Legendary Journey: Walking with Irisalis & Gift of Blessing

Walking with Irisalis & Gift of Blessing takes over the Legendary Journey row on 25 September 2026, the day Trail of Butterfly Shadows ends, and runs to 9 December 2026: eleven weeks, the joint longest window on the calendar.

The encounter itself is published, in the developer letter of 3 September 2026. Irisalis was rebuilt for launch around three things: how you reach it, how it plays and how it feels. You collect legendary tokens through world exploration and story progress, craft your own Legendary Aniipod, and unlock Irisalis’s exclusive story. Token collecting is folded into everyday exploration and catching, so progress builds as you play rather than through repeated attempts.

Once the Legendary Aniipod is crafted, the exclusive encounter appears on the map: you enter the battle, follow the story, defeat the Legendary Aniimo and throw the Aniipod you made to seal the bond. The letter is explicit that this encounter only happens once, and that the design is the template for every Legendary Aniimo encounter to come.

What the letter does not cover is the event layer on top: the calendar’s own window, the “Gift of Blessing” half of the title and any event reward track are not published.

Official description

For launch, we’ve redesigned the entire process of obtaining Irisalis around three things: how you reach it, how it plays, and how the encounter itself feels. This design will be the template for every Legendary Aniimo encounter to come. How you reach it: No more repeating the challenge in the hope of a successful catch. Collect legendary tokens through world exploration and story progress, craft your own personal Legendary Aniipod, and unlock Irisalis’s exclusive story. How it plays: Token collecting is incorporated into everyday exploration and catching, so progress builds naturally as you adventure. How the encounter feels: Once your Legendary Aniipod is crafted, the exclusive encounter appears on the map. Enter the battle, follow the story, defeat the Legendary Aniimo, and throw the Aniipod you made to seal your bond with Irisalis. This encounter only happens once, so make it count.

Every Legendary Journey: Walking with Irisalis & Gift of Blessing window in Aniimo with its dates in UTC+8, length, featured Aniimo and current status.

Window	Dates	Days	Featured Aniimo	Status
Window 1	25 September 2026 to 9 December 2026	76	TBD	Starts in 10 days

Dates are the UTC+8 calendar days the official calendar publishes. The source gives no time of day, so treat the last date as the whole of that day in UTC+8 and do not leave a reward to the last hour of your own.

• Irisalis, sealed with a Legendary Aniipod you craft yourself, in a one time encounter (developer letter, 3 September 2026).
• The event’s own reward track, and anything attached to “Gift of Blessing”, are not published yet.

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The Aniimo the official calendar names for this event or one of its windows. Each tile opens its Aniidex entry, with stats, skills and where to catch it.