My Singing Monsters Wiki
My Singing Monsters

The Humbug is the incarnation of the misunderstood Ethereal element of Poison. When it buzzes its wings fast enough, it can open up and glide on supersonic dimensional highways from universe to universe. Humbugs naturally enjoy warm weather, and are drawn to humid places where the hum produced by their wings has the finest tone.
Monster Bio

Description[]

Humbug is a Single-Element Ethereal Monster with the Poison Element. It is found on Earth Island and can be teleported to either Ethereal Island or The Colossingum once fed to level 15. In a future update, Humbug will also be discovered on Poison Islet. Humbug was added alongside Kazilleon on February 19th, 2014, during version 1.2.5. It is best obtained by breeding Quarrister and a Triple-Element Monster. By default, its breeding time is 1 day and 12 hours long. Humbug has a great Coin production on Earth Island and has rates comparable to Quarrister to Epic Quarrister depending on your coin collection schedule. Although it is recommended to get other Monsters with even higher Coin production. The Goal for placing your first Humbug rewards the player with 5 Diamonds ().

Once teleported to Ethereal Island, Humbug takes 10 hours to incubate. You can then breed it with any other Monster to get more. Like all Single-Element Ethereals, Humbug has excellent Shard production, bested only by other Single-Element Rare and Epic Monsters.

Song[]

Audio sample:

Instrument: An electric guitar with added flanger

Performer: Dave Kerr

Humbug's song is a legato electric guitar sound with a flanger effect added, providing smooth chords to an island's song.

Breeding[]

Humbug can be bred using a Quarrister and one Triple-Element Monster. Possible combination(s):

There is roughly a 1% chance of breeding this successfully, but out of all of the combinations shown above, Quarrister + Reedling is the best combination out of them all, as Reedling eggs can be zapped to a Gheegur, which is the cheapest Wublin that requires eggs from Earth Island Triples. PomPom eggs can also be zapped to a Gheegur, but Gheegur requires more Reedling eggs than PomPom eggs. According to statistics, doing 70 attempts gives you a 50% chance of successfully breeding at least one Humbug; and doing 690 attempts gives you a 99.9% chance of successfully breeding at least one Humbug. Note that a Rare Monster can substitute any parent. The only exceptions are Ethereal Breeding Bonanzas. There is no 'optimal' breeding method, as all Natural Monsters used to breed humbug result in a 12 hour wait if failure.

(Best choice, 100% chance of a Humbug if Rare Humbug is unavailable)

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 on the Island, items don't need to be near the Monster. Below are the things liked by Humbug:


Thumpies
(requires level 9)
()

Kazilleon
(level 9)
()

Floofy Nest
(level 24)

Flappy Flag
(level 9)

Piney Tree
(level 13)
()

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

Monsters Who Like It[]

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

Costumes[]

Main article: Costumes
Costume Colossingum Availability Cost

MailMon Mike
Always available 85,500 (discounted)
43 Shards (discounted)
131,250 (full price)
64 Shards (full price)

Big Fungus
Always available 25 (discounted)
37 (full price)

Straw Hat Disguise
SummerSong
N/A 40

Used in Breeding[]

Humbug is used in the following breeding combinations:
Bred with Result Breeding Time
(enhanced)

Ethereal
Island

Ghazt

Jellbilly
1 day,  18 hours
(1 day,  7 hours,  30 minutes)

Ghazt

Rare Jellbilly
2 days,  4 hours,  30 minutes
(1 day,  15 hours,  22 minutes,  30 seconds)

Grumpyre

Kazilleon
1 day,  18 hours
(1 day,  7 hours,  30 minutes)

Grumpyre

Rare Kazilleon
2 days,  4 hours,  30 minutes
(1 day,  15 hours,  22 minutes,  30 seconds)

Reebro

Dragong
1 day,  18 hours
(1 day,  7 hours,  30 minutes)

Reebro

Rare Dragong
2 days,  5 hours
(1 day,  15 hours,  45 minutes)

Jeeode

Fung Pray
1 day,  18 hours
(1 day,  7 hours,  30 minutes)

Jeeode

Rare Fung Pray
2 days,  5 hours
(1 day,  15 hours,  45 minutes)

Whisp

Epic Monculus
2 days,  9 hours,  31 minutes
(1 day,  19 hours,  8 minutes,  15 seconds)
Any other Monster
Humbug
10 hours
(7 hours,  30 minutes)
Any other Monster
Rare Humbug
12 hours,  38 minutes,  20 seconds
(9 hours,  28 minutes,  45 seconds)
Any other Monster The other Monster varies
Any other Monster Rare variant of the other Monster varies

Statistics[]

Earning Rate and Maximum Income[]

Earning rate is in Coins per minute or Shards per hour 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.

Earth Island[]

Level Per Minute Maximum
0% Happiness 25% Happiness 50% Happiness 75% Happiness 100% Happiness
1 14 17 21 24 28 25,000
2 22 27 33 38 44 40,000
3 34 42 51 59 68 60,000
4 45 56 67 78 90 80,000
5 56 70 84 98 112 100,000
6 67 83 100 117 134 120,000
7 78 97 117 136 156 140,000
8 90 112 135 157 180 160,000
9 101 126 151 176 202 180,000
10 112 140 168 196 224 200,000
11 123 153 184 215 246 220,000
12 134 167 201 234 268 240,000
13 146 182 219 255 292 260,000
14 157 196 235 274 314 280,000
15 168 210 252 294 336 300,000
16 176 220 264 308 352 315,000
17 183 228 274 320 366 327,600
18 188 235 282 329 376 337,428
19 192 240 288 336 384 344,176
20 194 242 291 339 388 347,618

Ethereal Island[]

Level Per Hour Shards Maximum Shards
0% Happiness 25% Happiness 50% Happiness 75% Happiness 100% Happiness
1 2 2 3 3 4 25
2 3 3 4 5 6 40
3 5 6 7 8 10 60
4 6 7 9 10 12 80
5 8 10 12 14 16 100
6 10 12 15 17 20 120
7 11 13 16 19 22 140
8 13 16 19 22 26 160
9 14 17 21 24 28 180
10 16 20 24 28 32 200
11 18 22 27 31 36 220
12 19 23 28 33 38 240
13 21 26 31 36 42 260
14 22 27 33 38 44 280
15 24 30 36 42 48 300
16 25 31 37 43 50 315
17 26 32 39 45 52 327
18 26 32 39 45 52 337
19 27 33 40 47 54 344
20 27 33 40 47 54 347

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 minute, as well as the maximum shards earned.

The Treats 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: As of version 1.2.0, Single-Element Ethereals can be fed to level 15 on the Natural Islands, at which time they can be teleported to Ethereal Island instead of being placed on Gold Island.

Possible Monster Names[]

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

Gallery[]

In-Game[]

Parodies[]

Other[]

Notes[]

  • Humbug's name is a portmanteau of "Hum" and "Bug", referring to its hum-like buzzing sound and that it is a bug. It is also a play on the English word of the same name.
  • It is true that some insects are attracted to warm places, as Humbug is to Earth Island.
  • Humbug was the first Ethereal Monster to have a purchasable Costume.
  • The Monstrous symbol for the number '5' appears on Humbug's head. Humbug was the 5th Single-Element Ethereal to be released in the game.


Monsters

Common

Rare

Epic

Breeding Breeding Combos Eggs Feeding Likes Goals Zapping Translations