Characters for combat and voyages
Character pools can contain a featured crewmate. The current planner models a 50% featured rate when a Black Ticket character result is not already guaranteed.
Live CN system · English explanation
Sea of Remnants gacha and recruitment explained
Yes—the Chinese version uses randomized recruitment for crewmates and equipment-like Shadows of the Past. Recruitment is one system inside a broader ocean RPG; exploration, naval combat, city activities and turn-based battles are not reduced to pulls.
The mechanics below describe the live CN version checked by SorWiki. Global rates, currencies, guarantee rules and banner schedules have not been confirmed as identical.
Quick answer
What recruitment currently contains
Shadows of the Past
Separate pools contain 往日之影, a CN equipment-like system. SorWiki retains the Chinese label because an official global English term has not been verified.
Current CN rules
Pity, rarity and featured guarantees
These values are a versioned CN rules summary, not global launch terms. Recheck the live banner notice before spending.
Labels to recognise
Black Ticket and Purple Ticket are result grades
Highest current recruitment grade
A Black Ticket result triggers the top-rarity outcome tracked by SorWiki. Reaching Black Ticket pity does not by itself mean the result is the current featured target.
Mid-tier recruitment grade
The current CN configuration guarantees Purple Ticket or higher within ten draws. A Black Ticket result also satisfies and resets the lower-grade cycle.
Do not merge banner state
Track each pool separately
- Character and Shadow pools: they have different featured rates and should not be treated as one shared pity counter.
- Limited and permanent pools: confirm whether pity or guarantee state carries before assuming progress transfers.
- Featured guarantee: record whether the previous top-rarity result missed the featured target.
- Selector rewards: verify the eligible list, claim window and replacement rules in the current CN mail or event notice.
F2P decision rule
Start with a roster problem, not a banner
- Claim currently verified CN redeem codes and in-game rewards first.
- Use the team-building guide to identify the missing combat job.
- Check the character roster for candidates that fill that job.
- Enter your actual pity and resources in the Gacha Planner.
- Use worst-case coverage when missing the target would block your account plan.
“Free to play” does not mean every featured target is guaranteed on every schedule. SorWiki does not label the game pay-to-win without a defined mode, comparison method and current global rules.
Guide, planner or simulator?
Use the right page for the question
Stay on this guide
Use it to understand terminology, pity boundaries and what the recruitment system means.
Open the Gacha Planner
Use your current resources, pity and guarantee state to model a target budget.
Plan pulls →Open the CN simulator
Use the Chinese-interface simulator to observe rarity cycles and separate banner counters without spending real resources.
Simulate results →Common questions
Gacha and recruitment FAQ
Is Sea of Remnants a gacha game?
The live Chinese version includes a recruitment system with random crewmate and Shadow of the Past results, rarity grades, pity and featured results. The game also contains exploration, naval combat, city systems and turn-based combat outside recruitment.
What is the Sea of Remnants hard pity?
SorWiki’s current CN configuration uses an 80-draw hard pity for a Black Ticket result and a 10-draw guarantee for a Purple Ticket result or higher. Each banner keeps its own tracked state.
Does pity guarantee the featured character?
Hard pity guarantees the rarity result, not automatically the featured target. The documented CN character banner uses a 50% featured rate, while the documented Shadow banner uses 75%, with guarantee state applied after a missed featured result where supported.
Will the global gacha system be identical?
That is not confirmed. Global rates, currencies, guarantees, selectors and schedules may differ, so CN rules should be treated as a preview rather than a promise.
CN recruitment rules reviewed August 21, 2026.