Searing Scars Guide

Umbral Monument: Searing Scars Guide for Arknights: Endfield. It covers the best teams, how to defeat each stage, key strategy, tips, recommended characters, and rewards.

Stage 1: Sea of Loathing

Tips for Clearing Sea of Loathing

Defeat Breaking Gust First

'Breaking Gust' appears immediately at the start of the stage and uses a powerful special attack that traps your allies in chains. Make this enemy your top priority and ignore everything else until it is defeated.

Destroy the Chains to Free Your Allies

After Breaking Gust disappears, it will trap one of your allies in chains, leaving them completely unable to act. The chains are fixed to 3 specific locations on the outer edge of the field, so destroy all of them quickly with your attacks to rescue your teammate.

Beware of the Smoke

The Cloud Stalker releases smoke that greatly reduces movement speed. If an ally gets trapped while slowed, you will have much less time to save them. Stay alert to Breaking Gust’s movements at all times so you can react instantly and destroy the chains.

Best Characters for Sea of Loathing

Character	Recommendation
Yvonne	[Recommended Points] - Can quickly eliminate Breaking Gust using her Ultimate - Solidification skill can freeze Cloud Stalker’s actions
Tangtang	[Recommended Points] - Strong Cryo DPS that synergizes excellently with Yvonne - Talent passively increases movement speed, making it easy to destroy chains
Pogranichnik	[Recommended Points] - Excellent Physical SP battery - Can rapidly destroy chains using his sliding ability

Stage 2: Melting Point of Flesh

Tips for Clearing Melting Point of Flesh

Dodge by Moving (No Perfect Dodge)

This stage has a special rule that disables Perfect Dodge. Timing the dodge button will have no effect, so focus on manually moving your character outside the attack's effect radius.

Beware of Originium Slug Explosion

Firemist Originium Slugs will periodically spawn and detonate. The explosion deals heavy damage and inflicts Combustion, so immediately create distance the moment they appear.

Stop Flamethrower by Inflicting Statuses

The enemy's flamethrower is a wide-area attack that is very difficult to dodge. Aggressively apply Physical Status or Solidification to interrupt it before it can deal significant damage.

Best Characters for Melting Point of Flesh

Character	Recommendation
Yvonne	[Recommended Points] - Strong single-target DPS - Excellent synergy with only two enemies - Can stop flamethrower with Solidification
Xaihi	[Recommended Points] - Cryo support with healing - Can recover HP even after taking some damage - Provides Cryo Amp for synergy with Yvonne
Ember	[Recommended Points] - Strong healing through Combo Skill - Allows you to fight effectively even while taking hits - Can interrupt flamethrower with Knock Down
Endministrator	[Recommended Points] - Powerful Physical main DPS - Easy to build with low-rarity characters

Stage 3: Howling Flame

Tips for Clearing Howling Flame

Consume the Enemy's Heat Infliction

When the enemy enters the Enraged State, Heat Infliction will build up over time. If the Heat Infliction reaches 4 stacks, the enemy will unleash a powerful attack, so consume it by triggering an Arts Reaction with another Arts Infliction before it reaches 4 stacks.

Consume Heat When in Enraged State

The Enraged State also has a damage reduction effect based on the Heat Infliction stacks. Focus on consuming the Heat Infliction during the Enraged State, and then deal a burst of damage after it ends.

Be Careful Not to Use Too Much SP

Natural SP recovery stops during the Enraged State. You will need to use Battle Skills to remove Heat Infliction, so it's recommended to save up some SP before the enemy enters the Enraged State instead of using too much.

Best Characters for Howling Flame

Character	Recommendation
Tangtang	[Recommended Points] - Can inflict Cryo Infliction with Battle Skill 　┗ Fast and easy to land - Has an SP refund effect, making it easy to use Battle Skills
Xaihi	[Recommended Points] - A Cryo support with healing 　┗ Can recover even after taking some damage - Can inflict Cryo Infliction with her Battle Skill
Perlica	[Recommended Points] - Can inflict Electric Infliction with her Battle Skill 　┗ Fast and easy to land
Ardelia	[Recommended Points] - Can heal with her Battle Skill and Ultimate - Recommended when you need more survivability 　┗ Provides stronger damage support than Ember
Ember	[Recommended Points] - Her Combo Skill can significantly heal the active character - Recommended when you need more survivability 　┗ Offers stronger survivability than Ardelia

Searing Scars Rewards

Total Rewards from Searing Scars

Total Rewards for Searing Scars	T-Creds x144,000 Advanced Cognitive Carrier x18 Mark of Perseverance x6 Protohedron x48 Arms INSP Set x30

In Umbral Monument, each stage has first clear rewards. The list above is the total of all first clear rewards from all stages in Searing Scars.

First Clear Rewards for Each Stage

First-Clear Rewards	T-Creds x24,000 Advanced Cognitive Carrier x3 Mark of Perseverance x1 Protohedron x8 Arms INSP Set x5

The first clear rewards are the same for all stages and all difficulties.

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