NTE Hotori release date, character upgrade materials, abilities, and kit

Whether you are looking for the release date of Hotori’s banner in Neverness To Everness (NTE), want to know her upgrade materials to pre-farm them, or are eager to have a look at her character kit, I’ve got you covered with this guide.

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For players who don’t know, Hotori and Nanally are two of the launch S-Rank Espers in NTE, whom you can get by performing gacha pulls on their banners.

While Nanally’s banner went live with the game’s release, Hotori’s banner will go live in the second phase. But when is that?

Hotori’s basic details

Rank			S
Element			Cosmos
Arc Type			Solid
Role			Buff, DMG Boost, Burst DPS

Hotori’s banner release date and countdown

In NTE, Hotori’s banner will go live on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at server time. The banner will be active for 21 days, ending on June 3, the same day, when version 1.1 is released.

Here’s a release date countdown for Hotori’s banner:

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Hotori’s banner

Hotori’s character kit

Here’s a look at Hotori’s active, passive, and Life skills:

Basic Attack: Misty Moon Style

Wields her weapon and performs up to 5 consecutive attacks, dealing Cosmos DMG.

Non-Closed Timepiece

Displays a Non-Closed Timepiece when Hotori is switched in. Rotates its pointer slowly clockwise over time, accumulating energy. Caps the energy the Non-Closed Timepiece can accumulate at 120.

Rippling Waves

Hold Basic Attack in combat to trigger. Gracefully dashes forward and attacks, dealing 4 instances of Cosmos DMG to an area.

Crescent

Wields the weapon mid-air and plunges, dealing 1 instance of Cosmos DMG to an area upon impact. Increases DMG based on fall height, up to 100%.

Critical Riposte: Half Moment

Triggers when using Misty Moon Style after a Critical Dodge. Raises the umbrella to counterattack opponents instantly, dealing 1 instance of Cosmos DMG and reducing Break.

Finally, someone clueless comes along who actually wants to buy something from the shop, but if it wasn’t for Hotori refusing to budge, hmph… this month’s sales wouldn’t be a big fat zero.
That little brat, didn’t you see what kind of price he was trying to haggle? He’s treating our Eibon like we’re some charity case! I was being nice not calling Daff over to rough him up!

Redirect Skill: Present Replay

Requires no cooldown for Present Replay.

Allows Hotori to spend 60 Non-Closed Timepiece energy to cast Present Replay when energy is greater than 60.

Deals 7 instances of Cosmos DMG to an area. Records Support Skills and Redirect Skills used by allies for the next 5s, appreciating up to 3 timings per use, with each character recorded at most once.

Rewinds the Non-Closed Timepiece pointer continuously during use. Stops recording after the pointer rewinds a certain amount, and continues rewinding a fixed amount if recording completes early.

Clears records when entering or leaving battle. Overwrites existing records when using Present Replay again.

Observe and Witness

Ultimate: World’s Tide

Has no cooldown or Ultimate Energy cost for World’s Tide.

Allows Hotori to unleash World’s Tide when Non-Closed Timepiece energy is fully charged, dealing 10 instances of Cosmos DMG to an area.

Draws a katana from the umbrella handle and changes attack mode. Slows surrounding time to near standstill for a period, disabling character switching.

Cleanses any received time control debuffs and grants immunity to time control debuffs during Time Stop. Replays all attacks recorded by Present Replay 1 time and clears the records if any exist.

Rewinds the Non-Closed Timepiece pointer continuously during Time Stop. Builds combo stacks with Hotori’s katana attacks, increasing damage per hit. Deals Finisher DMG when combo stacks reach 10.

Ends time stop when the pointer rewinds completely or when Finisher DMG is dealt.

Then—proceed toward the predetermined future.

Support Skill: Shopkeeper’s Authority

Time to teach these rude guests some manners. Throws the umbrella, dealing 1 instance of Cosmos DMG to an area.

For Hotori, this is merely a small display of her abilities, but difficult customers who threaten to complain will learn exactly why this humble little shop dares to impose such strict terms.

Passive Skills

Here are the two passive skills that Hotori has:

Ghost Orchid Crest

Blossom Enhancement: Prevents Vita Bud attacks from pausing during Time Stop.

At least when this proprietress, who can usually chatter on endlessly about every penny, finally quiets down and sits peacefully sipping wine while admiring the moon, you can still notice… she is an elegant and graceful person.

All Treasures Under Heaven

Increases World’s Tide’s Finisher DMG Ratio by 100%.

Cheers! Celebrate! Let’s… let’s celebrate again! My treasures… my precious treasures… they’re all mine now! Deal… deal! Hehehe… hic… guard them all… for me… zzZ…

Character Trait: Frozen Snow Ritual

Let the snow fall slower still.

Activates time manipulation when Hotori is outside of battle, and the Non-Closed Timepiece has accumulated energy greater than 0.

Slows the flow of time while holding Basic Attack, causing the surrounding time to approach a standstill. Removes any received time control debuffs and grants immunity to time control debuffs during Time Stop.

Rewinds the Non-Closed Timepiece pointer continuously during Time Stop. Prevents Hotori from using other time-affecting skills.

Ends Time Stop when the pointer fully rewinds, holding Basic Attack, entering battle, switching scenes, or performing other actions.

Walk alone outside of time, and see the truth of time.

Life Skill: Treasure Hunt

Level 1: Increases auction items by 1 extra per auction.
Level 2: Grants 1 additional attempt to refresh unpurchased auction items per auction.
Level 3: Increases auction items by 2 extra per auction.
Level 4: Sets the number of attempts to refresh unpurchased auction items to 2.
Level 5: Increases auction items by 3 extra per auction.