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Catalog
From The Ark: NieR Automata Lore
Here is a catalog of all separate stories. It doesn't include things like A Long Story or Game Chapters Comments from Strategy Guide and some other materials.
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Name | Relative time | Type | Source | Synopsis |
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Project YoRHa | Recital Drama | NieR Music Concert: The Memories of Puppets | A story about prototype YoRHa androids and the creation of the YoRHa project. | |
YoRHa Stage Play | Novel | YoRHa Stage Play | A story about Pearl Harbor Descent Mission and A2 (Number 2). | |
Beasts of Slaughter | Recital Drama | NieR Music Concert: The Memories of Puppets | A story about A2, and her encounters with 2B and 9S taking place before the events of the game. | |
Memory Cage | Novel | World Guide | A story about one of 2B and 9S missions together. Takes place before Memory Thorn novel and before the game's events. | |
A Repeating Prayer | Recital Drama | NieR Music Concert: The Memories of Puppets | Several short stories about 2B and 9S taking place before the events of the game. | |
Memory Thorn | Novel | Strategy Guide | A story about one of 2B and 9S missions together. Takes place after Memory Cage novel and before the game's events. | |
Orbital Bunker Observation Diary | Novel | World Guide | A story about life in the Bunker, taking place most likely shortly before the game events. | |
Small Flowers | Most likely before Route C | Novel | Strategy Guide | A story about one machine lifeform and a flower. Takes place before the game's events. |
A Much Too Silent Sea | Most likely before Route C | Novel | Strategy Guide | A story about YoRHa android 10H on an underwater facility. Takes place before Route C. |
Game's Prologue | ||||
Recollections of the Puppets | After Simone fight | Collaboration | SINoALICE: Recollections of the Puppets | A story is about 2B and Beauvoir (Simone) happening not long after her boss fight. |
Lies (2B/Pascal) | Recital Drama | NieR Music Concert: The Memories of Puppets |
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Ending A/B | ||||
Strategy Guide/Ciphered Story 1 | Before Route C starts | Short Story | Strategy Guide | A short story about 9S taking place after Ending A/B. |
Precious Things | Recital Drama | NieR Music Concert: The Memories of Puppets | Several short stories about 2B and 9S with some taking place before the game and some during it (mostly in the end of Route C). | |
Ending D | ||||
Ending E | ||||
Strategy Guide/Ciphered Story 2 | Short Story | Strategy Guide | A short story about Pods going fishing after Ending E. | |
Farewell | Recital Drama | NieR Music Concert: The Memories of Puppets | Epilogue after the Ending E. |