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Overview
Riftcrystal Mining is an endgame activity in Neverness to Everness that awards Fon, an in-game currency used for character progression and other rewards. Players access the activity through Riftcrystal Mining Permits, which serve as the entry tokens for each mining session. The activity was available during the Co-Ex Test (the game's third closed beta) and is confirmed to return at launch on April 29, 2026 with improved reward structures.
Fon Rewards
The primary reward from Riftcrystal Mining is Fon. During the Co-Ex Test beta, players widely criticized the Fon payouts from Riftcrystal Mining Permits as being too low relative to the time and effort invested. This feedback was acknowledged by developer Hotta Studio in the official launch roadmap, which confirmed that Fon rewards for both Riftcrystal Mining Permits and Circle Bounty would be improved for the official launch.
The exact Fon amounts awarded per mining session have not been publicly detailed for the launch version. Based on the roadmap's emphasis on improving these rewards, players can expect meaningfully higher payouts compared to the beta values.
Mining Permits
Riftcrystal Mining Permits function as the activity's entry requirement. Each permit allows the player to participate in one mining session. The permit system gates the activity, preventing unlimited grinding and ensuring that Fon distribution remains balanced across the player base. The specific methods for obtaining permits (whether through daily resets, weekly rewards, or other progression systems) will be clarified at launch.
Endgame Activity Context
Riftcrystal Mining sits within Neverness to Everness's broader endgame activity ecosystem. For players who have progressed through the main story and built strong teams, the endgame offers several recurring activities that provide ongoing rewards:
Activity | Primary Reward | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Riftcrystal Mining | Fon | Permit-based mining activity. Fon rewards improved for launch. |
Fon | Endgame bounty system associated with The Circle. Also receiving Fon reward improvements. | |
Various | Open-world investigation missions. New areas added for launch. | |
Various | Challenging boss encounters. New bosses added for launch. | |
Various | Co-op heist activity at Pink Paws Bank. Multiplayer support and improved rewards at launch. |
The simultaneous improvement to both Riftcrystal Mining and Circle Bounty Fon rewards suggests that Fon is an important endgame currency with uses across multiple progression systems. Both activities were identified during beta testing as underrewarding, and the developer's decision to address them together indicates they serve parallel roles in the endgame economy.
Launch Roadmap Changes
Hotta Studio's official launch roadmap, published following the Co-Ex Test in February 2026, specifically addressed Riftcrystal Mining as part of a broader set of endgame improvements. The key changes confirmed for launch include:
Change | Details |
|---|---|
Improved Fon Rewards | Higher Fon payouts for Riftcrystal Mining Permits, directly responding to beta player feedback. |
Circle Bounty Fon Increase | Parallel improvements to Fon rewards from Circle Bounty, the other major Fon-earning endgame activity. |
New High Risk Commission Bosses | Additional challenging boss encounters added to expand endgame combat content. |
Co-op support, improved level variety, adjusted enemy spawning, and better rewards and pacing for the heist activity. | |
NewAnomaly Commission Areas | Expanded investigation content across new open-world zones. |
How the Permit System Works
Riftcrystal Mining uses a permit-gated structure rather than a pure stamina drain. Each Riftcrystal Mining Permit is a consumable token the player spends to enter a mining session, and the number of sessions a player can run in any given period is bounded by how many permits they currently hold. This design is common across gacha style live-service games, where developers use per-run tickets to pace the economy and keep long-term progression fair for players who cannot commit to endless grinding.
On top of the permit requirement, Riftcrystal Mining shares the broader weekly cap that governs city-side rewards in Neverness to Everness. City Stamina is the hidden meter that tracks how much paid reward output a player has already claimed from non-combat and side activities, and it resets once per week. Once a player exhausts their weekly City Stamina budget, most city activities stop awarding Fons, although the underlying gameplay is still available to run for fun. Riftcrystal Mining, as a Fon-earning endgame loop, is affected by this system and should be treated as a weekly ceiling rather than a daily grind.
The exact way permits are distributed (daily mail, Hunter Level milestone rewards, event shops, or paid bundles) has not been fully detailed by Hotta Studio ahead of the April 29, 2026 global release. The launch roadmap does confirm that permit usage is considered a core Fon faucet, and that the payout curve has been retuned in response to feedback from the Co-Ex Test closed beta. Players should expect clearer permit sourcing notes in the day-one patch notes when the full game launches.
Running a Mining Session
A Riftcrystal Mining session is launched from the activity menu by consuming one permit. Inside a session, the player engages in a short combat and extraction loop against anomalous enemies tied to the riftcrystal theme, mirroring the general structure of Anomaly Commissions but focused on resource payout rather than story investigation. Success rewards the player with Fons and other progression materials, and the run ends once the objective is cleared or the timer expires.
Because the activity lives inside the wider endgame loop, it expects a team that can survive the harder enemy scaling of post-story content. Players who rush into Riftcrystal Mining with an undertuned roster will spend more time per permit and earn less value per session, so building out at least one reliable main team before committing permits is the standard recommendation across beginner guides.
Fon Rewards at a Glance
The table below summarizes what is confirmed about Fon payouts and reward structure for Riftcrystal Mining at launch. Exact Fon values per permit have not been published by the developer, and any specific numbers should be treated as unverified until the April 29, 2026 global release.
Aspect | What Is Confirmed | What Is Not Confirmed |
|---|---|---|
Primary reward | Fons, the city-side currency used for skins, costumes, and other non-gacha purchases. | Exact Fon amount awarded per mining session at launch. |
Entry requirement | One Riftcrystal Mining Permit per run. Permits are consumable. | Full list of permit sources (daily mail, Hunter Level rewards, shops, events). |
Weekly cap | Activity shares the city-side City Stamina weekly reset. Once that budget is exhausted, Fon payouts stop until the next weekly reset, even if permits remain. | Exact City Stamina cost of each mining session. |
Beta to launch | Available during the Co-Ex Test. Fon payouts criticized as too low. Hotta Studio acknowledged this and confirmed improved Fon rewards for launch. | Whether the change is a flat buff, a scaling buff, or a drop-table rework. |
Other drops | Secondary progression and city-side materials delivered through the same activity reward pool. | Full drop table and any boss-style bonus rewards tied to specific mining runs. |
Related Endgame Activities
Riftcrystal Mining is one node in a larger endgame ecosystem. Most serious players rotate through several of these loops each week to collect the full slate of weekly Fon and material rewards. The most directly connected activities are summarized below.
Activity | Role | Relationship to Riftcrystal Mining |
|---|---|---|
Repeatable bounty runs tied to the Circle faction, structured as the other major Fon-earning endgame loop. | Receives a parallel Fon reward increase in the same launch patch, confirming that the developer treats both activities as the main Fon faucets. | |
Investigation and combat missions against supernatural anomalies, the backbone of the Bureau's day-to-day work. | Shares the encounter framing used in mining sessions. Good commission teams transfer directly into mining runs with no rebuilding. | |
Harder anomaly encounters, including a batch of new boss fights added in the launch update. | Gated behind the same team strength curve that Riftcrystal Mining rewards. Pushing higher here usually means your mining permits are also being used efficiently. | |
Team-based extraction-style dungeon with improved co-op support, level variety, and pacing at launch. | A parallel endgame time investment rather than a permit drain. Useful for nights when all mining permits are already spent. | |
Top-level breakdown of how to earn each in-game currency efficiently. | Treats Riftcrystal Mining and Circle Bounty as the two anchor activities for Fon generation once the main story is complete. | |
Suggested play pattern that spreads weekly and daily activities across a sustainable schedule. | Slots mining permit usage into the weekly routine alongside bounty runs and commission clears so nothing expires unused. |
How Mining Fits the Wider Economy
Neverness to Everness runs a two-track currency economy. On one side are Fons, the in-city currency that the protagonist earns by running Bureau assignments, city activities, and post-story endgame loops like Riftcrystal Mining. Fons pay for skins, costumes, and other city-side purchases rather than core character pulls, which means mining income directly shapes how many cosmetic and convenience rewards a player can unlock long term.
On the other side are Beetle Coins and the full premium currency stack that feeds the game's pull-based gacha system. Those currencies are earned through other progression tracks and cannot be farmed endlessly through mining permits. Knowing which side of the economy a reward belongs to matters: Riftcrystal Mining is a Fon engine, not a shortcut to free S-class pulls.
Because Fon output is capped by permits and weekly City Stamina, the game treats mining as a steady drip rather than a grind ladder. A focused player who runs every permit and completes weekly bounties will collect a reliable Fon budget each week, and the developer's launch-day buff is specifically aimed at making that budget feel worth the time invested.
Launch Update Summary for Miners
The launch roadmap published by Hotta Studio covered many endgame adjustments beyond mining. For players whose main interest is Riftcrystal Mining, the table below filters the roadmap notes down to changes that either directly affect mining runs or affect the activities most commonly paired with them.
Launch Change | Why It Matters for Mining |
|---|---|
Increased Fon payouts from mining permits | Direct buff. Each permit spent at launch is worth more Fons than it was during the Co-Ex Test. |
Increased Fon payouts from Circle Bounty | Indirect buff. A full weekly rotation pairs mining and bounty runs together, so this widens the total weekly Fon ceiling. |
New High Risk Commissions bosses | More endgame targets to rotate through on days when mining permits are already spent. |
Expanded Anomaly Commission areas | Broader post-story content surface, useful for keeping a mining-focused build sharp between weekly resets. |
Multiplayer upgrade to Pink Paws Heist | Alternative co-op loop to run once weekly Fon caps are exhausted from mining and bounty. |
Efficiency and Weekly Planning
Treat Riftcrystal Mining as a weekly obligation, not a daily one. The permit stack plus the shared City Stamina ceiling means The question is not "how often can I mine?" but "have I spent every permit and claimed every Fon reward before the weekly reset?" Players who run the activity on autopilot at the end of the week can still collect the full Fon payout as long as their permits are used up before the reset rolls over.
Pair mining with your other weekly endgame commitments. If your group is already clearing Circle Bounty on a set night, schedule Riftcrystal Mining permits for the same session so both Fon buckets fill at once. That also makes team optimization cheaper: the same main combat team that clears bounty encounters cleanly will carry through mining encounters without a respec.
Finally, plan around the launch buff. The improved Fon curve only applies at launch and beyond, so beta players who disliked the activity are actively encouraged by the developer's own messaging to give it a second try once the April 29, 2026 release goes live. If your first impression of mining was formed during the Co-Ex Test, the launch numbers are the ones that matter.
Tips
Use your Riftcrystal Mining Permits regularly. As a permit-gated activity, unused permits represent lost Fon income over time.
Combine Riftcrystal Mining with Circle Bounty sessions to maximize your daily or weekly Fon earnings.
Fon reward rates were confirmed as improved for launch. If you played the beta and found the activity unrewarding, revisit it after the April 29 release.
Build a well-rounded team before focusing heavily on endgame activities. Strong Esper Cycle compositions will make mining sessions faster and more efficient.