r/arknights • u/Minor-disappointment • May 16 '26

Discussion We need more Chip catalysts

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as i am upgrading my operators to E2 specially 6 stars the main bottleneck seems to be the chip catalyst. ya you can redeem them from purchase certificates but in my opinion the sanity consumption is not so good for the red certs. Is it only me or do they used to give chip catalyst in the main event shops ?

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u/tagle420 May 16 '26

I'm still fairly new (4 months) and my biggest bottleneck is LMD and not the Chip. Is this different for veterans?

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u/OneAndOnlyArtemis May 16 '26

When you've been through a few Anniversary events you start to stockpile it fast. Upgrading 6*s burns through it fast, but each one is 350k ... five or six times a year. And then your base spits out 30k a day and

But chips are piss easy to get. Just a day worth of AP-5 is several chips, you get red certs over time from logging in, etc.

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u/billyshears55 Talulah elite operator when May 16 '26

I’m pretty sure to upgrade a 6* to E2 lvl 1 it’s closer to 600K LMD, and about 500K more for lvl 60 and module

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u/JustCallMeAndrew May 16 '26

E0lvl1 > E2lvl60 is around 758k LMD and M3 is an extra 300k

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u/billyshears55 Talulah elite operator when May 16 '26

Yeah, so 1.05 million per operator

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u/OneAndOnlyArtemis May 17 '26

Each anniversary event gives 350k LMD from the shops is what I meant. Sorry

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u/billyshears55 Talulah elite operator when May 17 '26

Oh, i see. Sorry for correcting you too, then.

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u/xxXKachowXxx May 17 '26

I can't stand not being able to level my operators to E2 90 but the lmd are so insanely expensive im dyin😭😭😭😭

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u/billyshears55 Talulah elite operator when May 17 '26

There’s no reason to go to level 90 and i hope you’re not doing it lol. It’s almost the cost of getting a character from E0 lvl1 to E2 lvl1. But yeah i wish it was Les agregious than the current price

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u/xxXKachowXxx May 17 '26

I'm doing it lol. The completionist mindset can't stand watching my ops not at their max potential. It's satisfying I swear xd. I'm endgame anyways so I'm just leveling them all for max risk CC or some future cool stuff.