Humbug

My Singing Monsters

Composer

Humbug

Regular
Straw Hat Disguise

Element(s)

Class

Ethereal

Egg(s)

Portrait(s)

Release

Date

2014-02-19

Version

1.2.5

Statistics

Island(s)

Earth

Ethereal

Available at Level 9

5 Beds Required

2 x 2 Size Required

Breeding Combinations

+

Quarrister and Clamble

+ Quarrister and Thumpies + Quarrister and PomPom + Quarrister and Reedling

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

Likes

Buying Price
Earth: 1,000	Ethereal: 1,500

Selling Price
Earth: 750,000	Ethereal: 20

Placement XP
375,000	10,125

Versions
Rare
Rare Humbug

In other Games
Composer
Humbug (Composer)

“

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.

This Monster, like all Single-Element Ethereal Monsters, can only breed on Ethereal Island.

”

Humbugs are single element Ethereal Monsters.

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

Audio sample:

Instrument: An electric guitar with a lot of distortion.

The Humbug's song is a legato distorted electric guitar sound, providing smooth chords 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):

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
Level	0% Happiness	25% Happiness	50% Happiness	75% Happiness	100% Happiness	Maximum
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
Level	0% Happiness	25% Happiness	50% Happiness	75% Happiness	100% Happiness	Maximum
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.

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

Likes

Thumpies
Go to Thumpies
Kazilleon
Go to Kazilleon
Floofy Nest
Go to Floofy Nest
Flappy Flag
Go to Flappy Flag
Piney Tree
Go to Piney Tree

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 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.

Used in Breeding

Humbug is used in the following breeding combinations:

Bred with	Result	Breeding Time (enhanced) dd:hh:mm:ss
Ghazt	Jellbilly	01:18:00:00 (01:07:30:00)
Ghazt	Rare Jellbilly	02:04:30:00 (01:15:22:30)
Grumpyre	Kazilleon	01:18:00:00 (01:07:30:00)
Grumpyre	Rare Kazilleon	02:04:30:00 (01:15:22:30)
Reebro	Dragong	01:18:00:00 (01:07:30:00)
Reebro	Rare Dragong	02:05:00:00 (01:15:45:00)
Jeeode	Fung Pray	01:18:00:00 (01:07:30:00)
Jeeode	Rare Fung Pray	02:05:00:00 (01:15:45:00)
Any other monster	Humbug	10:00:00 (07:30:00)
Any other monster	Rare Humbug	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 Humbug is at generating resources compared to other monsters check:

Earth Island, Ethereal Island

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 Norton Juster's novel The Phantom Tollbooth has an insect character named "Humbug".

It is also a BUG-like monster and its wings create a HUMming sound, so it can also be a portmanteau derived from the words "humbuzz" and "bug".

Possible Monster Names

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

Costumes

Main article: Costumes

Costume	Availability	Cost
Straw Hat Disguise	SummerSong Series	40

Since Humbug can't be teleported to The Colossingum, its costumes are purely cosmetic. It is possible to breed a Humbug wearing a costume through either breeding failure () or by using the normal combination to breed Humbug (). However, since Humbug is already an Ethereal, the chances of breeding one wearing a costume on Earth Island might be extremely low. It should be easier on Ethereal Island, however.

Notes

It is true that some insects are attracted to warm places, as Humbug is to Earth Island.
Humbug is the first Ethereal Monster to have any sort of purchasable Costume, which actually originated from a Summersong Trailer.
Some of Humbug's names are references to "A Christmas Carol," Being "Bezziwig" to Fezziwig, "Krachit" to Bob Cratchit, and "Skrooj" to Ebenezer Scrooge.
- Humbug in itself is a reference to Scrooge's most famous line, "Bah Humbug."
Humbug can fly or levitate, similar to Tweedle, Cybop, Riff, Glowl (from trailers), Quibble (from trailers), Theremind, Poppette, Yuggler, Floot Fly, Squot (technically Squot can levitate, but further examination is needed.), Clavi Gnat, Withur, Fiddlement, Grumpyre, Ghazt, Jeeode, Whisp, Jellbilly, Déjà-Jin, Cahoot, Osstax, Flum Ox, and Plixie.