Bowhead

My Singing Monsters

Dawn of Fire

Bowhead
Element(s)
Class	Fire
Egg(s)
Portrait(s)
Release
Date	2023-01-11
Version	3.8.1
Statistics
Island(s)	Psychic Amber Mirror Psychic
Available at Level 9
5 Beds Required
3x3 Size Required
Breeding/Incubation Time
Default:	3d 8h
Enhanced:	2d 12h
Skin Boost:	3d
Enhanced and Boosted:	2d 4h
Likes
Monsters Who Like It
Required Inventory
x1x1x1x2 x1x1x1x1 x1x1x1x1 x1x1x1x1 x1x1x1x1 x1x3x3x3 x3x3x2x2 x2
Buying Price
500
Amber: 40
Buying Price (Discounted)
50% Off (Psychic): 250
Selling Price
562,500
Amber: 20
Costumes
Placement XP
360,000
First Discovered By
A Man MSM
Variants
Rare	Rare Bowhead
In other Games
Dawn of Fire	Bowhead

“	One of the deepest-diving denizens of the living ocean, the majestic Bowhead breaches above the surface and harnesses miraculous ocean currents to levitate ashore and show everyone a whale of a time. By listening closely to the low-pitched, infrasonic sounds echoing along these currents, this Quint-Element Monster memorizes and masters their resonant melodies. Gliding tubercled flippers across its baleen, the Bowhead produces superb, euphonious bass and always gives a 'kriller' performance! It's believed that some of the Water Top Boss's most identifiable traits are also expressed in a land-dwelling cousin.	”
	— Monster Bio

Description

Bowhead is a Quint-Element Fire Monster that is found on Psychic Island and Amber Island. It was added alongside Rare Flum Ox on January 11th, 2023, during version 3.8.1. As a Quint-Element Fire Monster on a Magical Island, Bowhead is only available at select times. When available, it is obtained by purchasing in the Market for 500 Relics (). By default, its incubation time is 3 days and 8 hours long. As a Quint-Elemental, Bowhead has excellent Coin production on Psychic Island, although Quads and their variants are more efficient in maximum income per bed. The Goal for placing your first Bowhead rewards the player with 250,000 Coins () and 5 Relics ().

On Amber Island, Bowhead is only available at select times. When available, it is obtained by purchasing in the Market for 40 Relics () as a Vessel, which then can be revitalized by zapping eggs into it. As a Fire Quint-Elemental, Bowhead has a great Relic production.

Song

Audio:

Instrument: Cello

Bowhead plays a cello-like sound with its baleen.

VSTs

Main article: VSTs

Virtual Studio Technology is an audio plugin software that has libraries of sound effects and synthesized instruments. Within these libraries are SoundFonts, which are the individual effects and instruments themselves. The Monster-Handlers utilize several VSTs to create the sounds of instrumental and sometimes vocal Monsters.

VST: PLAY/OPUS
Sound library: EastWest Hollywood Solo Cello

Long Note Articulation 1 (Psychic Island only)

Path: 04 Legato
Preset: Solo Cello Leg Slur

Long Note Articulation 2

Path: 02 Long
Preset: Solo Cello Sus LtVib

Long Note Articulation 3 (Psychic Island only)

Path: 02 Long
Preset: Solo Cello Lyr Vib

Long Note Articulation 4 (Amber Island only)

Path: 01 Long Solo
Preset: Solo Cello Sus Non Vib Solo

Stacatto Articulation (Psychic Island only)

Path: 03 Short
Preset: Solo Cello Marc Shrt RRx4

Breeding

Unlike in Dawn of Fire, Bowhead cannot be bred. Instead, it must be purchased from the Market. On Amber Island, it must be purchased as an inactive Vessel and revitalized by zapping eggs.

Likes

Every Monster has different things that they like. For every unique object that they like that's placed near the Monster, the Monster's happiness will increase by 25%. Placing more than one of the same liked item near a Monster won't increase its happiness by an additional amount. If there's a Unity Tree or a Primordial Monster of the same rarity on the Island, items don't need to be near the Monster. Below are the things liked by Bowhead:

Gloptic
(requires level 9)
()

Flum Ox
(level 9)
()

Stogg
(level 9)
()

Woolabee
(level 9)
()

Drummidary
(level 9)
(,)

Thumpies Totem, Too
(level 10)
()

Spatial Sapling
(level 21)
()

Cold Globe
(level 16)
(,)

See the Likes page to view a complete list of all Monsters' likes.

Note: On Amber Island, all of Bowhead's likes are only obtainable for a limited time. Amber Vessels must be revitalized before they count towards Bowhead's happiness.

Monsters Who Like It

The following Monster(s) will increase their happiness by 25% when being placed near Bowhead or when Bowhead and a Unity Tree are on the Island. These may or may not also be Bowhead's likes as well:

Flowah
()

Whaddle
()

Candelavra
()

Rare Bowhead

Rare Boskus
()

Rare Glowl
()

Epic Phangler
()

Epic Thrumble
()

Epic Tring
()

Costumes

Main article: Costumes

Costume	Cost
Tale of a Whale MindBoggle	35

Revitalizing

On Amber Island, Bowhead must be powered up rather than being bred. Unlike Wublins and Celestials, the allotted time to fill a Vessel does not start when the first egg is zapped, but instead are only available to purchase and fill at select times. The inventory must be completed in this time. When a purchased vessel is incomplete after the time, it will disappear and half of the relics spent will be given back. You will also get the option to revive Bowhead by purchasing the missing eggs with Diamonds. Eggs can be zapped from Mirror Islands instead of, or in conjunction with Natural and Magical Islands.

Egg	Time	Islands to Breed On
x2	1d (18h)
x1	1d (18h)
x1	1d (18h)
x1	1d (18h)
x1	1d 16h (1d 6h)
x1	1d 8h (1d)
x1	1d 8h (1d)
x1	12h (9h)
x1	12h (9h)
x1	12h (9h)
x1	12h (9h)
x1	12h (9h)
x1	8h (6h)
x1	20h (15h)
x1	20h (15h)
x1	20h (15h)
x1	20h (15h)
x1	16h (12h)
x1	16h (12h)
x1	16h (12h)
x1	16h (12h)
x3	8h (6h)
x3	8h (6h)
x3	30m (22m 30s)
x3	30m (22m 30s)
x3	10h (7h 30m)
x2	9h (6h 45m)
x2	9h (6h 45m)
x2	7h (5h 15m)

Filling In

Like other Monsters on Amber Island, Bowhead can instead be filled in with Diamonds. Each egg can be filled in for 40. Bowhead requires a total of 1,720 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 Bowhead's inventory with 1 per egg. Similarly, it's best to save them for harder to obtain Monsters.

Availability

For a list of when this Monster has been available on Amber Island, see Breeding Availability

Statistics

Earning Rate and Maximum Income

Earning rate is in Coins per minute or Relics per month (28 days) and depends on Happiness % (Likes increase Happiness) and Monster Level. Each Monster also has a maximum amount of income it can hold at a time. Increasing the Monster's level also increases this limit.

Psychic Island

Level	Per Minute					Maximum
	0% Happiness	25% Happiness	50% Happiness	75% Happiness	100% Happiness
1	23	28	34	40	46	24,116
2	36	45	54	63	72	37,897
3	56	70	84	98	112	58,568
4	74	92	111	129	148	77,516
5	92	115	138	161	184	96,464
6	110	137	165	192	220	115,412
7	128	160	192	224	256	134,360
8	148	185	222	259	296	155,031
9	166	207	249	290	332	173,979
10	184	230	276	322	368	192,927
11	202	252	303	353	404	211,875
12	220	275	330	385	440	230,823
13	240	300	360	420	480	251,494
14	258	322	387	451	516	270,442
15	276	345	414	483	552	289,643
16	290	362	435	507	580	304,125
17	301	376	451	526	602	316,168
18	310	387	465	542	620	325,210
19	316	395	474	553	632	331,844
20	319	398	478	558	638	335,494

Amber Island

Level	Per Month					Maximum
	0% Happiness	25% Happiness	50% Happiness	75% Happiness	100% Happiness
1	2.16	2.70	3.24	3.78	4.32	3
2	2.31	2.89	3.47	4.04	4.62	3
3	2.39	2.99	3.59	4.18	4.78	3
4	2.48	3.10	3.72	4.34	4.96	3
5	2.56	3.20	3.84	4.48	5.12	3
6	2.65	3.31	3.98	4.64	5.30	3
7	2.74	3.43	4.11	4.80	5.48	3
8	2.84	3.55	4.26	4.97	5.68	4
9	2.94	3.68	4.41	5.15	5.88	4
10	3.04	3.80	4.56	5.32	6.08	4
11	3.15	3.94	4.73	5.51	6.30	4
12	3.26	4.08	4.89	5.71	6.52	4
13	3.38	4.23	5.07	5.92	6.76	4
14	3.49	4.36	5.24	6.11	6.98	4
15	3.61	4.51	5.42	6.32	7.22	4
16	3.74	4.68	5.61	6.55	7.48	5
17	3.87	4.84	5.81	6.77	7.74	5
18	4.00	5.00	6.00	7.00	8.00	5
19	4.15	5.19	6.23	7.26	8.30	5
20	4.29	5.36	6.44	7.51	8.58	5

When collecting from Bowhead, you will only receive the whole number of Relics generated.

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 Treats per level table:

Level Food Per Feeding x4 Food to Level Up Total food to reach this Level 1 25 100 - 2 50 200 100 3 100 400 300 4 200 800 700 5 400 1,600 1,500 6 800 3,200 3,100 7 1,600 6,400 6,300 8 3,200 12,800 12,700 9 6,400 25,600 25,500 10 12,800 51,200 51,100 11 25,600 102,400 102,300 12 51,200 204,800 204,700 13 102,400 409,600 409,500 14 204,800 819,200 819,100 15 307,200 1,228,800 1,638,300 16 460,800 1,843,200 2,867,100 17 691,200 2,764,800 4,710,300 18 1,036,800 4,147,200 7,475,100 19 1,555,200 6,220,800 11,622,300 20 - - 17,843,100

More info can be found in the Feeding article.

Possible Monster Names

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

Gallery

In-Game

Idle animation

Muted Bowhead

Discovery Screen

Release Promo

"The More The Merrier" promotion teasing Bowhead

Bowhead looking at a cave painting of its young form

Other

Amber Island teaser

Bowhead jumping over Kayna in the introductory short

Bowhead presenting the Monsterple Choice pop quiz

Notes

• Bowhead's name is a pun on "bow" and "bowhead," with the latter being a species of baleen whale.
• Bowhead, along with Rare Flum Ox, were the first two Monsters to release in 2023.
  • Bowhead was also the first unique Monsters in general to release in 2023.
• Bowhead is the second Fire Monster to be released in My Singing Monsters before being released in My Singing Monsters: Dawn of Fire. The first is Kayna.
• Similarly to the other Quint Element Monsters, Bowhead requires the egg of every Monster with a specific Element. In this case, it requires the egg of every Monster with the Water Element. This excludes Toe Jammer, however.
  • Hornacle also requires only Monsters with the Water Element, but it does not require the other Natural Quads with the Water Element, Fire Monsters, or Magical Monsters.
• Bowhead is the first 3x3 Quint to be added to the base game.
• Even though it's the Water Quint, it has Cold Island's Elements, as well as Fire. This is because Candelavra had already taken Water Island's Elements plus Fire, and Tuskski had already taken Air Island's Elements plus Fire.
  • The Cold Globe being its secret like on Psychic Island most likely references this.
• It was released in the month of January, which is the month of the Ocean's Tears constellation according to Starhenge.
• When Bowhead first released, there were no Monsters that liked it. This was fixed with the release of Wave 12.
• Bowhead's "land-dwelling cousin" that its bio is referring to is Bowgart, because of them having four arms, their base instruments being the same, and the Elements of Plant, Water, and Cold, along with the word "bow" in their names.
• Bowhead's scroll could be seen in a promotional teaser before it was released. It was teased in a promotional image for the 2022 'The More The Merrier' sale. Epic Ghazt, Carillong, and Rare Bridg-it had been previously teased in the same way.
• Bowhead is the first and only Monster to have the Cold Element on Psychic Island. It is also one of only two Monsters to have the Air Element on Psychic Island. The other is Bisonorus.
• Despite Bowhead's bio mentioning that it plays a double bass, the SoundFont it uses is actually an cello, just like its relative, Bowgart.
• Its baleen looks smaller in-game compared to its Fan Kit image.
• The "Tale of a Whale" Costume may be a reference to Moby Dick, a sperm whale that appears in the novel of the same name. The Costume name is also a reference to young Bowhead's bio from Dawn of Fire.

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