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Espers - Version 17 vs Version 18
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11Overview22Espers are humans who have awakened supernatural abilities through prolonged exposure to Anomalies. In the city of Hethereau, these individuals occupy a unique position in society: they are still human, but their powers set them apart from ordinary citizens. Espers serve as the primary line of defense against dangerous anomalies, working for organizations like the Bureau of Anomaly Control (BAC) or operating independently through groups such as the Eibon Antique Shop.44All playable characters in Neverness to Everness are Espers, each wielding their own distinct powers in combat and exploration. Some Espers appear fully human, while others display visible physical traits tied to their abilities, such as cat ears, horns, or distinctive skin markings. Esper abilities are deeply personal. No two Espers share the same power, and the range of what those powers can do is enormous, from manipulating gravity to controlling the flow of time.66How Espers Awaken88The process by which ordinary humans develop Esper abilities is called Encroachment. The closer a person gets to anomalies, or the more time they spend studying and interacting with them, the more likely they are to experience unpredictable changes to both body and mind. Encroachment is not inherently destructive; while it carries real risks, it is also the mechanism through which supernatural powers manifest.1010Not everyone exposed to anomalies becomes an Esper. The conditions for awakening seem to vary from person to person, and there is no guaranteed formula. Some individuals undergo Encroachment gradually over years of anomaly exposure, while others awaken suddenly after a single intense encounter. Once awakened, an Esper's powers are unique to that individual and cannot be replicated or transferred to someone else. The BAC tracks both anomalies and Espers, and many awakened individuals end up working for the Bureau in some capacity.1313Esper Zero1515The protagonist of Neverness to Everness is known as Esper Zero. Players can choose between a male or female version at the start of the game. Unlike most other Espers, Esper Zero possesses the rare ability to see the true essence of anomalies and communicate with them directly. This makes the protagonist invaluable as an Appraiser, someone who can evaluate anomalies and determine whether they need to be contained, neutralized, or simply left alone.1717Esper Zero works out of the Eibon Antique Shop and collaborates closely with the Bureau of Anomaly Control. Zero was awakened through the Encroachment process prior to the events of the game, though the exact circumstances of their awakening remain part of the central mystery of the story. The protagonist's power is classified under the Cosmos element.1919The Six Elements2121Each Esper wields one of six elemental attributes. These attributes are arranged in a circular wheel that governs the Esper Cycle combat system, where adjacent elements on the wheel can combine to trigger powerful reactions. The six elements are:2323ElementColorDescriptionKnown UsersCosmosWhiteAssociated with celestial and spatial forces.Hotori, Edgar, Chiz, Esper ZeroAnimaTealConnected to life force and natural energy.Nanally, Mint, JiuyuanIncantationPinkTied to spoken or written power and ritualistic force.Sakiri, Baicang, AdlerChaosPurpleRelated to entropy, disorder, and destructive energy.Lacrimosa, DaffodilPsycheBlueRooted in mental and psychic forces.Fadia, HanielLakshanaYellowConnected to perception, observation, and physical law.Hathor, Skia25+ElementColorDescriptionKnown UsersCosmosWhiteAssociated with celestial and spatial forces.Hotori, Edgar, Chiz, Esper ZeroAnimaTealConnected to life force and natural energy.Nanally, Mint, JiuyuanIncantationPinkTied to spoken or written power and ritualistic force.Sakiri, Baicang, AdlerChaosPurpleRelated to entropy, disorder, and destructive energy.Lacrimosa, DaffodillPsycheBlueRooted in mental and psychic forces.Fadia, HanielLakshanaYellowConnected to perception, observation, and physical law.Hathor, Skia2626The interactions between adjacent elements on the wheel are central to elemental reactions in combat. Building a team with complementary elements allows players to trigger powerful chain reactions during fights.2727Unique Abilities2929Every Esper possesses a personal supernatural ability that reflects their personality, background, and combat style. These powers are not interchangeable; they belong to that individual alone. In gameplay, Esper abilities serve a dual purpose. They define how the character fights in combat, and they also provide unique traversal options during open-world exploration.3131Several confirmed Esper abilities stand out for their impact on both combat and traversal:3333Nanally wields anti-gravity powers. She can run along vertical surfaces such as walls, soar over buildings, and navigate the city from angles that other characters cannot reach. In combat, her abilities manifest as lightning-infused attacks fired from her fingertips, and she deals damage through automatic follow-up attacks that trigger even when she is off the field.Hotori controls the flow of time. Outside of combat, she can slow the world around her to a near-standstill while holding her basic attack. Her ultimate ability, World's Tide, requires no cooldown or energy cost when fully charged and deals ten instances of Cosmos damage across a wide area.Hathor possesses speed-focused powers rooted in the Lakshana element. As a courier for Sterry Express, her abilities are tied to agility and rapid strikes. During her Emergency Delivery state, her movement speed increases sharply and she gains an attack bonus based on accumulated stacks.Lacrimosa can create constructs and delegate tasks to them. Her signature ability transforms her into a trash-can dog that spews flaming refuse at enemies, dealing Chaos-type area damage.Fadia channels Psyche energy into healing and defensive support. She is the only full healer in the current roster, providing consistent HP restoration and shielding for the entire team.3535Exploration abilities are tied to specific characters and cannot be used by the whole party. Swapping to a character with a traversal power (such as Nanally's wall-running or anti-gravity flight) is required to access certain areas of Hethereau, encouraging players to experiment with different team compositions outside of combat as well.3737Esper Cycle and Combat3939In battle, Esper powers feed directly into the Esper Cycle system, the core combat mechanic of Neverness to Everness. Each character has an Esper Cycle Meter that charges through continuous attacking, skill usage, or successful parries. A well-timed parry fills the meter instantly. When the meter is full, the character glows to signal readiness for an Esper Cycle swap.4141Swapping to a charged character triggers an Esper Cycle attack, which infuses the target with that character's elemental attribute. When two adjacent elements on the wheel overlap on the same enemy, they combine into an elemental reaction. For example, Cosmos and Anima produce Blossom (an area-damage projectile), while Incantation and Chaos trigger Scorch (damage over time for 15 seconds). Advanced trio reactions like Discord and Charge emerge from stacking multiple two-element reactions, rewarding teams that keep their attribute loops running smoothly.4444Every character also has a unique Esper Cycle Passive that enhances these reactions. This passive remains active as long as the character is in the squad, even when they are off the field. Off-field passives are the cornerstone of advanced team building, since the right combination of passives can dramatically amplify the power of elemental chains.4646Element Coverage (Esper Wheel)4848Every playable Esper in the squad carries one of six elements, and those elements are the entry point for every elemental reaction the team can produce. The six Esper elements on the wheel are Cosmos, Anima, Incantation, Chaos, Psyche (also styled Psych in some in-game text), and Lakshana. A character's Esper ability sits at one fixed position on the wheel and cannot be swapped or retrained, so the element roster of your four active characters determines which reactions are even possible on a given target.5050Adjacency and Reactions5252Only elements positioned next to each other on the Esper wheel can combine. Non-adjacent pairs do not react, no matter how many times their attacks overlap. This adjacency rule is what links elemental reactions to team composition: if the two characters you wanted to pair are on opposite sides of the wheel, they will deal solid single-element damage but never trigger a named reaction together. Full reaction breakdowns, damage scaling, and application windows live on the dedicated combat system page.5454The six adjacent pairings and the reactions they produce are summarized below. Treat this as the canonical adjacency list when planning a squad, since any team that cannot form at least one of these pairs is locked out of reaction damage entirely.5656Adjacent PairReactionEffectCosmos + AnimaBlossomSpawns a peashooter that attacks targets and deals area damage.Anima + IncantationHexTriggers extra follow-up damage on attacks that carry Anima or Incantation.Incantation + ChaosScorchInflicts damage over time for 15 seconds.Chaos + PsycheNovaMarks the target and delivers a large burst of damage after 5 seconds.Psyche + LakshanaStainCauses the target to take more Psyche and Lakshana damage.Lakshana + CosmosRaoraMarks the target and slows its movement and attack speed.5858Layering two different two-element reactions on the same target can open the door to trio reactions, the higher-tier combinations that require three attribute loops running at once. Those are covered separately, but the prerequisite is still adjacency: every trio is built out of a stack of qualifying adjacent pairs.5959Off-Field Passive Rule6161Every Esper has a unique Esper Cycle passive that enhances reactions their element participates in. The important detail for team building is that this passive remains active even when the character is off the field, as long as they are still in the four-character squad. Benched Espers do not lose their contribution the moment the player swaps away; their passive continues to shape how reactions resolve for whoever is currently on-field.6363In practice, this means the squad screen is where most of a team's reaction power is decided. A character who never takes a swing in a fight can still meaningfully amplify the reactions produced by the other three, purely by sitting in the active four. Rotating characters in and out mid-fight does not drop the off-field passive either, since what matters is squad membership, not current turn.6565Team Building Implications6767Because adjacency gates which reactions are possible and off-field passives persist across the entire squad, team building in Neverness to Everness tends to resolve into two questions: which adjacent pair (or stacked pair) does the team want to lean on, and which passives should sit behind that reaction to amplify it. Picking an on-field damage dealer first and then choosing benched characters whose passives reinforce that dealer's reaction is a common starting pattern.6969The Blossom reaction illustrates this stacking clearly. Blossom fires from Cosmos plus Anima and produces a peashooter that deals area damage. Three current Espers each modify Blossom in a different way while sitting in the squad:7171EsperEsper Cycle Passive Effect on BlossomNanallyCauses the peashooter to fire more projectiles per activation.MintExpands the damage area of each peashooter projectile.JunSpawns additional peashooters and raises the on-field peashooter cap.7373Slotting all three into the same four-character squad compounds these effects: more projectiles per shot, each with a larger hit area, from a higher population of peashooters on the field. The same stacking logic applies to every other reaction on the wheel. Before locking in a roster, it is worth checking each candidate's Esper Cycle passive against the reaction the team intends to run, since a passive that targets a reaction your adjacency cannot even produce will not contribute to damage.7474Character Roles7676While every Esper has a unique kit, the combat system groups characters into three broad role categories. Understanding these roles is essential for building balanced teams:7878Damage: Main DPS characters who stay on the field dealing sustained damage, Burst DPS characters who unload heavy hits during short windows (such as stagger openings), and DoT (damage over time) specialists who apply persistent effects that tick away at enemy health.Survival: Healers who restore team HP (Fadia is currently the only dedicated healer) and shielders who generate barriers to absorb incoming damage. Adler provides teamwide shields alongside damage-over-time effects, making him one of the most versatile survival picks.Buff: Support characters that enhance ally performance through attack buffs, energy generation, or damage amplification. Hathor, for instance, functions as an energy battery who accelerates the team's ultimate rotation so allies can use their strongest attacks more frequently.8080Most Espers lean toward one primary role but contribute in secondary ways. A well-built team typically includes at least one damage dealer, one survival character, and one buffer, with the fourth slot chosen to complete an elemental reaction lane or shore up a specific weakness.8282Esper Ranks8484Esper Ranks indicate a character's rarity and overall power ceiling within the gacha system. The two confirmed tiers are:8686S-Class: The highest rarity. S-Class Espers have stronger base stats, more complex kits, and higher upgrade potential. Examples include Nanally, Hotori, Sakiri, Lacrimosa, Fadia, Daffodil, Hathor, Baicang, Jiuyuan, and Chiz. S-Class characters are obtained through the gacha banner system and typically require significant investment.A-Class: The standard rarity. A-Class Espers are easier to obtain and fully upgrade. Despite their lower rarity, several A-Class characters are competitive in endgame content. Mint, Adler, Edgar, Skia, and Haniel all fall into this tier. Adler in particular is considered one of the most universally useful characters in the game regardless of his A-Class rank.87+S-Class: The highest rarity. S-Class Espers have stronger base stats, more complex kits, and higher upgrade potential. Examples include Nanally, Hotori, Sakiri, Lacrimosa, Fadia, Daffodill, Hathor, Baicang, Jiuyuan, and Chiz. S-Class characters are obtained through the gacha banner system and typically require significant investment.A-Class: The standard rarity. A-Class Espers are easier to obtain and fully upgrade. Despite their lower rarity, several A-Class characters are competitive in endgame content. Mint, Adler, Edgar, Skia, and Haniel all fall into this tier. Adler in particular is considered one of the most universally useful characters in the game regardless of his A-Class rank.8888Rank does not strictly determine a character's value. Team composition, elemental synergy, and how well a player executes Esper Cycle rotations matter more in practice than raw rarity. Several A-Class Espers outperform S-Class options in the right team setups.
