Rhodes Island Vacation
Rhodes Island Vacation is a webpage event exclusive to the EN and KR servers of Arknights.
Web event
In the Souvenir Passport mini-game, players can use RI Souvenir Stamps to stamp a square in a 4x4 field. Each day, you can obtain one Souvenir Stamp and two more by completing a fishing challenge and sharing the fishing results, your holiday memory, or the event webpage. Stamping every square in a row, column, and diagonal unlocks the following rewards:
| Squares | Reward | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| A1-A2-A3-A4 |  20  5 | ||
| B1-B2-B3-B4 |  1  20K | ||
| C1-C2-C3-C4 | 5  25 | ||
| D1-D2-D3-D4 | 1  2 | ||
| A1-B1-C1-D1 |  200  5 | ||
| A2-B2-C2-D2 |  20  5 | ||
| A3-B3-C3-D3 |  5  20 | ||
| A4-B4-C4-D4 | 1 5 | ||
| A1-B2-C3-D4 | 30K  1 | ||
| A4-B3-C2-D1 | 1 5 | ||
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Merchandise
By purchasing the following merchandises from the Yostar Store during the event, players can obtain bonuses in the form of up to two outfits and a furniture theme (given through in-game mail gift):
| Merchandise | Price | Reward |
|---|---|---|
| Embroidery Sticker Set | US$12 |  |
| Inflatable Sofa | US$16 |  |
| Plushie Clip | US$20 |  |
| Camping Tableware Set | US$45 | All of the above |
Media
Controversy
The event, despite being meant as a compensation for Arknights EN and KR because the KFC Collaboration had been released in Arknights JP, came under criticism from the EN community mainly due to two major factors: the high shipping costs and the need to purchase merchandise from Yostar Store.
- Yostar Store actually ships Arknights merchandise directly from Shanghai, China, through Express Mail Service (EMS); hence, the further the item is shipped, the higher the cost will be due to taxes, tariffs, and exchange rates (which of course varies with the country). For example, the shipment fee of Arknights merchandise to Indonesia ranges between 30% to 60% of the price (e.g. merchandise that costs IDR500,000 has a shipment fee of IDR150,000 ~ IDR300,000), which is relatively low (but still not cheap). However, countries on the other side of the globe, especially North America and Europe, have shipment fees that charge triple or quadruple the price.
- This fact stirred bitterness in players from the Western community as purchasing merchandise in order to get a full collection of rewards may literally "cost half of one's monthly salary."
- To exacerbate this, Yostar Store has been infamous in the EN community for their late responses; in one instance an email question to the Yostar Store takes 3–4 months to be answered. This has caused many to distrust Yostar Store and demand them to make changes that ease the players' wallets.
- The need to purchase merchandise from Yostar Store for EN players at least provided a means to obtain rewards for players in countries that do not have a KFC outlet (e.g. Russia and Sweden), but many view this as unnecessary and even a waste of money. This is unlike the KFC Collaboration, where all the player needed to do is purchase select menu items from a nearby KFC restaurant and collect points for the online event, which requires offline interaction (that obviously is impossible for the EN server due to the sheer amount of countries it covers).