Arknights Endfield Data Usage Guide – How Much Does It Consume per Hour?

Arknights: Endfield is very light on data: most players see around 3–10 MB of mobile data per hour of gameplay once all assets are downloaded. That means even daily play on 4G/5G barely dents a typical data cap, but there are a few caveats.

Typical Data Usage per Hour

• Community tests:
  • One early tester reported about 5 MB of data in a one-hour mobile session, calling it “won’t eat your internet basically.”​
• Always-online but low-bandwidth:
  • Endfield keeps a constant connection, but it only sends small, frequent packets (position, combat events, AIC updates), not big downloads during normal play.​

A safe planning range is 3–10 MB/hour for regular exploration, combat, and dailies after initial game data is installed.

What Increases Data Usage

Your hourly data can spike a bit if you:

• Download patches or language packs over mobile instead of Wi‑Fi (hundreds of MB+ at once).​
• Frequently swap servers or log in/out on unstable networks (more reconnect overhead).​
• Stream video or voice-over in the background while playing (this is outside Endfield, but still uses your data).

For everyday runs, though, Endfield’s own usage stays low compared to video or music streaming.​

How to Keep Data Usage Low

To stay within the 3–10 MB/hour band:

• Do all initial downloads and updates on Wi‑Fi before switching to mobile data.​
• Avoid playing while a big download or app update runs in the background.
• Keep other online apps (YouTube, Twitch, cloud backups) closed while gaming to prevent hidden data drain.​

If you’re on a very tight data plan, you can safely run a couple of hours of Endfield per day and still stay well below what a single hour of video streaming would cost.