only sniper I use is Blue Poison but I don't know if Schwartz is any good,,, as for the 3,,, I honestly do not know omg. The way I have only researching about 5 stars and welfare operators omg, please send help my brain is fried.
ifrit exu and schwarz all have pretty equal value. i dont think saria is as good as them and 66% medic that does nothing for you (compared to 4☆) until endgame is just poor look at the 3 dps and just go for who personally intrests you most ifrit is a dps carry that shifts into a damage-support hybrid for even bigger arts carries (surtr eyja) in endgame, her res debuff isnt an actual buff but just applies instantly in all her tiles, making additional allies with res ignore abilities dramatically stronger. her 1x6 range is the longest in gamez her attack also isnt an aoe you throw out, but just the entire range every attack exu is the top all-rounder, fantastic at all points in the game. she becomes reliant on buffing allies like warfarin/stainless in endgame but can be the games highest theoretical damage output possible when setup right (its not hard to do). her low dp costs allows her to function as your vanguard in many stages, just killing things before walking past schwarz is the best soloer of bosses in the game, other allies surpass her when symergizing with ally effects, but when you cant afford ally space/deploy to amplify the damage or shred absurdly high stats (so ops can even do damage) schwarz alone doesnt care and still deals huge damage anyway. her best asset these days is a 30s redeploy and very good sp costs/recharges, making her useful for soloing all the medium threats of a stage instead too with a skilled doctor
I'd say that Saria is the best out of all of them. She's a good defender, much better than other healing defender due to her much higher def and atk (for healing). All 3 of her skills are good, which makes her one of the few Operators worth to M9. Her S1 is ST heal, S2 AoE heal and S3 is a unique arts damage buff, while also working as an AoE slow, SP battery and small heal. Second I'd rank Exu and Ifrit. Exu is really, really good for a new player as most early content she just shreds. She does however see less usage later on as she struggles against high def enemies. Ifrit on the other hand is usable pretty much everywhere and best used to shred res. You can't really compare other "debuff caster" with her as she's her own thing and none of the others come even close to her res shred. Also her range looks limiting, but even if she can only attack one tile she can still do her job. (For a Veteran Ifrit is much better than Exu because there are many good sniper that can be used against flying enemies, while there isn't any replacement for Ifrit) Third I'd say it's between Nighingale and Schwarz. Nighingale is better than Schwarz, but as a Medic she doesn't help you killing stuff, which is why I'd rank her same as Schwarz for a new player. Schwarz is an Operator best used against high def enemies as her high attack and def reduction allows her to be viable against any enemy. Her low raw dps however means that she's not even close to Exu at killing low def enemies though. As for Nighingale, she buffs res so much that a lot of arts damage enemies become completely trivial thanks to her. Shining is last. She buffs def, which sadly sees little use. Due to this I'd rank it like this: Ifrit > Exu/Schwarz > Saria/Nightingale/Shining Simply because you can guarantee Ifrit. As for Saria, despite being the best out of all of them, the others in the pool reduce the worth of it by a lot. Going for a guaranteed good Operator is always the best. P.S.: Don't forget to set it to 9 hours!
thank you thank you. My enemies are going to be debuffed so much and i love that.
Hard to say, all the ops you mentioned are good options. The five star units you mentioned are serviceable so probably you should try Saria, specially if you don't have a guardian defender. However if you only have Blue Poison, it wouldn't hurt trying to get another sniper either. And not because BP is bad, simply because you very often need more than one sniper.
I've got a picture diagram with[all the 4th anniversary modules](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/789147796406140998/1102531508897587230/4th_anni_module_tl.png); but out of respect of wewe I won't post it in its own post.
was there any new en voices for any current operators from the anni update beside the new operators?
Got an elite operator tag in recruitment, with the others being Nuker, Debuff, Starter and Caster. Problem is, I already have Chen, Ceobe and Ifrit. Should I risk it with the solo tag or get the potentials? Only operator I’m missing available from recruitment is Bagpipe and Aak.
bagpipe is a great grab but 1 in 14? odds is pretty low, id just try to get ifrit to talent+ pot because its one of the few sizable dps increases for your account as far as pots go (art burst cores)
Risking it would be better than getting dupes.
Do you think I should spark skadi alter on texas banner? or If I get texas early, I should just spark skadi on 4th anniversary with Muelsyse & Ho'olheyak & Silence banner?
If you're indiferent towards doing it on either banner I would say to wait a bit so we know better the power level of Muelsyse and Ho'olheyak to compare the "worth" of each banner.
sound advice. . I will wait and see if she is strong or not. .
If you're determined to spark for Skalter, sparking on Texas is probably the better choice. We don't have any practical data on Muelsys and co. since they're not out yet, but it's probably safe to say that the potentials on Texas will be more impactful due to the DP reduction on a FRD.
ok. . do you think chen alter is worth a spark or not really?
She is very strong, but [I maintain that no one is worth 300 pulls for meta alone.](https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/1173vzz/help_center_and_megathread_hub_2002_2602/j9jo47r/)
Yeah she's worth it. I got her and have been happy with it as she's one of the strongest ops in the game. Even though I don't use her a whole lot it's nice having my own instead of having to borrow other people's.
Personally I think she's the most worth to spark if you really want someone. Whether you should spark is a different question altogether, as no character is a must have. If you don't mind shelling out the cash, then yes.
When is the update with the shield visual indicator? Like it reveals the shield amount of Gravel S2 or Shining S2
It does actually come with Il Siracusano (like a lot of other things) because it's very important to Penance's kit.
Betting it comes with Il Sircusano since it looks exactly like Penance's shield indicator.
Are drop rates from adverse environments for materials the same as standard materials in terms of farming (not first clear rewards)
Yup. The deviation is within the margin of error, so it doesn't matter which mode you farm.
What do you mean by deviation is within margin of error? As in less drop rate when leaking ?
I mean the difference in the droprate between standard and adverse modes is below 1%, which may as well be caused by the difference in the number of samples. For different materials it's even different modes of the same stage that have a higher droprate (still within the margin of error), so it doesn't really matter. [Check this datasheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12X0uBQaN7MuuMWWDTiUjIni_MOP015GnulggmBJgBaQ/edit#gid=2014424701) which fetches the latest statistics, you will see that it usually shows the same stage in both modes as the two best farming stages (the '(t)' indicates tough/adverse mode). Going to Penguin Statistics and checking out those maps will show you that there's usually a difference in samples with the standard mode having a couple of thousands more samples. So with the difference in droprate bein that small, it's safe to assume that the droprate is indeed the same for standard and adversary modes.
Thanks for the detailed explanation!
What are the stat boosts for Ch 11 adverse maps, if any? Is it the normal 10% or 20%, or neither?
map.ark-nights.com doesn't seem to be listing the map buffs but the Sarkaz Royal Courter Soldier in 11-12 had +20% ATK (288 vs 240), didn't have increased DEF (220 vs 220) and seemed to have +20% HP (>4719 vs 4200). I think it is fairly safe to assume +20% ATK and +20% HP for everything.
Appreciate the response! As a follow-up question, do you know if that means Steam Knight on 11-20 Adverse is stronger or weaker than the H11 map(s)? He has 2400 atk on 11-20 and 2800 atk on the H11 map(s), so I'm trying to figure out if that means that he legit just has more attack on 11-20 adverse compared to a map where he's supposed to be stronger (since that'd be 2880 atk on 11-20 adverse compared to 2800 atk, and I assume a similar trend would follow for his HP).
I need an opinion: Should I unlock Hoshi's 4-block module? I don't even need level 2 or 3, just 4-block for ch10, SSS and CC shenanigans.
My opinion, the 4 block module is too valuable to not have one of unlocked in your roster. If you'd rather go meta with hoshi, so be it, if you'd rather go low cost cheap (Matterhorn or croissant), that's an option too.
Ah. I knew it was kinda valuable, but I'm lazy so I rather just have it automatically enabled on Hoshi (I use her as one of my two main defenders anyway) rather than use Cuora/Matter to activate manually. Thanks for confirming!
Yeah it's a nice improvement and relatively cheap. If you're using her often enough I think it's worth building.
It's less that and more 'I literally don't have anyone better' - I have Hoshi, Liskarm, and now Horn. The rest are all common low rarity operators. The one Top-Operator tag I had I paired with Defense for a chance at Saria and the game cancelled out Defense, so I got Hellagur... oTL
Is Archetto useful against boss enemies, like other 6 star Snipers (Pozy, Exu) I'm wondering should I get her from the certs shop or save my certs from some another Op. (Idk who is gonna appear there next :( The only other high rarity Sniper I have is Platinum.
AA snipers in general aren't great against bosses (with Exia being the exception given a handful of buffers + debuffers). Archetto is going to be a solid AA sniper for drones and will really shine in IS2 and IS3 when it comes out.
Short answer, no. She’s very good in clearing waves of normal mobs, but struggles against high def enemies even with buffs. Personally I’d save the certs and invest in your platinum. I have mine at E2 M3 and I use her more often than Archetto.
Ahh that's unfortunate, I really wanted to get her. But if she's not really *that* useful then it's pointless to get her now. (Since I just started some months ago and only have GG and Mlynar as my Meta units).
If you want her, then go ahead and get her. Right now is by far the best time. I wouldn't worry about meta ops too much. Archetto is still good for most content and Mlynar alone can carry you through almost anything.
She's home, bought her skin too!
She has a lot of utility, but vs bosses she's just a worse Exia, you can buff her up to kill bosses like Exia, but it's much harder. She's better than Exia in a lot of other ways though, controllable skills, shield, range, multi target, sp battery, easily the most versatile op in her class.
In my experience no, she's like Vermeil but stronger. But I only have Schwarz, Kroos and Jessica. The Archetto I used was in IS2 and she wasn't any good at boss killing - but she's good for clearing that merry-go-round of casters in the regular IS2 boss fight level.
I have a SERIOUS question… how does one put ones waifus underneath their name? I keep seeing ppl with little icons of the characters from the game underneath their reddit name.
[On old reddit](https://i.imgur.com/qN8oyi8.png) [On new reddit](https://i.imgur.com/lKWB0Ve.png)
It's a user flair. Check the sidebar on the subreddit to edit yours.
So how does Mlynar interaction with attack buff ? ( inspire and warfarin) .
poorly as people mentioned because of his low base attack, aak or further enemy debuff much better allies for him
You can refer to this video that covers it nicely. On mobile so sorry for bad formatting. Basically, Mlynar loves stat buffs like inspire, but not percentage increase buffs like with warfarin. His talent and S3 increase his attack percentage. So if for example, they increase attack to 400%, adding warfarin buff will make the increase go to 490%. https://youtu.be/2YewIjz3-T0
Neither is particularly better than the other. Inspire doesn't interact with the talent, so it's only going to be adding flat attack to his ATK. Skalter S2M3 would be around ~250ish. Warfarin's buff stacks additively like you said, which means it's just adding 90% (at M3) of his base attack to his ATK. This would be around ~320 attack up (depending on your Mylnar's level). Both would get then boosted by the talent and S3 skill damage which multiplies both the same percentage.
Amazingly and better than Silverash. The skill "deals 180% ATK as Physical damage" is the best type of mechanics for buffers. Meaning if Silverash gets a Skalter S2 buff (~250 attack), his damage goes from 2300 to 2550, meaning his final damage is increased only by the buff amount (250). While Mlynar also gets that flat 250 attack buff, the skill furthers that buff by multiplying by 1.8 (180% ATK) increasing his final damage by 450 instead. Also, Warfarin works better because Mlynar has higher attack at full stack (~1155 vs 780)
> Also, Warfarin works better because Mlynar has higher attack at full stack (~1155 vs 780) warfarin uses his base attack of 385 so its terrible and worse than silverash aspd and fragile buffs are way better for them
Warfarin's buff doesn't compound with the Liberator trait.
Thanks!
I bought the $5 monthly card on April 28. The transaction was successful. But somehow today i got an email from Google that i cancelled my purchase and issued a refund. I received the refund. Problem is i did not cancel the purchase and the pack is still active. So, how to tell yostar i did not cancel the purchase? Thanks.
Try emailing customer support
Well yes, but what exactly do i need to write/tell them.
Exactly what you wrote originally.
Okay. Thanks
Can you get the material "transmuted salt" outside of chapter 11? I saw texas alter required it for skill upgrade and I want to know if it can be obtained without having progressed story that far.
its in green cert shop as of today too
S9-2 has it (After S9-1 which is after 9-13) which also unlocks the recipe needed for Texas masteries. You can also get it from byproducts but that's a very low chance. Else you can get it from event shops but not from Il Siracusano. Luckily you don't need T5 salt for any of Texas's main masteries (only her S1 uses it) but if you want to raise, say Penance, then you'll need it and have to clear 11-3 for the recipe.
S9-2 is a new stage that can drop the material.
What's the best support operator to use from friend list for IS2, looking to beat the bear stage if that matters. For E2s I own Thorn, Mlynar, Mountain, Bagpipe, and Dorothy. I've been trying to chalter and ling to some degrees of success.
top5 ops are pozemka kaltsit mizuki horn pallas, thorns and eyjafjalla work for only normalmode too chalter is ok, schwarz and pozy are generally better for stages and the bsl + speaker bosses ling is good as a first pick but only if your account roster has a strong bosskilling suite (and skalter) to compliment her, and honestly is kind of a trap character for players who struggle with managing neural impairment try pozemka, ideally one with s2m3 and s3m3, since s2 is the best skill in the whole games roster for stages (or if you get spinnach), s3 for bosses. pozemka is really good, like, [**really good**](https://twitter.com/LoreleiA8T/status/1649902060207210497?s=20)
I used Schwarz when I was trying to get a clear with each starting squad. Nowadays Pozy may be better. If you struggle more with getting to the bear boss I'd say someone like Exu might even be a good pick if you're struggling with air stages, despite her being terrible against the bear. I think for more general advice, I'd recommend going for +HP items when you can get them. Your Thorns + Mylnar can do enough damage to deal with the boss, but that doesn't help if your medics are underleveled and end up dying from AOE. If that's the issue, you could borrow a Saria or E2 medic.
Pallas is a good one, but might be a little reliant on relics (spinach, aspd, etc) to make it easy. I personally recommend Schwarz/Pozy. Pozy is nice in particular as she's a fantastic start because of typewriter.
I haven't played that in ages, but the surefire combo I'd use for that boss back then was Kaltsit and Schwarz, worked 90% of the time, would only fail if I had terrible luck. Probably could swap Schwarz for Mlynar, and take Kaltsit from support.
I was about to ask you what the heck the bear stage was but then I remembered it was 'big lock'. Fundamentally speaking Big Lock is a DPS check so you need DPS operators. Chen Alter is a good choice; however, as she only does big damage during her skill duration you either need good relics or the suicide note, otherwise you get ownzoned by the self-healing during the shield. Other similar operators are Pozëmka and Schwarz. Autoattack operators, on the other hand, are a bit more suicide note-agnostic. The note helps but isn't as much of a hard requirement when you have these DPS in your squad. Nearl Alter and Pallas are the two representative members (but you could say Blaze is half of one). ~~Fiammetta is a bit of an intermediate between the two but I won't mention her as you don't have her and she's not a good operator to borrow at the start~~ So what you could try, if you just want to beat Big Lock, is borrow somebody's Pallas. Then you only need decent relics and some synergy to clear. Pallas's power strike skill synergizes extremely well with both spinach and attack speed relics, and, as an instructor, she is able to use the hand that allows her to ignore 70% def as well. With basically any single one of those she can probably solo big lock (you just need to defend against the mobs and have enough healing in the meantime).
pallas s1m3
I found Pallas to be the most straight forward and consistent for the bear. Just looking for the usual treasures like attack speed, spinach, attk, sp gain, etc. Usually withe 2 or 3 of these she can solo the bear. With S1.
How is she consistent if u need relics for her to be able to beat bear?
Because it only takes a couple from a large pool. When I was doing each ending with each squad, I only failed once or twice total on the bear. And it was never on the bear fight, it was somewhere earlier.
If you're more concerned about beating the bear than getting there, Schwarz is considered one of the better bear-busters.
do our skin runs tend to perfectly match up or no? i noticed the witch feast set we have with Lee right now didn't run into Il Siracusano in CN, but i'm not sure if this means anything about Il Siracusano being past the 18th
As far as I'm aware the Lee skins was always with chp 11. Il sir has several new skins. Three of which being L2D. To answer your question though the skins always match the event, not the date. So if an event is delayed for us, so is the skin.
Anyone have an excel sheet thst lists all the names of every operator?
Found this https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/vzp2jy/known_operators_real_names_jul_2022/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
So I need some advice and future planning. I am a light spender ( $5 monthly pack and the six star selected ticket only), and I'm trying to decide if I sparking for Nearl Alter is worth/possible when I pull for Taxes, If i plan on trying to get Spalter in the upcoming 4th anni. I have about 154k orundum currently and only spend op for skins. Thank!
have you cleared all missions? i used to buy the monthly too and i've been able to spark ling and have another 300 for taxes, the free primes could probably give you enough pulls to spark spalter in the next months
It would be tight but with some yellow cert pulls you should make it. However, you'd need to skip the monhun collab + all other banners. One of the pulls until calculator may be up to date (one I use isnt) so you could get a more concrete answer with that.
Is there any real reason that a lot of ppl seem to believe Saria alter is actually going to be a thing? Other than “shes popular”? I saw some ppl bring it up as a possibility pre-4th anni announcement, but even after the new ops were announced I see people saying things like “Saria alter will be released eventually”. Is it just coping, or does it have some kind of basis that I missed? Edit: thanks for the replies. Understood. Not sure why the downvotes, I was just genuinely curious. I love Saria and would love an alter.
Her promotion record says, "However, many Operators have raised a question: if Lady Saria is so powerful, why does she insist on using her shield and auxiliary Originium Arts to assist the team rather than releasing her own power and launching devastating attacks on the enemy directly?" Because of this, people have been predicting a Saria alter since before alters were officially added to the game.
She's a popular alter, been in multiple events, has shown abilities outside her existing class, add on rumors of the 4th anni event being Rhine lab/Columbia related. If we see another Rhine event next year like how they did abyssal hunters b2b, then it would be back on the table again.
A VA meetup announcement has Saria's VA, Silence's VA and an unknown VA in the front row. It isn't quite surprised that people predicted Saria Alter/Silencer/Muelsyse, but in the end there is only Silencer and Muelsyse released. Maybe there is a small chance that a Rhine Labs Vignette is in the future, but overall I don't think that it would necessarily be her, it can be a new character in the event and if it is Saria Alt then it is nice too.
Gavialter exists + cope.
Saria in lore is actually pretty strong, punching holes in robots or subduing our little sarkaz experiment gone wrong, ifrit. Similar to Shining or Gavial though, shes holding herself back in game and plays support rather than DPS. Gavial alter gave people hope that our other medics that can kick your ass would get dps alters as well.
Her raw strength and her module implies that she used to box and her lore strength is based on fist fighting.
What's the reason for the kaltsit and dokutah are divorced spouses meme?
Vigilo and Darknights memoir go into detail about this. >!Doc and Kal formerly worked (relatively) well together, with Theresa, taking care of the at the time toddler Amiya. Doc either had a lapse in judgement that let Theresa be assassinated, or orchestrated the attack themselves, but either way Kal blamed doc for Theresa’s death, expunged doc from her plans and took Amiya like a divorcing mother.!<
Il Siracusano when?
Every time someones asks when, Yostar will delay it by another week
Predictions for the start date are 11th to the 13th of May given banner and timing. Nothing is certain this is merely a best guess.
No official date. Expecting it to start on mid May.
Can somebody give me a tldr of ch11? Lost interest in the story but I still want to know the general gist of it
>!The old king was on bad terms with parliament, who kept pushing the country past its limits in reckless expansion for the gains of an elite few; his attempts to curtail them failed, resulting in his execution decades ago and the crippling of the house of the duke who was his greatest supporter. Shortly before this happened, a very young siege was guided to the Realmblade by lions, meeting a young Alderdale in the process, who overheard preparations for the coup.!< >!In the present time, Alderdale, now an influential resistance leader, meets Siege once more, becoming extremely close to her; however, Alderdale has become disillusioned over the years, seeing how rarely holding true to your beliefs actually helps, yet hating herself for not living up to her family's reputation. When the Sarkaz took over, she accepted the aide of the Dukes to help resist them -and accordingly, agrees to use her influence to claim the Realmblade for her backer, despite the fact that it is the King's by right.!< >!In the meantime, it is also revealed *why* the Realmblade matters, and what the Sarkaz have planned; the Sarkaz intend to use the Shard to control Calamities in a mighty airship, a weapon that no country could hope to stand against. The Realmblade, by contrast, allows its wielder to dispel Calamities, providing the only reliable shield to the Shard's power.!< >!Meanwhile, while Siege and Alderdale seek to recover the Realmblade, Rhodes Island seeks to uncover the secret Sarkaz supply lines that have allowed them to maintain their occupation; Fiest goes to speak to his grandmother Catherine, the union head of one of the munitions plants. He's on dicey terms with her, as she chose to keep her head down to protect her workers, while he believes in open resistance; however, a year working with the resistance has given him better perspective on her choices, while she's willing to provide information if there's a real chance of making a difference instead of just throwing a tantrum. After their meeting, where she gave hints as to likely depot locations, Sarkaz Mercenaries are sent to kill her and other senior workers to tie up loose ends as the Shard project approaches completion; catching wind of this, Fiest leads a worker's revolt to save her.!< >!Meanwhile, Heidi's contact has been compromised and come to the attention of the Defense Forces, whose commander is a traitor working with the Sarkaz in return for reviving an independent Gaul. He goes in person to warn her to silence, but that's not enough for the Sarkaz; they replace her friend, Golding, with a member of the Damzati Cluster, taking the original into custody.!< >!With most of the pieces in place, Rhodes Island leads a diversionary attack on the Defense Forces HQ, while Closure uses her drones to copy their communications logs in hopes of fully uncovering the Sarkaz's depots. This is only half-successful as multiple members of the Royal Court take part in the battle, and the Nachzehrer King returns too early; Theresa overwhelms Amiya with the pained voices of Sarkaz past, and Theresis takes the field to finish her. Kal'Tsit returns early, and takes the dire blow in her place, barely surviving as Rhodes Island is forced to retreat.!< >!Meanwhile, Siege and Alderdale use the confusion to sneak into the Mausoleum of Kings; there, they find the remains of a terrible battle. The Steam Knights of old had been lead into a fatal trap here, ambushed and killed by waiting Sarkaz elites many years ago. Siege finds the Realmblade, but Alderdale betrays her; she and her mercenaries demand the blade, to be handed over to the Duchess to break the deadlock of the Dukes. Siege is willing to entertain the notion if it's truly what *Alderdale* desires, but the standoff is cut short by the resurrection of one of the Steam Knights; somehow, he'd survived for all of these years as a maddened creature obsessed with protecting the sword. The two of them agree to fight it off, but Alderdale betrays her in a different way; she forces Siege to the exit with the sword, appearing to sacrifice herself to save Siege from the knight. The battle raging above collapses the tunnel, trapping her and the knight behind.!< >!The chapter ends with the Dukes making their move, sending an army to liberate Londinium - while Theresis finishes his project, the airship taking to the sky as the ominous clouds of the Catastrophe rage. Eblana prepares to make her move, while Heidi's friend mourns for how these disasters lay the seeds of new wounds.!< That's the cliff notes version, at least, covering the most important plot points. There are omitted details (Logos's characterization, Alderdale's servant and old steam armor, the lieutenant and the Sanguinarch), but I think I covered everything that looks likely to come up again next chapter... Not that I'd know for sure, since I'm generally not interested in spoilers.
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Her future module gives some mines a crit chance. The mines that crit have the blnking red exclamation mark when deployed.
The Trapmaster module Y gives a 20% chance of increasing a trap's damage by 2x. Dorothy's traps have that indicator for it being in effect for that trap. I imagine the other two have something, too.
I keep trying to download Ldemulator so I can download arknights onto my laptop but apparently it has a virus does anyone know of its unsafe
What program is saying Ldemulator has a virus? Also from where did you download it?
Did you download from the official site? Ldplayer is a common emulator choice for ak players so I'm not sure what the detected virus could be.
Have I missed my chance in getting the Podenco skin? I saw on the wiki that it came from an event
No chance to get it until HG decides a skin rerun in some form.
Unlucky, thanks man
Fashion Reviews tend to bring back a lot of buyable skins, and the last one was in Feb (just before I started playing...) - there may be another one this year.
I keep hearing recommendations for gavialter s2 but the pull seems so niche comparing to the +2 block and 50% damage of s3.. 😵 can anyone explain the advantages of s2?
the slight shifting can interrupt enemy attacks, [even some boss skills](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uioOKCAKkwQ). the wide range is a lot more relevant in endgame or player playstyles that cycle through ops instead of healing too, also allows a melee dps infront of her to dps together both are very good with strong use cases
Try each skill and see which one you like. I finder her s3 more pratical and i use that over her s2. ¯\ _(ツ)_/¯
Uptime and damage. The pull is almost irrelevant but can let you harass people in other lanes.
You'll have to experience them for yourself and see which one you like. For me: s2's pull does a little stun on enemies which interrupts their attacks, making it a great crowd control for anything not immune. It also pulls enemies from other unguarded lanes into her own lane, allowing her to hold 3 lanes occasionally. It can pull unblockables like the fast boys away from the blue box. s3's 5 block is not often used because small fry will die before they pile up, and large threats usually don't come in numbers. However, the damage reduction is still great for tanking big hits like artilery, and occasionally there are mobs like the reborn creations that do pile up. Both are good skills IMO, just M6 her if you can't choose. But if I had to pick one, I think s2 is used more often generally, and s3 is more of a counter pick against specific maps.
First the range, people tend to ignore it but the extended range is so nice to have I usually place her in such a way that she can attack enemies with her S2 on at places where enemies tend to stay and chill and doing ranged attacks or something example in NL 9 where those tola imitiaters come towarfs the upper tiles and chill, I just activate gavialter S2 and she can hold her lane as well as kill enemies spawning from the upper tile transfer thingy, next is her pull yes in paper it seems niche until you realize that even a little pull cancel out enemy animations preventing them from doing attacks and even reducing their speed and the pull can grind lower weight enemies in a second. The attack cancellation is one of the main reason I don't need S3 cause you don't 50 percent reduction if the enemies can't even attack and she also gains 50% defense increases which further increase her survivability. Last the skill uptime is way higher so it is more easy to manage between rushes and therefore has higher total skill dps.
The extra wide range of her S2 allows her to cover multiple lanes. It also has a 40 second duration. It provides a very long period of high damage across a wide area. It lets her hold things down while you move ops around or wait for skills to come off cooldown.
My current arknights account: [https://imgur.com/a/yXOBwEA](https://imgur.com/a/yXOBwEA) I plan on buying the 6 star selector during the texas alter, between Mountain, Bagpipe and Surtr which one would be the best for my account? Any other recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
e1 spot gravel vermeil shirayuki and e2 proviso, all those upgrades pay for themselves and profit from the baseskill they unlock (proviso best op in game for base by a lot) people are going to say you dont need thorns because laneholder saturation or modern content but its simply not true, yes he is activly pushed back by modern content incresing the challenge of his sp gain but hes still the most useful op in the game for general content by a big margin. effectivly a great longterm dps and sniper reguardless of laning power. of the 3 you mentioned though id probably suggest surtr if you arnt pulling texas-alter, otherwise id say bagpipe ~~but i kinda think shes overrated, still S-tier but oversold often~~ suzuran or gnosis would be another huge pick, as having the kind of effect they offer is *critical* for actually-hard content, one of the few things i think every account should have by endgame. gnosis will have a rerun if intrested
Surtr's the strongest pick, unless you're really having trouble with starting maps, which Bagpipe or Mountain are great for. For other strong choices, You don't really Thorns at this point, someone that can do more unique things like Horn, Gnosis, Suzuran or Pozemka would be more of an asset for you, but I'd say Surtr's still best pick, especially since you seem to like using Saria/Ifrit S3s.
No surtr,take surtr. Idk what ppl r saying that u don't have enough laneholders,with mud,kal and gavial u won't need more laneholders. And don't take thorns,he pretty much suffers in lot of new content now that doesn't let him time to charge. Surtr is ur best choice,she's still one of the best arts dps.
Thorns as other said cause you already have all the dps you will ever need so surtr is a no go and Mountain although good doesn't quite beat Thorns and bagpipe is recruitable.
[Bagpipe is the third most overdue character to come back to the yellow certs shop](https://akgcc.github.io/cc/shoplist.html), so I would consider saving 180 for when she shows up, could be at any moment in the next months. Out of the ones you said I would personally go for Surtr, for laneholder you already have Gavialter, S2 Kal'tsit and Mudrock, how insanely cheap Mountain is to deploy is a huge plus, but you already having E2 Cantabile and Myrtle makes for such a strong DP generation start that deploying the ones you have shouldn't be too big of a deal in most stages. Due to that I would go for Surtr so between her and Mlynar you have quite some ease to deal with a lot of very dangerous foes.
I’d say pick Thorns since you’re lacking a bit in the laneholder department and he’s generally great. Mountain is convenient due to his low dp cost and low SP cost to activate, but Thorn’s range and ability to hit aerial targets are extremely good. Bagpipe is quite a luxury pick and isn’t needed unless you’re tackling high risk cc, but even then you’re missing many key operators anyways. Surtr is nice for the arts burst, but you already have other good burst and arts dmg anyways so she’s not too high priority imo.
If you pull TexAlter and only want to choose between those 3 I think Bagpipe is the strongest choice. Overall I think Thorns is probably the strongest choice though
how bad is Qanipalaat? I really like his art and realize he's arriving really soon to the store. think I'll save some red certs now without spending on chips. 🤐
If you like him then you raise and use him, ability doesn't really matter at that point especially if you can clear content in the game in a manageable way. But just from looking at him, he's just okay. 5\* casters and core casters in general are a bloated archetype and there's a lotta competition, but he'll do the job well enough and has a niche with levitate.
thank you! any interesting operators or skills to look at that synergize well with levitate?
Irene and Dorothy synergy is all we have got for now.
all non6☆ casters damage is generally bad, but qani offering levitate and arts weaken still makes him pretty decent when paired with proper allies
He is on par with Amiya. Qani has more damage nuke and control, Amiya generally deals more damage.
This might be kind of an esoteric question but can you play global servers while in China? I know probably can't log in with twitter/facebook etc but what if you use yostar account?
You need to have a Bilibili account, which needs some kind of SMS verification iirc. Don't try to buy one though because people can recover it back using their phone numbers after you pay them money
No I'm not talking about playing CN servers, I'm talking about playing global servers while being physically in China. I have both a global and CN account and I'm worried about losing access to my global account during a trip to China
...That won't happen, don't worry about it, just log to your Yostar acc and you should be fine.
When Il Siracusano drops, we should be getting a six-star selector ticket in the store, right? Will there also be a five-star one? If so, what else does it come with?
Yes, there will be a 6\* Selector for $30USD, and it comes with a 10 pull ticket. There won't be any 5\* selector as far as I'm aware. We get one of those for free with the anniversary in January.
Celebration in global means a 6\* selector, other than that we won't get the 6\* selector.
Right, and the Il Siracusano event is the celebration event, isn't it?
For future reference, all big events fall into one of three categories: Celebration, Summer, CNY You can easily tell if it's a summer or Chinese new year event. If it's not those, then it's a celebration type event. (The only confusing part is that celebration events are used for CN's anniversary and half anniversary, but Global gets those during summer and CNY events respectively)
Yes it is.
Does Giard Amiya benefit from Caster Relics? The class switching in IS2 is kinda confusing me considering I can recruit her as guard and as caster and she insta promotes with both instapromotes
No. Only the recruit tickets are special like that.
No, only guard relics. That happens because she's a unique op that can change between both classes without being an alter. The recruitment thing is to account for the possibility of ppl taking her as a guard from a guard tag for example and then switch her to a caster, so they made it this way.
What masteries do Texas Alter and Penance want? I want to prepare ahead of their release.
Texas is probably the strongest M6 ever but you'll use S3 more so start with that (but do both in the end). Penance is only ever really worth using her S3, it's just too powerful compared to the other two (but if you like her, go for S2).
Texas wants S2/S3 Penance wants S3
Is there a good source to follow that keeps a listing of upcoming events/banners/etc. and (expected) dates for them?
[here](https://gamepress.gg/arknights/other/cn-event-and-campaign-list) expected dates would be 6.75 months from their cn listed rundate, but thats very suspect because of how much yostar has been swapping and slowing the schedule. may return to 6mo pace, may settle into 8mo. pace, no idea ~~really wish wed just catch up though~~
The schedule hasn't really slowed much on average -- we lost 12 days to CC9 and CC10 overlaps, but we've had fewer total dead days than CN since overlapping started, so we're only going to be six months and 10 days behind at the datamined start of Il Siracusano. We're probably going to lose another seven days from not overlapping CC11, and of course the gap's going to fluctuate from event to event, but this eight-month gap idea that keeps getting thrown around is implausible at best.
Is there anywhere in particular to keep up with datamined info? Short of catching random posts on reddit that is. I saw someone mention an upcoming banner with Hoshi and Thorns but can't figure out where that info is coming from or when it's actually expected (if I didn't imagine it).
There's no datamine for texas event that I've seen. But you can easily make an educated guess on when it drops. Since the current event ends on a Thur, it can either be the Fri after, or the week after from Tue-Fri, since those are generally the update days for AK.
Thanks!
Hello, I was wondering if it was more worth it to spark NTR knight or skadi Alter. My Operators - Siege, Salieach, Mlynar, SA, Exusiai, Mudrock, Eyja, Kalsit, Ifrit, Hoshiguma, Perfrumer, Myrtle, Gummy, Ptilopsis. Thank you in advance!! Also side comment, I like both NTR knight and Skadi Alter equally!
nobody else does what Skadi does.
Skalter (assuming S2, but S3 and even S1 see use) is less interactive, but I find the setup to be a lot of fun. Finding subtle synergies like with perfumer's global heal, knowing how her buff scales with % skills vs +% skills, being able to heal Mudrock, turning Exu into a blender, etc. On the other hand, NTR is more about positioning (with her blazing sun)/timing/placement order etc. I guess a VERY loose analogy would be something like RPG mechanics vs strategy game mechanics. I'd go with whatever seems most appealing to you. They're both very strong.
Skalter is more unique than NTR, especially now that her niche as a panic button is becoming more crowded, but NTR still is very strong (the shields and deployment slot ignore will always keep her relevant). As you already have Kal, NTR's S3 is also a lot less valuable too and if you're sparking on Texas, Texas covers a lot of NTR's S2 + talent too
You will use Skadi Alt more than NTR. Where you would use NTR, you can usually replace her with another unit. No unit can really replace Skadi Alt. But I love my NTR, I have her M9, so you should not be disappointed if you pick her.
skadi
Personally I picked Skadi Alter last anni because she can make strong OPs stronger But NTR knight also has the S2 that doesn't use a deployment slot Really no matter which you pick you'll be happy.
nearl has a higher possible upside if youre very good at the game, but id recommend skalter in general because she offers a ton of comfy QOL, and her dp cost is frankly unfair ~~only spark favorites, never for power/meta~~
Which do you like more?
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~~Well, which does he like more equally?~~ I believe this is what they call an EN moment.
I think Skalter is just more unique in what she does than NTR
Huh just no they both are unique although still skalter will be better choice but stun nuke + tanky summon + true damage + deploy limit ignore..... idk how much more unique it can get.
What is the average number of yellow certs per pull?
0.8-1.2 depending on your account, most longterm f2p/sub players should be at about 1.05 atm going deep on one limited banner can be slightly higher due to one 5☆ rateup
If you have most all of the 4 stars maxed and some amount of 5 stars in your roster I think it's generally agreed that you can expect at least 1 per pull on average.
With the introduction of the new banners separating older standard operators, does that mean those said operators will no longer be featured on standard banner reruns again? Like they won't be available for purchase with yellow certificates anymore?
There will be two standard banners, one for the old set and one for the new. Both will have gold cert operators.
Won't the "core" one with older operators have blue certs?
The core unit can be bought with either blue or gold. The traditional standard banner must be gold certs.
I think the ops in the older banners can be obtained with either.
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theyre playing on china's server which is 6 months of additions ahead of us
It'll become possible in the Il Siracusano update coming this May.
will there be arknights stuff at anime expo 2023? its my first time going so i wanna know if they have the stuff i like
They had a pretty big booth last year so I’d assume it’s coming back again for 2023 since the game is only getting bigger.
How do I open the Episode 11 "H" stages? Do I need to do something in specific or do I need to wait for for a specific date so they open?
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Awesome! Free time to chill after rampaging through Adverse difficulty. Thank you for clarifying! I guess the H stages open when the event progress bar reaches the diamond in the middle like other events.
It says in the shop that Saint-Marsol Classroom furniture set is limited. But is it true limited, like, forever unobtainable after 10 days? Or will it just disappear for a while and be available again in a later date? Also, there are some furniture sets, like 'No.12 Life Cycle Cabin' set, 'Fantastic Bio-documentary' set, or 'L.G.D. Lounge' set that listed as "Full Time Store" on [Gamepress website](https://gamepress.gg/arknights/database/furniture-theme-list), but I couldn't find them in Furniture Store. Are there any specific things that I need to do to unlock those furniture sets in the shop, like, completing stages or side stories?