Arknights: First Anniversary Stream Quick Recap!

This will be a quick recap of the important announcements from the JP Livestream.  If you have already seen our event pages for the CN 1s anniversary content, there won't be any surprises here.  I may do a more detailed coverage of the livestream content if ya'll are interested, let me know in the comments.

If you are looking for the game statistics and merchandise that were shown in the EN Anniversary Livestream, they can be found here:

Duration: December 30th - January 13th

The highly anticipated banner with Limited Operator W, and meta stand-outs Weedy and Elysium will be arriving on December 30th!  This is NOT a banner you want to miss, as it is probably the best banner that has been released to date, including in CN (both for meta, and waifu/husbando)

Thermal-EX, a third robot, will also be given to players, and added to the recruit pool

Banner details:

Featured Operators:

Rarity	Operator
6★ Rate Up	W - AoE Sniper Weedy - Pusher Specialist
5★ Rate Up	Elysium - Utility Vanguard

• 6★ Rate-Ups have a 70% chance of appearing when pulling a 6★
• 5★ Rate-Ups have a 50% chance of appearing when pulling a 5★

There will also be an additional pity system added, a "Sparking" system, that will give you currency for each pull that can be spent on recruiting the Banner Operators, or on other materials.  Details of this system can be found in the following article:

Along with this, there will be a free 10 pull that is only usable on the Limited Banner. It will expire if not used.

And if that isn't enough, we'll also be getting 1 free pull each day!!  Here are the confirmation of that from the JP and KR streams:

Start Date: December 30th

Episode 7 will be arriving, with new stories and Originite Primes!  You can check out this page to see which materials will be getting stages for better farming!

If you stated late and did not add Operator Savage to your roster, you will get another chance on December 30th!  If you already have her, you will be able to increase her potential.  Bun lovers rejoice!

[Anniversary Invocation Pack]

 JPY: 2940 = $28.36, so we can probably expect $30.

Content:

• 10x HeadHunting Permit
• Can choose a 6★ Operator from the following list:

[Rhodes Island Anniversary Pack] 

4900 JPY  currently =  USD: 47.27, so we can probably assume $50

Content:

• 90 Originite Prime
• 1 10x Headhunting Permit
• 200k LMD
• 20 Strategic Battle Records
• 50 Tactical Battle Records
• 100 Frontline Battle Records
• 20 Skill summary-3
• 50 Skill Summary-2
• 4 Chip Catalyst
• 500 Furniture Parts

Double-bonus Reset

The double-bonus for first time purchase of Originite Prime will be reset on December 30th, so if you are planning on buying straight OP, do it before then!

On Dec 30th, the following Skins will become available for purchase:

A Beagle Skin will be available in an event store that starts on January 2nd.  For more information, see the CN event page here:

Staring on January 2nd, There will be a sign-in event that awards a free copy of Thermal-EX, anniversary furniture, and an Amiya Skin!

The full sign-in rewards will probably be the same as was given to CN, which is the following:

W's Mercenary-themed furniture set will also be available for purchase on 12/30.

On December 30th, these new Operators will be added to recruitment!  (R.I.P. Healing + Defender, Healing + Defense,  Sniper + AoE, etc)

Also starting January 2nd, all stages will have a chance to drop the following:

• Emergency Sanity Sample (Can use to recover 10 Sanity )
• 32h Strategic Supplies (Can use to obtain a random material)

So be ready to farm 1-7 for Orirock Cubes until your sanity is gone.

Happy New Year!  On the first three days of 2021, we will receive the following gifts: