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Revelation rates, pity, Mind Shards, and who to pull first, straight off the Dichotomy Beta's own detail screens.
Silver Palace calls a pull a Revelation, and the whole system runs on detective flavour: you spend Judgement Shots on characters and Deduction Shots on Motives, then read the results like case files. The Dichotomy Beta gave the first proper look at the real rates, so here is what the in-game detail screens actually say about summon rates, pity, and banners.
Quick Answer
A 5-star character has a 0.8% base rate, about 1.8% overall once average pity is folded in. Every 10 Revelations guarantee at least one 4-star, and reaching 100 Revelations on a limited character banner guarantees the current featured 5-star. Motive banners run the same skeleton with an 80-pull ceiling instead of 100. Whether pity carries over between banners is not confirmed.
What a Revelation is
Every pull is a Revelation. Characters and Motives sit on separate banners with separate currencies, so a 10-pull on the character banner does nothing for your Motive pity and vice versa. The current limited character event is labelled a "Limited-Time Repertoire" (currently "The Vengeful Ant"), and the limited Motive event is a "Limited-Time Monologue" (currently "Her Heart, the Flames Within").
Both event types share a featured 5-star guarantee mechanic, which resets once you obtain a featured 5-star. That wording is the hinge the pity carry-over question turns on, covered below.
The rates at a glance
| Rarity | Base rate | Overall (incl. guarantees) | Hard ceiling |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-star character | 0.8% | 1.8% | 100 Revelations guarantees the featured 5-star |
| 4-star content | 6% | 13% | 10 Revelations guarantees one 4-star |
| 3-star Motive | 93.2% | Equal odds across the pool | Filler |
The 0.8% is the number to internalize. The "overall 1.8%" figure is not a second, higher base rate you can feel on any given pull; it is the effective rate after averaging in the pity that eventually rescues you. On a single Revelation, you are looking at 0.8%.
What a Revelation costs
Reactor Crystals are the premium currency, and they are not spent on banners directly. You exchange them at the Argent Docks for Shots, at a flat 360 Reactor Crystals per Shot, and that price is the same whether you are buying a Judgement Shot, a Deduction Shot, a Standard Shot or a Bullet of Insight.
The four Shots are not interchangeable. Each one buys pulls on exactly one banner:
| Currency | Banner it pulls on |
|---|---|
| Judgement Shot | Limited Character banners |
| Deduction Shot | Limited Motive banners |
| Standard Shot | The Standard Character banner |
| Bullet of Insight | The Standard Motive banner |
Because they are separate currencies, pity never crosses between them. Budget each banner on its own. A 10-pull is 3,600 Reactor Crystals on any banner, and the 100-Revelation ceiling below works out to 36,000.
For where those crystals come from in the beta build, chest tiers, commission payouts and the two progression ladders, see Silver Palace gem rewards in CBT2.
The Judgement Shot's in-game flavour text leans into the site's literary theme: "Existing only within the Mind Palace, it takes the form of a bullet shaped by the golden ratio, a means of shattering old conventions and breaking new ground. It can only be fired by those with the resolve to look beyond surface appearances. When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." That last line is a near-direct paraphrase of Sherlock Holmes, in keeping with the site's Epiphanies literary sources coverage.
The 4-star floor: every 10 Revelations
Every 10 Revelations guarantee at least one 4-star, so a single 10-pull never comes back empty. When a 4-star does land, there is a 50% chance it is one of the featured 4-stars, and 20 Revelations guarantee a featured one. The worst-case 4-star drought is short and predictable.
The 5-star guarantee: what "up to 100" really means
Up to 100 Revelations guarantee the current featured 5-star. Before hitting that ceiling, any 5-star you pull is a coin flip: it might be the featured character (Ashley, on the current banner), or one of the standard 5-stars. Lose that flip and the guarantee is still waiting. Win it, or grind all the way to 100, and you walk away with the featured unit, then the guarantee resets for the next one.
0.8% is low enough that you should not count on seeing a 5-star early. You can walk from pull 1 to pull 100 without a single one, then collect the featured character at the ceiling. Plan your Judgement Shots around the 100, not around getting lucky at 20.
Who is on the current banner
The Dichotomy Beta "The Vengeful Ant" banner breaks down like this:
- Featured 5-star: Ashley
- Standard 5-stars (the ones you can lose the coin flip to): Cynthia II, Rex, and Gratia
- Featured 4-stars: Argos, Captain Kaboom, and Gucia
- Other 4-stars in the pool: Firtho, Alf, Lorin, Grimm, and Bentham
Motive banners work the same, with an 80 ceiling
Motives are the game's equivalent of weapons, and the top rarity you can pull is a 5-star Motive. The banner reuses almost the entire character structure: 0.8% base 5-star rate, 1.8% overall, a 4-star floor every 10 Revelations, 6%/13% on 4-star content, and 93.2% on 3-star Motives with equal odds inside that pool.
The one number that changes is the ceiling. Up to 80 Revelations guarantee the current featured 5-star Motive, not 100. When you do land a 5-star Motive, there is a flat 50% chance it is the featured one ("The Burning Stone Mystery" on the current banner).
Motive banner detail screen from the Dichotomy Beta, showing the Deduction Shot currency and the 80-Revelation ceiling.
Mind Shards, Mind Grains, and duplicates
Pulling is not pure loss even when you miss. Duplicates and misses feed back into two currencies:
- Your first copy of a 5-star character hands you a bonus 20 Mind Shards.
- The next 6 duplicates of that character convert into their Psyches, and each one still pays out 20 Mind Shards.
- From the 7th duplicate onward, each copy is worth 50 Mind Shards.
- 4-star characters follow the same shape at smaller values, and every 3-star Motive you reveal drops Mind Grains.
Spark copies of a character you already own are not dead pulls. They build the Psyches first, then turn into a steadier Mind Shard trickle once all six are unlocked.
The Argent Docks' Shard Exchange puts real numbers on that trickle: 12 Mind Shards convert into one Shot (Judgement, Deduction, Standard or Bullet of Insight), and 90 Mind Shards buy a character-specific "Mystery" item, seen limited to 2 stock at a time. At 12 Shards per Shot, even the small 20-Shard payouts from early duplicates are worth banking rather than spending piecemeal. The Argent Docks shop guide has the full stock list for that tab and the rest of the shop.
The standard banner
Alongside the limited events there is a standard banner. It runs an 80-pull hidden ceiling, its 5-stars appear to be a straight 50/50 across Cynthia, Rex, and Gratia with no way to pick a specific character, and its Motives also sit at 80 Revelations on the same 0.8% rate. Treat the standard banner as the slow, steady pool, not the place to chase a specific unit.
A discounted shot bundle, seen but not confirmed
A CBT2 tester's session showed a shop offer selling discounted bundles of five Shots per banner type (limited and standard character, limited and standard Motive) on what looked like a monthly reset, similar to the "resets every 30 days" shop cadence some other gacha games use rather than a per-patch reset. This has not been independently verified elsewhere, and it is not confirmed whether the bundle is bought with Reactor Crystals, another in-game currency, or real money, so treat it as an unconfirmed beta observation rather than a documented feature. The site's own Monotype vs Dichotomy breakdown still notes that neither closed beta has shipped monetisation, and nothing here overturns that until Elementa says otherwise.
Who to pull first
The Detective is your guaranteed protagonist, so the real decision is who to spend Judgement Shots on afterward. Of the current banner's cast, Rex is confirmed S-tier on the Tier List, a Fulmen Resonance DPS whose kit is fully revealed and carries a high ceiling. Cynthia II is on the same banner but sits at C-tier for now, an Ignis Witness support whose kit specifics are still beta-stage. If you are pulling on the standard banner without a way to target a specific unit, Rex is the strongest of the three standard 5-stars to hope for.
Ashley, the current featured 5-star, does not yet have a public tier placement. Check the Tier List before committing Judgement Shots to a featured banner, since kit reveals shift rankings quickly during beta.
Does pity carry over between banners? (Unconfirmed)
This is the real question, and the beta does not answer it. The featured 5-star guarantee "resets once you obtain a featured 5-star character," and says nothing about what happens to an unfinished pity count when one banner ends and the next begins.
In closed beta 1 the limited-character ceiling was reportedly around 120, and it has since been lowered to 100, a genuinely good sign that Elementa is reading feedback. But the Dichotomy Beta only runs a single banner, so there is no second banner to test carry-over against yet. Until an official banner-to-banner transition is documented, assume nothing and pull with the reset in mind.
One last note: Red Rose Dancer is not a playable pull right now. She shows up inside Cinderella's Revelation animation, not on any banner, so do not go hunting for her name in the rate-up list.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the summon rates in Silver Palace?
A 5-star character has a 0.8% base rate and about a 1.8% overall rate once average pity is included. 4-star content is 6% base and 13% overall, and 3-star Motives fill the remaining 93.2% with equal odds across the pool. Motive banners use the same 0.8% and 6% base rates.
What is the pity in Silver Palace?
Every 10 Revelations guarantee at least one 4-star. On a limited-character banner, up to 100 Revelations guarantee the current featured 5-star. On a limited-Motive banner, that ceiling is 80 Revelations. The standard banner uses an 80-pull ceiling.
Is the Silver Palace gacha a 50/50?
Effectively yes, before the ceiling. Any 5-star you pull before hitting the guarantee has roughly a 50% chance of being the featured character rather than a standard one. Lose it and the guarantee carries you to the featured unit at 100 pulls, or 80 for Motives.
Does pity carry over between banners in Silver Palace?
Unconfirmed. The beta text only says the featured 5-star guarantee resets once you obtain a featured 5-star, and it does not address unfinished pity when a banner ends. The Dichotomy Beta runs a single banner, so carry-over cannot be tested yet.
What are Judgement Shots and Deduction Shots?
Judgement Shots are the currency for character Revelations, and Deduction Shots are the currency for Motive Revelations. They are separate, so pulling on one banner does not build pity on the other.
What do you get from duplicate characters?
Your first 5-star character gives 20 Mind Shards. The next 6 duplicates convert into that character's Psyches and each still gives 20 Mind Shards. From the 7th duplicate onward, each copy is worth 50 Mind Shards. 4-star duplicates follow the same pattern at lower values, and 3-star Motives drop Mind Grains.
For the full breakdown of where these numbers come from, read How the Silver Palace Gacha Works. We also track other gacha betas running this month across the games our team covers. Once you have decided who to chase, the Reroll Guide and Tier List help you turn Judgement Shots into a strong starting account.