Solo Leveling:Arise: Successor Velvet Pull and Prep Guide

To prepare for Successor Velvet and the 2.5 celebration events in Solo Leveling:Arise, protect your Rate-Up banner pity, maintain a reserve of Essence Stones, and pre-farm core growth materials. Successor Velvet and Young Go Gunhee place high demands on summon currencies, making disciplined resource management essential for securing key characters.

Managing Rate-Up Banner Pity and Summons

Rate-Up banners feature an 80-pull soft pity threshold and a 160-pull hard guarantee if you lose the initial 50/50 roll. Because Rate-Up pity carries across banner rotations, your summon decisions on adjacent banners directly dictate your odds for Successor Velvet.

• Save guaranteed pity: If you pull on the Young Go Gunhee banner and lose the 50/50 to a standard SSR, stop summoning immediately unless Gunhee is your primary target. That guarantee carries over, securing Successor Velvet on her debut with minimal stone usage.
• Target early advancement breakpoints: Aim for a base copy (A0) or first advancement (A1). Most featured Hunters unlock the majority of their functional utility at A0 or A1, while higher advancements offer diminishing returns for non-competitive budgets.
• Keep raw Essence Stones for Rate-Up banners: Never spend raw Essence Stones on black Custom Draw tickets. Use free Custom Draw tickets on standard banner staples like Plum Flower or Moonshadow, and preserve all stones exclusively for limited Rate-Up draws.
• Delay weapon banner spending: Check celebration exchange shops, dice boards, and challenge events before summoning on exclusive Hunter weapon banners, as event tracks frequently award craftable or free signature weapons.

Budgeting Essence Stones and Activity Keys

Surviving back-to-back featured banners requires establishing hard spending limits and holding onto daily entry resources until celebration events go live.

• Maintain a stone floor: Keep an untouched reserve of 10,000 to 15,000 Essence Stones to protect against surprise mid-celebration banners or critical shop items.
• Bank Gate and Instance Dungeon keys: Stockpile keys just before the update launches. Milestone celebrations regularly feature event missions that award points for clearing red or gold Gates and running high-tier Instance Dungeons.
• Hold growth materials for point events: Avoid consuming Mana Crystals and weapon enhancement gears right before the patch. Wait for synchronized Hunter and weapon growth events to earn draw tickets while leveling your units.

Pre-Farming Growth Materials and Artifacts

Securing Successor Velvet requires having the Gold, badges, and gear ready to deploy her immediately into high-tier content like the Battlefield of Time or Instance Dungeons.

While farming, set aside unequipped pieces from general offensive sets such as Toughness armor or the Expert jewelry set. Lock pieces with offensive primary and secondary stats—specifically Critical Hit Rate, Critical Hit Damage, Attack Percentage, and Damage Increase—so Velvet can step into your active battle lineup immediately upon release. Always test her trial stage first to confirm her scaling and kit mechanics before finalizing your Artifact upgrades.