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Applicable version: v1.0.5 (official patch notes, 2026-09-15) · 1.0 release line (Steam release date 2026-07-09)
Pull order in 4.0 comes down to one question: does your account lack a Star DPS or a Beast DPS? Huntsworn Lilya (Star) and Drake (Beast) are the only two 6-stars this patch, and taking one character from zero to Insight III level 30 costs 258,000 Sharpodonty and 32 affinity materials — roughly 8 to 10 days of natural Activity at 240 a day.
Love and Deepspace 6.0 hands out a little over 6,000 Diamonds across the four home activities, which is 40 pulls at 150 Diamonds each. A limited banner's 70-pull soft pity costs 10,500 Diamonds, so the 4,500 Diamond gap is about nine weeks of dailies and weeklies. Clear the home every day, buy your seven weekly tickets, and do not pay to close a 30-pull gap.
Planar Fissure ends 10/25 03:59. From 10/18 you have 7 days, 1680 Power and 42 runs. Fix the elemental Sphere, then the Energy Rope, and stop at 2 crit lines.
Genshin Impact 7.1 gives away two five-stars: Tabletop Troupe lets you take one limited unit from Tartaglia, Nilou, Baizhu, Chiori, Clorinde and Varesa, while Snowbound Journey lets you take one standard-banner unit. Both close on 2026-11-03 at 14:59, both are one-pick-only, and the limited pick should go first.
3.7 ships two Electro 5-stars, and both of them want the same echo set. Run 4C+3C+3C+1C+1C for exactly 12 COST, stop rolling at 70% crit rate and 140% crit damage, and hand the best set to the deepest tower zone instead of spreading it.
Phoenix arrives in the first half of 3.3, and taking her from zero to Shiyu-ready costs up to 28,800 Polychrome, 3.105 million Dennies and 300 Senior Investigator Logs. Her job is anomaly application plus team-wide anomaly crits, not on-field main DPS. Pull if your account has no Fire anomaly slot. Skip if your Fire anomaly core already works, and wait for Severian on November 11 if what you actually need is front-loaded damage.
Applicable version: CN server, live as of 2026-10-18 (Arknights has no version numbering; official announcement dates are the anchor). Naming note: this is CN-server content, so operator names follow the romanized CN form used across our Arknights coverage, and item names are translated where Global has no official wording yet. Yesterday's Sea stages and the Abyssal Cruise banner both shut at 03:59 on October 23, not October 30. From October 18 that leaves five days and roughly 1,200 sanity: clear the YW stages and the Salvage Plan missions for Lugu first, spend tokens on the shop second, and only then think about E2 or pulls.