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The Legend of Driftwise Meadow: Aniimo Journey chapter guide
In Driftwise Meadow, a band of Fentufts determined to chase sadness away keeps pestering a melancholic Nimbi and a flower that refuses to open. Once you understand that joy and sorrow live side by side, the Bittersweet Bloom opens, and the perfumer Fantine finally finds where she belongs. Two sections.
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At a glance
- Where: Driftwise Meadow, a level 51 to 56 region according to the in-game map.
- How it starts: by following the clue “A Sorrowful Cloud?”, which points to a sad Nimbi inside the region’s clouds.
- Prerequisites: the fragrant section requires finishing the first one, “Fentufts and the Nimbi”.
- Sections: Fentufts and the Nimbi · A Fragrant Journey: Driftwise Meadow.
- Characters: the Fentuft Inspector and the Happy Fentuft Team, a melancholic Nimbi, the perfumer Fantine.
- Rewards: Safaris, Glimmer, Credits, Sparkling Crystals, Tumblers, then the legendary perfume Heart’s Resonance. Chapter progress gives 1 Report Card at 50% and 1 Irisalis Petal at 100%.
1. Fentufts and the Nimbi
Driftwise Meadow is blanketed in a melancholic mist, and a pack of Fentufts has decided to hunt sadness down. The Fentuft Inspector tracks “un-joy”, while the rest of the Happy Fentuft Team hands out happiness to everyone — including a Nimbi that would rather be left alone.
Joining the team takes real cheerfulness: you Twine with a Fentuft and pile up snuggles and games until you hit peak cheerfulness. That leaves “Big One”, a Bittersweet Bloom that only half opens no matter how many joyous tuftballs it is offered. The answer comes from sorrow itself: offer it a Melancholic Fluff and the flower finally makes progress. The Inspector draws the wrong conclusion — he decides the Nimbi just needs to be even happier — but the chapter’s lesson is clear: joy and sadness do not cancel each other out.
Step by step
- Walk up to the Fentufts picking on a Nimbi.
- Twine with a Fentuft-family Aniimo and reach peak cheerfulness: the objectives have you snuggle and follow the local Fentufts.
- Chat with the Fentuft Inspector, then spread happiness to “Big One”, the Bittersweet Bloom.
- Joyous tuftballs are not enough: offer it a Melancholic Fluff.
- Find out why the Bittersweet Bloom won’t blossom, then report back to the Inspector.
Section rewards: 600 Safaris, 30 Glimmer, 15,000 Credits, 30 Sparkling Crystals, 3 Tumblers.
2. A Fragrant Journey: Driftwise Meadow
By the river, the perfumer Fantine is brooding. She is cheerful no matter what — the storm that traps her in a hut with Budsquires, Nimbi blown into the air by a gust, perfume orders piling up — and all of Bloomville finds that strange. She came to hide in Driftwise Meadow under the pretext of gathering ingredients, and caught herself feeling sad while cuddling a Nimbi.
You bring her Bittersweet Dew and the story of the flower. That does it: joy and sorrow can coexist without losing themselves, exactly like the notes in that dew. Fantine realizes she was in the wrong place, not that something was wrong with her — and rushes off to join the Fentufts at Softdown Wilds, after handing you a bottle.
Step by step
- Talk to Fantine by the river.
- Find and gather Bittersweet Dew from the region’s Bittersweet Blooms.
- Give it to Fantine, then chat with her.
Section rewards: 600 Safaris, 1 Heart’s Resonance, 30 Glimmer, 7,500 Credits, 50 Breezy Plains Dewdrop Crystals.
Characters you meet
- The Fentuft Inspector: self-appointed leader of the Happy Fentuft Team, at war with the Melancholic Mist.
- The melancholic Nimbi: it finds the world full of sadness and does not see why everyone insists on being happy.
- Fantine: a Bloomville perfumer, misunderstood because of her optimism.
What’s next?
The Heart’s Resonance perfume you get here provides the blue color for the Fragrant Dream. The rumor “The Joyful Old Home”, which leads to Softdown Wilds, is detailed in Rumors and clues. For the region itself, see Driftwise Meadow.
Read next
All of Aniimo’s story and quests
Frequently asked questions
How do you make the Bittersweet Bloom open?
The Fentufts' joyous tuftballs are not enough: the flower only half opens. You also have to offer it a Melancholic Fluff, and understand that joy and sorrow belong together.
How do you start the Driftwise Meadow legend?
A clue points on the map to a sad Nimbi caught in strange clouds. Walk up to it and you find the Fentufts pestering it, which starts the chapter.
Where do you find Bittersweet Dew for Fantine?
You gather it from the Bittersweet Blooms of Driftwise Meadow once the first section is done: Fantine's quest explicitly requires completing “Fentufts and the Nimbi”.