How to Increase Agent Rank in Digimon Story Time Stranger (& Anomaly Points, Explained)

As you start to get into Digimon Story: Time Stranger, you might notice you’re locked out of several features, including the Agent Skills section of the Agent subscreen in the menu.

Also, once you complete missions, you’ll start earning a currency called Anomaly Points, but the game doesn’t explain to you what it’s used for and how to earn it until a few hours in. We’ll help explain it all to you!

How to Unlock Agent Skills in Digimon Story Time Stranger

The Agent Skills feature in the menu will be locked in Digimon Story: Time Stranger until you complete the ‘Time Stranger’ main story mission. This sounds like a late-game quest, but it will be in the opening hours after you beat Raremon in the Reunions Bring Trouble mission.

As soon as you start the next quest, Resonating Thoughts, you will get a call from the Operator, telling you all about Agent Skills.

Once you open up the Agent Skills menu, you can spend Anomaly Points to unlock abilities for you and your Digimon pals. You’ll get Anomaly Points by completing missions as you progress through the story. You’ll also get some from completing side missions.

There are essentially five different skill trees (Agent Skills) to choose from, each offering different upgrade paths.

Digimon Story: Time Stranger Agent Skills	Description
Bonds of Loyalty	Expands an agent’s abilities and enhances all Digimon.
Bonds of Valor	Enhances Digimon with Valor-type personalities (read more about Digimon personalities here!)
Bonds of Philanthropy	Enhances Digimon with Philanthropy-type personalities.
Bonds of Amicability	Enhances Digimon with Amicability-type personalities
Bonds of Wisdom	Enhances Digimon with Wisdom-type personalities.