NIKKE 4th Anniversary Preview: Third Surface Reclamation War, Free Recruit Voucher, and What to Save

The NIKKE 4th Anniversary information site is live, but the useful move right now is not guessing the banner lineup. The confirmed actions are smaller: claim the one Recruit Voucher from the web campaign, mark October 29 as the next announcement checkpoint, and freeze a Gem, Advanced Recruit Voucher, and Gold Mileage reserve until the recruitment notices are public.

Quick answer: claim the free Recruit Voucher, save your premium recruitment resources, and wait for the official banner rules before setting a pull plan. New Nikkes, total anniversary rewards, banner types, and the maintenance time are still unannounced. Chapters 47–48 are story catch-up material on the anniversary site, not newly announced October 29 chapters.

What NIKKE has actually confirmed

Item	Confirmed status	What it means for your account
Anniversary checkpoint	October 29; “Third Surface Reclamation War”	Save the date, but do not assume an exact launch or maintenance time yet.
Information-site campaign	October 8–November 18, 2026 at 23:59 (UTC+9)	This is the web campaign window, not the confirmed duration of every in-game event.
Current free reward	One Recruit Voucher for the first qualifying community share	Claim it after checking the linked server and account.
Story material	Chapters 43–48 are highlighted	Use it to catch up on the plot; Chapters 47–48 launched in August.
Still locked	Characters, banners, total rewards, events, passes, packages	Do not build a spending plan around leaks or sections that have not opened yet.

The current details come from the official NIKKE 4th Anniversary information site. October 29 is the date on its countdown; the page does not yet publish the update's exact maintenance schedule.

NIKKE 4th Anniversary Third Surface Reclamation War key art

Source: NIKKE 4th Anniversary information site. The official visual establishes the October 29 countdown and Third Surface Reclamation War name.

How to claim the free Recruit Voucher

Open the official anniversary information site. Use the regional page that matches your game account.
Log in and verify the server. The campaign links one server and account, so check the commander information before confirming.
Use the designated community-share option. The reward is tied to the first qualifying share, not every repost.
Check the in-game mailbox. The Recruit Voucher should arrive there; the mail expires after 90 days.

Treat this as one web-campaign reward. It is not the final anniversary gift count, and it is not an Advanced Recruit Voucher.

I would take a snapshot of the account now and make decisions from what is already owned. Adding rumored gifts to the balance makes it too easy to overspend on the current banner and assume the anniversary will refill the gap.

Resource	How to count it	Practical stop line
Gems	3,000 Gems per Special Recruit ten-pull	Set an anniversary floor and stop current pulls when the account reaches it.
Advanced Recruit Vouchers	Count only vouchers already owned	Keep them unassigned until the number and type of anniversary banners are known.
Gold Mileage	200 tickets commonly secure one eligible featured copy	If you are near 200, avoid spending it before comparing every anniversary target.
Ordinary Recruit Vouchers	Separate from Special Recruit funding	Consider holding them until permanent-pool and Wishlist changes are confirmed.
Upgrade materials	Track Credits, Battle Data, Core Dust, skill and gear resources separately	Keep enough to make one new unit usable instead of pre-farming a rumored kit.

Convert the account into pulls before making a plan

Count each Advanced Recruit Voucher as one Special Recruit and every 300 Gems as one more pull. Keep Gold Mileage in a separate column: it is an exchange safety net, not another random pull. This prevents a 200-ticket guarantee from being hidden inside an optimistic “total pulls” number.

Example reserve	Special Recruit pulls	What it supports
10 vouchers + 6,000 Gems	30	A controlled attempt. Do not split it across several banners without a clear priority.
20 vouchers + 24,000 Gems	100	A serious attempt, but never a guaranteed featured copy by itself.
40 vouchers + 48,000 Gems	200	Generates 200 Gold Mileage from paid/voucher pulls; choose the exchange target after seeing every banner.
200+ existing Gold Mileage	Separate from pull count	One eligible featured copy without relying on a random drop.

Rate reference only: at a 1% featured rate, 100 pulls have about a 63% chance of producing at least one copy; at 2%, about 87%. Those are not predictions for the 4th Anniversary. Use them only after the live recruitment notice publishes the real featured rate.

Saving plans by account type

Account	What I would do before October 29	What I would avoid
New account	Keep progressing and collect current free rewards; build one functioning core team.	Freezing progression because a rumored anniversary unit might replace someone.
Free-to-play / light spender	Write down a Gem floor and protect any 200-ticket Mileage option.	Making several “small” banner attempts that erase the reserve.
200 Gold Mileage ready	Wait for all eligible exchange targets and their banner dates.	Using the guarantee before limited status and role are confirmed.
Developed multi-team account	List actual role, code, and Burst-stage gaps before looking at new characters.	Pre-spending skill boxes or custom modules for an unannounced kit.

Should you save Ordinary Recruit Vouchers and Molds?

Ordinary Recruit Vouchers normally do not fund Special Recruit and do not create Gold Mileage. They create Silver Mileage instead, so they should not be included in the anniversary pull total.

Holding them can still make sense if the anniversary update later adds new permanent Nikkes and changes the Wishlist choices. Waiting lets those units enter the pool before you spend a large stack. The exception is a new account that needs duplicates to cross the level 160 wall or fill basic roster gaps. In that case, stopping all Ordinary Recruit progress for an unannounced banner can cost more progression than it saves. Molds follow the same logic: they may improve the current roster, but they cannot replace Gems or Advanced Recruit Vouchers on a Special Recruit banner.

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Wait for the banner rules and free-reward count, subtract owned vouchers and Mileage, then cover only the shortfall inside your preset limit.

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What the anniversary story trailer adds

The story footage puts the surface campaign, a confrontation around the Queen, and the next reclamation effort at the center of the anniversary mood. It does not identify the recruitable lineup. A character appearing in the trailer is story evidence, not banner confirmation, so the pull plan should still wait for the recruitment notice.

Girl shown in the NIKKE 4th Anniversary story trailer

Source: NIKKE on YouTube. This story scene establishes the Queen thread without confirming a playable anniversary unit.

Confrontation scene in the NIKKE 4th Anniversary story trailer

Source: NIKKE on YouTube. The confrontation supports the Third Surface Reclamation War story direction.

Chapters 47–48 are not new anniversary chapters

The information site includes story material through Chapters 47 and 48, which can look like a content announcement if you only scan the anniversary page. Those chapters were added after the August 13 maintenance, with Chapter 46 completion required to enter Chapter 47. Their role here is story context leading into the anniversary.

NIKKE official Chapter 47 and Chapter 48 story artwork

Source: NIKKE official site. The artwork's August 13 date confirms that Chapters 47–48 are existing story content.

If your account is behind, note your current chapter, required combat power, and the upgrade wall stopping progress. Catching up is useful, but burning every resource to force one chapter before October 29 can leave a newly recruited unit without skill or gear materials.

What to check when the October 29 notice arrives

Maintenance start and end times. This determines the real first-login window for your region.
Banner category, rates, and end date. Confirm limited or permanent status before pulling.
Free pulls and claim conditions. Count every free attempt before calculating a paid shortfall.
Gold Mileage exchange targets. Compare eligible characters before using a 200-ticket guarantee.
Event shop and upgrade materials. Decide whether one copy is immediately useful before considering duplicates.

Use this pull decision order after the reveal

Identify limited, permanent, Pilgrim, or Over-Spec status. A later permanent-pool path lowers the urgency of pulling immediately.
Read the featured rate. A 1% and 2% banner behave very differently over the same 100-pull reserve.
Check whether free pulls generate Gold Mileage. Anniversary free attempts have not always followed the same Mileage rule as paid or voucher pulls.
Separate one copy from limit breaks. Confirm what the unit gains from duplicates before turning a roster pull into a 200- or 400-pull chase.
Look for a second banner date. If multiple anniversary recruits overlap, keeping part of the reserve until every kit is visible protects the account from first-day regret.

NIKKE 4th Anniversary FAQ

When is the NIKKE 4th Anniversary?

The official information site counts down to October 29, 2026. The exact update and maintenance times have not been announced yet.

What is the Third Surface Reclamation War in NIKKE?

It is the official phrase used by the anniversary information site. NIKKE has not yet explained whether it is a story event, game mode, campaign theme, or another type of content.

How do you get the free 4th Anniversary Recruit Voucher?

Log in on the official information site, verify the correct server and account, and complete the first qualifying share to a designated community. The voucher arrives through in-game mail, which expires after 90 days.

Who are the NIKKE 4th Anniversary characters?

No new anniversary character lineup has been officially announced yet. Wait for the recruitment notices to confirm names, rarity, manufacturer, code, weapon, rates, and limited status.

Are Chapters 47 and 48 coming with the anniversary?

No. Chapters 47 and 48 were released in August 2026. They appear on the anniversary site as story catch-up material.

Should I save Gold Mileage for the anniversary?

Saving is the flexible choice if you do not have a higher-priority current target. A 200-ticket balance can secure an eligible featured copy, but you should confirm the anniversary exchange lineup before spending it.

Should I save Ordinary Recruit Vouchers for the anniversary?

They cannot normally be used on Special Recruit, but saving them can be useful if new permanent units and Wishlist updates arrive after the anniversary. New accounts that need duplicates for the level 160 wall may still benefit from using them now.

Is a free SSR or anniversary redeem code confirmed?

No specific free SSR, selector, or redeem code is confirmed yet. Past anniversary patterns are useful context, but they should not be counted as 4th Anniversary rewards until NIKKE publishes them.

Final checklist before October 29

Claim the one web voucher, record the resources you already own, and choose a reserve you will not cross. That is enough preparation while the character and banner sections remain locked.

When the recruitment and update notices go live, recheck the rates, limited status, free-pull count, Mileage exchange, and end dates. Those five facts will turn this preview into a real pull plan.