Honkai: Nexus Anima closed beta tests
Updated 2026-09-03.
- Nexus Bond Test (CBT1) · Global · PC only2025the game's first public closed test
- Evolution Test (CBT2) · Global · PC / iOS / AndroidJul 9 – 27, 2026data-wipe test; recruitment Jun 22 – Jul 3 (UTC+8); introduces Anima Evolution and rare Chromatic Anima
How to sign up for a CBT
No beta is accepting applications now. For the Evolution Test, access used a lottery rather than first-come entry: applicants used a HoYoverse account and completed a questionnaire. Selected testers were notified by HoYoverse via the website, email and SMS, and all progress was wiped when the test ended. Use the archived test guide to recognize the official flow.
What the betas tell us
The first public test — the 2025 Nexus Bond Test — was PC-only. The Evolution Test follows nearly a year of refinement and expands to PC, iOS and Android while adding new characters, regions, Anima and systems (including Anima Evolution and rare Chromatic Anima). That multi-platform jump is the strongest signal that Honkai: Nexus Anima is moving toward launch. For timing implications see the release date tracker. The next public milestone was an August Gamescom 2026 demo, not a third announced beta.
Sources
- Pocket Gamer — Gamescom 2026 demo hands-on
- Honkai: Nexus Anima Wiki — release/beta dates (Evolution Test July 9–27, 2026)
- DayOne — Evolution closed beta kicks off 9 July
- Pocket Gamer — Evolution Test (Chromatic Anima are lucky-day shiny-style finds)
- Inven Global — Evolution Test begins (Chroma Anima, Anima Synergy System, photos & naming)
- GamingonPhone — Evolution Test starts July 9, recruitment open
- Mobalytics — Honkai: Nexus Anima preview (gameplay explained)
- GameSpot — everything we know
- Sportskeeda — Evolution Test release date, how to apply, system requirements
- Icy Veins — closed beta hardware requirements
- Siliconera — Vulberry Anima and factions revealed
- Honkai: Nexus Anima official site