JoJo: Golden Spirit runs three different banner shapes in parallel, and they don't share the same pity rules. Spending the same number of Astrogems on the wrong banner can be the difference between guaranteeing the character you want and walking away with shards of a unit you didn't pick. Here's how each one actually works, and where to send your gems first.
Featured banners — the cleanest path to a specific SSR
Limited Featured banners are the simplest of the three. The featured SSR sits at the standard 2% base rate, and there's a hard guarantee at 60 pulls — every 60 recruitments you're guaranteed the featured SSR for that banner, with the counter resetting once you pick them up. That makes Featured the most predictable place to spend Astrogems: you know exactly how many pulls it takes, worst case, to land the character on the banner.
If there's a specific SSR you want to main, the answer is almost always to save for their Featured banner and push to the 60-pull guarantee. No other banner in the game gives you a hard cap on pulls for a specific unit.
Standard Character — the long-term selector banner
The Standard Character pool is permanent. The SSR base rate is again 2%, and it has three layers of pity stacked on top:
- 60 pulls — random SSR guarantee. Every 60 recruitments on Standard Character you're guaranteed an SSR from the pool. It's random — you don't get to pick the unit, but you don't walk away empty either.
- 180 pulls — first selector. Hit 180 recruitments and you can pick one SSR from the defined Standard pool.
- 300 pulls — second selector. Reach 300 recruitments and you can pick a second SSR from the same pool.
The catch is that the 60-pull guarantee is random within the pool, not a featured pick. The only way to lock in a specific unit on Standard Character is to push to the 180 / 300 selectors. That makes Standard the right banner to plan around — bank pulls until you can reach a selector, then cash it in for someone you actually want.
Standard Ability — one selector at 150
The Standard Ability banner mirrors the character pool but pulls ability shards instead of full units. SSR ability shards roll at the same 2% with the same 60-pull random-SSR guarantee, and a single selector at 150 pulls. If you're chasing the ability stack for a specific character — typically because you already own them and want to push their skills — this is where the gems go.
F2P spending order
If you're playing without spending money, the gem economy is tight. Here's the order that gets the most value out of each Astrogem you earn:
- Featured banners for the character you want to main. The 60-pull guarantee is the only place a specific SSR is on a hard timer, so this is where saved gems pay the best.
- Standard Character once you've banked enough for a selector. Don't pull 20 or 40 at a time hoping for a random SSR — bank pulls until you're in striking distance of 180, then push to the selector and pick the unit you actually want.
- Standard Ability only when you have the character to stack abilities on. Ability shards are useless without the character. Don't open this banner until you own the unit you'd want to selector for at the 150 mark.
A general rule: if a Featured banner is up for a character you'd play, save for it. The hard 60-pull cap is the cleanest deal in the game, and it's the closest thing to a guaranteed return on Astrogems you'll find.
How Astrogems convert to pulls
Pulls are paid for with Astrogems and the matching summon card for the banner you're on. The summon card varies — Card: Uncharted Fate on Standard Character, Card: Soul Resonance on Standard Ability, Card: Timing Choice on Featured — but the Astrogem cost is what most players track. Astrogems come from main story clears, daily activity rewards, Account Level milestones, and the in-game shop bundles (60 / 300 / 680 / 1280 / 3280 packs), and they're the bottleneck that decides which banner you can actually push pity on this patch.