Does the Aniipod affect what an egg hatches?

An incubated egg won't open by itself. To open it and receive the Aniimo, you need an Anipod or an Anicube, and you have to select it before the hatch goes ahead. The choice covers everything from regular pods up to special Ultra and Sparkling pods, and the one you pick affects the hatch result.

Incubation itself is a system of its own, covered in our main egg incubation and hatching guide. This page is about the last step only: which pod you put the egg in.

A standard Anipod gives randomized characteristics. The egg sets what you're hatching, and the pod leaves the rest to chance.

That applies to eggs you'd expect to be good, too. An Alpha egg hatched in a standard Anipod can still come out with only Good potential. If you have a valuable egg and a better pod available, this is the reason to use the better pod on it.

Mega Anipods and Mega Anicubes don't alter egg hatching results and don't add any other effect. The name suggests a step up, but for hatching a Mega pod does the same job as a plain one.

Regular, Pursuit and Pro Anipods are similar. None of them shows an extra hatching effect. They'll open the egg, and that's all they do. If one of these is what you have, use it on eggs where the result doesn't matter much, and keep your better pods for the rest.

The Legendary Anipod is the only pod with the exclusive sparkling hatch effect. No other Anipod gives it, so if you want that effect, you need a Legendary.

The Windchaser's Departure Anipod gives an exclusive Windchaser seasonal effect. It's tied to its own pod in the same way, so another pod can't stand in for it.

The Ultra Anipod affects the Aniimo you catch or hatch with it, and it's the main reason to save a pod for an important egg. What it guarantees is not settled yet. The floor it sets may be any of these: a minimum of Epic potential; Elite rarity or higher, including at least Elite acquired potential; a guaranteed Ultra rating or above; or only a chance of Elite potential, with no guarantee.

These differ a lot. At the top end, an Ultra pod would remove the bad outcome that a standard pod allows on an Alpha egg. At the bottom end, it only improves your odds. Until the guarantee is settled, assume the Ultra pod helps and don't assume it promises any particular result.

06Where to start

Use your Regular, Pursuit, Pro and Mega pods on eggs you don't care much about, because for hatching they all do the same thing. Keep Ultra Anipods for your best eggs, Alpha eggs especially, because a standard pod can still give those a Good result. Use a Legendary or Windchaser's Departure pod when you want its exclusive effect on the creature.