Banner Planning: Save Your Gems Wisely

Banner planning is the most important skill for F2P players in Nikke. Here's the roadmap for the next 6 months.

Upcoming Banner Priority

Estimated Month	Character	Pull Priority	Why
Current	(varies)	Check tier list	--
Month 1-2	Pilgrim rate-up	MUST PULL	Pilgrims are 2x stronger
Month 3-4	Summer event limited	HIGH	Limited units
Month 5-6	Collab rerun	PREFERENTIAL	Collab units are limited

The 200-Pull Rule

Never pull on a banner unless you have 200 tickets (60,000 gems) saved.

This guarantees the spark (pity system). If you pull without 200, you might hit 150 pulls without getting the character and have to spend real money to finish.

• F2P gem income: ~12,000 gems per month (daily + weekly + events)
• 6-month savings: ~72,000 gems = 240 pulls (1 spark + 40 spare)
• Rule: You can spark ONE limited character every 6 months as F2P

When to Skip Banners
- Off-rarity rate-ups (rare characters are NOT meta)
- Second-rate Pilgrims (not all Pilgrims are S-tier)
- Rerun banners (unless collab -- they never return)
- PvP-focused characters (only if you don't care about PvP)
- Dupe-focused banners (1 copy is enough for most characters)

When to Spend:
- Limited collab characters (ONCE -- never comes back)
- S-tier Pilgrims (Modernia, Scarlet, Dorothy)
- Meta-defining supports (Liter, Blanc, Noir, Rapunzel)

The SEA pulling culture: Nikke players in SEA are known for saving absurd amounts of gems (100k+) for limited banners. The F2P discipline in the SEA server is higher than Global. If you can resist pulling on every banner for 6 months as an F2P, you will have enough to guarantee 2 meta units. The average SEA F2P player pulls on 3 banners per year and gets all 3. The average Global F2P player pulls on 6 banners per year and fails pity on 2 of them.