Arknights Orienteering Headhunting is live on the Global server from 28 October until 11 November 2026. This special banner lets you choose three 6-star Operators and three 5-star Operators to receive boosted rates, but you need to get the selections right: your six choices cannot be changed once locked.
The banner also has a much narrower 6-star pool than ordinary Standard Headhunting. Only your three selected 6-star Operators can appear at that rarity. Here’s the complete eligible list, what the stated 2% and 8% rates mean, and the exact time the banner closes in the UK.
Arknights Orienteering Headhunting: UK start and end times
Yostar’s notice gives the Global event period as 28 October at 08:00 to 11 November at 03:59 (UTC-7). That converts to 28 October at 15:00 GMT for the opening and 11 November at 10:59 GMT for the closing time in the UK.
The banner closes on 11 November at 10:59 GMT, so lock your choices and make any planned pulls before then. The store packs stay on sale longer, but buying one after the banner ends won’t reopen the selection pool.
All six eligible 6-star Operators
You choose three from the following six 6-star candidates. Once locked in, those three make up the entire 6-star pool in this particular headhunting. That means no other 6-star Operator can appear from this banner, even though the overall 6-star pull rate remains 2%.
| 6-star candidates | Selection rule |
|---|---|
| Leizi the Thunderbringer | Choose three; locked selections become the entire 6-star pool |
| Pramanix the Prerita | |
| Typhon | |
| Logos | |
| Thorns the Lodestar | |
| Penance |
Your six-star choices deserve the most thought. You are deciding which three Operators can appear at all, not guaranteeing any particular one in a single pull. Compare them with your existing roster before confirming.
All six eligible 5-star Operators
Choose three from the six five-star candidates too, but the rules are different. Your selected trio collectively makes up 60% of five-star pulls. The other 40% can still come from the wider Standard Headhunting pool.
| 5-star candidates | Selection rule |
|---|---|
| Perfumer the Distilled | Choose three; together they take 60% of all 5-star results |
| Bobbing | |
| Aroma | |
| Alanna | |
| Mitm | |
| Santalla |
This means an unselected five-star can still appear. Arknights Orienteering Headhunting gives you an exclusive six-star shortlist, but a boosted five-star shortlist rather than a guaranteed one.
Arknights Orienteering Headhunting 6-star and 5-star pull rates
Yostar gives the banner’s base rarity rates as 2% for six-stars and 8% for five-stars. Those percentages are for the rarity itself. They do not mean that each of your selected six-stars has an individual 2% chance every time you pull.
Any six-star result comes from your chosen three. If you pull a five-star, the selected trio collectively takes 60% of five-star results. Neither figure is a promise that a specific Operator will arrive on the next pull.
| Rarity | Base rate | Where the result comes from |
|---|---|---|
| 6-star | 2% | Exclusively the three selected 6-stars |
| 5-star | 8% | 60% selected three; 40% wider Standard pool |
These are base rates, not a full description of accumulated-pull protection. Read the in-game Details before spending heavily, especially if you want to understand guarantees and how the banner handles previous pulls. The October announcement doesn’t state an individual drop percentage for each named Operator.
Arknights Orienteering Headhunting: How to choose and lock six Operators
Open Arknights Orienteering Headhunting in the Headhunting menu, choose your three six-stars and three five-stars, then review all six names before locking them in. Yostar explicitly says you cannot change the selected rate-ups during this banner. Don’t treat the first selection as a temporary shortlist.
- Open the game’s Headhunting menu and select the Orienteering banner.
- Review the six eligible 6-star Operators and mark the three you want in your pool.
- Choose three eligible 5-star Operators.
- Check the selected names and the banner’s Details screen one more time.
- Confirm the selection only when you’re comfortable with all six choices, then pull if you wish.
Look at the gaps in your current team. Would another damage dealer, frontline Operator or support option be more useful to you? Choose characters you would genuinely like to recruit rather than picking a name simply because it appears at the top of a tier list.
Is the Orienteering Headhunting Pack required?
No. The separately sold Orienteering Headhunting Pack is an optional store item. Yostar lists two Ten-roll Headhunting Permits and nine Originite Prime in it. The pack’s offer runs until 25 November 2026 at 03:59 UTC-7, later than the banner itself.
The pack’s sale period is not an extension of the banner. Arknights Orienteering Headhunting ends on 11 November; the optional pack remains available until 25 November. Buying the pack cannot change your locked choices.
Is this the same as the Relaunch Anchor event?
No. Relaunch Anchor is a new Reclamation Algorithm mode that opened on the same day and requires clearing Main Story stage 3-8. Its Mission Acceptance Slips are used to claim rewards in the Procurement Center, including Mountain’s The Hardcore Rider outfit. Those slips are not headhunting currency.
Our Relaunch Anchor guide covers the separate mode’s stage 3-8 requirement, progression rewards and Mission Acceptance Slips. You can play it without pulling on Orienteering, and its rewards aren’t linked to your banner choices.
Arknights Orienteering Headhunting: Final checks before pulling
Can you change your six picks? No. Can an unselected six-star appear? No, only your chosen three. Can unselected five-stars appear? Yes. When does Arknights Orienteering Headhunting end in the UK? 11 November 2026 at 10:59 GMT.
Check your roster, choose the six characters you want in the pool and review the rate-up Details before using your pulls. The deadline matters, but so does the decision you make first: the six-star options you lock are the only six-star Operators this banner can give you.
Official source: Yostar’s Orienteering Headhunting announcement and rates.
