Arknights Retracing Our Steps event arrives as part of Thank-You Celebration with new Operators and rewards

Yostar Limited. has kicked off a Thank-You Celebration for their beloved RPG, Arknights, introducing the limited-time event, Retracing Our Steps. Now live until May 5, 2026, this event brings a variety of new Operators, multiple stages, rewards, and more.

Arknights Retracing Our Steps Event Overview

So, the Retracing Our Steps event is divided into three main stages, each offering its own challenges and progression. Here are the three stages:

• Pilgrimage through Blizzards.
• Road of Reformation.
• Heart of Karlan.

And by clearing the stages, you can collect special Multi-functional Snow Detectors and then exchange them for rewards at the Observatory Support Division. The rewards are:

• 6-star Operator Astgenne the Lightchaser’s Token.
• Headhunting Permits.
• Icefield Messenger Series outfit for Cardigan.
• 0011 Productions Series outfit for Jessica.

Besides this, there is also the Karlan Trade R&D, where you can clear event stages through rebuilding regions. By doing so, you’ll earn various rewards like materials and more.

New Operators join the roster of Arknights

This update also introduces several Operators across diverse roles and they’re as follows:

1. Arknights 6-star Operator: SilverAsh the Reignfrost [Limited]

SilverAsh the Reignfrost is a strategist that focuses on supporting allies even before deployment in the Deployment Waiting Zone. You can add an Eye of the Blizzard to the zone with the Open Game talent to rearrange undeployed Operators, while Snow Realm Trailblazer lets you boost Kjerag Operators with Frozen immunity, defense, and healing effects. With his trait, you can also block 2 enemies.

2. Arknights 6-star Operator: Pramanix the Prerita

Next up is Pramanix the Prerita, a Caster that controls the battlefield with snow-based abilities. Unending Snows talent allows snowfall on tiles at intervals within your attack range to deal Arts damage while reducing the movement speed of ground units. While your traits don’t let you attack normally, you instead get enhanced DEF and RES with your attack, doing AoE damage if the skill is active.

3. Arknights 6-star Operator: Astgenne the Lightchaser

Astgenne the Lightchaser is also a Caster that can link enemies together so they share damage. With her trait, you can do Arts damage and slow targets. And thanks to her Data Modeling talent, your attack speed is increased when you’re inflicting Slow effects, while Energy Source Analysis talent lets you apply Fragile effects to enemies within attack range.

You also get two 5-Star Operators besides these 6-Star ones.

1. Arknights 5-star Operator: Hadiya

Hadiya is a Guard that can use DP to increase her combat abilities, while also gaining ATK bonuses and stunning enemies with her Child of the Wilds talent. And with the help of Equipment Alteration, you get additional effects for selecting deployed Operators under certain conditions.

2. Arknights 5-star Operator: Snow Hunter

Lastly, Snow Hunter is an ammo-based Sniper who deals increased damage and can summon Rift Cloudbeast on skill activation to hit enemies and apply cold effects with the Cloud-Rifting Shot talent. With her trait, you reload ammo when not attacking.

Arknights Retracing Our Steps: Special Login Event

This Arknights celebration also includes a limited-time login event through which you earn useful rewards just by consistently logging in daily. Now live until April 28, you can get the following rewards:

• 10 free pulls via the special Traces of Melted Snow Headhunting Permit.
• Exclusive Outfit for Estelle and Exclusive Furniture ‘Statue in Storm’.
• Emergency Sanity Concentrate, Orundum, and
• Elite Materials.

Now, you can use the free pulls on the Limited Headhunting [A Shared Oath of Guardianship]. And for the exclusive rewards like the outfits and elite materials, you just need to log in for 10 days straight.

Arknights: New outfits and returning cosmetics

Lastly, The Outfit Store also got an update with new and returning outfits. First of all, here are the new ones from the EPOQUE Collection and Test Collection:

• Glorious Path for Vina Victoria.
• Condolence for Civilight Eterna.
• Unruly Humbleness for Lappland the Decadenza.
• Ritual of Immortality for Ho’olheyak.

And alongside these, you can also get the following fan-favorites:

• Test Collection
  • Supernova for Wiš’adel, Ambience Synesthesia Tailor-Provided – Golden Reverie for Muelsyse.
  • Allmind As One for Executor the Ex Foedere.
• EPOQUE Collection
  • Il Segreto Della Notte for Texas the Omertosa.

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