Ice Aniimo for trade

Which ice Aniimo you can raise instead of trading for

2 evolution lines pass through ice. If you already own the first form, the later ones are a matter of levels rather than of finding a partner — and a trade is only worth it for a form you cannot reach, or for the variant you want that nobody near you has. A line can change type on the way, so a branch is tagged where it leaves ice.

• Budclawrock → Geoclaw or Shrubclawrock
• Bonesky → Fenrier → Glynsera

Catching a ice Aniimo instead

3 of the 4 ice Aniimo have a known spawn. Between them they turn up in Beast Fang Ridge, Driftwise Meadow. Where a creature spawns somewhere you already play, catching is usually faster than raising affinity with a stranger — trading wins for the forms that do not spawn where you are, and for the regional and weather variants that need affinity level 4.

What ice brings to a team

The 4 ice Aniimo break down as 3 DPS and 1 Break. The highest base total among them is Geoclaw at 550. Roles are why two players with the same element still want different creatures from it, and why a spare that looks ordinary to you is the one somebody else is short of. What people are asking for moves week to week; how trading works covers the affinity levels and the 30-day lock that apply to every one of them.