Best Ardelia build in Arknights Endfield – Weapons, gear, and team compositions

Available as a login reward for all who started playing on launch, Ardelia is by far the best dedicated support in Arknights Endfield and one of its most versatile operators.

But that’s not all, as she can also be considered one of the friendliest six-star units to build, no matter if you are a fully F2P player or a big spender. Don’t believe us? Here’s the best Ardelia build in Arknights Endfield.

About Ardelia

The face of the Supporter class, Ardelia shines with her ability to heal and apply Physical/Arts Susceptibility to multiple targets with her Dolly Rush Battle Skill. Keep in mind that, although the healing is guaranteed, you must perform the skill against enemies affected by Corrosion to trigger the dubuffs. An easy way to do that? Just start every fight with a full basic combo to trigger her Combo Skill.

The best weapons for Ardelia

Also available for free through the game’s Awakening Sign In, Dreams of the Starry Beach is both Ardelia’s signature and her best weapon. When maxed out, the Arts Unit offers both a 156 boost to Intellect and a 46.4-percent healing increase. Maxing it then provides a25.6-oercent Will boost and allows Ardelia to apply an extra 16-percent Arts DMG Taken debuff to enemies with Dolly Rush (P1).

If you missed the log-in event, both Chivalric Virtues and the Protocol Pass-exclusive, Opus: Etch Figure, can be worthy alternatives for Ardelia. You can check out a more in-depth overview of all the mentioned 6-star weapons below.

Weapon	Base Stats (Maxed / P1)	Passive Effects
Dreams of the Starry Beach	495 ATK +156 Intellect / +46 Treatment Bonus (Healing Bonus)	+25.6% Will (in Ardelia’s case). After consuming Corrosion with Dolly Rush, allows her to apply a +16% Arts DMG debuff to targets (25-second cooldown)
Chivalric Virtues	485 ATK +156 Will / +78% Max HP	+16% Treatment Efficiency (Healing Bonus). Boosts the whole team’s ATK by 14.4% for 15 seconds after each heal (max one stack)
Opus: Etch Figure	485 ATK +156 Will / +43.3% Nature DMG	+11.0% ATK. Allows Ardelia to boost the Arts DMG Dealt of the whole party by 8% after applying a Nature Infliction with Dolly Rush. Can further increase the buff by up to 9.6%.

Best gear for Ardelia in Arknights Endfield

Tailor-made for supports, Eternal Xiranite is widely considered to be the best three-piece gear set for Ardelia. Once equipped, it provides 1,000 extra HP and allows her to boost the ATK of the whole party by 16 percent after applying any Susceptibility effect, something she can easily do via her Battle Skill.

Regarding individual pieces, we recommend pairing the Eternal Xiranite Gloves with two Eternal Xiranite Power Cores and the Hot Work Exoskeleton. Apart from increasing her main/secondary attributes (Will and Intellect), the chosen picks will boost her Ultimate Energy Gain by a total of 69.7 percent and her Nature DMG by 11.5 percent. To recap, here’s our recommended loadout for Ardelia:

• 3-piece Effect: Eternal Xiranite

  • Armor: Hot Work Exoskeleton
  • Gloves: Eternal Xiranite Gloves
  • Kits: 2x Eternal Xiranite Power Cores

Best Ardelia teams in Arknights Endfield

Although her non-specific buffs/debuffs make Ardelia a perfect fit for pretty much all teams in Arknights Endfield, her damage ceiling makes Laevatain her best partner, followed by Last Rite. So you can’t say we left your favorites out, you can check out Ardelia’s best Heat, Physical, Cryo, and Electric teams below:

• Laevatain + Wulfgard + Ardelia + Antal/Akekuri: By far the highest damaging team here. Has in Ardelia’s debuff all you need to make Laevatain’s Ultimate even more devastating.
• Last Rite + Xaihi + Perlica/Fluorite + Ardelia: Similar to the above, this team’s rotation revolves around applying both constant inflictions and Cryo Susceptibility to targets to boost Last Rite’s already high damage.
• Pogranichnik + Endministrator + Gilberta/Chen Qianyu + Ardelia: A team hyperfocused on stacking Vulnerability. Here, the goal is simple: Make sure Pogranichnik can consume multiple stacks at every rotation.
• Avywenna + Perlica + Arclight + Ardelia: A team revolving around using Avywenna and Perlica to deal massive damage and apply constant amounts of Electric Infliction and trigger Electrification, which will enable Arclight’s main weapons and reset the count.

Now that you know how to build Ardelia, make sure to also check out the best Arknights Endfield graphics settings. After all, you can’t expect to excel with uneven frames.

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Blight is an annoying obstacle you’ll encounter throughout your exploration in Arknights Endfield. Although it can be destroyed, you won’t be able to do so unless you’re aware of these methods.

How to clear Blight in Arknights: Endfield

If a Blight formation has a visible Blight Core, you can destroy it directly by attacking the core. Visible Blight Cores appear as bright red lights located somewhere within the Blight itself. Just be careful not to touch it directly, as it will kill with extended exposure.

In a lot of cases, the Blight Core will be within reach for you to attack with one of your characters, but many others won’t be. Many Blight formations you come across will have Blight Cores you can’t get to or won’t be able to see at all. Fortunately, there is a solution for both issues.

How to destroy out-of-reach Blight Cores

For Blight Cores you can actively see but can’t reach directly, you can use Industrial Explosives to destroy them instead.

Industrial Explosives are special consumables crafted at your base that can be thrown at the cores once you’ve made them.

How to destroy invisible Blight Cores

If you encounter a Blight formation with an invisible Blight Core, you won’t be able to do a thing to them initially. Blight formations with no visible Blight Core cannot be destroyed until you’ve progressed the Main Story far enough to obtain the Blight Decryption Device, which will allow you to use the Scanner to expose undetected Blight Cores.

When you have the Blight Decryption Device unlocked, all you need to do is go near a Blight formation and use the Scan function to reveal its hidden core. Then, simply use the above-mentioned methods to destroy it and clear the Blight out of your way.

How to Craft Industrial Explosives in Arknights: Endfield

To even begin to craft Industrial Explosives at your base, you’ll need to have progressed far enough to have unlocked the Basic AIC Plan mechanic, which allows you to research improvements for your overall base. Specifically, you need to unlock the Packaging Tech node under Basic AIC II to gain access to the Industrial Explosives blueprints.

Industrial Explosives are produced via a Packaging Unit structure. The reagents you need to funnel into the craft are listed below:

• 5 x Amethyst Part – Process Amethyst Fibers at a Fitting Unit to produce these materials. Amethyst Fibers are made from refining Amethyst Ore at a Refining Unit.
• 1 x Aketine Powder – Process Aketine plants at a Shredding Unit to produce this material. You can find Aketine plants in the Valley Pass region, around the Abandoned Trail. They can also be grown using a Planting Unit or grown as crops directly via the Eco-Farm.

I highly recommend you automate the entire processing chain for producing the above materials, as you will need to use a lot of Industrial Explosives throughout your time in Arknights Endfield, so having them mass-produced without your input is nothing but a benefit for you.

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