NIKKE MARIA-n Event is live following the October 29, 2026 update, bringing a fully voiced anniversary story, a new event map, Lost Relics, Challenge Stages and an SSR Selection Box. It runs until November 19 at 04:59 KST. If you’re playing for the free SSR, complete the event’s required story and Challenge Missions before November 18 at 7:59 PM GMT in the UK.
The 4th Anniversary Nikke Selection Box is the main character reward. It lets you choose one of Rapunzel: Sanctuary, Chime, Rapunzel: Pure Grace or Snow White: Innocent Days. Story I and Challenge Stages are playable now, while Story II opens on November 5 KST. The free SSR Selection Box remains tied to completing the required story and challenge tasks.
NIKKE MARIA-n Event start date and UK time
The NIKKE MARIA-n Event launched on October 29, 2026, after the anniversary maintenance. Story I, the event map, Challenge Stages and the Fading Affection minigame are available now. The story continues when Story II unlocks on November 5 KST.
MARIA-n and its Event Shop close on November 19 at 04:59 KST, which is November 18 at 7:59 PM GMT. Story I unlocks after maintenance; Story II opens November 5 at 05:00 KST, or November 4 at 8 PM GMT. The Challenge Stage is available during the event.
How to play the NIKKE MARIA-n Event
Open the NIKKE MARIA-n Event from the Lobby’s anniversary activities. Work through the unlocked Story I stages, check the event missions and visit the Event Shop. Return on November 5 for Story II. The selection-box requirement involves story progress and Challenge Missions, so clearing only the opening stages won’t finish it.
Don’t skip exploration. The publisher says the MARIA-n event map contains Gems, development materials and Lost Relics. Look around the accessible map areas and revisit after new content unlocks. The first ten map pickups have already been documented for the opening event map, including 100 Gems and nine music tracks. Check the map again when Story II opens on November 5 for the next stage of the event.
NIKKE MARIA-n Event Selection Box and challenge rewards
To earn the NIKKE MARIA-n Event Selection Box, clear the event story stages and complete the required Challenge Missions. When you claim the box, choose one of Rapunzel: Sanctuary, Chime, Rapunzel: Pure Grace or Snow White: Innocent Days. It isn’t a pack that awards all four. Our selection-box guide compares the units before you make your choice.
Want all four free Rapunzel: Sanctuary copies? One comes from the anniversary login, and up to three more can be selected from the anniversary boxes. Make Sanctuary your choice when you open the MARIA-n box, but remember that the TO THE ENDPOINT login track is a separate reward route. Read the four-copy checklist before spending any of the boxes.
NIKKE MARIA-n Event shop, tickets and materials
The NIKKE MARIA-n Event includes Advanced Recruit Vouchers and development materials from Story I and Story II. Challenge Stages also award growth resources. The Event Shop stays open until November 19 at 04:59 KST, so spend your earned event currency before it closes. Check the live Event Shop for each item’s currency price and purchase limit before spending your farmed currency.
Story stages provide Advanced Recruit Vouchers and development materials, while Challenge Stages give additional growth resources. Spend event currency on the items you need before the shop closes, and revisit previously explored map areas as new stages open.
Fading Affection and MARIA-n story content
Fading Affection is playable now alongside MARIA-n. It is a choice-driven text adventure: select a route, choose an area and follow branching decisions to collect memories and endings. Maria’s Record is the opening route and has 15 documented outcomes: twelve Death Endings, a 504 Error Ending, a True Ending and a Hidden Ending. A separate memory collection has 19 entries, and gathering memories unlocks additional dialogue choices and the route to the lake.
Fading Affection can be replayed without an attempt limit. Its choices affect HP, food and corrosion; a wrong choice can lead to a Death Ending, while memories earned in earlier runs open new decisions. Use the back function to revisit a decision and the Memories menu to see what you have collected. The minigame shares MARIA-n’s November 18, 7:59 PM GMT UK deadline.
You can also unlock the older ARK GUARDIAN event in Archives with Memory Films earned through MARIA-n. The route is Lobby → Outpost → Command Center → Recollection → Archives. New main-story Chapters 49 and 50 are separate content, available after Chapter 48.
NIKKE MARIA-n Event daily checklist and deadline
For the NIKKE MARIA-n Event, complete Story I, explore the map for Lost Relics, play Fading Affection to start collecting memories and endings, and clear the available Challenge Missions. Return for Story II on November 5 KST and claim your Selection Box after completing its required missions. Before the November 19 cutoff, spend the remaining event currency in the shop.
The NIKKE MARIA-n Event also sits alongside the separate 14-day TO THE ENDPOINT login track and banner free pulls. Marian: Queen’s featured recruitment begins with the October 29 update, while Scarlet: Goddeath starts November 5. Neither of those gacha banners is the same thing as the guaranteed event Selection Box.
You don’t need Marian: Queen or Scarlet: Goddeath to take part in the anniversary story. If you mainly want free SSRs, collect Rapunzel: Sanctuary from the login event, then complete MARIA-n and the 14-day TO THE ENDPOINT attendance track. Both give selection rewards independently of the featured recruitment banners.
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Official publisher source: Level Infinite’s NIKKE fourth-anniversary announcement.
