Mental injury i NTE: Neverness to Everness is a special damage type that only triggers under certain conditions. Players may have encountered the term “mental damage” in the item description of some cartridges, but since the game does not directly explain what damage qualifies as mental damage, this can lead to some confusion. This is how this works.
NTE level list
An NTE tier list can help players decide which character to invest in first, if they want to get the strongest Esper.
What is mental damage in NTE?
There are two sources of psychological harm i NTE:
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Nova Esper Cycle (Psyche + Chaos)
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Fadia (S-class character)
Nova Esper Cycle
When you trigger a Nova Reaction by forming an Esper Cycle by combining a Psyche character with a CHAOS character, the game applies 1 “tick” of mental damage to the target. After a short delay, the tick ceases, dealing a burst of mental damage to all affected targets.
This means Daffodil (Kaos) and Haniel (Psyche) will deal mental damage to enemies they encounter if you trigger a full cycle meter Entry Attack after their cycle meters are full.
Currently, Daffodil is the only Chaos character in the NTEmeaning she is the only one who can trigger Nova in 1.0. The only other known Chaos character is Lacrimosa, another S-Class character whose banner will be released with version 1.1.
Fadia
Fadia is an S-class Standard character i NTE which has the ability to inflict six cases of mental damage on a target through its ultimate. Additionally, the five basic attacks she performs immediately after her ultimate deal direct psychic damage instead of standard psychic damage.
Fadia is the only character that has direct access to mental damage without the Nova Esper Cycle reaction in the current version of the game.
How to increase psychic damage in NTE
Mental damage can increase from two sources:
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Quiet manor cassette
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Eternal Waltz S-Class Arc
Quiet manor cassette
Quiet Manor Cartridge can be farmed from Rabbit Hole: Mental Map anomaly zone with 40 character pixels per encounter. It offers the following set of bonuses:
- Epic (2): Psychic Damage +10%
- Legendary (4): Gives the wearer a 12% mental DMG bonus per Basic Attack, up to 3 stacks. Each stack lasts 6s.
Eternal Waltz S-Class Arc
You can get a free Eternal Waltz S-Class Arc by defeating The Never-Ending Arachne in Act? Act! the main quest for the first time. It has the following stats:
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Increases Max HP by 20%. Increases Mental DMG dealt by 10% for 10s after the wearer casts an Ultimate.
Of course, the eternal waltz is the best bow for Fadia.
You can also buy Eternal Waltz from the Arc Shop for 25 Tri-Keys.
- Released
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April 29, 2026
- Developer
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Hotta Studio
- Publisher
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Perfect world entertainment
- Engine
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Unreal Engine 5
- Release date for PC
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April 29, 2026
