Should You Save for Si After Arcane and Liino in Arknights Endfield?

The half-anniversary Homecoming update has landed in Arknights: Endfield, and the gacha community is split down the middle. Arcane's banner is live right now, Liino drops on August 9, and the mysterious Feranmut Proxy Si has been teased across multiple livestreams and is widely expected to headline a future version. If you have been hoarding Oroberyl, the question is unavoidable: should you pull Arcane and Liino now, or bank everything for Si?

This guide cuts through the hype with the actual kit details, the pity math that decides the answer for you, and a clear pull-or-save verdict tailored to your roster. Whether you are a day-one Pioneer or a returning Endministrator drawn back by the half-anniversary freebies, the same principle applies: spend where your roster has a real gap, and bank where it doesn't.

The Quick Answer (TL;DR)

• Pull Arcane if your account lacks a strong Nature DPS or you want a flexible unit that doubles as crowd-control support.

• Pull Liino if your real gap is healing, ATK buffs, and SP refund for an Electric core (she is practically built for Zhuang Fangyi teams).

• Save for Si only if Si is genuinely your priority target AND your roster already clears endgame content — because Si is not yet confirmed as a playable banner, and the 120-pull featured guarantee does not carry over between banners.

• The golden rule: either commit to a full 120-pull floor or skip entirely. Half-committing wastes progress when the banner closes.

Understanding the Version 1.4 Banner Timeline

Version 1.4, Homecoming, is the game's half-anniversary patch. It launched on July 16, 2026, and runs two consecutive limited banners — Arcane in Phase 1, Liino in Phase 2.

Arcane — Phase 1 (Live Now)

Arcane headlines Phase 1 through the "North Yearns the Rift Vigile" Chartered Headhunting banner, which runs July 16 – August 9, 2026. She is the captain of the Yinglung Special Task Force and already a central figure in the Wuling storyline.

Liino — Phase 2 (August 9)

Liino takes over in Phase 2 via the "Good Morning from Your Dawnstar" banner, which opens August 9, 2026 and runs to the end of the version. She is the "Morning Star of La Fantoma," a rising idol Supporter with two performance stances.

Arcane — Is She Worth Your Oroberyl?

Arcane is the first limited 6★ in Endfield built to be a Nature DPS rather than a Nature enabler, and her headline mechanic is a dual-form system that flips her entire kit based on which stat you build.

Kit & Dual-Form Mechanic

Arcane's active combat form is decided out of combat by her Intellect / Will stat ratio:

• Intellect form (DPS): High-frequency Combat and Combo Skills, massive AoE Nature burst, and a self-sustaining Corrosion loop. She carries her own Nature reaction, so she functions before you have built a perfect team around her.

• Will form (Utility Support): Enemy grouping/pull, stronger debuffs, and Arts Infliction spread. This is control-flavored support that ages well into endgame content rather than a dedicated healer.

Her signature 6★ Arts Unit, Type 42: Solemn Phalanx, is tuned for the Intellect stance (Intellect Up, Ultimate ER%, Onslaught). One copy is fully functional — duplicates are a collector's luxury, not a requirement.

Arcane's pool also keeps recent limited 6★ available as off-rate pulls — including Mi Fu and Camille — so a single banner can still hand you a different meta unit on the 50/50. That off-pool safety net is a big part of why her Phase 1 banner is considered low-risk: even a "lost" 50/50 often lands you something useful.

Investment Tiers

• F2P: Moderate priority. She is a strong pickup if you lack a Nature AoE dealer, but she is not strictly required to clear current story content.

• No Nature DPS: High priority. She is the first limited built specifically to fill that hole, and she self-sustains her own Corrosion reaction without a perfect team.

• Deep, balanced roster: Optional. She is a luxury pick if you already field a carry in every element — a skip is perfectly defensible.

Best Teams & Investment

Arcane slots cleanly into Nature-focused and hybrid reaction teams. A premium setup pairs her with Zhuang Fangyi (Nature support + healing), Tangtang (sub-DPS), and Liino (buffer). For F2P, she works with Perlica, a shielder, and a free healer.

The most common mistake is building her split — hovering between Intellect and Will leaves her weak in both modes. Commit to one attribute and gear it hard. If your count falls short of the 120-pull floor, a targeted Arknights: Endfield top-up at Topuplist lets you close the gap without overspending, and you can track every bundle on the official Topuplist storefront.

Liino — The Electric Supporter Everyone's Waiting For

Liino is the game's first true universal support buffer, and her simplicity is exactly why she is so widely discussed.

Kit & Stances

Liino's gameplay rotates around her Concert Stance:

• Vocalist Stance: Sustained ATK increases for the whole squad.

• Cosmovoice Stance: Sustained AoE healing.

With a low SP cost, her buff-and-heal aura has near-permanent uptime. Her Combo Skill also refunds party SP whenever an enemy consumes a Magic Anomaly, which makes her especially valuable for SP-hungry carries. Her companion quest, "Like a Star Streaking Through the Boundaries," fleshes out her backstory ahead of the Phase 2 banner — following the Mi Fu and Camille pattern, owning her likely gates a personal story chapter.

Unlike Arcane, Liino does not ask you to choose a build direction. She is a straightforward "plug-and-benefit" supporter: drop her in, turn on Concert Stance, and the squad simply performs better. That simplicity is why budget-conscious players often prioritize her — she solves the most common roster problem (survival + damage uptime) in one slot.

Synergy with Zhuang Fangyi

Liino's SP refund and Electric AMP buffs are purpose-built for Zhuang Fangyi Electric teams — Zhuang Fangyi's burst rotation demands huge SP, and Liino keeps that loop spinning. If you already invested in an Electric core, Liino is one of the highest-value pulls in the version.

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Who Is Si, and Why Is Everyone Saving?

Si is the character driving the "save instead of pull" debate, so it is worth being precise about what is actually known.

What We Know About the Feranmut Proxy

Si is a female Feranmut Proxy connected to the Hongshan Academy of Sciences and the Civilization Band. She appears in the Version 1.4 story in Yinglung Pass, assisting the Endfield team with butterfly ink-spirit and scroll-based abilities. She has been teased since the Version 1.2 livestream, and her name — Si — was revealed during the Version 1.4 preview program. As detailed in Icy Veins' Version 1.4 Homecoming breakdown, Si's first story appearance is a deliberate setup beat, not a cameo — a strong signal that her playable debut is being positioned as a major future moment.

Among the teased future characters, Si is easily the most requested playable debut. The other two revealed alongside her are a mysterious blonde Hongshan swordsman and a young Sarkaz girl with mechanical gauntlets — both still unnamed and undated. Community sentiment around Si is unusually intense because she has been built up across three separate livestreams, and many players believe her playable debut is getting very close.

Is Si Confirmed for Version 1.5?

Not officially. Hypergryph has not confirmed Si's banner version, element, class, or weapon. Community roadmaps (based on the multi-livestream tease pattern) place her around Version 1.5, but that is speculation, not an announcement. Treat Si as a strong candidate, not a locked-in headliner.

The Core Question — Pull Now or Save for Si?

This is where the pity system makes the decision for you.

How the Pity System Decides This for You

Arknights: Endfield uses a layered pity structure on Chartered Headhunting banners:

• 80-pull hard pity guarantees a 6★ (carries over across two consecutive character banners).

• A 50/50 at 80 means that 6★ is either the featured operator or a standard-pool unit.

• 120-pull featured guarantee secures the rate-up operator — and this does NOT carry over. Any progress toward 120 evaporates when the banner ends.

• Soft pity begins around 65 pulls.

• A 240-pull milestone grants a rate-up operator token (for duplicates), also non-carrying.

The critical takeaway: because the 120 featured guarantee resets at banner close, starting Arcane and stopping at 90 pulls wastes that progress if you don't reach 120. The system rewards all-in or all-out, which is exactly why "save for Si" is a legitimate strategy — banking pulls is safer than a half-finished Arcane chase.

For the full mechanics, the Arknights: Endfield Wiki's gacha guide breaks down every threshold and carryover rule in detail.

Decision Matrix — Who Should Pull, Who Should Save

The Off-Pool System — Why a Skip Isn't Permanent

A key detail that takes pressure off the "save for Si" decision: in Endfield, limited units remain available as off-rate 6★ pulls for two banners after their original run, at the standard 50/50 rate. That means even if you skip Arcane now, she can still appear in a later banner's pool — you just can't guarantee her, and you'd be pulling for her on someone else's 50/50.

This is exactly why the pure "skip everything for Si" strategy is safer than it sounds in other gacha games. You are not permanently locking Arcane or Liino out of your account; you are only giving up the guaranteed-feature window. If Si disappoints on reveal, or slips to a later version than expected, your skipped pulls are still spendable on a rerun or the next meta unit. The only thing the off-pool system does NOT save is the 120-pull featured guarantee — that resets every time a banner closes.

Budget Math — How Many Pulls Do You Need?

A single 10-pull costs 5000 Oroberyl (500 per pull). To plan responsibly:

• ~80 pulls = a guaranteed 6★ on a 50/50.

• 120 pulls = a guaranteed featured operator (your worst case for Arcane or Liino).

• ~240 pulls = featured guarantee plus a dupe token.

If you want both Arcane and Liino with guarantees, budget closer to 240 pulls across the version — not 120. Most players should pick one and let the other ride on off-rate luck or a future rerun.

Worked example: suppose you enter Version 1.4 with 8,000 Oroberyl banked and claim the full half-anniversary haul (≈5,000 Oroberyl) plus the two sign-in permit campaigns. That is roughly 26 pulls of currency — far short of the 120 floor. In that position, starting Arcane would be a mistake: you would hit soft pity odds but likely lose the 50/50 and walk away with no guaranteed unit when the banner closes. The correct move is to bank everything, skip Arcane, and reassess at Liino — or top up only the specific shortfall once you have committed to a target you can actually reach.

Free Pulls & Half-Anniversary Rewards (Don't Waste Them)

Homecoming is generous, and these free pulls directly fund your decision:

• Tribute of Companionship: 3-day login — 3,000 Oroberyl, 5 Basic HH Permits, and the free 6★ Sword Farsight.

• Fortune Connect-and-Win: daily scratch with a guaranteed 5,000+ Oroberyl over 14 scratches.

• Two 7-day sign-in campaigns — "Gaze North to the Rift" and "Bedazzling Dawnstar" — each hand out 5 Limited HH Permits (10 total).

• Sign-in events for both Arcane and Liino each provide 5 dedicated pulls plus progression materials.

Claim every login and event reward before you commit a single Oroberyl. The half-anniversary currency alone can push a borderline account over the 120 floor.

Final Verdict

Pull Arcane if you need a Nature carry or a flexible control piece — her dual-form design holds value in almost any roster. Pull Liino if your bottleneck is healing, buffs, or SP economy for an Electric team. Save for Si only if your roster is already comfortable and Si is the character you actually want — and remember she is not yet confirmed, so banking pulls is the low-risk play, not a guaranteed payoff.

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FAQ

When does Arcane's banner end?
Arcane's "North Yearns the Rift Vigile" banner runs July 16 – August 9, 2026 (Phase 1 of Version 1.4). Because the 120-pull featured guarantee does not carry over, any unfinished progress is lost when Liino's banner opens.

Is Si confirmed as a playable operator?
No. Si (the Feranmut Proxy) has been teased since Version 1.2 and named in Version 1.4, and community roadmaps point to a Version 1.5 debut, but Hypergryph has not officially announced her banner, element, or class.

Do I need Arcane's signature weapon to make her work?
No. A focused 5★ Intellect Arts Unit handles her DPS stance fine. Type 42: Solemn Phalanx is a ceiling upgrade, not a gate — pull the operator first.

How many pulls guarantee a featured operator?
120 pulls on a Chartered Headhunting banner. The 80-pull hard pity only guarantees a 6★ on a 50/50; the extra 40 pulls lock in the featured unit, and that guarantee resets when the banner closes.

Should F2P players save everything for Si?
Only if their roster already clears current content. A new or shallow account should secure a real DPS (Arcane or Liino) first rather than gamble on an unconfirmed future character.

Where should I top up safely?
Stick to a trusted source — top up Arknights: Endfield at Topuplist for quick delivery, or browse options on the official Topuplist storefront.