Blue Archive Recruitment Charges replace the old Recruitment Points system after the November 10, 2026 maintenance. Instead of saving points for a separate 200-point exchange, you now build a guarantee as you recruit. A 3-star student is guaranteed at 100 Charges, with a 50% chance of being the featured Pick-Up student. At 200 Charges, the featured student is guaranteed.
The key detail is that recruiting the featured student resets that type of Charge counter. The new counter can carry forward to later banners, but it is not a second student you can claim after you already pulled the target. Here is how to read the new rules without wasting pulls or mixing up regular and limited banners.
How Blue Archive Recruitment Charges work at 100 and 200
Each eligible recruitment adds one Charge to its relevant pool. A ten-pull therefore contributes ten, while an ordinary single recruitment contributes one. Nexon’s stated milestones are straightforward on paper: at 100 Recruitment Charges, a 3-star is guaranteed and the featured Pick-Up student has a 50% chance; at 200, the featured Pick-Up student is guaranteed.
At 100 Charges, you’re guaranteed a 3-star, not necessarily the student on the banner. The Pick-Up has a 50% chance at that milestone. If you’re pulling for one particular student, 200 Charges is the guaranteed threshold. Nexon’s announcement doesn’t spell out every possible interaction with an off-banner 3-star; the live Rate Info screen is the place to check those details.
Does getting the Pick-Up student reset the counter?
Yes. If you recruit the featured Pick-Up student before reaching the full guarantee, the applicable Charge counter resets. That means there is no separate, unused 200-point voucher left to spend once the character arrives. Anyone used to the previous Recruitment Points exchange should pay particular attention to this change.
Do Blue Archive Recruitment Charges carry over to the next banner?
Blue Archive Recruitment Charges do carry over, but only within the same recruitment type. Nexon separates regular Recruitment Charges from Limited/Fest Recruitment Charges. They are not one shared counter, and progress earned on one cannot be moved across to the other. The regular pool carries to the next regular Pick-Up; the Limited/Fest pool carries to the next applicable Unique or Fest Pick-Up period.
Unlike the old Recruitment Points, the new Charges are not lost when a banner ends. So if you finish a limited banner on 80 Charges without getting its featured student, that progress can go towards the next qualifying limited or Fest banner. Regular Pick-Up Charges remain in their own pool.
What happens to Recruitment Mileage and Archive Points?
Recruitment Mileage is a separate reward track earned alongside Blue Archive Recruitment Charges. Mileage can be shared between regular, limited and Fest recruitments that are running in the same period, but it expires when that recruitment period ends. Charges are the carryover mechanic; Mileage is the period-specific rewards mechanic. The two counters should never be treated as interchangeable.
Archive Recruitment operates separately from Blue Archive Recruitment Charges. Nexon says Archive Points remain unchanged, so the new Charge thresholds are not a blanket rule for every recruitment menu. This is worth keeping in mind during the anniversary, because the free 200 recruitments apply to designated Pick-Up banners rather than every banner in the game.
Do existing recruitment tickets still count?
Yes. For Blue Archive Recruitment Charges, Nexon’s advance notice confirms that existing one-recruit and ten-recruit tickets remain usable after the November 10 update and award Recruitment Charges when spent on the eligible recruitment type. You can still use the tickets you saved before the update. A limited-time ticket can still have its own expiry, however, so always check that separately.
What should you do during the anniversary banners?
The November 10 to 17 Makoto (Swimsuit) and Satsuki (Swimsuit) banners are a good chance to build Blue Archive Recruitment Charges using the anniversary’s free pulls. Free pulls earned through that event contribute to the appropriate special-type Charges and to period-bound Mileage. The free pulls themselves expire at the end of the event; the remaining Charges follow the same-type carryover rule.
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Official source: Nexon’s Recruitment System Revamp Advance Notice.
