Community-sourced strategies and tips from r/Endfield
402 tips | Last updated: 2026-04-19
Single guaranteed character requires approximately 60,000 crystals. Multi-summon costs 5,000 crystals. Chests reward around 15 crystals each. Pull cost is approximately 2.5x higher than games like Wuthering Waves or Genshin Impact. Budget accordingly for banner planning.
Remember who you're saving for! Save your pulls/currency for Zhuang Fangyi's banner.
Free-to-play pull income from launch: 146 total pulls (72,980 Oroberyl) achievable within first 4 days by completing main story and 75-80% exploration in each region. Breakdown includes: 2 additional pulls from Firewalker event, 6 pulls from currency exchange. This represents one-time income from non-repeatable content. Players should expect lower pull income later in game lifecycle - event and endgame mode rewards will determine long-term F2P sustainability.
Endfield uses a pity system with hard pity at 300 pulls for limited characters. The 6* guarantee and rate-up guarantee can overlap. If you win a 50/50 late in a banner (e.g., 6 pulls before guaranteed 6* and 9 pulls before guaranteed rate-up), you lose significant value: the 50 bond quota, potential duplicate upgrades, or an extra new 6*. Unlike Arknights where limited pity is a 'claim' type (you can still claim the unit even if obtained), Endfield's system means winning 50/50 late removes future guarantees entirely. Consider this when deciding to pull late in banners.
F2P pull income breakdown: 130-140 pulls from one-time resources (region clearing, side quests, authority level rewards). Only 41 pulls from recurring sources per banner (30 are expiring tickets). Total ~160-170 pulls for clearing 2 regions in version 1.0. Realistic expectation is 30-50 pulls per patch from recurring sources, meaning you may need to skip 1-2 banners per patch. Monthly pass + battle pass at level 35 with Authority level 46 yielded 70 pulls in 3 days of early game.
Each banner gives 10 FREE pulls: 5 from 7-day login (tickets finish dispensing day 7) and 5 from credit store. You need to have pulled recently to earn credits for the store tickets. Free ten-pull milestone at 30 pulls. If you pulled 60 times last banner, you already have a free ten-pull waiting, putting you at 20/60 on current banner. At 60 pulls you get another free ten-pull toward the next banner. Plan pulls to maximize these free pull cycles.
Lifeng was obtained at the 75th pull (hard pity). He was already acquired through the new horizons banner and appeared again in the current banner, indicating the same operator can be obtained from multiple banner types. This suggests tracking pull counts toward pity is important for guaranteed acquisitions.
You don't have to accept time-limited/expiring pull mechanics. Community feedback can remove these - the Infinity Nikki community had expiring pulls at launch, gave feedback, and devs removed them while still making revenue. Provide sustained feedback to devs about this QoL issue until it stops.
NEVER aim to pull to just 30/60 and stop just to make use of the 30 and 60 pull rewards. Data analysis shows this strategy is misleading as many 'extra' 6 stars will be non-limited dupes. Instead, aim to skip 2 in every 3 banners on average and pull on units you like. You should buy the 5 free pulls every new banner using AIC quota. This approach maximizes total limited 6-stars for F2P players while still allowing you to pull for preferred units.
Laevatain and Gil banner last 17 days each. Yvonne's banner runs until the next version drops. Based on banner durations, the game runs on a 51-day (7.2 week) patch cycle - 9 days longer than most 3D gacha games. Use this for pull planning and currency saving.