Arknights: Endfield is launching tomorrow, on January 22, 2026, and Hypergryph has shared the game’s Version 1.0 event calendar, officially called the “Zeroth Directive Version Calendar.”
The roadmap outlines what you can expect from launch day through the following weeks, including headhunting banners, limited-time sign-in events, beginner rewards, and multiple rotating activities. If you plan to start Endfield at launch, this calendar shows you how much there is to do in the first patch.
Launch Period Events (January 22 – February 6)
The first two weeks focus heavily on getting started with beginner rewards and the game’s first featured character.
The first Chartered Headhunting banner, Scars of the Forge, will be available at launch, featuring Laevatain. Alongside it, both New Horizon Headhunting (the beginner banner) and Basic Headhunting (the permanent banner) will also be active.
Sign-In and Beginner Events
Players logging in during this period can take part in multiple reward-focused events:
- Firewalker’s Trail, a limited-time sign-in event
- Awakening Sign-In, for new players
- Authority Level Rewards, offering bonuses for reaching certain authority levels
- New Horizons Beginner Event, designed to guide early progression
Gameplay and Progression Content
To help players get familiar with new characters and systems, the launch period also includes:
- Combat Drills for Laevatain, allowing you to try the character
- Arsenal Issue – Smelting Forge Issue, focused on equipment and armaments
- Etchspace Salvage Event, offering additional materials and rewards
Phase Two Events (February 7 – February 23)
The second phase of Version 1.0 introduces a new featured character and changes toward more themed events and exploration activities.
A new Chartered Headhunting banner, The Floaty Messenger, goes live during this period, featuring Gilberta. As with Laevatain, Gilberta also receives her own Combat Drills event.
Limited-Time Events
Several themed events run during this window:
- Messenger Express, a new limited-time sign-in event
- Carly’s Fairytale of the Valley, a camera-focused event where players complete photography challenges
- Glittering Life at Wuling, a guide-style event with mission-based rewards
- Arsenal Issue – Express Delivery Issue Armament launches
- Umbral Monument: Monumental Etching – Old Wounds begins on February 12 and runs until the end of the patch, offering challenge-based rewards
Phase Three Events (February 24 – End of Version 1.0)
The final part of Version 1.0 introduces the third featured banner and a few special events focused on materials and puzzles.
The last Chartered Headhunting banner of the patch, Hues of Passion, features Yvonne, along with:
- Combat Drills for Yvonne
- Spectral Splendor, another limited-time sign-in event
Special Events and Bonuses
This phase also includes:
- Arsenal Issue – Graffiti Issue
- Delver of the Cryptic, a puzzle-solving event
- Sanity Discount, a limited-time bonus reducing Sanity costs when claiming certain stage rewards
- Inorganic Construct, another limited-time challenge event introduced late in the patch
Operator Story Events After Launch
In addition to the scheduled events, Version 1.0 will also include narrative character events after launch. These story-focused events focus on individual Operators, with confirmed events for Wulfgard and Laevatain so far.
With three Chartered banners, multiple sign-in events, beginner-focused rewards, and rotating limited-time activities, Arknights: Endfield’s Version 1.0 calendar gives us plenty to do after launch.
On top of that, all those events will reward materials, gear, free characters, currency for your pulls, and more, so you definitely do not want to miss out on them!
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