Arknights: Endfield Beginner Guide –Early Gameplay Tips & Teams

Arknights: Endfield is a large-scale exploration RPG that blends real-time combat, character progression, and industrial construction into a single long-term growth loop. For any beginner in Arknights: Endfield, the first few hours define how smooth your journey will be. From your first day in Arknights: Endfield to building a sustainable production system, every choice feeds into long-term growth.

If you’re just starting out in Arknights: Endfield, this beginner guide is here to help you. We’ll walk you through the essential early game systems,from combat mechanics and operator building to gear upgrades and the Automated Industry Complex system. Plus, you’ll find smart early-game team recommendations and daily tips to boost your progress.

 

 

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System Overview

Combat System

You deploy up to four operators in combat, directly controlling one while the others act via AI, with free switching on the fly. For players new to the Arknights: Endfield early game, combat rewards timing, positioning, and resource awareness rather than pure reflexes. 

At its core, Endfield’s combat is built around a small set of interlocking mechanics. Understanding how these systems interact will dramatically improve your consistency and damage output, especially in the early stages:

 

Basic Attacks & Dive Attacks

The final hit of an operator’s basic attack chain becomes a Dive Attack, which significantly increases enemy Stagger buildup.

 

Stagger & Finishers

Enemies have a white Stagger gauge beneath their HP bar. Once filled, they enter a Staggered state, allowing you to trigger a high-damage Finisher.

 

Energy & Battle Skills

All operators share a three-segment energy bar for Battle Skills, making skill order and timing critical—one of the most important gameplay tips and tricks for beginners.

 

Combo Skills

When specific conditions are met, other operators’ portraits light up, allowing powerful Combo Skills that deal damage and apply crowd control.

 

Attributes & Status Effects

Operators deal Physical, Heat, Electric, Nature, or Cryo damage. Attribute interactions can trigger special reactions, such as Freeze when Cryo combines with any art effects.

 

Building System

For Operators

Leveling & Breakthroughs

Operators can level up to 90, with breakthroughs required every 20 levels to unlock major stat boosts.

Skills

Skills include normal attacks, Battle Skills, Combo Skills, and the Ultimate Skill. Upgrading these directly improves damage, utility, cooldown efficiency, and overall combat flow, making skill investment one of the most impactful ways to increase combat power early on.

 

Talents

Talents can also be upgraded and cover a wide range of effects, including combat bonuses, base stat enhancements, and Factory Skills that interact with industrial gameplay. As more talents are unlocked through progression, they become a key layer of long-term optimization for both combat and production efficiency.

Potentials

Obtaining duplicate operators automatically grants tokens that increase their Potential, unlocking additional stat bonuses or new mechanics tied to that operator.

 

For Gear

Each operator equips four items with fixed main stats, sub-stats, and set effects. There’s no RNG rerolling—enhancement simply increases values, making planning easier for beginners.

 

For Weapon

Weapons feature three affixes and can be further enhanced with Essences. Matching Essence affixes to weapon affixes is key to creating endgame-ready gear.

 

Core Gameplay

Automated Industry Complex (AIC)

The Automated Industry Complex (AIC), Endfield Industries, is the backbone of Endfield’s long-term progression and a defining feature of its gameplay loop.

 

What You Get from the AIC:

• Primary Source of Equipment

Most gear can be crafted directly through industrial output, eventually eliminating equipment shortages.

 

• Currency Generation & Trading

Production generates shop currency and enables buy-low, sell-high trading strategies.

 

• Deployable Devices

Craft tools like Ziplines for fast travel and automated offensive or defensive devices to reduce manual farming.

 

Early on, focus on collecting yellow balloons to earn industry points, unlock technologies, and establish basic automation. If factory building feels overwhelming, importing community blueprints is a great shortcut.

 

Dungeons

EXP stages, material dungeons, and challenge content form the backbone of stamina usage. Two essential early game guide tips:

• Higher-tier dungeons unlock with exploration level—wait until the highest tier is available before spending stamina.
• Once a higher-tier dungeon is unlocked, you can exit lower tiers without claiming rewards and farm only the best version.

OMV Dijiang

The OMV Dijiang acts as your central hub:

• Manufacturing Cabin

The Manufacturing Cabin is your primary source of passive income. It continuously produces operator materials, weapon upgrade resources, and skill components over time—without consuming stamina or active playtime.

 

• Reception Room

The Reception Room acts as a collection and showcase space for operators, weapons, and achievements you’ve unlocked.

 

• Teleport Platform

The Teleport Platform connects you with other players’ OMV Dijiang ships. By visiting friends and providing assistance, you can grant temporary production boosts that speed up manufacturing output.

 

• Operator Contact Termina

The Operator Contact Terminal allows you to interact with specific operators to increase their affinity. Raising affinity isn’t just cosmetic: certain Talents are locked behind affinity thresholds and won’t become available until you’ve built enough rapport.

 

 

Recommended Early-Game Teams

Heat Team

Laevatain + Antal + Wulfgard + Ardelia

 

This is the smoothest and most beginner-friendly lineup. Laevatain serves as a powerful core carry with strong damage and survivability, allowing the team to push story content without strict positioning or perfect execution.The supporting members are all easy to obtain early, which means this team comes online quickly with minimal reroll or resource pressure.

 

Physical Team

Pogranichnik + Chen Qianyu + Endministrator + Da Pan

 

This team revolves around Pogranichnik’s strong physical synergy and remains relevant well beyond the early game. Physical damage scales reliably with basic upgrades, and the team’s structure is flexible enough to adapt to different encounter types.

 

Cryo Team

Last Rite + Xaihi + Perlica + Ardelia

 

The Cryo team offers high burst potential but has a slower startup. For beginners, this team may feel less forgiving during the opening hours, but it scales extremely well and becomes a strong option as content difficulty increases and enemies grow more durable.

 

Early Progression Priorities

• Collect Pink Bolete and Kalkonyx whenever they refresh.

These materials are time-gated and used extensively in operator and equipment upgrades. Because their respawn is tied to real-world time, delaying collection directly slows long-term growth.

 

• Unlock storage nodes and recycling points early.

Storage nodes increase Dispatch Ticket generation, while recycling points contribute to OMV Dijiang level growth. Unlocking and upgrading them early compounds their benefits over time, making every future day more efficient.

 

• Deploy mining machines as soon as power is available.

Industrial development consumes massive amounts of ore. Mining machines automate this process and run continuously, so the earlier they’re deployed, the faster they pay for themselves.

 

• Avoid stamina overflow and fill downtime with exploration or base management.

Stamina regenerates slowly but caps high. As long as you prevent overflow, there’s no need to rush. When stamina is recovering, focus on exploration, base management, or industry planning to keep overall progress moving forward.

 

Daily Task Checklist

Activity	Description	Priority
Credit Exchange	Claim daily credits	Mandatory
Shop	Buy situational materials	Recommended
Map Gathering	Clear rare resource nodes	Mandatory
Manufacturing Cabin	Check production	Mandatory
Trading	Arbitrage price differences	Optional
Daily Missions	Complete activity objectives	Mandatory
Stamina Usage	Spend all stamina	Mandatory
Limited Events	Event-specific tasks	Situational

 

Conclusion

What makes Arknights: Endfield stand out is how seamlessly combat, exploration, and automation reinforce each other. For any beginner in Arknights: Endfield, focusing on one core team, unlocking industrial infrastructure early, and letting automation handle repetition is the smartest path forward. Once your systems mature, progression accelerates—and that’s when the game’s depth truly opens up.

To manage production, farming, and daily routines more efficiently, OSLink is an excellent companion. Remote control of the PC version via mobile lets you monitor output, collect resources, and execute repetitive actions with custom key combos—saving time while keeping progress steady.