{
  "slug": "recruitment",
  "game": "blue-archive",
  "url": "https://gachawiki.com/blue-archive/wiki/recruitment",
  "markdownUrl": "https://gachawiki.com/blue-archive/wiki/recruitment.md",
  "type": "game-wiki",
  "title": "Recruitment",
  "description": "Blue Archive's gacha in detail. The 3% three-star rate and its 2022 increase, Fes banners at 6%, Pyroxene costs, and the 200-point exchange spark that resets with every banner.",
  "aliases": [
    "blue archive gacha",
    "ba pity",
    "pyroxene recruitment"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "mechanics"
  ],
  "verification": "verified",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-09",
  "lastVerified": "2026-07-09",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Recruitment rates and exchange rules (community documentation of in-game disclosure)",
      "url": "https://bluearchive.wiki/wiki/Recruitment_(Gacha)",
      "publisher": "Blue Archive community wiki",
      "accessed": "2026-07-09",
      "note": "Mirrors the in-game recruitment Details screen, including the July 2022 base-rate increase."
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "blue-archive/release-history",
    "spark",
    "rate-up",
    "dupe-system"
  ],
  "markdown": "Recruitment is Blue Archive's gacha. A single recruit costs 120 Pyroxene, a 10-recruit 1,200. The design is the cleanest teaching example of the [spark](/wiki/spark) family: flat rates, no pity curve, and one deterministic ceiling. [[1]](#ref-1)\n\n## Rates\n\n| Parameter | Value |\n| --- | --- |\n| 3-star student | 3% (raised permanently from 2.5% in July 2022) |\n| Featured student | typically 0.7% within the 3% |\n| Fes banners | 3-star rate doubled to 6% during anniversary periods |\n| Cost | 120 Pyroxene per recruit |\n\nThe featured share is a fractional [rate-up](/wiki/rate-up) with no loss protection: an off-banner 3-star does nothing for your target. There is no escalation and no hard pity at any pull count. [[1]](#ref-1)\n\n## The 200-point exchange\n\nEvery recruit grants one recruitment point. At 200 points, the banner's featured student can be exchanged outright, making 200 recruits (24,000 Pyroxene) a strict ceiling. Points are per banner and expire when it ends, with no carry-over; partial progress protects nothing. [[1]](#ref-1)\n\nFes banners follow the same exchange rules at double rates, which is why anniversary periods dominate pull planning in this game: the same 200-pull commitment buys twice the expected 3-stars along the way.\n\n## Duplicates\n\nDuplicate students convert to Eligma, which raises star grades; farmable shards can substitute for pulled copies for many students. Because the ceiling is fixed and duplicates have an alternate path, Blue Archive's cost profile is unusually predictable; see [dupe system](/wiki/dupe-system) for the comparison across games.",
  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"
  }
}