Aniimo opened worldwide on September 16, 2026, and Pawprint Studio filled the first season with free in-game events: spawn-rate boosts, dress-up contests, catching tasks, and a pair of always-open reward tracks. None of it is a paid pull banner. The creatures are caught in the open world, so every window here is either a login track or an activity you complete for rewards.
Quick answer: Launch season lasts from September 16 – October 28; story, crossover, and platform events stay available through December 9. The schedule uses UTC, with NA four hours ahead and Asia eight hours behind.
Always-open events (no deadline)
At the upper edge of the Events screen, two tabs remain available without a closing date. Account rank controls access instead of the calendar, so players who start late can still claim everything.
- Prismana Promise (Prismana Pact) — choose one free Prismana Aniimo from a list of 14. The choice locks only when you claim it, which requires reaching Wayfarer Tier I.
- Set Out, Pathfinder! — seven daily check-ins claimable within 30 days of your first login. The days do not need to be consecutive.
The day-7 reward on Set Out, Pathfinder! is a Sparkling Cube, and an Aniimo caught with a Sparkling Cube has guaranteed Perfect Potential, so it is the one to plan around.
Season 1 pass and check-in tracks
Season 1, “Departure with the Wind,” carries the Battle Pass and two cumulative login tracks. The Journey Handbook counts total login days across the season and pays cosmetics at 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 days. Journey Moments is a second track that opens later and pays mostly Sparkling Crystal.
| Track | Window |
|---|---|
| Season 1: Departure with the Wind (Part I) | Sep 16 – Oct 28 |
| Season 1: Departure with the Wind (Part II) | Oct 29 – Dec 9 |
| Battle Pass | Aug 24 – Oct 28 |
| Journey Handbook | Sep 16 – Oct 28 |
| Journey Moments | Oct 1 – Oct 28 |
Rotating mini-events
Three short formats repeat through the season, each cycle on its own window. Who’s That Aniimo? asks you to study a silhouette and photograph the matching creature; the sooner you guess it, the larger the reward. The Idyll Ecological Investigation publishes a new target list each morning during launch week, then runs two week-long cycles. Glamour Star is a themed dress-up contest scored on your Aniimo’s look.
| Event | Windows |
|---|---|
| Who’s That Aniimo? | Sep 16–24, Oct 2–8, Oct 16–22, Oct 30 – Nov 5 |
| Idyll Ecological Investigation | Sep 16–20, Oct 2–8, Oct 16–22 |
| Glamour Star | Sep 25 – Oct 1, Oct 9–15, Oct 23–29 |
During launch week, the Idyll Ecological Investigation daily entries (called Idyll Ecology Field Notes) refresh each morning around 04:00 UTC. Each target scores on its first completed investigation, and Aniimo you do not yet own are worth double.
Story, discovery, and crossover events
The season’s story arc, “Departure with the Wind,” runs in chapters through the Legendary Journey, while separate discovery and crossover events add their own longer windows. Operation: Egg Heist is a level 50 activity on the Lost Isles where you search for rare eggs and escape with them. Boundless Twining rewards logging in on both mobile and PC or console with the same account.
| Event | Window |
|---|---|
| Legendary Journey: Trail of Butterfly Shadows | Sep 16–25 |
| Legendary Journey: Walking with Irisalis & Gift of Blessing | Sep 25 – Dec 9 |
| Tracing the Trail: The Shadow of Legend | Sep 20 – Dec 9 |
| Aniimo Discovery: Dazmand | Sep 25 – Oct 8 |
| Operation: Egg Heist | From Sep 19, no end date |
| Boundless Twining | From Sep 23, no end date |
| SPARKELF x Aniimo, Meet Your Fire Companion | Sep 16 – Dec 9 |
The separate Aniimo Together squad campaign runs from September 12–27 and provides extra rewards for teaming up with friends. Register your group on the official Aniimo Together page, then claim daily rewards determined by your team’s current member count.
Vein Abundance weekly spawn boosts
Vein Abundance raises the Prismana spawn chance in one featured region each week. It is a free encounter boost, not a paid banner. The opening week centers on the Forest of Falling Stars, a Breezy Plains area for levels 20 to 25, before rotating through the rest of the map.
| Region | Window | Featured Prismana |
|---|---|---|
| Forest of Falling Stars | Sep 18–20 | — |
| Beast Fang Ridge | Sep 21–27 | Prismana Glynsera |
| Rosetower Woods | Sep 28 – Oct 4 | Prismana Melloblum |
| Berylline Causeway | Oct 5–11 | Prismana Waleetle |
| Nimbus Fields | Oct 12–18 | Prismana Inferlupa |
| Prismana Carnival | Oct 19–25 | — |
Hatch Haste weekends (Eggceleration)
Every Friday through Sunday, egg-hatching time is halved across all Hatchinators (Outpost, Homeland, and Astra). Hold your Legendary Grade Eggs and Mystery Egg Boxes for one of these windows to clear them faster.
- Sep 18–20
- Sep 25–27
- Oct 2–4
- Oct 9–11
- Oct 16–18
- Oct 23–25
How to confirm an event is live
Open the in-game Events screen. Any active event appears there with a running countdown to its close, and claim tracks show which check-in days you have already collected. If an event you expect is not listed, it either has not opened for your server yet or its window has passed. Rewards from claim tracks land in your in-game mailbox once you tap to collect them.
Windows extending past October 28 (the story chapters, the SPARKELF crossover, Operation: Egg Heist, and Boundless Twining) carry into December, while Season 2 begins October 29 with a new region. Season 1 windows will keep updating as each rotation cycles in and out.
