Complete List of Materials to a Deeper Understanding of the Yokoverse

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

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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.
    • And Then There Were None [Ref]
    • The Stone Flower [Ref]
    • The Red and the Black [Ref]
    • A Little Princess [Ref]
    • The Magic Mountain [Ref]
    • Witches’ Sabbath [Ref]
    • The Little Mermaid [Ref]
    • Strait Is the Gate [Ref]
    • Around the World in 80 Days [Ref]
    • The Lost World [Ref]
  • 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
    • Battle with the Empire
    • The World Two Years Later
    • The Truly Diseased
    • Little Sister
    • The Land of Dragons
    • A Ending
  • 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
  • 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

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

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