Pre-registration and Rewards

0:53 You can pre-register for Ananta for free on the official site, anantagame.com, and on the App Store and Google Play, and wishlist it on Steam and the PlayStation Store, ahead of its worldwide launch on Jan 15, 2027. Every pre-registration counts toward community milestones that unlock in-game rewards. Arekkz Gaming, reporting on the campaign after the release date was announced, notes that the rewards run all the way up to 35 million pre-registrations, a mix of currencies and cosmetics with a car paint reward that confirms players can change how their vehicles look. The official site's counter passed 25 million between Oct 10 and Oct 15, 2026 and read 25,368,462 at 17:25 UTC on Oct 18: the 15, 20 and 25 million rewards are unlocked, and the next, 100 Jillion Vouchers at 30 million, is about 4.63 million pre-registrations away. NetEase has not explained how or when the rewards will be delivered, as of Oct 15, 2026. The game itself is described on Ananta.

Quick facts

How to pre-register for Ananta

On the official site. The pre-registration page is anantagame.com/preview, and the main site's "PRE-REGISTER" buttons open the same form. It asks which platform interests you (PC, console or mobile) and for an email address, with a box to agree to receive game news. The site then says "Pre-Registration Successful", and the confirmation email begins "Dear Captain: You have successfully pre-registered for ANANTA!" An address already on the list gets "You have already pre-registered; no need to pre-register again."

On iPhone and iPad. Use the App Store listing. Players in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau have their own listing, id6780335064, which the official site links for Traditional Chinese visitors.

On Android. Use the Google Play listing, whose developer is shown as "Exptional Global", the name NetEase also uses on Google Play for Where Winds Meet. Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau use com.heartcore.ananta.tw.

On PS5. The PlayStation Store page has an "Add to Wishlist" button and no price or pre-order button, since the game is free. PlayStation's own trailer upload invites players to "Pre-register & Wishlist now" at that address.

On Steam. Add the game to your wishlist on its store page (app 4814120). Steam has no separate pre-registration button for Ananta.

NetEase has not said whether Steam wishlists or PlayStation wishlists count toward the official site's "Number of Global Pre-Registrations", as of Oct 10, 2026. Which platform to choose is covered on Platforms, and where to get the game on launch day on How to Download.

Ananta pre-registration milestone rewards

The official site lists five pre-registration milestones and one for followers of Ananta's social media accounts. The status column is the site's counter at 17:25 UTC on Oct 18, 2026.

What the rewards are, from NetEase's own names for them:

• Golvent (Chinese 金约币) is an in-game currency. The site's sample dialogue has a character say "You owe me 500 Golvent. How would you like to pay?", but NetEase has not explained what it buys.
• Clothing Dye (服饰染色剂) recolors outfits; the lead producer told Inven in Sep 2025 that outfit dyes would be among the game's cosmetics, some free and some paid (Customization and Homes).
• Profile Card (个人空间名片, literally a "personal space name card") decorates the player's profile.
• Jillion Vouchers (万象券) are a second currency, also unexplained as of Oct 10, 2026.
• Character Outfit (角色服饰套装) is an outfit set for a character; NetEase has not said which character.
• Car Paint Selector (痛车涂装自选包) lets the player pick an itasha paint job, the anime-decorated car style that the producers say players can apply to their cars (Vehicles and Driving).

The Chinese version of the site labels the reward block "社媒里程碑" (social media milestones), while the English version calls it "Pre-Registration Milestones". None of the rewards is a character: every character in Ananta joins through play (How to Get Characters).

When do pre-registration rewards arrive?

NetEase has not said, as of Oct 15, 2026. The official site lists the milestones but does not explain whether the rewards go to every player at launch or only to people who pre-registered, nor whether a sign-up on one channel covers every platform. PC Gamer's guide expects every player to receive them, but that is the magazine's reading rather than a NetEase statement. Signing up costs nothing, so players who want to be safe can pre-register both on the official site and in their platform's store. The rewards cannot be claimed before the game launches on Jan 15, 2027 (Release Date and Time).

How the count has grown

1:44 Pre-registration first opened with the Project Mugen reveal in Aug 2023, and moved to the Ananta site with the Announce Trailer of Dec 5, 2024. That trailer's final half minute runs through a car on a city street, a basketball court, a darts board and a cat, and ends on a card reading "Pre-register now" with the address www.anantagame.com (Project Mugen, Trailers).

The count grew by almost 8 million in the 46 days after the release date announcement, about 170,000 a day, then slowed: it added about 166,000 in the five days to Oct 15, 2026, roughly 35,000 a day, and about 221,000 in the three and a half days to Oct 18, roughly 64,000 a day. At that later pace the 30 million milestone, about 4.63 million away, would arrive around the end of December 2026, shortly before the Jan 15, 2027 launch; at the slower one it would not arrive before launch. The App Store and Google Play pages opened for pre-registration around the time of that announcement, according to GuruGamer. The figure on the official site is live and changes daily; it is the number the site's own counter reads from NetEase's servers.

Is it free, and what does it cost later?

6:04 Pre-registering is free, and so is the game. IGN's hosts, after playing it at gamescom 2026, describe Ananta as free to play like HoYoverse's games but, crucially, not a gacha game: they understood NetEase would make its money from cosmetics, clothes players buy to show off. That matches the developers: no character gacha, paid outfits and skins, and home renovation and cars bought mostly with in-game currency. Steam's listing does declare "Chance based in-game purchases" without NetEase saying which items those are (Monetization).

Giveaways and official channels

NetEase also runs giveaways on social media. A "Launch Date Trailer Repost Giveaway" on X paid out digital Amazon gift cards, and the winners were posted on Sep 15, 2026. The official accounts are on X (@Ananta_EN, @Ananta_JP and @Ananta_KOR), Discord (discord.gg/ananta), Reddit (r/AnantaOfficial), Instagram (ananta.global) and Facebook; the Chinese label of the 7 million milestone counts followers of these official accounts. Sites at other addresses, such as anantagame.org, are not NetEase's and should not be given an email address.

Frequently asked questions

Is it free to pre-register for Ananta? Yes. Pre-registering for Ananta costs nothing on the official site, the App Store and Google Play, and the game itself is free to play when it launches on Jan 15, 2027.

How do I pre-register for Ananta on PS5? Add Ananta to your wishlist on its PlayStation Store page (concept 10009022); the store has no pre-order button because the game is free, and you can also sign up with your email on anantagame.com.

How many pre-registrations does Ananta have? Ananta passed 25 million pre-registrations in Oct 2026: the official site's counter read 25,368,462 at 17:25 UTC on Oct 18, 2026, up from the more than 17 million NetEase announced on Aug 25, 2026.

What are the Ananta pre-registration rewards? Ananta's milestones give 10K Golvent at 15 million pre-registrations, a Clothing Dye at 20 million, a Profile Card at 25 million, 100 Jillion Vouchers at 30 million and a Character Outfit at 35 million, plus a Car Paint Selector at 7 million social media followers.

When do Ananta pre-registration rewards arrive? NetEase has not said how or when Ananta's milestone rewards will be delivered as of Oct 15, 2026; they cannot arrive before the game launches on Jan 15, 2027.

Do I need to pre-register on mobile to get the rewards? NetEase has not said whether the channel matters for Ananta's rewards as of Oct 10, 2026, so the safe choice is to sign up on both the official site and your platform's store, which costs nothing.

What is Golvent in Ananta? Golvent is one of Ananta's in-game currencies (Chinese 金约币); 10K Golvent is the 15 million pre-registration reward, and NetEase has not yet explained what it buys.

Sources

• Ananta official site and pre-registration page, NetEase (form, milestones and rewards, read Oct 10, 2026; counter read Oct 10, Oct 15 and Oct 18, 2026)
• Launch Date Trailer Repost Giveaway winners, NetEase, Sep 15, 2026
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