Hornacle

My Singing Monsters

Dawn of Fire

Hornacle

Reborn
Dormant

Element(s)

Class

Celestial

Portrait(s)

Release

Date

2018-06-27

Version

2.2.1

Statistics

Island(s)

Celestial

Available at Level 15

N/A Beds Required

2 x 2 Size Required

Required Inventory

^x3

^x5

^x4

^x3

^x12

^x8

^x2

^x15

^x9

^x50
Time Limit: 12 days

Buying Price
12

Buying Price (Discounted)

60% Off:
5

Selling Price
Sleeping - No Eggs	Awake
72,000	1,168,386

Placement XP
1

First Discovered By
MSMPokeGamer

Variants
Adult
Adult Hornacle

In other Games
Dawn of Fire
Hornacle

“	The reborn Hornacle boasts two barnacle-encrusted legs, unlike its conspicuously peg-legged form of yore. Water Elementals revel in exchanging tales at sea of how the Celestial lost its leg. A tangle with an aquatic beast? An unbreakable curse? Only the deep-sea dweller itself knows the truth; not that it will ever share its story, of course. It's much too embarrassing.	”
	^{— Monster Bio}

What is the story behind Hornacle's lost leg? toggle section

The Adult Hornacle lost its leg when a juvenile form of the Glubber titan mistakenly attached to and consumed it. This occurred while the Hornacle was on a quest for the Gift of Glub. Being part starfish, the Hornacle anticipated its limb would regenerate and chose not to resist the Glubber titan.

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What does the Hornacle represent in the celestial monster universe? toggle section

In the My Singing Monsters universe, Hornacle is a Celestial Monster symbolizing the Water Element and January. Its name combines 'horn', indicating a group of instruments, and 'barnacle', an ocean creature. Introduced as one of the initial five Celestials on Celestial Island, Hornacle can be acquired from the Market as an inactive statue and subsequently revived.

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What element and month does Hornacle represent? toggle section

Hornacle, a Celestial Monster in the game, symbolizes the Water Element and January. It was introduced on June 27th, 2018. The adult form, known as Adult Hornacle, can be acquired by ascending a Young Hornacle in January.

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What is the significance of Hornacle's barnacle-encrusted legs? toggle section

The barnacle-encrusted legs of Hornacle, an adult monster, are a symbol of its past adventures and mishaps. It lost its leg to a juvenile Glubber titan, but being part starfish, it assumed the limb would regrow. Hornacle, however, never discloses this embarrassing incident.

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Why is Hornacle associated with the month of January? toggle section

Hornacle, particularly the adult hornacle, represents January. This association is due to its introduction as one of the first 5 Celestials on Celestial Island, mirroring January being the first month of the year. The adult hornacle became available on January 1st, 2024, after its addition on December 27th, 2023.

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Description[]

Hornacle is a Celestial Monster representing the Water Element and the month of January. It was added alongside Glaishur, Blasoom, Torrt, and Attmoz on June 27th, 2018, during version 2.2.1. Hornacle is obtained by being purchased in the Market for 12 Keys () as an inactive statue, which can be revived by zapping all required Monster Eggs into it. It has the same Currency production rate as the other young Celestial Monsters. The Goal for placing your first Hornacle rewards the player with 12 Diamonds ().

Song[]

Audio Sample:

Instrument: French horn ensemble

Like its elder counterpart in Dawn of Fire, young Hornacle's sound consists of multiple layers of French horns. Unlike in Dawn of Fire, it plays many short, staccato chords instead of long, legato chords to match the vibrant and upbeat tone of the Celestial Island song.

To play Hornacle's part, play these notes and repeat:

C C C Db C, C C C Eb C

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: Kontakt 6
Sound library: Kontakt Factory Library 1
Path: Orchestral > 3 - VSL Brass
SoundFont: French Horn Ensemble

Breeding[]

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

Reviving[]

The allotted time to fill a Hornacle in order to activate is 12 days. If the inventory is not completed in time, the Hornacle 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
^x3	1d (18h)
^x3	12h (9h)
^x4	12h (9h)
^x3	12h (9h)
^x5	12h (9h)
^x4	12h (9h)
^x2	8h (6h)
^x8	8h (6h)
^x12	8h (6h)
^x15	30m (22m 30s)
^x9	30m (22m 30s)
^x50	1m (45s)

Filling In[]

Like other Celestials, Hornacle can instead be filled in with Diamonds. Each egg can be filled in for 40. Hornacle requires a total of 4,720 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 Hornacle's inventory with 1 per egg. Similarly, it's best to save them for harder to obtain Monsters.

Income[]

Hornacle, like all other Celestials, will produce Coins, Diamonds, Treats, and Shards, but at no specified rate, although always less than a day.

Multiple Hornacles may produce any of these four Currencies independently from each other: Coins (), Shards (), Treats (), and Diamonds ().

Strategy[]

The following section details strategy for reviving Hornacle, for general strategy that can apply to any Monster, see Zapping#Strategy

Hornacle should be powered up with at least Water Island unlocked. It can be powered up faster with more Islands unlocked, with Bonus Breeding Structures, or Enhanced Breeding Structures. The first strategy requires zapping eggs twice per day, once in the morning and once at night. Before zapping your first egg, make sure you already have bred your first batch of eggs to zap. On the sixth day, you only need to check in once, and on the seventh day, you need to check in six times. For the last day, you only need to zap Toe Jammers, which can all be done in one sitting.

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

Island	Prebreeding	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7	Day 8
Plant Island	Pummel	Pummel x2	Pummel x2	T-Rox x2	Oaktopus x2	Oaktopus	Oaktopus	Fwog x6	Toe Jammer x13
Cold Island	Spunge	Spunge x2	Bowgart x2	Bowgart x2	Oaktopus x2	Quibble x2	Quibble	Maw x6	Toe Jammer x13
Air Island	Congle	Congle x2	Scups x2	Scups x2	Quibble x2	Quibble x2	Quibble	Fwog x3 Maw x3	Toe Jammer x12
Water Island	Shellbeat	Shellbeat	Shellbeat	Oaktopus x2	Oaktopus x2	Oaktopus	Oaktopus	Fwog x6	Toe Jammer x12

If you have all Islands up to Bone Island unlocked, you can complete Hornacle faster by using this strategy:

Island	Prebreeding	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
Plant Island	Pummel	Pummel x2	Pummel x2	Oaktopus x2	Maw x3	Toe Jammer x9
Cold Island	Spunge	Spunge x2	Bowgart x2	Bowgart x2	Maw x3	Toe Jammer x9
Air Island	Scups	Scups x2	T-Rox x2	Quibble x2	Quibble Fwog x2	Toe Jammer x8
Water Island	Shellbeat	Shellbeat	Shellbeat	Scups Oaktopus	Quibble Fwog x2	Toe Jammer x8
Fire Oasis	Congle	Congle x2	Quibble x2	Quibble x2	Maw x3	Toe Jammer x8
Psychic Island	Oaktopus	Oaktopus x2	Oaktopus x2	Oaktopus x2	Oaktopus x2	Toe Jammer x8
Bone Island	Fwog	Fwog x2	Fwog x2	Fwog x2	Fwog x3	Fwog

Advanced Strategy[]

If you have all Mirror Islands unlocked, breed:

Island	Prebreeding	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3
Plant Island	Pummel	Pummel x2	Oaktopus x2	Toe Jammer x4
Cold Island	Spunge	Spunge x2	Quibble x2	Toe Jammer x4
Air Island	Scups	Scups x2	Quibble x2	Toe Jammer x4
Water Island	Shellbeat	Shellbeat	Quibble x2	Toe Jammer x4
Fire Oasis	Congle	Congle x2	Maw x3	Toe Jammer x4
Psychic Island	Oaktopus	Oaktopus x2	Oaktopus x2	Toe Jammer x4
Bone Island	Fwog	Fwog x2	Fwog x3	Toe Jammer x4
Mirror Plant Island	Pummel	Pummel Bowgart	Maw x3	Toe Jammer x4
Mirror Cold Island	Bowgart	Bowgart x2	Maw x3	Toe Jammer x4
Mirror Air Island	Scups	T-Rox x2	Fwog x2	Toe Jammer x4
Mirror Water Island	Shellbeat	Quibble x2	Fwog x2	Toe Jammer x4
Mirror Psychic Island	Oaktopus	Oaktopus x2	Oaktopus x2	Toe Jammer x3
Mirror Bone Island	Fwog	Fwog x2	Fwog x2	Toe Jammer x3

Finally, the fastest way to complete Hornacle is by using Bonus Breeding Structures:

Island	Prebreeding	Day 1
Plant Island	Pummel x2	Maw x4 Toe Jammer x8
Cold Island	Spunge x2	Spunge Quibble x2
Air Island	Scups x2	Maw x4 Toe Jammer x8
Water Island	Shellbeat x2	Fwog x4 Toe Jammer x8
Fire Oasis	Congle x2	Congle Quibble x2
Psychic Island	Oaktopus x2	Oaktopus x4
Bone Island	Fwog x2	Fwog x4 Toe Jammer x8
Mirror Plant Island	Pummel x2	Fwog x3 Maw Toe Jammer x8
Mirror Cold Island	Bowgart x2	Bowgart x2
Mirror Air Island	Scups x2	T-Rox x2
Mirror Water Island	Shellbeat Pummel	Quibble x4
Mirror Psychic Island	Oaktopus x2	Oaktopus x4
Mirror Bone Island	Fwog x2	Toe Jammer x10

Possible Monster Names[]

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

Gallery[]

In-Game[]

Parodies[]

Other[]

Notes[]

Hornacle's name is a portmanteau of "horn," a group of instruments, and "barnacle," an oceanic creature which it appears to be covered in.
Hornacle was one of the first 5 Celestials introduced on Celestial Island.
- Coincidentally, the month that it officially represents is January, which is the first month of the year.
During Hornacle's first release, it was discounted for two weeks at 33% off.
Hornacle had been discounted by 20% from July 26th, 2018 to August 6th, 2018 for 30 days, since the day Syncopite was released.
Hornacle is the first Celestial in the Dawn of Fire Yearly Star Chart, although in the original game, Hornacle is instead one of the first five available.
Hornacle "was said to have been formed from a wave that swelled and crashed across the void (following the Big Bang that disrupted the Primordial Cosmic Hush), and which later formed The Living Ocean."
Hornacle seemingly does not get hurt or feel pain, seeing as it had nailed a wooden plank to its head in the Celestial Ascension trailer, and how adult Hornacle has a fish hook and several piercings in its head.
Prior to version 5.0.0, all Celestials cost Diamonds in the Market. Hornacle's price was 120 Diamonds ().
- The goal reward for placing your first of each Celestial was also a different amount of Diamonds, Hornacle's being 30 Diamonds ().