Gaming How-To

Aniimo: How to Open the Glimmer Shop and What It Sells

Reach the Glimmer Shop through the in-game menu and see every item it stocks, from Aniipod Ultra to Sparkling Crystal.

Reach the Glimmer Shop through the in-game menu and see every item it stocks, from Aniipod Ultra to Sparkling Crystal.

Image: Pawprint Studio

The Glimmer Shop in Aniimo is not a stall you walk up to in the world. It lives inside the game menu, tucked under the main Shop, so there is no NPC to track down and no map marker to chase. Once you know the path, it takes four clicks to reach.

Quick answer: Press Esc (or F9), click Shop, open the Item tab at the bottom, then select the Glimmer tab on the left to see everything you can buy with Glimmer.


Open the Glimmer Shop from the game menu

While playing, press Esc to bring up the main menu. The F9 key opens the same screen if you prefer it.
Select Shop from the menu buttons. This opens the featured storefront, which lands on the Monthly Pass by default.
Click the Item tab along the bottom row of the Shop window. This switches the store to its item listings and reveals the currency sub-tabs down the left side.
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The Shop Item page shows a grid of purchasable items. Shown at 00:15 in StingKnight’s video. Image: Pawprint Studio
On the vertical navigation bar at the left, select the Glimmer tab (the second icon). The store now lists only items priced in Glimmer, and the currency tooltip explains what Glimmer is and how to earn it.
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The Glimmer shop displays its items beside the Glimmer currency tooltip. Shown at 00:14 in StingKnight’s video. Image: Pawprint Studio

You know you are in the right place when the item grid switches to Glimmer prices and the Glimmer tooltip appears, describing it as a glowing gem used to buy items from outpost vendors.


Every item in the Glimmer Shop and its price

The Glimmer tab stocks nine items. A few carry a weekly cap that resets each week.

ItemCost (Glimmer)Limit
Aniipod Ultra20010 per week
Sparkling Crystal x1015100 per week
Primegy x6050—
Morph Orb200—
Hair Saloon Card300—
Redesign Card300—
Name Charge Card300—
Capafruit1,000—
Psyche Fruit1,000—

The Aniipod Ultra guarantees a successful capture, and the Aniimo you catch with it lands at Elite Potential or higher. The Sparkling Crystal is the cheapest line at 15 Glimmer for a stack of ten; collecting 1,000 crystals lets you trade for one Sparkling Cube at the outpost vendor. Capafruit grants +1 Innate Potential to one of an Aniimo’s attributes, and Primegy refills the stamina you spend claiming rewards from Alpha fights and the Holo-Battle Simulator.


How to earn Glimmer to spend here

Glimmer is a rare gem found across the land of Idyll, and you build it up through normal play rather than buying it outright. The main sources are:

  • Completing Elite Training core courses as you push the main story
  • Hitting the daily point milestone in the Daily Activity menu
  • Defeating Alpha Aniimo for the first time, worth 50 Glimmer each
  • Raising your Aniilog level by capturing Aniimo and finishing their Research Goals, worth 100 Glimmer per level
  • Item Quests, Branch and Union Level rewards, the Holo-Battle Sim, the Companion Handbook, chests, and Burgess

If you plan to chase Perfect Potential Sparkling Aniimo, spending Glimmer on Sparkling Crystals every week is one of the most efficient uses of the currency, since each crystal costs so little.

With the path memorized, the Glimmer Shop is always two seconds away mid-session, and the weekly caps on the Aniipod Ultra and Sparkling Crystal are the two lines worth checking every reset.