Strombonin

Element(s)

Class

Egg(s)

Portrait(s)

Release

Date

2022-09-01

Version

3.7.0

Statistics

Island(s)

Cold

Mythical

Mirror Cold

Available at Level 9

3 Beds Required

2 x 2 Size Required

Breeding Combinations

+

Bowgart and Spunge

Breeding/Incubation Time
Default:	Enhanced:
23 hours	17 hours, 15 minutes

Skin Boost:	Enhanced and Boosted:
20 hours, 42 minutes	14 hours, 57 minutes

Likes

Monsters Who Like It

Buying Price
Cold: 225	Mythical: 500

Buying Price (Discounted)

50% Off
(Cold):
112

50% Off
(Mythical):
250

Selling Price
168,750

Costumes

Placement XP
110,000

Variants
Rare
Rare Strombonin

“	This Mythical shares many traits with a certain Fire Monster, but its preferred habitat couldn't be more different. The masterless Strombonin is a drifter… well and truly, as it drifts upon the ice floes that surround Cold Island. The only company it typically keeps is that of a specialized cold-weather snail called the Strombone whose pallial lungs possess unique musical qualities. Albeit being stoic and reserved itself, the hexapod's presence is unmistakable when it bellows forth rebellious decibels with the help of its mollusk companion.	”
	^{— Monster Bio}

Description[]

Strombonin is a Mythical Monster that is first found on Cold Island and can be teleported to Mythical Island once fed to level 15. Its design features were decided in partnership of the community, through a series of polls during Month of the Mythical. It was added on September 1st, 2022 during Version 3.7.0. Strombonin is best obtained by breeding Spunge and Bowgart. By default, its breeding time is 23 hours long. Despite being an elusive Mythical Monster, Strombonin does not have a high Coin production. The Goal for placing your first Strombonin rewards the player with 5 .

Song[]

Audio Sample:

Instrument: Trombone

Strombonin contributes a robust, acutely dynamic sound with its trombone (called a Strombone). Its Cold Island track is simple in form, consisting of 4 renditions of an anacrusis, a loud note drawn out for 2 measures alternating between D# and E, and a soft, staccato, threefold repetition of G#. On the final rendition, Strombonin plays the latter phrase louder, with faster notes, and with a fall from the last note. Its Mythical Island tracks are particularly melodic.

Strombonin's Mythical Island tracks are frequently embellished with tonguing, glissandos, and falls. Tonguing is a technique for wind instruments wherein the performer taps or trills their tongue on their palate, reed, or mouthpiece to cut the airflow and play faster notes, while exhalation remains steady.

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: PLAY
Sound library: EastWest Hollywood Orchestra Brass Diamond
Path(s): Solo Trombone > 02 Short and 06 Jazz

Cold Island

SoundFonts: 1TB Staccatissimo DblTng RRx9, 1TB Sus Vib and 1TB Falls

Mythical Island

SoundFonts: 1TB Growl, 1TB 5th Slide Cres, 1TB Fall, 1TB HT Slide Cres, 1TB Slide Up RR and 1TB Leg Slide

Breeding[]

On Cold Island, Strombonin can be obtained by breeding Spunge and Bowgart. Note that it's not a 100% success rate, but the chances can be increased with Wishing Torches.

+ Spunge and Bowgart

(Note that this combo can result in Rare Spunge, Rare Bowgart, Rare Potbelly, or Rare Toe Jammer if they’re available.)

On Mythical Island, a duplicate Strombonin can be obtained via unsuccessful breeding for a Cranchee, which has only one combination:

+ Cataliszt and Strombonin

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

Likes[]

Spunge
Go to Spunge
Cataliszt
Go to Cataliszt
Kab's Wax
Go to Kab's Wax
Shrini
Go to Shrini
Cave Crystal Teleporter
Go to Cave Crystal Teleporter

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 Strombonin:

Spunge (requires level 9) ()
Cataliszt (level 12) ()
Kab's Wax (level 16)
Shrini (level 17)
Cave Crystal Teleporter (level 10) ()

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

Monsters Who Like It[]

Cataliszt
Go to Cataliszt
Cranchee
Go to Cranchee
Rare Strombonin
Go to Rare Strombonin
Epic Wubbox (Cold Island)
Go to Epic Wubbox (Cold Island)

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

Costumes[]

Main article: Costumes

Costume	Availability	Cost
Peppermint Swirl	Festival of Yay Series	40

Used in Breeding[]

Strombonin is used in the following breeding combinations:

Bred with	Result	Breeding Time (enhanced) dd:hh:mm:ss
Cataliszt	Cranchee	01:08:00:00 (01:00:00:00)
Cataliszt	Strombonin	23:00:00 (17:15:00)
Cataliszt	Rare Strombonin	01:04:45:00 (21:33:45)
Cataliszt	Cataliszt	09:00:00 (06:45:00)
Cataliszt	Rare Cataliszt	11:15:00 (08:26:15)
Cataliszt	Epic Yawstrich	01:14:23:00 (01:04:47:15)

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	7	8	10	12	14	2,856
2	11	13	16	19	22	4,570
3	17	21	25	29	34	6,854
4	22	27	33	38	44	9,139
5	28	35	42	49	56	11,424
6	34	42	51	59	68	13,709
7	39	48	58	68	78	15,994
8	45	56	67	78	90	18,278
9	50	62	75	87	100	20,563
10	56	70	84	98	112	22,848
11	62	77	93	108	124	25,133
12	67	83	100	117	134	27,418
13	73	91	109	127	146	29,702
14	78	97	117	136	156	31,987
15	84	105	126	147	168	34,272
16	88	110	132	154	176	35,986
17	91	113	136	159	182	37,411
18	94	117	141	164	188	38,481
19	96	120	144	168	192	39,266
20	97	121	145	169	194	39,698

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	10	40	-
2	20	80	40
3	40	160	120
4	80	320	280
5	160	640	600
6	320	1,280	1,240
7	640	2,560	2,520
8	1,280	5,120	5,080
9	2,560	10,240	10,200
10	5,120	20,480	20,440
11	10,240	40,960	40,920
12	20,480	81,920	81,880
13	40,960	163,840	163,800
14	81,920	327,680	327,640
15	122,880	491,520	655,320
16	184,320	737,280	1,146,840
17	276,480	1,105,920	1,884,120
18	414,720	1,658,880	2,990,040
19	622,080	2,488,320	4,648,920
20	-	-	7,137,240

More info can be found in the Feeding article.

Egg Consumption[]

Main article: Zapping

While trying to breed other Monsters (particularly Monsters with a very low chance of breeding), the following Celestials can be used to "dispose of" Strombonin eggs immediately, instead of putting them into a Nursery and having that Nursery not be available. Note that doing this for Rare Wublins will cause the Wublin to stop producing currency and the eggs will not expire.

Strombonin

Adult Vhamp
3 eggs

Note that Monster eggs can only be "disposed of" before awakening Celestials; afterwards those Monsters will not accept any eggs. Also note that Monsters to which you have already disposed the number of Strombonin eggs that it accepts, will no longer be available as a "recycle bin" for such eggs. Awakened Celestials only accept eggs during their corresponding Celestial month. When being zapped into Celestials as a Flex Egg, Strombonin is not required for the Celestial to ascend. Also note that Mythical Monsters, like Strombonin, cannot be zapped from Mythical Island.

Possible Monster Names[]

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

Gallery[]

In-Game[]

Concept Art[]

Parodies[]

Other[]

Making of the Cold Island Mythical

The Exploratory Compendium of Monstrology S1E2

Notes[]

Strombonin's name could possibly be a mixture of "trombone", "strom", German for "current" or "power", "strombus", a genus which comprises of large sea snails with conch shells, and "pangolin", the animal that Strombonin is based off of, as well as "rōnin", a wandering Japanese samurai without a master who could be known as a drifter, Zamboni, a machine used to smooth the ice in skating rinks, and -ing a suffix used to describe doing an action (playing the strombone could be stromboning).
- Coincidentally, the later-released Rare Strombonin was based on a samurai.
Strombonin's design is based on a pangolin.^[1]
Strombonin's facial features are similar to Marcus Pfister's The Rainbow Fish, notably the titular character.
All of Strombonin's decoration likes are Creator Experience decorations.
- One of Strombonin's likes, the Kab's Wax, is themed around Fire Haven, which could be a reference to its relative, Repatillo, living there.
Strombonin was the first Mythical Monster to release since 2014.
The Monster inside the conch is a Strombone, while the Monster that blows the conch is Strombonin.
Strombonin is the first Mythical to release by itself.
In Episode 1 of Quick Questions with Monster-Handler Tyson, it was confirmed that Strombonin is a distant cousin of Repatillo, similar to the relationship between G'joob and G'day.
If a Strombonin were to be separated from its Strombone, it will search high and low until it has found it again, keeping the discipline to never give up.^[2]

A sketch of a Strombone humming a congenial croon to its larger half, possibly as part of a bedtime routine.
Strombonin is the first Monster to be created in partnership with the community. The second is Buzzinga.
Possibly as part of a bedtime routine, the Strombone has been seen humming a quiet melody, or "congenial croon," to Strombonin, calming its larger half.
The Strombone is most likely based on the Queen Conch (from the Strombidae family) due to its size, pink coloration, silly little eyestalks, and the historic use of conch shells as brass-like instruments, such as the horagai, which has a direct connection to Japanese samurai.
Strombonin is the first and only brass instrumental Monster on Cold Island and Mythical Island.