Glimmer is the currency you spend on items like Capafruit, Aniipod Ultra, and Primegy. Here is every way to earn it that we confirmed, where you can spend it, and what we recommend buying first.
What Is Glimmer?
Glimmer is a Currency item. Its in-game description calls it a glowing gem used to purchase items from outpost vendors. In practice, you spend it in the Glimmer Shop on rare Aniimo enhancement items, cosmetic cards for your character, and Primegy.
Glimmer's tooltip lists it as a Currency used to purchase items from outpost vendors.
Ways to Farm Glimmer Every Day
Daily Activity and events are the Glimmer sources that keep coming back. Most other sources are one-time rewards.
| Source | Details |
|---|---|
| Daily Activity | Filling the Daily Activity track unlocks the Activity Glimmer Gift Pack, which holds 30 Glimmer and 600 EXP. |
| Events | Events also hand out Glimmer, but the amount varies from event to event. |
Filling the Daily Activity track opens the Activity Glimmer Gift Pack, which holds 30 Glimmer.
One-Time Glimmer Sources
The following sources reward Glimmer only once.
| Source | Details |
|---|---|
| Core Courses (Elite Training) | Core Courses quests in Elite Training reward Glimmer, and in our playthrough they provided the most Glimmer in the early game. In our example, each quest gave 30 Glimmer and finishing the chapter Charge Into Battle! gave 100. |
| Overworld exploration | Chests and puzzles in the overworld reward Glimmer. One chest we opened gave 5. Offering a Lumin Amber to the Branch also gives 10 Glimmer. |
| Alpha and Omega Aniimo | Defeating a boss variant for the first time rewards Glimmer: 50 for an Alpha Aniimo and 100 for an Omega Aniimo. |
| Quests | Some quests include Glimmer in their rewards. Journey Quests can give 30. |
| Aniilog Level | Every Aniilog Research Level you gain rewards 100 Glimmer. Earn points for it by completing research goals, such as catching Aniimo and their different forms or doing various field actions. |
| Home Index | Every 500 Home Index points unlocks a reward that includes 20 Glimmer, up to a score cap of 24,500. At certain milestones, such as 2,000 points, the Glimmer is replaced by a Dream Spark. |
| Operation: Egg Heist | In the Collectible Display Case, reaching Collectible Points milestones awards a Display Case Giftbox. Display Case Giftbox I contains 80 Glimmer. Ranking up in Operation: Egg Heist also grants a Rank-Up Gift Box: the one for Rising Egg Scout contains 50 Glimmer, and higher ranks' boxes contain Glimmer too. |
| Courses | Each Course topic awards Glimmer when you complete it, and finishing every topic in a category grants a completion bonus. In the Basics category, the topics on screen give 10, 10, 10, and 20 Glimmer, and completing all 5 adds 50 more. |
In this Core Courses chapter, each quest lists 30 Glimmer and the chapter reward lists 100.
First Clear rewards include 50 Glimmer for an Alpha Aniimo and 100 Glimmer for an Omega Aniimo.
Each Research Level reward in the Aniilog includes 100 Glimmer.
Home Index milestones give 20 Glimmer every 500 points, with a Dream Spark at 2,000 instead.
Display Case Giftbox I holds 80 Glimmer, and the Rank-Up Gift Box for Rising Egg Scout holds 50.
Basics topics give 10 to 20 Glimmer each, and completing all 5 adds a 50 Glimmer bonus.
Paid Glimmer Sources
Glimmer is also available through in-game purchases. It costs real money, but the Glimmer comes bundled with other rare items.
| Source | Details |
|---|---|
| Advanced Companion Handbook | The Advanced Edition of the Companion Handbook gives 680 Glimmer at Level 1. |
| Monthly Pass | The Monthly Pass gives 3000 Glimmer in total over 30 days. |
| Shop packs | Packs sold in the Shop include Glimmer, and the amount differs by pack. |
| Lumin Crystals | Lumin Crystals bought with real money can stand in for Glimmer. In our example, trying to buy an Aniipod Ultra without enough Glimmer opened a Quick Top-Up screen that recommended Lumin Crystals to cover the difference. |
The Advanced Companion Handbook gives 680 Glimmer at Level 1.
The Monthly Pass adds up to 3000 Glimmer over 30 days.
In this example, the Quick Top-Up screen suggests Lumin Crystals to cover the missing Glimmer.
Glimmer Shops and Purchase Limits
You can spend Glimmer in the Glimmer Shop in the store menu, the Memento Shop in Astra, and the Homeland Resource Exchange.
The Glimmer Shop sells the following items:
| Item | Price and limit |
|---|---|
| Aniipod Ultra | 200 Glimmer. Weekly limit: 10. |
| Capafruit | 1000 Glimmer. Weekly limit: 1. |
| Psyche Fruit | 100 Glimmer. No purchase limit. |
| Hair Saloon Card | 300 Glimmer. No purchase limit. |
| Redesign Card | 300 Glimmer. No purchase limit. |
| Morph Orb | 300 Glimmer. Weekly limit: 10. |
| Name Change Card | 300 Glimmer. Weekly limit: 1. |
| Sparkling Crystal x10 | 15 Glimmer. Weekly limit: 100. |
| Primegy x60 | 50 Glimmer. Daily limit: 6. |
Glimmer Shop prices range from 15 Glimmer for Sparkling Crystal x10 to 1000 Glimmer for Capafruit.
The Memento Shop and the Resource Exchange each sell a few more items for Glimmer:
| Item | Price and limit |
|---|---|
| Gift of Celebration (Memento Shop) | 88 Glimmer. No purchase limit. |
| Plant Growth Tonic x50 (Resource Exchange) | 50 Glimmer. Weekly limit: 2. |
| Energizing Work Meal x50 (Resource Exchange) | 50 Glimmer. Weekly limit: 2. |
Gift of Celebration costs 88 Glimmer in the Memento Shop.
Plant Growth Tonic x50 and Energizing Work Meal x50 each cost 50 Glimmer, with a weekly limit of 2.
What to Buy with Glimmer
Here is the order we recommend spending Glimmer in. Our top four picks are Sparkling Crystals, Aniipod Ultra, Capafruit, and Primegy x60.
High priority:
| Item | Why buy it |
|---|---|
| 1. Sparkling Crystals | Trade 1,000 Sparkling Crystals for a Sparkling Cube. A Sparkling Cube always catches the Aniimo, and the Aniimo you catch is always Sparkling with Perfect potential. |
| 2. Aniipod Ultra | Always catches the Aniimo, and the Aniimo you catch has at least Elite potential. |
| 3. Capafruit | Limited to 1 per week, and one of the few ways to raise an Aniimo's Innate Potential. |
| 4. Primegy x60 | Keeps your daily Primegy topped up so you can keep farming resource-heavy stages. |
Medium priority:
| Item | Why buy it |
|---|---|
| Plant Growth Tonic / Energizing Work Meal bundles | Useful for instantly getting the resources a Homeland Order needs, or for selling to earn Home Coins quickly. |
| Morph Orb | Worth it if you want to keep an Aniimo you've invested in and turn it into a Region Form with a better element. It doesn't transform the Prismana form, so otherwise it's only cosmetic. |
Low priority:
| Item | Why buy it |
|---|---|
| Hair Saloon Card, Redesign Card, Name Change Card | Purely visual. They have no effect on combat or account progression. |
| Gift of Celebration | Low priority for solo play, but co-op players can prioritize it to unlock Aniimo trading tiers and mutual Prismana energy sharing faster. |
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