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Shelly, No. 053 in the Aniimo Dex

Aniimo Dex · No. 053

Shelly

Water DPS

Shelly is No. 054, a water type that hides inside beach shells and stays sealed shut through daylight — which, if the behaviour works the way the description implies, makes it a creature you look for at night.

Where to find Shelly

Found inEchoback Landing

Shelly’s stats

Attributes 382 · index base values, reference level not documented

HP75
ATK90
BREAK39
P.DEF56
M.DEF56
REGEN66

What Shelly brings

Trait

Tidal Heart

While in water terrain or after absorbing water, increases Water damage by 20% for 10s.

Homeland abilities

  • home-1102 Lv.1
  • home-1002 Lv.1

How Shelly evolves

  1. Basic Form

    Shelly
  2. Lumin Stage

  3. Gamma Stage

  • Sheldon: Aniimo level 29.
  • Sherro: Aniimo level 39. Unlocked by defeating the Omega Sherro.

Shelly’s skills

Torrent Slam Physical · Power 47 · Cost 20

Strikes the target with a shell. If there’s a water environment nearby, activates puddles within the hit range to deal additional damage equal to 30% Might and increase Damage Amp by 15% for 20s.

Hydro Roll Physical · Power 83 · Cost 20

Continuously consumes stamina to roll forward and ram targets, dealing damage and restoring stamina over time. Creates a puddle when the roll ends. Stamina can be restored this way at most once every 3s.

ATK Physical · Power 6 · Cost 0 · Innate

Wields the power of water to attack targets at close range.

The story of Shelly

According to the in-game index, Shelly conceals itself among beach shells, holding them in place with its soft appendages, and stays sealed during the day. Pawprint has also given it its own Observation Diary episode on the official channel. Paraphrased; replaced with our own observations after launch.

Field notes

Day 2, Echoback Landing at dusk. Walked past the same six shells four times before one of them moved. Placeholder text for the layout preview.

Shelly, answered

Where do I find Shelly in Aniimo?

The in-game Aniilog lists Echoback Landing. The official index also names Crescent Bay, but the game itself does not, so we go by Echoback Landing.

Is Shelly only active at night?

The in-game description says it remains sealed during daylight. Whether that means it cannot be caught during the day, or just looks like a shell, is exactly the kind of thing we would rather test than guess.

What element is Shelly?

Water, in the DPS role.

Is Crescent Bay the same as the Island of Peace?

Probably, but nobody has confirmed it. The June announcements called the new water region the Island of Peace; July coverage and the official index both call it Crescent Bay. Same description, two names, no source that connects them.

Sources

Last updated 2026-09-25. Checked against the game on 2026-09-23.