Arknights Endfield Currency & Gacha Guide

Arknights: Endfield throws a surprising number of currencies, tickets, and resource tokens at you from the very beginning. Between Oroberyls, Origeometry, Headhunting Permits, local stock bills, and multiple quota systems, it can be difficult to see how everything fits together or which items you should prioritize. This guide walks through every major type of currency featured in early versions of Endfield, explains how they connect to the gacha system, and outlines practical strategies to turn your time in-game into the maximum number of useful pulls.

Big Picture: How Endfield Handles Currencies

Instead of a single all-purpose resource, Endfield separates progression into distinct currency groups. Broadly, they fall into four roles:

• Premium and gacha currencies – used directly or indirectly for character and weapon summons.
• Progression and upgrade currencies – used to level Operators, gear, and facilities.
• Regional and stock currencies – tied to specific locations and exchange centers.
• Quota and token systems – long-term pity-style or safety-net currencies that come from pulling.

Understanding these roles first makes it much easier to decide where to spend, save, or convert your resources later on.

Premium Currencies: Oroberyls, Origeometry & Orbial

Endfield uses several closely related premium currencies that ultimately feed into the gacha system.

Oroberyls: The Core Gacha Currency

Oroberyls are the main currency you will associate with pulling on banners. In most cases they are either:

• Spent directly on standard pulls, or
• Converted into tickets or permits that grant pulls.

Oroberyls come from an extremely wide range of activities, including exploration rewards, mission completions, node objectives, and many of the progression checklists that reward you for engaging with different systems. This makes them the most important long-term currency to track.

Origeometry: Premium Top-Up Currency

Origeometry sits one layer above Oroberyls. It acts as the true premium currency that can usually be purchased with real money through the official in-game store managed by the publisher. Like comparable currencies in other gacha titles, Origeometry is frequently used to:

• Unlock or upgrade a seasonal pass-style system.
• Purchase bundles that include tickets, materials, or cosmetics.
• Convert directly into Oroberyls when you want immediate summons.

According to the publisher, Hypergryph, monetary purchases in their games are routed through internal real-money currencies like this one, allowing a single balance to be used across specific shop items or packs.¹ However, Endfield also awards Origeometry in small amounts through progression or events, so free-to-play players will still encounter it.

Orbial and Related Reward Currencies

Many players use “Orbial” as shorthand for a secondary reward currency that you earn from long-term systems such as authority (account) level, side systems like crafting milestones, or archive progress. While the names and exact values may shift between updates, the pattern is clear:

• Orbial-type currencies are often exchangeable for Oroberyls or gacha-related items.
• They are typically tied to overall account progression, not just one-time campaign rewards.

In practice, you can treat this group as progression-linked premium income that accumulates as you play more systems over weeks and months.

Tickets, Permits & Direct Pull Items

Many banners in Arknights: Endfield do not consume Oroberyls directly. Instead, you spend tickets or “permits” that represent one pull each. These items are crucial because they are often obtained from sources that do not cost premium currency at all.

Standard Headhunting Permits

Standard Headhunting Permits are the most familiar gacha ticket. They are typically used on the permanent banner and some recurring banners. You can obtain them from:

• Exploration rewards and chest drops.
• Regional stock exchanges (converting local stock bills to permits).
• Long-term game modes and milestone rewards.

Because they can be obtained from regional currencies and fixed progression rewards, they are a major source of free pulls for every player.

Limited Headhunting Permits

Limited banners, featuring powerful or time-limited characters, use special permits that can only be spent on those banners. Endfield gives you several ways to get them without paying:

• Event rewards and launch gifts.
• Exchanges using quota currencies (earned from pulls or duplicates).
• Occasional codes or campaign rewards announced by the publisher.

Because limited banners often have higher pull expectations, these permits are valuable; saving quota currencies or exchangeable resources for them is usually a strong strategy for free-to-play players.

Weapon and Gear Tickets

Separately from Operator banners, Endfield also features tickets for weapon or gear-related gacha. These tickets:

• Are typically obtained from combat-focused content and resource stages.
• May be available in regional shops alongside operator permits.
• Provide progression power without increasing your operator roster size.

Balancing operator pulls and weapon pulls is an important part of sustaining account growth. Since operators cannot perform optimally without suitable weapons, some portion of your ticket budget should be reserved for gear banners.

Progression & Upgrade Currencies

Gacha resources are only part of the economy. Endfield also includes multiple currencies that control leveling, skills, and facility upgrades.

Operator Upgrade Resources

Operator progression consumes several item types:

• Experience items or chips – grant large amounts of EXP to quickly raise operator level.
• Skill materials – used to enhance or unlock skills and talents.
• Promotion or breakthrough materials – required to push operators past level caps.

While these are not currencies in the strictest sense, they occupy the same strategic space: you decide how to allocate limited upgrade materials across a growing roster. Research on player behavior in similar gacha games shows that resource bottlenecks in upgrade materials strongly shape which units players use long term, sometimes more than the gacha rates themselves.²

Base, Facility & Construction Resources

Endfield emphasizes exploration and base development more than the original Arknights. As a result, it includes building-related currencies such as:

• Construction materials – used to build or upgrade structures.
• Blueprints or schematics – unlock new building types or upgrade tiers.
• Operational energy or power – sometimes required to activate or maintain functions.

These currencies tie directly into your ability to farm efficiently. Upgraded facilities often increase drop rates, reduce stamina costs, or unlock new farming nodes, making every future run more valuable.

Regional Currencies & Stock Systems

One of Endfield’s distinctive features is the presence of local currencies tied to specific regions or cities. These typically appear as “stock bills” or similar notes.

Local Stock Bills and Their Uses

Regional currencies are earned when you complete activities in their respective areas, such as:

• Side quests and local contracts.
• Exploration events or world interactions.
• Defeating enemies in the local overworld.

They are then taken to a Stock Redistribution Center NPC or facility, where you can trade them for valuable items like:

• Basic Headhunting Permits.
• Upgrade materials or crafting ingredients.
• Occasional limited-time shop items.

This system encourages you to explore and revisit early areas, because regional currencies convert directly into long-term value. It is similar in spirit to regional shop currencies seen in other RPGs, where each zone offers its own set of rewards for local play.

Why Regional Currencies Matter for Pulls

On paper, local stock bills seem like minor collectibles, but they have an outsized impact on gacha income because of their link to permits. Over time, consistently clearing side content in a region can amount to dozens of extra free pulls, even if you are not actively farming Oroberyls. Players who ignore these systems tend to feel “starved” of tickets compared to those who methodically clear regional shops.

Quota Systems: Soft Pity and Duplicate Rewards

To soften gacha variance and reward frequent summons, Endfield uses quota-style currencies that accumulate alongside your pulls.

Bond Quota

Bond Quota is typically earned whenever you perform pulls, regardless of result. Accumulating enough Bond Quota allows you to exchange it for:

• Additional limited banner pulls.
• Special permits tied to featured banners.

This turns every pull into partial progress toward more summons and gives you a clear long-term target even if luck is not on your side. In game design terms, this is a progressive pity system that ensures players are never far from some type of reward.Research on gacha mechanisms highlights that providing visible, deterministic progress (like quota meters) reduces frustration and promotes a sense of fairness compared to purely random systems.³

AIC Quota and Duplicate Conversion

Another quota-type currency is earned primarily from duplicate pulls, especially higher rarity duplicates. When you pull an operator or weapon you already own, the duplicate can be converted into:

• A quota currency dedicated to time-limited banners, or
• Arsenal-style resources used for specific shop exchanges.

This acts as a safety net for long-time players who already have large rosters: duplicates are no longer wasted, but instead push you closer to desirable limited units or powerful items. It also indirectly increases the value of every extra ticket you receive from events and regional shops.

Key Sources of Free Currency & Pulls

Most of your free income in Arknights: Endfield will come from routine play and exploration. Below is a high-level overview of the most important sources you should prioritize.

Exploration, Chests & Overworld Activities

Exploration is one of the densest sources of Oroberyls and tickets in early Endfield:

• Treasure chests and caches scattered across maps frequently contain Oroberyls, Orbial, or tickets.
• Ambient interaction points (such as collectibles or environmental puzzles) often reward small bundles of premium currency.
• World events and local battles provide both regional currency and global rewards.

In many gacha RPGs, early exploration rewards represent a substantial portion of the “one-time” income that defines your initial pulling power, according to summaries by major gaming outlets like IGN and GameSpot.⁴

Story Missions, Side Quests & Nodes

Main story stages and side quests award Oroberyls, Orbial, and sometimes direct tickets. On top of that, Endfield layers in:

• Node objectives that grant extra rewards for completing optional conditions.
• Challenge variants and simulated battles that give one-time currency rewards.

Clearing all missions once and revisiting nodes for their challenge rewards is one of the earliest and most consistent ways to build up your pull stockpile.

Daily & Weekly Missions

The game includes routine missions accessed through your operation or mission menu. These tasks typically involve basic actions such as:

• Clearing a certain number of stages.
• Using stamina/energy a specified amount.
• Performing upgrades or crafting items.

Completing all daily objectives grants a fixed bundle of Oroberyls, while weekly missions often add an even larger chunk. Over time, this becomes one of the most reliable sources of premium currency for free-to-play players.

Progression Manuals, Training & Crafting Guides

Endfield rewards you for exploring its system menus in depth. Examples include:

• Training or tutorial missions that show you how to use operators and features.
• Crafting or development manuals that track milestones such as crafting a certain number of items.
• Plan or simulation guides that teach meta systems like AIC or advanced combat.

Each entry in these manuals often awards a small bundle of Oroberyls or Orbial. While the amounts can seem minor, the total across all pages is significant.

Archive & Intel Collection

Collecting lore items, pamphlets, and other intel pieces unlocks additional rewards. Completing a full set or category in the archive often grants a sizeable currency bonus. This system turns careful exploration and reading into tangible progression and gives lore-focused players meaningful rewards for their time.

Smart Spending: How to Use Your Currencies Efficiently

With so many currencies in play, it is easy to make costly mistakes early on. These principles help stretch your resources:

Prioritize Long-Term Accounts Over Short-Term Power

For most players, the best early use of premium currency is to unlock or upgrade long-term systems, such as a seasonal pass tier that refunds more value in tickets and materials than it costs. Game economy analyses of other gacha titles show that battle passes and growth packs often offer the highest ratio of value to premium currency spent when compared to direct pull conversion.⁵

Only convert Origeometry directly into Oroberyls when you have a clear, high-value banner target and no better long-term investment available.

Use Free Tickets Before Premium Currency

Because tickets are usually obtained from fixed or time-limited sources, it is wise to spend them before dipping into your Oroberyl stash. This lets you:

• Trigger early lucky pulls without risking premium reserves.
• Gauge your luck on a banner before deciding how much Oroberyl to commit.

Keep an eye on expiry dates for event tickets; some may disappear after a patch if not used.

Focus Operator Investment on a Small Core Team

Upgrade currencies are tighter than pull currencies in many gacha games. Choose a core squad of 6–10 operators and bring them to viable levels first. Spreading resources too thinly across many units will slow your progress through story and farming stages, indirectly reducing your income from missions and node rewards.

Convert Regional Currencies Regularly

Visit regional stock centers whenever you finish a major batch of side content in an area. Letting large amounts of local currency sit unused is effectively the same as leaving permits and upgrade materials unclaimed. If shop inventories refresh over time, mapping out a route to farm local bills efficiently can become a key part of your weekly routine.

Example Currency Relationships Table

The table below summarizes how the main Arknights: Endfield currencies and items interact with each other and with the gacha system.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it better to save Oroberyls or spend as soon as I can?

In most cases, saving Oroberyls for banners that feature operators you really want is more efficient than spending as soon as you hit ten pulls. Since Endfield includes quota systems and limited banner permits, focusing your resources on high-impact banners reduces the chance of ending up with many units you will not use.

Should I convert Origeometry straight into Oroberyls?

Not always. Check whether there is a seasonal or protocol pass that can be unlocked or upgraded using Origeometry. If the pass returns more tickets, Oroberyls, and materials than you would get by converting directly, the pass is the better long-term purchase. Only convert directly when you are chasing a specific banner and have no better multiplier options left.

Are regional currencies worth farming late-game?

Yes, as long as the regional shops still offer tickets, rare upgrade items, or limited-exchange materials. Even late in the game, a refresh of stock items can translate to several extra pulls over a patch cycle. However, if a region’s shop is completely cleared and does not refresh, you can deprioritize that area.

How many operators should I invest in at the start?

A balanced team of 6–10 operators is usually ideal early on: enough to cover core roles (damage, tank, healer, control) while keeping upgrade costs manageable. As your upgrade resource income grows, you can slowly expand into specialized units for specific content, but focusing early ensures steady progression and better access to currency sources tied to mission clears.

Do duplicate pulls feel wasted in Endfield?

No. Thanks to quota and duplicate-conversion systems, extra copies of operators increasingly act like currency. High-rarity duplicates, in particular, can generate large amounts of quota that you can redirect into limited banners or special shop rewards, ensuring that even unlucky streaks still move your account forward.