NTE Systems Guide
City Tycoon — The 45-Level Account Progression Track
The single biggest source of Fons in NTE: 532,259,000 over 45 progression levels, every feature unlock (Café, Heist, Fishing, Real Estate, custom plates), the 12 Chiz-themed milestone rewards (her F2P unlock at L18 + 5 Arc-pieces for the Contemplative Cat cassette + 6 cosmetic name cards), and the seasonal Wealth Board.
Verdict
Prioritise City Tycoon over every other Fons-earning method. Until you have hit level 13 you are leaving permanent quality-of-life unlocks on the table — Café (L4), Hunter Exchange (L6), Pink Paws Heist (L10), Wealth Board (L12), full Real Estate roster (L13). The 12 milestone rewards starting at L18 are the only F2P route to unlock Chiz (L18 Character Card) and craft her signature Arc — Contemplative Cat — via the 5 Purr-Purr Yarnball pieces redeemed at the Midas Arc Workshop. There is no fork in this track: every account, every player, every patch — you take the same 45 steps.
- Total payout: 532,259,000 Fons across all 45 levels, with a first big spike from L8 (1.15M) and the per-level reward growing roughly geometrically to 34.99M at L45.
- Hard floor: reach L4 the day you unlock the city — the Café is your passive baseline. Without it, every other guide on this site applies less leverage.
- Hard ceiling: L45 is the end of the progression. After that, Fons only come from minigames (Heist, Cafe Origen Owner's Selection, fishing) and the seasonal Wealth Board.
What City Tycoon actually is
City Tycoon is the account-wide rank the game tracks for everything urban: properties owned, vehicles bought, cafés managed, fish caught, heists pulled. It is not a separate minigame — it is the meta-track that gates every minigame. Each of the 45 levels has:
- A Fons reward — paid out the moment you reach the level (from 45,500 at L2 to 34,998,600 at L45).
- One or more Simple Quests (in-game ID prefix
TY1xxx) you must complete to claim the level. - Zero or more Rights — feature unlocks (the Café, the Heist, a property), stamina-cap raises, or passive Tycoon-tier flags.
- For 12 milestone levels, a Special Item — either a Chiz Character Card (L18 only, full F2P character unlock), a Purr-Purr Yarnball (Arc-piece for the Arc - Contemplative Cat cassette, 5×) or a Model Employee name card (cosmetic, 6×).
- An Award Drop (
drop_tycoon_lv{N}) — a level-specific drop group on top of the flat Fons reward.
Internal data source: games/nte/data/tycoon.json — built from DataAssetSet/Tycoon/ by games/nte/importers/import-tycoon.mjs.
The 45-level roadmap — what unlocks where
Every row below is a real level milestone with at least one meaningful unlock. The Fons column is the one-shot payout for clearing that level; cumulative is the running total. Levels not shown only carry minor passive Tycoon-tier flags (Tycoon_lvN) — visible numerically but no new feature.
| Level | Fons | Cumulative | What unlocks / why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| L1 | 0 | 0 | Account starts here. No reward, no quest, no unlock. |
| L2 | 45,500 | 45,500 | Garage and Races unlock — open-world traversal begins. |
| L3 | 118,300 | 163,800 | Sea Angler (fishing) and Swift Travel (taxi) unlock. |
| L4 | 200,200 | 364,000 | The Cafe by Origen unlocks — passive Fons income starts. |
| L5 | 327,600 | 691,600 | City Stamina cap to 200, Property page and Wiener Apartments. |
| L6 | 455,000 | 1,146,600 | Hunter Exchange unlocks — the first end-game shop. |
| L7 | 600,600 | 1,747,200 | Eden Apartments available for purchase. |
| L8 | 1,146,600 | 2,893,800 | Tetrominoes minigame and City Delivery unlock. |
| L9 | 1,328,600 | 4,222,400 | Skyview Halls available for purchase. |
| L10 | 1,510,600 | 5,733,000 | Pink Paws Heist unlocks. City Stamina cap to 350. |
| L11 | 1,692,600 | 7,425,600 | Golden Capital available for purchase. |
| L12 | 2,329,600 | 9,755,200 | Wealth Board (leaderboard) becomes visible. |
| L13 | 2,602,600 | 12,357,800 | Fenglin Villa available — the last of the 5 properties. |
| L16 | 3,785,600 | 22,167,600 | City Stamina cap to 500 and +100% Stamina cost capacity. |
| L20 | 6,333,600 | 44,135,000 | Custom License Plates unlock for vehicles. |
| L23 | 7,698,600 | 65,865,800 | City Stamina cap to 700 — the final cap raise. |
| L30 | 15,342,600 | 148,694,000 | Mid-game milestone — first "Important" jalon after the awakening cycle starts at L18. |
| L45 | 34,998,600 | 532,259,000 | End of track. Final Model Employee name card — Chiz & Arc - Contemplative Cat track complete. |
Early-track priority order
1. L4 → The Cafe by Origen. The single highest-leverage early unlock — gives you a passive Fons stream that compounds for the rest of the run.
2. L6 → Hunter Exchange. First end-game shop with rotating high-value items.
3. L10 → Pink Paws Heist. Highest single-source Fons payout per attempt. See the Pink Paws Heist guide.
4. L12 → Wealth Board. Seasonal competitive leaderboard with cosmetic rewards.
5. L13 → Full real estate roster. All 5 apartments available; required for several furniture / comfort quests later.
The 12 milestone rewards (L18 → L45)
Starting at level 18, every "Important" milestone level grants a Chiz-themed Special Item. The official in-game promise tagged on this track is "Reach City Tycoon Lvl 45 to claim max-tier Chiz & Contemplative Cat" — meaning the character Chiz herself (the cat-eared S-Rank Cosmos DPS, internal identifier chiichan) plus her signature Arc cassette, Contemplative Cat. Across the 12 milestones you collect: 1× Chiz Character Card (L18, full F2P unlock), 5× Purr-Purr Yarnball Arc-piece (redeem at the Midas Arc Workshop for the Arc - Contemplative Cat), and 6× Model Employee name card (cosmetic business card).
Chiz · 1 unlock + 6 name cards
Arc - Contemplative Cat · 5 craft pieces
| Level | Reward target | Fons (one-shot) | Item |
|---|---|---|---|
| L18 | Chiz | 5,332,600 | Character Card — Chiz |
| L21 | Arc - Contemplative Cat | 6,788,600 | Purr-Purr Yarnball |
| L24 | Chiz | 8,517,600 | Name card — Model Employee |
| L27 | Arc - Contemplative Cat | 11,793,600 | Purr-Purr Yarnball |
| L30 | Chiz | 15,342,600 | Name card — Model Employee |
| L33 | Chiz | 19,164,600 | Name card — Model Employee |
| L35 | Arc - Contemplative Cat | 21,712,600 | Purr-Purr Yarnball |
| L37 | Chiz | 24,260,600 | Name card — Model Employee |
| L39 | Arc - Contemplative Cat | 26,808,600 | Purr-Purr Yarnball |
| L41 | Chiz | 29,356,600 | Name card — Model Employee |
| L43 | Arc - Contemplative Cat | 31,904,600 | Purr-Purr Yarnball |
| L45 | Chiz | 34,998,600 | Name card — Model Employee |
Note: "Contemplative Cat" is an Arc (cassette), not a playable character. The 5 Purr-Purr Yarnball pieces (fork_mamen in the data) are crafting materials that you exchange for the finished Arc at the Midas Arc Workshop.
Quest types — what you will actually be doing
71 Simple Quests (TY1002 → TY1045_03) are spread across the 45 levels. The distribution below tells you which sub-systems you will spend your time in. Furniture, vehicle and real-estate quests dominate — City Tycoon is fundamentally a "settle into the city" progression, not a combat track.
| Objective type | Quests | What you actually do |
|---|---|---|
| Furniture collect | 18 | Collect specific decoration sets from your apartments. |
| Map explore | 10 | Reach a specific exploration value in a city district. |
| Vehicle maintain cost | 8 | Pay a recurring vehicle upkeep — couples the Garage system to the Fons sink. |
| Buy vehicle | 7 | Purchase a vehicle from the dealership. |
| Buy real estate | 5 | Buy one of the 5 unlockable apartments. |
| Furniture comfort | 5 | Raise an apartment's comfort score. |
| Store manager level | 5 | Promote the Café manager — directly couples with the Cafe Origen system. |
| Sub-quest | 4 | Complete a tagged main / side quest in the open world. |
| Adventure manual | 3 | Progress the city adventure manual. |
| Other (item in bag, stamina used, invite character, special furniture, shop buy, rob bank settle) | 6 | One-off objectives — each appears once across all 45 levels. |
Wealth Board — the seasonal leaderboard
The Wealth Board unlocks at City Tycoon level 12 (TycoonRank right). It is a seasonal ranking on total Fons earned. Top 100 players get a tier-specific title drop. Two periods are configured in the current data dump:
- Season p1: 2026-03-10 → 2026-04-22 (closed).
- Season p2: 2026-04-23 → open-ended (the in-game data ships an end date in the year 2100 — effectively the live season with no cutoff scheduled).
| Tier | Award | Ranks |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Award | 1–5 |
| 2 | Second Award | 6–15 |
| 3 | Third Award | 16–30 |
| 4 | Fourth Award | 31–60 |
| 5 | Fifth Award | 61–100 |
The leaderboard payout is a cosmetic title (drop IDs drop_Title_TycoonRank_001 through _005) — no Fons multiplier. Compete for prestige, not for Fons.
Frequently asked questions
How many City Tycoon levels are there?
45. Total Fons paid out across all 45 reward grants is 532,259,000 — that is over half a billion Fons earned just from the progression track itself, before any minigame.
Which City Tycoon level unlocks the Café?
Level 4 unlocks The Cafe by Origen (in-game ID: Store). This is the entry point into the cafe-management system, the passive Fons stream, and the Owner's Selection 31-level mini-mode.
Which level unlocks the Pink Paws Heist?
Level 10 unlocks the Heist (in-game ID: Robbank) and simultaneously raises your City Stamina cap from 200 to 350. The Heist is the highest single-source Fons payout in the game.
Why do some levels show a "locked" icon in-game?
The Locked flag in the data does not mean the level is gated by release — it is a UI hint to draw attention to unclaimed reward tiers. Level 10 carries the flag but Pink Paws is fully playable for everyone who reaches it.
What is the difference between Tycoon Level and Manager Level?
City Tycoon (this guide) is the account-wide progression track — 45 levels gated by city-side quests. Manager Level is the separate Café-internal employee progression that runs 1–40 inside The Cafe by Origen.
Are the milestone rewards at levels 18, 21, 24, 27… for everyone?
Yes. 12 'Important' milestones starting at level 18 deliver Chiz-themed rewards: 1× Chiz Character Card at L18 (full F2P unlock of Chiz, the cat-eared S-Rank Cosmos DPS), 5× Purr-Purr Yarnball at L21/27/35/39/43 (Arc-pieces exchanged at the Midas Arc Workshop for the Arc - Contemplative Cat, Chiz's signature cassette), and 6× Model Employee name card at L24/30/33/37/41/45 (cosmetic business card). The official in-game tag is 'Reach City Tycoon Lvl 45 to claim max-tier Chiz & Contemplative Cat'.