# Arknights: Endfield Beginner Tips for Smooth Progression
> A beginner-focused plan for building progress efficiently in Arknights: Endfield, covering exploration, factory setup, character growth, stamina, and gacha rules. It is for new players who want to avoid early mistakes and understand what matters first.
- **Game:** Arknights: Endfield
- **Category:** Getting Started
- **Author:** LongBeam (https://guides-factory.com/about)
- **Difficulty:** Beginner
- **Reading time:** 15 min
- **Published:** 2026-08-11
- **Updated:** 2026-08-31
- **Adapted from:** [Arknights Endfield Beginner's Guide! 20 Tips to Progress Smoothly — IWinToLose Gaming](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRsxEGO9MLs)
- **Canonical URL:** https://guides-factory.com/guides/arknights-endfield-beginner-tips-for-smooth-progression
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Progress efficiently in Arknights: **Endfield** by focusing on the account systems that matter, solving map puzzles, collecting overworld resources, building a basic factory, and managing stamina and pulls to avoid early mistakes. This guide covers the essentials for new players seeking smooth early progression before deeper optimization or rerolling. All data is up to date as of the game's launch version.
## Quick answer
| What | Answer |
| --- | --- |
| Account progression | Authority level |
| Stamina regen | 1 stamina per 7 minutes 12 seconds |
| Six-star pity | 80 pulls |
| Soft pity | 65 pulls |
| Featured banner guarantee | 80 pulls |
| Standard selector | 300 pulls |
| Battle pass unlock cost | 29 **Originium** |
Check in game
For featured banners, the guarantee for the featured character may differ. Current game data lists 80 pulls, not the 120 still widely quoted. Confirm the requirement in-game before spending currency.
## Start with the account and early progression systems
Build your account around the authority level, which functions as your account progression indicator. You increase authority level through story completion, stamina usage, and [exploration](/guides/sword-vault-dale-100-exploration-map). Early on, the routine is:
## Use exploration to unlock maps faster
**Exploration** is the key to unlocking instanced maps, gaining resources, and connecting facilities for production and puzzles.
Time saver
You can extend power lines while carrying pylons, so there is no need to walk back for adjustments.
## Collect daily and periodic resources from the overworld
Regularly collect materials from rare gathering sites and recycling stations to accelerate character and ship upgrades.
## Set up a basic factory before trying to optimize it
Early factory management is about getting production going instead of min-maxing every input and output.
Costs less than it looks
**Factory** setup is easier if you import blueprints shared by experienced players — avoid reinventing layouts from scratch.
## Raise trust, gear, and level the right characters
Invest early resources diversely, then start narrowing as costs rise.
Hardware
Arknights: **Endfield** runs smoothly even on lower-end hardware such as an 8 GB RAM laptop.
Early power
The lizard character (Antal) is much stronger early than most new players expect.
## Manage stamina and pulls without wasting premium currency
Stamina (known as sanity in-game) governs resource and account progression. Managing it well helps maximize your account’s growth without spending unnecessary currency.
## Build teams around synergy and key early units
Team building in Arknights: **Endfield** focuses on synergy, skill combos, and strategic investment.
Aim to have every team member able to combo their skills during a run. Early investment in multiple characters is flexible and allows experimentation. Once daily and weekly resources become harder to acquire, narrow your investments to units that synergize well or fill critical roles.
Two key early units:
- **Antal**: Extremely strong for electric and heat teams, enhances Laevatain and [Avywenna](/guides/avywenna-build-guide-for-arknights-endfield), buffers damage, and offers healing. Many new players underrate him due to his four-star rank.
- **Ardelia**: Unlocked for free on day three, she universally buffs both physical and arts damage and also heals. She is optimal for almost all accounts.
After level 30–40, focus resources on characters that provide synergy. Always check stat scaling for gear — some agents scale on a secondary stat, not their main.
## Understand banner rules before spending pulls
Banner and gacha mechanics are complex, with different pull guarantees and rates depending on banner type:
| Banner type | Six-star guarantee | Featured character guarantee | Featured pool | Standard selector | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Beginner | One standard six-star | — | Standard pool | — | Use tickets as soon as acquired |
| Standard | 80 pulls hard pity (six-star), 65 pulls soft pity | — | Standard pool | 300 pulls | Selector at 300 |
| Featured | 80 pulls hard pity, 65 pulls soft pity | 80 pulls (game info; check in game for patch changes) | 50% featured, 50% two other featured plus standard six-stars | — | Featured character does not enter standard pool after banner ends |
| Weapon | 8x ten-pulls or 15,840 arsenal tickets | Featured weapon (guaranteed at milestone) | Weapon pool | — | Uses arsenal tickets, not premium currency |
Patch may have changed this
Featured banner guarantee requirements may update; always check in-game numbers.
| Pull mechanic | Details |
| --- | --- |
| Six-star pity | Hard pity at 80 pulls; soft pity starts at 65 pulls 13:55 ↗ |
| Featured guarantee | 80 pulls for featured banner (current game info); does not carry over |
| Standard selector | 300 pulls selector on standard banner 12:30 ↗ |
| 50:50 system | 50% for featured, 50% for other featured or standard pool |
| Spark | 80 pull featured spark 14:24 ↗; does not carry over to new banners |
| Free pulls | 10-pulls given at milestones; do not count toward spark guarantee |
| Weapon guarantee | 8 ten-pulls (15,840 arsenal tickets) guarantees weapon |
Careful
Free 10-pulls at milestones do not count toward the featured character’s spark guarantee; only paid pulls count.
## Decide whether the battle pass is worth it
The second tier battle pass is designed to refund slightly more **Originium** (premium currency) than it costs if you complete all missions. It costs 29 Originium and refunds 32 Originium, resulting in a net gain of 3 Originium. The reward track includes a six-star weapon selector.
You should consider purchasing the second tier only if you plan to log in daily and finish the battle pass missions. If you do not finish it, you lose the refund and the selector reward.
## Also worth knowing
Worth checking
- **Blueprints make factory setup much easier.** Copying blueprints from experienced players avoids the overwhelming complexity seen in early guides.
- **The game is highly optimized.** Arknights: **Endfield** runs smoothly on laptops with only 8 GB RAM.
- **Power lines can be extended dynamically.** You can place pylons while holding power lines without needing to walk back and forth.
- **Antal is a strong starter unit.** The lizard character is much stronger than most new players expect, especially for team support and healing.
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## FAQ
### Should I spend premium currency on stamina in Arknights: Endfield?
For free-to-play players, premium currency should usually be saved for pulls instead of stamina refreshes. Stamina replenishes on its own, while premium currency is the main bottleneck for acquiring characters. Using it on stamina slows down your ability to build a roster.
### When should I start optimizing the factory?
Early on, it is better to get the factory running at a basic level than to min-max every production line. More story progress, more ores, and higher outpost levels are more valuable at the start. Factory optimization becomes much more important in the mid to late game.
### Is the battle pass worth buying?
The second tier is worth considering if you plan to log in daily and finish the missions. It costs 29 Originium and refunds 32 Originium, so it effectively gives back more than it costs. It also includes a six-star weapon selector.
### How many pulls do I need for a guaranteed featured character?
The featured banner has a 120-pull guarantee for the banner character. The 80-pull six-star pity and the 120-pull featured guarantee are separate mechanics, and banner pity does not carry over to the next banner. Free 10-pulls do not count toward the 120-pull spark.