Why You Should Spend Gold Mileage on 1% Banners in GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE

In GODDESS OF VICTORY: NIKKE, reserve your Gold Mileage tickets exclusively for 1% rate-up banners (such as Pilgrim releases) and use your summon currency on standard 2% rate-up banners.

Because the Mileage Shop charges an identical 200 Gold Mileage tickets to redeem any featured Nikke regardless of her banner rate, purchasing a 1% unit yields double the expected summon value per ticket while protecting your account from severe recruitment bad luck.

The Mathematical Difference Between 2% and 1% Banners

All limited and pick-up recruitments feature an overall 4% SSR rate, but the individual featured character rate shifts depending on the banner type:

Standard Pick-Up Banners (2% Featured Rate): Half of the 4% SSR pool is dedicated to the featured Nikke, leaving the remaining 2% to non-featured SSRs. The statistical expected value is 50 pulls per featured copy (1 / 0.02).
Special Recruitment Banners (1% Featured Rate): Usually reserved for Pilgrims or abnormal special releases, the featured Nikke accounts for only 1% of the 4% total pool, leaving 3% for non-featured SSRs. The statistical expected value is 100 pulls per featured copy (1 / 0.01).

Because expected value reflects long-term mathematical averages rather than guaranteed results, raw summons on a 1% banner demand twice as many resources on average to secure a single copy.

Cumulative Probability and Failure Rates

Recruitments operate on independent probability checks rather than an escalating per-pull pity counter. As a result, the chance of failing to pull a featured unit remains significantly higher on 1% banners across equivalent summon milestones.

Total Summons	2% Banner Success Rate	1% Banner Success Rate	1% Banner Failure Rate
50 Pulls	~63.6%	~39.5%	~60.5%
100 Pulls	~86.7%	~63.4%	~36.6%
200 Pulls	~98.2%	~86.6%	~13.4%
300 Pulls	~99.8%	~95.1%	~4.9%

At 100 summons, a 2% banner offers an 86.7% chance to acquire the featured unit, whereas a 1% banner leaves more than one in three players (36.6%) empty-handed.

At the 200-pull milestone, failing on a 2% banner is rare (1.8%), but failing to pull a 1% unit happens to 13.4% of players—roughly 1 out of every 7.5 commanders. Even at 300 pulls, nearly 5% of players still fail to recruit a 1% featured Nikke, and failing across 400 pulls still affects approximately 2% of accounts.

Why the Fixed Shop Cost Favors 1% Banners

Every pull on an Advanced Recruit banner grants 1 Gold Mileage ticket. These tickets never expire, carry over indefinitely between recruitment events, and can purchase any active featured banner unit for a flat cost of 200 tickets.

This flat pricing structure creates a massive value difference:

Redeeming a 2% Unit: 200 tickets substitute for an action with an expected value of 50 pulls.
Redeeming a 1% Unit: 200 tickets substitute for an action with an expected value of 100 pulls.

By redeeming a 1% unit in the shop, you effectively double the purchasing power of your mileage currency.

Recommended Recruitment Strategy

To maintain summon efficiency and insulate your account against bad luck, follow this operational routine:

Pull directly on 2% banners: Spend Advanced Recruit Vouchers and Gems on standard pick-up units. The favorable 2% rate gives you strong odds to obtain target units within reasonable summon counts.
Accumulate Gold Mileage passively: Every pull on 2% banners builds your Gold Mileage balance toward the 200-ticket threshold.
Exchange mileage on 1% banners: When a 1% Pilgrim or special event banner arrives, do not gamble raw gems against the 1% rate. Spend 200 Gold Mileage tickets to buy the featured unit directly from the Mileage Shop, bypassing the banner's failure rate entirely.