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What you get for releasing or reporting a caught Aniimo
Releasing an Aniimo gives back most of what you spent levelling it, and reporting one earns Credits and Report Cards. Here is what each returns, and what to check before you let one go.
The short version
- Releasing or recycling an Aniimo immediately refunds most of the materials you put into it as Farewell Gifts: coins, credits, growth seeds, Growth Buds, Growth Flowers and other levelling resources.
- Auto-releasing at the research console pays out Farewell Gifts too, so bulk clearing costs you nothing extra.
- Reporting captured Aniimo at an outpost refunds currency and earns Report Cards, which you spend to upgrade your talent passive skills.
- Catching wild Aniimo pays back the price of a standard Anipod or more, so catching commons to report them is not a loss.
- Before you release or register anything, check its Alpha status, any special or weather form, and its potential grade (Common, Good, Elite or Perfect).
Your storage fills up fast, and every Aniimo you clear out pays you something. There are two ways to get rid of a catch: release or recycle it, or report it at an outpost. They return different things, and the difference matters once you have started levelling creatures.
Releasing hands back Farewell Gifts, a refund of most of what you invested in that Aniimo. Reporting earns currency and Report Cards, which feed your talent passives. Neither is a reason to throw away something good, so this guide ends with the checks to run first.
Farewell Gifts: what releasing an Aniimo gives back
Unwanted or duplicate catches can be released or recycled. When you do, the game immediately refunds most of the materials you invested in that Aniimo as Farewell Gifts.
The refund covers coins and credits, the EXP items (growth seeds, Growth Buds and Growth Flowers) and other levelling resources. That changes how you should think about training. Feeding Growth Flowers into a creature you later replace is not wasted, because most of it comes back when you let that creature go.
The word to notice is most. You do not get everything back, so levelling a creature you already know you will drop still costs you a little.
Clearing storage at the research console
The research console is where you manage space. You can analyze Aniimo there and release or transfer them one at a time or in bulk. Locking and box management have their own article on this site; what matters here is that auto-releasing at the console still pays out Farewell Gifts. Bulk clearing does not cost you the refund you would have got by releasing each one by hand.
Reporting at an outpost: Credits and gold
The other route is the outpost. Reporting captured Aniimo there refunds currency to you, and the outpost research lab lets you cash in or release captured Aniimo for gold.
Catching and reporting are both ways to earn Credits, the game's standard currency. Catching a wild Aniimo on its own pays out enough to recoup the price of a standard Anipod, and sometimes more. So throwing basic Anipods at commons and then reporting them is not a drain on your wallet. How to spend Credits is covered in its own article on this site.
Release or recycle
- Refunds most materials invested as Farewell Gifts
- Gifts include coins, credits and EXP items
- Growth Buds and Growth Flowers come back
- Works singly or in bulk at the research console
Report at an outpost
- Earns Credits, the standard currency
- Earns Report Cards at Outpost terminals
- Report Cards upgrade player talent passive skills
Report Cards and the talents they unlock
Reporting caught Aniimo at Outpost terminals also earns Report Cards. They are not exclusive to reporting: area chapters, quests, side missions, activities and open-world duels all hand them out as well.
You spend Report Cards upgrading your talent passive skills. That makes reporting a source of permanent player power as well as cash, and a good reason to keep turning in your common catches rather than leaving them in a box.
Check these before you release or register
Releasing is quick, and the refund makes it feel free. It is not free if you discard the wrong creature. Before you register or release any Aniimo, check three things.
First, its Alpha status. Second, whether it has a special or weather form. Third, its potential grade: Common, Good, Elite or Perfect. The point is to avoid throwing away anything with high innate potential, because a Farewell Gift gives you back materials, not the creature.
If you are bulk releasing at the research console, this matters more, since one bad sweep can take a Perfect out with the Commons.
- CommonThe first potential grade.
- GoodThe second potential grade.
- EliteHigh innate potential. Check before discarding.
- PerfectThe top grade. Do not discard.
Where to start
Release or recycle duplicates freely, since Farewell Gifts return most of what you put in. Report commons at outposts for Credits and Report Cards, and put the cards into your talent passives. Just check Alpha status, form and potential grade before anything goes.
Most of this page was re-checked against the released game on 4 October 2026. The rest has not been re-confirmed since release.