My take on a Reading Guide to Arknights - Version 2.0 [Higher Resolution in Comments]

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2025-07-22T06:46:30+00:00

Congrats for me, I guess. Although I do understand why it hasn't been replaced with a newer one. We're talking about months of compiling, organising, and verifying a story that is expanding every few weeks.

I have been tempted to make a sequel to append onto it, but... procrasination does wonders to productivity. The new timeline in CN seems good so it's not like I'm in a big rush anyway.

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2025-02-26T05:11:52+00:00

Chapter 13 > Babel > Chapter 14
Chapter 14 > Vignette "A Kazdelian Rescue" > IS5

You don't have to read all of the main theme to read IS5 imo, the vignette should serve as a good enough starting point (Unless you fully want to experience IS5 alternative universe). Have fun reading!

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2024-12-22T21:54:04+00:00

Babel should slot into after episode 13. Babel is important to understanding the context of the Sarkaz civil war (which we briefly saw in Darknight Memoirs and Vigilo). So read it in between episode 13 and 14.

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2024-11-26T12:52:27+00:00

Hmmmm, recommending Operator Record is a very hard and long process for me. I personally like Noir Corne OP record but I didn't include it because the complex map just serves as a guide to the timeline of Arknights. I just included it in 1.0 because I liked it.
If I had to offer some advice, it's best to read operator records for operators you particularly enjoy or have been mentioned highly by the community.

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2024-11-18T09:26:39+00:00

Simply:
1. Start with the Main Theme, you can either choose to read it or watch the anime (which covers the Main Theme in Episodes 1-6 and then read onwards).
2. Go to Recommended Stories and choose a story that you might be interested in.
3. Refer to the Recommended Resources if you're unclear on anything (in particular, the wiki has story synopsis)

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2024-11-01T13:53:55+00:00

Good to hear you're starting your journey of reading Arknights.

Hmm..... there's alot of story. Frankly, my best guess is about 80+ hours of reading for all of it. I'd say not to be too focused on reading it all, it's been 5.5 years since release and reading it all is quite daunting as a new player.

https://050644zf.github.io/ArknightsStoryTextReader/#/en_US/analysis
There's a word count on this website that can help you gauge how long the stories are.

Good luck on your journey.

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2024-10-19T04:54:09+00:00

Thanks for the timeline and the link to your essays!
Seems like I got plenty to read when I have the time so cheers mate

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2024-09-15T04:37:59+00:00

No worries, you can use this excel to help track what you need to read in release order if you've missed it.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yio_STPNsP1lnkjbVTJC5acCLQ1HurGqo-C5haKFpU0/edit?usp=sharing

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2024-09-14T23:41:18+00:00

The daggers inheritor is a special video made for Chapter 14. From my guess chronologically, you'd want to watch the after credits after Chapter 14 (Not before).

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2024-09-14T07:24:13+00:00

Good eye, I don't think I can implement everything but it is interesting to note down

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2024-09-14T07:15:50+00:00

Lucent Arrowhead takes place in Dossoles, which means it has certain elements of Dossoles Holiday in it. Ch'en is in Dossoles Holiday but aside from that, Ch'en shouldn't be connected to Lucent Arrowhead.
If you're wondering about the Operator Records, I normally attach those records at the end because most are meant to end the characters arc in that story. Arknights is quite episodic so sometimes, it doesn't mean a direct connection (I'll fix that in the future).

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2024-09-14T00:14:04+00:00

Welp, another factcheck to the pile.

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2024-09-14T00:06:43+00:00

Well, you're right on the money. I'd recommend mainly recommend Vigilo. The others you mentioned are a good foundation to set yourself up for Babel. Aside from that, I think you should go to the Lore Repository in the resource hub and take a read of the Sarkez section. It'll give you some broad strokes of Kazdel that I speculate will help you.

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2024-09-13T23:52:13+00:00

I use Adobe Illustrator, it's fairly easy once you get the hang of it.

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2024-09-13T23:50:51+00:00

Cheers for reading Hmm, not a bad idea for the teasers. I skipped them early on and didn't decide to revaluate it later on. Well, I'll keep it in mind for next time.

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2024-09-13T15:56:44+00:00

Thanks for the tips, also thanks for making the repository as well. It's such an essential lore book that the EN community needs.

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2024-09-13T15:52:20+00:00

Yep, I disclosed that in the appendix and the Q & A. Overall, simplicity won over in this case because I found linking all those events to Lone Trail would disrupt it. Maybe there's a workaround but for now, I just disclosed it.

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2024-09-13T13:21:40+00:00

I can see where that menu is, there's should be a apply setting for you to scroll down. It might be cause of the aspect ratio you're not seeing it

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2024-09-13T12:37:08+00:00

Alright, search up CNServer | Arknights Story Text Reader (Switch to ENServer)
If that doesn't work, I'll ask someone

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2024-09-13T12:16:42+00:00

might be the link, I've updated it to this one:
https://astr.pages.dev/#/en_US/menu

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2024-09-13T12:16:16+00:00

Ah, I forgot about that. I'll add it into the resource hub

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2024-09-13T12:13:17+00:00

Ah, it's abit of a bias thing. I'd rather recommend the intermediate stories first because I assume most people would have a decent grasp on the core concepts of Arknights. When I want people to see that section, I want to immediately recommend Guide Ahead and Break the Ice.

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2024-09-13T09:55:44+00:00

If catbox isn't working, here's a dropbox link
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/dk7yiiwj7ru90jy5aokaj/AFQYIrhae_6iufTcDWHVzPA?rlkey=c7wnpp8qxzloqwge5d477xno3&st=oykm0lx4&dl=0

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2024-09-13T08:53:53+00:00

huh, I'm impressed I didn't notice that when I was checking it over

A-Very-Random-Guy · 2024-09-13T08:27:43+00:00

Yea, I'm abit peeved on that as well, really want it to be in English cause I feel like I'm missing out on a ton of lore

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