Snowshine Skills, Kit and Potentials

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Last updated on Jan 20, 2026 at 21:00 by Otamaton

Introduction — Snowshine

Snowshine is a 5-star Cryo Great Sword Defender Character in Arknights: Endfield. Our Snowshine guide and best builds cover everything you need to know about Snowshine's best builds including skills, potentials, Weapons, gear, team compositions and more. To learn more about Snowshine, use the tabs above to switch to our build information for Snowshine or their team compositions guide.

Snowshine's Stats

Snowshine's Main Attribute is Strength, and her Secondary Attribute is Will.

Snowshine's Promotion Materials

Listed below are the materials required for each individual promotion of Snowshine:

Promotion Level Materials
Elite 1
  • 8x Protodisk
  • 3x Pink Bolete
  • 1,600 T-Creds
Elite 2
  • 25x Protodisk
  • 5x Red Bolete
  • 6,500 T-Creds
Elite 3
  • 24x Protoset
  • 5x Ruby Bolete
  • 18,000 T-Creds
Elite 4
  • 36x Protoset
  • 20x Metadiastima Photoemission Tube
  • 8x Bloodcap
  • 100,000 T-Creds

Snowshine's Skill Upgrade Materials

Listed below are all the materials required to raise the level of one skill of the Estella. Please check our Estella build guide for recommendations on skill priorities.

Skill Level Materials
2 to 9
(combined)
  • 82x Protoprism
  • 29x Protohedron
  • 3x Kalkodendra
  • 4x Chrysodendra
  • 4x Vitrodendra
  • 53,200 T-Creds
Hypothermic Assault & Polar Rescue
  • 16x Protohedron
  • 3x Blighted Jadeleaf
  • 8x Triphasic Nanoflake
  • 1x Mark of Perseverance
  • 24,000 T-Creds
Saturated Defense & Frigid Snowfield
  • 16x Protohedron
  • 3x Blighted Jadeleaf
  • 8x Metadiastima Photoemission Tube
  • 1x Mark of Perseverance
  • 24,000 T-Creds
Hypothermic Assault & Polar Rescue
  • 24x Protohedron
  • 6x Blighted Jadeleaf
  • 16x Triphasic Nanoflake
  • 2x Mark of Perseverance
  • 30,000 T-Creds
Saturated Defense & Frigid Snowfield
  • 24x Protohedron
  • 6x Blighted Jadeleaf
  • 16x Metadiastima Photoemission Tube
  • 2x Mark of Perseverance
  • 30,000 T-Creds
Hypothermic Assault & Polar Rescue
  • 50x Protohedron
  • 12x Blighted Jadeleaf
  • 36x Triphasic Nanoflake
  • 3x Mark of Perseverance
  • 65,000 T-Creds
Saturated Defense & Frigid Snowfield
  • 50x Protohedron
  • 12x Blighted Jadeleaf
  • 36x Metadiastima Photoemission Tube
  • 3x Mark of Perseverance
  • 65,000 T-Creds

Snowshine's Skills

Hypothermic Assault
Basic Attack
Lv. 12
BASIC ATTACK:
An attack with up to 3 sequences that deals Physical DMG. As the controlled operator, Final Strike also deals Stagger.

DIVE ATTACK:
Basic attack performed in mid-air becomes a dive attack that deals Physical DMG to nearby enemies.

FINISHER:
Basic attack performed near a Staggered enemy becomes a finisher attack that deals massive Physical DMG and recovers some SP.
Basic Attack Sequence 1 Multiplier: 124%
Basic Attack Sequence 2 Multiplier: 132%
Basic Attack Sequence 3 Multiplier: 225%
Finisher ATK Multiplier: 900%
Dive ATK Multiplier: 180%
Saturated Defense
Normal Skill
Lv. 12
Cost: 100
Raises a shield that can block attacks, grants Protection to self and nearby operators, and immediately returns some SP.
When attacked while the said shield is raised, perform a retaliation bash that deals Cryo DMG and applies Cryo Infliction on the attacker.
DMG Multiplier: 450%
Polar Rescue
Combo Skill
Lv. 12
CD: 10s
COMBO TRIGGER: After controlled operator gets attacked and drops below 60% HP.
Snowshine throws a Snowfield SAR Assistant at the controlled operator. Upon target contact, the Assistant gives massive instant HP Treatment to nearby operators as well as continuous HP Treatment to operators in the area of effect.
The attribute of Will increases the amount of HP treatment.
Initial Base Treatment: 216
Initial Treatment Increase per Will: 0.5
Base Treatment Over Time: 54
Treatment Over Time Increase per Will: 0.13
Frigid Snowfield
Ultimate Skill
Lv. 12
Leaps into mid-air with a jetpack before slamming down with her shield to deal massive Cryo DMG to enemies in the area of effect. Also generates a Snow Zone (lasting several seconds) that deals Cryo DMG over time to enemies. The Snow Zone forcibly applies Solidification to enemies caught within it for a certain duration.
Explosion DMG Multiplier: 450%
Stagger: 20
DMG Over Time Multiplier: 65%

Snowshine's Talents

Polar Survival
Talent 1
Lv. 2

Treatment Effect +25% for targets of 55.0% HP or below.

SAR Professional
Talent 2
Lv. 2

Battle skill Saturated Defense improved: After successfully retaliating an enemy attack, Snowshine gains another 10 Ultimate Energy.

Snowshine's Factory AIC Skills

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Rescuer’s Perseverance a & ß
Base Skill
Lv. 2

Assign to Manufacturing Cabin to slow Mood Drop of all operators in it by 14%

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Happy-Go-Lucky β & γ
Base Skill
Lv. 2

Assign to Control Nexus to grant all operators' Mood Regen +16%

Snowshine's Potentials

Cold Shelter
Potential 1

Battle skill Saturated Defense improved: During the blocking effect, Arts Inflictions cannot be applied to allied operators with Protection.

Storm Region
Potential 2

Ultimate Frigid Snowfield improved: Effect radius +20%.

Polar Survival Guide
Potential 3

Ultimate Frigid Snowfield improved: Duration of the Solidification applied by the skill is increased by 2s.

Tundra Aegis
Potential 4

DEF +20, Will +20.

Cold Disaster Specialist
Potential 5

Battle skill Saturated Defense improved: Successfully retaliating an enemy attack returns 10 SP.

Snowshine Voice Actors

EN VA
Stephanie Southerland
JP VA
Akesaka Satomi
CN VA
LSS
KR VA
Yu Yeong

Snowshine Guide & Best Builds

To learn all about Laevatain's best weapons, gear and builds, check our dedicated Laevatain build guide below:

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