THE AWAKENING

Shape the form your soul will inhabit.

New forms, effects, rings, auras, animations, and structures will be earned across hundreds and thousands of levels. Color customization is always fully unlocked.

LEVEL 1
CORE XP 0 / 20
STAGE 1
VITALITY 100 / 100
ESSENCE 0
ASCENSION LOCKED Defeat the Level 10 boss to escape the First Realm.
⟁ BOSS ENCOUNTER
Void Shard
100 / 100
30 / 30

Your soul attacks automatically. Defeat enemies to gain Essence and grow stronger.

THE HOLLOW BEYOND
NO ENEMIES — NO ESSENCE — ONLY DISTANCE

FIRST REALM — BOUNDARY REACHED

THE AWAKENING AWAITS

You have reached the boundary of the First Realm.

THE FIRST REALM HAS BEEN BROKEN
THE UNBOUND HAS AWAKENED

THE UNBOUND HAS AWAKENED

NAME YOUR AWAKENED ORB

0 / 16

YOUR ORB SHALL BE KNOWN AS:

CHOOSE YOUR AWAKENED ENERGY

Celestial Blue

AWAKENING COMPLETE

TRAVELER STATISTICS
GLOBAL LEADERBOARD
TOP 25 TRAVELERS BY LEVEL
ORB CUSTOMIZE
Core Exterior
Core Interior
Ring
Aura
Awakened Energy
PRESETS
✦ STELLAR ORBIT
Orbit Color
PRESETS
🔥 COSMIC FLAME
Flame Color
PRESETS
⬡ FIRMAMENT AEGIS
Shield Color
PRESETS
◎ SILENCE ORB
Orb Color
Inner Color
Glow Color
ORB COLOR PRESETS
INNER COLOR PRESETS
GLOW COLOR PRESETS
◆ OBSIDIAN REPRISAL
Diamond Color
Inner Color
Glow Color
DIAMOND COLOR PRESETS
INNER COLOR PRESETS
GLOW COLOR PRESETS
ASCENSION MATRIX
CORE FRACTURED

YOUR SOUL SHATTERED

The realm pushed you back.
You return to Stage 1.

BESTIARY RECHALLENGE
NEW UPDATE AVAILABLE
NEXT WORLD HAS BEEN UPDATED

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Your progress is safe.

REALM BESTIARY
BOSSES OF THE FIRST REALM
STAGE 100 — ASCENSION TRIAL
GATEBREAKER
BOSS LEVEL 1
REWARDS ON VICTORY
SOUL STORAGE
ACCOUNT & CLOUD SAVE
YOUR SOUL IS SAVED ONLY ON THIS DEVICE
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SOUL STORAGE
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SOUL STORAGE
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SOUL RECOVERY
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SOUL STORAGE
CLOUD SAVE CONNECTED
SECURITY
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TWO SOULS FOUND
CHOOSE YOUR SOUL
CLOUD SOUL
VS
DEVICE SOUL
CONNECTING…
SETTINGS
SOUND
MASTER SOUND Enable or disable all game audio. Audio begins after first interaction.
MUSIC VOLUME
30%
EFFECTS VOLUME
50%
ACCESSIBILITY
REDUCE MOTION Disables animated motion and pulsing effects. Enabled automatically when your device prefers reduced motion.
SCREEN SHAKE Brief canvas shake on player hits. Disabled automatically when Reduce Motion is on.
SOCIAL
ALLOW FRIEND REQUESTS Other players can send you friend requests. Existing friends are not affected if disabled.
SHOW ONLINE STATUS TO FRIENDS Friends can see when you are online. When disabled, you appear as offline.
FRIEND MESSAGE NOTIFICATIONS Show unread message indicators in the menu and friends list.
Create or log in to an account to enable social features.
PAST UPDATES
Every player-contributed update in Next World history.
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VERSION UPDATE
THE HELLISH LADY UPDATE
v0.8.6 — The Hellish Lady Update

Titles now carry power.

Equip unlocked titles and master them through combat. Normal enemies grant 1 Title XP, while every legitimate boss victory grants 10 Title XP and can be farmed through Bestiary challenges.

Title ranks and bonuses have no limits.

Suggested by Hellish Lady.

NEXT WORLD HAS EVOLVED
LONO VISUAL UPDATE
v0.8.1 — LoNo Visual Update

The battlefield is no longer still.

Player and enemy cores now drift toward one another in a subtle celestial dance. Combat takes place within a wider, more spacious arena, allowing rings, flames, shields, particles, and future cosmetics to expand beyond their previous limits.

The starfield now reacts to battle itself — moving, rotating, shifting direction, and accelerating as combat continues. The longer the confrontation lasts, the more unstable the surrounding universe becomes.

Expanded combat arena · Orb engagement movement · Attack surge animations · Intersecting rings and auras · Dynamic multidirectional starfield · Combat-duration acceleration · Rotation, depth, zoom and parallax · Responsive across mobile and desktop

The universe now moves with the battle.

VERSION UPDATE
THE WESTX UPDATE
v0.7.0-alpha.6

Pyrael, Heart of the White Flame now guards Stage 300. Defeat the Living Inferno to unlock the Cosmic Flame — a permanent flame that burns within your core. A new Stellar Orbit customization has also been added, and players who crossed Stage 300 before Pyrael's arrival will be offered a chance to claim their forgotten trial.

Suggested by WestX.

VERSION UPDATE
THE ATOMIC UPDATE
v0.7.0-alpha.7

The battlefield now carries weight.

Synthesized combat sounds respond to every strike, critical hit, defeat, level-up, and boss encounter — no external files needed. Looping procedural ambient music drifts in the background.

Floating damage numbers rise from each hit, healing values glow green, and critical strikes pulse gold. The canvas briefly shakes on hard impacts, with full Reduce Motion compatibility.

A new COMBAT GUIDE in the MENU explains healing, shields, and damage reduction. Settings now include Master Sound, Music Volume, Effects Volume, and Screen Shake toggles.

Suggested by Atomic1.

TITLE MASTERY
Equip a title to earn XP and level its rank through combat. Only the equipped title gains XP. Ranks unlock greater perks with no upper limit.
COMBAT GUIDE
HEALING
VITALITY REGENERATION
Your orb naturally recovers Vitality over time via the Rebirth Pulse upgrade. Each rank of Rebirth Pulse increases the amount restored per regeneration tick (every 5 seconds).
SOUL SIPHON — Lifesteal
Each strike restores Vitality equal to a percentage of damage dealt. Each rank of Soul Siphon adds 0.5% lifesteal. Maximum lifesteal is 20% at rank 40. Unlock in UPGRADES → DEFENSE.
SHIELDS
FIRMAMENT AEGIS
An active ability that creates a shield reducing incoming damage by up to 80% for a limited duration. Activated manually via the AEGIS button when unlocked. Unlock by defeating Astrael (Stage 200). Upgrade in UPGRADES → COSMIC.
DAMAGE REDUCTION
ETERNAL WARD
Passively reduces all incoming damage. Each rank of Eternal Ward reduces enemy damage by 2%, capped at 40% reduction at rank 20. Upgrade in UPGRADES → DEFENSE.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A FORGOTTEN TRIAL

A powerful soul lingers at Stage 300 — Pyrael, Heart of the White Flame. You passed this threshold before the Living Inferno arrived. The trial awaits.

Defeat Pyrael to claim the Cosmic Flame.

VERSION UPDATE
THE ADUB UPDATE
v0.7.0-alpha.5

Your soul can now follow you. Create an optional account to back up your progress to the cloud, sync across devices, and secure your orb name — so no other traveler can claim it as their own.

Suggested by Adub.

VERSION UPDATE
THE FLAME UPDATE
v0.7.0-alpha.4

Early growth now ignites faster. Core XP requirements increase logarithmically as your soul advances, creating a quicker beginning and a progressively longer journey at higher levels.

Suggested by Flame.

VERSION UPDATE
THE WARIO69 UPDATE
v0.7.0-alpha.3

Upgrade text is now easier to read, a new player statistics window has been added, leaderboard Stage tracking has been improved, and active combat now pauses when the game is left in the background.

Suggested by Wario69.

VERSION UPDATE
THE BLAVE UPDATE
v0.7.0-alpha.2

Orb rings now properly wrap around your planet, appearing both behind and in front of it for a more complete dimensional effect.

Suggested by Blave.

NEXT WORLD
v0.5.0-alpha.3
PUBLIC PRE-ALPHA LAUNCH

Thank you for being a pre-alpha tester.

To provide every traveler with a fair beginning, all progress from the development test has been reset.

Your journey begins again.

VERSION UPDATE
THE CHALLENGER UPDATE
v0.8.9 — The Challenger Update

The Bestiary now remembers every victory.

Successful boss rechallenges grant Core XP and Title XP equal to the boss's Stage. Each boss ascends through 1000 levels — growing stronger and developing a unique ability that reaches 90% power at maximum level.

Suggested by EastX, Block99, and Atomic1.

VERSION UPDATE
THE ZANTAR UPDATE
v0.8.8 — The Zantar Update

Death now fractures the silence.

When your soul falls, glass and stone shatter beneath a powerful cosmic echo.

Suggested by Zantar.

VERSION UPDATE
THE EASTX UPDATE
v0.8.7 — The EastX Update

Souls no longer have to journey alone.

Search for other players by public orb name, send friend requests, see when friends are online, and open private one-to-one chats.

Suggested by EastX.

FRIENDS
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SENT
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FRIENDS & CHAT
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CHEATS
PYRAEL (STAGE 300)
TITLE MASTERY
SOCIAL (v0.8.7)
AWAKENING
BOSS ASCENSION (v0.8.9)
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