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* ''Rhodes Kitchen -[=TIDBITS=]-'': Aindividual side stories about Rhodes Island's operators and their daily meals.

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* ''Rhodes Kitchen -[=TIDBITS=]-'': Aindividual A collection of individual side stories about Rhodes Island's operators and their daily meals.
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** "Zwillingstrume im Herbst" also introduces a major quality-of-life update: auto battles can now be chained up to 6 times in a row. This allows the player to avoid needing to babysit their device while the game plays for longer.
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* ''Lee's Detective Agency: A Day in Lungmen'': A spin-off series starring Aak, Hung, Waai Fu and Lee of the titular detective agency (although they [[InformedAttribute insist]] that they [[ThePiratesThatDontDoAnything do everything but detective work]], as that's police business), showing off their day-to-day lives in Lungmen. Individual episodes are available in Japanese with English subtitles via Crunchyroll's [=YouTube=] channel. [[https://youtu.be/6FPc0PeB3rM Pilot]], [[https://youtu.be/hbgDq3-NYug Episode 1]], [[https://youtu.be/xWPcVfuLlqU Episode 2]], [[https://youtu.be/kytgTOFuAUc Episode 3]], [[https://youtu.be/Orh7x37DGts Episode 4]], [[https://youtu.be/dAEHFHxz9YY Episode 5]], [[https://youtu.be/HWMkzpgcTtY Episode 6]], [[https://youtu.be/40YHw5nTQIo Special Episode 1]], [[https://youtu.be/v9P6jyhFpHw Special Episode 2]].

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* ''Lee's Detective Agency: A Day in Lungmen'': A spin-off series starring Aak, Hung, Waai Fu and Lee of the titular detective agency (although they [[InformedAttribute insist]] that they [[ThePiratesThatDontDoAnything [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything do everything but detective work]], as that's police business), showing off their day-to-day lives in Lungmen. Individual episodes are available in Japanese with English subtitles via Crunchyroll's [=YouTube=] channel. [[https://youtu.be/6FPc0PeB3rM Pilot]], [[https://youtu.be/hbgDq3-NYug Episode 1]], [[https://youtu.be/xWPcVfuLlqU Episode 2]], [[https://youtu.be/kytgTOFuAUc Episode 3]], [[https://youtu.be/Orh7x37DGts Episode 4]], [[https://youtu.be/dAEHFHxz9YY Episode 5]], [[https://youtu.be/HWMkzpgcTtY Episode 6]], [[https://youtu.be/40YHw5nTQIo Special Episode 1]], [[https://youtu.be/v9P6jyhFpHw Special Episode 2]].

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* Kay's Daily Doodles: The ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdBbLUdB4LQ Kay's Daily Doodles]]'' short animation was initially released on April 21 2023 as commemoration with the release and reveal of the ''Il Siracusano'' event for the global servers. It was eventually [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9Q1Z65Ul8Q teased on October 23 2023]] to become an actual short animation series. The first episode was released on December 1 2023, with the episodes being [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbuSQ8SJFnFH7D7_hwX94t-u3tyUxknsl uploaded and compiled in the Official Arknights Youtube channel]] periodically before concluding on January 5, 2024.

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* Kay's Daily Doodles: The ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdBbLUdB4LQ Kay's Daily Doodles]]'' short animation was initially released on April 21 21, 2023 as commemoration with the release and reveal of the ''Il Siracusano'' event for the global servers. It was eventually [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9Q1Z65Ul8Q teased on October 23 23, 2023]] to become an actual short animation series. The first episode was released on December 1 1, 2023, with the episodes being [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbuSQ8SJFnFH7D7_hwX94t-u3tyUxknsl uploaded and compiled in the Official Arknights Youtube channel]] periodically before concluding on January 5, 2024.2024.
* ''Lee's Detective Agency: A Day in Lungmen'': A spin-off series starring Aak, Hung, Waai Fu and Lee of the titular detective agency (although they [[InformedAttribute insist]] that they [[ThePiratesThatDontDoAnything do everything but detective work]], as that's police business), showing off their day-to-day lives in Lungmen. Individual episodes are available in Japanese with English subtitles via Crunchyroll's [=YouTube=] channel. [[https://youtu.be/6FPc0PeB3rM Pilot]], [[https://youtu.be/hbgDq3-NYug Episode 1]], [[https://youtu.be/xWPcVfuLlqU Episode 2]], [[https://youtu.be/kytgTOFuAUc Episode 3]], [[https://youtu.be/Orh7x37DGts Episode 4]], [[https://youtu.be/dAEHFHxz9YY Episode 5]], [[https://youtu.be/HWMkzpgcTtY Episode 6]], [[https://youtu.be/40YHw5nTQIo Special Episode 1]], [[https://youtu.be/v9P6jyhFpHw Special Episode 2]].


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* FantasticRacism: Though the game focuses more on the conflict between Oripathy-infected and non-infected people, background materials hint that not all Ancient races get along with each other. For example, Firewatch's profile mentions that [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Sarkaz]] are marginalized to a degree, being stereotyped as selfish, cynical, and malicious. One subtype of Sarkaz, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampires]] (which includes Warfarin), are further vilified as night-stalking boogeymen. (Granted, Warfarin herself doesn't refute the stereotypes applied to her kin, and her Elite 2 art demonstrates why others might find them intimidating...)

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* FantasticRacism: Though the game focuses more on the conflict between Oripathy-infected and non-infected people, background materials hint that not all Ancient races get along with each other. For example, Firewatch's profile mentions that [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Sarkaz]] other, which is also the case with nations, and some may be even outright hostile. Some notable examples:
** The Sarkaz as a whole
are highly marginalized to a degree, being stereotyped and portrayed as selfish, cynical, and malicious. One subtype malicious, with most people and nations treating them as second-hand citizens at ''best'' or literal attack animals at worst. [[spoiler:This is the result of a millenia-old racial feud between the former Sarkaz, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampires]] (which includes Warfarin), are further vilified as night-stalking boogeymen. (Granted, Warfarin herself doesn't refute who were the stereotypes applied to her kin, original inhabitants of the planet as the Teekaz, and her Elite 2 art demonstrates why others might find ''every other Ancient race'' who supplanted them intimidating...)and has a vested interest in keeping them from regaining their old power.]]
** The Sarkaz and Sankta have an instinctive racial feud to the point where they regularly attempt to murder each other for the heck of it, and one of the only severe laws of the otherwise lax Laterano is that Sarkaz absolutely cannot be allowed to exist in it. [[spoiler:This is because the Sankta are actually a Teekaz race that fled the others' cruelty before being transformed by an ancient machine and allying with the Ancients, something the Sarkaz consider treason.]]
** In addition to their infamous cruelty against the Infected, the people of Ursus are known to heavily look down on any non-Ursus races like Felines, and are brutally prejudiced against pretty much every other country imaginable, ''especially'' the Sami whom they treat as barbarians and constantly attempt to colonize.
** Victoria heavily suppresses the culture and nationality of their sister country Tara despite having formally declared peace with it, due to Tara's history of conflict with Victoria and fear that their Draco royalty will one day retake the Victorian throne, to the point that Tara basically no longer exists.
** The Aegir look down upon all surface dwellers due to being a HigherTechSpecies, although the ones that spend more time on the surface tend to be less prejudiced.


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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Every nation on Terra, present or past, is heavily based on an existing nation at some point in history, down to language, culture, and even historical figures or events.

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* CrapsackWorld: The world of ''Arknights'' is plagued by great Catastrophes-- manifesting in forms such as storms, earthquakes, and falling meteorites -- forcing civilizations to adopt a nomadic lifestyle with the help of mobile cities. The mineral left behind in the site of these Catastrophes, Originium, is valued as a wonder material that can be used in all sorts of applications, but are also able to fuse with living flesh when handled incorrectly, leading to the emergence of the Infected. The Infected are discriminated heavily because they become living vector of Oripathy, which have 100% mortality rate. That's still not counting AristocratsAreEvil that litter the world. Even worse, later chapters reveal various supernatural threats exist in the unexplored margins of Terra, such as rogue gods, extradimensional demons invading from the northern ice caps, and a horde of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s rising from the sea. And ''even worse'' than that, "Lonetrail" reveals that [[spoiler:Terra is actually stuck in the orbit of a supermassive black hole, and it's only a matter of time before the planet is sucked into it]]. "Babel" would later reveal [[spoiler:a lot of the setting's main conflict stems from AbusivePrecursors who seeded the planet in the first place both with foreign intelligent life in the form of the first Ancient races, which would later come into conflict with the various native races of Terra such as the Sarkaz... and Originium that would eventually convert them into [[HumanResources a living resource]] for their own world to survive some great catastrophe, and it is in their best interest to keep the people off their foot until Oripathy consumes them completely.]]

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* CrapsackWorld: ''In spades.''
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The world of ''Arknights'' is plagued by great Catastrophes-- manifesting in forms such as storms, earthquakes, and falling meteorites -- forcing civilizations to adopt a nomadic lifestyle with the help of mobile cities. The mineral left behind in the site of these Catastrophes, Originium, is valued as a wonder material that can be used in all sorts of applications, but are also able to fuse with living flesh when handled incorrectly, leading to the emergence of the Infected. The Infected are discriminated heavily because they become living vector of Oripathy, which have 100% mortality rate. That's still not counting AristocratsAreEvil the constant fighting, corruption, poverty, and geopolitical scheming that litter litters the world. world, naturally all at the expense of the common people.
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Even worse, later chapters reveal various supernatural threats exist in the unexplored margins of Terra, such as rogue gods, extradimensional demons invading from the northern ice caps, and a horde of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s rising from the sea. And ''even worse'' than that, "Lonetrail" reveals that [[spoiler:Terra is actually stuck in the orbit sights of a supermassive black hole, some cosmic disaster, and it's only a matter of time before the whole planet is sucked into it]]. destroyed]].
**
"Babel" would later reveal [[spoiler:a lot of the setting's main conflict stems from AbusivePrecursors who seeded the planet in the first place both with foreign intelligent life in the form of the first Ancient races, which would later come into conflict with the various native races of Terra such as the Sarkaz... and Originium that would eventually convert them into [[HumanResources a living resource]] for their own world to survive some great catastrophe, and it is in their best interest to keep the people off their foot until Oripathy consumes them completely.]]



* CursedWithAwesome: Getting infected with oripathy may awaken a person's hidden magical talent, or in some cases even enhance it. It still won't save them from slow, agonizing death without proper treatment, and even ''with'' treatment, oripathy symptoms and side effects can end up as various flavors of nigh-debilitating (Eyjafjalla, for example, is only ''barely'' not functionally deaf, even with RI-supplied hearing aids). But getting stronger at your Arts is obviously better than getting nothing at all, like Fang does, which is just plain sucks.

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* CursedWithAwesome: Getting infected with oripathy may awaken a person's hidden magical talent, or in some cases even enhance it. It still won't save them from slow, agonizing death without proper treatment, and even ''with'' treatment, oripathy symptoms and side effects can end up as various flavors of nigh-debilitating (Eyjafjalla, for example, is only ''barely'' not functionally deaf, even with RI-supplied hearing aids). But getting stronger at your Arts is obviously better than getting nothing at all, like Fang does, which is just plain sucks.



** There is also a different type of Elemental Damage which specifically refers to the damage dealt to enemies by ally elemental effects. Enemies will reduce both this and the actual Elemental buildup with the Elemental Resistance stat. [[GuideDangIt There's currently no good way to distinguish between the two in-game.]]

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** There is also a different type of Elemental Damage which specifically refers to the damage dealt to enemies by ally elemental effects. Enemies will reduce both this with the Elemental Resistance stat, and the actual Elemental buildup with the Elemental Effect Resistance stat. [[GuideDangIt There's currently no good way to distinguish between the two in-game.]]



** Big Bob, the event boss, had a stronger PaletteSwap named "Big Adam" fought in GT-HX-3 who is classified as a seperate boss in the Enemy Index. Later events would simply bring back the original boss with buffed stats for their expert stages.

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** Big Bob, the event boss, not only lacks any special abilities, had a stronger PaletteSwap named "Big Adam" fought in GT-HX-3 who is classified as a seperate boss in the Enemy Index. Later events would simply bring back the original boss with buffed stats for their expert stages.
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The world of Terra is on the brink of ruin. An infectious, incurable disease known as Oripathy has been spreading across the populace for the past several centuries, based on contact with the seeming wonder material Originium. Originium can power devices and achieve effects that are, for all practical purposes, FunctionalMagic, but overexposure causes Oripathy, in which the afflicted's tissues are slowly transformed into a form of Originium that is even more virulent than the "naturally"-occuring mineral. Sufficient crystallization, naturally, results in death. Those with Oripathy became known as the "Infected", and are outcast and feared by the general public. In response to the rising Oripathy pandemic (as industry begins to rely ever more on Originium's incredible generative and transformative properties), many of the Infected banded together to fend for themselves, with only each other to rely on.

You awaken as the Doctor, a master tactician and member of the group "Rhodes Island", a private medical company based on a small [[BaseOnWheels nomadic city]] of the same name; Rhodes is composed mainly of Infected, drawn from the world over and all walks of life, who seek a cure for Oripathy and to end the stigma against the Infected, and in a world as dangerous as Terra has become, maintains a defense force that it has had to use far more often than its leadership would entirely prefer. Severe trauma has resulted in the loss of your memories, and you are greeted by utter chaos: on the brink of a Catastrophe (the manifestation of Originium deposits via sudden natural disasters), the forces of the Reunion Movement, a band of Infected who seek revenge on the society that shunned them, have suddenly struck back against the Empire of Ursus, seemingly hell-bent on driving the entire city of Chernobog into the Catastrophe's heart and annihilating the city in the process. With no one but your loyal, seemingly-long-time compatriot Amiya and your fellow Rhodes Island Operatives to guide you, you are now tasked with leading the charge to your freedom and uncovering the truth behind the mysteries of the world, your past, and your future.

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The world CrapsackWorld of Terra is on plagued by not only war and corruption, but a literal plague in the brink form of ruin. An Oripathy, an infectious, incurable disease known as Oripathy that has been spreading spread across the populace for the past several centuries, based on contact with the seeming wonder material Originium. Originium can power devices and achieve effects that are, for all practical purposes, FunctionalMagic, but overexposure causes Oripathy, in which the afflicted's tissues are slowly transformed into a form of Originium that is even more virulent than the "naturally"-occuring mineral. Sufficient crystallization, naturally, results in death. Those with Oripathy became known as the "Infected", and are outcast and feared by the general public.public, if not outight punished by the government. In response to the rising Oripathy pandemic (as industry begins to rely ever more on Originium's incredible generative and transformative properties), many of the Infected banded together to fend for themselves, with only each other to rely on.

You awaken as the Doctor, a master tactician and member of the group "Rhodes Island", a private medical company based on a small [[BaseOnWheels nomadic city]] of the same name; Rhodes is composed mainly of Infected, drawn from the world over and all walks of life, who seek a cure for Oripathy and to end the stigma against the Infected, and in a world as dangerous as Terra has become, maintains a defense force that it has had to use far more often than its leadership would entirely prefer. Severe trauma has resulted in the loss of your memories, and you are greeted by utter chaos: on the brink of a Catastrophe (the manifestation of Originium deposits via sudden natural disasters), the forces of the Reunion Movement, a band of Infected who seek revenge on the society that shunned them, have suddenly struck back against the Empire of Ursus, seemingly hell-bent on driving the entire city of Chernobog into the Catastrophe's heart and annihilating the city in the process. With no one but your loyal, seemingly-long-time compatriot Amiya and your fellow Rhodes Island Operatives to guide you, you are now tasked with leading the charge to your freedom freedom, and uncovering the truth behind the mysteries of the world, your past, past and your future.
future, all as Rhodes Island continues to face the myriad stories and conflicts etching the vast land.
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* ''Arknights: Prelude to Dawn'': The teaser trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NakocJ9Ky0I was announced]] on October 24, 2021. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cwQeezbnWM The official trailer]] was revealed on April 23, 2022, as part of the CN 3rd Anniversary livestream. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS6rsy-tVNU The third PV]] announced that it would start airing on October 28, 2022, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q4zGuEqi8c the fourth PV]] announced it would also premiere globally on Crunchyroll.
* ''Arknights: Perish in Frost'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2fYkEgZqTM The teaser trailer]] for the second anime adaptation was revealed on April 22, 2023. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_wEICcHRNs The official trailer]] was revealed on September 20, 2023, announcing that it would start airing on October 6.
* ''Arknights: Rise from Ember'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR3PY1Cka0o The teaser trailer]] for the third season was revealed on April 27 2024.

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* ''Arknights: Prelude to Dawn'': The teaser trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NakocJ9Ky0I was announced]] on October 24, 2021. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cwQeezbnWM The official trailer]] was revealed on April 23, 2022, as part of the CN 3rd Anniversary livestream. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS6rsy-tVNU The third PV]] announced that it would start airing on October 28, 2022, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q4zGuEqi8c the fourth PV]] announced it would also premiere globally on Crunchyroll.
Crunchyroll. It adapts Episodes 0-3 of the main story.
* ''Arknights: Perish in Frost'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2fYkEgZqTM The teaser trailer]] for the second anime adaptation was revealed on April 22, 2023. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_wEICcHRNs The official trailer]] was revealed on September 20, 2023, announcing that it would start airing on October 6.
6. It adapts Episodes 4-6 of the main story.
* ''Arknights: Rise from Ember'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR3PY1Cka0o The teaser trailer]] for the third season was revealed on April 27 2024. It presumably adapts Episodes 7-8 of the main story.
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** "Babel" completely recontextualizes the Doctor and the Precursors' backstory and the history of Terra itself. [[spoiler:The Doctor and Priestess were responsible for seeding Originium on Terra in the first place under orders from their fellow Precursors in a bid to preserve their own species, knowing it will infect the native life with Oriptahy. The Doctor was then tasked with overseeing and ensuring the progress of Originium's spread, manipulating the races of Terra to be in a state of eternal war to promote the spread of Originium and disrupting attempts to find a cure to Oripathy. This comes to a head when they join Babel and assassinate Theresa to sabotage her attempts to find cure. As her last act, Theresa erases the Doctor's memories so they can start over from a blank slate, explaining their sudden amnesia at the start of the game. ]]

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** "Babel" completely recontextualizes the Doctor and the Precursors' backstory and the history of Terra itself. [[spoiler:The Doctor and Priestess were responsible for seeding Originium on Terra in the first place under orders from their fellow Precursors in a bid to preserve their own species, knowing it will infect the native life with Oriptahy.Oripathy. The Doctor was then tasked with overseeing and ensuring the progress of Originium's spread, manipulating the races of Terra to be in a state of eternal war to promote the spread of Originium and disrupting attempts to find a cure to Oripathy. This comes to a head when they join Babel and assassinate Theresa to sabotage her attempts to find cure. As her last act, Theresa erases the Doctor's memories so they can start over from a blank slate, explaining their sudden amnesia at the start of the game. ]]
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* ''Arknights: OPERATORS!'': A series of short slice-of-life 4-koma chapters that is mainly uploaded by the [[https://twitter.com/ArknightsStaff Japanese server Arknights']] X (Formerly Twitter) account which focuses on one operator for three chapters at most. This 4-koma series is illustrated by [[https://twitter.com/kyo_zip 狂zip]].

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* ''Arknights: OPERATORS!'': A series of short slice-of-life 4-koma chapters that is mainly uploaded by the [[https://twitter.com/ArknightsStaff Japanese server Arknights']] X (Formerly Twitter) account which focuses on one operator for three chapters pages at most. This 4-koma series is illustrated by [[https://twitter.com/kyo_zip 狂zip]].
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* Kay's Daily Doodles: The ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdBbLUdB4LQ Kay's Daily Doodles]]'' short animation]] was initially released on April 21 2023 as commemoration with the release and reveal of the ''Il Siracusano'' event. It was eventually [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9Q1Z65Ul8Q teased on October 23 2023]] to become an actual short animation series. The first episode was released on December 1 2023, with the episodes being [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbuSQ8SJFnFH7D7_hwX94t-u3tyUxknsl uploaded and compiled in the Official Arknights Youtube channel]] periodically before concluding on January 5, 2024.

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* Kay's Daily Doodles: The ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdBbLUdB4LQ Kay's Daily Doodles]]'' short animation]] animation was initially released on April 21 2023 as commemoration with the release and reveal of the ''Il Siracusano'' event.event for the global servers. It was eventually [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9Q1Z65Ul8Q teased on October 23 2023]] to become an actual short animation series. The first episode was released on December 1 2023, with the episodes being [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbuSQ8SJFnFH7D7_hwX94t-u3tyUxknsl uploaded and compiled in the Official Arknights Youtube channel]] periodically before concluding on January 5, 2024.
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A manga anthology adaptation [[https://twitter.com/ArknightsStaff/status/1273540971523829761 was announced]] on June 18, 2020. It should be noted however that it is non-canon to the story.

The official "Terra Historicus" website [[https://terra-historicus.hypergryph.com/ here]] publishes a number of webcomic spinoffs. Unlike the anthology above, the below spinoffs are considered canon supplementary material:
* ''A1 Operations Preparation Detachment'', a side story centered on Rhodes Island's Reserve Op Team A1 operators Fang, Kroos, and Beagle.
* ''Rhodes Island's Records of Originium - Black Steel'', a side story centered on Blacksteel-affiliated operators Franka, Liskarm, Jessica, and Vanilla.
* ''Rhodes Island's Records of Originium - Rhine Lab'', a side story centered on Rhine Lab-affiliated operators Ifrit, Silence, Saria, and Ptilopsis.
* ''Rhodes Kitchen -[=TIDBITS=]-'', individual side stories about Rhodes Island's operators and their daily meals.
* ''Angelina - Sketches of THIS Messenger's Journey'', a side story centered on Catastrophe Messenger Angelina.
* ''Prelude Suite: Cadenza Virtuosa'', a side story centered on Laterano-affiliated operators Virtuosa and Executor.
* ''Prelude Suite: Sharp Blade, Silver Edge'', a side story centered on Karlan Trade-affiliated operators [=SilverAsh=], Gnosis, and Degenbrecher.
* ''Let's Have a Dinner Together'', a side story centered on Sui siblings Nian, Dusk, Ling, and Chongyue.

An official anime adaptation, ''Arknights: Prelude to Dawn'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NakocJ9Ky0I was announced]] on October 24, 2021. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cwQeezbnWM The official trailer]] was revealed on April 23, 2022, as part of the CN 3rd Anniversary livestream. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS6rsy-tVNU The third PV]] announced that it would start airing on October 28, 2022, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q4zGuEqi8c the fourth PV]] announced it would also premiere globally on Crunchyroll.

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2fYkEgZqTM The teaser trailer]] for the second anime adaptation, ''Arknights: Perish in Frost'', was revealed on April 22, 2023. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_wEICcHRNs The official trailer]] was revealed on September 20, 2023, announcing that it would start airing on October 6.

A SliceOfLife short animation series initially based on the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdBbLUdB4LQ Kay's Daily Doodles]]'' short animation released April 21 2023, was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9Q1Z65Ul8Q teased on October 23 2023]]. The first episode was released on December 1 2023, with the episodes being [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbuSQ8SJFnFH7D7_hwX94t-u3tyUxknsl uploaded and compiled in the Official Arknights Youtube channel]] periodically before concluding on January 5, 2024.

A spinoff[[spoiler:/seeming StealthSequel]], ''[[https://endfield.hypergryph.global/en Arknights: Endfield]]'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo0deb64GNw was announced]] on March 18, 2022, with a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWUkSZyjUyM second]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcsOm6WSBDA set]] of trailers released on October 26, 2023. It is currently in the technical test stage.

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A manga anthology adaptation Arknights had since expanded into different media with the following supplementary materials:
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!! Anthologies:
*
[[https://twitter.com/ArknightsStaff/status/1273540971523829761 was announced]] Arknights Official Anthology Volume 1]], announced on June 18, 2020. It should be noted however that it is non-canon to the story.

18 2020.
!! Official webcomics:
The official "Terra Historicus" website [[https://terra-historicus.hypergryph.com/ here]] "Terra Historicus" website]] publishes a number of webcomic spinoffs. Unlike the anthology above, the below spinoffs are considered canon supplementary material:
* ''A1 Operations Preparation Detachment'', a Detachment'': A side story centered on Rhodes Island's Reserve Op Team A1 operators Fang, Kroos, and Beagle.
* ''Rhodes Island's Records of Originium - Black Steel'', a Steel'': A side story centered on Blacksteel-affiliated operators Franka, Liskarm, Jessica, and Vanilla.
* ''Rhodes Island's Records of Originium - Rhine Lab'', a Lab'': A side story centered on Rhine Lab-affiliated operators Ifrit, Silence, Saria, and Ptilopsis.
* ''Rhodes Kitchen -[=TIDBITS=]-'', individual -[=TIDBITS=]-'': Aindividual side stories about Rhodes Island's operators and their daily meals.
* ''Angelina - Sketches of THIS Messenger's Journey'', a Journey'': A side story centered on Catastrophe Messenger Angelina.
* ''Prelude Suite: Cadenza Virtuosa'', a Virtuosa'': A side story centered on Laterano-affiliated operators Virtuosa and Executor.
* ''Prelude Suite: Sharp Blade, Silver Edge'', a Edge'': A side story centered on Karlan Trade-affiliated operators [=SilverAsh=], Gnosis, and Degenbrecher.
Degenbrecher centering on the early days of Karlan Trade.
* ''Let's Have a Dinner Together'', a Together'': A side story centered on Sui siblings Nian, Dusk, Ling, and Chongyue.

An official anime adaptation,
Chongyue.
* ''Arknights: OPERATORS!'': A series of short slice-of-life 4-koma chapters that is mainly uploaded by the [[https://twitter.com/ArknightsStaff Japanese server Arknights']] X (Formerly Twitter) account which focuses on one operator for three chapters at most. This 4-koma series is illustrated by [[https://twitter.com/kyo_zip 狂zip]].
* ''123 Rhodes Island!?'': Another series of 4-koma webcomic media akin to ''OPERATORS!''. Unlike ''OPERATORS!'', however, ''123 Rhodes Island!?'' is a gag manga in nature.
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!!Official Anime Adaptation
*
''Arknights: Prelude to Dawn'', Dawn'': The teaser trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NakocJ9Ky0I was announced]] on October 24, 2021. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cwQeezbnWM The official trailer]] was revealed on April 23, 2022, as part of the CN 3rd Anniversary livestream. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS6rsy-tVNU The third PV]] announced that it would start airing on October 28, 2022, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q4zGuEqi8c the fourth PV]] announced it would also premiere globally on Crunchyroll.

Crunchyroll.
* ''Arknights: Perish in Frost'':
[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2fYkEgZqTM The teaser trailer]] for the second anime adaptation, ''Arknights: Perish in Frost'', adaptation was revealed on April 22, 2023. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_wEICcHRNs The official trailer]] was revealed on September 20, 2023, announcing that it would start airing on October 6.

A SliceOfLife short animation series initially based on the ''[[https://www.
6.
* ''Arknights: Rise from Ember'': [[https://www.
youtube.com/watch?v=MdBbLUdB4LQ com/watch?v=eR3PY1Cka0o The teaser trailer]] for the third season was revealed on April 27 2024.
!!Short animation
*
Kay's Daily Doodles]]'' short animation released April 21 2023, was [[https://www.Doodles: The ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdBbLUdB4LQ Kay's Daily Doodles]]'' short animation]] was initially released on April 21 2023 as commemoration with the release and reveal of the ''Il Siracusano'' event. It was eventually [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9Q1Z65Ul8Q teased on October 23 2023]].2023]] to become an actual short animation series. The first episode was released on December 1 2023, with the episodes being [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbuSQ8SJFnFH7D7_hwX94t-u3tyUxknsl uploaded and compiled in the Official Arknights Youtube channel]] periodically before concluding on January 5, 2024.

A spinoff[[spoiler:/seeming StealthSequel]],
2024.
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[[folder:Spinoffs]]
*
''[[https://endfield.hypergryph.global/en Arknights: Endfield]]'', Endfield]]'': A spinoff[[spoiler:/seeming StealthSequel]] to the main mobile game, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo0deb64GNw was announced]] on March 18, 2022, with a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWUkSZyjUyM second]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcsOm6WSBDA set]] of trailers released on October 26, 2023. It is currently in the technical test stage.
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** Since "Lone Trail", Arknights' official social media will post in-universe documents that serves as sidestory event's after action report. When an event is rerun, it will retroactively gain these documents too. Special Operation vignettes don't get these posts.



** In Herzenfolgen minigame in "Zwillingstrume im Herbst", if you choose wrong Arts Tune three times, the hint section will stop being vague and just outright say the correct Aspect and Desire combination. However, if you haven't unlocked the correct Aspect, you still need to trial-and-error your way to its combination.



* ArtEvolution: The game initially had the Reunion icon to represent the total number of enemies on the map counter. It was replaced with a generic crosshair overlaying person icon to reflect how Rhodes Island fights loads of enemies who aren't in Reunion outside of the first main StoryArc.

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The game initially had the Reunion icon to represent the total number of enemies on the map counter. It was replaced with a generic crosshair overlaying person icon to reflect how Rhodes Island fights loads of enemies who aren't in Reunion outside of the first main StoryArc.StoryArc.
** Newer sprites have significantly better and more complex animation compared to the launch operators. This even works when the old operators have new skin later on; compare Exusiai's Wild Operation skin (which has the same skeleton as her default) and her Midnight Delivery skin.


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* ClarkesThirdLaw: There's a major divide among Arts theory in the setting; Leithanien subscribes to a more mystical approach closer to [[MagicAIsMagicA stereotypical magic system in fantasy stories]], while Columbia is more interested with {{Magitek}} application. This divide is a part of struggle to push their nation's ideologies on the world's stage; Leithanien is an old {{Magocracy}} with a legendary SorcerousOverlord wishing to preserve their influence, while Columbia is a young nation without illustrious founding myth wishing to be a new superpower. [[spoiler:Later revelations show that just about everything magical in the setting was actually technological artifacts left behind by SufficientlyAdvancedAlien {{Precursors}}. For example, the Black Crown, Sarkaz's DivineRightOfKings said to contain all previous kings' wisdom, is actually a receiver for a massive data cloud storage that functions akin to a virtual Website/{{Wikipedia}}.]]


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** Episode 6 ends with Kal'tsit barging in Wei's office declaring that [[spoiler:Chernobog is in collusion course toward Lungmen]].
** Episode 11 reveals Kazdel Military Commision's secret weapon, [[spoiler:a DreadZeppelin capable of controlling Catastrophe, with an exact goal of a genocidal campaign against the rest of the world]].
** Many events made up their own subplots' MythArc, where the ending of an event becomes story fodders for its sequel. In particular, "Maria Nearl" is a glorified prologue for Kazimierz Major storyline that serves as [[RightfulKingReturns Nearl's return from exile]] and the start of the schemes against her.


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* NoahsStoryArc: It's in the title; Rhodes Island is a landship that recruits exceptional animal people from all walks of life to brave disasters. In what-if situations where Terra gets 'flooded' by calamities, such as in alternate endings of "Mizuki & Caerula Arbor" or Kal'tsit's Bloodline of Combat skin, Rhodes Island becomes the last bastion of mankind against these threats.
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* CrapsackWorld: The world of ''Arknights'' is plagued by great Catastrophes-- manifesting in forms such as storms, earthquakes, and falling meteorites -- forcing civilizations to adopt a nomadic lifestyle with the help of mobile cities. The mineral left behind in the site of these Catastrophes, Originium, is valued as a wonder material that can be used in all sorts of applications, but are also able to fuse with living flesh when handled incorrectly, leading to the emergence of the Infected. The Infected are discriminated heavily because they become living vector of Oripathy, which have 100% mortality rate. That's still not counting AristocratsAreEvil that litter the world. Even worse, later chapters reveal various supernatural threats exist in the unexplored margins of Terra, such as rogue gods, extradimensional demons invading from the northern ice caps, and a horde of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s rising from the sea. And ''even worse'' than that, "Lonetrail" reveals that [[spoiler:Terra is actually stuck in the orbit of a supermassive black hole, and it's only a matter of time before the planet is sucked into it]]. "Babel" would later reveal [[spoiler:a lot of the setting's main conflict stems from AbusivePrecursors who seeded the planet in the first place both with intelligent life in the form of the first Ancient races... and Originium that would eventually convert them into [[HumanResources a living resource]] for their own world to survive some great catastrophe, and it is in their best interest to keep the people off their foot until Oripathy consumes them completely.]]

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* CrapsackWorld: The world of ''Arknights'' is plagued by great Catastrophes-- manifesting in forms such as storms, earthquakes, and falling meteorites -- forcing civilizations to adopt a nomadic lifestyle with the help of mobile cities. The mineral left behind in the site of these Catastrophes, Originium, is valued as a wonder material that can be used in all sorts of applications, but are also able to fuse with living flesh when handled incorrectly, leading to the emergence of the Infected. The Infected are discriminated heavily because they become living vector of Oripathy, which have 100% mortality rate. That's still not counting AristocratsAreEvil that litter the world. Even worse, later chapters reveal various supernatural threats exist in the unexplored margins of Terra, such as rogue gods, extradimensional demons invading from the northern ice caps, and a horde of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s rising from the sea. And ''even worse'' than that, "Lonetrail" reveals that [[spoiler:Terra is actually stuck in the orbit of a supermassive black hole, and it's only a matter of time before the planet is sucked into it]]. "Babel" would later reveal [[spoiler:a lot of the setting's main conflict stems from AbusivePrecursors who seeded the planet in the first place both with foreign intelligent life in the form of the first Ancient races...races, which would later come into conflict with the various native races of Terra such as the Sarkaz... and Originium that would eventually convert them into [[HumanResources a living resource]] for their own world to survive some great catastrophe, and it is in their best interest to keep the people off their foot until Oripathy consumes them completely.]]
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** The "Extreme/Inferno Mode" stages that begin in Chapter 5, denoted by the "H" in front of their name (eg. H5-4). These maps feature incredibly tough enemies configured in even tougher formations, and may even bring back a stronger version of the chapter boss for you to fight, with later chapters outright giving the bosses entirely new abilities. Beating them awards you with an extra Originite Prime each and a Medal if you clear all of them in a Chapter.

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** The "Extreme/Inferno "Extreme Mode" stages that begin in Chapter Episode 5, denoted by the "H" in front of their name (eg. H5-4). These maps feature incredibly tough top-of-the-line enemies configured in even tougher formations, formations or map layouts, and may even also bring back a stronger version versions of the chapter bosses for you to fight; from Episode 10 and onwards, on top of inheriting the passive 20% enemy stat buff of the Adverse Environment, they often have you refight the chapter boss for you to fight, ''multiple times'' with later chapters outright giving the bosses entirely new abilities. or enhanced abilities each time. Beating them awards you with an extra Originite Prime each and a Medal if you clear all of them in a Chapter.Chapter, with the later chapters also offering more rewards and potentials for the chapter welfare up for grabs.
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* CrapsackWorld: The world of ''Arknights'' is plagued by great Catastrophes-- manifesting in forms such as storms, earthquakes, and falling meteorites -- forcing civilizations to adopt a nomadic lifestyle with the help of mobile cities. The mineral left behind in the site of these Catastrophes, Originium, is valued as a wonder material that can be used in all sorts of applications, but are also able to fuse with living flesh when handled incorrectly, leading to the emergence of the Infected. The Infected are discriminated heavily because they become living vector of Oripathy, which have 100% mortality rate. That's still not counting AristocratsAreEvil that litter the world. Even worse, later chapters reveal various supernatural threats exist in the unexplored margins of Terra, such as rogue gods, extradimensional demons invading from the northern ice caps, and a horde of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s rising from the sea. And ''even worse'' than that, "Lonetrail" reveals that [[spoiler:Terra is actually stuck in the orbit of a supermassive black hole, and it's only a matter of time before the planet is sucked into it]].

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* CrapsackWorld: The world of ''Arknights'' is plagued by great Catastrophes-- manifesting in forms such as storms, earthquakes, and falling meteorites -- forcing civilizations to adopt a nomadic lifestyle with the help of mobile cities. The mineral left behind in the site of these Catastrophes, Originium, is valued as a wonder material that can be used in all sorts of applications, but are also able to fuse with living flesh when handled incorrectly, leading to the emergence of the Infected. The Infected are discriminated heavily because they become living vector of Oripathy, which have 100% mortality rate. That's still not counting AristocratsAreEvil that litter the world. Even worse, later chapters reveal various supernatural threats exist in the unexplored margins of Terra, such as rogue gods, extradimensional demons invading from the northern ice caps, and a horde of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s rising from the sea. And ''even worse'' than that, "Lonetrail" reveals that [[spoiler:Terra is actually stuck in the orbit of a supermassive black hole, and it's only a matter of time before the planet is sucked into it]]. "Babel" would later reveal [[spoiler:a lot of the setting's main conflict stems from AbusivePrecursors who seeded the planet in the first place both with intelligent life in the form of the first Ancient races... and Originium that would eventually convert them into [[HumanResources a living resource]] for their own world to survive some great catastrophe, and it is in their best interest to keep the people off their foot until Oripathy consumes them completely.]]
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: ''Grani and the Knights' Treasure'', the first side story added to the game, has a number of oddities when compared to future side stories, mostly on account of its smaller scope:
** ''Knights' Treasure'' only introduces one new regular enemy type to the game, the Acid Originium Slug, with the other enemies mostly being Reunion grunts from the main story stages. Later side stories primarily have the player fighting against all original enemies.
** The event's expert stages were split into three "EX" stages and three "HX" stages, with the costs associated with Challenge Mode even on normal[[note]]3 Plans required to practice the stage, and only half Sanity returned if you fail[[/note]], but with only the latter having actual Challenge Modes. Both of these would be combined into a singular EX stage type that had Challenge Modes and normal costs for normal mode.
** Big Bob, the event boss, had a stronger PaletteSwap named "Big Adam" fought in GT-HX-3 who is classified as a seperate boss in the Enemy Index. Later events would simply bring back the original boss with buffed stats for their expert stages.
** Most of ''Knights' Treasure''[='s CGs=] are edited together from character portraits and cutscene backgrounds, as opposed to the original illustrations used in later side stories.
** The story segments are extremely short by ''Arknights''[='=] standards, clocking in at just 8950 words in the English version. For comparison the second side story, ''Heart of Surging Flame'', is over twice as long at 21,490 words and is still in the top 3 shortest side stories/intermezzi by word count.
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* FourFingeredHands: The animations for "Lee's Detective Agency" and "It's Been A While" PV (Terra perspective), have all of the characters possess four fingers on each hand (this includes Xiaohei, who normally have five fingers in his own world suddenly is reduced to four after he is transported to Terra).

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* FourFingeredHands: The animations for "Lee's Detective Agency" and "It's Been A While" PV (Terra perspective), have all of the characters possess four fingers on each hand (this includes Xiaohei, Xiaohei who normally have five fingers in his own world world, is suddenly is reduced to four after he is transported to Terra).

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