The Circle Bounty is the seasonal battle pass in Neverness to Everness, Hotta Studio's open-world action RPG set in the city of Hethereau. It runs alongside Version 1.0's launch and offers two purchase tiers on top of a free track, with rewards that lean heavily on Annulith, Dice for the gacha, upgrade materials, and a few cosmetics.
Quick answer: The free track is worth claiming for any player. The Elite Hunter Supplies upgrade at $9.99 is the strong-value pick for active players because of the 680 Annulith, S-Class Arc selector at Rank 30, and extra Dice. The Honor Hunter Supplies tier at $19.99 mostly adds cosmetics and a 10-rank skip, so it's only worth it if you want the avatar, frame, and namecard, or you're starting late.
Circle Bounty season window and unlock requirement
The first Circle Bounty season runs from launch on April 29 through June 2, 2026. You don't get access immediately after starting the game. The pass unlocks only after you finish the main story quest "Relax Time," which is an early-game mission. Once that's done, daily and weekly commissions start feeding experience into your Bounty Rank.
Progress comes from the standard live-service loop: daily quests, weekly objectives, and seasonal challenges. Most players who follow the daily routine will clear the track before it expires without needing to spend Annulith on rank skips.
The three tracks at a glance
| Track | Price | Who it's for |
|---|---|---|
| Standard Hunter Supplies (Free) | $0 | Every player; unlocks automatically each season |
| Elite Hunter Supplies | $9.99 | Active players who want Annulith, an S-Class Arc, and extra Dice |
| Honor Hunter Supplies | $19.99 | Players who want exclusive cosmetics and a 10-rank head start |
Buying Honor Hunter Supplies includes everything from the Elite tier, so it's not a separate purchase on top. It's an upgrade.
Free track rewards (Standard Hunter Supplies)
The free track is geared around resources rather than cosmetics. It hands out items that the entire account benefits from, including standard pulls and progression materials.
- Fabricated Dice (standard banner pulls)
- Senior Hunter Guide and Elite Hunter Guide
- Development Material and Development EXP Selection Box
- De-noise Solution
- Expansion Core
- Character Esper Ability Selection Box
- Beetle Coin (used to level Arcs and characters)
- Gold Carrota
- A Handwritten Letter
Beetle Coin is the most useful of the lot for new accounts because every character and Arc upgrade burns through it quickly. Fabricated Dice on the free track help offset the fact that Solid Dice (used on limited banners) are otherwise locked behind purchases or duplicate conversions.
Elite Hunter Supplies ($9.99) rewards
The mid-tier upgrade is where the real value sits. It pays for itself for most engaged players because of how much Annulith and how many materials it adds on top of the free track.
| Reward | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Annulith | 680 |
| Solid Dice | 4 |
| Fabricated Dice | 2 |
| Arc-light Trove (S-Class Arc selector at Rank 30) | 1 |
| Gold Carrota | 960 |
| Eternal Shell Song | 10 |
| De-noise Solution | 6 |
| A Handwritten Letter | 2 |
| Development EXP Selection Box | 18 |
| Character Esper Ability Selection Box | 16 |
| Fons | 700,000 |
| Beetle Coin | 550,000 |
The Arc-light Trove is the single biggest item here. S-Class Arcs (weapons) are otherwise tied to a separate gacha banner that uses Tri-Keys, so getting to pick one early is a meaningful power jump for whichever character you're building. The 680 Annulith is enough for four limited pulls on its own (160 Annulith per pull), and the four Solid Dice push you closer to a banner pity threshold.
Honor Hunter Supplies ($19.99) rewards
Honor Hunter Supplies is the cosmetic-and-convenience tier. It bundles everything from Elite and adds the following on top:
| Reward | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Mischief Otter Avatar | 1 |
| Imprint of Time Frame | 1 |
| Elite Viewpoint Namecard | 1 |
| Fabricated Dice | 2 |
| Fons | 300,000 |
| Instant Bounty Rank boost | +10 ranks |
The +10 Bounty Rank skip is the practical part. If you're picking up the game late in the season or you know you'll miss daily commissions for a stretch, it's a way to recover lost ground without spending Annulith on per-tier skips. Outside of that, the avatar, profile frame, and namecard are the main draw, since they're not sold separately.
Where the rewards fit in the wider currency system
Annulith is the premium currency that backs almost every paid system in Neverness to Everness. One pull on any banner costs 160 Annulith, whether you're going through Solid Dice (limited), Fabricated Dice (standard), or Tri-Keys (Arcs). Annulith also pays for stamina refreshes, skins, and the battle pass itself in regions where it's purchased through the in-game store.
Beetle Coin and Fons sit on the free-currency side. Beetle Coin levels characters and Arcs, while Fons is the everyday Hethereau currency for vehicles, food, and city items. Both are constantly in demand, which is why the Elite track's 550,000 Beetle Coin and 700,000 Fons land harder than they look on paper.
Is the Circle Bounty worth buying
For free-to-play players, the standard track alone is worth completing every season. The Fabricated Dice and material drops add up across a 35-day window with no money spent.
For players willing to spend, Elite Hunter Supplies at $9.99 is the better-value purchase of the two paid tiers. The 680 Annulith plus four Solid Dice plus an S-Class Arc selector outweighs the $9.99 price on a pure resource basis, especially during launch, when initial banner characters are most likely to be ones you want to build around.
Honor Hunter Supplies at $19.99 is a cosmetics tier with a rank skip attached. It makes sense if you specifically want the Mischief Otter avatar, Imprint of Time frame, and Elite Viewpoint namecard, or if you're behind on the season and the +10 Bounty Rank boost saves you time you weren't going to spend playing. If those don't matter to you, stay on Elite.
One last thing worth keeping in mind: the Circle Bounty is designed so that a normal daily routine clears it. Tier skips with Annulith exist, but they're rarely a good trade compared with saving Annulith for character banners on Scarborough Fair. Spend on the pass tier you want at the start, then leave your Annulith reserves for pulls.