Neon Abyss 2 Beginner Guide
Start by checking the evolution tree, your resource counters and the interaction prompt. Do not treat every floor-1 blockage as a missing upgrade.

If I were starting a profile today, I would spend the first runs on the evolution tree and on learning which resource a Smiley Merchant is charging. I would not hunt a secret door before the tree’s first nodes are open.
A first-session order
Weapon XP and the Hexjar are named in the 1.0 quality notes. Graphics and frame-rate options were also improved. Those are the settings I would open before a long run.
- Open the evolution tree and take the earliest nodes.
- Learn the Smiley Merchant payment swap before you spend a heart by accident.
- Pick up eggs when a crate breaks. Hatchmon scale some later rewards.
- Read the co-op page before you promise a couch session.
First-Run Decisions
These are low-risk checks based on documented systems.
- Read the evolution tree and the locked requirement before spending currency.
- At a Smiley Merchant, inspect the requested resource. Holding interaction spends coins to change the payment type randomly.
- Read your weapon affixes and compare direct upgrades with Tempering.
- Try unlocked weapons in the Bar Training Room before committing to a build.
- If a door will not open, clear active enemies and inspect the prompt. Record the room and build if the same transition repeatedly fails.
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Questions this page answers
I am stuck on floor 1. What now?
Distinguish uncleared enemies, a failed door transition, a locked requirement and a control problem. The 1.0 notes fix several transition/control locks; that does not prove your current blockage is an evolution-tree problem.
Is there a full walkthrough?
Not an official one. The systems pages cover co-op, Faith, Hatchmon, and bosses with the facts that are published.
Keep going
Sources
- Steam news 2235200 — Official patch and launch posts.
- Steam: Neon Abyss 2 — Store page, app 2235200, checked 2026-10-14.
- Veewo: Available Now in 1.0 — A: official 1.0 announcement; mechanics, sets and Wonder Blocks.
- Veewo: Glimmer Heist — A: official update; Cassie, Curios, Artifacts, Hexjars and Oddities. These are update descriptions, not a tested current drop table.
- Veewo: Weapon Reforge — A: official affix, Tempering, Blackdog Patch and Infinite Energy descriptions.