Arknights: Endfield Homecoming Update Launches July 16

GRYPHLINE has announced that the new “Homecoming” update for Arknights: Endfield will launch on July 16 as the game’s largest content update. The free Homecoming update celebrates the game’s half-year milestone with free rewards and content. 

The Arknights: Endfield Homecoming update includes the new Yingling Pass and North Wuling Exclusion Zone areas, playable Operators Arcane and Liino, expansions to the AIC system, and several other improvements and additions. The release is also accompanied by the new Homecoming audio album, half-year celebration rewards, and new gameplay events and activities. 

Get the new details on the update below, courtesy of GRYPHLINE:

New Region & Story Content

In ‘Homecoming,’ the world of Arknights: Endfield expands further with two additional maps that bring the Wuling storyline to a decisive milestone while exploring themes of returning home and confronting the sacrifices left behind. Ten years after the Very Large Rift destroyed the Wuling Science Station and forced countless residents from their homes, improvements to Xiranite Nexus have finally created an opportunity to contain the disaster. Players reunite with Arcane and join the people of Wuling on a campaign to reclaim their lost homeland.

‘Homecoming’ introduces two new main-story maps:

• • • Yinglung Pass: The gateway to the sealed territory, where players meet Si, a mysterious Feranmut Proxy who guides them through the final enhancement of Xiranite Nexus.
    • North Wuling Exclusion Zone: A ruined homeland consumed by Blight Miasma. Players must suppress its sources and open a safe route for the returning people of Wuling.

‘Homecoming’ also introduces a personal device equipment category, giving players access to exploration tools with practical effects. New enemies include Blightshade – remnants of people and emotions preserved by Æther – while the boss Alleikhreos, Chiliarch, requires players to use special battlefield mechanics to interrupt certain attacks.

New Playable Operators

Arcane and Liino debut as playable Operators in ‘Homecoming.’ Arcane serves as the flagship operator of the update, combining direct narrative relevance with a highly adaptable combat design. Liino is a rising idol whose support kit strengthens and sustains the squad across a variety of team compositions.

Arcane:

• • • The captain of Yinglung Special Task Force, Arcane, has spent years fighting to reclaim the North Wuling Exclusion Zone. She takes a central role in both the story and the new playable roster.
    • Arcane is the first caster whose combat form changes based on the balance between her Intellect and Will attributes. Array Arcana: INT focuses on frequent skill use, area damage and Corrosion, while Array Arcana: WILL focuses on enemy grouping, stronger debuffs and spreading Arts Infliction. This allows players to build her as either a damage dealer or a flexible elemental-team support.

Liino:

• • • Known as Morning Star of La Fantoma, Liino is a rising idol who mysteriously disappears shortly before a concert in Valley VI.
    • Liino is an Electric supporter who uses Vocalist Stance and Cosmovoice Stance to provide sustained increases in attack and healing. Her low-cost battle skill and broadly triggered combo skill allow her to support multiple elemental compositions and improve team survivability without disrupting skill rotations.

AIC Expansion

Beyond the new story and Operators, the AIC system also receives a major expansion, adding new production possibilities while simplifying existing factory workflows.

• • • Gas is a new industrial material state alongside solids and liquids, adding new resources, machinery, recipes, technologies and production lines.
    • Players can collect Inergen and Xiragen and convert materials between gaseous, liquid and solid states. These processes can bypass existing production stages, reduce the number of required machines and support denser factory layouts.
    • For example, players can produce Xiranite directly from Carbon and Clean Water in an Inergen environment, thereby eliminating three intermediate processes. The system also introduces Pyrrolite Component, more precise logistics controls and the new industrial outpost Xiranflow Cloudseeder Station.

Audio & Worldbuilding

Sound plays an important role in how Arknights: Endfield brings Talos-II to life, from cinematic music and multilingual voice performances to spatial audio, dynamic mixing and detailed Foley work across exploration and combat. In this update, the team continues to build on that foundation with the new Homecoming album, contributions from international composers and thousands of newly recorded source samples that help shape the game’s industrial sci-fi atmosphere.

New Activities & Player-experience Improvements

Arknights: Endfield also brings the game’s broadest range of gameplay activities to date, led by Echoes of War, a permanent seasonal combat mode featuring rotating stages, three difficulty levels, ratings and displayable seasonal titles. All Oroberyl rewards are available through the normal difficulty, while higher difficulties offer additional challenges and prestige.

Other activities include:

• • • HEAT RAGE! MEGA ARENA! – a two-operator combat activity built around unusual character pairings.
    • The Rooted Realm – a timed exploration and collection activity with hidden routes and special combat rooms.
    • Additional challenges for Umbral Monument and six puzzle maps for Delver of the Cryptic.

Early Unlock:

• • • An early-unlock feature will allow newer players to access Wuling after completing an early main-story requirement, without interrupting their existing Chapter One progress. Operator trials will award fully refined Arsenal Defense Crate, while more flexible equipment-manufacturing processes will reduce the time and resources required to prepare characters.

Quality-of-life Improvements:

• • • Quality-of-life improvements include expanded photo mode, remote retrieval of outdoor equipment, preserved conduit connections in blueprints, more customizable combat visuals and targeting options, and expanded graphics support including DLSS 4.5, PSSR2 and FSR 3.

Half-year Celebration Rewards

To thank players for their support during the game’s first six months, GRYPHLINE will offer a range of login, mail and event rewards, including:

• • • A three-day Tribute of Companionship login campaign offering 3,000x Oroberyls, 5x Basic HH Permits and the free six-star weapon Farsight.
    • An in-game mail package containing 2,000x Oroberyls and development materials.
    • 14x Fortune Connect-and-Win attempts, guaranteeing at least 5,000 Oroberyls plus additional materials.
    • Two 7-day login campaigns providing 5x limited HH Permits each.

Arknights: Endfield is available now for Android, iOS, PlayStation 5, and PC via Epic Games Store.