Quick Answer: Raising Potential Through Capability Awakening
To increase potential in Aniimo, open the management screen to access Capability Awakening, where you can consume Star Dust and other items to increase Acquired Potential for the selected attribute. Within the Aniimo Management interface, select the companion you wish to train and inspect. From there, navigate to that companion’s Attributes screen to review potential ratings and stats. Under this training progression, each attribute potential can reach up to level 20. The higher the potential value becomes, the higher that attribute will scale at the same character level. Investing in higher potential results in greater stat increases whenever your creature levels up. You can evaluate party stat requirements on our team builder tool before committing training resources.
Innate Potential Versus Acquired Potential
Every creature distributes growth across attributes that possess both Innate Potential and Acquired Potential. The interface status chart shows the companion’s attribute potential clearly for review. On this display, white indicates innate potential, which is set when the companion is originally obtained. Meanwhile, yellow indicates acquired growth, which can be improved through Capability Awakening training steps. Innate Potential remains fixed at birth and can only be increased through special methods, such as feeding Capafruit. In contrast, Acquired Potential can be raised through Capability Awakening by spending materials. As you advance further, higher increases require more, rarer items for each point gained. Regardless of distribution, the combined sum of Innate Potential and Acquired Potential cannot exceed 20. The number of Capability Awakenings available to a companion depends on its Resonance Star Rank rating, growth stage, and level. Pathfinders can browse species stat spreads in our complete companion directory to select partners with favorable initial values.
Potential Tiers and Rating Evaluation
Every wild companion captured across regions has its own innate potential assigned at discovery. After you catch and report a creature, it will be rated based on its total Innate Potential and recommended attributes. Official assessment ratings are divided into 4 tiers: Common, Good, Elite, and Perfect. A higher potential tier means stronger starting attributes, making that companion a better choice to train.
| Rating Tier | Description |
|---|---|
| Common | Ratings are divided into 4 tiers: Common, Good, Elite, and Perfect |
| Good | Ratings are divided into 4 tiers: Common, Good, Elite, and Perfect |
| Elite | Ratings are divided into 4 tiers: Common, Good, Elite, and Perfect |
| Perfect | Ratings are divided into 4 tiers: Common, Good, Elite, and Perfect |
Training Materials and Item Sources
Star Dust represents a training material where the fallen star returns to the earth, and its weightless stardust holds a faint power. Star Dust drops from sources including Elite Training, Defeat Alphas, Upgrade Level, and the Stamp Shop. Star Sand is an advanced resource where the fallen star returns to the earth, and its glittering fragments hold a gentle power. Pathfinders obtain Star Sand through activities such as Elite Training, Defeat Alphas, Upgrade Level, and Item Exchange. Lore surrounding Starcryst Essence recounts that in the distant past, ancient and powerful Aniimo would eventually become stars in the night sky. As time and space shifted, the stars returned to the earth, and those distant blessings condensed into a crystalline essence to bless new life. Capafruit is a mysterious fruit grown within Starfall Grounds that permanently bolsters innate capabilities. Capafruit holds supernatural power, tastes wonderful yet proves extremely hard to digest.
| Item Name | Quality | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Star Dust | Rare | Weightless stardust holding faint power from fallen stars |
| Star Sand | Epic | Glittering fragments hold gentle power |
| Starcryst Essence | Legendary | Blessings condensed into a crystalline essence |
| Capafruit | Legendary | Mysterious fruit grown within Starfall Grounds |
Stat Priorities and Tactical Roles
Creatures in your party are divided across roles, each with its own strengths in combat. Damage specialists focus on dealing heavy HP damage, prioritizing ATK potential to maximize damage while the target is in BREAK. Enforcers focus on quickly reducing the target’s BREAK gauge, making BREAK potential valuable to trigger Break State faster. Support units provide allies with various damage buffs or apply debuffs to targets, improving the party’s combat performance. Investing in REGEN potential increases the team’s REGEN rate, letting everyone in your squad use skills more often. Sustain companions excel at restoring HP for the whole party, making defensive potential investments ideal to keep everyone safer. Pathfinders also use Dewdrop Crystals in the Resonance Star-Up system to strengthen companions and gradually increase their base attributes such as ATK and HP. After reaching max stars in the current stage, spend Elemental Stones and other items to ascend and unlock stronger attribute bonuses.
Resetting Capability and Growth Boundaries
The Aniimo Capability Reset technology developed by Polaris Institute allows Pathfinders to reallocate training investments. You can use this card to apply for the capability reset service at designated outposts. Staff at the institute honor every creature’s innate nature and support their healthy growth through proper reallocation. Remember that a companion’s level is limited by your character level during active training. Earning higher exploration titles comes with many benefits across all companion enhancement paths. Raising your title will raise your character level cap, allowing you to train higher-level companions. Complete required Elite Training courses to unlock the Title Promotion Assessment and expand your potential ceiling. Pass this assessment trial to upgrade your title and raise your character level cap. Check our active gift codes page for bonus gold and consumable items. Consult our beginner guide to learn core navigation systems, track level milestones with our leveling guide, plan evolution branches with our evolution guide, review capture odds on our rates calculator, explore item drops in our items directory, study opponent match-ups on our type chart, check encounter zones on our world map, and test community compositions on our recommended teams page.
