{
  "slug": "blue-archive",
  "url": "https://gachawiki.com/wiki/blue-archive",
  "type": "game",
  "title": "Blue Archive",
  "description": "School-life RPG by Nexon Games, released in Japan in February 2021 and globally that November. Uses a 3% top-rarity rate and a straightforward 200-pull spark exchange, doubled to 6% on anniversary banners.",
  "aliases": [
    "BA"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "games"
  ],
  "verification": "verified",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-09",
  "lastVerified": "2026-07-09",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Blue Archive (release history)",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Archive",
      "publisher": "Wikipedia",
      "accessed": "2026-07-09",
      "note": "Tertiary source for release dates and publishers."
    },
    {
      "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."
    },
    {
      "title": "Blue Archive Steam release (July 4, 2025)",
      "url": "https://www.rpgsite.net/news/17857-blue-archive-pc-steam-client-new-launch-date-confirmed-on-july-4",
      "publisher": "RPG Site",
      "accessed": "2026-07-09",
      "note": null
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "spark",
    "pity-system",
    "rate-up",
    "banner",
    "premium-currency"
  ],
  "game": {
    "developer": "Nexon Games",
    "publisher": "Yostar (Japan); Nexon (global)",
    "firstRelease": "2021-02-04 (Japan)",
    "globalRelease": "2021-11-08",
    "platforms": [
      "iOS",
      "Android",
      "PC (Steam)"
    ],
    "status": "active",
    "officialSite": "https://bluearchive.nexon.com",
    "genre": "Real-time squad RPG",
    "infobox": [
      {
        "label": "Premium currency",
        "value": "Pyroxene (120 per recruit)",
        "cite": 2
      },
      {
        "label": "Base 3-star rate",
        "value": "3% (6% on Fes banners)",
        "cite": 2
      },
      {
        "label": "Spark",
        "value": "200 recruit points exchange for the featured student",
        "cite": 2
      },
      {
        "label": "Spark carry-over",
        "value": "none; points expire with the banner",
        "cite": 2
      }
    ]
  },
  "markdown": "Blue Archive is a free-to-play squad RPG developed by Nexon Games in South Korea. Yostar published the Japanese version on February 4, 2021, and Nexon launched the global version on November 8, 2021. [[1]](#ref-1) A Steam PC client for the global version arrived on July 4, 2025. [[3]](#ref-3)\n\nIts gacha is one of the simplest among major games, which makes it a common teaching example for [spark](/wiki/spark) mechanics.\n\n## Pull system\n\n*Main article: [Recruitment](/blue-archive/wiki/recruitment)*\n\nPulls are called recruitment and characters are students. Published numbers: [[2]](#ref-2)\n\n| Parameter | Value |\n| --- | --- |\n| Base 3-star rate | 3% per recruit |\n| Featured student rate | typically 0.7% within the 3% |\n| Fes banners | 3-star rate doubled to 6% during anniversary periods |\n| Cost per recruit | 120 Pyroxene (1,200 for a 10-pull) |\n\nThe 3% base rate has applied since July 2022, when it was raised permanently from the launch value of 2.5%. [[2]](#ref-2)\n\nThere is no rate escalation and no hard pity. Instead, every recruit grants one recruitment point, and 200 points can be exchanged for the banner's featured student, so 200 pulls (24,000 Pyroxene) is a strict ceiling. Points are per banner and expire when it ends, with no carry-over. [[2]](#ref-2)\n\n## Duplicates\n\nDuplicate students convert into Eligma, used to raise a student's star grade. The exchange ceiling makes targeted duplicate hunting more predictable than in games with uncapped systems; see [dupe system](/wiki/dupe-system).\n\n## Service status\n\n*Main article: [Release history](/blue-archive/wiki/release-history)*\n\nThe game is in active service as of July 2026. The Japanese version passed its fifth anniversary in February 2026, and the global version its 4.5-year mark, each with the usual 6% Fes banner. No structural gacha changes have been identified since the 2022 rate increase.",
  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"
  }
}