Thread:Mrs.angel/@comment-22439-20140313154212/@comment-24145588-20140321194152

Mmm, breaded monsters...a nice beer batter, deep-fried... But I see your point, breading the four-elements could be tough. That Quarrister looks like he's got a lot of fight in him...

OH! Breeding! I get it now! :-)

The four-element monsters shouldn't be particularly hard to breed, in my experience. I succeed with them about 50% of the time (the other half, getting one or the other of the two parent types), and have no Wishing Torches. The torches are usually recommended for the rare stuff -- Ethereal and Seasonal monsters.

I always use a one-element and three-element combination; don't think I've ever tried a pair of two-element monsters to breed a four-element. Check the pages for the monsters you're trying to breed, to make sure you're using a valid combination.

Although it's never been definitively settled, there's folklore supporting the idea that higher-level and happier monsters will give you a better chance to breed. That's generally what I use, although occasionally I do use lower-level monsters, too, if I am keeping them in the Hotel just for breeding and don't use them for coin generation.