Category:Rare Monsters

"Introducing super-valuable, ultra-coveted Rare Monsters! These special versions of your favorite characters are only available to buy or breed on weekends… log in often to make sure you don't miss out!"

- "What's new" description of Rare Monsters

Rare Monsters are special counterparts of the normal monsters in My Singing Monsters. As seen on the MSM Facebook page and the MSM Youtube page, these are not completely new classes of monsters. Instead, they are actually new versions of the monsters already in the game and they comprise one class, "Rare." Rares exhibit many of the same traits as their normal monsters, including, but not limited to, song and animation (except for the Rare Wubbox), egg design, breeding combination, and general size. Compared to normal monsters, Rare Monsters have longer breeding times, have different Likes, and they generate more Coins/Shards.

Thus far, Natural Monsters are the only class of monster to have a Rare for every regular monster within their class. Currently, the Ethereal Monsters have eight Rares with a new Rare Ethereal Monster being added each month. Out of the Supernatural Monsters, only the Wubbox has a Rare counterpart as none of the Wublins have Rare versions. The most recent class of monster to be given Rare equivalents are the Seasonal Monsters, debuting with the Rare Hoola. Legendary Monsters, Mythical Monsters, and the Dipsters are the only monsters to have no Rare versions.

All Rare Natural Monsters can only be bought for a limited amount of time from the StarShop with Starpower, or bred on the Natural Islands during Daily Deals or weekend deals. The Rare Wubbox is always available to be bought from the StarShop, though only on Plant Island, Cold Island, and Air Island as well as their respective Mirror Island. Every Wednesday since October 5th, 2016, a Rares Duet occurs, which makes two specific Rares available in the StarShop. During the time that a Rare Ethereal Monster or Rare Seasonal Monster is available to buy/breed, it appears on the list of monsters in the Market on its appropriate island and it includes a display showing how much longer it will be available. The cost of these Rares is always a high price in Diamonds, making them some of the most expensive and difficult monsters to acquire in the game.

History
Rare Monsters were announced on October 6th, 2014 and made their debut four days later for the weekend of October 10th, 2014, beginning with the Rare Furcorn. After the arrival of the first Rare, new Rares occurred every consecutive weekend through the weekend of January 9th, 2015, except for the weekend of December 26th, 2014. After January 9th, 2015, new rares came on every other weekend beginning with the weekend of January 16th, 2015. In between every second weekend, there was a voting proposal for which Rare was nominated for "rerunning". Voting was only conducted on My Singing Monsters' Facebook page, and whichever monster got the most votes was rerun for an additional weekend.

On July 6th, 2015, the Rare Single Element Monsters were released and lasted for a whole week until another Rare Single Element Monster took over. These special monsters introduced a whole new different set of likes and way of breeding -- the way to breed them is to breed two Triple-Element Monsters that share the Rare's one element. For example, the Rare Mammott can be bred with a T-Rox or a Clamble, which both have the Cold Element.

On August 5th, 2015, the last Rare Natural Monster, the Rare Noggin became available. Three months later on November 16th, 2015, Update 1.3.6 launched, making Rares no longer limited and relocating them in the Rares section in the StarShop. The Rare Wubbox also became available in the update but only on Plant Island during its initial release.

For an unknown reason, the last time voting sessions had run was on September 11th 2015, with Rare Furcorn, Rare Entbrat, Rare Deedge, Rare Bowgart, and Rare Quarrister running during that time, which from then on somehow stopped the once-consistant voting sessions.

On April 22nd, 2016, the Rare Ethereal Monsters, officially known as "Raretherals", were released, starting with the Rare Ghazt.

On July 16th, 2016, several days after the re-release of the Hoola, the first Rare Seasonal Monster was released: the Rare Hoola. Such monsters are only available during the times of their regular counterpart and can only be bred in small parts of their counterpart's availability.

On September 1st, 2016, all Rare Natural Monsters in the StarShop were removed and had their period of availability reduced to a rotational basis, with one monster at a time. My Singing Monsters' Facebook comment claims that "In order to preserve their special status and the challenge involved in collecting them, we've made the decision to have their availability rotate in the StarShop. Rest assured, there will continue to be StarShop promotions, like the popular Rares Duet discount, after Anniversary Month". However, some users on Facebook complained with "sad" or "angry" emoticons as well as criticizing the change. In addition, up until this update, Daily Deals and weekend deals previously reduced the cost of the Rares in the StarShop. Since the update, Daily Deals during events still continue to reduce the cost of Rares in the StarShop but Rares Duets only allow for the Rare Monsters in question to be available for purchase.

Beginning October 5th, 2016, Rare Monsters will appear in the StarShop every Wednesday through Rares Duets. Aside from occasional events, this will be the only way to obtain Rare Monsters.

Breeding Monsters
Rares can only be bred if a Daily Deal or Weekend Deal is occurring. Otherwise, they must be purchased in the StarShop with Starpower, although this only applies to Natural Monsters and the Rare Wubbox. Rares are bred the same way as regular monsters; they require parents that are level 4 or higher. The parents can be normal or Rare. Valid empirical testing to determine which combination has the highest chance of producing a Rare offspring has not been done; the period of availability is too short to get useful data.

It is possible to breed most Rare Monsters by breeding failure. Breeding failure occurs when a breeding combination produces one of the monsters that were used for breeding. This includes breeding combinations that can never be successful in the sense that they would create a new monster type different from the parents. For example, breeding a Rare Noggin with a Rare Fwog will never produce a Triple Element Monster. Instead, this breeding combination will result in either the Rare or normal version of one of the parents.

In general, this method of breeding cannot be used to create Rare Quad Element Monsters since a quad monster bred with another monster does not result in an egg of that quad monster. There are two exceptions: 1.) If you breed a Rare Quad-Monster with its own common counterpart, that monster type will be the result, which may give the Rare version if it is available at that time and 2.) the Rare Deedge can be bred from a Deedge and a Shugabush on Shugabush Island, which may give a Deedge (Rare or common) as the offspring.

Feeding Monsters
Each monster needs to be fed four times before it reaches the next level. Increasing the monster's level increases the coins earned per minute, as well as the maximum coins earned. The food for each level is the same for each Rare monster as it is for their normal counterpart, e.g. Rare Fwog food per level is the same as the normal Fwog at the same level.

Rares Research
Since December, 2015, a new Rares Research is announced every month on the MSM Facebook page. When this happens, the selected Rare is available for 24 hours, and more information regarding that particular Rare is revealed.

General

 * Compared to their normal counterparts, Rare monsters have different:
 * Likes. Their likes always include their normal counterparts.
 * Coin rates and cost. Rare monsters earn more coins and cost more than their counterparts.
 * Breeding/hatching times. Rare monsters take longer to breed/hatch than normal monsters.
 * Compared to their normal counterparts, Rare monsters have the same:
 * Bed space and size. Rare monsters require the same bed space and have the same size as their counterpart except for the Rare Wubbox, which requires only one bed.
 * Sound/noise, except for the Rare Wubbox. This stays true even if their song has been altered in the Recording Studio.
 * Egg design. All eggs that contain Rare Monsters look exactly the same as their common counterparts.
 * Ability to be Teleported (or not) to other islands.
 * Rare Monsters will count the same as their normal counterparts for the purpose of other monsters' likes; e.g., if a monster likes a Furcorn, it will also like a rare Furcorn.
 * Rares can be bred with one another, but no evidence suggests that this offers a higher chance of successfully breeding a Rare. This includes breeding failure. For example, a failed breeding attempt with a Rare Furcorn might produce a regular Furcorn, not a Rare Furcorn. Of course, a Rare Monster cannot be produced using any breeding method if the breeding attempt is made outside the time when that Rare Monster is not available.
 * Rares can be bred with their common counterparts. This can be useful in making multiple Rares of the same type. Obviously, to do this, one of those Rares must already be owned. For example, an Entbrat can be bred with a Rare Entbrat and produce either an Entbrat or a Rare Entbrat (but only when the Rare Entbrat is being offered).
 * For Special Occasions, Rare Monsters are dressed up at the same time as their normal counterparts, but the Rare and normal monsters are always dressed differently from each other.
 * Placing a Rare Monster on Gold Island will be credited toward the breeding Goals with a reward as if they were their common counterparts. For example, if a Thumpies has not yet been introduced to Gold Island, a Rare Thumpies will still work the same and activate the the 2,000,000 reward.
 * Rares can only be boxed into a Rare Wubbox.
 * In the Memory Game, Rares can also be included. Because they sound the same as their normal counterparts, it is significantly more difficult to choose them both to play with at the same time.
 * Rare monsters from the Plant, Cold, Air, Water, Earth Islands, and Mirror Islands that also live on Shugabush Island can be bought from the Shugabush market during Daily or weekend Deals, bred on their home island and teleported to Shugabush Island, or bred on Shugabush Island by breeding their non-rare monster with the Shugabush monster. This non-rare breeding may result in the birth of a non-rare elemental monster, a rare elemental monster, a Shugabush monster, or the normal Shuga-monster that comes from this breeding pair.
 * So far, there have been no Rare Legendary Monsters, Rare Mythical Monsters, or Rare Dipsters.
 * Since the introduction of the Rare Wubbox, which does not have a natural element, all Rare Monsters are grouped as "Rare" plus in brackets what their common counterpart would be categorised as. For example, a Rare Furcorn would be categorised as "Rare (natural)", which a Rare Wubbox would be categorised as "Rare (supernatural)".
 * Rares are not available in the Windows version of the game.

Re-releases

 * Beginning November 29th, 2014, during the Thanksgiving event, the Rares from Rare Furcorn to Rare Spunge were re-released for a short time. Two or three Rares were re-released in each 24-hour period. Rare Pango and Rare PomPom came first, followed by Rare Thumpies, Rare Spunge and Rare Fwog, and finally Rare Furcorn and Rare Pummel.
 * At midnight (Eastern Standard Time) on December 25th-26th, 2014, the Rares from Rare Furcorn to Rare Congle were all re-released, at once, for 3 days, 12 hours. This was also the first weekend that a new rare monster was not introduced.
 * On the January 17th, 2015, the Rare Furcorn was re-released in a vote against Rare PomPom.  The "election" results were 229 to 200.
 * The Rare Congle was re-introduced on January 31st, 2015 as a result of a vote against Rare Pango.  The "election" results were 5,471 to 2,060.
 * The Rare Fwog was re-introduced on February 14th, 2015 as a result of a vote against Rare Pummel. The "election" results were 6,566 to 1,565.
 * The Rare Shrubb was re-introduced on February 28th, 2015 as a result of a vote against Rare Thumpies. The "election" results were 8,698 to 3,207.
 * On March 10th, 2015, My Singing Monsters announced a poll for the favorite Rare Monster. The options at the time were from Rare Furcorn to Rare Reedling.
 * At the end of the vote, My Singing Monsters announced that every monster will be rerun, but in different order.
 * The Rares did not rerun in order of popularity; the votes were used only for a consensus of what monsters most people liked most.
 * On March 14th, 2015 the votes were tallied and are as follows: Rare Furcorn got 1,152 votes, Rare Thumpies got 481 votes, Rare Pummel got 130 votes, Rare Pango got 261 votes, Rare Fwog got 249 votes, Rare PomPom got 1383 votes, Rare Spunge got 200 votes, Rare Entbrat got 3,891 votes, Rare Cybop got 382 votes, Rare Shrubb got 470 votes, Rare Congle got 228 votes, Rare Clamble got 267 votes, Rare Quibble got 1,198 votes, Rare Maw got 373 votes, Rare Dandidoo got 315 votes, Rare Oaktopus got 420 votes, and Rare Reedling got 672 votes.
 * Because the day before March 14th, 2015 was Friday the 13th, the first two monsters to be rerun were Rare Cybop and Rare Maw, even though the top two monsters with the most votes were Rare Entbrat and Rare Quibble. The next day, Rare Entbrat and Rare Pango arrived while the other two Rares stopped being available. Rare Clamble and Rare Quibble came next, followed by Rare Spunge and Rare Thumpies. On the next day it was Rare Dandidoo and Rare Pummel. The very next day, it was the Rare PomPom (along with the Blabbit release). Next was Rare Congle and Rare Shrubb followed by Rare Furcorn and Rare Reedling. Rare Oaktopus and Rare Fwog came last. On the next day, the four most voted on monsters, Rare Entbrat, Rare Furcorn, Rare Quibble, and Rare PomPom, got released at the same time.
 * There was a week delay of the fortnightly arrival of the Rare Deedge due to the rerun events.
 * On April 4th, 2015, the Rare reruns continued.
 * The reruns began with Rare Maw winning against Rare Cybop. The "election" results were 5,841 to 2,923.
 * The Rare Clamble was re-introduced on April 18th, 2015 as a result of a vote against Rare Dandidoo. The "election" results were 7,132 to 3,764.
 * The Rare Spunge was re-introduced on May 2nd, 2015 as a result of a vote against Rare Oaktopus. The "election" results were 5,368 to 3,657.
 * The Rare Quibble was re-introduced on May 16th, 2015 as a result of a vote against Rare Reedling. The "election" results were 3,813 to 1,904.
 * The Rare Entbrat was re-introduced on May 30th, 2015 as a result of a vote against Rare Deedge. The "election" results were 7,427 to 4,936. This was also the first election between two Rare Quad-Element Monsters.
 * There was a Rare rerun that re-introduced the top three defeated Rares of the past polls with the votes results announced on June 13th, 2015. In the poll, there was the Rare PomPom (2,609 votes), Rare Pango (516 votes), Rare Pummel (415 votes), Rare Thumpies (1,472 votes), Rare Cybop (486 votes), Rare Dandidoo (603 votes), Rare Oaktopus (861 votes), Rare Reedling (568 votes) and Rare Deedge (3,716 votes). The Rare Deedge, Rare PomPom, and Rare Thumpies won and were rerun for the weekend.
 * On August 12th, 2015, following the expiration of the first breeding period for Rare Noggin, a special Rares Reprise was announced that unlocked every Rare Monster on every island at once for one week.
 * On September 11th, 2015, all Rares were nominated for voting, and the top five Rares were rerun. Rare Furcorn, Rare Entbrat, Rare Deedge, Rare Bowgart, and Rare Quarrister were all rerun.
 * On September 1st, 2016, during the Anniversary Month Celebration, all Rare Natural Monsters were removed from the StarShop and put onto a rotation, each lasting 24 hours.
 * The Rare Furcorn was the first Rare Natural Monster to be re-introduced on September 1st, 2016. During its rerun, it was the only Rare Natural Monster available for purchase in the StarShop.
 * The Rare Thumpies were re-introduced on September 2nd, 2016.
 * The Rare Pummel was re-introduced on September 3rd, 2016.
 * The Rare Pango was re-introduced on September 4th, 2016.
 * The Rare Fwog was re-introduced on September 5th, 2016.
 * The Rare PomPom was re-introduced on September 6th, 2016
 * The Rare Spunge was re-introduced on September 7th, 2016. All Natural Double-Element Rares were also made available to buy or breed.
 * The Rare Entbrat was re-introduced on September 8th, 2016.
 * The Rare Cybop was re-introduced on September 9th, 2016.
 * The Rare Shrubb was re-introduced on September 10th, 2016.
 * The Rare Congle was re-introduced on September 11th, 2016.
 * The Rare Clamble was re-introduced on September 12th, 2016.
 * The Rare Quibble was re-introduced on September 13th, 2016. All Natural Triple-Element Rares were also made available to buy or breed.
 * The Rare Maw was re-introduced on September 14th, 2016.
 * The Rare Dandidoo was re-introduced on September 15th, 2016.
 * The Rare Oaktopus was re-introduced on September 16th, 2016. All Single-Element Rarethereals were also made available to buy or breed including the new Rare Reebro and Rare Jeeode which made their debuts. This "Rarethereal Rising" lasted throughout the weekend.
 * The Rare Reedling was re-introduced on September 17th, 2016.
 * The Rare Deedge was re-introduced on September 18th, 2016.
 * The Rare Bowgart was re-introduced on September 19th, 2016.
 * The Rare Scups was re-introduced on September 20th, 2016.
 * The Rare Riff was re-introduced on September 21st, 2016. All Natural Quad-Element Rares were also made available to buy or breed.
 * The Rare Drumpler was re-introduced on September 22nd, 2016.
 * A "Wish Upon a Star" promotion occurred which reduced the cost of all Natural Rares by 75% and made them all available for purchase in the StarShop. This promotion lasted through the end of September, 2016.
 * All Natural Single-Element Rares were made available to buy or breed on September 28th, 2016.


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