Reverse: 1999 Pity System Explained

Short answer: a 6-star Arcanist is guaranteed by 70 pulls (hard pity), soft pity begins at pull 60, and on a limited banner the featured 6-star is guaranteed within two 6-stars: if your first 6-star is not the rate-up, the next one is.

Hard Pity and Soft Pity

• Hard pity: every 70 summons guarantees at least one 6-star.
• Soft pity: after 60 summons without a 6-star, your rate jumps from the base 1.5% to roughly 4%, and keeps climbing about 2.5% per pull until a 6-star drops.

The Featured Guarantee

On rate-up and limited banners, when you do pull a 6-star there is a 50% chance it is the featured Arcanist. If you lose that coin flip, your next 6-star is guaranteed to be the featured one. After you obtain the featured character, the counter resets.

Your pity counter is shared across limited and rate-up banners, so progress is never wasted when banners change.

Practical Takeaway

Budget around 70 to 140 pulls to guarantee a specific limited 6-star, depending on the coin flip. Save your premium currency for Arcanists you genuinely want, and read the Afflatus system so you pull units that fill a real gap in your bench.