Near Light
| Event | Rerun | Synopsis | Medals | OST | Gallery |
Notice
This event has been released and added to Record Restoration in the Global server of Arknights, and its relevant stories and operations are now available in the Archives and Terminal, respectively.
As such, the content of this page and the related subpages have been archived.
Near Light (NL) is the eleventh Side Story and second Celebration event in Arknights.
Along with the Maria Nearl and Pinus Sylvestris events, Near Light makes up the Kazimierz Major trilogy, the first story arc outside the Main Theme, as the third and final part.
Operations[edit]
Clear 1-10 to access NL operations.
| Kawalerielki | NL-ST-1 • NL-TR-1 • NL-1 • NL-2 • NL-3 • NL-4 • NL-ST-2 • NL-TR-2 • NL-5 • NL-6 • NL-ST-3 • NL-7 • NL-8 • NL-9 • NL-10 • NL-ST-4 |
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| Area 0 | NL-EX-1 • NL-EX-2 • NL-EX-3 • NL-EX-4 • NL-EX-5 • NL-EX-6 • NL-EX-7 • NL-EX-8 |
| City Neon | NL-S-1 • NL-S-2 • NL-S-3 • NL-S-4 • NL-S-5 |
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Additions[edit]
New mechanics: Visibility
New devices:
New enemies:
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| Elite |               |
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Annihilation[edit]
- Dossoles Water Gate is introduced as the new Rotating Mission from May 2, 2022.
- From May 2, 2022 to May 30, 2022, all Hypothetical Targets are always available.
Operators[edit]
- The following Operators will gain 50% extra Trust (except from Annihilation):
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- Operator Modules added for Chain Casters and Executor Specialists.
Headhunting[edit]
- Main article: Headhunting/Banners/Former-2022
The fourth Celebration limited headhunting banner, Path of the Radiant, is featured.
- Path of the Radiant also adds Rosmontis into the Celebration limited Operators' pool.
- A single
Flaming Radiance Headhunting Permit can be claimed once while the Path of the Radiant banner is up. - Every day, the player can perform one headhunting pull for free at the Path of the Radiant banner. These free pulls do not transfer over to the next day, so they must be used before the daily reset.
- Note: Nearl the Radiant Knight will be added into the Celebration limited Operators' pool on Il Siracusano.
Recruitment[edit]
The following Operators are added to recruitment:
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Note that all current tags will be refreshed once the recruitment pool are updated.
Prestige[edit]
The Prestige system allows the player to unlock Information Port content and some City Neon operations by completing missions for three Kazimierz factions with various representatives:
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The ability to raise the player's Prestige with the Armorless Union are available in the third week.
There are five Prestige levels based on how many Prestige points the player had accumulated for each faction:
| Point(s) | Level |
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| 0-9 | Indifferent |
| 10-19 | Neutral |
| 20-39 | Friendly |
| 40-49 | Admired |
| 50 | Respected |
Rewards[edit]
| K.G.C.C. | A.S.K. | A.U. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neutral | Voice of Rosebud #1 to #3 | Voice of Rosebud #4 to #6 | Voice of Rosebud #8 and #14 |
| Friendly | Hibiscus' Diary #1 Voice of Rosebud #7 |
Voice of Rosebud #9 to #11 | Hibiscus' Diary #3 |
| Admired | Hibiscus' Diary #2 Voice of Rosebud #12 and #13  General Chamber ID Card
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Voice of Rosebud #15 to #18 File Manager's Key
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Hibiscus' Diary #4 |
| Respected | Epilogue 2 | Epilogue 3 | Epilogue 1 |
Information Port[edit]
The Information Port, or Info Port for short, features a day-by-day timeline of the events and allows the player to unlock extra content divided into the following:
- Souvenir of Knight: A gallery of NL artworks.
- Sound of Alley: A jukebox of NL soundtracks.
- Hibiscus' Diary
- Voice of Rosebud
- Epilogues
Info Port contents are unlocked by completing Your Desk missions and raising the player's Prestige with the Kazimierzian factions.
| October 24, 1097 | |
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| October 25, 1097 | |
| October 27, 1097 | |
| October 28, 1097 | |
| October 29, 1097 | |
| October 31, 1097 | |
| November 1, 1097 | |
| November 2, 1097 | |
| November 3, 1097 | |
| November 5, 1097 | |
| November 6, 1097 | |
| November 8, 1097 | Epilogue 1 |
| November 11, 1097 | Hibiscus' Diary 4 |
| November 17, 1097 | Epilogue 2 |
| Unknown Date, 1098 | Epilogue 3 |
G.K.T. Commemorative Model[edit]
- Main article: G.K.T. Commemorative Model
Your Desk[edit]
- Main article: Near Light/Your Desk
Trade Exhibition[edit]
To buy all items with limited stock from the Trade Exhibition, the player must spent 8144 
.
Long-Term Goals missions award 2040 while the first clear reward of NL operations award 1560 , thus requiring the player to farm 4144 from NL operations and Daily Task missions.
The Trade Exhibition is open until May 26, 2022.
| Ware | Price | Stock |
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 1 |
200
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1 |
1 |
240
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1 |
1 |
280
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1 |
1 |
320
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1 |
1 |
360
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1 |
 1 |
150
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3 |
 1 |
75
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2 |
 1 |
100
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5 |
 1 |
45
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10 |
 1 |
40
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10 |
 1 |
40
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10 |
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160
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1 |
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100
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1 |
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90
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1 |
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85
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1 |
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85
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1 |
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75
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1 |
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75
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1 |
 1 |
15
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10 |
 1 |
13
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10 |
 1 |
12
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10 |
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12
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10 |
 5K |
7
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120 |
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5
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30 |
 2 |
3
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50 |
 2 |
1
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150 |
 1 |
4
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25 |
 1 |
2
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50 |
 1 |
6
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20 |
 1 |
5
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25 |
 1 |
5
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25 |
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4
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30 |
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4
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30 |
 1 |
3
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40 |
 1 |
6
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5 |
 10 |
2
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200 |
20 |
1
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Thank-You Celebration Login Event[edit]
From April 28, 2022 to May 12, 2022, login to the game for 10 days to claim the following rewards:
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Store[edit]
- Honeyberry and Pudding are now available in the Purchase Certificate Store.
- The purchase limit of the
ID Info Update Card Packs will be reset on April 30, 2022. - The following packs are available in the Packs Store until May 26, 2022:
| Pack | Content | Price |
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Duck Lord's Change Purse  |
 13 300K |
US$6.99 |
Senior Operator Training Pack  |
37  1 |
US$19.99 |
Rhodes Island Headhunting Pack  |
 1  1 |
US$29.99 |
Kazimierz Major Pack  |
90 1 200K 40 50 30 50  4 |
US$49.99 |
Addendum: All packs can only be purchased once per account.
Outfits[edit]
The following outfits are available at the Outfit Store until May 26, 2022:
| New |    |
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| Old |    |
Players who had purchased Nearl's Shimmering Dew SD01 outfit before the event will receive one 
Outfit Voucher (given as an in-game mail) due to the release of Nearl the Radiant Knight.
Fashion Review[edit]
The Fashion Review is introduced with the following outfits:
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Furnitures[edit]
- The Kazimierz Broadcast Center furniture theme is available; some of its parts are awarded from completing the Your Desk missions while others are available in the Trade Exhibition and Furniture Store.
- The Avant-Garde Arcade Hall theme now replaces Walter Interior Sensations as the lucky drop in most operations, which is now available in the Furniture Store.
Miscellaneous[edit]
The following interfaces receive a major update:
- Home Screen backgrounds
- Operators screen
- Operator selection info in-game
For further information, please see historic UI changes.
Community event[edit]
In the lead-up to the release of Near Light in the Global server, a community event named The Kazimierz Major Warm-Up is featured. Players just need to log in, claim the given rewards every day, and then share the page to claim 100 
. Fulfiling the given task will be rewarded a special-themed furniture piece.
- Global link (no longer active):
https://kazimierz-major.arknights.global/
Popping Valley Mining Area[edit]
From April 28, 2022 to May 12, 2022, the player will receive one mining operation every day, which can be used to receive 
Orundum from three different types of Originium deposits in the Popping Valley Mining Area, selected at random in each use:
| Deposit | Value |
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| Originium Crude Ore | 400
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| Originium Ore | 500–800
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| Originium Vein | 1000
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- The amount of Orundum received will only be shown after the mining operation is completed.
- If the mining operation does not reach an Originium Vein, subsequent operations are more likely to reach it. If an Originium Vein was not reached by May 3, May 8, and May 12, then the mining operation on the respective days are guaranteed to reach an Originium Vein.
- Unused mining operations do not transfer over to the next day, so they must be used before the daily reset.
Operator Record/Paradox Simulation[edit]
New Operator Records/Paradox Simulations are added for the following Operators:
| Operator | Operator Record(s) | Paradox Simulation |
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Battlefield Culinarian | |
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Starting Point | Not added |
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Bubbles | Drone Filter |
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Deep, Dark Dream | Quantitative Treatment |
Media[edit]
Trivia[edit]
- The Area 0 operations are connected together in a way that they form what looks like an italic, flipped letter "N".
- The medals in the PV of the event is arranged to resemble a spearhead.
- Near Light is the first event whose tracklist can be found and heard in-game at will, although this is only available during the event and the rerun.
- Near Light is currently the second longest Side Story just before Zwillingstürme im Herbst and the fourth longest content of all the stories.
- The English texts, not including the Epilogues, consist of ~64,000 words.
- The Chinese texts consist of a sheer 140,843 words.
- The Japanese and Korean texts consist of a massive ~206,000 and ~195,000 words, respectively.
- Near Light's release was met with acclaim in CN server after the backlash during Dossoles Holiday. Many players praised its story and the operator Nearl the Radiant Knight.