Astropod

Astropod
Element(s)
Class	Supernatural (Wublin)
Portrait(s)
Release
Date	2017-02-24
Version	2.0.3
Statistics
Island(s)	Wublin
Available at Level 13
N/A Beds Required
2 x 2 Size Required
Polarity
Negative from: Brump
Positive from: Bona-Petite
Negative toward: Zynth
Positive toward: Dwumrohl
Required Inventory
x5x8x5x10 x8x6 Time limit: 10 days
Buying Price
20,000
Selling Price
Sleeping - No Eggs	15,000
Awake	1,554,375
Placement XP
1
First Discovered By
MonsterTamer
Variants
Rare	Rare Astropod

“	The Astropod is a bizarre amalgam of seemingly incompatible features that come together to create a truly unique Monster performer. The electricity that courses through its Wublin body manifests itself between its antlers and in the color-shifting tufts on its shell. Conversing with an Astropod is a complicated affair, as the slightest movement of its puny upper arms communicates nuanced subtexts and exposed veiled thoughts.	”
	— Monster Bio

Description

Astropod is a Supernatural Monster exclusive to Wublin Island. It was added on February 24th, 2017, during version 2.0.3. Astropod is obtained by being purchased in the Market for 20,000 Coins () as an inactive statue, which can be woken up by zapping all required Monster eggs into it. It has a decent Currency production compared to other Wublins.

Song

Instrument: Electric synthesizer

Astropod plays a sound similar to an electric synthesizer.

VSTs

Main article: VSTs

Virtual Studio Technology (VST) is a plugin format that allows audio software to integrate with digital audio workstations (DAWs). VST plugins come in two main forms: instruments (VSTi), which generate sounds, such as synthesizers and sample libraries, and effects, which process audio, through tools like reverb or distortion. Individual sounds within these plugins may be referred to as patches, presets, samples, or articulations, depending on the plugin. The Monster-Handlers utilize several VST plugins to create the sounds of instrumental and sometimes vocal Monsters. Note that many pages incorrectly label patches as "SoundFonts", an unrelated audio format.

VST: HALion 6
Sound library: Trium
SoundFont: Glazier

Breeding

Astropod cannot be bred. Like all Wublins, it is bought at the Market as an inactive statue that must be woken up.

Powering Up

The allotted time to fill a Astropod in order to activate is 10 days. If the inventory is not completed in the time the Astropod resets to an empty statue and all eggs inside are lost. Eggs can be zapped from Mirror Islands instead of, or in conjunction with Natural and Magical Islands.

Egg	Time	Islands to Breed On
x5	1d (18h)
x5	1d (18h)
x8	12h (9h)
x6	12h (9h)
x8	12h (9h)
x10	1m (45s)

Filling In

Like other Wublins, Astropod can instead be filled in with Diamonds. Each egg can be filled in for 30. Astropod requires a total of 1,260 for all eggs to be filled.

Since all eggs have an equal Diamond fill cost, it is best to save your Diamonds for the Monsters that are harder to obtain. And oftentimes, it is cheaper to speed up eggs to zap from the Breeding Structure instead.

Wildcards may also be used when filling in a Astropod's inventory with 1 per egg. Similarly, it's best to save them for harder to obtain Monsters.

Income

Main article: Wublins#Income

Astropod, like other Wublins, can produce between 39,000 and 78,000 Coins, 7,200 and 14,400 Treats, and 144 and 288 Shards. As a Monster that takes up a 2x2 grid space, Astropod produces 2 Diamonds. Wublins generate a random type of currency every 6 to 12 hours. This rate can be increased or decreased depending on Polarity.

Currency generation is calculated separately per Monster, so multiple Astropods will receive more currency, and have a higher chance overall to obtain valuable Diamonds. For maximizing income across your Wublin Island, see Wublin Island Grid Planning.

Currency Distribution

Main article: Wublins#Currency Type Distribution

The Currency for Astropod is randomly selected from the 4 Currencies it can produce. The chances to get each Currency are detailed below. Datapoints are the number of recorded collections; the higher number of datapoints, the more accurate the data is.

Astropod's Currency Distribution

Coins	Treats	Shards	Diamonds	Datapoints
31.23%	32.11%	32.18%	4.48%	1,361

Please do not edit this table. The data is taken from the Wublins page, which is derived from a joint spreadsheet. You can share your data on its talk page. Note that only large sample sizes of data are valuable.

Polarity

All Wublins are affected by Polarity, a mechanic that modifies their currency rate similar to happiness for other Monsters. When a Wublin is placed near another Wublin they are positively charged towards, the time to produce currency will decrease by 25%. When placed near a Wublin they are negatively charged towards, the time to produce currency will increase by 25%. The Common variants can be used instead for Rare Wublins, but the effect will be half as strong. Additionally, the Common and Rare variants can be used instead for Epic Wublins, but the effect will be 66% and 33% as strong respectively. Rare and Epic variants can fully affect the polarity of a Common Wublin.

The following Wublins affect Astropod's polarity:

Negatively affects Astropod	Positively affects Astropod
Brump	Bona-Petite

Astropod also affects the polarity of the following Wublins:

Negatively affected by Astropod	Positively affected by Astropod
Zynth	Dwumrohl

Strategy

The following section details strategy for powering up Astropod, for general strategy that can apply to any Monster, see Zapping#Strategy

Astropod can be powered up with up to Water Island unlocked. It can be powered up faster with more Islands unlocked, with Bonus Breeding Structures, or Enhanced Breeding Structures. The following strategies require zapping eggs twice per day, once in the morning and once at night. However, for the first 5 Days, you only need to zap Monsters once per day.

Note that the tables below don't include the required 10 Toe Jammers needed to power up Astropod. Since Toe Jammer has a very low Breeding time, they can be easily obtained during or after you zap all of the other Monsters. A good method is to cycle through 3 to 4 Islands it is available on, so you don't have to wait around for a minute.

If you have all Islands up to Water Island, breed:

If you also have Earth Island unlocked, you can complete Astropod faster by using this strategy:

Advanced Strategy

If you have all Islands and Mirror Islands unlocked, and Bonus Breeding Structures on every Island, you can complete Astropod even faster using this strategy. Note that this strategy requires you to prebreed a Deedge on Shugabush Island. Since Shugabush Island breeding is unreliable, the strategy assumes that you can only breed on it once.

Possible Monster Names

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

Gallery

In-Game

Idle animation

Waking Up

Muted Astropod

Discovery Screen

Other

Wublin Name's Puzzle (Published on February 23)

The solved puzzle "Wublin Astropod"

Teaser of the creation of Astropod (published in January)

The January Teaser explanation

Notes

• Astropod's name comes from "Gastropod," a term describing snails and slugs, and "Astro," meaning related to stars; this meaning "star-foot" in Ancient Greek.
• Astropod was teased in a word-search puzzle, in which you eliminate the other Wublin names and find the remaining letters.[1] The answer is "Wublin Astropod!".
• Astropod breaks the pattern of releasing an instrumental Wublin, and then a vocal Wublin.
• The January teaser confirms (or suggests) that Wubbox is the creator of the Wublins by its shadow.
• Astropod is the first Wublin not to have its music featured in the Wublin Island tutorial.
• On February 26th, 2017, BBB posted an animated GIF with some "more research on the Wublins", consisting of some trivia about the third set of five Wublins. The facts for Astropod are:
  • Gravitates towards foreign films.
  • Underside of its "foot" said to resemble a star.
  • Shed shell tufts make great mood rings.

Breeding	Breeding Combos	Eggs	Feeding	Likes	Goals	Zapping	Translations