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How Potential Grades Work
Every grade reads Unappraised until a Research Console checks it. Here is what the tiers mean, why 8 matters, and which eggs lock in Perfect.
The short version
- A new Aniimo's grade stays hidden as Unappraised until you submit it in a catch report at an Outpost's Research Console.
- Perfect is the highest grade and Elite sits one step below it. The ladder you will usually see is Common, Good, Elite, Perfect.
- An Aniimo counts as Perfect when its inherent potential values are both 8, and an innate 8 in a core stat is the standard for Perfect.
- Innate potential is rolled at random for each Aniimo. Acquired potential is trained in the Awaken Potential tab with Stardust, Star Sand and Star Essence.
- Perfect Eggs and Umbral eggs always hatch with perfect potential, and Incredible Eggs guarantee Elite or better.
Every Aniimo you catch or hatch comes with a potential grade. It decides the creature's quality and how high its stats can grow, and it is the main reason two Aniimo of the same species can feel so different.
The game calls this number by several names: potential rating, quality grade, capture rating, Attribute Rank. They all mean the same thing. Once you know how it is read and where it comes from, you will know which catches are worth your materials and which can sit in storage.
What a potential grade decides
Attributes are an Aniimo's stat values, and the potential grade sets the ceiling on them. Each Aniimo is appraised from the Potential of each of its stats, and that appraisal determines its stat tier.
The practical effect is simple. Take two Aniimo at the same level with the same personality, and the one with the higher grade has higher stats. Level and personality do not close that gap, so the grade is worth checking before you spend anything on a creature.
Every caught or hatched Aniimo has its own potential value. You can view it by selecting the Aniimo.
The tiers from Common to Perfect
Perfect is the top. It is the highest quality tier and potential grade an Aniimo can have, and it is the one you want on a catch. Elite is the second highest, one step below Perfect.
The tier names themselves are not settled. The ladder you will see most often is four tiers: Common, Good, Elite and Perfect. The lower rungs also turn up as Ordinary, Normal, Rare and Epic. Three-tier versions exist as well, written either as Common, Rare and Perfect or as Good, Excellent and Perfect. Rarity tiers are also described as common, rare, elite and perfect, which adds to the overlap.
The four-tier names are the ones the game uses in your storage box. You can filter stored Aniimo by Potential grade (Common, Good, Elite or Perfect) and by rarity values that include Alpha and Prismana. That filter is the quickest way to pull your best creatures out of a crowded box.
- CommonThe lowest grade. The number of tiers is unsettled: four is most common, though three are also given.
- GoodThe second grade. Its name is unsettled and also appears as Rare.
- EliteThe second-highest grade, one step below Perfect.
- PerfectThe highest grade an Aniimo can have, and the one to aim for.
Getting a grade appraised
A freshly captured Aniimo does not show its grade. Its Attribute Rank stays hidden as "Unappraised" until you submit it in a catch report at an Outpost's Research Console, which evaluates it.
Researching a caught Aniimo at the console reveals its grade, potential and stats. The console also keeps track of everything you upload by quality tier, from common to perfect. Until you make that trip, you are guessing at what you caught, so it pays to turn in catches regularly rather than letting them pile up.
Innate potential and acquired potential
Potential comes in two parts. Innate potential is what the Aniimo is born or caught with. It is randomised for each Aniimo and works like individual stat values, so two of the same species rarely match.
Exactly what innate potential does is not settled. One description makes it the number of stat points an Aniimo gains per level, with higher potential giving more. The other makes it the Aniimo's natural stat foundation: a fixed set of baseline stats it starts with on capture or birth, working much like IVs and raisable only with special items such as fruits.
What is clear is the target. An Aniimo counts as perfect when its inherent potential values are both 8, and an innate value of 8 in a core stat is the standard for a Perfect Aniimo. Perfect is the highest innate grade, with Elite one step below it.
Acquired potential is the part you build yourself. You train it in the Awaken Potential tab, spending Stardust, Star Sand and Star Essence. Innate potential is the roll you get; acquired potential is the work you put in on top of it.
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Innate value for a Perfect Aniimo
Eggs and pods that set a floor
Since innate potential is random, the items that guarantee a minimum grade are the reliable route to a strong Aniimo.
Perfect Eggs and Umbral eggs always hatch with perfect potential, a 100% perfect soul, regardless of the item used on them. The Battle Pass Prismana egg you choose also hatches a Perfect potential Aniimo, Prismana Formentus for example. That guarantee is written in the item description but not on the hatching screen, so do not worry when the screen does not mention it. Incredible Eggs, also called Elite Eggs and found in places such as Beast Fang Ridge, guarantee Elite potential or higher.
Umbral eggs hatch into Umbral Aniimo, and whether Umbral Aniimo are always perfect is unsettled. They are described as guaranteed to have perfect base stats, wild ones included, regardless of level, form or capture device. They are also described as able to spawn with normal, elite or perfect grades. A Prismana form is likewise not guaranteed to be perfect.
Capture devices are murkier. The minimum an Ultra Aniipod guarantees, on catches such as Stellarys, Jawling or Helmwhelp, is unsettled: it is given as at least Elite potential and as at least Epic quality. The Sparkling Cube, a premium Anipod bought with real money, has a guaranteed 100% catch rate, so it always captures a spawned Prismana. Whether it also guarantees perfect potential is not settled. It is described as always guaranteeing perfect potential since the launch update, even raising an egg's guaranteed Elite up to Perfect, and also as still able to roll imperfect stats, possibly only Elite. The one thing that holds either way is that it does not lower quality.
Where to start
Turn your catches in at a Research Console so they stop reading Unappraised, then sort your box by Potential grade. Spend Stardust, Star Sand and Star Essence on the Perfect and Elite Aniimo, the ones with innate values of 8. If you want a guaranteed Perfect, go for Perfect Eggs, Umbral eggs or the Battle Pass Prismana egg rather than relying on a capture device.
Most of this page was re-checked against the released game on 4 October 2026. The rest has not been re-confirmed since release.