Arknights Endfield 20-Minute-a-Day Routine for Casual Players

A 20‑minute‑a‑day routine in Arknights: Endfield focuses on fast dailies, burning Sanity, light factory upkeep, and one or two quick fights, skipping long exploration unless you have extra time. Community posts and guides agree this is enough to stay current on dailies and Weekly Routine as a casual player.

5 Minutes – Login, Dailies, and Sanity Dump

Do these first every day; they are the highest value per minute.

• Login and claim:
  • Grab mail, daily login rewards, and any free shop/event claims.
• Complete core daily missions:
  • Typical dailies (log in, defeat a few enemies, spend Sanity, craft once) can be cleared in seconds if you target them directly.​
  • If you are truly slammed, creators recommend at least:
    • Fill the daily activity tree (log in + 1–2 quick tasks).
    • Spend some Sanity on any short stage.​​
• Fast Sanity dump:
  • Use Sanity Usage Permits or short, easy nodes (2–3 quick runs) to burn most of your bar without optimizing drops.​​

If you can only log in for 10 minutes, doing dailies + a Sanity dump is the non‑negotiable core.​​

5–10 Minutes – Factory, Outposts, and Trading

These systems are your long‑term power; keep them moving with minimal clicks.

• AIC factory & outposts:
  • Collect production, restart any idle crafting/mining, and queue common mats your main team uses.
• Depot deliveries and basic trading:
  • Run one depot delivery if possible: easy daily rewards and stock bills in a few minutes.​
  • Do a quick elastic goods sale rather than hunting perfect margins; guides say even “good enough” trades are fine if you are short on time.​​
• Recycling & rare nodes:
  • If they are near your current hub, grab a couple of recycling or rare resource nodes while moving between tasks for long-term upgrades.

Handled briskly, this economic block fits into 5–10 minutes and keeps your passive income snowballing.

3–5 Minutes – Friends, Gifts, and Ship

Round out your routine with quick social and efficiency actions.

• Friend interactions:
  • Visit a friend’s ship, do production assist or clue/credit interactions; these are flagged as some of the best “fast dailies” for long-term returns.
• Give one gift:
  • Hand a single gift to an operator to tick a daily box and build efficiency/affinity in seconds.
• Ship management:
  • Tap your ship for any passive income or timers that need resetting.​

These actions are essentially instant and stack up over weeks.

Where to Fit Story and Exploration

On busy weekdays, just follow the 20‑minute loop above. On days with spare time:

• Use extra time for:
  • Pushing main story or a couple of Umbral/Domain stages.
  • Doing a short exploration sweep for TPs, chests, and gatherables in one region.
• Guides suggest treating story/exploration as “optional bonus blocks” a few times a week rather than mandatory dailies, so your 20‑minute core stays consistent.

Sticking to this structure, dailies + Sanity, quick factory/outpost work, one delivery/trade, and social taps, lets a casual player maintain solid growth and clear Weekly Routine rewards while spending roughly 20 focused minutes on most days.