Free S-Rank Arc · No gacha required
Contemplative Cat
How to obtain Chiz's signature Arc 100% free in Neverness to Everness — the full City Tycoon route, prerequisites at Level 21, and how to push Tycoon levels fast enough that the Arc lands in your inbox before you finish her ascension.
Quick facts
- Arc name
- Contemplative Cat
- Rarity
- S-Rank · 5★ Orange
- Type
- Gas
- Sub-stat
- Crit DMG (up to 44.0% at Lv.80)
- Base ATK
- 512 at Lv.80
- Passive
- Mammon — scales Cosmos DMG per Fons carried
- Source
- City Tycoon — automatic reward at Level 21
- Cost
- Free · no gacha pull needed
- Best user
- Chiz (Cosmos main DPS, signature BiS)
TL;DR — 5 steps to the Arc
The entire process lives inside City Tycoon, one of the four Hethereau Hobbies tracks. There is no banner, no event, no pity. You climb Tycoon levels and the Arc is automatically delivered at the right tier.
- 1
Unlock City Tycoon
Complete the prologue chapters until the Hethereau Hobbies menu opens — City Tycoon is one of the four hobby tracks.
- 2
Push to Tycoon Level 4
Open the Cafe by Origen as soon as you can. Passive hourly Fons income — every hour the cafe sits idle is income you never recover.
- 3
Reach Tycoon Level 18
Chiz herself joins your roster automatically at this milestone. Her on-hit Fons generation accelerates every remaining Tycoon tier.
- 4
Hit Tycoon Level 21
Cumulative Fons threshold + two property milestones (own 2 properties, 100 footprint in Illusion Town). Contemplative Cat lands in your inbox the moment the level pops.
- 5
Keep climbing
Subsequent Tycoon tiers drop additional copies — refine R1 → R5 entirely free.
The Tycoon route — 4 → 8 → 11 → 18 → 21
Every Tycoon tier requires both a cumulative Fons threshold and a set of tier-specific objectives. Hitting just one gate stalls you at the previous level. Below are the five milestones that matter for the Contemplative Cat run.
- Level 4
Cafe by Origen
Passive Fons engine
The single most important early unlock. Buy ingredients yourself rather than paying delivery — the delivery fee compounds and eats your margin on every cycle.
- Level 8
City Delivery
Active Fons farm
Cross-district deliveries on a timer with cargo-damage scoring. Beats other hobbies on raw Fons-per-minute and runs without a tuned vehicle.
- Level 11
Pink Paws Bank Heist
Two-week burst payout
Timed stealth run inside the Pink Paws Bank — hundreds of thousands of Fons per successful pull. Resets on a 14-day cycle, so calendar the refresh and clear it the moment it opens.
- Level 18
Chiz unlocked
Compounding Fons gain
Chiz's kit generates Fons on basic-attack kills. Slot her into your active team for general open-world play — she pays for her own ascension while you push to 21.
- Level 21
Contemplative Cat unlocked
Arc lands in your inbox
Requirements at this tier: ~6.79M cumulative Fons, own 2 properties, and reach 100 footprint points in Illusion Town. Clear both objectives and the Arc unlocks the instant you hit the threshold.
Level 21 unlock requirements
Three gates fire simultaneously at Tycoon Level 21. Miss any one and the level — and the Arc with it — stays locked.
- Fons threshold~6,788,600 Fons
Cumulative across all your earnings — the system tracks total Fons earned, not current wallet. Spending freely is fine, you don't need to hoard.
- PropertiesOwn 2 properties
Any combination of apartments, villas or offices. Buy the cheapest second property in tier — overspending here delays the Fons threshold check.
- Exploration100 footprint points in Illusion Town
Footprint comes from interacting with district POIs — phone booths, anomalies, side quests, photo spots. Pure exploration; not gated behind combat.
The reward popup at Level 21 also drops 20× Annulith, 800 Hunter EXP, 5× Chaotic Dye and 12,500 Beetle Coinalongside the Arc. Don't auto-claim and walk away — confirm the Arc is in your inventory before closing.
Passive — "Mammon"
The Arc passive scales with the Fons currently in your wallet, capped at 10 stacks (1,000,000 Fons). At R5 with the cap met, that's a flat +45% Cosmos DMG on the wearer — directly competitive with five-star gacha signatures, and entirely free.
Per 100,000 Fons currently held, up to 10 stacks (1M Fons = full stack).
Per 100,000 Fons, up to 10 stacks. Same scaling cap.
Per 100,000 Fons, up to 10 stacks.
Per 100,000 Fons, up to 10 stacks.
Per 100,000 Fons, up to 10 stacks. Max value: +45% Cosmos DMG when carrying 1M+ Fons.
How refinements drop
Subsequent Tycoon tiers above Level 21 each deliver an additional copy of the Arc as part of the milestone reward chain. There is no fodder-merge route — you progress from R1 to R5 purely by climbing Tycoon levels. Push the hobby system to completion and the Arc maxes itself.
Who should equip it
Chiz
Cosmos Main DPS · Signature BiS
The Arc is built for her — Chiz scales her own kit on Fons (Grain economy + Mammon passive synergy). Pair with the Lost Radiance cassette set for the canonical full build.
Off-element Cosmos sub-DPS
Stat-stick option
Even without the passive synergy, 512 base ATK + 44% Crit DMG is competitive raw stats for any Cosmos unit that already runs above the 1M Fons threshold.
Common mistakes
- Burning Fons on cosmetics or vehicle skins while pushing to Tycoon 21 — every Fons you spend delays the cumulative threshold check at each tier.
- Skipping the Pink Paws Heist refresh. A missed two-week cycle is hundreds of thousands of Fons gone forever, and that's roughly one full Tycoon tier of progress.
- Pre-buying a second property far above your Tycoon level expecting it to count toward Level 21's 'own 2 properties' objective — it does count, but you'll be cash-starved for the actual Fons threshold. Buy in tier.
- Forgetting the Illusion Town footprint objective. The Fons number alone won't unlock the level — exploration is the silent gate.
- Spending the first Contemplative Cat copy as fodder before pulling R5. Every refinement comes from progression, not duplicates — there's no fodder upgrade path, you just keep climbing Tycoon levels.