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Arknights: Endfield – Zeroth Directive Version Calendar Overview

AmethyAmethyJanuary 21, 2026

Arknights: Endfield – Zeroth Directive Version Calendar Overview

Just now, the game's official team released two images featuring the hotspot calendar for the first major update. Let me summarize it for everyone.

Arknights: Endfield is set for a content-rich launch period. The [Zeroth Directive] Version Calendar details the schedule of events, headhunting banners, and activities for the weeks following the global release on January 22 (UTC+8) / January 21 (UTC-5).

The timeline is divided into distinct phases, each featuring a major event, operator banners, and supplementary activities.

Phase 1: Launch Celebration (Starting Jan 22)

This phase kicks off with the game's official release and introduces the first set of limited-time content.

🌟Headlining Event: Release Celebration 1 - Scars of the Forge, Featured Operator: Laevatain

📅Limited-Time Sign-In Events:Firewalker's TrailLaevatain (Operator-specific reward track)

🎯Available Gacha Banners:New Horizons Headhunting (Beginner Banner), Basic Headhunting (Standard Banner), Arsenal Issue: Smelting Forge (Weapon Banner)

🎁Beginner Events: Awakening Sign-In, Authority Level Rewards, and New Horizons events will be available from launch.

Phase 2: The Floaty Messenger (Starting Feb 7)

The second wave of content begins in early February, shifting the focus to a new operator and theme.

🌟Headlining Event: Release Celebration 1 - The Floaty Messenger, Featured Operator: Gilberta

📅Limited-Time Sign-In Events:Messenger Express Gilberta (Operator-specific reward track)

🗓️New Activities:Carly's Fairytale of the Valley (Event)Glittering Life at Wuling (Event)

🎯Available Gacha Banners:New Horizons Headhunting, Basic Headhunting, Arsenal Issue: Express Delivery (Weapon Banner)

Phase 3: Hues of Passion & Challenge Events (Starting Feb 24)

The final phase of the Zeroth Directive version introduces another operator and a series of challenging end-game content.

🌟Headlining Event: Release Celebration 1 - Hues of Passion, Featured Operator: Yvonne

📅Limited-Time Sign-In Events:Spectral SplendorYvonne (Operator-specific reward track)

🗓️New Activities:Deliver of the Cryptic (Event)Sanity Discount (Event, starts March 2)Etchspace Salvage (Event)

🎮Challenge Event:Umbral Monument - This includes the Monumental Etching: Old Wounds challenge, categorized as a limited-time event with enemy types like Those Forsaken by the Land and Inorganic Construct.

🎯Available Gacha Banners:Arsenal Issue: Graffiti (Weapon Banner)

Summary of Banner Availability:

🎯New Horizons Headhunting: Available from Phase 1 through Phase 2.

🎯Basic Headhunting: Available from Phase 1 through Phase 2.

🎯Arsenal Issues: A new weapon banner theme will be introduced with each phase: Smelting Forge (Phase 1), Express Delivery (Phase 2), and Graffiti (Phase 3).

This calendar provides a clear roadmap for players, outlining when to expect new operators, major events, and limited-time challenges in the initial months of Arknights: Endfield.If there's a character you love but can't manage to pull, you can choose RushBuy.gg. Top-up services for Arknights: Endfield are coming soon, and we will provide a safe and reliable top-up process. Remember to check out RushBuy.gg for your purchases!

The picture is from the Arknights: Endfield official disclosure.

Amethy
Amethy
Experienced Game Editor
Amethy is a veteran hardcore player and guide creator in the anime-style gacha gaming Veteran, renowned for her in-depth mechanic analysis and high-efficiency gameplay development on Rushbuy.gg. Deeply engaged from the launch of Fate Grand Order, she has extensive, full-cycle experience in Genshin, HSR, ZZZ, and Arknights: Endfield. Her mission is to provide clear, accessible yet profound guides, gacha investment advice, and strategies for challenging content, empowering every player to become a savvy planner and a proficient tactician.
Amethy
Amethy
Experienced Game Editor
Amethy is a veteran hardcore player and guide creator in the anime-style gacha gaming Veteran, renowned for her in-depth mechanic analysis and high-efficiency gameplay development on Rushbuy.gg. Deeply engaged from the launch of Fate Grand Order, she has extensive, full-cycle experience in Genshin, HSR, ZZZ, and Arknights: Endfield. Her mission is to provide clear, accessible yet profound guides, gacha investment advice, and strategies for challenging content, empowering every player to become a savvy planner and a proficient tactician.