Endfield's three quota currencies: where each one comes from, and why you cannot convert between them

By DayOneFix Editorial · August 24, 2026

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Checked which quota tab you are actually looking at (Acquisition Center → Quota Exchange)
Bond Quota spent on Chartered HH Permits first (25 each, unlimited stock)
AIC Quota spent on Headhunting Permits before materials
Endpoint Quota saved toward a 6★ weapon you actually use (20 for one of your choice)
Stopped waiting for a conversion option — there isn't one

Five Arknights: Endfield operators standing together in an industrial outpost, the source of the duplicate tokens that become quota — Every duplicate you pull turns into one of three different quota currencies — which one depends entirely on the Operator's rarity · Official screenshot © GRYPHLINE

Three currencies, three sources, zero conversion between them. That last part is what sends most people looking: there is no shop entry, and no account level, that lets you turn AIC Quota into Endpoint Quota. They are separate currencies that happen to share a shop screen — Acquisition Center → Quota Exchange, then pick the tab on the left.

The three, side by side

	Comes from	Buys	The number that matters
Bond Quota	Pulling a duplicate Operator (you get the token and Bond Quota)	Bond Quota Exchange Store — permanent and time-limited stock	Chartered HH Permits at 25 each, unlimited quantity
AIC Quota	Surplus 4★ and 5★ tokens from Operators already at max potential; also weapon pulls	Limited-time Headhunting Permits, rare promotion materials, general upgrade items	5★ token → 20; 4★ token → 5; 5★ weapon pull → 10; 6★ weapon pull → 50; Arms OC container → 50
Endpoint Quota	Surplus 6★ tokens only	High-rarity weapons	20 → one 6★ weapon of your choice

What to spend first

Bond Quota → Chartered HH Permits. These are otherwise only obtainable from missions and events, and the Bond store carries them in unlimited quantity at 25 each. Everything else in that store can wait for the next reset — buy it only if you are genuinely short on a resource right now.

AIC Quota → permits before materials. Take the Headhunting Permits for banners you actually intend to pull, then spend what is left on promotion materials. Materials are farmable; limited-time permits are not.

Endpoint Quota → do not plan around it. It only accumulates from 6★ duplicates, which means it barely moves until your roster is already deep. Treat it as a bonus layer that eventually hands a favourite 6★ Operator a chosen weapon, not as part of an early- or mid-game plan.

An Arknights: Endfield operator surrounded by floating weapon options in a selection interface — Endpoint Quota's one job: 20 of it buys a 6★ weapon of your choice — which is why it stays useless until your 6★ roster is deep enough to produce duplicates · Official screenshot © GRYPHLINE

Why you cannot convert AIC into Endpoint

Because they are fed by different rarities on purpose. AIC is the 4★/5★ overflow valve, Endpoint is the 6★ one. Converting would let a wide roster of low-rarity duplicates buy a 6★ weapon, which is exactly the exchange rate the design is avoiding. There is no shop entry for it and no level that unlocks one — if you are holding AIC Quota waiting for that option to appear, spend it.

Sources and what we could not confirm

The three sources, the exchange rates and the no-conversion rule are consistent across Game8’s three separate quota pages, the Endfield Talos Wiki and Fandom entries, and Endfield Hub’s quota exchange guide — we cross-checked rather than following one write-up. We have not verified the rates in-game ourselves, and rates of this kind are exactly the sort a patch can adjust quietly. If a number here does not match what your Quota Exchange shows after an update, trust the game and tell us.