Arknights Endfield Beta Test II: All Changes & First Impressions

With Beta Test II underway, Arknights: Endfield offers fans a deeper look into its evolving systems, ambitious worldbuilding, and impactful community feedback. Here’s a full breakdown of what’s new, what’s changed, and how players are reacting.

Major Changes in Beta Test II

Story & Progression

• Expanded Main Story: Beta II unveils the Wuling region, introducing new characters, animated cutscenes, and more substantial narrative choices. Players experience branching paths, with dialogue options impacting ally loyalty and quest rewards.
• Multiple Endings & Decisions: Some missions have alternative outcomes, based on player actions—one of the starkest changes from Beta Test I’s linear flow.

Combat System

• Refined Action Combat: Real-time 3D squad-based battles now include improved hit feedback, advanced skill chaining, and a more fluid dodge mechanic. Operator switching and skill rotations have been rebalanced for heightened challenge.
• Skill Synergy Upgrades: Classes (Defender, Sniper, Vanguard, etc.) see better distinctions. Elemental and physical effects now stack, opening complex combos and team strategies.

Operators & Gacha

• Operator Roster Grows: Nine new operators join Beta II, raising the squad count to 24. First-time 6-stars debut, with expanded voice lines and more detailed backstories.
• Gacha System Tweaks: The test features new banners (Horizon, Basic, Chartered), and rates are now shown in detail. Beta feedback suggests a focus on less grindy, more rewarding pull experiences.

Base-Building (AIC System)

• Conveyor-Based Building Upgrades: The AIC home base now supports layout blueprints, automation presets, and conveyor logistics. Players can test new resource structures and share blueprints in community feeds.
• Automation Quality of Life: Automated gathering, crafting, and healing loops are more streamlined, with visual progress indicators and enhanced UI.

Exploration & Companions

• Improved World Design: Collectables, environmental hazards, and map events are increased; item scanning is faster and side-quests are less repetitive.
• Companion Updates: Deployable support units (companions) can now be specialized for speed runs, loot gathering, or exploration events.

First Impressions: Player & Community Reactions

• Visuals & Polish: Testers praise the game’s aesthetics, especially region-specific architecture and atmospheric effects in the Wuling zone.
• Daily Activities: Early feedback highlights the reduced “grind wall,” with flexible stamina management and daily/weekly reward cycles.
• Base System: Players note that Endfield’s blueprints and automation finally make resource/base play “addictive rather than a chore.”
• Bugs & Issues: Some report minor localization errors and occasional pathfinding bugs, but broad consensus sees “drastic improvement” over the first beta.

Key Additions and Tweaks in Beta II

Further Reading and Helpful Beta Resources

• Arknights: Endfield Beta Test II: Changes You Should Know – Lootbar.gg
• Endfield Beta II Guides & First-Hand Feedback – Endfield.gg