Arknights is a strategy mobile game famous for its deep world-building, beautiful anime character designs, emotional stories, and challenging tower-defense gameplay. Unlike many gacha games that focus only on collecting characters, Arknights builds a large dystopian world full of politics, war, discrimination, and philosophical themes.

World Setting: Terra

The story takes place on the planet Terra, a world inhabited by many races:

• 🐺 Lupus – wolf-like people
• 🐱 Feline – cat-like people
• 🐉 Draco – dragon-like people
• 🐰 Cautus – rabbit-like people
• 🐏 Sarkaz – demon-like race
• 🐧 Many other races

Terra is constantly threatened by:

• Natural disasters called Catastrophes
• A mysterious mineral called Originium
• A deadly disease called Oripathy

The Main Conflict: Oripathy

The central problem of Arknights is a disease called:

Oripathy

It is caused by exposure to Originium, a powerful but dangerous mineral.

People infected with Oripathy are called:

The Infected

They gain special abilities because Originium interacts with their bodies, but society often discriminates against them.

Many governments treat the Infected as dangerous, creating:

• Oppression
• Social inequality
• Political conflict

This conflict becomes the foundation of the entire story.