Where to Farm NTE Materials? Ascension + Skill Upgrade Material Sources & Efficient Stamina Routes

Key takeaway: Just remember materials in five categories — EXP materials come from stamina stages (Houdini’s Magic Stage), ascension materials come from Anomaly Hunt World Bosses + open-world gathering, Anima (skill) upgrade materials are built up from daily stamina stages + topped off at the high tier by the Anomaly Pilgrimage weekly, Beetle Coins come from exploration and stamina-stage drops (scarcest late game, stockpile early), and Arc / Gear materials come from endgame domains. The stamina-allocation mantra: EXP → Ascension → Skills → Arc → Gear. For exact per-character materials and amounts, always defer to what the game shows in-game.

A lot of people get stuck on “this character is about to ascend — where on earth do I farm the materials?” The catch is that in NTE every character eats slightly different materials, and they get adjusted between versions too. So this article won’t cram in a per-character quantity table that’s bound to go stale — instead it takes the angle of “material type → source system → efficiency tips”: once you understand which “type” of material maps to which “system,” you can quickly find where to farm by cross-referencing the in-game progression screen yourself.

How many categories do materials fall into?

NTE’s character progression materials roughly group into five major categories:

Category	Use	Traits
EXP materials (carrot type)	Character / weapon leveling	Highest demand, most common
Ascension materials	The level-cap gate every 10 levels	Mix of character-specific + universal materials
Anima (skill) upgrade materials	Upgrading a character’s Anima / resonance skills	Scarcest early, high tier from weekly
Beetle Coins (Scarab Coins)	Universal currency for leveling / ascension / weapons	Easiest to run dry late game
Arc / Gear materials	Equipment-system progression	Endgame content

Different sources may name materials differently (CN server / EN wiki), so for the precise per-character materials and exact amounts, defer to the in-game progression screen.

Where to farm each category?

The table below is the core of this article — material type mapped to the system that grants it, plus efficiency notes.

Material type	Main source system	Notes
EXP materials (carrots)	Stamina stages (Houdini’s Magic Stage-type domains)	To stockpile a big batch of EXP at once, farm here; usable with double-reward sweep
Ascension materials	Anomaly Hunt (World Bosses) + open-world gathering / monster drops	When ascension is blocked, beat the matching Boss first; cover shortfalls by exchanging with currencies like rosemary dice in the shop
Anima upgrade (early-mid)	Daily stamina stages + Hunter Exchange trades	Scarcest early; the community advises clearing the matching stamina stage once a day
Anima upgrade (high tier, S-rank)	Anomaly Pilgrimage (weekly Boss)	The chokepoint resource for the final few levels — be sure to max out 3 runs per week
Beetle Coins	Open-world exploration + stamina-stage drops + Hunter Exchange purchases	Usage skyrockets with level, stockpile early
Arc / Gear materials	Endgame domains / Rabbit Hole	Only invested in heavily late game

Don’t mix up the three “Anomaly” systems

Most material sources hang off three similarly-named systems, which is the easiest place to get confused:

• Anomaly Hunt (World Bosses) — they respawn after being defeated and can be farmed repeatedly; this is the main source of ascension materials. For Boss locations, weakness elements, and recommended teams, see the Boss Bestiary.
• Anomaly Pilgrimage (weekly) — resets every Monday, capped at 3 reward claims per account per week (shared reward pool), and produces high-tier Anima upgrade materials. This is the key to whether your skills can be maxed out.
• Anomaly Commission — the early game’s material powerhouse and a free source of S-rank Arcs; remember to clear them daily / weekly. For the full list, see the Anomaly Commission Quick Reference.

Don’t forget the shop and the open world

Not everything has to cost stamina:

• Hunter Exchange: trade for Beetle Coins, life-skill materials, and more — a steady supply line.
• Exchanging with secondary currencies like rosemary dice: a backup channel when the anomaly materials needed for ascension fall short.
• Open-world gathering / exploration chests: pick up Beetle Coins and anomaly materials along the way, costing no stamina — a free source F2P players shouldn’t miss. For the overall free-resource strategy, see Crystals & Free Resources.

Stamina efficiency tips

Stamina (Character Pixels, cap 240, +1 every 6 minutes) is the real bottleneck of progression — how you allocate it matters more than how much you farm.

Priority mantra: EXP → Ascension → Skills → Arc → Gear

• Rookie phase (Hunter below level 25): give almost all stamina to EXP materials and pull up your main DPS’s level first. Depth before breadth — for the progression order, see Character Build Priority.
• Mid game (Hunter 25–40): shift toward ascension + Anima upgrade materials, splitting EXP and skills roughly 1:1, and lock in the 3 Anomaly Pilgrimage runs per week on your schedule.
• Late game (Hunter 40+): only now start farming Arc / Gear in bulk. For endgame domains and Rabbit Hole gameplay, see Endgame Content: Ghost Fire Train.

Three habits that save stamina

1. Use double-reward sweep: for stamina stages where you know exactly which material you want, just double-sweep it in one go to save on clicks.
2. Run the weekly first, then plan dailies: Anomaly Pilgrimage is a fixed weekly expense of 60 stamina per run × 3 runs = 180 stamina — reserve it first, then split the rest among daily stages.
3. Don’t grind endgame content early: Gear / Arc orange materials have poor drop rates early on, so farming them early is pure stamina waste — wait until you’ve unlocked the high-difficulty content late game to invest.

For the full 15-minute daily SOP, stamina cap, and recovery mechanics, see the Daily / Weekly Must-Do Checklist.

One-line summary

Memorize the material-to-system mapping and you’re set: EXP → stamina stages, Ascension → World Bosses + gathering, Anima → stamina stages as the base + weekly to top off, Beetle Coins → exploration + stamina stages (stockpile them), Arc & Gear → endgame. For everything else, the precise per-character materials and amounts always defer to the in-game screen — versions change often, so don’t get locked into any fixed quantity table.

FAQ

The material-source mappings in this article are compiled from public community sources including Bahamut, GamerSky, GameWith, Game8, Mobalytics, neverness.gg, and ZeroLuck. Each character’s exact per-item materials, precise drop rates, and quantities vary widely and frequently change with versions, so they are deliberately left unspecified here — always defer to the in-game progression screen.