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11 Nodusfall is free to play. That, and the way characters are obtained, are the two things the development team has put on the record. Everything else about how the game takes money is either explicitly under consideration or has not been addressed at all, and this page is careful about the difference.
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33 What Is Confirmed
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55 PointStatus as of September 11, 2026Base game priceFree to play. The developer FAQ of August 28, 2026 states it plainly, and the English developer statement issued around the reveal says the game "will be a free-to-play, long-term game"Character acquisitionNot through random draws. The stated design is that characters are unlocked by continuing to playPaid layerAppearance items are described as an important paid element the team is considering, with details deferred to a later announcementIn-game paymentsA top-up system is described in the Chinese age-suitability notice, which sets out the statutory spending caps for verified minorsFramingThe team describes the game as a long-term title
66 What "Not a Character Gacha" Does Not Mean
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88 The confirmed statement covers one thing: how characters are obtained. It does not say the game contains no random-draw systems, and no first-party source has ruled any out. Nodusfall should not be described as free of random draws, and no article here will say so until something first-party addresses it.
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1010 The same caution applies in the other direction. The paid cosmetics line is phrased as a consideration rather than a commitment, and the team explicitly said more detail would follow. Treating it as a settled business model would be reading past what was said.
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1212 The Chinese Top-Up Caps
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1414 The suitability notice on the Chinese official site describes a real-name verification system and the spending limits that apply to verified minors. These are the statutory caps in mainland China rather than anything specific to this game, but their presence confirms that the Chinese build will take payments.
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1616 Verified player ageLimit per top-upMonthly cumulative limitUnder 8Cannot top upCannot top up8 to 1550 RMB200 RMB16 to 17100 RMB400 RMB
1717 The same notice limits minors to one hour of play on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, between 20:00 and 21:00. All of this describes the Chinese operation specifically. See China Release and Testing.
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1919 Cosmetics Seen in the Development Build
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2121 In the press demo on August 26, 2026, characters could be customised with different outfits, hairstyles, hair colours and accessories, and the mount could be changed as well. Nothing states that any of these were, or will be, the paid items. They are recorded here only because the customisation surface the cosmetics line would attach to demonstrably exists.
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2323 Not Announced
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2525 As of September 11, 2026, none of the following has been stated anywhere first-party.
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2727 Any price, currency name, bundle or shop structure.Whether a battle pass or subscription exists.Whether any random-draw system exists for anything other than characters.Whether weapons, relics or Divine Skills can be bought.Whether monetisation differs between the global and Chinese operations.
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2929 See Release and Platforms for availability and Frequently Asked Questions for the short answers.