NTE Top Up Guide: Official Ways to Buy Riftcrystal
“NTE top up” is one of the highest-volume searches for this game, and most of the results are resellers. This page is the boring version: what the official routes are, and what your money actually buys.
The official routes
- In-game shop on the platform you play on — PC (Steam, Epic, official launcher), PS5, iOS or Android. Purchases are tied to your account.
- Steam Starter Pack DLC — a paid pack listed separately on Steam, released July 9, 2026.
- Steam Points Shop — not a top-up, but worth knowing: NTE has published free-to-claim profile cosmetics there (Mint-themed items in July, Nanally-themed items in August). Those are Steam profile decorations, not in-game items.
What the currencies do
| Currency | Bought with money? | What it is for |
|---|---|---|
| Riftcrystal | Yes | Shop outfits and premium purchases — Zankou’s “Searing Lavender” is Riftcrystal ×2,680 at its discount price, “Twilight Noir” is ×1,680 |
| Annulith | Indirectly | The board currency you actually pull with — also handed out free by codes, maintenance compensation and events |
| Fons | No | City currency, earned in-game (Fons farming) |
| Elite / Honor Hunter Supplies | Yes | The Circle Bounty season tracks — Elite adds Annulith ×680, Solid Dice ×4, Fabricated Dice ×2, an Arc-light Trove and Fons ×700,000 |
A useful distinction: Riftcrystal is a cosmetics currency more than a pull currency. Some liveries can be bought with either Riftcrystal ×980 or Fons ×3,000,000 — the Porsche 918 Spyder skins are the documented example — so a patient free-to-play player can get the same item by grinding.
The best value purchase, factually
If you are going to spend at all, the Circle Bounty season tracks have the clearest itemised return: the official 1.3 notes list exactly what Elite and Honor Hunter Supplies contain, including Annulith ×680 and Fons ×1,200,000 across both tiers, on top of rewards you earn by playing. That is a published list, not an estimate.
Compare that with buying Riftcrystal for a single outfit, which is a cosmetic with no gameplay effect.
Why there are no reseller links here
Third-party top-up sites are the most monetised corner of this game’s search results, and several NTE community sites carry affiliate deals with them. We do not, for two reasons: account-security terms around third-party purchases are the publisher’s to define, not ours, and an affiliate link is an incentive to recommend a route we would not otherwise recommend.
If you want a discount, the honest levers are:
- Free Annulith from working codes — currently five live codes
- Maintenance and bug-fix compensation, which has been generous (Annulith ×300 twice in Version 1.3, Annulith ×1,600 as an apology gift in 1.2)
- Event currency tracks, which run continuously (events guide)
- The 90-pull hard guarantee with no 50/50, which makes a saved-up account far more efficient than an impulsive one (pity rules)
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