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In Arknights, events, officially known as limited-time events, act as content releases that further expands Arknights' gameplay and/or setting by introducing new content from operations to Operators, enemies, and coverage of subjects that are not elaborated in the Main Theme (although not always). Events also act as temporary instances where players can claim various rewards through gameplay progressions.
List[edit]
Reminder
Please note that Global dates follow EN's timezone of UTC-7; CN/TW dates follow UTC+8 and JP/KR dates follow UTC+9.
Ongoing/upcoming[edit]
| Event | Date
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CN: 2026/03/14 – 2026/04/25 Global: 2026/08/20 – 2026/10/01
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CN: 2026/03/27 – 2026/04/06 Global: 2026/08/27 – 2026/09/06
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CN: 2026/04/07 – 2026/04/21 Global: 2026/09/16 – 2026/09/30
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CN: 2026/05/01 – 2026/05/15 (as Arknights CN's 7th Anniversary event) Global: 2026/10/14 – 2026/10/28 (as the 2026 Arknights Celebration event)
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- For a comprehensive list of upcoming events, see Event/Upcoming.
By year[edit]
| 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 • 2026 |
Overview[edit]
Major[edit]
Major events feature their own operations and stories/interludes, and are distinct in that they tend to feature much more robust event stores, and introduce new "tilesets" with some exceptions (notably Operation Originium Dust and A Walk in the Dust which reuses an identical tileset) as well as new enemies and mechanics. The stories/interludes of major events are always unlocked in sequence, and is tied to the operations themselves; the major event's plot are usually contained within the main operations, though some are also included in the extra operations.
All major events will receive a rerun (known in the CN server as retrospection) at a later date following the event's release.
As of A Walk in the Dust, major events are grouped into two categories and their operations become available to play permanently after release, with some restrictions (see Event operations § Major).
Minor[edit]
- Story Collections
- Login events: These events can be run during or separate from any other event, as they are "non-intrusive." The systems of login events differ from one another, but they are usually defined by giving out rewards for logging in several days in a row, or add temporary additional rewards to daily and weekly missions. The rewards for these events are typically simple materials and an outfit.
Celebration[edit]
There are two different Celebration events.
- In CN, first Celebration events are released in November 1 to commemorate half-year anniversaries; in Global, they are released about 3 months after the year's Carnival event and before the year's Festival event, and labeled Thank-You Celebration.
- Up to I Portatori dei Velluti, the Global server releases Thank-You Celebration events in late April or early May (except Il Siracusano which, for unknown reasons, is released in late May). Starting from Retracing Our Steps, they are released around April 14.
- In CN, second Celebration events are released in May 1 to commemorate yearly anniversaries. In Global, they are released about 3 months after the current year's Festival event and before the next year's Carnival event, and labeled Arknights Celebration from Absolved Will Be the Seekers; prior to this, second Celebration events are variably labeled Gift of the Deep Ones (Under Tides and Stultifera Navis) and One Giant Leap (Lone Trail).
- Up to Absolved Will Be the Seekers, the Global server releases Arknights Celebration events in late October or early November. Starting from The Masses' Travels, they are released around October 14.
Festival[edit]
In CN, Spring Festival or simply Festival events are released in late January or early February to commemorate the Chinese New Year; in Global, they are released to commemorate half-year anniversaries.
- Up to Here A People Sows, the Global server releases Festival events in late July or early August. Starting from Such is the Joy of Our Reunion, they are released about 6 months after the Carnival event, around July 16/17.
Carnival[edit]
In CN, Summer Carnival or simply Carnival events are released around August 1 to commemorate the peak of the year's summer holidays; in Global, they are released to commemorate yearly anniversaries around the Global server's release date of January 16.
Seasonal[edit]
Crossovers[edit]
- Main article: Event/Crossover
List of commemorative events[edit]
The tables below shows the list of events released to commemorate various milestones in each Arknights server.
Due to the TW server's inconsistent content releases, only CN and Global are included in the tables below.
| Commemorates | Event
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| 2020 Spring Festival | Ancient Forge
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| 2021 Spring Festival | Who is Real
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| 2022 Spring Festival | Invitation to Wine
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| 2023 Spring Festival | Where Vernal Winds Will Never Blow
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| 2024 Spring Festival | Here A People Sows
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| 2025 Spring Festival | Such is the Joy of Our Reunion
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| 2026 Spring Festival | First of A Thousand Autumns
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| Commemorates | Event
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|---|---|
| 2019 Summer Carnival | Heart of Surging Flame
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| 2020 Summer Carnival | The Great Chief Returns
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| 2021 Summer Carnival | Dossoles Holiday
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| 2022 Summer Carnival | Ideal City
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| 2023 Summer Carnival | So Long, Adele
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| 2024 Summer Carnival | Adventure That Cannot Wait for the Sun
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| 2025 Summer Carnival | Ato
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| 2026 Summer Carnival | Till the Lands Become an Orange
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| Commemorates | Event
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| 2021 Thank-You Celebration | Fan Appreciation Event
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| 2021 Gift of the Deep Ones | Under Tides
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| 2022 Thank-You Celebration | Near Light
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| 2022 Gift of the Deep Ones | Stultifera Navis
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| 2023 Thank-You Celebration | Il Siracusano
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| One Giant Leap | Lone Trail (2023)
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| 2024 Thank-You Celebration | Zwillingstürme im Herbst
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| 2024 Arknights Celebration | Absolved Will Be the Seekers
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| 2025 Thank-You Celebration | I Portatori dei Velluti
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| 2025 Arknights Celebration | The Masses' Travels
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| 2026 Thank-You Celebration | Retracing Our Steps
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| 2026 Arknights Celebration | Critical Phase Transition
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Gameplay tags[edit]
Since Dissociative Recombination (CN)/When Elegies Are Ashes (Global), events other than Story Collections in the newly introduced Score menu now have gameplay tags which indicates what to expect in the event's operations.
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| Beginner | The event's operations are the least complicated and suitable for new players. |
| Moderate | The event's operations are more complicated than Beginner but less complicated than Challenging, and suitable for regular players. |
| Challenging | The event's operations are the most complicated and suitable for veteran players. |
| Special Environment | The event's operations feature unique environment mechanisms. For more information, see Operation#Unique mechanics. |
| Special Terrain | The event's operations feature unique terrain. For more information, see Terrain. |
| Special Devices | The event's operations feature deployable devices integral to gameplay. For more information, see Device (unit type)#Deployable. |
| Special Tools | The event's operations feature static devices integral to gameplay. For more information, see Device (unit type)#Static. |
| Neutral Units | The event's operations feature allied units. |
| Elemental Injury | The event's operations feature enemies capable of inflicting Elemental Injury. |
Trivia[edit]
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- Due to being 8-9 months behind the CN server at launch and 5-6 months behind at present, the Global server of Arknights released events—those featuring limited headhunting banners in particular—outside their supposed theme by necessity.
- Since the 1st Anniversary Celebration, Global's content release pacing allows CN's Summer Carnival and Spring Festival events to be released as Global's yearly and half-year anniversaries, respectively, and CN's anniversary events to be released between them.
- Before the scheduling were made more consistent since 2025:
- Global reschedules the release of at least one event preceding Carnival events from Dossoles Holiday into February or March, possibly to give enough time for the Carnival event to be released as Global's yearly anniversary event.
- The second Celebration and Carnival events have a gap of 2.5 months while Carnival and first Celebration events have a gap of 3.5 months, unlike CN where events featuring limited banners are consistently 3 months apart.
- It is worth noting that event operations are typically designed to the advantage of the Operators introduced by the headhunting banner that runs concurrently with the event. For example, Passenger's ability to chain arts damage to close-by targets would be advantageous against A Walk in the Dust's various drone summoners, as would Heavyrain's ability to heal and provide Camouflage.