Reverse 1999 Of Mortals and Immortality is Hedone’s Version 3.9 character story, available from the 5 November 2026 update until 26 November at 09:59 GMT. After completing main story 1ST-16 Heaven Apostles, you can enter her event and play a special bow-and-arrow challenge, shooting enemies that advance towards your position. Rewards include Clear Drops and growth materials.
This isn’t an ordinary rate-up banner or a free Hedone unlock. It’s a limited-time side story with its own shooting challenge, and it closes weeks before the main Summer-Gold Sea event. Here’s the unlock requirement, basic objective and deadline, including what Bluepoch has confirmed and what the game itself will show when you enter.
How to unlock Reverse 1999 Of Mortals and Immortality
Complete 1ST-16 Heaven Apostles in the main story, then go to Version 3.9’s character-event area and choose Of Mortals and Immortality. The story was added on 5 November, so it is already available at the time of this guide. You don’t need to wait for the second-half Narcissus event.
The developer lists this as Hedone’s Character Story, not a requirement to summon her from The Reign of Flames Undying. Being able to play as Hedone inside an event scenario is not evidence that a permanent six-star copy joins your account. The featured summon banner has its own rules and currency.
How the bow challenge works in Reverse 1999 Of Mortals and Immortality
Bluepoch describes the activity as playing Hedone and using her bow and arrows to eliminate enemies that keep advancing. The key objective is to stop the approaching enemies by aiming at them and firing during the event’s shooting segments. The event’s own instructions will show its controls and stage-specific objectives when you start.
The release notice does not publish a controller button map, exact number of enemy waves, special projectile types or a universal high-score requirement. Those details shouldn’t be invented as if a full stage walkthrough had been tested. Follow the displayed aiming and firing prompts and complete the available story challenges to collect their listed rewards.
Reverse 1999 Of Mortals and Immortality schedule and reward deadline
The event ends at 04:59 (UTC-5) on 26 November 2026, equivalent to 09:59 GMT in the UK, 10:59 CET in Central Europe and 18:59 JST in Japan. You need to finish the time-limited content and collect its available rewards before the listed cutoff. The developer has not confirmed a separate grace period for claiming them.
The announced main rewards are Clear Drops and growth materials. There is no published promise of a free Hedone summon, a new outfit or an exclusive named bow Psychube from completing this character story. Check the rewards displayed beside each challenge before assuming an additional item will drop.
How is this different from Narcissus’s character story?
Hedone’s event is the bow challenge. Of All Ripples, the Quietest belongs to Narcissus and opens on 26 November at 10:00 GMT, continuing until 17 December. Bluepoch describes Narcissus’s story as planning routes for an expedition, so an arrow-shooting guide won’t help with its different objective.
The Rekindled: Games of the Summer-Gold Sea main story is another separate event. Its stages close on 14 December and use Confetti Strip for the shop. Completing that main event doesn’t change the earlier end date of Reverse 1999 Of Mortals and Immortality.
What should you do before Reverse 1999 Of Mortals and Immortality closes?
First finish Heaven Apostles, open Hedone’s character story, follow its on-screen bow controls and work through the available challenges. Claim the Clear Drops and growth materials as you go. If you intend to summon Hedone as well, remember her rate-up banner has the same 26 November phase-end date, but the two reward systems are not interchangeable.
The useful takeaway is that Reverse 1999 Of Mortals and Immortality is a timed story and shooting activity, not a free-character mission. Don’t leave its rewards until the version’s final 17 December deadline, because Hedone’s activity ends on 26 November.
Official source: Bluepoch’s Version 3.9 Hedone character-story announcement.
