Neverness to Everness Beginner Guide: What to Do First

Don't burn Dice the moment the tutorial ends. The first real task is finishing the tutorial to unlock the gacha, then opening the in-game mailbox and event tab to claim every pre-registration reward, login bonus, and active code — skip this and that free currency is gone for good.

• Check the mailbox before spending a single Dice roll, since some rewards are time-limited.
• Weigh a light reroll if your starting roster doesn't excite you — NTE's gacha board isn't a straight pull (more on that below), so a handful of rerolls can meaningfully change your opening hand.
• Claim the free starter package: a Standard selector plus a free 5-star and A-class unit, as reported by the community — enough to build a working team without pulling anything yet.
• Tick off each step instead of rushing through it. Those first 30 minutes shape how far ahead your account starts.

Verdict: treat the opening stretch as a checklist, not a race. Grab every free resource, decide on rerolling, and only then think about grinding. If you want to weigh it more carefully, GameVika has a full Reroll guide covering whether starting over is worth it.

Combat in NTE revolves around the Esper Cycle — six elements arranged in a wheel: Cosmos → Anima → Incantation → Chaos → Psyche → Lakshana, looping back to Cosmos. Only elements sitting next to each other on that wheel can react; anything further apart just doesn't trigger anything, unlike the "everything reacts with everything" model in most other gacha games.

• Each adjacent pair produces its own Duo reaction. Cosmos+Anima triggers Blossom, spawning a Vita Bud that blooms five Vita Pistils dealing AoE damage every 2 seconds (up to 3 buds at once); Chaos+Psyche triggers Nova, stacking for 5 seconds before detonating into a burst of Mental Damage.
• Chain two Duos from the same side of the wheel and you get a Trio: Charge from the top half, Discord from the bottom — Discord also strips a percentage of a target's Break gauge if it's under Nova and Scorch at the same time.
• Every character belongs to a GroupType that decides which Arc (weapon) class they can equip. There's no confirmed official label for each class yet, so treat any site that gives them fancy names with suspicion.

Verdict: build your team around adjacent-element pairings first, rarity second. A team hitting the right reaction lane beats a full 5-star roster with mismatched elements every time. For the full rundown of all 8 reactions and their names across languages, check GameVika's NTE Glossary.

Growing a character in NTE runs on four separate tracks, and new players usually waste resources trying to push all four for too many people at once.

• Level consumes regular EXP. Ascension runs through 7 milestones (0 through 6), each raising the level cap from 20 up to 80, gated by tiered Rising/Senior/Elite Hunter Guide books.
• Skills level up using skill-specific materials plus generic monster materials and Beetle Coin — this track eats the most Beetle Coin of the four, so don't drain it on one character while your account is still thin.
• Awakening has 6 tiers, with two special milestones at tier 3 and tier 6 that unlock Resonance effects — these tend to reshape how a character plays, not just add numbers.
• Commit all four tracks to one or two carries first. Everyone else only needs enough to survive.

Verdict: pick a clear main-DPS early and feed all four progression tracks into them before anyone else — a tier-3 or tier-6 Awakening on your carry matters more than three characters stuck at tier one. Not sure who to build as your main-DPS? Check GameVika's Tier List before committing.

NTE's gear isn't Relics or Discs like other gacha games. Every character has their own 7x7 Console grid, and you fill it with tetromino-shaped Modules.

• There are 74 Modules total: 38 Cartridges carrying a main stat plus 4 substats, and 36 Shape pieces (12 shapes across 3 rarities) that exist purely to fill out the grid.
• The 12 Suits activate through geometric placement conditions, not piece count. The Diabolos suit, for example, grants +10% Chaos DMG at its Epic [2-piece] threshold, then boosts Chaos-resistance penetration from 12% to 24% at Legendary [4-piece] while a Nova or Scorch reaction is active.
• Substats have no min/max roll the way most players expect — the system only randomizes which of 11 substat types you get (HP/ATK/DEF/Crit Rate/Crit DMG/six flavors of DMG bonus). The actual value is locked to a fixed curve based on rarity and level (0-20). Chasing a "perfect roll" here misunderstands the whole system.

Verdict: don't keep farming the same Module hoping for a better number — the value is already fixed by the curve. What's actually worth hunting is the right substat type for the right Suit, not a luckier roll. The full scoring breakdown for every Module and all 12 Suits lives in GameVika's dedicated Module (Console) guide.

NTE runs on 16 currencies, but new players only need to track four core ones plus one that gets mislabeled constantly.

• Fons — city money, earned easily through everyday activities. Spend it freely.
• Annulith — a premium exchange/stamina currency. Hold onto it for limited boards instead of spending it on small stuff early.
• Riftcrystal — the paid premium currency that converts into Dice for the character gacha.
• Tri-Key — a completely separate currency just for the Arc (weapon) gacha, unrelated to Riftcrystal.
• Beetle Coin — the everyday upgrade currency. The internal data row is literally labeled "Gold," but the in-game display always reads Beetle Coin — don't get confused if you see both names floating around.

Verdict: spend Fons and Beetle Coin freely on daily upgrades, but ring-fence Annulith and Riftcrystal for the limited board you actually want. Active codes are tracked on GameVika's Codes page — check it before anything expires.

NTE's daily loop covers dailies, resource collection, and spending stamina on upgrade materials — skip a day and that day's rewards are gone, they don't stack up.

• Clear your dailies first, since most starter and event rewards are tied to your account's Hunter Level.
• One confirmed milestone: hitting Hunter Level 15 unlocks 10 extra Fabricated Dice within a two-day window — this figure comes from a single community source, and GameVika will add more confirmed milestones as they get cross-checked.
• Don't let your stamina bar sit at the cap and go to waste — log in and burn it before the next day resets it.

Verdict: Hunter Level is a quiet gate but a real one. Clearing dailies consistently beats an occasional marathon grinding session.

The biggest thing separating NTE from a typical gacha game is its open city, and it's a genuine resource source, not just window dressing.

• 271 YaHaHa collectibles plus 208 side quests are scattered across the city — a huge early source of Fons, EXP, and items that new players tend to skip while rushing the main story.
• 70 vehicles, 99 fish species with 27 bait types, 120 buff-granting dishes, and 343 furniture pieces are all usable early, no need to wait for endgame to drive, fish, cook, or decorate.
• The Bond system covers 49 characters and 240 gifts — giving the right gift raises affection, unlocking extra dialogue and the occasional reward.

Verdict: don't sprint past the city on your way to the next quest marker. The 271 YaHaHa spots and side quests alone add up to a bigger day-one resource pool than most players expect.

Four mistakes account for most of the wasted resources new NTE players run into, all tying back to what's covered above.

• Burning Annulith on small purchases, then coming up short once a limited board you actually care about opens.
• Spreading progression across four or five characters instead of committing to one or two carries.
• Re-farming the same Module hoping for a "better" substat, when the system has no min/max roll to chase — that effort belongs on finding the right Suit and substat type instead.
• Sitting on codes or mail rewards "for later" — many codes expire, and hoarding Dice for a hypothetical reroll rarely beats just using what you have, since limited boards aren't a 50/50 anyway.

Honest verdict: NTE is fairly forgiving toward slower players since Ascension and Awakening can always be caught up later, but Annulith spent in the wrong place can't be recovered — that's the one resource worth rationing from day one.