Thornblade Location, Evolutions, and Stats
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Thornblade, or Aniimo 034, is a Nova stage Aniimo with the DPS role and Grass Element type. Read on to see the location of Thornblade, and learn more about its best team, traits, abilities, evolution, stats, and forms.
| Aniilog List | ||
|---|---|---|
 Towerwood Budsquire
(No. 33B) |
 Thornblade
(No. 34A) |
 Thunderstorm Thornblade
(No. 34B) |
List of Contents
Thornblade Location
Earliest Can be Found Guarding a Chest in Sea of Flowers
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The earliest Thornblade you encounter can be found guarding a chest at the Sea of Flowers. You'll find it burrowed in the ground next to a chest and 3 Budsquires.
Note: If you accidentally defeat the Thornblade before you can capture it, fast travel away and advance time to respawn it. You'll unlock the option to change the time of day during the Ceremony Preparations main quest.
Sea of Flowers 100% Exploration Guide
Obtain Sparkling Thornblade Using a Sparkling Cube
The only way to guarantee that you get a Sparkling Thornblade is to use a Sparkling Cube when catching one. However, if you have Sparkling Sigils to spare, you can spend those on an already-caught Thornblade to turn them into Sparkling.
How to Catch Sparkling (Shiny) Aniimo
Custom Egg Box - DPS Thornblade is Perfect Potential and Not Shining
Unfortunately, the Shining Thornblade Egg is a translation error. Hatching it will net you a Perfect Potential Thornblade rather than a Sparkling variant.
Chance to Spawn in Sea of Flowers Wild Surges
Thornblade can appear during Wild Surges in Sea of Flowers. Nurture the Bloom to trigger a Wild Surge and have a chance of encountering Thornblade. Make sure to nurture it using Grass Shards to spawn Budsquire instead of Dewy.
Thornblade Best Team
Thornblade DPS Grass Team
| Aniimo | Equipped Skills |
|---|---|
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Thornblade
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Combat Role:
Skills to Equip: DPS
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 Melloblum
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Combat Role:
Skills to Equip: Support
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 Tuckin
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Combat Role:
Skills to Equip: Break
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 Leafy
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Combat Role:
Skills to Equip: Regen
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Thorny Blessing
Healing Rose
Draw Nourishment
Haunting Choir
Vitality Blooms
Vine EntanglementThornblade's best team are Melloblum, Leafy, and Tuckin. This team revolves around Thornblade’s critical hits. Melloblum’s Rose Garden and Leafy’s Lotus Bloom amplify Thornblade’s output, with Leafy’s Vitality Bloom providing sufficient HP and EP sustain. Meanwhile, Tuckin’s Prank Master trait increases BREAK damage, helping the team deal even more overall damage.
Alternative Aniimo Options
 Shrubclaw
| Shrubclaw can be a substitue for Tuckin as the team's Break Aniimo. Verdant Beam and Leaf Slash would be good additions for damage. |
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Thornblade Best Build
Best Skills
 Thorny Rain Thorny Rain Rapidly attacks the target with its thorn blade. Can be used up to 3 times in a row. |
 Thorny Impact Thorny Impact Thrusts toward the target. On hit, increases this Aniimo's Crit Rate by 15% for 15s. |
 Elegant Waltz Elegant Waltz Repeatedly stabs a target with its thorn blade. (Ultimate) |
Thornblade's best skills are Thorny Defense and Thorny Impact. Since Thornblade's strength comes primarily from critical hits, having these skills maximizes its damage output.
Best Stat Priority and Personality
| Stats to Prioritize | |||||
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| Attack | ★★★★★ | ||||
| Regen | ★★★★★ | ||||
| Break | ★★★ | ||||
| HP | ★★★ | ||||
| P.Def | ★★ | ||||
| M.Def | ★★ | ||||
| Best Personality | |||||
E N T P
Since it will be difficult to get a full set that matches the personality traits above, your priority will be to get either E or N since Thornblade greatly benefits from additional ATK, Break, and Critical Rate. |
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Thornblade's best stats are Attack and Regen. Maximizing Attack allows Thornblade to deal as much damage as possible using its kit while Regen ensures it can sustain HP and EP while battling.
Best Held Item
 Ferocious Fang
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Main Stat | Damage Amp |
|---|---|---|
| Rarity | Legendary | |
| Effects | ||
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Core Effect: Equipped Aniimo gain 0.7 additional ATK per level.
Tier 1 Effect: ATK +2 Tier 2 Effect: Damage Amp +10%. Effect doubles if ATK is above 15. |
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Thornblade's best Held Item is Ferocious Fang. It's a staple item for DPS Aniimo, increasing its overall damage output.
Should You Form a Contract with Your Held Item?
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Thorny Rain
【BOOSTED】 |
Thorny Rain now grants a stack of Sword Dance, and the next basic attack skips to the third hit. |
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We recommend forming a contract with the Held item because the added Sword Dance stack makes stacking faster.
How to Play Thornblade
Recommended Skill Rotation
- Use Melloblum's Rose Garden for increased critical damage and Leafy's Lotus Bloom for increased Grass elemental damage.
- Swap to Thornblade, then use Thorny Impact and Thorny Defense for increased critical rate and build up Sword Dance stacks.
- Use up the Sword Dance stacks by attacking with basic attacks then use Elegant Waltz.
- Swap to your Support or Regen Aniimo and use skills that heal HP and/or restore EP.
Build Up Sword Dance Stacks
Thornblade's basic attacks can deal 180% extra damage per Sword Dance stack. You build Sword Dance stacks by using skills, for up to 4 stacks. This works great with Thorny Defense and Thorny Impact's or Lightning Impact's increased critical rate effect, allowing Thornblade to unleash devastating attacks.
Use Thorny Defense or Aqua Defense Against DPS Aniimo
Thorny Defense or Aqua Defense is highly effective against other DPS Aniimo. These skills reduce Thornblade’s damage taken by 20%, and if it’s struck while in stance, it retaliates with a counterattack—turning the enemy’s aggression back against them.
Use Thorny Rain to Deal Burst Damage
Thorny Rain has Thornblade attack a target 3 times rapidly. While it does decent damage on its own, if you use a Thorny Defense and Thorny Impact before Thorny Rain, each attack now has a chance to deal critical damage. When this happens, Thorny Rain becomes a powerful burst-damage skill.
Use Hit-and-Run Tactics
Thornblade has two dash skills—Thorny Impact and Lightning Impact. These allow it to quickly close the gap and get into melee range, setting up follow‑up skills or basic attacks. With this mobility, Thornblade excels as a hit‑and‑run damage dealer, relying on swift movements to dodge incoming attacks while striking back with bursts of damage.
Use to Plant Seeds, Gather, and Create Goods in Homeland
If Thornblade is not in your active party, you can assign it to plant seeds, gather resources, or create handcrafted goods in your Homeland.
Thornblade Type and Details
Thornblade Base Stats
| No. 34A | Element | Role | |||||||
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Thornblade
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| Homeland Abilities | |||||||||
 Artisanship
- Lv. 3 Grass
- Lv. 3 |
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| Elemental Damage Multipliers | |||||||||
| 2.56x | 1.6x | 1x | 0.625x | 0.39x | |||||
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| Base Stats | |||||||||
| HP | 96 | P.Def | 121 | ||||||
| Attack | 121 | M.Def | 73 | ||||||
| Break | 53 | Regen | 92 | ||||||
| Base Total | 509 | ||||||||
| Aniilog Entry | |||||||||
| The swords made from thorny stems are drawn only when it's time to protect their pack against enemies. | |||||||||
Nova StageThornblade Tier List Rankings
| Thornblade Ratings | ||
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Thornblade (Grass)
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Overall Ranking |
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| Best DPS Ranking |
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| Best Grass Ranking |
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Thornblade Traits
 Sword Dance
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Each skill used grants 1 stack of Sword Dance, up to 4 stacks, lasting 15s. Each basic attack costs 1 stack of Sword Dance to deal 180% extra damage. |
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Thornblade Abilities
All Thornblade Combat Skills
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Thorny Rain
【Core Skill】 |
Base Effect: Rapidly attacks the target with its thorn blade. Can be used up to 3 times in a row. Boosted Effect Boosted Effect Core Skills have boosted effects that can be obtained by forming a contract with the aniimo's held item. : Rapidly attacks the target with its thorn blade. Can be used up to 3 times in a row. Grants 1 stack of Sword Dance for 15s. The next basic attack skips directly to the third hit.
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 Thorny Defense
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Enters a defensive stance, reducing damage taken by 20% While in this state, it counters when attacked. If attacked just as the skill is used, its critical rate increases by 30% for 15s. |
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Thorny Impact
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Thrusts toward the target. On hit, increases this Aniimo's Crit Rate by 15% for 15s. |
All Thornblade Learnable Skills
 Lightning Impact
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How to Unlock: Capture at least one Thunderstorm Thornblade to unlock this skill.
Thrusts toward the target. On hit, increases this Aniimo's Crit Rate by 15% for 15s. |
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 Aqua Defense
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How to Unlock: Capture at least one Prismana Thornblade to unlock this skill.
Enters a defensive stance, reducing damage taken by 20%. If attacked during the stance, counterattacks the target. If attacked at the moment the skill is cast, applies Blockade to the target for 12s. |
All Thornblade Innate Skills
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Elegant Waltz
【Ultimate】 |
Repeatedly stabs a target with its thorn blade. |
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 ATK (Phys., Melee, Grass)
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Wields the power of grass to attack targets at close range. |
Thornblade Mobility Skill
| This Aniimo has no Mobility skill. |
How to Evolve Thornblade
| Thornblade Evolution Stages | ||||||||||||
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 Budsquire
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Lv. 27 → |
Thornblade
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| Lumin → Nova Stage | ||||||||||||
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Thornblade
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Evolution Reqs: ・Lv. 27 Budsquire. ・Defeat a Thornblade using a roster that only has a Budsquire in it. Evolution Cost:  Sprout Stone x3 |
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Use Only 1 Budsquire to Defeat a Thornblade
To unlock Budsquire's Thornblade evolution, you'll need to remove all party members from your team and only leave in Budsquire. Once you have the solo Budsquire "team" set, challenge a Thornblade and defeat it to unlock the evolution branch. Some rules you need to follow:
- The team can only be 1 Budsquire. Do not add any other team members.
- Do not capture the Thornblade. The requirement is to defeat it so capturing invalidates the requirement.
If done correctly, a pop-up should appear on the left side of your screen saying "a remarkable change is about to happen."
Thornblade Forms and Rarities
Thornblade's Other Forms
 Thunderstorm Thornblade (No. 34B) |
 Prismana Thornblade (No. 34C) |
 Towerwood Thornblade (No. 34D) |
Aniimo Related Guides
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Other Aniimo Lists
| Rarities | |||||
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| Prismana | Umbral | Legendary | |||
| Combat Roles | |||||
| DPS | Break | Support | |||
| Regen | Healer | ||||
| Evolution Stages | |||||
| Lumin | Gamma | Nova | |||
| Appearances | |||||
| Illusory | Sparkling | Blessed | |||
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Previous and Next Aniimo
| Previous Aniimo | Next Aniimo |
|---|---|
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Towerwood Budsquire
(No. 33B) |
Thunderstorm Thornblade
(No. 34B) |
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Anonymous about 1 monthI can't evolve to Thornblade I tried countless time to defeat a Thornblade with team compose of only Budsquire. Those anyone have a solution?
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To unlock the Thornblade evolution, you'll want to create a party of just one Budsquire. You can't have more in the roster (it needs to fight Thornblade solo). We've updated our guide to better explain the requirement! Thanks for using our page.