Shugabush

This article is about the Monster. For the Island, see Shugabush Island.

Shugabush

Normal
Closed Mouth

Element(s)

Class

Legendary (Shugafam)

Egg(s)

Portrait(s)

Release

Date

2013-07-29

Version

1.1.7

Statistics

Island(s)

Available at Level 9

2 Beds Required

2 x 2 Size Required

Breeding Combinations

+

Bowgart and Clamble

Breeding/Incubation Time
Default:	Enhanced:
1 day, 11 hours	1 day, 2 hours, 15 minutes

Skin Boost:	Enhanced and Boosted:
1 day, 7 hours, 30 minutes	22 hours, 45 minutes

Likes

Monsters Who Like It

Buying Price
Plant: 200	Shugabush: 700

Buying Price (Discounted)

50% Off
(Plant):
100

50% Off
(Shugabush):
350

Selling Price
150,000

Placement XP
50,000

“	Despite originating from a warm climate, the kindly Shugabush is unusually furry. Its penchant for sweet treats is legendary, second only to its skill as a performer. The felt hat that adorns its head, which it has been overheard calling a phay-door-uh, is one of its prized possessions, alongside its trusty mandolin, of course. The Shugabush revels in jamming along with other monsters and is a true embodiment of the spirit of collaboration.	”
	^{— Monster Bio}

Description

Shugabush is a member of the Legendary Shugafam class of Monsters, and is found on Plant Island. It was added on July 29th, 2013 during Version 1.1.7. Shugabush was created in collaboration with musical artist Kristian Bush of the Sugarland duo.

It can be obtained by breeding Bowgart and Clamble. By default, its incubation time is 35 hours long, or 1 day and 11 hours long. Despite being an elusive Legendary Monster, Shugabush does not have a high Coin production. The Goal for placing your first Shugabush rewards the player with 100,000 .

When fed to level 15, it can be teleported to Shugabush Island. Shugabush is required for all breeding combinations on its namesake island.

Song

Audio: Supplied by Kristian Bush / Used in "Love or Money" by Kristian Bush

Vocals (Memory Game; Plant Island):

Mandolin (Plant Island):

Voice actor: Kristian Bush
Instrument: Mandolin

Shugabush's contribution to Plant Island and Gold Island's songs is playing its mandolin and occasionally vocalizing "yeah, yeah, yeah" if the mood strikes it. Closer to the end of the Plant Island song, Shugabush will sing, "yeah, yeah, yeah" with a much louder voice.

On Shugabush Island, Shugabush does not vocalize, leaving that role to Shugavox instead.

In the Memory Game, Shugabush only vocalizes "yeah, yeah, yeah".

Breeding

On Plant Island, Shugabush can be obtained by breeding Bowgart and Clamble. Note that it's not a 100% success rate, so multiple breeding attempts may be required. The chances can also be improved with Wishing Torches and/or during Special Breeding Events.

+ Bowgart and Clamble

The breeding combination on Plant Island was initially shared by Kristian Bush on his website.^[1]

On Shugabush Island, there is not a specific combination to breed a Shugabush, so it instead needs to be teleported from Plant Island once it reaches level 15 or purchased in Shugabush Island's Market for Diamonds. Once a Shugabush is obtained, another Shugabush may be bred as a result of breeding failure while trying to breed a pre-existing Shugafam member. Examples of this are:

+ Shugabush and Mammott
+ Shugabush and Potbelly
+ Shugabush and Oaktopus
+ Shugabush and Furcorn
+ Shugabush and Quibble
+ Shugabush and PomPom
+ Shugabush and Deedge

Out of these, Shugabush + Mammott is the best combination for a failure, as it has the lowest average waiting time in case of not resulting in another Shugabush or the Shugafam member specific to this combination.

The Rare variant of any breeding Monster can be used instead of the Common variant.

Likes

Furcorn
Go to Furcorn
Babayag Tower
Go to Babayag Tower
Tree Hut
Go to Tree Hut
Bottomless Pit
Go to Bottomless Pit
Razzli Tree
Go to Razzli 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 won't increase its happiness by an additional amount. If there's a Unity Tree on the Island, items don't need to be near the Monster. Below are the things liked by Shugabush:

Furcorn (requires level 9)
Babayag Tower (level 15) ()
Tree Hut (level 17)
Bottomless Pit (level 18)
Razzli Tree (level 12) ()

See the Likes page to view a complete list of all Monsters' likes. Mystery Like () of Shugabush varies by Island:

Bottomless Pit on
Razzli Tree on ,

Monsters Who Like It

Epic Mammott
Go to Epic Mammott

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

Epic Mammott ()

Used in Breeding

Shugabush is used in the following breeding combinations:

Bred with	Result	Breeding Time (enhanced) dd:hh:mm:ss
Mammott	Shugarock	01:11:00:00 (01:02:15:00)
Potbelly	Shugabass	01:11:00:00 (01:02:15:00)
Oaktopus	Shugajo	01:11:00:00 (01:02:15:00)
Furcorn	Shugabeats	01:11:00:00 (01:02:15:00)
Quibble	Shugabuzz	01:11:00:00 (01:02:15:00)
PomPom	Shugitar	01:11:00:00 (01:02:15:00)
Deedge	Shugavox	01:11:00:00 (01:02:15:00)
Oaktopus	Viveine	01:02:05:20 (19:34:00)
Oaktopus	Rare Viveine	01:07:45:00 (23:48:45)
Oaktopus	Epic Mammott	05:00:00 (03:45:00)
Furcorn	Epic Potbelly	09:00:00 (06:45:00)
Quibble	Epic Oaktopus	01:07:00:00 (23:15:00)
PomPom	Epic Quibble	21:00:00 (15:45:00)
Mammott	Epic PomPom	01:03:00:00 (20:15:00)
Potbelly	Epic Deedge	01:17:00:00 (01:06:45:00)
Deedge	Epic Furcorn	17:00:00 (12:45:00)
PomPom	Epic Viveine	01:08:10:00 (01:00:07:30)
Any other Monster	Shugabush	01:11:00:00 (01:02:15:00)
Any other Monster	The other Monster	varies
Any other (non-Single-Element) Monster	Rare variant of the other Monster	varies

Statistics

Earning Rate and Maximum Income

Earning rate is in Coins per minute 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.

Level	Per Minute					Maximum
Level	0% Happiness	25% Happiness	50% Happiness	75% Happiness	100% Happiness	Maximum
1	11	13	16	19	22	3,762
2	18	22	27	31	36	6,019
3	26	32	39	45	52	9,029
4	35	43	52	61	70	12,038
5	44	55	66	77	88	15,048
6	53	66	79	92	106	18,057
7	62	77	93	108	124	21,067
8	70	87	105	122	140	24,077
9	79	98	118	138	158	27,086
10	88	110	132	154	176	30,096
11	100	125	150	175	200	33,105
12	112	140	168	196	224	36,115
13	123	153	184	215	246	39,124
14	134	167	201	234	268	42,134
15	145	181	217	253	290	45,143
16	152	190	228	266	304	47,400
17	158	197	237	276	316	49,296
18	163	203	244	285	326	50,775
19	166	207	249	290	332	51,790
20	168	210	252	294	336	52,308

Feeding Monsters

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

Possible Monster Names

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

Gallery

In-Game

Concept Art

Parodies

Other

Notes

Shugabush’s name is a portmanteau of the band "Sugarland" and its vocalist’s surname, "Kristian Bush". Also, a "sugar bush" is a stand of sugar maple trees, which are tapped for sap to make maple syrup and/or maple sugar, and thus gives a reason why, in some languages, the Monster is translated as "Sweet bush".
The reason Kristian Bush collaborated with My Singing Monsters was because he became a fan of the game after watching his son play. Bush got in touch with the developers to collaborate on a new Monster and provided both the vocals and mandolin parts for Shugabush. It is unknown if he is still a fan of My Singing Monsters.
With the 2013 Anniversary update, Shugabush can now be fed up to level 15, instead of up to Level 10. As of Oct 3, 2013, Shugabush on Plant Island can be placed on Gold Island once it reaches level 15. Previously, attempting to do so displayed the following message: "This Legendary monster can't be placed on Gold Island, because of conflicts in dimensional magic. It's pretty sophisticated stuff." A news update from BBB declared, "The Conflicts in dimensional magic have been resolved! You can now place a Level 15 Shugabush on Gold Island." However, a Shugabush living on Shugabush Island still can't be placed on Gold Island, regardless of its level.
Shugabush has the highest rate of income per bed in the game, excluding any Seasonal Monsters and the Dipsters.
Shugabush was the first Monster based off of a real person, being released 1,324 days before the first Werdos.
Shugabush is now the host of a whole new family of Monsters, complete with a namesake Island, Shugabush Island. This information was discovered via an in-game loading screen tip.
One of the default names for Shugabush is "Pilgrim". This is because Kristian Bush started his career in an American folk rock duo called "Billy Pilgrim". Later, Bush joined the band "Sugarland" in 2002.
A Shugabush and one Natural Monster are needed for breeding any other Monster on Shugabush Island.
Shugabush is the first of three Monsters in the game to resemble a real person, the second being G'joob (who resembles Wilford Brimley), and the third being Loodvigg (who resembles Ludwig van Beethoven).
Shugabush's description says "Its penchant for sweet treats is legendary", referencing the band Sugarland; Shugabush is based off of the band's lead singer.
Shugabush was the first Monster to like a Path, Inverdigus Sprig, until all Paths were removed from lists of Monster likes on August 29, 2024.
Shugabush and Shugabuzz both start with the same seven letters, which is the most in the game.
Shugabush is the only Monster on Gold Island without a Rare or Epic counterpart.
- It and the rest of the Shugafam seemingly will not get any Rare or Epic variants any time soon due to copyright issues.
Shugabush is one of the few instrumental Monsters that does not use a VST, because it used a live instrument instead, as the creator and voice of the Monster, Kristian Bush, brought his mandolin to the studio.
Shugabush's mandolin has an incorrect number of tuning pegs. It should have eight instead of four.
Shugabush is the only member of the Shugafam who is on more than one Island, with it being on two more (Plant Island and Gold Island).
Shugabush on Shugabush Island has a similar role to Cataliszt on Mythical Island when it comes to the breeding structure. This is due to the fact that they are both required to breed on their respective islands.