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What are the Aniimo potential grades?
An Aniimo's potential grade, also called its potential rating, quality grade, capture rating or Attribute Rank, is appraised on capture from each stat's Potential, determines its stat tier and ranges up to Perfect, so a higher-graded Aniimo has higher stats than a lower-graded one at the same level and personality, but the tiers are unsettled: they are most commonly given as the four tiers Common, Good, Elite and Perfect, with the lower names also appearing as Ordinary, Normal, Rare and Epic, and they are also given as three tiers, either Common, Rare and Perfect or Good, Excellent and Perfect.
Captured creatures do not display their rating immediately in the field. You must take your catches to the Research Outpost and report them to reveal their stats, type, and assigned tier. A higher grade grants larger attribute stat increases whenever the creature levels up, meaning a higher-ranked Aniimo will always have higher stats than a lower-ranked one of the same level and personality.
Targeting Elite and Perfect
Perfect represents the tier where serious min-maxing begins. While wild alpha creatures do not guarantee high potential, both starter Aniimo come with maximum potential for combat rating. You can also target the top tiers directly when hatching eggs, because using an Aniipod Ultra guarantees that the hatched Aniimo receives a potential rating of at least elite.
Upgrading between tiers is strictly limited. Only an elite Aniimo displaying a sparkling potential aura can be upgraded to perfect rarity. That sparkling aura is an attribute indicator and is completely distinct from a shiny variant.
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