Is Rerolling Worth It in Arknights: Endfield?
The honest answer is: only conditionally. Endfield's reroll math is different from most gacha games because five of its 6-star operators — 
Ardelia, 
Last Rite, 
Pogranichnik, 
Ember, and 
Lifeng — sit permanently in the Standard pool. You will unlock all five eventually just by playing normally (Ardelia is even handed to you free through the permanent Awakening sign-in event, and the Endministrator is auto-granted at character creation, no gacha involved). That means rerolling gains you nothing unique from the Standard pool — it only saves you time.
The real prize from rerolling is landing a Limited-banner T0 operator (
Gilberta, 
Yvonne, 
Zhuang Fangyi, 
Rossi, or 
Tangtang per the current tier list) or a Limited T1 (
Laevatain, 
Mi Fu) while the relevant banner is live, because those are the operators that are genuinely hard to get later without deep pity investment.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Reported time per reroll attempt | Roughly 15–40 minutes to clear the prologue and reach the gacha screen (community reports vary; some cite much longer if you don't skip dialogue — test your own first run before committing to multiple attempts) |
| Premium pulls a fresh account typically has | Around 20–30 pulls from mail, pre-registration, and launch/redeem-code rewards (reported) |
| Guaranteed pulls from the Beginner Banner | 40 pulls, separate currency, guarantees one of 5 fixed Standard 6-stars |
Bottom line: reroll only if a T0 operator is currently featured on the Limited/Chartered banner and you're willing to gamble part of your ~20-30 premium pulls at it. If no T0 unit is live, don't bother rerolling — just play forward and let the Standard pool operators come to you naturally.
How to Reroll Fast: Step-by-Step
- Use a throwaway email or guest login. A new account is required for each reroll attempt — there's no in-game reset option.
- Skip everything skippable. Tap through dialogue and cutscenes during the prologue; this is what compresses the reroll from a long slog down to roughly 15–30 minutes.
- Claim every reward source before pulling anything. Open all mail, redeem any active codes, and collect pre-registration/launch bonuses first — these stack into your premium pull count.
- Pull the New Horizon Beginner Banner first, to the full 40. This is a separate currency from your premium pulls, it's guaranteed to give you a 6-star by pull 40, and it costs you nothing from your Limited-banner budget.
- Check what's live on the Limited/Chartered banner. If it currently features a T0 name (Gilberta, Yvonne, Zhuang Fangyi, Rossi, Tangtang) or T1 Laevatain/Mi Fu, spend your remaining premium pulls there.
- Apply the keep/reset rule below and either lock in the account or start over.
- Set a hard time cap. Community consensus is to stop after roughly 1–2 hours of attempts regardless of outcome — the game is clearable with any Standard-pool operator, so diminishing returns kick in fast.
The Beginner Banner Reality: What You're Actually Rolling For
The New Horizon Beginner Banner does not let you pick an operator — it's a 1-in-5 random draw from a fixed pool, guaranteed by pull 40. Know the pool before you commit pulls to it:
| Operator | Tier-list rank | Element / Class | Reroll value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Rite | T1 · Excellent | Cryo, Striker | Best possible outcome from this banner |
| Pogranichnik | T1 · Excellent | Physical, Vanguard | Equally strong outcome — hybrid support/sub-DPS, refills team SP |
| Ember | T1 · Excellent | Heat, Defender | Good outcome — healer/shielder, solid on any team |
| Lifeng | T2 · Good | Physical, Guard/Sub-DPS | Fine but not a priority target |
| Ardelia | T0 · Meta-defining | Nature, Supporter | Skip chasing her here — she's free via the permanent Awakening sign-in event regardless of what you pull |
Practical takeaway: don't reroll specifically hoping for Ardelia — you get her for free anyway. The two outcomes actually worth resetting for on this banner are Last Rite or Pogranichnik. On completion you're also prompted to pick a free 6-star signature weapon (reported) — take the one matching whichever operator you landed, or bank it for the strongest unit on your account.
Best Launch 6-Star Operators to Target
Ranking is pulled directly from the live tier list. Split by where each operator actually drops, since that determines whether chasing them is realistic on a reroll budget.
| Priority | Operator | Rank | Element / Class | Where to get them |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilberta | T0 · Meta-defining | Nature, hybrid Arts/Physical support | Limited banner only |
| 1 | Yvonne | T0 · Meta-defining | Cryo, Striker (burst DPS) | Limited banner only |
| 1 | Zhuang Fangyi | T0 · Meta-defining | Electric, Striker | Limited banner only |
| 1 | Rossi | T0 · Meta-defining | Physical, Guard (sub-DPS Physical / main DPS Arts) | Limited banner only |
| 1 | Tangtang | T0 · Meta-defining | Cryo, Caster (crowd control) | Limited banner only |
| 2 | Laevatain | T1 · Excellent | Heat, Striker | Limited banner only |
| 2 | Mi Fu | T1 · Excellent | Physical, Guard | Limited banner only |
| 3 | Last Rite | T1 · Excellent | Cryo, Striker | Standard pool — reachable via Beginner Banner or free play |
| 3 | Pogranichnik | T1 · Excellent | Physical, Vanguard | Standard pool — reachable via Beginner Banner or free play |
| 4 | Ember | T1 · Excellent | Heat, Defender | Standard pool |
| — | Endministrator (M/F) | T1 · Excellent | Physical, Guard | Free at character creation, no gacha involved |
Reroll priority in one line: if any T0 operator is on the current Limited banner, gamble your premium pulls there first — that's the only value a reroll can realistically add. Everything in Priority 3+ you'll get anyway just by continuing to play, so it's not worth resetting an account over.
When to Stop Rerolling
| Result after one attempt | Action |
|---|---|
| Any T0 Limited operator (Gilberta, Yvonne, Zhuang Fangyi, Rossi, Tangtang) | Stop immediately and keep the account |
| Laevatain or Mi Fu (T1 Limited) | Strong keep — stop unless you specifically want a T0 |
| Last Rite or Pogranichnik from the Beginner Banner, nothing notable on Limited | Good, low-effort account — reasonable to keep since these are top-tier anyway |
| Only Ember, Lifeng, or Ardelia, nothing on Limited | Weakest outcome, but not a disaster — all three are Standard/free units you'd unlock naturally. Reset only if you still have time budget left |
| You've hit your time cap (roughly 1–2 hours of attempts) | Keep your best account regardless of result — the campaign is clearable with any Standard-pool operator, and endless resets have sharply diminishing returns |
Weapon Banner vs Character Banner: Priority for a New Account
This is the one area where Endfield is unusually forgiving, and it directly answers the priority question: always pull the character/operator banner first, every time, with no exception.
- Weapon banner pulls run on a different currency than operator pulls — Arsenal Tickets, earned automatically as a byproduct of pulling on operator banners (reported: roughly 2,000 tickets per 6-star, 200 per 5-star, 20 per 4-star landed). You do not spend your premium currency to build toward weapons; you accumulate weapon currency passively just by chasing operators.
- There is no opportunity cost to prioritizing operators. Every operator pull you make is simultaneously funding your future weapon pulls. Spending premium currency directly to buy Arsenal Tickets is possible but inefficient and unnecessary for a reroll or new account.
- Weapon banner pity (reported): soft pity around pull 40 (~25% rate-up), hard pity at pull 80 (100% guaranteed featured weapon), with additional Arms Offering selector rewards reported at the 100 and 180 pull marks, alternating every 80 pulls after that.
- Practical sequencing for a new account: spend 100% of premium currency on the operator/character banner (Beginner Banner first, then Limited if a T0 is live) until you've locked your core operator. Only after that, start allocating your accumulated Arsenal Tickets toward that operator's signature weapon — you'll typically already have a meaningful head start on tickets just from the pulls you made chasing the operator.
For character pity specifically, the confirmed structure is: soft pity at 65 pulls, hard pity at 80 pulls triggering a 50/50 against the featured operator, and a guarantee at 120 pulls (no carryover to the next banner if you don't hit it — plan your Limited-banner pulls with that ceiling in mind, not an open-ended budget).
