HoYoVerse kicked off the Honkai: Nexus Anima Nexus Bond Test, the closed beta for its new game, and it also shared a new, animated trailer for the character known as Umpurrella. The release also included confirmation this test period will only run until September 23, 2025, but that it will include Supply Drops to ensure people can get a bit of a boost as they make their way through the game.
In the case of the Honkai: Nexus Anima Nexus Bond Test, the two Supply Drops are tied to progress in the closed beta and not time. This means if you’re playing through it more quickly, you don’t need to worry about hopping in at certain times to get items. The first drop arrives in someone’s inbox after they finish a quest called “Repair the Aspect Fracture.” Five Protean Pills will be given as a gift once you reach that milestone. The second one is tied to leveling up. If you hit level 30, you get 3000 Aspect Gems currency. Since progress doesn’t carry over to the eventual full game, all of these items will only be able to used during this brief period.
As for the Honkai: Nexus Anima Umpurrella trailer, it’s an animated short that highlights a young woman who keeps one of these cat-like characters as an Anima partner. While it is a creature that looks like an umbrella, with some folks even using it as one during storms, this particular one doesn’t like the rain. As a result, the young woman goes out of her way to avoid being outside when it rains and doesn’t use the Anima as one if they do end up caught in a storm. However, we soon see what Umpurrella is willing to do for her master.
Here’s “Watersong: A Sea of Flowers” showing off Umpurrella in Honkai: Nexus Anima.
Some of the latest Anima characters revealed included Bobabirb, Cublade, Foalhardy, and Scorscythe.
Honkai: Nexus Anima is in development for the PC and mobile devices, and the Bond Test closed beta ends on September 23, 2025.