How to Unlock Persona 5 Songs in Neverness to Everness

What the Persona 5 x Neverness to Everness Collaboration Actually Is

Let's be honest: crossover events in live-service games are usually thin. A skin, a login bonus, maybe a limited banner, and then it's gone before you've figured out where to find the event tab. This one's a bit different, at least in terms of what it's offering musically.

The Persona 5 Royal collaboration with Neverness to Everness introduces tracks from one of the most critically discussed JRPG soundtracks of the last decade directly into NTE's in-game music system. We're talking about compositions by Shoji Meguro, the composer behind Persona 5's jazz-infused, genre-bending score. Songs like "Last Surprise" and "Life Will Change" didn't just soundtrack a game in 2016 and 2019 (Royal's release year). They became genuine cultural touchstones in the JRPG and anime community. Putting them inside a completely different game is, in practice, a meaningful statement about both fanbases overlapping.

What most people don't know is that the tracks aren't handed to you automatically. They're collaboration content, which means there's a specific unlock path tied to the event structure rather than the main game's progression.

How to Unlock the Persona 5 Royal Tracks in NTE

Here's the kicker: the unlock method is event-gated, not shop-gated, which is actually the better outcome. You won't need to spend premium currency to get the music.

Step One: Access the Collaboration Event

First, make sure you're running an updated version of Neverness to Everness with the collaboration event active. The Persona 5 Royal crossover is limited-time content, so the window matters. Navigate to the event menu from the main hub. The collaboration event should appear as a dedicated section, usually flagged with the Phantom Thieves' visual branding, which, if you know Persona 5's art direction by Shigenori Soejima, is immediately recognisable.

Step Two: Complete Event Missions

Then, work through the event-specific missions. These are typically structured as daily and one-time tasks: logging in during the event period, completing designated story or combat stages, and collecting event currency. The Persona 5 tracks are tied to milestone rewards within this currency exchange or mission completion ladder. You're not grinding endlessly. The design seems intent on making the music accessible to players who engage with the event seriously over its run, not just those who log in once.

Step Three: Claim and Apply the Tracks

Finally, once you've hit the required thresholds, go to your in-game music or jukebox settings, depending on how NTE categorises its audio customisation. The unlocked Persona 5 Royal tracks will appear there as selectable BGM options for specific game areas or menus. From my experience with similar systems in games like Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail, HoYoverse tends to put these customisation features in a profile or settings submenu that's easy to overlook on the first pass. Check thoroughly before assuming something didn't unlock.

Why This Crossover Actually Makes Sense for JRPG Fans

Know that feeling when two things you like collide in a way that feels genuinely considered rather than algorithmically assembled? That's roughly what's happening here. Persona 5 Royal's player base skews toward players who care deeply about narrative, aesthetics, and music as inseparable parts of the RPG experience. NTE is pitching itself at a similar audience, players who engage with world-building and character-driven content rather than pure mechanical optimisation.

Here's where it gets interesting. Shoji Meguro's compositions aren't background noise. Tracks like "Rivers in the Desert" or "Beneath the Mask" carry specific emotional associations for anyone who spent time in Persona 5's Tokyo, navigating the Metaverse or sitting in Leblanc café. Dropping those tracks into NTE's world creates a kind of memory transfer, an instant affective shortcut for players who know the source material. It's clever brand integration, even if it's also genuinely enjoyable.

While we're at it, if you're learning Japanese and you want a practical angle here, Persona 5 is legitimately useful listening material. The game is set in a stylised version of 渋谷 (Shibuya, Shibuya district), 新宿 (Shinjuku, Shinjuku district), and other real Tokyo neighbourhoods, and characters use natural, contemporary Japanese. The slang, the 敬語 (keigo, polite speech / honorific language) (polite speech registers), the casual speech patterns between Ryuji and Joker, it's all there in the Japanese audio track. Playing Persona 5 Royal with Japanese voices and English subtitles is one of the more enjoyable ways to build passive listening comprehension, especially for learners at an intermediate level who already know some basic 文法 (bunpo, grammar) (grammar).

What I especially like about this collaboration is that it treats music as the actual connective tissue rather than just slapping a Phantom Thieves costume on an existing character. The tracks are the content. That's a more honest form of crossover than most live-service games manage. Convinced yet?

Limited-Time Status and What That Means for You

Plot twist: if you're reading this after the event window has closed, the tracks may not be retrievable through normal means. Collaboration content in HoYoverse titles has historically not returned to the standard shop after its initial event run. That's not a special policy limited to NTE; it's consistent across Genshin Impact's third-party collaborations as well, and it's worth knowing before you assume you can circle back to this later.

Here's the catch: the best move is to engage with the event during its active period, even if you're not deep into NTE's main content yet. The music unlock doesn't require you to be at a high account level, so new players can participate without being locked out by a progression wall. Check the official NTE event page and the NTE subreddit for exact end dates, since event schedules shift and community tracking tends to be more reliable than in-game countdowns for players in different time zones.

Sounds good, right? Go check what's still active before the window closes.

Sources

1. Sportskeeda: How to Get Persona 5 Tracks in NTE
2. Reddit: r/NevernestoEverness community

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