The Research Console’s Perfect report category now has three tiers: Double 8, Double 9 and Double 10. The comparison uses Innate Potential in the two recommended attributes, with a different payout for each tier. It does not grade the catch by adding all six Potential fields into one total.
Part II also replaces the Fatal Shot reward category with Umbral and raises the Credits awarded by basic reports. These are changes to reporting rewards, separate from deciding whether an Aniimo is worth building.
Read the two recommended Innate fields together
The three announced names describe a pair:
| Report tier | Recommended Innate pair |
|---|---|
| Double 8 | 8 and 8 |
| Double 9 | 9 and 9 |
| Double 10 | 10 and 10 |
Those are the named equal-pair examples. The two relevant fields are the ones recommended for the Aniimo being reported. Two high numbers elsewhere on its stat display do not become the recommended pair simply because they look impressive.
For example, a Double 8 pair contributes 16 to a six-field total, while Double 10 contributes 20. The other four fields can change the total without changing those two numbers. A larger overall sum alone therefore does not prove that the catch belongs to the higher named report tier.
Training does not replace the Innate comparison
The rule specifically names Innate Potential. Aniimo level, equipment effects and allocated Capability Awakening are different parts of a trained build. A larger combat-stat display after an upgrade is not itself a change to the two Innate values used by this report rule.
That distinction also explains why a Perfect appraisal is not the whole answer. Perfect remains a Potential grade, while these report tiers separate outcomes inside the report category. The egg and Cube comparison explains what a Perfect guarantee does and does not promise.
For a keeper decision, use the broader Perfect Aniimo framework. Role fit, form, skills and existing investment can matter even when two catches receive similar report treatment. A reporting label measures a reporting condition; it does not choose the best member of your team.
Umbral replaces Fatal Shot, while basic reports pay more
Fatal Shot is removed from the reward categories. Umbral is added. This gives the current Console a different category structure from an older guide organized around Fatal Shot.
Basic reports also receive more Credits. The change is an increase, but it should not be turned into a new universal Credit-per-catch figure from an older payout table. The update gives different payouts to Double 8, Double 9 and Double 10 without publishing those amounts in the announcement.
Keep those three changes distinct: basic-report income increases, the special category list changes, and Perfect reporting gains a finer split. None of them means that an Umbral category creates a new mutation, or that every Perfect catch now receives the Double 10 payout.
The Console keeps nearby player prompts out of the way
The area in front of the Research Console now suppresses other Pathfinders’ interaction entries, leaving the report action available. The purpose is to reduce accidental selection while reporting.
If a nearby player no longer offers the same interaction entry in that spot, that is a changed Console interaction rule. It is separate from the new report tier and its payout. The reporting comparison remains the specific recommended Innate pair, rather than a larger total assembled from unrelated training gains.
