S1 Season and Season Tasks#

On the day the mobile version launched globally on September 23, Aniimo entered its S1 season at the same time — “Chasing the Wind”. For a free-to-play creature collector built for the long run, the season is the core mechanism that supplies resources and sets your goals. This page gathers the confirmed season information and lays out an overall approach to playing the season.

One boundary up front: the season name “Chasing the Wind” and the existence of a season structure are verified facts; the specific season task list and the level reward track have not been detailed by the developer in any public coverage we could find — this page invents no task names and no reward tables. For the actual content, defer to the season interface in game.

Confirmed Season Information#

The confirmed chain of facts around the season:

• The mobile launch and the S1 start share the same day — the season is the current operating phase across all platforms;
• Launch rewards (a selectable rare Rainbow Aniimo, outfits, Aniimo Eggs, Glowstone and more, see Launch Rewards and Free-to-Play Planning) are distributed alongside the season;
• The developer keeps shipping at high frequency (roughly one build every 2 to 4 days on Steam), so version iterations during the season will keep adjusting and adding content.

How to Approach the Season: Four Parallel Tracks#

With season task details unpublished, you can work backwards from the confirmed system structure — fill all four verified long-term tracks and the season rewards land on their own:

1. Aniilog and research track — pushing registration across the 86 Aniimo in the Aniilog and raising the matching research level (research level raises Shiny odds, see The Rarity System); the longest long-term line in any collector;
2. Region completion track — 40% completion in each region buys a Bronze Badge and a permanent catch rate bonus (see Region Completion and Catch Rate Bonus); every new region is a clean goal segment;
3. Training and evolution track — the eight training systems and the evolution branches (see Personality and Choosing Among the Eight Training Systems and Evolution Branches); a resource-consuming long-term line;
4. Social and multiplayer track — co-play gifting, four-player co-op, and Homeland output (see Co-Play Gifting and Multiplayer Co-op and Homeland System Work Guide); an interactive long-term line.

Season tasks are most likely built around these four kinds of behavior (collecting, exploring, training, and social are the standard task axes for a free creature collector) — but that is a structural inference, and the actual task list follows the in-game display. Run your daily routine along these four tracks and you are on the right path no matter what the season tasks turn out to be.

Daily Routine Suggestions#

Under a long season, order your daily routine by how stable the return is:

1. Homeland collection — at least once a day; the output is zero-barrier stable resources (see Homeland System Work Guide for the mechanics);
2. Completion progress — sweep one region per day; the earlier a permanent bonus is finished, the longer it pays out;
3. Research level — repeatedly catch your target species to raise research level and lay the groundwork for later Shiny camping;
4. Rare target camping — handle time-sensitive targets such as Rainbow weather and nocturnal species when weather and time windows allow (see Weather, Day/Night and Rare Spawns);
5. Multiplayer social — team up during friends’ online hours to clear boss spawns and spend your gifting allowance.

You do not need to run all of this every day — a free-to-play season is a marathon, and steady medium-speed progress beats three weeks of grinding followed by quitting. For the specific breakdown (the priority order between Homeland and completion), see the schedule section of Beginner Guide and Early-Game Training Route.

Watching Version Updates: Intelligence Habits for a Season#

The developer’s update activity during a season deserves ongoing attention. Observed samples so far:

• Official announcements are signed Polaris Institute and keep releasing fix updates;
• Patch 1.0.3616231.0 fixed blurry textures on some Irisalis models — a sample of a purely visual fix;
• Steam update frequency in late September was roughly one build every 2 to 4 days — high-frequency iteration means mechanic adjustments and content additions inside the season will keep arriving as patches.

Advice for players: build the habit of reading patch notes during a season — odds adjustments, new species, and event entries all arrive through announcements and in-game notices. Where numbers are involved, every page in this section follows a “current version applies” rule and does not quote outdated figures.

Resource Stockpile Checklist for the Season#

With season task details unknown, sort the resources on hand into separate pools by purpose, so you can spend them on target the moment the task list is published:

1. Capture pool — take inventory of every cube tier and keep a floor of guaranteed-catch cubes for rare targets (tier discipline is covered in The AniiPod Cube Item System);
2. Training pool — confirm the “used / unused” list for exclusive items such as Potential Fruit, and slow down your spending at the Camp Shop until you have a concrete target;
3. Time pool — time-sensitive resources like Rainbow weather windows and nocturnal activity windows are the worst thing to waste, so weather camping outranks anything that can be postponed (mechanics in Weather, Day/Night and Rare Spawns).

The benefit of pooling: if a season task points at a specific behavior (catching a certain kind of target, or pushing a certain mode), your stockpile converts into task progress immediately instead of forcing you to catch up on the spot.

Timing Against the Launch Rewards#

The season and the launch reward distribution windows largely overlap — one-time resources such as the selectable rare Rainbow Aniimo and capture items (list in Launch Rewards and Free-to-Play Planning) are worth the most in early S1: the Aniilog has many gaps and your squad is still forming, so every reward lands where it pays best. By mid-to-late season, when the Aniilog is nearly complete, the marginal value of the same resources drops sharply — which is the structural reason to use rewards early.

Long-Term Investment Priority#

Rank your account growth goals for the season into three tiers:

• Tier 1 (foundation): region completion fully cleared, Homeland positions staffed, squad roles complete (must include a guard breaker) — once these three are done, the “infrastructure” phase of the account is over;
• Tier 2 (depth): pushing the eight training systems on your core Aniimo, locking in evolution branch plans, and covering large parts of Aniilog research level — the main homework of mid-season;
• Tier 3 (peak): Gold tier and Shining Star specimen collecting, registering every Rainbow form, and deep competitive and multiplayer participation — the season’s long-tail goals, which advance naturally with time.

The order of the three tiers cannot be shuffled — foundation, then depth, then peak is optimal when resources are limited; skipping tiers produces a visible resource drought partway through.

Q: How long does the S1 season last? A: The season length has not been verified in public coverage; defer to the official announcement. Structurally, at this build cadence, in-season content additions will keep arriving as patches and announcements — watching patch notes is watching the season clock.

Q: What if I missed the launch rewards? A: The verified launch rewards (selectable Rainbow, outfits, Aniimo Eggs, Glowstone and more) and pre-registration rewards were distributed uniformly after release; the exact claim deadline rules follow the in-game mail and event screens — check anything unclaimed as soon as possible, and see Launch Rewards and Free-to-Play Planning for the list.

Summary#

The developer has not detailed the S1 “Chasing the Wind” task list, but playing the season does not require waiting for one — fill your days with the four confirmed tracks of Aniilog, completion, training, and social, and the season rewards are a natural by-product. The right posture for a season: keep a steady rhythm, follow the version, push in the order of foundation to peak, and treat this long season as a marathon with a controllable pace.

— Wubian, NTGame Editorial Team