Punishing: Gray Raven free pulls: how many Black Cards you earn per month without paying
Every pull in Punishing: Gray Raven costs 250 Black Cards. A free-to-play account that clears its routine content collects roughly 6,200–6,200 Black Cards a month, which converts into 24–24 pulls on the Member Recruitment banner. Below is where that currency actually comes from, source by source, and what it means against a hard pity of 60.
The table only counts sources that repeat every month. Story rewards, achievements and other one-off bonuses are listed separately: they are a big head start for a new account, but they do not pay the next banner.
Where the free Black Cards come from each month
| Source | Black Cards / month | ≈ pulls |
|---|---|---|
| Daily tasks | 900 | 3 |
| Phantom Pain Stages & War Zone (weekly) | 4,300 | 17 |
| Events & recurring storyestimate, varies with event calendar | 1,000 | 4 |
| Redeem codesroughly every 2-3 months, not counted in the monthly total | varies | — |
| Monthly total (recurring only) | 6,200 | 24 |
How far 24–24 pulls a month get you on the Member Recruitment banner
Hard pity on this banner sits at 60 pulls. Saving everything, a free player reaches hard pity in about 3 months, and the worst case for the featured unit (60 pulls) in about 3 months. With one month of pulls and no pity carried over, the chance of the featured unit is 11%; with two months saved it climbs to 21%.
24
Pulls per month (F2P)
no soft pity
Months to soft pity
3
Months to hard pity
3
Months to guaranteed featured
11%
Featured chance, 1 month of pulls
21%
Featured chance, 2 months of pulls
If you spend a little
The cheapest recurring purchase in Punishing: Gray Raven is by far the best Black Cards-per-dollar deal in the shop. This is how much it adds on top of the free income:
- With Monthly Pass A (~$5)+3,300 Black Cards / month ≈ +13 pulls
Turn the monthly income into a plan
Type your current pity and the Black Cards you already have into the Punishing: Gray Raven pity calculator to see your exact odds on the next banner, or use the savings planner on that page: it takes what you have, what you earn per week and the banner end date and tells you whether you will make it.
The monthly figures are a community estimate for Punishing: Gray Raven: they move with the event calendar, your progress and how much endgame content you clear. Treat the range as a realistic planning guide, not a guaranteed income.
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