NTE 1.5 Update: Elyms and Exe Banners, Dates and New Modes
NTE 1.5 launches after the Nov 11 maintenance: Elyms + Shinku rerun until Dec 2, Exe + Chaos rerun until Dec 23. Banners, story, new modes, events and prep.
Published: 2026/11/06 · Updated: 2026/11/06
Neverness to Everness version 1.5, Once Upon a Glitched Call, launches on the global servers after the November 11 maintenance and runs until December 23. The new characters are Elyms and Exe, the lieutenant and captain of E.T.D. Squad Six, with Shinku and Chaos rerunning alongside them. The mainland China server updated first on November 5, so do not mix its dates with these.
1.5 banner schedule
| Period (global, UTC+8) | Limited character | Element | Rerun |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 1, Nov 11 after maintenance – Dec 2, 05:59 | Elyms | Cosmos | Shinku |
| Phase 2, Dec 2 after maintenance – Dec 23, 05:59 | Exe | Chaos | Chaos |
| Character | Banner | Signature Arc | Arc banner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elyms | Android Dreams | Echoes on Hold | Echoes Special |
| Shinku (rerun) | Before the Dawn | Blushing Mirage | Resolve Special |
| Exe | Offline Equations | Dotted Horizon | Encryption Special |
| Chaos (rerun) | Forsaken Path | What’s Desired | Pursuit Special |
These are reference names from the mainland China notice and English sources until the official English notice, and they will be updated if they differ.
All limited banners share S-rank pity: 70 pulls in a row without one changes the board and raises your odds, and you are guaranteed the current limited S-rank within 90 pulls. Limited Arc banners share pity too, with the current limited S-rank Arc guaranteed within at most 8 tries. The gacha pity guide has the full math.
New characters
Elyms: an S-rank Cosmos support using Solid Arcs, with Instant Cycle and boosts for Charge and Remora. Skills, awakenings, signature Arc and teams are in the Elyms Build Guide.
Exe: an S-rank Chaos ranged main DPS using Plasma Arcs. He spends Frames to attack with Digital Echoes, and his Rating (up to SSS) makes Frames build faster. He is not live on the mainland China server yet either, so what is known so far is in Upcoming NTE Characters.
New story and map
- Main story: Meet Me in the Data Stream: opens with the Invalid Number urban legend and unlocks after you finish the main story chapter The Witch (a reference name).
- Anomalous Realm: Invalid Number: a digital city styled after old computer interfaces.
- Anomaly Pilgrimage: Amber Broodmother: a new weekly boss that drops the Hollowflower Seeds both Elyms and Exe need. It unlocks after you finish the main story chapter Fogden Game.
New modes and vehicles
- City Logistics (also the name of the event): after completing delivery orders you can buy into a logistics center, recruit drivers, assign them orders and upgrade your company.
- Full Tank Ahead: a 4-player tank battle event that uses the new Iron Ogre vehicle.
- Tycoon’s Deck: a new board game at the DSD store, where you combine buildings to reach score targets.
- New vehicles: Iron Ogre and Prototype Land Overlord 001, both from a new blind box; the latter’s boost consumes Fons.
- Pop-Up Divination House: an open-world object you can place or pick up at any time.
Event schedule (global)
| Event | What it offers | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Circle Gift | 7 days of cumulative check-ins for Solid Dice ×10 | Entire version |
| City Logistics | Timed logistics missions and a shop | Nov 11 – Dec 23 |
| Hunter’s Crucible | Challenge stages for Annulith and Fabricated Dice | Nov 11 – Dec 23 |
| Full Tank Ahead | Tank battles, with Annulith in the event shop | Nov 11 – Dec 23 |
| Pixel Surge | Double rewards from stages that cost Character Pixels | Nov 16 – Nov 23 |
| New Beyond the Rails route | High-difficulty mode on a two-week cycle | Nov 19 – Dec 3 |
| Fishing Frenzy | Fishing event | Nov 23 – Dec 23 |
| Gold Clash | Double Fons from the Pink Paws Heist | Nov 23 – Dec 7 |
| Tycoon’s Deck | New board game | Dec 2 – Dec 23 |
| Fons Rush | Double Fons from spending City Stamina | Dec 7 – Dec 14 |
| Magic Lucky Flip | Card-flipping event | Dec 10 – Dec 23 |
Event dates come from the global schedule compiled by Japanese guide sites. Exact start and end times follow the in-game notices.
Notable improvements
- Upgrade Target: you can set a goal for a character who is not out yet and stock up on materials early.
- Overflow storage: excess City Stamina is kept as reserve stamina (cap 1,000), and excess Character Pixels as boxed photo paper (cap 2,400).
- Resource overview: check your progress on Annulith, dice and Tri-Keys at a glance, then jump straight to the relevant activity.
- Auto-Drive: now supports free roaming with no destination.
- Shinku’s passive: Menacing Gaze starts at full stacks when you enter or retry Beyond the Rails.
- Other changes: Blueprint import can quick-buy the furniture you need, Volley Stars adds PVP ranks, and Shadow-N-Seek fills empty slots with AI when matchmaking cannot find players.
This section is based on the mainland China server’s November 4 update notice, and global content follows the global notice. Mainland China’s maintenance compensation this time was Annulith ×300, plus another ×300 for bug fixes.
How to prepare
- Save your weekly boss runs: hold the runs for the week of November 11 until after the update and spend them on Hollowflower Seeds.
- Farm common materials first: Elyms’s Tear of the Sea and Silhouettes, and Exe’s Confessional Flower Seeds and Numerals, can be farmed now. The material farming guide has the routes.
- Akane Rin’s banner ends November 11, 05:59 (UTC+8): pull before maintenance if you want her. Your pity carries over to 1.5.
- Redeem codes: INVALIDNUMBER, HIOLDFRIEND and EXENORESPONSE from the October 28 livestream expired on November 2. See active NTE codes for what still works.
Sources and related guides
- Bahamut forum: 1.5 preview recap (official repost, states November 11 for the global servers)
- NTE 1.5 update notice (mainland China server)
- MMOBomb: 1.5 preview program report
- GameWith: Version 1.5 summary
- Game8: Version 1.5 summary
- Elyms Build Guide
- Upcoming NTE Characters: Exe
- NTE 1.4 update overview
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