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About
Arknights is a mobile tower defense (TD) game developed by Hypergryph. Originally released in mainland China (CN) on May 1, 2019, it later received a release in Japan, Korea, North America, Europe, and Southeast Asia (collectively known as Global) by Yostar on January 16, 2020, and in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau (TW) by Longcheng on June 29, 2020.

While at first it appears to be a deceptively simple TD, Arknights tends to be more difficult than the run-of-the-mill TD game due to tricky maps, enemy design, and challenging combat puzzles. One strong aspect of the game is the player's management of Operators and the correct use of their abilities to achieve victory. Arknights also features an important base building feature.

Arknights utilizes a gacha system for players to obtain Operators, however, the game designs stages to be solvable using Operators of the most common rarities. In addition, the Recruitment system permits the free, albeit rare, acquisition of most of the older high rarity Operators.

Due to the differing release dates of each version as well as other factors, the Global server of Arknights is ~6 months behind the CN server, while the TW server is ~8 months behind CN (~3 months behind Global).
Ongoing Events
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The Babel event has ended in the CN server...
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The 5th Anniversary celebration event has ended in the CN server...
Global
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Zwillingstürme im Herbst has ended in the Global server...
TW
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Hortus de Escapismo has ended in the TW server...
New Operators
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Global
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TW
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New outfits
CN
Global
Gwiazdcytrony
Lances of Kaliskas
Noon Twilight
One Blade
Royal Guardswoman
W Dali
Wingbreaker
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Hear the Wind Sing
The Fruition
The Road to Here
There They Be
Upcoming outfits
CN
Carriage of the Winds of Time (Ho'olheyak) • Never-melting Ice (SilverAsh) • Rhytmic Blocks (Swire the Elegant Wit)
Current Annihilation Rotating Missions
CN
"Eccentricity" Lab
Global
"The Special Little Aquapit"
TW
Rest Avenue
Current main Integrated Strategies themes
GlobalTW
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Current Stationary Security Service Missions (Global)
Dispatch Cycle #3: Southern
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Active headhunting banners (Global)
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The By My Will headhunting banner has ended...
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The 113th Standard Pool headhunting banner has ended...
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The 12th Kernel headhunting banner has ended...
New furniture (Global)
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Server Time
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Zwillingstürme im Herbst is now live as Global's Thank-You Celebration event in 2024, so prepare yourselves to head into Leithanien and experience another intrigue-filled story where we got to finally put the notorious Witch King's shadow into rest once and for all! ZT also gives us the opportunity to pull for the NPCs-turned-Operators Virtuosa and Viviana, as well as buying lots of new cool outfits including dynamic ones for Młynar and Texas the Omertosa!

Oh, don't rest on your laurels just yet, as Contingency Contract will return in June under a new flavor: the Pinch-Out Experimental Operation-inspired Battleplans with Contingency Contract Pyrolysis as the first iteration. Hope you folks are ready to draw our blood and sweat once more in this challenge...

Meanwhile on the CN server, the Shatter of a Vision story arc will soon came to its grand conclusion as CN also celebrates their 5th anniversary with the release of Episode 14 that also introduces the Medic version of Amiya, Logos(!), and more! Before you Global players drool in envy, rest assured that Global will follow suit around late October to early November (albeit rebranded into something else since Global's 5th anniversary falls in January 2025 and would be covered by the next Carnival event instead) — plenty of time for us to save up and prepare in advance!
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  • ...that due to the Global server's scheduling, the summer-themed Carnival events are released during winter (in the Northern Hemisphere) on the Global server?
  • ...that the artwork of many recent Operators were not done by their respective original illustrators?
  • ...that Kal'tsit was usable as an Operator in the beta of Arknights, where her gameplay differed from that of her current incarnation?
  • ...that because Amiya's Touch the Stars and Exusiai's "City Rider" outfits are exclusive to the CN server, Astesia, Jessica, and Suzuran are the only Operators with three outfits in the Global server as of December 2023?
  • ...that April, Ash, Tachanka, and the Terra Research Commission are the only Operators who received an outfit when they were released?
  • ...that Contingency Contract Base Point's trailer for each of the four Arknights servers featured different gameplay footage?
  • ...that despite its mixed reception, Pinch-Out Experimental Operation had become the basis for the Battleplan iterations of Contingency Contract, starting with C.C. Pyrolysis?
  • ...that alchemaniac and Namie had a back-and-forth exchange of jabs involving Goldenglow on Twitter/X?
  • ...that in a fit of irony, most Victorian Operators with English dialogues do not speak British English even though Victoria is Terra's analogue to the United Kingdom?
Featured Article
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Virtuosa is a limited 6★ Ritualist Supporter introduced with Zwillingstürme im Herbst; before this, she had made a brief appearance in Lingering Echoes and acts as the arguable antagonist of Hortus de Escapismo, as well as being mentioned in various places in the game.

The alias of Arturia Giallo, the cousin of Federico Giallo and a notorious Lateran Sankta wanted for her crimes of sowing disturbance among the populace, Virtuosa is one of the few Operators capable of inflicting Elemental DamagesNecrosis Damage in her case, yet she is also a potent supporter due to her ability to augment her allies with her skills, allowing her to be used well in the offensive and defensive.

Virtuosa's Japanese voice is provided by Aya Endō, while her English voice is provided by Cat Protano who is best known for voicing Tiadosia Kallister in Yu-Gi-Oh SEVENS.