NTE Minigames Roundup: Rhythm Drum, Scratch Cards, Claw Machine, PropHunt, Selfie, Mahjong

Beyond systems that already have a dedicated page — Fishing, Racing, or Pink Paws Heist — Neverness to Everness's City Tycoon scatters a handful of smaller minigames across the map, each running its own mechanic and its own reward loop. This page rounds up the remaining 6: Rhythm Drum, Scratch Card, the Claw Machine, PropHunt, Selfie mode, and Mahjong.

• Rhythm Drum (Wiku): a note-tapping minigame set to music — exactly 5 songs in the source data.
• Scratch Card: buy a ticket with Fons, scratch off icons for a prize — 54 counted prize slots.
• Claw Machine (DSD): a plush-toy claw machine with a fixed grab rate.
• PropHunt: one side disguises as objects to hide, the other side hunts.
• Selfie: a photo mode with its own filters, frames, and stickers.
• Mahjong: a mahjong table with its own cosmetic shop — the full ruleset isn't verified enough yet for GameVika to cover in depth.

They're all side content, not progression gates — anyone racing to power up their characters can skip all 6, while anyone who enjoys extra grinding for variety gets a fair amount of content to dip into whenever there's downtime.

The source data (DT_DrumSongDataTable, internal codename Wiku — a jukebox-style module with its own Playlist/Archive/Search tabs) confirms exactly 5 playable songs, no more:

Every song splits into the same 4 difficulty tiers, and the source data shows all 5 songs share one identical scoring/note-count ladder — none is harder than another on paper, they only differ in BPM and length:

The 9,999,999 threshold on Hardest is effectively an uncapped target — it reads as a performance chase (the better you play, the higher you climb) rather than a realistic score to hit exactly. Mayoiuta, the hidden song, is also the longest at 138 seconds and still runs on the exact same 4 tiers as the other 4.

NTE's scratch cards work exactly like a classic scratch-off lottery ticket. The source data (DT_ScratchCard + DT_ScratchCardAward) confirms 5 ticket tiers and exactly 54 prize slots split across them:

7+7+20+10+10 adds up to exactly 54 prize slots, and the source data flags 6 of them as BIG AWARD (bBigAward) — one each on cards 01/02/04/05, and two on card 03. The highest confirmed Fons value across all 5 tiers is 2,500,000 Fons (on cards 03/04/05), though the odds of hitting it are far lower than the 20,000-100,000 tiers. Every ticket tier caps purchases at 20 per day — same cap across all 5.

The claw machine sits inside the DSD toy shop — the source data (DT_ItemConfig) literally names the play currency the "DSD Gacha Ticket," and its Chinese source string translates to a capsule-toy redemption ticket for the DSD store. Every grab costs exactly 1 ticket (or a straight 5,000 Fons swap if you have none), and all 5 machine configurations in the data confirm a flat 50% grab success rate — no machine is easier than another.

Exactly 4 distinct plush prizes rotate across the 5 machines, all sharing the same Blue quality tier in the item database — no rarer SSR-equivalent prize exists in the current data. The Rider machine is the only one mixing 2 plush designs in the same bin; every other machine drops exactly 1 fixed design.

The role-allocation table (DT_PropHuntRoleAllocation) confirms a fixed match setup: 5 players disguise as objects (Props) against 1 Hunter. Worth noting: the data lists WinRate = 1.0 and DrawRate = 0.0 for the Prop side — meaning if even 1 hider survives to the timer's end, the Prop side wins outright, with no draw outcome possible.

The disguise table (DT_PropHuntDisguiseInfo) counts exactly 57 objects hiders can transform into, spread across 3 separate maps:

School has the richest disguise pool (28 of 57, nearly half the total) — which tracks, since it's also the map with the most furniture and prop variety of the three. The Hunter side also carries a dedicated buff (Buff_PickAndSeek_Catcher) built specifically for tracking, separate from any regular combat buff.

NTE's photo mode is far more than a plain camera toggle — the source data counts out a full decoration kit:

• 24 color filters (DT_SelfieFilterData).
• 26 photo frames (DT_SelfiePhotoFrame).
• 43 stickers (DT_SelfiePhotoSticker).
• 43 scenery backdrops (DT_SelfieSceneryData).
• 6 light tones and 9 light directions, independently adjustable (DT_SelfieLightTone/LightDirection).
• 26 character poses (DT_NewSelfieAnimationData).

One practical detail that's easy to miss: the limit table (DT_SelfieLimitData, 52 rows) locks the camera button outright during 20-plus character states — most notably climbing, swimming, driving, fishing, sleeping, and any dialogue or cutscene. Getting a clean photo means standing still in a normal state first — hitting the camera button mid-swim or mid-drive simply won't open it.

This is the one minigame out of the 6 that GameVika hasn't verified deeply enough to cover in full — said plainly so readers don't waste time looking for it. The source data only reveals the economy/cosmetic layer so far, with no complete scoring/tile ruleset table on par with DT_DrumSongDataTable or DT_ScratchCardAward for the other minigames.

What's confirmed: a dedicated shop called MahjongShop (DT_ShopDataTable/GoodsDataTable) sells exactly 11 cosmetic items, priced 30,000-100,000 Mahjong Coin — one of the 12 currencies per FACT-VÀNG that only ever spends inside a single minigame. The lineup includes table skins, tile-back skins, table effects, and notably a Riichi Stick item — a strong clue that NTE's mahjong table runs Japanese Riichi rules rather than traditional Chinese mahjong, though the full Riichi scoring table hasn't surfaced in the dump.

Since the scoring/tile ruleset has no complete first-party source yet, GameVika chose not to invent how the game is played — better incomplete than wrong. The cosmetic shop above is everything confirmed at the time of writing.

A few practical pointers pulled straight from the numbers above, not guesswork:

• Rhythm Drum shares one scoring ladder across all 5 songs — practice on whichever song sounds easiest to follow first, and the skill carries straight over to the other 4, including the hidden Mayoiuta.
• Scratch Card: the 2 BIG AWARD slots only exist on card 03 (50,000 Fons) — cost-for-odds, card 03 is worth weighing over cards 04/05 even at the same price.
• Claw Machine: the 50% grab rate is flat across every machine — no machine is "easier," so pick by which plush you actually want.
• PropHunt: the Prop side just needs to survive, not act — picking a disguise that blends into a cluster of matching objects makes it harder for the Hunter to spot.
• Selfie: stand still in a normal state before hitting the camera button — the 20-plus locked states are the most common reason the button doesn't respond.

To see where these 6 minigames sit in the bigger City Tycoon picture, go back to City Life; to check where Fons and Mahjong Coin fit among NTE's 16 currencies, see the Currency Guide; and if you want something with more competitive bite, NTE also has Tetris PvP and Pink Paws Heist — both already covered in full. Specific plushies/scratch tickets/items can be looked up on GameVika's Items page.