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[Blue Archive] Personal Recommendations for the Newly Added Gacha System, "Archive Recruitment"
This is an analysis and recommendation guide for Archive Recruitment added in the Blue Archive 4.5th anniversary update. Archive Recruitment is a gacha that collects only students released during a specific period, and users can directly select the pick-up target. It covers the advantages of this gacha, recommended students, and prospects for future Archive Ticket distribution frequency and lineup addition frequency.
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1. 🎮 Archive Recruitment Introduction: Features and Differences from Existing Gacha
- ✅ New gacha type added with the 4.5th anniversary update
- ✅ Only students released during a specific period (initial ~ 1st anniversary) appear
- ✅ Users can directly select the pick-up target
- ✅ Similar to Granblue's Classic Gacha, Arknights' Mid-Career Gacha
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Target Student | Students implemented between the initial release and the 1st anniversary |
| How to Obtain | Can only be obtained with Archive Tickets |
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1. 🎮 Archive Recruitment Introduction: Features and Differences from Existing Gacha
- ✅ New gacha type added with the 4.5th anniversary update
- ✅ Only students released during a specific period (initial ~ 1st anniversary) appear
- ✅ Users can directly select the pick-up target
- ✅ Similar to Granblue's Classic Gacha, Arknights' Mid-Career Gacha
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Target Student | Students implemented between the initial release and the 1st anniversary |
| How to Obtain | Can only be obtained with Archive Tickets |
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2. ✨ Advantages of Archive Recruitment: Improvements for Free-to-Play Users
- ✅ Existing students can be obtained with Hard Currency, etc.
- ✅ Reduced Pain from Skipping: Easily acquire students who were difficult to obtain due to skipping in the existing gacha
- ✅ Advantageous for Free-to-Play Users: Obtain sufficiently powerful students even without spending money
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3. 🎫 Archive Tickets: How to Obtain and Pity System
- ✅ Gacha is only possible with Archive Tickets
- ✅ Archive Tickets will be distributed regularly in the future
- ✅ Pity System Exists: No time limit on gacha points
- ✅ You can pull to the pity and choose later
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4. 🎁 Current Number of Obtainable Archive Tickets
- ✅ Can gacha 200 times with guide missions and level-up rewards
- ✅ Currently in progress, all users can reach the pity once
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5. ⭐ Recommended Students for Archive Recruitment: Performance and Acquisition Priority
- ✅ Recommended to Obtain Necessarily: Shun, Cherino, Ako (currently not obtainable with Hard Currency)
- ✅ Priority: Iori, Hibiki, Koharu (high versatility)
- ✅ Consider Divine Tome: Nonomi, Arona (save AP, coins)
| Student | Description |
|---|---|
| Shun | Active on the front lines |
| Cherino | T.G. Cost Acceleration Tank |
| Ako | Active on the front lines |
| Iori | High versatility |
| Hibiki | High versatility |
| Koharu | High versatility |
| Nonomi | Obtain Divine Tome |
| Arona | Obtain Divine Tome |
Aiming for new students or Divine Tomes is also a good choice.
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6. 📈 Impact of Archive Recruitment: Gacha Improvement and Long-Term Value
- ✅ Improved General Gacha Skip Rate
- ✅ Possible to acquire powerful students with pinpoint accuracy
- ✅ Securing long-term value with unique 4-star implementation
- ✅ Can save AP, coin fragments
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7. 🤔 Future Prospects of Archive Recruitment: Ticket Distribution Frequency and Lineup Additions
- ⚠️ Archive Ticket Distribution Frequency is Important: Gacha utilization varies depending on the distribution frequency
- ⚠️ Currently, ticket acquisition sources other than guide missions and level achievement rewards are uncertain
- ⚠️ Possibility of adding cumulative point rewards for Total War and Grand Assault
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8. 🗓️ Prediction of Lineup Addition Timing and Ticket Preservation Strategy
- ⚠️ Lineup addition is expected in at least half a year to a year
- ⚠️ If added in half a year: End of January 2026 (up to Swimsuit Hoshino)
- ⚠️ If added in 1 year: January 2023 (up to Kanae)
- ✅ Determine whether to preserve tickets after checking the ticket distribution frequency at the September event
- ✅ If ticket distribution is low, consider preserving tickets for the desired student