Nestbound Bird

Nestbound Bird is an Anomaly Hunt encounter in Neverness to Everness. The fight takes place in Hethereau and is part of the game's weekly combat loop. Nestbound Bird is weak to Cosmos damage.

Lore and Description

The mother bird, nesting deep in the shadows, calls out to lost children with its gentle, sweet female voice, asking if they would like to become her children. If the poor child agrees, they will remain in the nest forever. The encounter's flavor lays the trap of the Anomaly bare: a soft voice luring victims into a permanent home.

Quick Facts

Strategy and Mechanics

Recommended Team

The team picks below are aligned to the Cosmos weakness. Pulling any of these into the active rotation is the highest single-stat increase you can apply to Nestbound Bird's clear time.

General Combat Guidance

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. Nestbound Bird takes greatly increased damage while staggered, so burst output during this phase largely determines whether the encounter clears quickly. Build the team around the Cosmos weakness. Characters aligned with Cosmos 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.

Weakness and Resistances

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 Nestbound Bird, that element is Cosmos.

Challenge Level Stats

The table below lists Nestbound Bird'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.

Drops

Nestbound Bird 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.

Encounter Notes

Nestbound Bird and Morphix together form the Cosmos-weak pair of the launch boss rotation. A Cosmos team built around any combination of Chiz, Hotori, and Esper Zero with Edgar as the A-rank slot can clear both fights in one weekly cycle without rebuilding the rotation.

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