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Story & discovery: every event, its rules and its rewards

Updated 19 September 2026How events work

Story & discovery holds 3 events of the in-game Events screen: Legendary Journey, Tracing the Trail and Aniimo Discovery. Each one keeps the game’s own description and rules, its window on every server with a live countdown, and its rewards.

Story & discovery

Legendary Journey: Departure with the Wind

Sep 16 – Dec 9

A powerful Legendary Aniimo has been born, drawing Vein energy together and forming a strange energy rift. Yet the Vein is surging abnormally, and the affected Legendary Aniimo has become ferocious. Pathfinder, please explore the energy rift at once. With courage and a healing heart, soothe the out-of-control Aniimo and put an end to this disturbance.

Window

EU server (UTC)	NA server	Asia server	in your local time
Sep 16 – Dec 9	Sep 16 – Dec 9	Sep 16 – Dec 9

Details

Chapter 1: Trail of Butterfly Shadows
Countless mysterious petals drift across Breezy Plains. Pathfinder, please gather these scattered petals to help Polaris Institute investigate this odd phenomenon. Complete the quest to claim your Institute reward.
Chapter 2: Walking with Irisalisfrom from Sep 25
The scattered Irisalis Petals have settled here, awakening the energy sealed within. Craft your very own Legendary Aniipod: Irisalis and open the energy rift leading to where a Legendary Aniimo awaits.
Chapter 3: Gift of Blessingfrom from Dec 1
Irisalis has awoken, and Iris Petals are still scattered across the land. Gather the petals to craft the "Legendary Aniipod: Departure with the Wind," and set out with Irisalis’s blessing to make even more Aniimo your companions!

Legendary Aniipod: Irisalis = 99 Irisalis PetalLegendary Aniipod: Windchase Departure = 50 Irisalis Petal Recommended level 20 Recommended elements: Fire, Wind, Dark

Story & discovery

Tracing the Trail: The Shadow of Legend

Sep 20 – Dec 9

Look out! Mysterious Legendary Aniimo have appeared in many places, sending abnormal surges of Vein Energy rippling across the land. The Institute urgently calls on Pathfinders to gather clues and pinpoint the Legendary Aniimo!

Window

EU server (UTC)	NA server	Asia server	in your local time
Sep 20 – Dec 9	Sep 20 – Dec 9	Sep 20 – Dec 9

Rules

Unusual signs of Legendary Aniimo have begun appearing everywhere.
The Institute is recruiting Pathfinders to go investigate, and bring back valuable photos and complete the field notes.
Event Details
During the event, the Institute will unlock multiple investigation areas over time.
Each area has different investigation objectives and environmental features. Dispatch suitable Aniimo to explore them.
After completing an investigation, you can obtain the corresponding area rewards and may also receive an extra Chance Encounter Gift.
Investigation Rules
Each investigation requires at least 2 Aniimo. You must designate 1 as the Leader Aniimo before the investigation.
After the investigation is complete, you will receive base rewards according to the dispatched Aniimo.
Dispatching Aniimo meeting the area preference conditions increases your reward rating.
Prismana Form and Sparkling Aniimo can sense the residual energy of Legendary Aniimo, which will help speed up the investigation.
Chance Encounter Gifts
When passing through an area with Legendary Aniimo, something special might appear from their energy.
After completing an investigation, you also have a chance to receive 1 Chance Encounter Reward. One of the following rewards will be granted at random:
- Random Leader Aniimo Potential +1
- Starcryst Essence x1
- Capaseed x5
- Vein Essence x1
※ The "Random Leader Aniimo Potential +1" effect can only be obtained once in each Aniimo’s lifetime.
※ Aniimo with max Potential cannot obtain the "Random Leader Aniimo Potential +1" effect.

Rewards

Eyewitness reports claim that a mysterious white figure was seen near the Branch, then was gone in an instant...

The clues, one per day

Day 1Nimbus FieldsBeside the Branch, petals drift down from the sky.
Day 2Forest of Falling StarsA brilliant stream of light streaks across the sky above the Forest of Falling Stars.
Day 3Echoback LandingA strange moonlit reflection appears on the waters of Echoback Landing.
Day 4Sea of FlowersA patch of abnormally growing thorns appears in the Sea of Flowers.
Day 5Tideblossom CoastWhy are there two suns in the sky?

Chance Encounter Gift: Energy Resonance ×0 10%Starcryst Essence ×1 20%Capaseed ×5 30%Vein Essence ×1 40%

Story & discovery

Aniimo Discovery

Sep 25 – Oct 8

The Institute has discovered a brand-new Aniimo in Idyll! Go track it down!

Window

EU server (UTC)	NA server	Asia server	in your local time
Sep 25 – Oct 8	Sep 25 – Oct 8	Sep 25 – Oct 8

Rules

The Polaris Institute has discovered a brand-new Aniimo in Idyll and hopes Pathfinders will assist with its investigation and research.
Pathfinders can spend search attempts to track the Aniimo across Idyll and catch it.
The Institute will periodically replenish free search attempts for Pathfinders to support ongoing exploration. Unused free search attempts cannot be accumulated, so please remember to use them in time.
If you currently have no free search attempts remaining, you can spend Vein Essence and search attempts to continue searching.
Pathfinders can complete investigation quests related to this Aniimo to earn generous rewards.
Based on your investigation quest progress, you can unlock different search bonuses in the Research Center.