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Neverness to Everness · A-Rank Arc · Level II Anomaly

Where Is Home? — Crimson Hexblade

A short combat anomaly with a free A-Rank Arc as the prize. Walk into the empty lot west of Wertheimer Tower, approach the sword stuck in the ground, and beat the Crimson Hexblade — focusing on the original instead of its mirror clones. First clear hands you Drawn Blade, the best free parry-attack Plasma Arc, and the preferred 4-star pick for Hathor before her signature is owned.

Overview

Commission nameWhere Is Home?
BossCrimson Hexblade
RegionIllusion Town — empty lot west of Wertheimer Tower, northwest of Fiscus Avenue
Difficulty★★☆☆☆ Level II
TypeObject anomaly · short solo fight
TriggerApproach the sword stuck in the empty lot — fight starts instantly
Arc rewardDrawn Blade (A-Rank · Plasma · parry-attack scaling Arc)
Key mechanicBoss creates clones — only the original counts, kill the original and the clones evaporate

TL;DR — 5 Steps

  1. Fast-travel to Fiscus AvenueIllusion Town district. Walk northwest toward Wertheimer Tower until you're west of the tower base.
  2. Find the sword in the empty lotAn unassuming construction lot with a single sword planted blade-down in the ground. Approach it.
  3. Identify the originalCrimson Hexblade spawns and immediately splits. The original is the one casting/initiating attacks — clones mirror with a tell delay.
  4. Burn the original, ignore the clonesClones have their own HP bars but defeating the original removes all of them. Wasting damage on clones is the #1 fail state here.
  5. Loot Drawn BladeFree A-Rank Plasma Arc on first clear — guaranteed drop. Equip on Hathor immediately if you don't already own her signature.

Reaching the Empty Lot

  1. Open the world map and fast-travel to a phone booth near Fiscus Avenue in Illusion Town.
  2. Orient yourself so Wertheimer Tower is to your east — you should be standing northwest of Fiscus Avenue.
  3. Head into the open empty lot directly west of the tower (no building, just construction fencing and bare ground).
  4. Walk to the centre of the lot — a single longsword is stuck in the dirt, blade-down, hilt up.
  5. Approach the sword. No prompt needed — proximity triggers the encounter and Crimson Hexblade spawns.
  6. The boss splits into multiple instances during the fight. Watch the one that initiates the next attack — that's the original.
  7. Defeat the original. All clones vanish automatically the moment its HP hits zero, regardless of how much HP the clones still had.
  8. A Drawn Blade Arc shard drops near the now-empty sword socket. Pick it up to complete the commission.

Boss: Crimson Hexblade

A bladed humanoid anomaly themed around mirror-strikes and split phantoms. The fight has only two real mechanics: a fast forward strike that's parryable, and a clone-split that punishes target-confusion. Damage is fine on a Level II commission — what makes this fight is identifying the original among the clones and resisting the urge to burst whichever model walked into your camera frame first.

Forward sword strike

Parry

Tell: Red glow runs up the blade a fraction of a second before the swing.

Stock parry timing — pulls Hexblade off-balance and gives you a guaranteed Drawn Blade trigger window. Use this attack to farm your parry-attack proc count if you're learning the Arc.

Clone split

Reposition

Tell: Hexblade dashes and afterimages persist instead of fading. New 'copies' resume attacking from different angles.

Critical pattern. The clones are NOT illusions — they deal real damage and have real HP bars. But killing them does nothing. Mark the model that takes the first action after the split and lock your camera onto it.

Mirror finisher

Dodge

Tell: All instances raise their blade in unison and pause for ~0.5 s.

Every copy swings at once on a converging line. Dodge perpendicular to the original's facing — dodging away from one clone usually walks you into another's swing arc.

Recommended Teams

Parry farm team (Hathor focus)

Built around Drawn Blade · maximises parry-attack triggers for Hathor's stack mechanic

  • HathorHathorMain DPS · Lakshana · Drawn Blade test bench
  • EdgarEdgarSupport · Cosmos · sustains and parry windows
  • AureliaAureliaSub-DPS · Psyche · Stain reaction

The intended showcase team. Hathor swings, parries the forward strike, eats the Crimson Hexblade proc, repeat. Once Drawn Blade is equipped this is the fastest reclear comp for refinement runs.

Anyone-clears team

Lv II fight scales down — bring whoever you're levelling

  • NanallyNanallyMain DPS · Anima · clears in 2 rotations
  • ZeroZeroSub-DPS · Cosmos · Charge rotation
  • SakiriSakiriSupport · Plasma · Support Skill triggers

This is a level-II combat anomaly with no element gate. Any meta-built DPS clears it on the first try. Skip the showcase team if you don't have Hathor — just bring your main DPS and a Support.

The Reward — Drawn Blade

A-RankPlasma
Base ATK lv 1 → lv 8025 → 395
Substat ATK% lv 1 → lv 8015% → 37.5%
Passive — Crimson HexbladeWhen the wearer triggers a Parry Attack, deals an additional hit of Incantation Esper Ability DMG equal to 200% (R1) → 230% (R2) → 260% (R3) → 290% (R4) → 320% (R5) of ATK. The hit applies the wearer's element (Plasma scaling on Hathor, profile-aligned on others).
Refinement5 refinement levels. Each refinement adds +30 percentage points to the Parry Attack incantation hit. The base ATK / substat ATK% values themselves do not refine — only the proc damage.
Best usersHathor (signature pairing — her parry combos turn into a damage cycle), Nanally (parry-attack is one of her core triggers), Aurelia (Psyche burst comps that lean on parry windows). Less interesting on Esper Cycle DPS who don't engage with the parry mechanic (Chiz, Sakiri, etc.).

Best free A-Rank in the game for parry-leaning Espers. It's not Raging Flames-tier on Hathor (signature 5-star wins), but as a farmable 4-star backup it's the natural pick before her signature is owned, and it transfers cleanly to any future parry-build Esper. Worth pushing to R5 since the entire Arc lives on the Parry Attack scaling.

Rewards

Drawn Blade ArcGuaranteed on first clear — drop from the sword socket after the fight
Hunter Level EXP+160
Annulith+20
Compassion from Foreign Lands+1 (rare commission currency)
Blade Forging Stone+1
Fons+8,000
Bronze Carrota+80
U-00NE+15
Beetle Coin+4,000
Anomaly Material Selection Box I+3

Pro Tips & Common Pitfalls

  • The single common fail is target lock. The lock-on camera will gleefully snap to the closest clone — disable lock-on for this fight or manually re-target after each clone-split.
  • Drawn Blade is one of the few Arcs where refinement matters more than the base stats — the parry hit scales 200% → 320%. Reclear this anomaly until you hit R5 even if your other Arcs are still at R1.
  • If you don't own Hathor yet, hold the Drawn Blade you loot anyway. It's the strongest 4-star Plasma Arc currently in the game and will stay relevant on any future parry-attack Esper.
  • Crimson Hexblade hits hard on a Level II rating because of the convergence finisher, not the per-hit damage. Bring at least one shield/support and you can ignore the clones entirely.
  • The empty lot is shared with a few small enemy spawns. Clear them before approaching the sword — getting hit mid-cinematic costs you a parry window on the boss's opener.
  • Refinement re-runs reset on the weekly anomaly cycle. Plan 5 clears across 5 weeks if you want R5 without spending Compassion duplicates.
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