Humbug

Description

The Humbug joined the song on February 19^th 2014. Its body resembles that of a bee, wasp, or hornet, with charcoal-gray and light greenish-yellow furry stripes. It has a beaked face.

When this monster is idle, it stays in tempo by bending its knees like the Quarrister, except for the steadier motion and a slight twitch of its wings.

Song

The Humbug's song is a legato synthesizer sound, providing a smooth melody to an island's song.

Breeding

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

• + Quarrister and Clamble
• + Quarrister and Thumpies
• + Quarrister and PomPom
• + Quarrister and Reedling

There is roughly a 1% chance of breeding this successfully. 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. These increase the chance of breeding an Ethereal by 500%. That means during the event, you'll know there is a 5x higher chance.

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
	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

Shards

Level	Per Hour					Maximum
	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 hour, as well as the maximum shards earned.

More info can be found in this article.

Note: with the Ethereal Island update, Humbug can be fed up to level 15, at which time it can be placed on Ethereal Island, instead of Gold Island.

Likes

• ThumpiesGo to Thumpies
• KazilleonGo to Kazilleon
• Floofy NestGo to Floofy Nest
• Flappy FlagGo to Flappy Flag
• Piney TreeGo to Piney Tree

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Every monster has different things that they like. For every unique object that they like that's placed near the monster (if not using a Unity Tree), the monster's happiness will increase by 25%. Placing two of the same liked item near a monster will still only increase happiness by 25%. 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.

Strategy

Some items to take into consideration when designing your island by strategy are number of beds for the monster, rate of income per bed, max income per bed, and time for max income to be reached.

Name Origin

"Humbug" is an English-language term, originally (mid-1700s) referring to a trickster or fraud, later used more generally as a term of derision or scorn (e.g. "Bah!  Humbug!").  More recently the word has been used to describe bugs that actually hum, and Norman Juster's novel The Phantom Tollbooth has an insect character named "Humbug".

Notes

• It is true that some insects are attracted to warm places, as Humbug is to Earth Island.
• Humbug is Diane Delsigs favorite monster.

Monsters

Natural Single Element Noggin Mammott Toe Jammer Potbelly Tweedle Kayna Double Element Drumpler Fwog Maw Shrubb Furcorn Oaktopus Dandidoo Pango Quibble Cybop Stogg Flowah Glowl Triple Element T-Rox Pummel Clamble Bowgart Spunge Thumpies Congle PomPom Scups Reedling Repatillo Floogull Barrb Quad Element Entbrat Deedge Riff Shellbeat Quarrister Tring Ethereal Single Ethereal Element Ghazt Grumpyre Reebro Jeeode Humbug Double Ethereal Element Whisp Nebulob Arackulele Sox Boodoo Bellowfish Jellbilly Kazilleon Dragong Fung Pray Supernatural Wubbox Brump Zynth Poewk Thwok Dwumrohl Zuuker Screemu Tympa Dermit Gheegur Whajje Creepuscule Blipsqueak Scargo Astropod Pixolotl Bona-Petite Maulch Fleechwurm Legendary Shugabush Shugarock Shugabass Shugajo Shugabeats Shugabuzz Shugavox Shugitar Seasonal Punkleton Yool Schmoochle Blabbit Hoola Mythical G'joob Yawstrich Rare Rare Single Element Rare Noggin Rare Mammott Rare Toe Jammer Rare Potbelly Rare Tweedle Rare Double Element Rare Drumpler Rare Fwog Rare Maw Rare Shrubb Rare Furcorn Rare Oaktopus Rare Dandidoo Rare Pango Rare Quibble Rare Cybop Rare Triple Element Rare T-Rox Rare Pummel Rare Clamble Rare Bowgart Rare Spunge Rare Thumpies Rare Congle Rare PomPom Rare Scups Rare Reedling Rare Quad Element Rare Entbrat Rare Deedge Rare Riff Rare Shellbeat Rare Quarrister Rare Supernatural Rare Wubbox Rarethereal Rare Ghazt Rare Grumpyre Rare Reebro Rare Jeeode Rare Humbug Rare Whisp Rare Nebulob Rare Sox Rare Jellbilly Rare Arackulele Rare Boodoo Rare Kazilleon Rare Bellowfish Rare Dragong Rare Fung Pray Rare Seasonal Rare Punkleton Rare Yool Rare Schmoochle Rare Blabbit Rare Hoola Dipster Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Werdo Tawkerr Parlsona Stoowarb Maggpi Celestial Torrt Attmoz Hornacle Glaishur Blasoom Syncopite Scaratar Loodvigg Plixie Furnoss Vhamp Epic Epic Single Element Epic Noggin Epic Mammott Epic Toe Jammer Epic Potbelly Epic Tweedle Epic Double Element Epic Fwog Epic Maw Epic Furcorn Epic Triple Element Epic T-Rox Epic Thumpies Epic PomPom Epic Quad Element Epic Entbrat Epic Deedge Epic Seasonal Epic Yool Epic Schmoochle