Who Are the New Sarkaz and Imperial Guard Operators in Arknights: Endfield?

Arknights: Endfield's Version 1.4 "Homecoming" livestream closed with a Future Version Preview that introduced three operators queued for future updates — a Sarkaz Archer, an unnamed Hongshan Imperial Guard, and the long-teased Si the Feranmut Proxy. Two of them still have no official name, which has turned the community's attention to appearance, faction, and story clues to work out who they are and when they will be pullable. This guide breaks down everything known and separates it from everything leaked. If you are already saving for these banners, top up Arknights: Endfield Oroberyl through the official Topuplist storefront, which links directly to the Arknights: Endfield top-up page.

Who Are the New Operators Teased in Endfield 1.4?

The Version 1.4 Special Program ended with a Future Version Preview showing three operators lined up for after the current version. Here is the official picture, per the livestream summary on Game8's Endfield wiki:

Two of the three are genuinely new faces with no confirmed name, class, or element. The third, Si, has been teased since Version 1.2 and is now officially named. The excitement around the first two is precisely because they are unknowns — the community has been piecing together who they are from art details, faction context, and the single descriptive line each received.

The Sarkaz Archer: A Typhon Lookalike Who Collects Stories

The Sarkaz Archer is the most discussed upcoming operator in Endfield right now, and the official description is poetic but thin: a young Sarkaz girl who wanders through countless dreams, collecting stories scattered throughout the world. The stream also implied she crosses paths with the Endministrator at some point.

Appearance and the Typhon resemblance. The character is shown with purple hair and dark horns, holding an oversized mechanical bow. Community observers immediately flagged how strongly she resembles Typhon, the Sarkaz sniper from the original Arknights — a Sami-born Sarkaz bow-user known for her distinctive look. That resemblance is the single biggest driver of the speculation around her identity, with many players reading her as a "Reconvenor of Typhon" — a reincarnated or reunited version of the character rather than the same person. The leaked roadmap also places her story in the mountains at the edge of the North Wuling Exclusion Zone, framing her as the character who carries the Snow Pine Forest storyline forward, much as Arcane carried Wuling in Version 1.4.

The bow problem. There is one wrinkle that has the whole community talking: Endfield has no bow weapon class. The game's weapons map to Swords, Greatswords, Polearms, Handcannons, and Arts Units. A bow-toting operator therefore cannot be slotted cleanly into the existing system — unless the bow is a visual skin over an existing category. The current community read, backed by leaked roadmap data, is that she is actually a Handcannon user, with the bow rendered as a cosmetic overlay. Supporting evidence exists inside Version 1.4 itself: the new boss Alleikhreos attacks with a sword, a lance, and a bow, proving the bow animation already runs in the engine on a hostile unit.

The Hongshan Imperial Guard: Calm, Resolute, and Once Broken

The second unnamed reveal is a male operator described as "a calm and resolute imperial guard" — with one darker detail attached: the stream framing said he was once driven into utter despair. No class, element, or weapon was confirmed in the official segment.

Appearance and the Młynar resemblance. The character is shown as a blonde, beast-eared male wielding a polearm. The community's immediate point of comparison is Młynar from Arknights, a Kazimierz noble whose design the Endfield guard strongly evokes. That resemblance has fueled the same "reconvenor" theory applied to the Sarkaz Archer — the idea that Endfield is reintroducing familiar faces in new forms.

The faction question. There is one major counterargument to the Młynar theory, and it has become the central point of debate: Młynar belongs to Kazimierz in the original game, while this character is affiliated with Hongshan in Endfield. That faction mismatch is the biggest reason to be cautious about treating him as a direct Młynar reincarnation. The more grounded read is that he is a new Hongshan-aligned character whose design simply nods to a fan-favorite — but the resemblance is deliberate enough that the debate is far from settled.

Si the Feranmut Proxy: The Third Tease

Si is the third reveal and the one we know the most about, which is worth covering briefly because she keeps getting grouped with the two unknowns. She is a Feranmut Proxy who has been teased since the Version 1.2 livestream and was confirmed again in the 1.4 Future Version Preview. Her name was officially revealed as Si, she makes her story debut inside Version 1.4, and she is described in leaks as the 13th agent of the Sui beasts — a green-haired character with dragon horns.

The practical upshot: Si is a confirmed playable operator, not a mystery, so the community's "who is this" energy focuses on the Sarkaz Archer and the Imperial Guard. But all three sit in the same future-window conversation, because the leaked roadmap places them in consecutive updates.

What the Faction and Story Clues Suggest

The two unnamed operators carry two of the most lore-heavy faction tags in the Arknights universe, and that is where the real signal lives.

• Sarkaz is one of the most loaded racial identities in Arknights — a demon-like race with deep, often tragic history. Pairing a Sarkaz with a "wanders through dreams, collecting stories" description suggests a character tied to memory, loss, and narrative itself, which fits the dreamlike framing of her teaser.

• Hongshan is the faction the Imperial Guard is affiliated with, and it is already woven into Endfield's Version 1.4 through Arcane (Li Zhiyan), captain of the Yinglung Special Task Force under the Hongshan Academy of Sciences. A "calm and resolute" guard from the same sphere as Arcane points to a character who will extend the Wuling and Yinglung storyline rather than arrive from nowhere.

The community wiki endfield.gg tracks these upcoming and leaked characters and frames both of them as story-connected reveals rather than random additions — the Sarkaz Archer as the core character carrying the Version 1.5 regional storyline, and the Imperial Guard as a backstory-heavy follow-up. Everything about how they were teased suggests the developers are planting long-term narrative seeds, not one-off banner filler.

If either of these two lands on your wishlist, planning ahead is what separates a clean pull from a panic top-up — and the official Topuplist storefront gives you a reliable route to the Arknights: Endfield top-up page when you want to bank Oroberyl before the banner rush.

Why the Community Cannot Stop Talking About These Two

The reason these two unnamed operators dominate Endfield discussion boards comes down to three things, and they compound on each other:

• The Typhon and Młynar parallels. Both characters visually echo beloved Arknights originals, and "is this a reconvenor?" is the exact question Endfield's story keeps teasing. The resemblance is not subtle, and players know Hypergryph plants these callbacks deliberately.

• The bow mystery. A bow-toting operator in a game with no bow class is a genuine mechanical puzzle, and the community solved it in real time by spotting that the 1.4 boss Alleikhreos already uses a bow — which strongly suggested the weapon tech was being prepared for a playable unit.

• The leaked roadmap reshuffle. When a leaked 1.5–1.7 banner order surfaced and put the Sarkaz Archer first instead of Si, it flipped everyone's saving plans overnight. Speculation threads shifted from "who is she" to "do I skip Liino to guarantee her."

One more source of confusion deserves a note: the half-anniversary broadcast teased a crossover with the line "a signal from afar has been received," and a wave of players read it as an Endfield character tease. It turned out to be the Fortnite crossover, with a Perlica outfit arriving in the Gaming Legends Series on August 14, 2026. That red herring briefly muddied the rumor mill before the roadmap leak clarified the picture.

When Will They Release? The Leaked Banner Roadmap

Here is where the conversation turns from official to leaked, and it is important to keep the two buckets separate. Officially, none of the three has a release date. Leaked banner data — circulating from Chinese-language datamines and a widely-shared roadmap — has attached names, elements, and slots to each of them. Treat everything below as unofficial until a banner page appears.

The three circulating names for the Sarkaz Archer — Typhoeus, Typhon Reunion, and Reconvenor of Typhon — all trace back to the same leak set. "Reconvenor of Typhon" reads more like a designation than a personal name, and none of them is confirmed. For now, the safe description remains the official one: a young Sarkaz who wanders through dreams collecting stories. The Imperial Guard's leaked name Ye Minghui is similarly unofficial. The roadmap's most consequential claim is that the Sarkaz Archer leads Version 1.5, not Si — which, if true, gives anyone saving for Si an entire extra version of breathing room.

The bow problem has a leaked answer too: the roadmap lists the Sarkaz Archer as a Handcannon user, confirming the community's read that the bow is a visual skin over the existing Handcannon category.

How to Save Oroberyl for These Operators

If any of these three is on your wishlist, the saving math is the same as the rest of Endfield's banners. The game runs a Headhunting gacha where a featured operator is guaranteed within 120 pulls, with a 50/50 check earlier in the pity. A comfortable budget for one featured operator is 120 pulls' worth of Oroberyl; if you want both phases of a version, aim for roughly 240 pulls.

Here is what that means in practice for the leaked lineup:

The key planning insight is the timing: if the Sarkaz Archer does headline Version 1.5 Phase 1, players chasing Si get an extra patch to save. That is exactly why the leaked roadmap has reshaped community pull plans overnight — it changes who you need Oroberyl first for.

Whichever operator you target, the smart move is to bank Oroberyl before the banner drops rather than scrambling mid-window. For that, the official Topuplist storefront keeps the process simple with a direct Arknights: Endfield top-up page, so you can top up ahead of Version 1.5 and pull the moment your target goes live. Once the first official banner details arrive, the confirmed-versus-leaked picture will settle fast — and the version update itself usually lands the official reveal right before it opens.

FAQ

Who are the new operators teased in Arknights: Endfield 1.4? The Future Version Preview showed three characters: an unnamed Sarkaz Archer resembling Typhon, an unnamed Hongshan Imperial Guard, and Si the Feranmut Proxy, whose name was officially revealed.

Is the Sarkaz Archer actually Typhon? Not confirmed. She strongly resembles Typhon and has been leaked under names like "Reconvenor of Typhon," but all of those are unofficial, and her official name has not been published.

Does Endfield have a bow weapon class? No. The game's weapons are Swords, Greatswords, Polearms, Handcannons, and Arts Units. The Sarkaz Archer's bow is believed to be a visual skin over the Handcannon class.

Who does the Hongshan Imperial Guard resemble? His blonde, beast-eared design strongly resembles Młynar from Arknights, but his Hongshan affiliation differs from Młynar's Kazimierz faction, which is the main argument against a direct connection.

When will these operators release? Officially, there is no date. Leaks place the Sarkaz Archer in Version 1.5 Phase 1, the Imperial Guard in 1.5 Phase 2, and Si in 1.6 Phase 1 — all unofficial.

How many pulls should I save? Around 120 pulls guarantees one featured operator in Endfield's Headhunting gacha. For two banners, aim for roughly 240 pulls.

Is Si the same as the Sarkaz Archer? No. Si is a confirmed Feranmut Proxy and Sui beast agent with dragon horns, while the Sarkaz Archer is a separate, still-unnamed character.

What is the difference between confirmed and leaked here? Confirmed details come from official livestreams: three characters teased, Si's name revealed, and the one-line descriptions. Names like "Typhoeus," "Ye Minghui," and "Xiaocong," along with the element, weapon, and banner-slot data, are leaks and should be treated as unofficial until a banner page appears.