Tomato Devil is a Story Boss encounter in Neverness to Everness. Tomato Devil is weak to Chaos damage.
Lore and Description
Tomato Devil is the introductory boss encounter in Neverness to Everness, scaled to teach the parry-and-stagger loop on a forgiving difficulty floor. The fight is split into two stages with separate health bars rather than scaling difficulty levels.
Quick Facts
Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
Category | Story Boss Encounter |
Subtitle | Story encounter |
Weakness | |
Challenge Levels | 2 |
Strategy and Mechanics
Recommended Team
The team picks below are aligned to the Chaos weakness. Pulling any of these into the active rotation is the highest single-stat increase you can apply to Tomato Devil's clear time.
Esper | Rarity | Element |
|---|---|---|
5-Star | Chaos | |
5-Star | Chaos |
General Combat Guidance
Reduce the boss's Break bar with attacks and well-timed defensive counters. When it empties, use the vulnerable window for your strongest damage sequence.
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 Tomato Devil, that element is Chaos.
Element | Resistance | Note |
|---|---|---|
0.20 | Standard | |
0.20 | Standard | |
0.20 | Standard | |
Chaos | 0.16 | Weakness |
0.20 | Standard | |
0.20 | Standard |
Challenge Level Stats
Tomato Devil is fought in two stages with separate stat blocks rather than scaling difficulty levels. Each stage carries its own 1,320,000 HP pool. The ATK gain between Stage 1 and Stage 2 is small, so the second stage rewards aggression once Stage 1's pattern is memorized.
Stage | HP | ATK | DEF |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1,320,000 | 34 | 840 |
2 | 1,320,000 | 43 | 840 |
Encounter Notes
Use the trial party provided by the Spinoff. Learn the first fight's projectiles and follow-up strike, then give the second fight's wider area attacks enough space.
Combat Statistics
Field | Value |
|---|---|
Boss Type | Story Boss |
Location | Lacrimosa story quest area |
Stamina Cost | 60 per attempt |
Challenge Levels | Story (one-time, Lacrimosa story quest) |
Reset Cadence | One-time story encounter |
HP (Level 2) | 1,320,000 |
ATK (Level 2) | 43 |
DEF (Level 2) | 840 |
Element Weakness and Resistances
This boss is weak to Chaos damage at 16% resistance, the lowest of the six elements. All other elements resist damage at 20%. Players should center their team around Chaos damage to clear faster and at higher challenge levels.
Element | Resistance |
|---|---|
16% (weakness) | |
20% | |
20% | |
20% | |
20% | |
20% |
Recommended Espers
Chaos-element Espers are the strongest picks for this fight. The recommended 2-character roster below covers the bulk of community team builds and clears the fight efficiently at high challenge levels:
Esper | Rarity | Element |
|---|---|---|
S-Class | Chaos | |
S-Class | Chaos |
Drops
Defeating this boss yields the following materials:
Story progression rewards
Related Pages
Page | Description |
|---|---|
Full overview of NTE's boss combat systems, stagger loop, team composition, and encounter types. | |
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. |
Spinoff encounter and trial party
Tomato Devil is fought in Tomato Jelly Rampage: Live Report!, south of Coastal Highway Z42 in Bridge Crossings. The first fight supplies Esper Zero, Mint and Lacrimosa. Build recommendations for a free-choice party do not apply to that scripted lineup.
Dodge the opening encounter's projectile barrage and keep a dodge ready for the melee strike afterward. The second fight uses more large area attacks: watch the warning lines and circles, then leave them before impact. These story fights advance the Spinoff without a separate boss material bundle.