How do you unlock traversal abilities?

Twinning with your caught Aniimo is the mechanism that activates these skills.

Different Aniimo grant specific traversal skills, such as gliding, climbing, digging, sprinting, swimming, diving underwater, and flying. Bolty, for instance, possesses level two climbing, enabling it to scale walls and surfaces. Catching the creatures you encounter in the early game ensures you acquire these movement tools instead of backtracking empty-handed.

Base Movement and Tool Options

Player characters are already able to swim across bodies of water without creature assistance. For moving faster over ground in open areas, a hoverboard is available as a dedicated traversal tool.

Omega Aniimo cannot be captured, so any traversal capabilities you want to add to your roster must come from standard wild catches.