Every holomem you add to your rhythm teams in hololive Dreams comes out of a gacha, and the question that matters most is not which character you want but which banner gives you the best odds of geting them without burning your currency. Summoning is split across a small number of pools, each with its own timing, its own accepted currency, and its own value. Knowing which one deserves your diamonds is the difference between a strong early roster and a wasted launch week.
Quick answer: Spend your free currency on the Beginner Support Gacha to hand-pick up to three 5-star holomem, then only commit diamonds to a limited or featured banner that rate-ups an S- or A-tier holomem you do not already own. Skip standard and filler rotations, and treat the 200 Gacha Point exchange as your guaranteed fallback.
The three summon banners and where limited rotations fit
Characters are pulled from three pools. Two are tied to your story progress and disappear on a timer, while the third stays open forever. Limited and featured banners, including any seasonal or event rotation, sit on top of that permanent structure and swap in a rate-up holomem for a set window.
| Banner | Availability | Currency | Key feature |
|---|---|---|---|
| Running Start Gacha | Up to 48 hours after clearing “The Beginning of a Dream” | Blue Diamonds only | Guarantees a 5-star in a 10-pull, limited to one 10-pull |
| Beginner Support Gacha | 7 days after clearing Chapter 1 Episode 1 | Red or Blue Diamonds | Pick up to three 5-star holomem at a boosted rate |
| holodori Gacha | Permanent | Tickets, Red or Blue Diamonds | Standard pool of all 54 launch characters |
The Beginner Support Gacha is the single most valuable free option for a new account, because it lets you steer your lineup toward the holomem you actually want instead of leaving it to chance. The Running Start Gacha guarantees a 5-star but only accepts Blue Diamonds, the paid currency, so it is easy to skip if you are playing for free.
Drop rates and currencies that decide value
The permanent holodori Gacha and every rotation built on it use the same base rates. Rarity runs from 3-star to 5-star, and the 5-star chance is where all the real value sits.
| Rarity | Drop rate |
|---|---|
| 3-star | 85% |
| 4-star | 10% |
| 5-star | 5% |
Three currencies feed the banners, and each pool only accepts specific ones. Matching the right currency to the right banner keeps you from locking yourself out of a pull.
| Currency | Source | Accepted on |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Diamonds | Bought with real money | All three banners |
| Red Diamonds | Earned in-game | Beginner Support, holodori |
| Tickets | Milestones and campaigns | holodori Gacha |
What makes a limited banner worth pulling
A limited or featured banner is only worth your diamonds when the rate-up holomem is genuinely strong and fills a gap in your roster. A featured rotation that rate-ups an S- or A-tier holomem carries the highest expected value, because the boosted odds concentrate your pulls on someone who will anchor your teams long-term. The moment the featured holomem is one you already own, or one who has been power-crept by a stronger version elsewhere, that same banner drops to skip-tier for you personally.
The factors that move the needle are simple. Weigh the 5-star rate-up value, the rate-up percentage, how well the featured holomem fits your current lineup, and whether you will actually use any event synergy the banner offers. Event banners often carry leader skills tuned to that event’s quests, which raises their value if you run the content and drops it to filler if you do not.
| Situation | Verdict |
|---|---|
| Featured holomem is S- or A-tier and you do not own them | Pull |
| Rate-up fits a specific gap in your roster | Pull if you have currency to spare |
| Featured holomem is niche or power-crept | Skip and save |
| You already own the rate-up holomem | Skip |
| Standard or filler rotation between releases | Skip entirely |
Note: no official date or details for a dedicated seasonal banner are currently confirmed. Limited banners rotate alongside events such as the Extra Song Campaign, with the upcoming hololive 9th anniversary collaboration expected around October 2026, which may introduce high-value limited holomem worth holding reserves for.
The 200 Gacha Point guarantee
You are never fully at the mercy of the 5% rate. Every summon awards one Gacha Point, and once you reach 200 points a separate exchange menu opens where you directly recruit an eligible holomem. This is the reliable route if your pulls have not produced the character you are chasing. Plan your pulls to reach that threshold before a limited banner ends, because that is the point at which a featured summon becomes a guaranteed one rather than a gamble.
Two more mechanics round out the safety net. After an event closes, any unused Gacha Points convert into Holo Stickers you spend at the Holosticker Exchange, so points are never truly wasted. Pulling a holomem you already own turns the duplicate into that member’s Booom points, which feed limit break and skill upgrade systems, and those are best spent on S- and A-tier holomem first.
Free currency to spend before you buy anything
A fresh account has roughly 20-plus pulls’ worth of free currency in the first week, which is enough to reach a solid starting roster without paying. Use it all before touching Blue Diamonds, because tickets and free pulls do not benefit from paid-only mechanics.
| Source | Approximate value |
|---|---|
| Pre-registration (2,500 Diamonds) | ~10 pulls |
| Release Celebration login bonus | ~10 pulls across campaign days |
| ★4+ Guaranteed Ticket | 1 high-rarity pull |
| Gacha Ticket x5 | 5 single pulls |
| Redraw Gacha | 1 chosen top-rarity holomem |
The Redraw Gacha runs before standard banners matter. You roll until you land a top-rarity holomem, then reroll indefinitely until you are satisfied. Stop when you are happy rather than chasing a perfect meta pick, since any top-rarity holomem clears early content and chasing wastes launch-week currency. English community rerolls tend to favor Suisei, Pekora, and Marine, with Japanese rankings also highlighting Reine and Ayame.
A spending order that avoids waste
You will know a summon worked when the recruited holomem is added to your roster and their card becomes available in team building, where each one can slot in as a leader or a supporting member. The permanent holodori Gacha is where most of your long-term pulling happens, so keep it as your default and reserve premium spending for the rare rotations that clear the bar above. hololive Dreams is playable on iOS, Android, and PC through Steam with cross-platform data sync, so your carefully built roster follows you between devices no matter where you pull.
