Limited Operators

Operator

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Welfares

Limited

Colloquially known as limited Operators, certain Operators can only be obtained during specific headhunting banners and cannot be obtained in any other way otherwise. This also includes Operators released as part of crossover/collaboration events.

List

As of January 22, 2025, there are 31 limited Operators on CN from four different categories.

With the exception of Crossover ones, all limited Operators feature dynamic Elite 2 artwork; see Outfit#Dynamic art for more information.

Celebration

These limited Operators are released as part of Celebration events:

• The first (odd-numbered cells in the table below) is released during yearly anniversaries (May) in the CN server, or as an interim between the half-year and yearly anniversary (late October/early November) in the Global server.
• The second (even-numbered cells in the table below) is released during half-year anniversaries (November) in CN, or as an interim between the yearly and half-year anniversary (late April/early May) in Global.

Operator	Introduced in	Release status
		CN	Global	TW
W	1st Anniversary Celebration Cremation Last Wish	Released	Released	Released
Rosmontis	Fan Appreciation Event Forget Me Not	Released	Released	Released
Skadi the Corrupting Heart	Under Tides Deep Drown Lament	Released	Released	Released
Nearl the Radiant Knight	Near Light Path of the Radiant	Released	Released	Released
Specter the Unchained	Stultifera Navis Abyss Corrosion	Released	Released	Released
Texas the Omertosa	Il Siracusano Through a Path of Briars	Released	Released	Released
Muelsyse	Lone Trail Here I Stand	Released	Released	Released
Virtuosa	Zwillingstürme im Herbst By My Will	Released	Released	Released
Wiš'adel	Episode 14: Absolved Will Be the Seekers Our Kind	Released	Released	Released
Lappland the Decadenza	I Portatori dei Velluti We Mischievous Few	Released	Upcoming	Upcoming

Carnival

These limited Operators are released as part of Carnival events during the peak of summer (August) in CN, or yearly anniversaries (around January 16) in Global.

Operator	Introduced in	Release status
		CN	Global	TW
Ch'en the Holungday	Dossoles Holiday Holiday Stars	Released	Released	Released
Gavial the Invincible	Ideal City Great Axe and Pen Nib	Released	Released	Released
Eyjafjalla the Hvít Aska	So Long, Adele Cloudtop Lucid Dreams	Released	Released	Released
Pepe	Adventure That Cannot Wait for the Sun Engraver of Quicksand	Released	Released	Upcoming

Festival

These limited Operators are released as part of Festival events during Chinese New Years (February) in CN, or half-year anniversaries (late July/early August) in Global.

Operator	Introduced in	Release status
		CN	Global	TW
Nian	Ancient Forge Earthborn Metals	Released	Released	Released
Dusk	Who is Real Hidden Moon	Released	Released	Released
Ling	Invitation to Wine Unstrained Liquor, Pellucid Heart	Released	Released	Released
Chongyue	Where Vernal Winds Will Never Blow Solitude Universal	Released	Released	Released
Shu	Here A People Sows Reap of Millennia	Released	Released	Released
Yu	Such is the Joy of Our Reunion An Eternity Aflame	Released	Upcoming	Upcoming

Crossover

These limited Operators are released as part of crossover events.

Operator	Introduced in	Release status
		CN	Global	TW
Ash	Operation Originium Dust Attack, Defence, Tactical Collide	Released	Released	Released
Blitz
Frost
Kirin R Yato	A Flurry to the Flame Sharpened by Flame	Released	Released	Released
Rathalos S Noir Corne
Doc	Operation Lucent Arrowhead Storm, Reinforce, Missions Cycle	Released	Released	Released
Ela
Iana
Chilchuck	Delicious On Terra Terran Food, Ah, Terran Food	Released	Released	Upcoming
Laios
Marcille