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Companion Handbook and Passes - Version 2 vs Version 3
Sep 17, 2026, 12:32 AM
Add wikilinks to table cells (2 new links)
Sep 27, 2026, 05:30 AM
Added the standalone Companion Handbook purchases listed on the Xbox and iOS stores after launch
11Aniimo’s battle pass has two names depending on where it is looked at, and confusing them is the commonest mistake made about it. In the storefront listings it is sold as an edition. Inside the game it is a pass tier. The thing that connects the two is an item called the Companion Handbook. This page covers the pass layer itself; the editions that sell it, with prices and regional equivalents, are on Pre-Orders and Editions.22Two Names, One System44LayerNameWhat it isIn-game tier, lowerPremium PassActivated by the Advanced Companion Handbook, which is sold as part of the Advanced Edition.In-game tier, higherCollector’s PassActivated by the Collector’s Companion Handbook, which is sold as part of the Collector’s Edition. One storefront listing also labels it a Path Pass.The itemCompanion HandbookThe in-game item that activates a tier. Its rewards unlock gradually as the handbook levels up rather than arriving all at once.66So a player who bought the Advanced Edition holds an Advanced Companion Handbook, and redeeming it turns on the Premium Pass. There is no separate purchase of a pass on top of the edition, and there is no free tier described in official material as of September 17, 2026 (UTC+8).77Version Scoping99A Companion Handbook is tied to the version it is redeemed in. It stays active until the end of that version and then ends; it is not a permanent unlock. This is the single most important rule attached to it, because it changes when a player should redeem rather than whether they should.1111The handbook’s exclusive Prismana Aniimo egg rotates with the version as well. Each version’s handbook carries a different Prismana Aniimo, so redeeming in a later version yields a different creature. A player holding an unredeemed handbook is therefore choosing a creature as much as a time window. See Prismana and Umbral Aniimo for what a Prismana Form is and Aniimo Forms for how Forms work in general.1313Stacking, Expiry and Upgrades1515The rules for holding more than one pass are published and they are not symmetrical: redemption items accumulate freely, active tiers do not.1717SituationRuleHolding several redemption cardsAllowed. A player can hold more than one at a time.Active paid tiers per versionOne only. A single paid tier can be active in any one period or version, no matter how many cards are held.Unused redemption itemsThey never expire. Anything not redeemed rolls forward to future versions.Upgrading Advanced to Collector’s inside one periodCosts a paid upgrade. It is not a free step up from one tier to the other.1919The practical shape of that: buying two handbooks does not double a version’s rewards, and it does not waste money either. The second one waits. Because unused items never expire and each version’s handbook carries a different exclusive creature, holding a spare card through to a version whose Prismana Aniimo appeals more costs nothing. The rule that does cost money is the upgrade path, so a player who wants the Collector’s contents is better off buying that tier outright than buying Advanced and moving up mid-period.2020What Each Tier Contains2222The published contents, as listed by the storefronts that sold the editions:2424ItemPremium Pass (Advanced)Collector’s Pass (Collector’s)Platform accessoryYes, oneYes, oneCompanion HandbookAdvancedCollector’sHandbook-Exclusive Prismana Aniimo EggYesYesHandbook-Exclusive Evolution MaterialYesYesExclusive DollNoYesExclusive Avatar FrameNoYesPrimegy BatteryNoListed, granted immediately2626The exclusive egg is hatched at the Outpost Hatchinator and produces a Prismana Form Aniimo with Perfect Potential. The exclusive evolution material is used for that creature’s branching evolution, which is the one route to its alternate evolution outcome; see Evolution Lines. The Primegy Battery appears in one storefront’s Collector’s description and not in the other’s, so it is recorded as listed rather than as confirmed on both platforms.2727Accessories and Their Limits2929The accessory that comes with an edition is a cosmetic item, and the game caps how many can be worn at once. The caps differ between a creature and its Pathfinder.3131WearerAccessory slotsAn AniimoUp to 2The player character13333Platform accessories are exclusive rather than additive, and this is the part people most often get wrong. A PlayStation purchase came with Fluffy Friend and only Fluffy Friend. An Xbox purchase came with Doggo Dude and only Doggo Dude. Buying on both platforms is the only way to hold both, and the Xbox listings state the Doggo Dude exclusivity outright while naming no other accessory at all.3434Prices3636The pre-order campaign sold the Advanced Edition at $9.99 and the Collector’s Edition at $19.99, with regional equivalents recorded on Pre-Orders and Editions. One official English page writes the Advanced price as "$9.9"; that is a typo, and every storefront figure measured during the pre-order window read $9.99.3838As of September 17, 2026 (UTC+8) the console storefronts no longer expose a purchase action for either edition. Both products are still listed under their pre-order titles, and both now offer only details, redemption and license actions, with redemption having opened at the launch instant. Codes already held can still be redeemed, but the prices above cannot be re-checked on those listings, and both products now report a list price of zero because the sellable offer has been withdrawn rather than because they became free. Treat the figures above as the pre-order campaign’s prices, in the past tense, until a storefront sells these editions again.40+Buying a Handbook After Launch42+The pre-order packs were still redemption-only when the console catalogue was checked again on September 27, 2026, so the paragraph above still describes them. The Companion Handbook itself, though, is sold on its own. On that date the Xbox store offered an Advanced Companion Handbook at $9.99 and a Collector's Companion Handbook at $19.99 as consumable purchases, each described only as activating the in-game Companion Handbook, and the iOS store listed the same two at the same prices. These are not the pre-order packs: nothing in the Xbox descriptions mentions the platform accessories or the other pack contents.44+The iOS store also lists a second Collector's Companion Handbook product at $10.00, and what it covers had not been published as of September 27, 2026. No Handbook product appeared on the PlayStation Store listing on the same date.
