The Global Closed Beta is over. Pawprint Studio confirmed the shutdown times per shard: July 25, 2026 at 23:59 (UTC+8) on Aniimo-AP, 11:59 (UTC-4) on Aniimo-NA and 15:59 (UTC+0) on Aniimo-EU. As announced from the start, this was a limited-entry, free, data-wipe test, so every account, creature and Homeland built during the test was deleted with the servers.
Everything, that is, except one Aniimo per player. The Bond Pact: Seal Your Aniimo event, detailed in a separate official FAQ, is the single bridge between the beta and the finished game. Each Pathfinder could seal one favourite Aniimo inside an egg, removing it from Aniimo Management, to be reunited with at global launch. Sealing ran on the final day of each shard, and after your first pick you had three further chances to change your mind.
The eligibility list is where testers got caught out, so it is worth stating plainly. Most Aniimo could be sealed, and Sparkling and Alpha Aniimo were fully eligible, which surprised people who assumed rarity would be excluded. What could not be sealed: Prismana form Aniimo, a set of special creatures including Helion, Lunara, Irisalis, Fulmintis, Dazmand, Besauce and Somniwing, and part of the Whisperwake Isles roster including Cheekie, Wavwal, Reefish, Coraliz, Popapus, Gachapus, Bubbeep, Glameep, Malangel and Malevsera. Any Aniimo deployed or out on an expedition was locked out too.
Claiming at launch has rules of its own. You must log in with the exact same account and channel used in the test, and you can only hatch the egg once you have unlocked the matching form of that Aniimo in the Aniilog. Rarity and Acquired Potential impose no extra condition: seal a Sparkling Mountain Woods Pawney with perfect aptitude and you still only need Mountain Woods Pawney unlocked to hatch it. If you sealed across multiple shards on one account, you keep only the egg from your highest-level test character, with the last sealed winning a tie. The studio says appearance, stats and skills are preserved as fully as possible, with the stat progression system retuned from feedback, and that hatched Aniimo are account bound and cannot be traded.
What this means for players (editor’s note): if you tested, the one thing to sort before launch day is which account and channel you used, because the egg is worthless without it, and read the Aniilog requirement carefully, since a rare form you sealed may take real play to unlock before you can hatch it. If you did not test, you have lost nothing: this was a preview, not a head start, and account-bound eggs cannot be bought or traded from anyone. Our eggs and hatching guide covers the mechanics you will meet at launch.
