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Overview

The gacha system in Neverness to Everness is called Scarborough Fair, sometimes referred to simply as The Fair. Rather than presenting a conventional pull screen where players tap a button and watch a summoning animation, NTE takes a completely different approach. The Fair uses a Monopoly-style board game where players roll dice and move a game piece around a tiled board. Each tile the piece lands on delivers a different type of reward, ranging from guaranteed character drops to minor resource bundles.

One of the most player-friendly aspects of the system is the absence of a 50/50 mechanic. In many competing gacha titles, pulling a top-rarity character from a limited banner comes with only a 50% chance of receiving the featured unit. In NTE, any S-rank character pulled from a limited banner is guaranteed to be the featured character. This removes one of the biggest frustrations in the genre and makes saving for specific characters far more predictable.

How It Works

Players use Solid Dice on the limited character banner or Fabricated Dice on the standard (permanent) banner. Each die represents a single pull. Rolling the dice moves the board piece forward by a random number of spaces, and the tile it lands on determines the reward. The board layout is not static. As a player's pity count rises and they get closer to the guaranteed threshold, the board reconfigures itself, swapping low-value tiles for higher-value ones.

Landing on a tile instantly grants whatever reward it contains. Some tiles also give bonus effects like extra rolls or additional currency. Because the board reshuffles based on pity progression, the experience changes as you spend more dice, creating a sense of momentum that conventional pull animations lack.

Pull Rates

The consolidated S-class rate in Scarborough Fair is approximately 1.88% per pull (averaged across a full pity cycle including soft pity; the base per-tile rate is approximately 1%). This is significantly higher than the standard rates in comparable titles. Wuthering Waves offers 0.8%, and Genshin Impact sits at 0.6%. The higher base rate, combined with the absence of a 50/50 system, means that NTE is notably more generous when it comes to obtaining featured characters.

A-class characters are guaranteed every 10 pulls, which ensures that even short pulling sessions produce meaningful results. B-class drops fill the remaining probability space and serve as enhancement material and collection entries.

Pity System

Soft pity begins at approximately 70 pulls. After 70 pulls without an S-class character, the board reconfigures to include significantly more Journey Together tiles (the tiles that guarantee the featured S-class unit). During this soft pity phase, the effective S-class rate climbs to roughly 19.5% per pull, making it very likely that you will receive the featured character within the next few rolls.

Hard pity is set at 90 pulls. If a player reaches 90 pulls without receiving an S-class character, the 90th pull is guaranteed to award one. Because there is no 50/50 mechanic on the limited banner, that guaranteed S-class will always be the featured character. Pity carries over between limited banners of the same type, so unused pity count is never wasted.

Board Tiles

Each tile on the Scarborough Fair board provides a specific category of reward. The table below lists the tile types that appear during the gacha board game.

Currencies

The Scarborough Fair system involves several interconnected currencies. Understanding each one helps with long-term resource planning.

F2P Expectations

New players can expect approximately 80 to 90 free pulls from the combination of pre-registration rewards, tutorial completion, and early-game event distributions. Since hard pity sits at 90, this means a free-to-play player entering at launch should be able to guarantee at least one S-class character from the limited banner without spending any real money. Additional pulls accumulate from daily activities, weekly missions, and seasonal events.

The generous pull income early on is clearly designed to help new players build a functional roster quickly. After the initial burst of free resources, the pull income settles into a steadier drip from daily commissions, event participation, and exploration rewards.

Tips and Strategies

• Focus Solid Dice on limited banners. Because there is no 50/50 risk, every limited banner pull has a direct path to the featured character. Spending Solid Dice on the limited banner is always the optimal strategy.

• Save pity for characters that fit your team. Since pity carries between limited banners, there is no urgency to spend. Wait for a character whose element and role complement your existing roster. Consult the team building guide for composition advice.

• Let Fabricated Dice accumulate naturally. The standard banner uses Fabricated Dice, which you earn from daily activities and events. There is no need to rush these; pull on the standard banner whenever you have a comfortable surplus.

• Track your pity count. The game displays your current pity count on the banner screen. Keep an eye on it so you know when soft pity (around 70) and hard pity (90) are approaching.

• Consider the reroll guide if starting fresh. Rerolling in NTE is relatively painless thanks to the high base rates and generous starting resources.

For more information on character rarity, see Esper Ranks. For details on weapons obtained through gacha, see Arcs and Weapons.