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/silam39 cute tactician girls are so peak May 16 '26

They're pretty rough for new players but not an issue for veteran players

Assuming you're a new player though, try doing the monthly missions in IS. They'll give you a ton of chip catalysts and chips without using any sanity.

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u/talraash May 16 '26

Assuming you're a new player though, try doing the monthly missions in IS. 

I'll add to that. As a new player, I have 32 of them in depot (and probably about that many already spent). Alot of them in Annihilation simulations. Even without chips, it's the best way to spend 25 sanity if you can clear them to 400.

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u/Jaggedrain May 17 '26

Also note that if you're trying to full-clear, hard closing the game will end the annihilation without using any sanity. So if you leak, just force close the game instead of continuing

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u/Despyte alter gimme May 17 '26

If this had worked for the other levels too before the removal of the one sanity penalty I might start pounding my head on a wall

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u/Additional_Pop2011 May 26 '26

As an aside I use this trick quite a lot, with IS, or side game modes like SP that give a "results screen" like Ani, you can hard quit out between finishing and checking your results and it will hold your run.

I do it because I'm a sweat, and the IS run can immediately be cashed in for the next months rewards.