The Area Status of a region inArknights: Endfielddetermines the value of almost everything you’ll find within it, so increasing it is something you’ll want to actively pursue. Increasing the Area Status, however, is not an easy task, especially if you’re unaware of all the methods you can, and the effort you’ll need to put into the process.
How to rank up Area Status in Arknights: Endfield
To go into a bit of specifics here, ranking up the Area Status of a region influences the materials, resources, and enemy levels you’ll find while running around it. Each region hasfourpotential ranks that you can upgrade, allowing you to face off against more difficult enemies and find more rare resources, all for the sole purpose of increasing your account’s overall power. These four ranks are the following:
Efficiently speaking, you want to reach theProsperousRank in every region as quickly as possible. This is due primarily to the daily limitations you have on collecting rare resources like Red Bolete, a core material necessary for Promoting your characters. Rare resources spawn once a day, and will only respawn on Daily Resets. The higher your Area Status in a region,the more Rare resources will spawn. So, how do you actually go about increasing the level? There are two ways: byboosting Outpost ProsperityandCompleting Region Quests.
Increasing Area Status through Outpost Prosperity
Most regions inArknights: Endfieldwill only allow you to increase its Area Status by first gainingOutpost Prosperitywith the outpost in the Region. This is done by setting up an outpost in a region and providing its needs using your AIC Factory.
Outposts are set up by progressing theMain Storyto a point where you get a secondarymission that requires you to “Raise Outpost Prosperity to the current limit.”
You’ll eventually set up an outpost in the Valley Pass region, which is the first region you’ll gain access to outposts inArknights: Endfield.This outpost will begin life at Outpost Prosperity Level 1, and to level it up, you’ll need to mass produce and give the outpost its required materials.
For example, my Valley Pass outpost is at level 3, and in order for me to further increase its level, I must provide the outpost withBuck Capsule [C] at regular one-minute intervals.This can be done manually, but that is extremely inefficient, as progress continues even when offline. Instead, I have Buck Capsule [C] being produced endlessly at one of my sub-AIC bases, which is being funneled to my Depot.
All materials are sourced directly from your Depot, so design your Factory setups with this in mind. To streamline production, place aProtocol Stashat the end of your production lines to route finalized materials back to the Depot. Additionally, ensure yourYieldmeets or exceeds theNeedsdisplayed in theOutpost Menuto maintain full automation in your production.
Once you have the requested material being produced and secured in your Depot, toggle theAutobutton in theOutpostmenu to on, to allow the outpost to obtain it without your intervention. Once theexperience bar is full, your outpost will contact you and request the completion of a short quest. After doing so, it will rank up to its next level. This is a long process, so patience and efficiency are required.
As your outposts rank up, you’ll have the option to supply a different, more challenging material to boost your experience gains. While this approach is more demanding, it offers greater rewards. However, as your outpost progresses, it will eventually no longer require the initial resource, forcing you to switch to producing the more advanced material. Keep this in mind as you progress.
Upon leveling up an Outpost in a region, you’ll be able to upgrade its Area Status to the next rank. Some regions may require more than one Outpost level up to boost Area Status.
Increasing Area Status through Questing
While most regions inArknights: Endfieldrequire you to level an Outpost to increase Area Status, regions like theAburrey Quarrywill allow you to increase it by completing its Regional Quest, at least for reaching the Active status. This is as simple as it sounds. Follow the main questline for the region to its conclusion, and you’ll be able to boost its Area Status once.
Using Aburrey Quarry as an example, once you complete the Regional Quest, the only way to further boost its Area Status is by increasing your Total Outpost Level. This is calculated by adding up the levels of all your available outposts. For instance, to unlock the Prosperous Rank in Aburrey Quarry, you’ll need a Total Outpost Level of eight. This requires you to work on your other outposts and return at a later time.
