If Ethereal Island seems otherworldly to you, you're spot on. Located in a Pocket Dimension of the multiverse, it is home to Monsters unlike any that have been seen or heard before. Oozing with mysterious substances and orbited by objects of ominous origin, you won't be able to resist the sublime wonder of its song!
Ethereal Island is accessible at Level 4 without any purchase and was first released on September 4th, 2013. However, Monsters do not unlock on Ethereal Island until Level 9.
Ethereal Island can hold the Single Element Ethereal Monsters found on the Natural Islands after they are fed to level 15 and Teleported. Teleporting will reset their levels back to one on Ethereal Island, and turn the Monsters into eggs again. Teleportation is impossible to reverse, so the Monsters will stay permanently on Ethereal Island.
Ethereal Island does not use Coins () for currency. Instead, it uses its own currency called Shards ().
The music of Ethereal Island is not currently available for purchase as a separate single. It is, however, available to be bought in the My Singing Monsters Soundtrack album, of which is available for purchase as a single.
The music of Ethereal Island plays at 105 beats per minute (in 6/8). It is written in B Mixolydian/E Major.
Ethereal Island has an ambience consisting of piercing wind.
Song Table[]
This is a chart that shows where each Monster plays in the song. Each box is 12 beats long, meaning that one part is 5.14 seconds long. The number next to each Monster indicates which track is being played at each part.
Removing the Obstacles from the Island earns the player Experience, and it opens up space to place more Monsters, Decorations, or Structures. Removed Obstacles are not gone permanently; they can be bought back with Diamonds under the Decorations section in the Market. In total, it costs 1,690 to remove all Obstacles from the Island. Obstacles also change appearance if you are using a skin or if it is currently a Seasonal event.
There are many Decorations and Structures unique to Ethereal Island. Most notably Paths, a special type of Decoration that can be placed under different objects.
On June 7th, the Ethereal Monsters living on Ethereal Island started celebrating their first ever Seasonal Event, Life-Formula. With Life-Formula came a new Island Skin full of Life-Formula-themed decorations throughout the Island, as well as Monculus, who was once exclusive to Seasonal Shanty.
Monculus can be bred with Nebulob and Jeeode or bought in the market for 225 , during Life-Formula. Initially released on June 1st, 2022, it arrived to Ethereal Island on June 7th, 2023.
Rare Monculus, available for a limited time, can be bred with the same combination as its Common or bought in the market for 500 . It was released on December 13th, 2023.
Epic Monculus, also available for a limited time, can be bred with Whisp and Humbug or bought in the market for 1,000 . It was released on June 5th, 2024.
To be placed on an Island, each Monster requires a specific number of beds. For Ethereal Monsters, Single-Element Ethereal Monsters require five beds, while Double-Element Ethereal Monsters require ten beds. The sole Supernatural Monster on Ethereal Island, the Wubbox, requires fifteen beds. The Ethereal Island castle and its upgrades hold many more beds to account for the greater number of beds occupied by a single Ethereal Monster. Upgrade the Castle to unlock more beds.
Sound[]
The Castle also contributes to Ethereal Island's song. It makes a bass sound.
On Ethereal Island, the main difference in breeding mechanics between this Island and the Natural Islands is that Ethereal Monsters can now breed with each other, including those with Rare Monster modifiers.
Ethereal Monsters can breed with each other, however, unlike Natural Monsters, breeding using Ethereal Monsters regardless of combination can potentially gain breeding failures. Thus, for example, Ghazt (Plasma) + Grumpyre (Shadow) will not guarantee a Whisp (Plasma + Shadow) and could still potentially breed either of the two parents.
Originally, all Single-Element Ethereal Monsters could not be bought directly from Ethereal Island; having to be teleported to Ethereal Island in order to "live" on Ethereal Island. However this was changed in Version 3.1.0, when they were made available to buy in the Market for the price of 1,500 Diamonds.
Breeding combinations for all Monsters exclusive to Ethereal Island are listed below, provided that the monster is available and the breeding is successful:
Though Rares may be bred in the same way as Commons, some are easier to breed if you use their Common counterpart in a combination. Breeding two Single Element Ethereals together is the best way to obtain a Rare Single Element Ethereal. Breeding a Double Element Ethereal and a Single Element Ethereal is a good way to obtain a specific Rare Double Element Ethereal, but breeding two Double Element Ethereals together lets you breed for both of their Rares at the same time, assuming both are available.
Strategy[]
Shards are a crucial resource, necessary for leveling up Tribal Island.
While the song of the island is crucial, users may also want to use some of these numbers to help with planning which monsters to feed first and make 100% happy first, as well as plan frequency of shard collection. The numbers below are as follows:
Rate
Rate of income (per hour) per bed at level 15 and at 100% happy
Max
Maximum income per bed at level 15
Time
Time to maximum income at level 15 and at 100% happy (shown as Hours : Minutes : Seconds)
It should be noted that Rate is halved and Time is doubled for 0% happy.
For most players aiming for optimal Shard collection, Epic Reebro is currently the best for both holding capacity and generation rate, which is likely to continue for the other Epic Ethereals.
The optimal setup is 80x Level 20 Epic Reebro, plus 70x Level 20 Dipsters, all at 100% Happiness.
The maximum possible Shard-holding capacity (i.e. for uncollected Shards) is 46,620 .
The maximum Shard-generation rate is:
6,960 per hour
167,040 per day
1,169,280 per week
1,169,280 can be used to feed a Monster on Tribal Island to level 151, making that the maximum sustainable level by feeding of Shards from Ethereal Island alone.
However, the most optimal Shard collection may be attained by using a combination of Rare Wubbox, Epic Reebro, and Dipsters. The main limiting factor is the physical Island space available, as Rare Wubbox's 4x4 size takes up a lot of that space, and it is less efficient for its space than 4 Epic Reebros. However, Epic Reebro takes up 5 Beds, as opposed to Rare Wubbox's 1.
One known layout consists of:
20 Rare Wubbox: 20 Beds, 20x118 = 2,360 Shards/hour, 14,920 Shards max held
76 Epic Reebro: 76x5 = 380 Beds, 76x80 = 6,080 Shards/hour, 76x532 = 40,432 Shards max held
70 Dipsters: 0 Beds, 70x8 = 9,000 Shards/hour, 70x58 = 4,060 Shards max held
Total: 400 Beds (maximum), 6,758 Shards/hour, 59,412 Shards max held
This layout includes space for a Storage Shed for the Monsters' Likes, a Unity Tree to make sure they're all 100% Happy, 1 Breeding Structure, and 1 Nursery. Many older players will have two of the Breeding Structure and Nursery, which cannot be sold. In this case, the layout accommodates 'only' 56 Dipsters. It is not known if this layout is ideal.
Rare Ethereals[]
Following that, the Rare Reebro, Rare Jeeode, and Rare Humbug are clearly the best for both holding capacity and generation rate. The following are their requirements for 100% Likes:
The optimal setup is 80x Level 20 Rare Reebro or equivalent, plus 70x Level 20 Dipsters, all at 100% Happiness.
The maximum possible Shard-holding capacity (i.e. for uncollected Shards) is 38,780 .
The maximum Shard-generation rate is:
6,000 per hour
144,000 per day
1,008,000 per week
1,005,076 can be used to feed a monster on Tribal Island to level 143, making that the maximum sustainable level by feeding of Shards.
Common Ethereals[]
As the Epic and Rare versions are harder to obtain than the Common Monsters and most players will likely have more Common Monsters than Rare, the Shard collection for the Reebro, Jeeode, and Humbug are shown below. The following are their requirements for 100% Monster Likes:
Setup is 80x Level 15 Reebro or equivalent, at 100% Happiness.
The maximum possible Shard-holding capacity (i.e. for uncollected Shards) is 24,000 .
The maximum Shard-generation rate is:
3,840 per hour
92,160 per day
645,120 per week
642,696 will feed a monster on Tribal Island to level 123, making that the maximum sustainable level by Shard feeding.
In addition, Monsters on Magical Sanctum provide a steady flow of , and Wublins and Celestials provide a random amount of which over time becomes a reliable source on average. See Wublin Island and Celestial Island for more information.
My Singing Monsters celebrated their first anniversary with the debut of Ethereal Island, released on September 4th, 2013, in Version 1.2.0.
Before the Version 3.1.0, Ethereal Island was the only Island whose Market didn't offer every Monster that can live on it. Before, only Double-Element Ethereal Monsters were able to be purchased there.
Big Blue Bubble has said on Twitter that there were plans for an Ethereal Island remix, matching remixes for the Natural Islands and Gold Island made before. A different Ethereal Island Remix was released in the My Singing Monsters Soundtrack.
An Ethereal Island remix was released in December 2021 and is available to listen to on Spotify. Its cover art style matches the covers of the early remixes, and it is missing the Wubbox, meaning it is likely the original remix that was initially planned.
Ethereal Island was remixed again for the "Pocket Dial" Magical Sanctum trailer. This remix was soon released on its own and given the name "Teleportational Transcendence".
The ambience on Ethereal Island was once changed to sound less uncanny. It is unknown when this change was made.
Ethereal Island was the first Island to exist in the Monster World canonically; this fact is supported with a loading screen tip that says "Magical Sanctum and Ethereal Island both reside in the same Pocket Dimension, however the latter is much, much, older."
Prior to the introduction of new Seasonal Events during Anniversary Year, Ethereal Island was the oldest island that didn't have a Seasonal Event.
A sound bug occurred on Ethereal Island in version 3.3 with the introduction of Rare Wubbox. At the end of the song, the whole island was silent for approximately 40 seconds.
Another sound bug occurred on Ethereal Island in the Life-Formula event, where Monculus was introduced. At the beginning of the song, Reebro would suddenly become very quiet when Ghazt, Nebulob, and Sox began their part. But then it would start playing again during the chorus section.
Ethereal Island is the first song in the game to not be in 4/4 timing.
Reebro is the only Monster that plays throughout the entire song.
The Life-Formula skin has rocks that represent each of the 15 Ethereal Monsters.
Reebro, Ghazt, and Epic Wubbox are the only Monsters on this island that have more than one track.
The special monsters (eg. Wubbox, the Dipsters, Rare Wubbox and Monculus) on Ethereal Island first start playing in the same order as when they were added to the island.
However, Epic Wubbox breaks this pattern, as it begins playing at the very start of the song.
Ethereal Workshop's description reveals the name of the Ethereal Island Colossal, with its name being Zarroë.
Ethereal Island is the first and only teleporting island to have Wubbox and it's variants on it.
Ethereal Island is also the first teleporting island to have the Dipsters on it. It would later be followed by Magical Sanctum.
For some reason, the right side of Ethereal Island's sky has a thin yellow line.
The ambience on Ethereal Island can also be heard in other games not owned by Big Blue Bubble, meaning it may come from a stock library.
As of January 29th, 2025, the maximum amount of currency that can be produced is theoretically 688,800 /hour using 78 Epic Nebulobs and 70 Dipsters.
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