How to recover Deployment Points (DP) in Arknights

In Arknights, players must deploy Operators to complete various operations. But there are rules surrounding Operator Deployment—one being that each Operator has a Deployment Cost, so you need Deployment Points (DP) to bring them out on the battlefield.

But when there's a swarm of enemies underway, there simply isn't enough time to generate enough DP to bring out your powerful Defenders, Casters, Guards, and more.

Vanguards

The Vanguard Class consists of Operators that can generate DP through DP-Recovery Skills. Vanguards have a low Deployment Cost, so it's usually optimal to deploy them at the start of each battle to give you an opportunity to stall enemies and scrounge enough DP to bring out the rest of your Operators on time.

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Generally, Flagbearer Vanguards like Myrtle and Elysium are the best-in-slot choices for generating DP. But they stop attacking when their Skills are active, which means that enemies can run past them.

Meanwhile, Single-Block Vanguards like Vigna and Reed generate 1 DP for every enemy they kill. Retreating them will also refund you their full Deployment Cost, so you can use this strategy when you need a quick DPS fix at a low Cost.

Other Vanguards, like the defensive Courier or offensive Saga, can usually block two enemies and generate moderate DP. They don't stop attacking when their Skills are active.

DP Recovery Reduction Situations

Some special stages prohibit your ability to generate DP every second.

• Annihilation: you can't naturally generate DP, so be sure to bring Vanguards to help fill in the gaps
• Contingency Contract: there are DP-reduction Contracts that you can choose to input to significantly reduce the natural DP-regeneration rate

Meanwhile, Specialists under the Peddler Archetype, such as Jaye and Mr. Nothing, will force you to gradually lose DP while deployed. If you run out of DP during their on-field time, they will automatically Retreat—and you don't get a DP refund.

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