Quick answer: Clear full 50-wave Summer Hunt runs and Sky Portals in a full party, and finish the event quests, worth up to 11,000 Summer Pearls each. Then add Bingo lines and the Summer Merchant’s gem trade.
Summer Pearls are the currency of the Summer 2026 event in Anime Adventures, the Roblox anime tower defense game. They arrived with Update 21, “Summer 2026 + Return”, which went live on 7 Nov 2026 UTC. Pearls pay for the event banner, the evolution items for the new summer units, Sunny Stars and Star Remnants. Every pearl source sits in the Anime Adventures lobby, either in a game mode or with a character on the ship.
Summer Hunt waves: Summer Pearls per wave
The Summer Hunt pays by the wave, and the rate climbs the deeper you go. The first three waves pay nothing. Waves 4 through 10 pay 5 pearls each, and every wave from 11 to 50 pays 10.
| Waves | Summer Pearls per wave | Total for the range |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4–10 | 5 | 35 |
| 11–50 | 10 | 400 |
Waves alone award 435 Summer Pearls for a full run, before bonuses. Leaving early forfeits most of them: waves 11 through 50 provide 400 pearls. Finish the entire 50-wave run for additional rewards and a chance to find a Secret portal.
Several things push the payout higher:
- Party Bonus: each extra player adds +5% Summer Pearls, up to +25%. Parties hold up to 6 players, so a full party gets the maximum. The bonus applies in the Summer Hunt and in Sky Portals.
- Cards: “Every few waves, choose a card to modify the game! Pick buffs to help out your team, or pick challenges to increase your rewards!” Challenge cards raise the Summer Pearl payout.
- Skins and units: the new skins and units boost damage and drop rates.
- Summer Charms: these boost damage, rewards and Secret drop chances.
The Summer Hunt switches to a new map and a new weather every hour. That rotation drives two other pearl sources, Summer Bingo and the Weather Report quest. Returning each hour to catch a fresh map or weather fills both faster.
Summer event quests: Summer Pearls and Gems
The event quests are the biggest pile of pearls. Each one pays out once, and together they are worth 70,000 Summer Pearls. They also pay Gems, which you can spend at the Summer Merchant.
| Quest | Task | Summer Pearls | Gems |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer! | Free rewards | 1,000 | 50 |
| Summer Training | Kill 10000 enemies (any mode) | 2,500 | 300 |
| Summer Training II | Kill 30000 enemies (any mode) | 5,000 | 600 |
| The Explosion Mage | Defeat Explosion Mage (Summer Hunt Wave 50) | 4,500 | 500 |
| Sky Island | Clear a Sky Portal (any tier, any host) | 1,500 | 250 |
| Sky Island II | Clear 10 Sky Portals | 4,000 | 800 |
| Sky Island III | Clear 30 Sky Portals | 8,500 | 1,750 |
| Sea of Clouds | Clear your own Tier 9 or higher Sky Portal (as host) | 8,000 | 1,200 |
| Above the Clouds | Clear 5 Tier 10 or higher Sky Portals | 3,500 | 950 |
| Heaven’s Gate | Clear a Tier 12 Sky Portal | 11,000 | 2,000 |
| Sky God | Clear your own Sky God’s Portal (as host) | 10,500 | 1,600 |
| Weather Report | Win the Summer Hunt in all 9 weathers | 5,000 | 1,000 + 50 Star Remnant (Limited) |
| Party Reunion | Summon or find Water Goddess, Armored Crusader and Explosion Mage | 5,000 | 25 Star Remnant (Limited), a title, an emote |
Most of these quests overlap with play you are already doing. The two kill quests count enemies from any mode, so they fill in the background. The Explosion Mage waits at wave 50 of the Summer Hunt, so a full run covers that quest and the wave pearls in one go. The six Sky Portal quests and the Sky God quest stack as you clear more portals and higher tiers. Sea of Clouds and Sky God only count when the portal is your own and you are the host.
The last two quests come from characters on the ship. The Weather Girl gives Weather Report. It requires a Summer Hunt win in Rainy, Windy, Blizzard, Inferno, Sandstorm, Magical, Flooded, Stormy and Starfall weather. The Water Goddess gives Party Reunion. Bring her Water Goddess, Armored Crusader and Explosion Mage, then talk to her again to finish it.
Weather Report only counts Summer Hunt wins. The quest says it plainly, “Sky Portals don’t count!”
Summer Bingo: 2,000 Summer Pearls per line
C.E.O. (Summer) runs Summer Bingo on the ship. Your first Summer Hunt win on each map marks that map off your card. Each completed row, column or diagonal is a Bingo and pays 2,000 Summer Pearls plus 10 Star Remnants (Limited). Filling the whole board unlocks an exclusive title.
Only first wins on a map count toward the card, so a repeat win on the same map adds nothing to Bingo. Because the map changes every hour, play a new map each time the rotation brings one around. A full 50-wave clear on a new map pays the wave pearls and marks a Bingo square in the same run.
Sky Portals: clears and sell values
Sky Portals pay Summer Pearls in two ways. Clearing one pays pearls, gets the Party Bonus, and counts toward the six Sky Portal quests above. Selling a portal you don’t plan to run also pays pearls, and higher tiers sell for more.
| Sky Portal tier | Sells for (Summer Pearls) |
|---|---|
| Tier 3 | 150 |
| Tier 4 | 175 |
| Tier 5 | 200 |
| Tier 6 | 225 |
| Tier 7 | 250 |
| Tier 8 | 300 |
| Tier 9 | 350 |
| Tier 10 | 400 |
| Tier 11 | 450 |
| Tier 12 | 500 |
Think before you sell a high tier. A Tier 12 sells for 500 pearls, but clearing one completes Heaven’s Gate for 11,000 pearls. Tier 9 and up count for Sea of Clouds if you host. Tier 10 and up count for Above the Clouds. Sell the low tiers you won’t run, and keep enough high tiers to finish those quests.
Summer Merchant: Trade Gems for Summer Pearls
Talk to Bulby (Summer) on the ship and pick “[Summer Merchant]”. The Summer Merchant swaps Gems for pearls. The update log says, “Trade gems for Summer Pearls at the Summer Merchant! Up to 5,000 Summer Pearls a day!” The trade item is called “500 Summer Pearls”, and its description says, “+Grants 500 Summer Pearls instantly! Exchange up to 60,000 Summer Pearls during the event.”
That works out to 500 pearls per trade, a daily cap of 5,000, and an event cap of 60,000. Daily trades are the steadiest income here, and Gems from the event quests can fund them.
The same merchant sells the event shop items for Summer Pearls:
| Item | Evolves | Price (Summer Pearls) |
|---|---|---|
| Sunny Star | — | 150 each |
| Raijin Drums | Sky God | 5,000 |
| Phoenix Belt | Phoenix | 5,000 |
| Staff of Explosions | Explosion Mage | 5,000 |
| Captain’s Hat | Fishi | 5,000 |
| Crusader Sword | Armored Crusader | 5,000 |
| Lotus Scepter | Water Goddess | 5,000 |
Sunny Stars come with x10 and x100 buy buttons, and the merchant also sells Star Remnants for pearls. Summons on the Summer 2026 Event banner cost 150 Summer Pearls each. Set aside 5,000 for each evolution item you want before you spend the rest on summons.
