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Headless Rider
October 23, 2026 at 04:16 PM
Corrected commission variants and linked walkthroughs
Headless Rider is encountered through Ride Assault, an Anomaly Hunt in Unheard Shores and a separate High-Risk commission. It is weak to Psyche. Complete the common commission before using its repeat encounter options.
A supernatural entity that appears only in the dead of night, roaming the city streets on a black motorcycle. The legend describes it as targeting high-speed street racers, challenging them to races and harvesting their reckless psyches with a terrifying scythe after victory. Bone-chilling blue flames will burn away all passion.
Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
Category | Anomaly Hunt Encounter |
Subtitle | Common commission, Anomaly Hunt and High-Risk variants |
Location | |
Weakness | |
Anomaly Hunt reward cost | 60 Character Pixels to claim Anomaly Hunt rewards |
Challenge Levels | 8 |
Reset | Check the named encounter's current availability |
World Boss ID | Boss_13_BP_WorldBoss |
Map Marker | monsters:boss_13:0 |
The team picks below are aligned to the Psyche weakness. Pulling any of these into the active rotation is the highest single-stat increase you can apply to Headless Rider's clear time.
Esper | Rarity | Element |
|---|---|---|
5-Star | ||
4-Star |
Fill the boss's break meter with consistent attacks and reward-heavy defensive inputs. Successful parries and dodges contribute significantly more to the break bar than a hit, and a clean parry also fills the Esper Cycle Meter instantly. Save ultimates and heaviest skills for the stagger window that follows a full break. Headless Rider takes greatly increased damage while staggered, so burst output during this phase largely determines whether the encounter clears quickly. Build the team around the Psyche weakness. Characters aligned with Psyche will see the largest damage multiplier, and team compositions that can enable elemental reactions on top of that attribute will apply additional pressure to the break bar between stagger windows.
The table below lists the boss's raw resistance value for each of the six elements. A lower number marks the element the boss is most vulnerable to. For Headless Rider, that element is Psyche.
Element | Resistance | Note |
|---|---|---|
0.20 | Standard | |
0.20 | Standard | |
0.20 | Standard | |
Chaos | 0.20 | Standard |
0.16 | Weakness | |
0.20 | Standard |
The table below lists Headless Rider's HP, attack, and defense at each of the encounter's difficulty levels. Higher levels yield better drop rates and progression materials at the cost of a tougher fight.
Level | HP | ATK | DEF |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | 21,014 | 170 | 750 |
2 | 39,590 | 284 | 810 |
3 | 86,920 | 454 | 870 |
4 | 138,751 | 681 | 930 |
5 | 415,633 | 1,022 | 990 |
6 | 973,304 | 1,477 | 1,020 |
7 | 1,460,091 | 2,045 | 1,050 |
8 | 1,985,819 | 2,727 | 1,080 |
Headless Rider drops the following materials when defeated. Higher challenge levels increase the drop rate. Each item links to its own wiki page for details on rarity, usage, and acquisition notes.
Item | Rarity |
|---|---|
Purple |
Headless Rider shares its Psyche-weak slot with Beat King in the same Hethereau cluster. Pairing Fadia with Haniel covers both encounters and keeps Charging Knight Spark Plug stockpiled for Psyche Esper progression.
Field | Value |
|---|---|
Boss Type | Anomaly Hunt |
Location | |
Anomaly Hunt reward cost | 60 Character Pixels per Anomaly Hunt reward claim |
Challenge Levels | 1-8 |
Reset Cadence | Separate from first-clear commission rewards |
HP (Level 8) | 1,985,819 |
ATK (Level 8) | 2,727 |
DEF (Level 8) | 1,080 |
This boss is weak to Psyche damage at 16% resistance, the lowest of the six elements. All other elements resist damage at 20%. Players should center their team around Psyche damage to clear faster and at higher challenge levels.
Element | Resistance |
|---|---|
16% (weakness) | |
20% | |
20% | |
20% | |
20% | |
20% |
Psyche-element Espers are the strongest picks for this fight. The recommended 3-character roster below covers the bulk of community team builds and clears the fight efficiently at high challenge levels:
Esper | Rarity | Element |
|---|---|---|
S-Class | ||
A-Class | ||
A-Class |
A headless rider that appears only in the dead of night, roaming the city streets on a black motorcycle. The boss legend frames the encounter as a challenge to street racers; the rider wields a scythe and surrounds itself with bone-chilling blue flames.
Page | Description |
|---|---|
Full overview of NTE's boss combat systems, stagger loop, team composition, and encounter types. | |
Weekly open-world world-boss system that spawns this fight. | |
Lore and classification of NTE's hostile anomalies. | |
Timing windows and reward table for clean parries. | |
How parry and attack inputs fill the Esper Cycle Meter. |
Drive an owned four-wheel vehicle to Fox Window Street after 20:00. Wait for Headless Rider, then follow it to the tunnel; winning a road race is not required. The tunnel transition starts its boss encounter. Watch the projected charge paths and dodge the phantom riders. Attack strings can finish with a parryable strike. Completing the common commission opens the Unheard Shores Anomaly Hunt; the separate High-Risk commission requires Hunter Level 24.
The Anomaly Hunt claim costs 60 Character Pixels, and its reward amounts scale with Appraisal Level. The common commission separately awards Raging Flames and its one-time completion bundle. High-Risk Ride Assault uses six tiers at levels 45, 55, 65, 75, 85 and 90, with a first-clear bundle of 30 Annulith, 3,600 Fons and 30 Peril Hunt Medals per tier.