Grumpyre

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Grumpyre

Element(s)

Class

Egg

Portrait(s)

Release

Date

2013-08-19

Version

1.1.7

Statistics

Island(s)

Cold

Ethereal

Available	Beds Req.	Size
Level 9	5 Beds	2 x 2

Breeding Combinations

+

Deedge and Congle

+ Deedge and Bowgart + Deedge and Spunge + Deedge and Thumpies

Breeding/Incubation Time
Default:	Enhanced:
1 day, 12 hours (Cold) 10 hours (Ethereal)	1 day, 3 hours (Cold) 7 hours, 30 minutes (Ethereal)

Likes

Buying Price
1,000	1,500

Selling Price
750,000	20

Placement XP
375,000	10,125

Versions
Rare
Rare Grumpyre

In other Games
Composer
Grumpyre (Composer)

“	Another of the mysterious Ethereals, you can never fully tell what kind of mood the Grumpyre is in. Thanks to its shifting eyes and mouth as it gurgles forth its song, it might appear sad when really it's happy, or afraid when it's actually having a blast. This makes sense, since it embodies the essence of Shadow - always a bit obscured, and able to unnerve even the most intrepid of Monsters. This Monster, like all Single-Element Ethereal Monsters, can only breed on Ethereal Island.	”
	^{— In-game description}

Grumpyres are single element Ethereal Monsters.

Description

The Grumpyre joined the song on August 19, 2013. The monster resembles a gray-black bat creature surrounded by a cloud of smoke. It has two pairs of red bat-like wings full of holes, two arms, but no legs or ears; it occasionally goes cross-eyed.

In the 1.3.1 update, released on December 5th 2014, eyebrows were added to the Grumpyre, occasionally emerging during its animations.

When this monster is idle, it stays in tempo by flying in a style similar to the Tweedle, dangling its arms, and making various facial expressions.

Song

Audio sample:

Voice actor: Christopher Elliot

The Grumpyre sings "boom-Shicka-la-Shicka, boom-Shicka-la-Shika" in a harsh whispering voice. It does this repeatedly for its part in the Cold Island song. In Ethereal Island, it sings "boom-shika-La, boom-shika-la-la-la-la boom-shika-la, boom-shika-la-la, boom-shika-la, boom-shika-la-la-la-la Boom-shika-la, Boom-shika-la-la"

Breeding

The Grumpyre can be bred using a combination of a Deedge and one three-element monster. Possible combination(s):

+ Deedge and Congle
+ Deedge and Bowgart
+ Deedge and Spunge
+ Deedge and Thumpies

There is roughly a 1% chance of breeding this successfully. It is uncertain whether some combinations work better than others. According to statistics, doing 70 attempts gives you a 50% chance of successfully breeding at least one Grumpyre; and doing 690 attempts gives you a 99.9% chance of successfully breeding at least one Grumpyre. Note that a Rare Monster could substitute any of the parents. The only exceptions are "Ethereal Breeding Bonanzas". These increase the chance of breeding an Ethereal by 500% (5x).

Earning Rate and Maximum Income

Earning rate is in coins or shards 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.

Coins

Level	Per Minute					Maximum
Level	0% Happiness	25% Happiness	50% Happiness	75% Happiness	100% Happiness	Maximum
1	14	17	21	24	28	23,000
2	22	27	33	38	44	36,800
3	34	42	51	59	68	55,200
4	45	56	67	78	90	73,600
5	56	70	84	98	112	92,000
6	67	83	100	117	134	110,400
7	78	97	117	136	156	128,800
8	90	112	135	157	180	147,200
9	101	126	151	176	202	165,600
10	112	140	168	196	224	184,000
11	123	153	184	215	246	202,400
12	134	167	201	234	268	220,800
13	146	182	219	255	292	239,200
14	157	196	235	274	314	257,600
15	168	210	252	294	336	276,000
16	176	220	264	308	352	289,800
17	183	228	274	320	366	301,392
18	188	235	282	329	376	310,433
19	192	240	288	336	384	316,642
20	194	242	291	339	388	319,808

Shards

Level	Per Hour					Maximum
Level	0% Happiness	25% Happiness	50% Happiness	75% Happiness	100% Happiness	Maximum
1	2	2	3	3	4	23
2	3	3	4	5	6	37
3	5	6	7	8	10	55
4	6	7	9	10	12	74
5	8	10	12	14	16	92
6	10	12	15	17	20	110
7	11	13	16	19	22	129
8	13	16	19	22	26	147
9	14	17	21	24	28	166
10	16	20	24	28	32	184
11	18	22	27	31	36	202
12	19	23	28	33	38	221
13	21	26	31	36	42	239
14	22	27	33	38	44	258
15	24	30	36	42	48	276
16	25	31	37	43	50	289
17	26	32	39	45	52	301
18	26	32	39	45	52	310
19	27	33	40	47	54	316
20	27	33	40	47	54	319

Feeding Monsters

Each monster needs to be fed four times before it reaches the next level. Increasing the monster's level increases the shards earned per hour, as well as the maximum shards earned.

The food per level table:

Level	Food Per Feeding	x4 Food to Level Up	Total food to reach this Level
1	20	80	-
2	40	160	80
3	80	320	240
4	160	640	560
5	320	1,280	1,200
6	640	2,560	2,480
7	1,280	5,120	5,040
8	2,560	10,240	10,160
9	5,120	20,480	20,400
10	10,240	40,960	40,880
11	20,480	81,920	81,840
12	40,960	163,840	163,760
13	81,920	327,680	327,600
14	163,840	655,360	655,280
15	245,760	983,040	1,310,640
16	368,640	1,474,560	2,293,680
17	552,960	2,211,840	3,768,240
18	829,440	3,317,760	5,980,080
19	1,244,160	4,976,640	9,297,840
20	-	-	14,274,480

More info can be found in the Feeding article. Note: with the Ethereal Island update, Grumpyre can be fed up to level 15, at which time it can be placed on Ethereal Island, instead of Gold Island.

Likes

Maw
Go to Maw
Arackulele
Go to Arackulele
Saggle Tree
Go to Saggle Tree
Dragon Tower
Go to Dragon Tower
Bass String Bridge
Go to Bass String Bridge

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 will still only increase its happiness by 25%. If there's a Unity Tree on the island, items don't need to be near the monsters. Below are the things liked by Grumpyre:

Maw (requires level 7) ()
Arackulele (level 9) ()
Saggle Tree (level 8)
Dragon Tower (level 20)
Bass String Bridge (level 19) ()

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

Used in Breeding

Grumpyre is used in the following breeding combinations:

Bred with	Result	Breeding Time (enhanced) dd:hh:mm:ss
Ghazt	Whisp	01:18:00:00 (01:07:30:00)
Ghazt	Rare Whisp	02:04:30:00 (01:15:22:30)
Reebro	Arackulele	01:18:00:00 (01:07:30:00)
Reebro	Rare Arackulele	02:04:30:00 (01:15:22:30)
Jeeode	Boodoo	01:18:00:00 (01:07:30:00)
Jeeode	Rare Boodoo	02:04:30:00 (01:15:22:30)
Humbug	Kazilleon	01:18:00:00 (01:07:30:00)
Humbug	Rare Kazilleon	02:04:30:00 (01:15:22:30)
Any other monster	Grumpyre	10:00:00 (07:30:00)
Any other monster	Rare Grumpyre	12:38:15 (09:28:41)
Any other (non-Quad) monster	The other monster	varies
Any other (non-Single, non-Quad) monster	Rare version of the other monster	varies

Strategy

To see how efficient Grumpyre is at generating resources compared to other monsters check:

Cold Island, Ethereal Island

Name Origin

The name "Grumpyre" may be a portmanteau between Grumpy and Vampire, due to the ambiguous facial expressions that the monster makes and to its bat-like traits.

Possible Monster Names

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

Costumes

Main article: Costumes

Yay

In December 2015, the Grumpyre was feeling the Yay spirit and wore a wreath around its head, complete with a red bow.

Notes

Grumpyre with the different facial expressions

The Grumpyre, like any other Ethereal monster, can only be placed in the Breeding Structure on Ethereal Island.
The Grumpyre continues to emit black smoke even when it sleeps (i.e. is muted), albeit in lesser quantities.
When they are muted, they also rest on the ground.
One of the Breeding Combinations (Thumpies and Deedge) was also the combination for the Yool. BBB eventually realized the confusion, and changed the Yool's breeding combination on September 13th, 2014, when the Time of the Season event was started on Anniversary Month.
Even though there are holes in the Grumpyre's wings, it still flies without any problem.
Other monsters that have the ability to fly or levitate are Tweedle, Cybop, Riff, Glowl (from trailers), Theremind, Poppette, Yuggler, Floot Fly, Squot (technically Squot can levitate, but further examination is needed.), Clavi Gnat, Withur, Déjà-Jin, Cahoot, Ghazt, Jeeode, Humbug, Whisp, Jellbilly, Flum Ox, and Plixie.
In the info menu, the Grumpyre's eyebrows never emerge, similarly to its pre-1.3.1 appearance.
Its face looks similar to a Pygmy from the IOS/Android game Pocket God.
The Grumpyre is the only single-element ethereal to sing. This is similar to Noggin being the only single-element natural monster to not sing.
Before the introduction of Ethereal Island, Grumpyre temporarily maxed out at level 10. If you tried to feed past Level 10 before, you would receive a message saying, "This monster is satisfied for now, and will not eat any more food."
Grumpyre was voiced by Monster Handler Chris (from Extra Life 2018 live stream).
Despite its name and grumpy appearance, the Grumpyre was the first Ethereal to dress up for a holiday.
- The second was Whisp, the third was Reebro, and the fourth was Humbug.
Similarly to Wubbox, Grumpyre's monster portrait shows its early design.