Arknights Vector Break #3 Guide: Self-Pick 3 Six-Stars
Arknights Vector Break #3: start time, end time, and entry requirement
Arknights Mimetic Ecology schedule
Event stages run from September 29, 16:00 to October 20, 03:59. The Breakthrough Milestone screen stays open three extra days, closing October 23, 03:59 . That three-day tail means clearing your tickets before the stage list closes is enough; you do not lose milestone rewards if you finish the stages on the last day.
Arknights only entry gate is Main Story 2-10
The unlock condition is clearing Main Story 2-10, with no elite promotion or level requirement attached. For returning accounts this is a lower bar than most SideStory events, and it means clearing 2-10 is the fastest way to start earning event currency.
Arknights event currency and what the Breakthrough Milestone pays
Arknights how "Watch Your Step" converts into milestone levels
Stage clears drop the event item "Watch Your Step," which raises your Breakthrough Milestone level and unlocks reward tiers. There is no separate shop exchange step, so tickets convert automatically and the only decision is how far you push the level track.
Arknights Breakthrough Milestone reward list
The official reward list includes the outfit "Era Series - Lazy Humming - Scene," event furniture, module upgrade materials, high-tier upgrade materials, battle records, and Lungmen Dollars (source: official announcement). The outfit and furniture are the time-limited items; if you care about collection value, push the milestone track to the tier that contains them.
Arknights are the module materials worth the sanity
Module upgrade materials are the most practical payout here. The gap check is simple: count operators whose modules sit below level 2. If that number is three or more, this event covers your module needs; if every module is already finished, the milestone is mostly outfit and cash value.
Arknights Targeted Selection: how the three self-pick slots work
Arknights the probability structure of Targeted Selection
Targeted Selection runs September 29, 16:00 to October 13, 03:59 and counts as a Standard Headhunting banner. You lock in three 6-stars and three 5-stars. Once locked, the only 6-stars that can appear are your chosen three, and together they take 100% of the six-star rate. On the five-star side the whole pool is still live, and your three picks share 60% of the 8% five-star rate.
Arknights eligible operator pools
| Rarity | Selectable range | Rate logic |
|---|---|---|
| 6-star (2% rate) | Mon3tr / Shengling Chuxue / Bellone / Zhenyan / Jian / Zhuhuang | Chosen three split 100% of the six-star rate |
| 5-star (8% rate) | Duqiao / Jixing / Xunlan / Mingjiao / Xiangshi / Fuzou | Chosen three take 60%, the rest of the pool stays live |
Arknights three rules for building your pick list
First, replaceability. The value of this banner is not the three strongest operators but the three hardest to substitute in your roster; if a candidate can be covered by a lower-rarity operator you already own, give the slot to a role like healing or control that you cannot fake. Second, investment. Whoever you lock in is who you will probably pull, and pulling means promotion, masteries, and module levels, so do not lock an operator you cannot afford to build. Third, lock once and stop: the pool is fixed the moment you confirm, so deciding the list in one sitting beats editing it between pulls.
Arknights sanity priorities during the all-day Resource Search window
Arknights what the all-day opening actually gives you
During the event, every Resource Search stage stays open around the clock, from September 29, 16:00 to October 20, 03:59. Chips, Lungmen Dollars, and EXP stages that normally rotate by weekday are available for the whole window, which matters more for account progression than stockpiling tickets.
Arknights sanity priority table
| Priority | Use | Why |
|---|---|---|
| High | Event stages for "Watch Your Step" | Outfit, furniture, and module materials are time-limited |
| High | Promotion and mastery material stages | The all-day window is temporary; weekday lockouts return after |
| Medium | Module upgrade materials | Complements milestone payouts; size the gap first |
| Low | Generic material farming | Permanent stages are always there |
Arknights event packages: is the training invite worth it
Arknights how the senior training invite works
The Senior Training Combo pack contains one Senior Operator Training Invite and two Senior Operator Training Invites of the lower tier. The invite lets you take any 6-star operator who has not reached Elite 2 and jump them straight to Elite 2 level 1, and it does not refund materials you already invested. Use it on the operator stuck at Elite 1 with the largest material gap, not the one you already finished farming.
Arknights are the data packs worth buying
The Rhodes Island Data Set gives 24 module data blocks, 30 data supplements, and 90 data patches; the smaller Data Pack gives 12 module data blocks. The deciding question is how many operators are stuck below module level 2. Two or more and the data packs pay off faster than pulls; otherwise skip them.
Arknights what comes after Vector Break #3
Arknights the National Library collab in mid-October
Production Newsletter #69 lists the next node as the Arknights x National Library collab event, scheduled for mid-October, where login sign-ins grant event furniture and the collab outfits and avatars go on sale . Sign-in collabs pay out on a fixed schedule, so they cost no sanity, only the discipline to log in.
Arknights where to park your Orundum
Vector Break #3 runs to October 20 and the collab sits in mid-October with no announced limited banner between them. Targeted Selection is a standard banner and does not share the limited pity counter, so if a limited operator is your actual target, hold Orundum until the next limited banner is announced.
Arknights Vector Break #3 FAQ
Q: When does Vector Break #3 end?
A: Stages close October 20, 03:59, and the Breakthrough Milestone screen closes October 23, 03:59, three days later.
Q: How many operators can I pick in Targeted Selection, and how do rates work?
A: Three 6-stars and three 5-stars. The 2% six-star rate is split entirely between your three 6-star picks, and your three 5-star picks take 60% of the 8% five-star rate .
Q: Can I play Mimetic Ecology without clearing Main Story 2-10?
A: No. Clearing Main Story 2-10 is the unlock condition, and it sits early in the main story, so push it first.
Q: How long does the all-day Resource Search opening last?
A: It matches the event stages: September 29, 16:00 to October 20, 03:59 .
Q: Is Targeted Selection a limited banner?
A: No, it is a Standard Headhunting banner and does not share pity with limited banners. Check the in-game details page for the exact rules.
Arknights action list for Vector Break #3
- Log in after 16:00 today and confirm the event entry works before the brief maintenance window ends.
- If 2-10 is not cleared, clear it first, then start farming "Watch Your Step."
- Push the Breakthrough Milestone to the tier containing the "Lazy Humming" outfit and the event furniture.
- Lock your three 6-star picks by roster gap rather than raw strength, and commit before pulling.
- Three days before the close, audit the milestone track: tickets stop mattering once stages close on October 20. This guide is revised when the event schedule changes; bookmark GameHub for the update.
Game Guides
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- Love and Deepspace Late September Freebies Guide
three time-limited items in Love and Deepspace deserve priority before October. The Ten Days With You cumulative login runs September 28, 05:00 to October 16, 04:59 and grants the 4-star Memory Qin Che - Autumn Light in Your Eyes after 10 days; the in-game survey runs September 26, 05:00 to October 10, 04:59 and pays one Wish Ticket on submission; and the Sugar Waffle 3-claw machine rate-up runs September 28 to October 11. If your main story progress is still short of Under the Deep Space 2-15, fix that first, because the survey entry does not appear otherwise. What follows is the order to do these in and the diamond budget to protect.
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- Wuthering Waves 3.6 Wrap-Up: Astrites and 3.7 Prep
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- ZZZ 3.2 Shiyu Defense Guide: The 25,000-Point S Floor
the ZZZ 3.2 Shiyu Defense cycle refreshed on September 18 and ends October 2. The final stage scores three separate teams, and 25,000 points per room is the S-rank floor, so three S-rank rooms is what actually pays out Polychromes. The 100,000-point aggregate target is a leaderboard number, not a reward threshold Shiyu Defense is the most predictable Polychrome income in every ZZZ version, and the difficulty is not the fight, it is splitting your account across three teams. This guide covers the 3.2 window, how scoring works, where the per-room floor sits, and how to choose stunners, support slots, and drive discs without farming extra materials.
- Love and Deepspace Sleepless Midnight: Outfits and Pity
Love and Deepspace's limited wish event runs from 22 September until 10 October 04:59. You pick three of five limited 5-star Memories, and the three you select share 75% of the 5-star drop rate. Advancing a limited Memory to rank 1 unlocks that LI's chroma outfit, and both the outfit and its ear accessory can be mixed and matched separately.
- Reverse: 1999 4.0 Welfare Plan: 40 Pulls and Psychubes
Reverse: 1999 version 4.0 "The Answerer" finished updating on 24 September with a carnival welfare package: 40 pulls from limited sign-in, a guaranteed new 6-star, a self-select 6-star Euphoria character and a Regulus outfit. The three new 6-star Psychubes arrive on different schedules, one is free during the Coastal Pickings event, one is exchanged during the King's Jubilee Banquet, and one cannot be obtained until 15 October 05:00.