The Seven Deadly Sins Origin Spending Guide For Dolphins: How Much To Spend And On Which Banners

For a “dolphin” in The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin, the sweet spot is a fixed monthly budget plus focused limited‑banner chasing, not “pulling a bit on everything.” A realistic dolphin plan is roughly 50–200 USD/month, with most value coming from subs/passes and pitying 2–4 key limited banners per year.​​

How much a dolphin should spend

Community discussions across gachas and Grand Cross put dolphins well below true whales but far above pure F2P.​

• Spending range
  • General gacha consensus: dolphins sit around 100–350 USD/month, with many closer to the 100–200 range.​
  • A Grand Cross budget guide pegs a “high‑tier dolphin” chasing most festivals and buying key subs at up to ~325 USD/month, with lower‑end dolphins spending far less.​
• Recommended Origin target
  • For Origin, a stable 50–150 USD/month is enough to:
    • Buy the best‑value subs and battle pass.​​
    • Pity several must‑have limiteds per year alongside F2P income.​

Pick a number you can comfortably treat as entertainment spend and never go above it for “just one more multi.”

What to buy with that budget

Netmarble’s Grand Cross spending guide and bundle reviews make the value hierarchy clear.​​

• Always‑buy core value (recurring)
  • Monthly subscription: In Grand Cross, this gives an upfront diamond chunk + daily diamonds + skip tickets and QoL buffs; creators repeatedly call it “the only bundle you should be buying” as a baseline.​
  • Weekly diamond/stamina sub (if you log in daily): Strong value for dolphins because it adds more gems and stamina for grinding, stacking nicely with the monthly.​
  • Main battle/season pass: Converts playtime into extra gems, tickets, and mats; high value if you regularly clear pass tiers.​​
• Conditional buys (event‑driven)
  • High‑value event/special bundles that:
    • Beat raw top‑ups on gems‑per‑dollar, and
    • Include tickets or upgrade mats you need to finish a pity or gear project.​
• Avoid as a dolphin
  • Big raw top‑up crystal packs (worst value per currency; for whales and emergency pity only).​
  • Cosmetic‑only sets unless you budget for “drip” separately from progression.​

A standard dolphin basket each month: monthly sub + weekly sub + battle pass, plus occasional event bundles when a must‑pull banner is live.​​

Which banners dolphins should pull on

The key is to line your spending up with banners that actually move your account. General gacha advice and Grand Cross summon guides agree on this.​​

• Highest priority: festival / limited headliners
  • These banners introduce meta‑defining units that anchor teams for months.​​
  • General gacha guidance: prioritize time‑limited banners because they have the strongest characters and cannot be reliably pulled later.​
  • Dolphin rule:
    • Save and spend to reach full pity on 2–4 of these per year.
    • Aim for at least 1 copy of each core festival/limited that fits your teams, not max‑duping them.​​
• Medium priority: collab banners
  • Collabs are usually limited and often strong on release; missing them can feel bad.​
  • Dolphin approach:
    • Only go in if you can realistically hit pity once without sacrificing your planned festival targets.​​
• Low priority: standard / permanent banners
  • Permanent units are generally available from tickets, off‑banner SSRs, and long‑term play.​
  • Use tickets and free pulls only on these; do not spend premium currency as a dolphin.​
• Weapon banners
  • Treat weapon banners as a luxury after you’ve secured key characters.​
  • Only spend if:
    • The weapon drastically boosts a main DPS or key support, and
    • You are not compromising character pity plans to chase it.

Practical dolphin roadmap

Combining the above into a simple plan:

• Monthly structure
  • Lock in: monthly sub + weekly sub + current battle pass (within your budget cap).​​
  • Hoard premium currency outside of top‑tier limited/festival/collab banners.​​
• Banner decisions
  • Map out upcoming major banners (festivals, collabs).
  • For each, ask:
    • Does this unit carry a team or solve hard content for you?
    • Can you reach pity once with your current currency + that month’s budget?​
  • Only commit if both are yes; otherwise, hard skip.
• Pull targets
  • Aim for:
    • 1–2 copies of each core festival/limited you choose to chase.​
    • Occasional collab headliners that fit your box.​
  • Accept that you will not own everything; the dolphin edge is consistency and smart targeting, not full completion.​

Played this way, a dolphin in The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin gets a strong, meta‑relevant account—anchored by carefully chosen limiteds and value packs—without drifting into uncontrolled whale spending.