Gacha System
Anime Expeditions spreads its summoning across three banners instead of one. Standard Banner is the main long-term pool, costs 50 Gems per pull, rotates its featured Mythic lineup every hour, and is the only banner that can hand out a Secret unit. Mini Banner also costs 50 Gems but refreshes twice as often (every 30 minutes) and skips the Secret pool entirely, making it a faster way to chase a specific Mythic. Beginner Banner is a locked, non-rotating roster of launch units built for new accounts, costs just 1 Beginner Ticket per pull instead of Gems, and is funded almost entirely by early quest rewards rather than premium currency.
Every banner uses a pity counter that guarantees a rarity once a summon threshold is reached, and pity only resets when a unit of that specific rarity is actually received, whether that copy came from luck or from the pity trigger itself. On Standard Banner, Legendary is guaranteed by pull 50, Mythic by pull 400, and Secret by pull 10,000. Mini Banner shares the same Legendary and Mythic pity numbers but has no Secret pity since it can never drop one. Beginner Banner compresses everything into a much shorter Mythic pity of 50 pulls, and its event quests are tuned to hand out roughly that many Beginner Tickets, so a new player who clears the early quest line is functionally guaranteed a Mythic unit before they run out of currency.
Because Trait and Shiny rolls happen independently of rarity, a Rare unit can still come out Shiny, and a Secret unit can still summon with a weak Trait. That decoupling matters for planning: players saving Gems for Standard Banner's Secret pity are also stacking up 10,000 independent Shiny and Trait rolls along the way, and a Luck Potion purchased or earned in-game boosts the underlying rarity odds (Legendary and Mythic specifically) without touching Secret or Shiny chances at all, per the item's own description.
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Banner comparison
Standard Banner is the only banner that can produce a Secret unit and is the default long-term Gem sink once a player has exhausted early currency. Mini Banner trades the Secret chance for a much faster refresh cycle, which suits players hunting a specific featured Mythic without committing to the deeper Secret pity. Beginner Banner is the odd one out entirely: it uses a separate currency (Beginner Tickets, not Gems), never rotates its unit list, and exists specifically to guarantee a strong early Mythic through a short pity window funded by the game's own beginner quest rewards.
Pity strategy
Because pity only clears when a unit of the matching rarity is actually obtained, a player who gets lucky with an early Mythic pull effectively resets their Mythic pity counter to zero, extending the road to the next guaranteed one. The practical takeaway is to track pity separately per banner and per rarity, since Standard Banner and Mini Banner pity counters do not share progress. Spending Beginner Tickets on Beginner Banner before touching Standard Banner Gems is the efficient order, since Beginner Banner's pity is far shorter and its currency cannot be used anywhere else.
Rate table at a glance
Rare 74.676% - Epic 15.06% - Legendary 10% - Mythic 0.25% - Secret 0.01%. That is the full Standard Banner distribution, and Mini Banner mirrors it apart from having no Secret slice at all, its share instead folded back into the other rarities. Beginner Banner runs a separate, friendlier table entirely: Rare 85%, Epic 10%, Legendary 4.9%, and Mythic 0.1%, with no Secret rarity available on that banner under any circumstance.
Pull priority tips
New accounts should clear Beginner Banner's quest line first, since its 50-pull Mythic pity is both the cheapest to reach and funded by quest rewards rather than Gems. Once Beginner Banner is exhausted, the choice between Standard Banner and Mini Banner comes down to goal: chasing the Secret pool only exists on Standard Banner, so dedicated long-term Gem spending should default there, while a player only after a specific featured Mythic can lean on Mini Banner's faster 30-minute refresh to cycle through lineups more often without giving up any pity progress, since Legendary and Mythic pity match across both banners.
FAQ
How does pity work in Anime Expeditions?
Each banner tracks a separate pull counter per rarity. Once the counter hits the listed threshold (for example 400 pulls for Standard Banner Mythic), the next summon is guaranteed to be that rarity or better. The counter resets to zero only when a unit of that exact rarity is received, whether it came naturally or from the pity trigger.
Is Standard Banner worth pulling on?
Standard Banner is the only banner with a Secret unit in its pool, so it is the correct choice for players chasing the rarest tier. Its Mythic and Legendary pity are identical to Mini Banner's, so if Secret is not the goal, Mini Banner's faster refresh cycle can be the more efficient pick for targeting a specific featured Mythic.
Should I use Beginner Banner first?
Yes. Its Mythic pity is only 50 pulls, it costs Beginner Tickets instead of Gems, and the early quest line is designed to hand out roughly that many tickets, making a guaranteed Mythic close to free for a new account.
Do Luck Potions increase Shiny or Secret chances?
No. Luck Potion only boosts the boostable rarities, Legendary and Mythic. Its in-game description explicitly states it does not increase Secret or Event rates, and Shiny is rolled on a completely separate 1% chance untouched by Banner Luck.
What is the difference between Standard Banner and Mini Banner?
Both cost 50 Gems per pull and share the same Legendary and Mythic pity, but Standard Banner is the only one that can drop a Secret unit, while Mini Banner refreshes its featured lineup twice as fast, every 30 minutes instead of hourly.
How many total summons guarantee a Secret unit?
10,000 pulls on Standard Banner without a natural Secret drop guarantees one on the 10,000th pull, the only pity path to a Secret in the game.
Can a low-rarity unit be Shiny?
Yes. Shiny is rolled on a fully independent 1% chance separate from rarity, so a Rare unit can come out Shiny just as easily as a Secret unit can, since the two rolls never interact.
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Extracted from Anime Expeditions client data (banners.json, item-details.json). updated · GuideDex staff. Report a correction.