Noggin

MSM Bio:

"Noggins are basically musical rocks. Deeply in tune with the earth, their simple rhythms echo an island’s pulse. The sensation of reverberation produced by a Noggin motivates all other monsters."

MSM Composer Bio:

"The Noggin creates percussive perfection by tapping its dextrous fingers on the top of its flat head. Don't be fooled by its rocky texture, it's hollow and resonant, just like a conga drum."

Description
The Noggin is a small gray golem-like monster. Characteristic features include large green eyes, three-fingered tan humanoid hands and feet, a rocky outer texture, a completely flat head and a severe underbite.

Interestingly, Noggins' hearing is very poor, owing mainly to the fact that they have no ears. Instead, this Monster is able to "hear" through sensitive receptors in their hands and feet, which pick up the tiniest vibrations. In this way, a Noggin is able to rhythmically follow the heartbeat of the island and reproduce it by tapping its fingers on the hollow top of its flat head.

When the monster is idle, it stays in tempo by briefly stroking its fingers across its head and slowly stomping its feet.

Song
Audio sample:

The Noggin Monster contributes to the island's song by playing a variety of Latin-based drums (in Earth Island it plays a bass drum), the instrument choice varying upon island to island. Their hands beat a rhythm onto the top of their heads, which creates the sound that it plays. The Noggin plays similarly to the following instruments in each island:


 * Plant Island - Cajon
 * Air Island - Cajon
 * Water Island - Djembe/Congas
 * Earth Island - Bass drum
 * Gold Island - Timbales/Congas
 * Tribal Island - Fast-paced timbales

Breeding
The Noggin is the first monster available for purchase in the market. They can also be produced by breeding an unstable combination between a Noggin and a monster with more than one element.

Earning Rate and Maximum Income
Earning rate is in coins per hour and depends on Happiness % (Likes increase Happiness), also each monster has a limit to how much income it can hold at a time. Increasing the monster's level increases the limit.

Name Origin
"Noggin" is a slang for head. As this monster is mostly head with almost no sign of limbs, its name might come from this informal word.

Possible Monster Names
To see all possible names for, see Monster Names.

Halloween
For Halloween 2015 and October 20th, 2016, Noggin became a piece of candy corn to sweeten the islands. Yum!

In 2016, it appeared a little different showing a different shade of orange and what seems to be the sugar on a sour patch kid, could this be a new sweet? Sour patch candy corn!?!? At least it tastes good....