NTE Currency Guide: All 16 Currencies, What to Spend and What to Hoard

Open your inventory in Neverness to Everness for the first time and it's easy to panic at a wall of oddly-named currencies with near-identical icons. The good news: out of 16 total currencies, only 4 are core and worth memorizing right away. The other 12 each live inside a single minigame — you earn them there, you spend them there, and you never need to think about them until you're actually playing that mode.

• 4 core currencies — Fons, Annulith, Riftcrystal, Beetle Coin
• 12 minigame currencies — DSD Point, Good Apple, Scale Coin, Chirpy Sparrow Ball, Painkillers, Paw-Paw Coin, Blacksteel Bolt, Praise Jam, Mystery Button, Warren Gold Coin, Gold Shell, Paper Cup Phone

Verdict: don't try to memorize all 16 names in one sitting. Lock in the 4 core currencies below first — the 12 minigame ones are only worth a glance when you're actually in that mode.

Fons is Hethereau's circulating currency — the most common of the four core currencies by a wide margin.

• It flows in steadily from daily quests, city activities, races, and vehicle rentals — almost anything you do in the open city drops at least a little Fons.
• Because it regenerates so fast, there's nothing to save it for — spend it on shopping, vehicle repairs, and small daily upgrades without a second thought.
• Fons is also the most common redeem-code reward, so keeping up with daily quests alone keeps your Fons topped up.

Verdict: Fons isn't a currency you manage — treat it as pocket change and spend accordingly.

Annulith is the currency that exchanges for high-tier Stamina — and it's the one new players waste the fastest without realizing what it's actually for.

• Its core job is refilling Stamina once your normal bar runs dry, letting you squeeze in extra grinding for the day instead of waiting for it to regenerate.
• Because high-tier Stamina is scarce, it's worth resisting the urge to spend Annulith on small conveniences while your regular Stamina bar still has room.
• The more Annulith you're sitting on when a limited banner you actually want opens, the more room you have to play it out — don't wait until then to start regretting early spending.

Honest verdict: if you're on the fence about spending Annulith, the answer is almost always don't. It's one of the two core currencies worth rationing hard, as covered in GameVika's Beginner's Guide.

Riftcrystal is a premium currency, earned mainly through top-ups, spent on Solid Dice — the premium die rolled on the character gacha board.

• Unlike free Fabricated Dice (earned through quests and Stamina use), Solid Dice bought with Riftcrystal is the main way to speed up landing S-Class characters on limited boards.
• Since NTE's limited board skips the 50/50 entirely — landing an S-Class there guarantees the featured character — Riftcrystal spent on a limited board is almost always worth more than the same amount on the standard board.
• It doesn't touch weapon gacha at all — Arc Research pulls from a completely separate currency called Tri-Key.

Verdict: think of Riftcrystal as money earmarked for a specific character, not something to spend on a whim. Check GameVika's Pity Tracker to see how far you are from hard pity before committing Riftcrystal to any board.

Beetle Coin is the day-to-day upgrade currency — the heaviest drain among the four character progression tracks (Level, Ascension, Skills, Awakening), especially skills.

• One common source of confusion: the game's internal data row for this currency is literally named 'Gold', but the in-game display name is always Beetle Coin — seeing both names across different sources (community guides vs. data-mined sheets) doesn't mean they're two different currencies.
• Since skill upgrades eat more Beetle Coin than any other track, avoid draining it all into one character early on — feed your 1-2 main carries first.
• Like Fons, Beetle Coin flows in steadily every day through quests and routine activities — it's not something worth hoarding long-term.

Verdict: spend Beetle Coin freely on daily upgrades — just don't call it 'Gold' when you're searching for it, or you'll end up cross-referencing the wrong term. GameVika's NTE Glossary breaks down every internal-name-vs-display-name mismatch like this one.

The remaining 12 currencies are each tied to exactly one minigame or side system in the open city — none of them cross over, so there's no need to learn all of them before you've actually played the mode that pays them out.

• DSD Point — Earned From: Shopping at the DSD POP collectible-toy store in the city · Spent At: Redeemed as VIP points right at DSD POP
• Good Apple — Earned From: Shop Management content · Spent At: Upgrading Management Skills
• Scale Coin — Earned From: Fishing at Luna Bay · Spent At: Fishing gear and materials at Luna Bay
• Chirpy Sparrow Ball — Earned From: Playing mahjong at Chirpy Nest · Spent At: Items at Chirpy Nest
• Painkillers — Earned From: Winning matches at Fight Club (the prison boxing arena) · Spent At: Fight Club-related items
• Paw-Paw Coin — Earned From: Completing Pink Paws Heist runs · Spent At: Rewards from Chiz at Pink Paws Bank
• Blacksteel Bolt — Earned From: Underground Circuit vehicle-combat races · Spent At: Items at the Bolt Shop during the event
• Praise Jam — Earned From: Activity on the in-game Bagel social feed · Spent At: Items at the Bagel Shop
• Mystery Button — Earned From: Playing the 999 Nights board game · Spent At: The mysterious merchant during the 999 Nights event
• Warren Gold Coin — Earned From: Also earned from 999 Nights (the main currency of the Warren Continent) · Spent At: Purchases/appraisals during the Warren Continent event
• Gold Shell — Earned From: Bidding in Going, Going, Gone! · Spent At: Auction items
• Paper Cup Phone — Earned From: Playing the Shadow-n-Seek hide-and-seek mode · Spent At: Items at the Shadebound Shop

Verdict: think of these as same-day spending money for whichever minigame you're in. Painkillers is currently confirmed from a single data source only — GameVika will update this once a second source cross-checks it.

Put the four core currencies side by side and the priority order becomes obvious.

• Spend freely, no overthinking: Fons and Beetle Coin — they regenerate fast, so there's no reason to stockpile them.
• Save with intent: Annulith (for high-tier Stamina) and Riftcrystal (for Solid Dice) — only spend these once you have a clear target, like a specific limited banner.
• The 12 minigame currencies: let them accumulate naturally while you play — don't grind past what you need, since none of them convert into the four core currencies.

The three most common mistakes: blowing Annulith on minor conveniences and running dry right when a limited banner you want finally opens; assuming 'Gold' in datamined sheets is a separate currency from Beetle Coin and searching for the wrong thing; and skipping active redeem codes — most of them hand out free Fons or Riftcrystal directly, so it's worth checking GameVika's Codes page before they expire.

Honest verdict: don't let four core currencies overwhelm you — remember two to spend (Fons, Beetle Coin) and two to save (Annulith, Riftcrystal), and you'll get through the early game just fine.