The Liino banner in Arknights: Endfield — deadline and verdict

By DayOneFix Editorial · August 12, 2026

Correction — 24 August 2026. This page told you the Liino banner closed on 30 August. It does not. That date was our own derivation from a third-party schedule (Game8’s), and GRYPHLINE has since dated version 1.5 to 2 September 2026 in a version overview issued to press on 21 August. Hypergryph words the banner as running until “before version update and maintenance” — it ends with the version, not on a calendar day — so the real deadline is 2 September, three days later than we said. If you already spent to beat the 30th, that spending was not wasted, but it was not as urgent as this page made it sound. If you gave up on the pull because you thought the window had effectively gone, it has not. The date change is documented on the countdown page and in the Sources section below.

One banner, one deadline: Liino’s “Good Morning From Your Dawnstar” runs until version 1.5 opens on 2 September — the banner window is the version handover, which is exactly why the banner moved when the version date did.

Who Liino is

The Electric 6-star Supporter of version 1.4’s second phase — in the lore, the new-generation idol nicknamed “Dawnstar”. Chinese coverage of her release describes a full support engine: sustained team attack buffs, healing for allies in range, and forced Electric-status application on her ultimate — the profile of a team spine rather than a damage stat-stick.

Her signature 6-star weapon, Bedazzling Night Debut (Polearm), runs on the paired armament banner [Bedazzled Issue] — the banner and the weapon have different names, which trips up most write-ups; the off-rate limiteds are Arcane and Camille.

The deadline mechanics

• The banner has no date of its own. Hypergryph’s notice words the window as “Aug. 9, 2026 at 12:00 (server time) – Before version update and maintenance”. That is a pointer to the version handover, not a day. So the way to find the deadline is to find the version date, and every deadline this page has ever printed is only as good as that version date.
• The version date is 2 September 2026, per GRYPHLINE’s version overview issued to press on 21 August 2026. That is publisher-issued. The 30 August we ran before was a third-party schedule estimate, and it is superseded. Nothing about the banner changed; our reading of when the version lands did.
• The official maintenance window was later announced. The 1.5 update notes scheduled 2 September 06:00–12:00 (UTC+8). Liino’s banner ended before maintenance, not at a confirmed 11:00 reopening.
• After 1.5 opens, Liino moves out of the featured slot. Endfield’s rerun system now has a name and a date: the [Dreamscape of Wind and Snow] DEV Comm of 22 August 2026 announced RE-Factor Headhunting, whose first banner — [Resplendent Spectrum] #1 — opens 24 September 2026. Liino is not in that pool. It is Yvonne (rate-up) / Ember / Lifeng / Ardelia / Last Rite / Pogranichnik. Hypergryph has published nothing about the contents of any later RE-Factor banner, so there is no basis to say either that Liino will return or that she will not. If you want her, this window is still the only certain one.

Pull or save? The frame

The honest calculus, given what is and isn’t known:

• Want a premier team support now → Liino is the current version’s answer, and supports age well across metas. You have until 2 September, not the 30th.
• Saving for 1.5 → we used to point you at Si here, on the strength of community roadmaps. That call was wrong, and we score it rather than delete it: the official DEV Comm of 22 August 2026 names no new operator, and Si does not appear on Hypergryph’s 33-entry operator roster at all (checked 24 August 2026). The one banner Hypergryph has dated is RE-Factor Headhunting #1 on 24 September, rate-up Yvonne — worth saving for only if you want her. Full scoring: the 1.5 roadmap, laid out.

There is no wrong answer, only a deadline — and it is 2 September, with the version handover, not 30 August. Three days more than this page said until today.

FAQ

When does the Liino banner end? 2 September 2026, before version maintenance — not 30 August. The official 1.5 notes later scheduled maintenance for 06:00–12:00 (UTC+8); the precise banner closing minute is not stated here.

Who is Liino? The Electric 6-star Supporter of version 1.4’s second phase — in the lore, the new-generation idol nicknamed “Dawnstar”. Her profile is a full support engine: sustained team attack buffs, healing for allies in range, and forced Electric-status application on her ultimate.

What weapon runs alongside her banner? Her signature 6-star weapon, Bedazzled Issue, runs on the paired armament banner. The off-rate limiteds on the character banner are Arcane and Camille.

Will Liino rerun after the banner closes? Unknown, and now precisely so. Endfield’s rerun system was named and dated in the 22 August 2026 DEV Comm: RE-Factor Headhunting, first banner [Resplendent Spectrum] #1, opening 24 September 2026. Liino is not in that pool — it runs Yvonne (rate-up) / Ember / Lifeng / Ardelia / Last Rite / Pogranichnik. The DEV Comm says nothing about what any later RE-Factor banner will contain, so nobody can tell you today whether or when Liino comes back. Once 1.5 opens she leaves the featured slot, and this window is the only certain one.

Should I pull Liino or save for 1.5? If you want a premier team support now, Liino is the current version’s answer, and supports age well across metas. If you are saving, save with the official facts: the DEV Comm announces no new 1.5 operator, and the only dated banner is RE-Factor Headhunting #1 on 24 September with Yvonne rate-up. This page previously pointed at Si as the next headliner; that was wrong — she is not on Hypergryph’s official roster.

Related

• Endfield 1.5 “Dreamscape of Wind and Snow”: what the DEV Comm confirms
• Liino build guide
• Perlica free in Fortnite: the eligible list
• Endfield codes and how to redeem them

Sources

What changed on 24 August 2026: the banner’s closing date on this page moved from 30 August to 2 September. The banner’s official window — “Aug. 9, 2026 at 12:00 (server time) – Before version update and maintenance” — is Hypergryph’s own, from the “Good Morning from Your Dawnstar” Chartered Headhunting notice of 8 August 2026 and the “Homecoming” Version Update Notes of 16 July 2026, and it names no calendar date at all — it ends with the version. The 30 August we printed came from Game8’s documented schedule, a third-party derivation of when that version would land. It is superseded by 2 September 2026, the date GRYPHLINE gave in a version overview issued to press on 21 August 2026, reproduced by Gematsu under the headline “Arknights: Endfield version update ‘Dreamscape of Wind and Snow’ launches September 2” and carried by Inven Global on 23 August 2026 marked “Press release provided by GRYPHLINE”; the same text ran at Final Weapon, MonsterVine, Noisy Pixel, Worthplaying and Games Press. That overview gives a date and no time, which is why no closing hour is stated here. We looked for a first-party posting first: Hypergryph’s news hub was read in English and Traditional Chinese on 24 August 2026 and its newest bulletin is still the DEV Comm of 22 August — no official bulletin carries the 2 September date, and the Version Update Notes that would carry the maintenance window have not posted. The handover reasoning is laid out on the countdown page.

RE-Factor Headhunting, its 24 September opening and its full pool come from the “Dreamscape of Wind and Snow” Version DEV Comm, published 22 August 2026, which gives no version date. Si’s absence from the roster was checked against Hypergryph’s official operator page. All the official pages named here were read on 24 August 2026. Liino’s kit profile is from Chinese coverage of her official release materials.