Yeah thanks a lot. The tutorial they gave you is barely a tutorial at all. I feel like they could've released this mode as an entirely new spinoff game. Maybe Endfield could be something like this
question, until what day is our base safe from enemy-attacks? don't want my base-buildings destroyed when I fail a run.. need to build extraordinary base ahahaha
@@darkomega6597 from my 1st run exp, my base was attacked on day 5. Although they notify at the start of each day if enemies are nearing your base so you can try to intercept them. But i recommend not to do that at the early stages. It will just be a waste of act and stamina. Just like Ecko senpai said, better do the hunting and collecting resources during the first several runs. It's nigh impossible to clear all 12 days at that time. Also, dont forget to build construct(rice) and gathering support items first. Makes life a little bit easier. Also, plant rice on the bottom of the base. So the enemies wont reach it during a siege.
Besides Fast-Redeploys, another really good character for this mode is Dorothy. Fog of War is revealed by range of any sort, so Dorothy’s mines on S3 will reveal the Fog in its full range.
Even the in-game tutorial doesn't even teach you the core mechanics of the mode, and throws you in having little to no idea on how some of these basic tools work. Huge thanks for this!
I also found tutorial really not helpful, when I started gathering resources I was obliterated really fast and got 1-2 resources, tho I really, really like the concept of this event, I wish they made this as proper gamemode which you can always play, but without rewards or keep rewards but make them rare without losing sanity.
@@dergrive88 Agree to disagree I suppose, I'm still a fairly new player to the game and this is my first time experiencing this mode, so it is pretty overwhelming compared to the other event modes the game has offered thus far.
Yeah it was absolutely awful. I completely ignored the game mode until now because the tutorial was an absolute mess and just playing it wasn't helping much either. If they want to do stuff like that again they should just create a video themselves and not weird ingame cutscenes that are a drag to get through.
For the skill tree, its HIGHLY HIGHLY essential to pick the perks that increase initial resources (wood, stone, iron). If you max those out, you can essentially build some of the basic structures you need for the base without ever having to even start the run.
Arknights goes from simple *"new event just arrive! Play all the 8 stages and 8 hard stages in Arknights world"* to complex *"you need to collect all of these materials like woods, irons, waters, and etc. While fighting a demigod enemies on crack with 3 energy for each 1 of operator and you need to hunt those annoying animals dodging you like in a matrix"* Cool gamemode idea, but terrible unbalance system.
Totally agree, this mode has great potential, but right now the difficulty is way too high. They need to balance it, and then, it'd be an awesome new game mode.
for new people that start this mode, my advice for you is the get the rice constructs, that should be your main priority, they will permanently give you food for future runs, you'll need 4 water and 16 wood per, so farm up on both, build as many rice as possible, then if a raid is coming towards you, on the final day before they show up at the base, abandon ship, you will keep the constructs that you built, max amount of rice is 12, so in future runs, you will be able to feed your top ops constantly without having to switch them up other tips I have for you is to not have a full squad, if you think 3 ops are enough for a stage, don't bring all 6, they will use stamina even if not deployed if a tile is deployable but you can't deploy someone on it, it's most likely a treasure chest/resource node blocking you also at research project there are 2 nodes at the very end which can be unlocked using project quests that are a godsend: reveal enemies in 8 tile radius instead of only tile ahead and reveal enemy who hit you for 20 seconds, they require you to place tier 2 scout/combat devices, get them ASAP for better runs
I read the guide already but it is still better to have an actual demonstration like Ecko is doing. Thank you for making this. Can't wait for Part II for advance tips
Tbh, Ash's flashbang on deploy its really good for this mode since you can jumpscare whatever target youre trying to reveal within her range. I found myself using a lot of Yatalter and Texalter bcs of the time limit and have my DP printers be somewhere isolated, with SA somewhere preferably where I can utilize both of his passives (reveal and faster redeployment), and S3.
I like this game mode but they really need to polish it up a little more. For early game, focus on wood, water, and iron skill trees, then skip day 1 - 4, and upgrade your base before you end your run. Get those rice fields until it's on surplus median now bring hell to the party. This mode is huge and very different from what we usually have, since the tutorial is useless we rely on others and need some time to adjust. I wish it's permanent since honestly it is fun.
Ive barely understood it but i can see how this new game mode can completely re-innovate the whole arknights game play/experience. It really gives off a strong Alpha"ish kind of feel. I wish they could further expand upon this new game mode and make the explanation of the mechanics much much more easier to understand. :D
It took me countless runs on CN to finally get a good grasp on how to play this mode, but yeah - it heavily incentivises cheap Operators, as well as Fast-Redeploy. Special mention goes to Dorothy for her S3 to reveal fog and Red as she can chew through ore deposits thanks to her Chill talent.
This game mode made me fall in love with Arknights all over again. Found all of these out when I experimented the whole afternoon yesterday, but it's nice to have my findings validated. Will have to show this to my busier fellows. Thank you, Ecko!
Big thanks Eckogen! I had no idea what was going on until I watched your video. I also appreciate watching your videos on the "normal" stages. It's fun to watch a master at work!
For resource gathering nodes. You can scout every single tree/rock/iron by just attempting to place down ground operator. Unavailable spots that are normally available for them are where the resources are so no need to scout unless you want to find animals. For hidden areas, just look out for crumbling looking rocks, very easy to spot, and always use melee operator for this, for some reason my ranged operator can't hit them at all. Then for operators you want to bring, you want 2 types of operator. 1. High DPS operator, plus points if helidrop. ( ex. Exu/SilverAsh/Chongyue for trees, Eyja/Mlynar for rock or iron ) 2. Cheap High block operator or Operator with 4 block. ( ex. Noir Corne or Hoshiguma, or even gravel to scoop out the odd 1 resource here and there). Oh and also don't be stingy on deploying the gathering bots, they would break even very easily Edit : did another testing today and the gathering robots are going to out DPS and out gather any of your operator especially on rock/iron. Bring as many of them as possible on every node.
@@darkomega6597as long as it is effective, then you can deploy more. To me 1 gatherer constructs the need to bring me 3 times the amount of resources for wood, 2 times the amount for stone, 1.5 times the amount for iron. (stone and iron need operator help). (thus you need this construct to cover lot of node). For water: just deploy it at the beginning, the water resource is almost unlimited and the construct has 1x1 tile.
@@darkomega6597 Did another playthrough today and I would say always bring the maximum amount of bots on any node. They would always double or triple their resource cost. For water, it depends to be honest. I usually only do water on hunting map where I can just solo the whole map with Texas and Yato with half the time remaining, leaving me a good amount of time at the start to place down as many water generator as I want.
A good early map to farm water is the Ballista Tree map. With the starting wood, you can spend 24 to make 1 pump and 2 harvesters. There are 2 areas where the harvesters can get wood without getting hit by the bolts and a pool in the lower area that only needs a single Texas or Yato to protect. I get 11 water and 50+ wood per run, which easily makes the early game food grind.
Found myself an easy way to defend the base. Build a line surrounded by walls and turrets that bind enemy put ifrit(give her food for dmg optional) to melt everything in that line, put tanky defender with a healer at the end so ifrit can kill even the chonky enemies and you can add any other dps to help out i use mlynar, gnosis, lin, basically any aoe dps i have in my roster also myrtle with the -8DP cost food it's a big help to generate dp from the get go. But tbh any good aoe dps works with some food+sp generator in my case ifrit is the core one here, but if you a newbie with fresh account that's a pretty hard event especially with the fact you can't bring support units.
@@darkomega6597 there is 1 ranged enemy that i know of, but he is not that strong just annoying he prioritize structures over operators so you need to snipe them out with helidrops/fast redeploy or build whole base with level 2 walls(they get passive camo all the time) Also i encountered the fireball spiting enemy after the comment and forgot to mention there's exploding slugs coming to raid you sometimes so you want to have your defender isolated(don't place anything in the surrounding 8 tiles) so any aoe enemy attack wont hit other operators and especially walls if they manage to destroy an important wall that's gg So yeah ranged ops pretty much 100% save all the time, just don't let them destroy walls with aoe attacks leave some space between to counter those. you can manipulate enemy pathing pretty easy so it's not a problem just need to farm some resources for around 30-40 walls
Enemies with damage reflect are an issue, at any greater numbers they can easily oneshot Ifrit if she lights up multiple of them funneled into barbecue corridor.
@@Panocek For some reason they don't reflect dmg to my ranged ops but i didn't understood why, maybe because my defender is closer and soaks up all reflect dmg or some other unknown reason.
Fast redeploys and any operator with summons are very useful. Traps are included with this. Kal'tsit with monster is awesome (healing+Artillery Range+fast redploy monster). Dorothy is a must for enemy waves. I attacked a wave and Dorothy was the VIP. Since the enemies clump together, her mines do Mlynar levels of damage.
My biggest problem is the emergency stages. Like I needed to ask for a list of recipes to see if my ops can defeat 10 golems AT ONCE. This mode goes from easy to literally unplayable
It's pretty rough to do it all in one go unless you have a heavily built roster, but I think they wanted you to do harder raids in multiple days and then by the time they reach base, they're weakened enough to where it isn't too much of an issue.
@@alternatedimensions oooohhhhh so does that mean that how much they've weakened is based on how many enemies you defeated while they're in another map? or they just naturally weaken when they reach the base?
@@maruharu3365it means if 10 golems are attacking and you intercept them and managed to kill 5, the next time you challenge it, only 5 golems will appear.
I would say this is 3 steps you will be to gather resources. This is how you advance after playtroughs. 1st playthru, You're entering the map, hitting the trees with your operator. Each operator only can carry as much as their block count. If they're full, retreat. For a unit without range, like Saria, be sure to face her towards the plank you want to haul. (Saria can't hit the tree, but she can haul). 2nd-3rd playthru, craft the harvester, the basic one is sufficient for trees. Advanced for stone. And Expert for rock or metal? Craft the harvester ASAP. Focus building the portable field in your base. You don't need to babysit the harverster. They're quite tough, especially later when you upgrade them. Just deploy to defend them, when it is getting hairy. 4th playthru or up, With now you have like 10-12 paddy field on the base, now focus on killing bosses or enemy camps. They give you resources too. Why it is better because you're doing 2 jobs at once. 1. You're getting resources without spending any for the gatherer. For instance you need 7 woods for the basic gatherer/ harvester. Sure the map says it has 60 woods, but they're all over the place inside the map. So it is likely you'll need 3 harvester camps to fully harvest the map. 21/60 is lost. 2. The boss or camp will stop spawing waves to your base. For the early units, this is my recommendation. Since they do heavy lifting like to deal with massive 85 hordes or 10 red Mudrock golem. 1. Mizuki 2.Texas Alter or Yato Alter. 3. Myrtle, Saileach, or Elysium. 4. Gavial Alter 5. Gladiia 6. Free, could be either Surtr, Suzuran, Manticore, Ethan, Saria, Mudrock, Chongyue, Pallas. The idea is to get operator to CC, like slow or stun and true AoE. You can't expect them to reliably tank the enemy. 10 Red Mudrock Golem will kill anyone into orbit. Why less ranged operator because most of the map doesn't have good high ground placement. And the most versatile high ground operator, Goldenglow will be deprived from any sight when she's using s3. Though, if the map does have good high ground spot, please do bring the most OP one you can get. Like Kaltsit, GG, Chalter, or Suzuran.
Feels like Lunacub would be uniquely good as a scout in this mode. Permanent camouflage and huge range could cover most of one side of split zones like the some of the maps they have here without fear of retaliation from ranged units (Especially if you don't have units like Dorothy and other summoner type operators).
There is a very important feature the game doesn't tell you about and hides the buttons, you can click on the two hexes on the top right of the node selection screen and you'll find out how to build a sential, which can save you days of time.
Any Dorothy Puller would have a massive payout for this event. I don't have mountain and thorn so this event is significantly difficult for me since i need to bring healer.
Thank god for your video.. Truly appreciated🙏. Even though the game mode explains the various individually mechanics in great detail, I felt like it did a lackluster job at explaining the bigger picture of the game mode and what sort of objectives should be focused.
Thank you man 😢, I was really so confused even tho the event is kinda interesting and my thing cuz I love this type of games Eckogen saving my dead brain as always, bless 🙏🙏🙏
15:33 "Except for the stuff build at the base" Which is a huge thing. When I did my first run, I build some farms on the base and they persist to my next run. If I had known that earlier, I would have used all my other resources to build some walls in the base. The Raid was only big armoured guys and I had no stamina, so I knew I'd lost.
It seems like it doesn't appear on your screen, but on mine the areas that can't be placed on are visibly darker and indicates that there's probably something to mine/harvest/etc. there
@@Eckogen It's pretty easy to spot resources the other way. You can't deploy there so just take an operator and a look for regular tiles that aren't green. Plus in case of gathering with block count you can use operators with skill based block to gather more. Like Mountain just switch his state and boom 2 instead of 1, Mlynar 3 instead of 0 and so on. Also resources require a specific damage type maximize efficiency: wood - physical, stone - arts, iron - (don't know yet).
A useful thing I found for resource harvesting is that the squares with resources can't be deployed on (obviously) so when you select one of your units to deploy, any clear squares which are undeployable will have resources on them, so you can use a Fast Redeploy to check out that area to make sure it's the resource you want and not, say, a berry bush, before you put down your collectors
This would be great if it were a permanent mode. I don't understand an event of this complexity launching along with another event. And honestly this is really complex. I'm sure after a while I can get the hang of it, but it's very complex upfront. Which is such a contrast to the Integrated Strategies mode, which is easy to understand but has a good depth to it. Honestly this event is just a hard pass for me, not worth my time to learn it.
Me learning by myself about the mechanism of the event: "Yeah, I think I understand and getting the hang of it". Eckogen uploaded 16 MINUTES VIDEOS of explaining the event Me: "Oh God, am I learning the wrong way this whole time?" Well anyway, this event is breath the fresh air but wayyy to complex to understand it in just one try. Thank you for the video, Ecko!!!
I have no idea I'm playing it right, I'm thought I'm so bad that I have to abandon a run, turns out it's part of the strategy. Thanks ecko, very informative.
let me explain the emergency exit, on random node you can find emergency exit tool(message will appear if there is one in the node). you need to find it on random melee tile and deploy an operator on it to grab it. with this you can get out with 5 selected tool for next run
They really need to hire UI designers because it feels like every new event is another menu clicking simulator that is convoluted and hard to understand. Thank you for making this guide because the game's own tutorial is awful.
I failed all runs at the first raid before i upgraded some the base defense nodes. Those made me able to survive 2 raids until day 9, with only a single ranged unit tile in my base area. Then i skip all day activity and only do the first 2 raids pr run. It adds up decent enough points for the time spend, and i'm steadily making my way through the reward list. Just got the Pallas skin. While i do think the mode becomes more enjoyable when you unlock a lot of the nodes, the early game is really tedious. I would like the mode to become permanent, if they can fix that.
Dude you're a legend! This is such a better explanation of how to play this game mode vs the in-game tutorial! I am definitely going to enjoy playing this game mode a lot more now that I know what to do. Hopefully it becomes a permanent game mode.
I actually love this game mode. It's fun to have to explore each map with a time limit. The emergency mobs are the only bad point for me. Literally throwing 100s of enemies all at once isn't very fun even if you're prepared.
Crab level is a great example of something you missed. Try to check corners of maps, why? There might be bushes to destroy.. i noticed this gives herbs to get added effects to crafted food. On top of that they usually hide a path to a treasure chest on some maps when destroyed gives a bunch of resources. (PSA: was top left path on that map).
thanks for the vid... what my nooblet brain just gathered from the tutorial is you need food and trees to do stuff (feed ops to do operations and build something that will help you do stuff? idek what are those stuff are?)... game then expects me to know what to do... lo and behold, day 5... 81 red crocodiles wants me and my "base" dead...
Thanks so much for the guide. The tutorial did literally nothing for me, and I hated that you could not use your own ops during it. Not only that, it still left me confused about what the mode is. It did not even introduce the building mechanic, just brushed it off like its not important. You and Silvergun made this mode make more sense.
good luck killing red-enemies with low rarity lol.. especially base-defence (peoples say its like Clash of Clans.. you know how many battles involved in that game right)
Thanks for the relevant info! I played a trial run yesterday and I surmised fast redeploy, wide area reveal and self-sustain operators are all a must have for this mode.
Would appreciate it if you somehow managed to document where the escape routes are. They're a pain to find. A tip for finding harvestable resources: Hold an operator as if you were going to deploy it. Look around the map for ground tiles that aren't deployable despite being the same as the other deployable tiles. This usually means there is something there that can be harvested: resources, even treasure. There are also hidden areas in some maps that aren't immediately accessible and usually require an obstacle to be destroyed in order to be accessed. This could be destroyable terrain, or a single powerful enemy in an out of the way spot. The zone descriptions usually hint at these being present, as well as large empty sections on the map that seem fishy. I remember there is one zone that has a redblade (game calls them tiachauh warrior, but that's just flavor and not actual Tiachauh Warrior) in a very out of the way spot which, when defeated, opens the wall behind it that has some piles of gold and treasure.
so the only thing retains per run = base builds / golds / recipe & technology? good to know get golds (for black market) for enemies killed, I thought it was unnecessary
Played a round, figured out what was going on mostly by the end, but this is probably my least favorite mode to date. I don't even have Pallas so I'm debating if I care enough to play even that far. I like the idea and the effort to make a semi RTS sort of game here, but man is playing it not fun.
Thank you for the guide! May I ask for your guidance on certain enemies? I have a problem with Vein Guardian invasion, since I dont have Sutr. My only solution now is to use Reed the Flame Shadow, but my option are so limited when I need to fight 10 of them at the same time.
Is that the big Golem rock things? By that point, hopefully you can funnel them. You could try Ethan S2 for binding RNG or something to slow/weaken like Suzuran S3. But you will need a ranged tile for that.
@@Eckogen Thank you for the reply! Yes, its those Mineral golems with reflect damages. Suzuran works, but anyone else damaging them(especially the red one) will just dies from the reflect damage. Some other few guides I saw, they suggested using Surtr + medics, since she can kill them 1 by 1 before they stacked up(since they have slow walking speed) But without Surtr, I usually uses Reed(medic), but as you said I will need a ranged tile for that. When they are invading, 10 red one are approaching and its a bit overwhelming. I will wait for your base guide, maybe some invasion was meant to defense at the Headquarters.
@@Az_Sainklaus i think eckogen meant the bigger one that doesnt reflect and does big dmg. The vein guardian that u are fighting, u can use big dmg dealer like schwarz/ifrit or fast deploy art dmg like texas alter, just dont use fast attack speed and u should be good
Been curious about the choice of ops. When you mentioned "global attack range" does it mean that ops like GG and Ambriel now can see and reveal the whole map?
I don't have Goldy, and Abriel e1 60 is useless... but Lunacub, any Hexer and other wide attack range ops is really cool... at least, unless you will unlock last trait for revealing 8 tiles around
@@Eckogen I've brought more than 6 though. I always get absolutely flattened by a huge wave of enemies. The game always just spits a whole bunch of quite hard enemies at once at me and more than 3 enemies leak less then a minute in.
@@atonduke7612 you can focus on food first, then resources for at least 3 urban lv2, one easy way to defend is to block with lv 2 urban with camouflage blocking the top/left/right baiting them all down towards the provided high ground and only 1 square to defend the main base You dont really have to intercept them as early on without upgrades, 3 lives will easily lose, u just have to farm and defend the main base when they arrived (unless enemy has range unit or boss, then intercepting might be a good idea)
You're gonna need at least2 vanguard with the dp reduction buff here. Enemy attacks usually sends arround... 20 enemys in the first minute. And the hardest hitter comes first.
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Thank you ecko sensei...
Yeah thanks a lot. The tutorial they gave you is barely a tutorial at all. I feel like they could've released this mode as an entirely new spinoff game. Maybe Endfield could be something like this
Can you also explain the enemy base nodes, the one node with a ton of boss units. Thank you
question, until what day is our base safe from enemy-attacks? don't want my base-buildings destroyed when I fail a run.. need to build extraordinary base ahahaha
@@darkomega6597 from my 1st run exp, my base was attacked on day 5. Although they notify at the start of each day if enemies are nearing your base so you can try to intercept them. But i recommend not to do that at the early stages. It will just be a waste of act and stamina. Just like Ecko senpai said, better do the hunting and collecting resources during the first several runs. It's nigh impossible to clear all 12 days at that time.
Also, dont forget to build construct(rice) and gathering support items first. Makes life a little bit easier. Also, plant rice on the bottom of the base. So the enemies wont reach it during a siege.
Besides Fast-Redeploys, another really good character for this mode is Dorothy. Fog of War is revealed by range of any sort, so Dorothy’s mines on S3 will reveal the Fog in its full range.
@@nukie. HoMM vibes :D
Even the in-game tutorial doesn't even teach you the core mechanics of the mode, and throws you in having little to no idea on how some of these basic tools work. Huge thanks for this!
I also found tutorial really not helpful, when I started gathering resources I was obliterated really fast and got 1-2 resources, tho I really, really like the concept of this event, I wish they made this as proper gamemode which you can always play, but without rewards or keep rewards but make them rare without losing sanity.
same@@hardVatsuki
I disagree... it's because you haven't read the tutorial lmao, it literally explains everything said in the video
@@dergrive88 Agree to disagree I suppose, I'm still a fairly new player to the game and this is my first time experiencing this mode, so it is pretty overwhelming compared to the other event modes the game has offered thus far.
Yeah it was absolutely awful. I completely ignored the game mode until now because the tutorial was an absolute mess and just playing it wasn't helping much either.
If they want to do stuff like that again they should just create a video themselves and not weird ingame cutscenes that are a drag to get through.
For the skill tree, its HIGHLY HIGHLY essential to pick the perks that increase initial resources (wood, stone, iron). If you max those out, you can essentially build some of the basic structures you need for the base without ever having to even start the run.
Agree. Free resources in the beginning = build maze faster.
Nice,my brain is too small for this
Same
Arknights goes from simple *"new event just arrive! Play all the 8 stages and 8 hard stages in Arknights world"* to complex *"you need to collect all of these materials like woods, irons, waters, and etc. While fighting a demigod enemies on crack with 3 energy for each 1 of operator and you need to hunt those annoying animals dodging you like in a matrix"*
Cool gamemode idea, but terrible unbalance system.
Useless tutorial for this mode also.
@@kladius8045 It is a multipart tutorial.
@@kladius8045 useless, yet also wayy too long
Totally agree, this mode has great potential, but right now the difficulty is way too high. They need to balance it, and then, it'd be an awesome new game mode.
The concepts are cool, but the gameplay is so overwhelming. Too many useless/unnecessary items, while most times you only need 2 or 3 essential items.
for new people that start this mode, my advice for you is the get the rice constructs, that should be your main priority, they will permanently give you food for future runs, you'll need 4 water and 16 wood per, so farm up on both, build as many rice as possible, then if a raid is coming towards you, on the final day before they show up at the base, abandon ship,
you will keep the constructs that you built, max amount of rice is 12, so in future runs, you will be able to feed your top ops constantly without having to switch them up
other tips I have for you is to not have a full squad, if you think 3 ops are enough for a stage, don't bring all 6, they will use stamina even if not deployed
if a tile is deployable but you can't deploy someone on it, it's most likely a treasure chest/resource node blocking you
also at research project there are 2 nodes at the very end which can be unlocked using project quests that are a godsend: reveal enemies in 8 tile radius instead of only tile ahead and reveal enemy who hit you for 20 seconds, they require you to place tier 2 scout/combat devices, get them ASAP for better runs
No, these tips are godsend! thnx mate T_T
Where can you find the rice constructs?
thank you for tips! what are the tier 2 scout/combat devices? names?
@@princenwegbu3045 it's the building that looks like wheat 🌾 (don't know why called rice) it's cost is 16 wood 4 water.
@@princenwegbu3045 they are called portable plating trough in construction items
I read the guide already but it is still better to have an actual demonstration like Ecko is doing. Thank you for making this. Can't wait for Part II for advance tips
Tbh, Ash's flashbang on deploy its really good for this mode since you can jumpscare whatever target youre trying to reveal within her range. I found myself using a lot of Yatalter and Texalter bcs of the time limit and have my DP printers be somewhere isolated, with SA somewhere preferably where I can utilize both of his passives (reveal and faster redeployment), and S3.
When I tried using Kafka s1 her sleep didn't apply but the damage did :/
try Dorothy dude.
@@nerospapa8814 Didnt pull her, maybe I'll try with Robin or Scene
@@ThatsPrettyFunnyMansomeone said robin work but i didn't build her yet so many homework T_T
I like this game mode but they really need to polish it up a little more. For early game, focus on wood, water, and iron skill trees, then skip day 1 - 4, and upgrade your base before you end your run. Get those rice fields until it's on surplus median now bring hell to the party.
This mode is huge and very different from what we usually have, since the tutorial is useless we rely on others and need some time to adjust. I wish it's permanent since honestly it is fun.
Was trying to find video explaining it, good timing! Thank u ecko
Ive barely understood it but i can see how this new game mode can completely re-innovate the whole arknights game play/experience. It really gives off a strong Alpha"ish kind of feel. I wish they could further expand upon this new game mode and make the explanation of the mechanics much much more easier to understand. :D
too bad it's just an event and not a new mode like IS
@@kingofthejungle5338 i honestly thought this will be like a new IS. Dang it. ☠️☠️
@@kingofthejungle5338it could be like IS too, i mean IS start off as an event too back then
@@kingofthejungle5338 Integrated Strategies was also just an event the first time it came around. That's how they test these out.
@@kingofthejungle5338don't forget that the original run of IS was an event, then about 6 months later IS2 released as permanent
It took me countless runs on CN to finally get a good grasp on how to play this mode, but yeah - it heavily incentivises cheap Operators, as well as Fast-Redeploy. Special mention goes to Dorothy for her S3 to reveal fog and Red as she can chew through ore deposits thanks to her Chill talent.
thanks man, i was feeling like an old goat trying to understand this
This game mode made me fall in love with Arknights all over again. Found all of these out when I experimented the whole afternoon yesterday, but it's nice to have my findings validated. Will have to show this to my busier fellows. Thank you, Ecko!
Big thanks Eckogen! I had no idea what was going on until I watched your video. I also appreciate watching your videos on the "normal" stages. It's fun to watch a master at work!
Thanks, Ecko. Even the first minute of this video explains the basics better than the whole godawful in-game tutorial.
Looking forward to Part 2!
For resource gathering nodes.
You can scout every single tree/rock/iron by just attempting to place down ground operator. Unavailable spots that are normally available for them are where the resources are so no need to scout unless you want to find animals. For hidden areas, just look out for crumbling looking rocks, very easy to spot, and always use melee operator for this, for some reason my ranged operator can't hit them at all.
Then for operators you want to bring, you want 2 types of operator.
1. High DPS operator, plus points if helidrop. ( ex. Exu/SilverAsh/Chongyue for trees, Eyja/Mlynar for rock or iron )
2. Cheap High block operator or Operator with 4 block. ( ex. Noir Corne or Hoshiguma, or even gravel to scoop out the odd 1 resource here and there).
Oh and also don't be stingy on deploying the gathering bots, they would break even very easily
Edit : did another testing today and the gathering robots are going to out DPS and out gather any of your operator especially on rock/iron. Bring as many of them as possible on every node.
how many bots recommended per map? the time-limit quite strict.. 2 tree/2 water perhaps?
@@darkomega6597as long as it is effective, then you can deploy more. To me 1 gatherer constructs the need to bring me 3 times the amount of resources for wood, 2 times the amount for stone, 1.5 times the amount for iron. (stone and iron need operator help). (thus you need this construct to cover lot of node).
For water: just deploy it at the beginning, the water resource is almost unlimited and the construct has 1x1 tile.
@@darkomega6597 Did another playthrough today and I would say always bring the maximum amount of bots on any node. They would always double or triple their resource cost.
For water, it depends to be honest. I usually only do water on hunting map where I can just solo the whole map with Texas and Yato with half the time remaining, leaving me a good amount of time at the start to place down as many water generator as I want.
A good early map to farm water is the Ballista Tree map. With the starting wood, you can spend 24 to make 1 pump and 2 harvesters. There are 2 areas where the harvesters can get wood without getting hit by the bolts and a pool in the lower area that only needs a single Texas or Yato to protect. I get 11 water and 50+ wood per run, which easily makes the early game food grind.
Found myself an easy way to defend the base.
Build a line surrounded by walls and turrets that bind enemy put ifrit(give her food for dmg optional) to melt everything in that line, put tanky defender with a healer at the end so ifrit can kill even the chonky enemies and you can add any other dps to help out i use mlynar, gnosis, lin, basically any aoe dps i have in my roster also myrtle with the -8DP cost food it's a big help to generate dp from the get go.
But tbh any good aoe dps works with some food+sp generator in my case ifrit is the core one here, but if you a newbie with fresh account that's a pretty hard event especially with the fact you can't bring support units.
I haven't tried our-base-is-under-attack yet.. is there's ranged-attack enemies? or our ranged ops totally safe?
@@darkomega6597 there is 1 ranged enemy that i know of, but he is not that strong just annoying he prioritize structures over operators so you need to snipe them out with helidrops/fast redeploy or build whole base with level 2 walls(they get passive camo all the time)
Also i encountered the fireball spiting enemy after the comment and forgot to mention there's exploding slugs coming to raid you sometimes so you want to have your defender isolated(don't place anything in the surrounding 8 tiles) so any aoe enemy attack wont hit other operators and especially walls if they manage to destroy an important wall that's gg
So yeah ranged ops pretty much 100% save all the time, just don't let them destroy walls with aoe attacks leave some space between to counter those.
you can manipulate enemy pathing pretty easy so it's not a problem just need to farm some resources for around 30-40 walls
Enemies with damage reflect are an issue, at any greater numbers they can easily oneshot Ifrit if she lights up multiple of them funneled into barbecue corridor.
@@Panocek For some reason they don't reflect dmg to my ranged ops but i didn't understood why, maybe because my defender is closer and soaks up all reflect dmg or some other unknown reason.
Doing god's work for this one, Eckogen. Classy as always
Fast redeploys and any operator with summons are very useful. Traps are included with this. Kal'tsit with monster is awesome (healing+Artillery Range+fast redploy monster). Dorothy is a must for enemy waves. I attacked a wave and Dorothy was the VIP. Since the enemies clump together, her mines do Mlynar levels of damage.
My biggest problem is the emergency stages. Like I needed to ask for a list of recipes to see if my ops can defeat 10 golems AT ONCE. This mode goes from easy to literally unplayable
It's pretty rough to do it all in one go unless you have a heavily built roster, but I think they wanted you to do harder raids in multiple days and then by the time they reach base, they're weakened enough to where it isn't too much of an issue.
@@alternatedimensions oooohhhhh so does that mean that how much they've weakened is based on how many enemies you defeated while they're in another map? or they just naturally weaken when they reach the base?
@@maruharu3365it means if 10 golems are attacking and you intercept them and managed to kill 5, the next time you challenge it, only 5 golems will appear.
@@maruharu3365former
@@ganrielzembago5622 damn i see now
Thank you SO MUCH, I needed this video!!!! 🙏🏻
I would say this is 3 steps you will be to gather resources. This is how you advance after playtroughs.
1st playthru,
You're entering the map, hitting the trees with your operator. Each operator only can carry as much as their block count. If they're full, retreat. For a unit without range, like Saria, be sure to face her towards the plank you want to haul. (Saria can't hit the tree, but she can haul).
2nd-3rd playthru,
craft the harvester, the basic one is sufficient for trees. Advanced for stone. And Expert for rock or metal?
Craft the harvester ASAP. Focus building the portable field in your base.
You don't need to babysit the harverster. They're quite tough, especially later when you upgrade them. Just deploy to defend them, when it is getting hairy.
4th playthru or up,
With now you have like 10-12 paddy field on the base, now focus on killing bosses or enemy camps. They give you resources too. Why it is better because you're doing 2 jobs at once.
1. You're getting resources without spending any for the gatherer. For instance you need 7 woods for the basic gatherer/ harvester. Sure the map says it has 60 woods, but they're all over the place inside the map. So it is likely you'll need 3 harvester camps to fully harvest the map. 21/60 is lost.
2. The boss or camp will stop spawing waves to your base.
For the early units, this is my recommendation. Since they do heavy lifting like to deal with massive 85 hordes or 10 red Mudrock golem.
1. Mizuki
2.Texas Alter or Yato Alter.
3. Myrtle, Saileach, or Elysium.
4. Gavial Alter
5. Gladiia
6. Free, could be either Surtr, Suzuran, Manticore, Ethan, Saria, Mudrock, Chongyue, Pallas.
The idea is to get operator to CC, like slow or stun and true AoE. You can't expect them to reliably tank the enemy. 10 Red Mudrock Golem will kill anyone into orbit. Why less ranged operator because most of the map doesn't have good high ground placement. And the most versatile high ground operator, Goldenglow will be deprived from any sight when she's using s3. Though, if the map does have good high ground spot, please do bring the most OP one you can get. Like Kaltsit, GG, Chalter, or Suzuran.
amazing explanation. 👏🏻👏🏻
"You mix three ingredients, and warter, or WOH-TEH"
Subbed lol
Feels like Lunacub would be uniquely good as a scout in this mode. Permanent camouflage and huge range could cover most of one side of split zones like the some of the maps they have here without fear of retaliation from ranged units (Especially if you don't have units like Dorothy and other summoner type operators).
What I was waiting for!
My smooth brain almost steaming hot trying those mode😂
I just want Pallas skin 😭
There is a very important feature the game doesn't tell you about and hides the buttons, you can click on the two hexes on the top right of the node selection screen and you'll find out how to build a sential, which can save you days of time.
Any Dorothy Puller would have a massive payout for this event. I don't have mountain and thorn so this event is significantly difficult for me since i need to bring healer.
Thank god for your video.. Truly appreciated🙏. Even though the game mode explains the various individually mechanics in great detail, I felt like it did a lackluster job at explaining the bigger picture of the game mode and what sort of objectives should be focused.
Thank you man 😢, I was really so confused even tho the event is kinda interesting and my thing cuz I love this type of games
Eckogen saving my dead brain as always, bless 🙏🙏🙏
Excellent video, I had understood some things but now everything is clearer to me!
Thank you very much, great job!!!
15:33 "Except for the stuff build at the base" Which is a huge thing. When I did my first run, I build some farms on the base and they persist to my next run. If I had known that earlier, I would have used all my other resources to build some walls in the base. The Raid was only big armoured guys and I had no stamina, so I knew I'd lost.
I'm crying, why did they made such a complex mode while we have the monster hunter collab to learn 😭😭😭
I wish the events were at separate times.
It seems like it doesn't appear on your screen, but on mine the areas that can't be placed on are visibly darker and indicates that there's probably something to mine/harvest/etc. there
I don't think I seen that yet. You should drop a screenshot of it in Discord.
@@Eckogen It's pretty easy to spot resources the other way. You can't deploy there so just take an operator and a look for regular tiles that aren't green. Plus in case of gathering with block count you can use operators with skill based block to gather more. Like Mountain just switch his state and boom 2 instead of 1, Mlynar 3 instead of 0 and so on. Also resources require a specific damage type maximize efficiency: wood - physical, stone - arts, iron - (don't know yet).
A useful thing I found for resource harvesting is that the squares with resources can't be deployed on (obviously) so when you select one of your units to deploy, any clear squares which are undeployable will have resources on them, so you can use a Fast Redeploy to check out that area to make sure it's the resource you want and not, say, a berry bush, before you put down your collectors
Thank you for explanation! I was actually troubled of all this terms since it's very unfamiliar.
Thanks bro! Great Tutorial
Finally, the editor music.
This would be great if it were a permanent mode. I don't understand an event of this complexity launching along with another event.
And honestly this is really complex. I'm sure after a while I can get the hang of it, but it's very complex upfront. Which is such a contrast to the Integrated Strategies mode, which is easy to understand but has a good depth to it.
Honestly this event is just a hard pass for me, not worth my time to learn it.
Thanks Eckogen. The in game tutorial was pretty confusing.
maybe the real arknights open world was the reclamation algorithm we played along the way
Thank you VERY MUCH for this video!!!
Me learning by myself about the mechanism of the event: "Yeah, I think I understand and getting the hang of it".
Eckogen uploaded 16 MINUTES VIDEOS of explaining the event
Me: "Oh God, am I learning the wrong way this whole time?"
Well anyway, this event is breath the fresh air but wayyy to complex to understand it in just one try. Thank you for the video, Ecko!!!
I have no idea I'm playing it right, I'm thought I'm so bad that I have to abandon a run, turns out it's part of the strategy. Thanks ecko, very informative.
man it's hard being a pallas simp
Omg I’m waiting for this video
Thank you so much
Thanks for the video. i didn't know how this work at all
let me explain the emergency exit, on random node you can find emergency exit tool(message will appear if there is one in the node). you need to find it on random melee tile and deploy an operator on it to grab it. with this you can get out with 5 selected tool for next run
tip to find resources, if you cannot deploy melee operator in certain tile(non banned tile but can't deploy there), it probably a resouce
Thanks so much for this explanation! After your next video is done, maybe another great idea for a video would be tips and tricks.
The hardcore game mode goes crazy.
They really need to hire UI designers because it feels like every new event is another menu clicking simulator that is convoluted and hard to understand.
Thank you for making this guide because the game's own tutorial is awful.
Nice, thanks as always ecko Im just waiting to e2 my yato alter cus i dont have enough materials lol
Thanks for the explanation!
I failed all runs at the first raid before i upgraded some the base defense nodes. Those made me able to survive 2 raids until day 9, with only a single ranged unit tile in my base area. Then i skip all day activity and only do the first 2 raids pr run. It adds up decent enough points for the time spend, and i'm steadily making my way through the reward list. Just got the Pallas skin. While i do think the mode becomes more enjoyable when you unlock a lot of the nodes, the early game is really tedious. I would like the mode to become permanent, if they can fix that.
Heavily recommend getting wood before food at the stat. Getting wood means you can keep getting wood via the harvesters.
Dude you're a legend! This is such a better explanation of how to play this game mode vs the in-game tutorial! I am definitely going to enjoy playing this game mode a lot more now that I know what to do. Hopefully it becomes a permanent game mode.
Swear to God this is the worst mode Hypergyrph has made so far, so this video actually helps a lot
I actually love this game mode. It's fun to have to explore each map with a time limit. The emergency mobs are the only bad point for me. Literally throwing 100s of enemies all at once isn't very fun even if you're prepared.
Thank you for this, I found the gamemode incredibly confusing even after the tutorial.
Nice thx eckogen
Thank you for the explanation, in game tutorial feel hard to understand that why this help me a lot 😅
Good advice. Wish I'd watched this first.
I need part 2 rn
Great tutorial 🙏🙏
this is what I need it!
thanks for the guide
thx for the guide 😊
Crab level is a great example of something you missed. Try to check corners of maps, why? There might be bushes to destroy.. i noticed this gives herbs to get added effects to crafted food. On top of that they usually hide a path to a treasure chest on some maps when destroyed gives a bunch of resources. (PSA: was top left path on that map).
This is what we have been waiting for
Thankfully the barrier placed in the base doesn't reset every run
thanks for the vid...
what my nooblet brain just gathered from the tutorial is you need food and trees to do stuff (feed ops to do operations and build something that will help you do stuff? idek what are those stuff are?)...
game then expects me to know what to do...
lo and behold, day 5... 81 red crocodiles wants me and my "base" dead...
so you're only safe (and can ignore enemy's raid) until day 4.. escape by then hahaha
Arknights go from simple 8 stages events to survive build and idk i didn't try it yet lmao
Thanks so much for the guide. The tutorial did literally nothing for me, and I hated that you could not use your own ops during it. Not only that, it still left me confused about what the mode is. It did not even introduce the building mechanic, just brushed it off like its not important. You and Silvergun made this mode make more sense.
Still no one do low rarity for this event ._.
good luck killing red-enemies with low rarity lol.. especially base-defence (peoples say its like Clash of Clans.. you know how many battles involved in that game right)
It's not possible for low rarity to fight the enemies. They are all red elites and rush you like mad.
Thanks for the relevant info! I played a trial run yesterday and I surmised fast redeploy, wide area reveal and self-sustain operators are all a must have for this mode.
can't wait for the second one
Thanks so much for this!! The tutorial was complete ballsack
thanks for the explanation!
Thanks needed more info on this
I like the idea of the gamemode but I don't think it was executed that well tbh. Maybe in the future they will work on it just like they did with is2
Man, sargon really be land of no one, not even the tutorial
Thanks for this man..❤️❤️ hahah really helpful.i almost skip this event since I don't know what to do lmao
man I just wanna get the pallas skin
I didn't see the left side bar so I was only able to replenish before entering lmao
helpful vid , thanks lord
Would appreciate it if you somehow managed to document where the escape routes are. They're a pain to find.
A tip for finding harvestable resources: Hold an operator as if you were going to deploy it. Look around the map for ground tiles that aren't deployable despite being the same as the other deployable tiles. This usually means there is something there that can be harvested: resources, even treasure.
There are also hidden areas in some maps that aren't immediately accessible and usually require an obstacle to be destroyed in order to be accessed. This could be destroyable terrain, or a single powerful enemy in an out of the way spot. The zone descriptions usually hint at these being present, as well as large empty sections on the map that seem fishy. I remember there is one zone that has a redblade (game calls them tiachauh warrior, but that's just flavor and not actual Tiachauh Warrior) in a very out of the way spot which, when defeated, opens the wall behind it that has some piles of gold and treasure.
I'm doing this to get Pallas free 2nd skin thank you Eckogen
If you have Dorothy you can use her 3 skills to open maps easily and hunt those sheep/deer with mine is easier to
Fog of war, resource collection, base building.
Turn based RTS?
so the only thing retains per run = base builds / golds / recipe & technology? good to know get golds (for black market) for enemies killed, I thought it was unnecessary
I haven't started yet. I guess I will wait for part 2
Part 2 is more Base building. This covers what the hell is going on with all these menus.
@@Eckogen Ah. I will probably watch this before bed and see. Thanks
Played a round, figured out what was going on mostly by the end, but this is probably my least favorite mode to date. I don't even have Pallas so I'm debating if I care enough to play even that far. I like the idea and the effort to make a semi RTS sort of game here, but man is playing it not fun.
Finally! I'm not touching that event until now XD
thx echo your explanation is best
Thank you for the guide!
May I ask for your guidance on certain enemies?
I have a problem with Vein Guardian invasion, since I dont have Sutr.
My only solution now is to use Reed the Flame Shadow, but my option are so limited when I need to fight 10 of them at the same time.
Is that the big Golem rock things? By that point, hopefully you can funnel them. You could try Ethan S2 for binding RNG or something to slow/weaken like Suzuran S3. But you will need a ranged tile for that.
@@Eckogen Thank you for the reply!
Yes, its those Mineral golems with reflect damages.
Suzuran works, but anyone else damaging them(especially the red one) will just dies from the reflect damage.
Some other few guides I saw, they suggested using Surtr + medics, since she can kill them 1 by 1 before they stacked up(since they have slow walking speed)
But without Surtr, I usually uses Reed(medic), but as you said I will need a ranged tile for that.
When they are invading, 10 red one are approaching and its a bit overwhelming.
I will wait for your base guide, maybe some invasion was meant to defense at the Headquarters.
@@Az_Sainklaus i think eckogen meant the bigger one that doesnt reflect and does big dmg. The vein guardian that u are fighting, u can use big dmg dealer like schwarz/ifrit or fast deploy art dmg like texas alter, just dont use fast attack speed and u should be good
Been curious about the choice of ops. When you mentioned "global attack range" does it mean that ops like GG and Ambriel now can see and reveal the whole map?
I don't have Goldy, and Abriel e1 60 is useless... but Lunacub, any Hexer and other wide attack range ops is really cool... at least, unless you will unlock last trait for revealing 8 tiles around
I also have that thought and tried using GG's S3, but sadly it doesn't work that way.
GG/Ambriel for example can hit any enemies in areas that have been exposed where you don't have op coverage.
I can't get past the first raid. There are always lots and lots of enemies just 2 days away and quite a lot of them are hard enemies. WTF!
I usually bring at least 6 ops cause of how difficult they are.
@@Eckogen I've brought more than 6 though. I always get absolutely flattened by a huge wave of enemies. The game always just spits a whole bunch of quite hard enemies at once at me and more than 3 enemies leak less then a minute in.
@@atonduke7612 you can focus on food first, then resources for at least 3 urban lv2, one easy way to defend is to block with lv 2 urban with camouflage blocking the top/left/right baiting them all down towards the provided high ground and only 1 square to defend the main base
You dont really have to intercept them as early on without upgrades, 3 lives will easily lose, u just have to farm and defend the main base when they arrived (unless enemy has range unit or boss, then intercepting might be a good idea)
You're gonna need at least2 vanguard with the dp reduction buff here. Enemy attacks usually sends arround... 20 enemys in the first minute. And the hardest hitter comes first.
It's like Frostpunk
oh neat guide, also pick up some good strats