Updated: November 6, 2022
In order to get a glimpse of the overall Yokoverse, you need to step outside the boundaries of the individual games and take a look at all the surrounding supplemental material that is available. This may be a relatively difficult task, but hopefully this list will help folks to find everything they need.
Suggested Reading Prior to Playing NieR:Automata
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Lord of Vermilion: Kaine [LOV3 v3.1 | LOV3 VR | LOV3 Re:3]
Grimoire NIER: The Lost World [Ref]
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NieR Drama CD: Disc 2, Track 03: “The Space Wars”
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Lord of Vermilion: Emil [LOV3 v3.1]
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The Fire of Prometheus
–DOD 10th Anniversary Box -World Inside-
–Short Story Long
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YoRHa Stage Play
11942
YoRHa Boys Stage Play
Manga
- Drakengard 1 – Judgement
- Utahime Five
- Shi ni Itaru Aka –> Story concludes with the DOD1.3 novella.
- Thou Shalt Not Die / Kimi Shi ni Tamou Koto Nakare
- It has yet to be proven whether or not this manga occurs during the overall DOD/NieR timeline; however, there is compelling information that would allow for a direct connection. Read more about this here.
- This manga series will be concluding by the end of summer, so hopefully we will get a decent conclusion that will give use definitive evidence of a connection to the overall Yokoverse.
Novellas
- Grimoire NieR
These titles are allusions to other works of literature or art. Please note the references listed below. - DOD 10th Anniversary Box -World Inside-
- DOD1: The Song of a 14 Year Old
- DOD2: The Garden of Light
- NieR: The Fire of Prometheus
- DOD3 Complete Guide – DOD1.3
- The Crimson Dragon
- [FT] Fire Sanctuary (WIP)
- Battle with the Empire
- The World Two Years Later
- The Truly Diseased
- Little Sister
- The Land of Dragons
- A Ending
- The Crimson Dragon
- DOD Novel Prelude – Novella Collection [OR]
10th Anniversary Box / Drakengard 3 SE- Zero: A Rain to End and a Flower to Begin
- Five: My Favorite Things
- Four: Family Portrait
- Three: My Dear, Sweet Little Doll
- Two: Today’s Meal
- Dito: This Ugly World *
- Decadus: Everything Is for You *
- Octa: “The Joy Of…” *
- Cent: The Jewel within My Palm *
- Mikhail: Our Mistake
- One: Visitors
- Michael: The Gone-Away
- Accord: Weapon Tales
- One: Mirror, Mirror
* These were extra chapters printed in the English version of the novel, released as a bonus item in the Special Edition box. They were originally only available on the official Japanese and English Websites. There is no physical release of these chapters in Japan.
- NieR Music Concert & Talk Live 2016
- His Music
- Dreams of Rebooting
- NieR:Automata World Guide
- Orbital Base Station “Bunker” – Observation Diary
- Memory Cage
- NieR:Automata Strategy Guide
- Little Flowers
- A Much Too Silent Sea / The Great Sea of Tranquillity
- Memory Thorn
- Short Story Long / A Short Story Novel
- YoRHa Ver.1.05
- Emil’s Recollections
- YoRHa Boys Novel
- 1994X, Treasure Hunting Trip
- NieR:Automata Orchestra Concert Pamphlet
- Futari
- Grimoire NieR: Revised Edition
- The Lost World (Appendex ver. 1.22474487139…)
Novels
- DOD Story Side
- DOD2 Story Side
- DOD3 Story Side –> Branch E: Direct connection to DOD1
- NieR:Automata – Long Story Short / A Long Story
- NieR:Automata – Short Story Long / A Short Story
- NieR:Automata – YoRHa Boys
Stage Plays & Musicals
- YoRHa Ver.1.0 – October 2014
- DVD Released in February 2015
- YoRHa Ver.1.1 – May 2015
- No DVD was ever released of this version.
- YoRHa Ver.1.2 – February 2018
- YoRha Ver.1.3a – July 2019
- YoRHa Boys Ver.1.0 – February 2018
- Kimi Shi ni Tamou Koto Nakare / Thou Shalt Not Die – Zero – December 2016
- Kimi Shi ni Tamou Koto Nakare / Thou Shalt Not Die – Zero_KAI – December 2018
- YoRHa Ver.1.3aa – March 2020
- YoRHa Girls Ver.1.1a – December 3-6, 2020
Recitation Dramas
- NieR Music Concert: Memory of Puppets
- Repeated Prayers
- Project YoRHa
- Beasts of Slaughter
- Precious Things
- Farewell
- Lies
- NieR:Orchestra Concert 12018
- Futari
- NieR:Theatrical Concert 12020
- Memories: 9S
- Siblings
- Happy Dinning Table
NieR Drama CD
- Disc 1 [FT]
- Track 01-19 – by spffn
- Disc 2 [FT]
- Track 01-02 – by spffn
- Track 03: “The Space Wars”
- Track 04: “Final Curfew Call”
- Track 05: “The Classroom”
- Track 06: “The Student Teacher”
- Track 07: “Greeting by the Head Teacher”
- Track 08: “The Cheerleading Squad”
- Track 09: “Lunch Break”
- Track 10: “The Lavatory”
- Track 11: “The Baton Relay”
- Track 12: “Good Work Today?”
- Track 13: “The Folk Dance”
Lord of Vermilion: Character Cards
- All Related Cards
- Kaine
- LOV3 v3.1
- LOV3 VR
- LOV3 Re:3
- Emil
- LOV3 v3.1
- Caim
- LOV v1.1
- Re:2 SR
- Angelus
- LOV v1.1
- Re:2 SR
- Leonard
- LOV v1.1
- Re:2 SR
- Arioch
- LOV v1.1
- Re:2 SR
- Zero
- LOV3 v3.1 ST
- Mikhail
- LOV3 v3.1