NTE Events: Every Version 1.3 Limited-Time Event and Its Deadline

Every time and reward below is from the official Version 1.3 patch notes, in UTC+8. If an event has a hard deadline, it is in the table — that is the whole point of this page.

Deadlines at a glance

The events worth prioritising

Circle Bounty (season)

Requires the main quest “Relax Time”. Take Circle Quests, raise your Circle Bounty Rank, and claim Fabricated Dice, Gold Carrota, De-noise Solution, A Handwritten Letter and Expansion Cores. The paid Elite Hunter Supplies track adds Annulith ×680, Solid Dice ×4, Fabricated Dice ×2, an Arc-light Trove, and Fons ×700,000; Honor Hunter Supplies stacks the “de Xiaozhen” avatar, the “Bountiful Garden” frame, the “Splash Showdown” namecard and Fons ×500,000 on top.

This is the single biggest pile of pull currency in the version — do the quests even if you never buy the track.

Lucent Tides (mystery box)

Fifteen boxes, each costing more than the last, opened with Fons or Annulith. Opening all fifteen unlocks the entire pool: the limited Tide watercraft (summonable on ocean and lake), Nanally’s “Sunny Surf”, Mint’s “Saltwater Taffy”, Esper Zero’s “Cloudless Summer”, the “Endless Summer” avatar frame, Fabricated Dice, A Handwritten Letter and the Anomaly Pilgrimage Material Selection Box.

Hunter’s Crucible

New challenge stages featuring Mammon and Morphix. Rewards include the “Hunter’s Crucible - Steel Tempered” title — which has dynamic visual effects that upgrade as you accumulate points — plus Annulith, Fabricated Dice, Fons, Elite Hunter Guides and Chaotic Dye. Bring the right element; both bosses have weaknesses, as covered in the anomaly guide.

Volley Star and Surf Breaker

The two summer sports modes. Volley Star is beach volleyball, added as a permanent Hethereau Hobbies activity as well as an event, rewarding the “Summer Glow” avatar frame, the “Imaginist Court” namecard, Annulith, Fabricated Dice, Fons, Floe Cinema Tickets, Elite Hunter Guides and Chaotic Dye. Surf Breaker is a course-challenge race along the same coastline.

Note the economy link: earnings from Volley Star’s Weekly Match mode now draw from the Tycoon Incentive Fund, the shared pool that also feeds Pink Paws Heist and Going, Going, Gone! — details in the Fons farming guide.

Shipwreck Salvage

Opens August 28, 10:00. Collect the event currency “Drifting Bottle” and trade it at the event shop for the “Full Haul” avatar frame, the “Treasure Hunt” namecard, Annulith, Fabricated Dice and Fons.

The two boost windows

• Stamina Recharge (Aug 24 → Aug 31): City Stamina is consumed at 2× efficiency in Hethereau Hobbies activities
• Gold Clash (Aug 31 → Sep 14): earn Fons at 2× efficiency in Pink Paws Heist

Time your grinding around these. Doing your Fons farming during Gold Clash is the single easiest efficiency gain in the version.

Permanent modes added alongside the events

Version 1.3 also folded three activities permanently into Hethereau Hobbies — Volley Star, Going, Going, Gone! and Shadow-n-Seek (which now costs City Stamina per round). Those do not expire on September 30; the event reward tracks attached to them do.

For what each mode actually is, see the story and activities guide and the fishing and life skills guide.