To all players of HUNTER×HUNTER NEN×SURVIVOR,
This is Natsume, Director of the game.
Today, I would like to share this Director’s Letter to speak directly with you about several major changes planned for upcoming updates.
The information we are sharing includes a renewal of the gacha system, as well as future progression features and content that will connect to endgame play. These are important updates intended to make NEN×SURVIVOR something you can enjoy for longer and in greater depth.
This letter is a bit lengthy, but we hope you will read through to the end.
Starting June 15, 2026, at 9:00, we will be partially renewing the specifications of Pickup Gachas.
The following two types of gachas will be affected:
・Pickup Character Gacha
・Limited-Time Memory Scene Gacha
With this renewal, players will be guaranteed the featured pickup target after performing the gacha a certain number of times.
In addition, gacha pull counts will accumulate, and the count will not reset even if you obtain the featured pickup target before reaching the guaranteed milestone.
※Please note that if the pickup target changes, the accumulated gacha pull count will not carry over.
For the Pickup Character Gacha, guaranteed milestones will occur at the following pull counts:
・50 pulls: Guaranteed S-rarity
・200 pulls: Guaranteed featured pickup target
Upon reaching 200 pulls, you will be guaranteed to obtain the featured pickup character.
Even if you obtain the featured pickup character before reaching the guaranteed milestone, the count toward that milestone will not reset.
Example:
The guaranteed counters are divided into the following two types.
・S-Rarity Guaranteed Counter
This counter resets when you obtain an S-rarity character.
For example, if you obtain an S-rarity character on your 30th pull, the S-Rarity Guaranteed Counter will return to 0, and the number of pulls remaining until your next guaranteed S-rarity result will be reset to 50.
・Pickup Guaranteed Counter
This counter does not reset even if you obtain the featured pickup target before reaching the guaranteed milestone.
For example, even if you obtain the featured pickup target on your 100th pull, the count will continue to accumulate, and the featured pickup target will be guaranteed on your 200th pull.
For the Limited-Time Memory Scene Gacha, guaranteed milestones will occur at the following pull counts:
・80 pulls: Guaranteed S-rarity
・160 pulls: Guaranteed featured pickup target
This gacha will follow the same specifications as the Character Gacha.
The renewal of the Character Gacha and Memory Scene Gacha is planned to apply to all Pickup Gachas held going forward.
The first gachas to use this renewed system will be the new character addition on June 15, 2026, and the new Memory Scene addition on June 22, 2026.
This change is intended to make it easier for players to use the gacha with a clear goal in mind.
We will also be adding a new product called the Character Evolution Pack.
This is a limited-time product that becomes available when you obtain a newly added character for the first time from the Pickup Character Gacha. It allows you to obtain an additional copy of that character along with evolution materials.
※This product can only be purchased once.
This product is intended for players who would like to train their newly obtained character right away and increase their grade.
Please consider using it if you would like to bring a new character into battle more quickly.
Starting with Ver. 1.6.0, planned for a July update, we will be adding a new item to the World Hunt rewards.
New item: “Memory Droplet”
Memory Droplets are items that will be used for the upcoming new progression system, Memory Deepening.
This item will not be usable immediately as of July, but we are adding it in advance so that players can begin collecting it ahead of the planned September release of Memory Deepening.
Memory Droplets are also planned to be obtainable from the new content, Trick Tower, which is scheduled to be implemented around the same period.
We recognize that players who have been actively playing World Hunt may currently feel that there are not enough items they want to exchange for.
For that reason, although this is slightly earlier than the timing at which the item will actually become usable, we have decided to add it to the rewards as a way to help players prepare for future progression.
It will take a little longer before the item can be used, but we hope you will collect Memory Droplets as an item that connects to future progression and enjoyment.
We would also like to share what we can currently tell you about Memory Deepening, a new progression system planned for release in September.
Memory Deepening is a new feature that allows option effects to be added to all Memory Scenes.
This will allow the same Memory Scene to take on different characteristics depending on the options that are applied to it.
・Up to 5 option effects can be added
・The type and value of each option effect will be applied at random
You will start with 1 slot, and as you continue progressing, you will eventually be able to add options to up to 5 slots.
We plan to prepare a wide variety of option effects.
Whether you want to enhance offensive performance, strengthen defensive capabilities, or adjust your build to suit a specific team composition or playstyle, our goal is to create a system that lets players experiment with many different combinations for each Memory Scene.
We are currently developing this feature so that players can further enhance their favorite Memory Scenes and enjoy discovering their own unique progression paths.
Trick Tower is planned as one of our upcoming endgame content features, where players will be able to obtain materials needed for Memory Deepening.
As the content is currently under active development, we will share further details at a later date.
We are working to make Trick Tower a challenging and rewarding piece of content where players can make full use of the characters and Memory Scenes they have trained. Please look forward to future updates.
We sincerely apologize for the time it has taken to address the issue related to Player Total Power.
We have confirmed an issue where unintended values are displayed due to the current Player Total Power calculation formula.
As a result, there have been cases where a discrepancy occurred between a player’s Total Power and the Recommended Total Power displayed for stages, making some stages feel difficult to clear even when the player’s Total Power exceeded the recommendation.
This issue will be fixed with the release of Ver. 1.5.0.
After the fix, the displayed Total Power may increase or decrease depending on each player’s current progression status.
※This is because the displayed value will be recalculated based on the correct formula. It does not mean that the enhancement status of your characters, equipment, or Memory Scenes will be changed.
We once again sincerely apologize for the prolonged inconvenience this issue has caused.
With Ver. 1.5.0, we will be buffing the Support Skills of the following four characters:
・Morel
・Kalluto
・Goreinu
・Hanzo
These adjustments are being made in the direction of increasing their damage output, so that players can feel they have more opportunities to shine.
We hope that players who have not used these characters much until now will take this opportunity to try them again.
Since launch, we have received a tremendous amount of feedback and requests from players.
While reviewing the feedback we receive every day, the team has been carefully discussing how we can make the game easier to play and more enjoyable over the long term, and we have continued making adjustments, including the updates described in this letter.
There are still many areas where we have kept players waiting, and we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this has caused.
At the same time, beginning with the event planned for July, the entire development team is working hard to deliver updates that will introduce new ways to play and further expand the enjoyment of progression.
We will continue making improvements and updates so that players can enjoy NEN×SURVIVOR even more.
In addition, the next NEN×SURVIVOR Information Bureau broadcast is scheduled to premiere on YouTube on Saturday, June 13.
The program will be different from what we have shared in the past, so we hope you will tune in.
Thank you for your continued support of HUNTER×HUNTER NEN×SURVIVOR.