No more teasing, Arknights: Endfield finally has a January release date

Arknights: Endfield has been one of the most anticipated free-to-play 3D strategy games on the horizon, and it will be in our hands in the not-too-distant-future.

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The Game Awards 2025 ceremony brought us yet more gacha game news, this time a big announcement for Arknights: Endfield . The free-to-play game set in the the universe of Arknights has been in various forms of closed tests for a while, but it finally has a release date.

The game is set to arrive simultaneously across PC, PS5, and mobile (iOS, Android) on January 22, and pre-registrations continue to be open.

Gryphline broke the news on The Game Awards stage alongside a chunky trailer featuring a new OneRepublic song. It actually ends up being a nice tone piece for the world of Arknights, showing a lot of cinematics alongside the music itself.

The developer-publisher also announced that so far, Arknights: Endfield has had over 30 million pre-registrations worldwide since pre-registrations went live. Some players have been able to play early, of course, with the most recent opportunity being Beta Test 2.

If you’ve been following the game’s development, you’ll know that it was pretty clear we’re closer than ever to the official launch. The most recent beta build showed off polished content, with new animations and cutscenes.

We’ve been playing it ourselves, and we think you’re going to agree with our Arknights: Endfield character tier list . You can expect more coverage from us as we get closer to launch, and when the game actually arrives.

Though it might seem like it came out of nowhere, the game is based on the Arknights universe, itself a massive mobile game with over 100 million downloads. Endfield brings a different flavour to that world, with a mix of strategy, exploration and real-time combat, not unlike the many games created by HoYoverse.

You can pre-register yourself on the official website .

Arknights: Endfield

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The best Arknights Endfield blueprints for the early- and mid-game

For all your seed, battery, and stock bill needs

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Finding the right set of blueprints in Arknights Endfield is the difference between spending hours manually configuring your base and just plunking down setups you know will work without tinkering. Which blueprints are best depends on where you’re at in the game. You can’t, for example, get a head start on advanced production with a battery blueprint if you haven’t actually unlocked the processes by which you make batteries. So your best bet is to upgrade your factory as you progress through the game, adding more efficient layouts or swapping one production set for another.

Below, we list some of the best blueprints in Arknights Endfield for the early- and mid-game, including battery farm blueprints.

Best Arknights Endfield blueprints for the early game

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The actual best blueprints for the early game, and for any time when you just want to see how a layout might work or start with the basics, are the blueprints you get by completing tutorial simulations. Once you unlock a new facility or process, you’ll see a prompt encouraging you to try it out in a simulation. These are often lengthy and tedious, but you’ll typically get a blueprint that lets you plunk down a basic setup that mimics what you just used. It takes the fuss out of planning and lets you focus just on producing materials you need.

However, as you start progressing, you’ll want to lessen the amount of space each process takes and have several other factors to consider while building. That’s when community blueprints come in handy.

Best Arknights Endfield blueprints for the mid-game

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You can opt for full-factory blueprints, but using process-specific blueprints is a lot easier and takes the troubleshooting out of trying to figure out what went wrong, if something were to go wrong. You also have more control over your layout this way.

Anyway, we’ve tested these blueprints from other Endfield players and found they work perfectly.

• Stock bills blueprint (courtesy of lChristl ): EFO01Iao8io0i6975o08
• LC battery blueprint: EFO01893u6Ou8A126UI73
• SC battery blueprint (courtesy of JesusSandro ): EFO01U4Ai8u7E8OO7Oa8
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• Seed blueprint: EFO0172UA40A7I55O0Ai
• Early power plant (courtesy of CautiousBowl7071 , requires 60 Originium and 30 Amethyst)): EFO01893u55O4o1AUI73

While we cautioned against using full-factory blueprints earlier, this one from seas-are-cute is an excellent option for giving you every material you need without having to bother setting up individual processing stations yourself.

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Don’t hesitate to experiment with other blueprints to find what works best for you. Just make sure you have enough power output to keep everything going. Fixing a juice-less factory is much more of a pain than it sounds, so keep up with that as you build.

For more help, check out our guides for how to get Protodisks and where to find the Pink Bolete maps and aketine locations , and head over to our Arknights Endfield code list for some freebies.

Arknights: Endfield

Android , iOS , PS5 , PC

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