How do you charge the bloom meter?

Each capture during a nurture session or an outbreak transfers energy into the bloom.

Starting a nurture session at a regional branch or bloom plant triggers a Wild Surge. This causes a group appearance where about 20 wild Aniimo gather in a circle around the bloom. Catching these targets simultaneously charges the regional bloom meter and the regional prismatic meter. Catching wild Aniimo across the region also contributes progress toward filling the regional prismatic energy bar.

The quality of items you offer during ecosystem nurturing no longer determines the quality of a wild surge. Higher quality offerings do not produce better surges, so standard items initiate the spawn just as effectively.

Finding and Starting Blooms

Bloom locations appear on the map marked by a flower or a dark blue tulip-shaped icon. You can highlight them using map filters or the deliver Lumin Embers button. Interacting with the bloom plant and choosing the option to attract Aniimo initiates the nurture spawn phase.

The species and forms that appear around the bloom depend on the time of day and active weather conditions.

Releasing the Energy

Releasing the stored energy into the zone requires catching all 20 Aniimo in the surge before time runs out, then interacting with the zone flower. The event duration was increased from 2 minutes to 3 minutes.

Landing a Lucky Strike when throwing an Aniipod adds bonus Prismatic Energy to the region. A Lucky Strike has a 0.6% chance to trigger on a catch.