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Aniipod Ultra: how to get it and catch guarantees
Whether an Ultra guarantees the catch is still unsettled. What is clear: 20 vouchers buy one, and an egg that already promises Elite gains nothing from it.
The short version
- Save Aniipod Ultras for Alpha Aniimo. Boss and Alpha Aniimo typically sit around 10 percent per attempt with standard pods, and that is where an Ultra earns its place.
- Whether an Ultra guarantees the catch is unsettled. It is described both as a 100% capture on any Aniimo, Alphas and Umbral Aniimo included, and as carrying no stated guarantee, with the assured catch belonging to the Sparkling Cube instead.
- What potential floor an Ultra sets is also unsettled, given variously as Epic, Elite, an Ultra rating, or only a chance of Elite.
- Never spend an Ultra on an egg that already guarantees Elite potential. It duplicates the guarantee and the item is wasted.
- Twenty Aniipod Ultra Vouchers exchange for one Ultra. The shop price is 200, in a currency that is not yet settled, and the mysterious vendor sells one for 400,000.
The Aniipod Ultra is the top of the standard Aniipod line, and it is the pod most players hoard. That instinct is right. The harder question is what you are actually buying when you throw one, because two of its biggest promises are not settled in the current game.
This guide covers what an Ultra does on a catch, what it does when you hatch an egg with it, the one place you should never use it, and every way to get more. The full pod ladder and crafting live in the Aniipod tiers and crafting guide; here the subject is the Ultra alone.
What an Ultra does on an Alpha catch
Start with the reason to save them. Boss and Alpha Aniimo have low base capture rates, typically between 8 and 12 percent per attempt with standard Anipods, around 10 percent. An Ultra is the exception to that. It improves capture odds on tougher targets and raises your chance of catching Alpha Aniimo, which is why high-tier pods should be kept for Alphas rather than spent on standard wild Aniimo.
Whether it goes further and guarantees the catch is not settled. The Ultra is described as having a 100% capture rate on any Aniimo, including Alpha bosses and Umbral Aniimo. It is also described as having no stated guarantee at all, with the assured catch belonging instead to the Sparkling Cube, an upgraded version of the Ultra. The legendary Ultra is given a 100% catch rate as well, so the claim is common. It is just not the only one.
The practical upshot: treat an Ultra as your best shot at an Alpha, not as a certainty. If it lands every time for you, good. Do not plan a fight around it never missing.
10 percent
Typical Alpha catch chance with standard Anipods
The potential floor, and why it is unsettled
An Ultra is also meant to lift the quality of whatever it catches or hatches. The trouble is that nobody agrees on how high. The floor is given as a guaranteed minimum of Epic potential, as Elite rarity or higher with at least Elite acquired potential, as a guaranteed Ultra rating or above, and as merely a chance of Elite potential. Catches like Stellarys, Jawling and Helmwhelp show the same split: at least Epic quality on one reading, at least Elite potential on the other.
One version pairs both promises, saying an Ultra ensures at least Elite potential while leaving open whether it guarantees the capture or only gives a chance of it. Until this settles, the safe assumption is the lower floor. Anything better is a bonus.
Why Ultras should not go on guaranteed eggs
When you hatch an egg, you choose an Aniipod or Anicube for it, from regular pods up to the special Ultra and Sparkling pods, and that choice affects the hatch result. This is the mistake that quietly eats Ultras.
If an egg already guarantees Elite potential, using an Ultra on it merely duplicates that guarantee. You get no extra potential and you lose the pod. The same logic applies to the Ultra Anicube, which on its own guarantees the hatched Aniimo has at least Elite potential. Stacking a second Elite promise on top of the first buys nothing.
So the rule is simple. An Ultra on an egg only makes sense where the egg is not already promising what the Ultra would add. Everywhere else, keep it in the bag for the next Alpha.
Where to get Aniipod Ultras
Ultras come from launch rewards, the battle pass, shops, elite training, chests and item exchanges. None of these is a flood, which is the other reason to spend them carefully.
The cheapest steady route is the voucher exchange: twenty Aniipod Ultra Vouchers trade for one Ultra. The shop sells one for 200, though the currency is not settled; it is given as both Lumin Crystals and Glimmer. Lumen Crystals can also buy Sparkling Cubes and Ultras at a markup, so paying premium currency is the expensive way in. The mysterious vendor stocks them too, at 400,000 currency.
Some early supply came from the launch period. The pre-registration reward at the 15 million milestone was two AniPod Ultras, and during the pre-launch event every squad member received a free Ultra once the squad reached six members. If you joined then, those are likely sitting in your inventory already.
20
Aniipod Ultra Vouchers per Ultra
Where to start
Bank vouchers towards Ultras, keep them for Alpha Aniimo, and never put one on an egg that already promises Elite potential. Until the catch guarantee is settled, assume an Ultra makes an Alpha much more likely to stay caught, but not certain.
Parts of this page were re-checked against the released game on 2 October 2026. The rest has not been re-confirmed since release.