🧪 Early Information on Monster Island Updates [Part of The Beta Beat v74]

[PlayForFun]

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This thread is to provide early insights and discussion on Monster Island Updates in V74

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Don’t get too attached

Details from Beta, especially brand-new Beta content, don’t tend to be very reliable for actual release.

It’s incredibly common that features are changed during Beta testing, or sometimes even after testing but before release. That is, after all, the purpose of Beta testing.

So I wouldn’t get too attached to any of this — it’s not unheard of for entire portions of features to be removed or reworked, or for radical changes to functionality to be made.

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Monster Island Updates

The event itself is not started yet.
The following is just some preliminary information provided for us by Staff:

Monster Island

• New very hard difficulty level
• Updated rewards
• New energy economy
• Separated Relic and Treasure chest keys
• Apex monsters only drop Treasure chest keys
• Apex monsters become more difficult the farther they are from the base camp, but also drop more keys

Actual Changes

• The energy cost of the attack of Monster Hordes and Apex Monsters is now increased with only 5 after each attack, instead of 15.
• Initially we have received 400 Monster Island Energy only instead of 500, and later during the event we received 300 Monster Island Energy every 6 hours.
• Now there is a specific key for each kind of chests.
• Very hard difficulty is added. (The event was tested in this difficulty).
• Reward updates

Rewards on Easy difficulty

Rank	Tokens	Emblems	Aethers	Battle Items	Trainer heroes
1	1x Epic Hero Token 50x Monster Island Coins	20x Sorcerer 20x Cleric	1x Nature Aether II 2x Nature Aether I	1x Scroll of Alteration 1x Timestop	8x Rare Master Trainer 2x Uncommon Master Trainer
2 - 10	1x Epic Hero Token 40x Monster Island Coins	15x Sorcerer 15x Cleric	1x Nature Aether I	1x Scroll of Alteration 1x Timestop	7x Rare Master Trainer 2x Uncommon Master Trainer
11 - 50	1x Epic Hero Token 30x Monster Island Coins	12x Sorcerer 12x Cleric	-	1x Scroll of Alteration 1x Timestop	6x Rare Master Trainer 2x Uncommon Master Trainer
51 - 100	1x Epic Hero Token 25x Monster Island Coins	10x Sorcerer 10x Cleric	-	1x Scroll of Alteration 1x Timestop	5x Rare Master Trainer 2x Uncommon Master Trainer
101 - 300	1x Epic Hero Token 20x Monster Island Coins	8x Sorcerer 8x Cleric	-	1x Scroll of Alteration 1x Timestop	4x Rare Master Trainer 2x Uncommon Master Trainer
301 - 500	1x Epic Hero Token 15x Monster Island Coins	6x Sorcerer 6x Cleric	-	1x Scroll of Alteration 1x Timestop	3x Rare Master Trainer 2x Uncommon Master Trainer
501 - 1000	1x Epic Hero Token 10x Monster Island Coins	4x Sorcerer 4x Cleric	-	1x Scroll of Alteration 1x Timestop	2x Rare Master Trainer 2x Uncommon Master Trainer
1001 - 1500	1x Epic Hero Token 5x Monster Island Coins	2x Sorcerer 2x Cleric	-	1x Scroll of Alteration 1x Timestop	1x Rare Master Trainer 2x Uncommon Master Trainer
1501 - 2000	1x Epic Hero Token 5x Monster Island Coins	2x Sorcerer 2x Cleric	-	-	1x Rare Master Trainer 2x Uncommon Master Trainer
2001 - 2500	5x Monster Island Coins	2x Sorcerer 2x Cleric	-	-	2x Uncommon Master Trainer
2501 or lower	5x Monster Island Coins	2x Sorcerer 2x Cleric	-	-	1x Uncommon Master Trainer

Rewards on Medium difficulty

Rank	Tokens	Emblems	Aethers	Battle Items	Trainer heroes
1	1x Epic Hero Token 100x Monster Island Coins	35x Sorcerer 35x Cleric	1x Nature Aether III 2x Nature Aether II 4x Nature Aether I	2x Scroll of Alteration 2x Timestop 2x Arrow Attack	8x Rare Master Trainer 2x Uncommon Master Trainer
2 - 10	1x Epic Hero Token 75x Monster Island Coins	25x Sorcerer 25x Cleric	1x Nature Aether II 3x Nature Aether I	2x Scroll of Alteration 2x Timestop 2x Arrow Attack	7x Rare Master Trainer 2x Uncommon Master Trainer
11 - 50	1x Epic Hero Token 60x Monster Island Coins	18x Sorcerer 18x Cleric	1x Nature Aether II 2x Nature Aether I	2x Scroll of Alteration 2x Timestop 2x Arrow Attack	6x Rare Master Trainer 2x Uncommon Master Trainer
51 - 100	1x Epic Hero Token 50x Monster Island Coins	15x Sorcerer 15x Cleric	1x Nature Aether II 1x Nature Aether I	2x Scroll of Alteration 2x Timestop 2x Arrow Attack	5x Rare Master Trainer 2x Uncommon Master Trainer
101- 200	1x Epic Hero Token 40x Monster Island Coins	12x Sorcerer 12x Cleric	1x Nature Aether II	2x Scroll of Alteration 2x Timestop 2x Arrow Attack	4x Rare Master Trainer 2x Uncommon Master Trainer
201 - 300	1x Epic Hero Token 30x Monster Island Coins	9x Sorcerer 9x Cleric	1x Nature Aether II	2x Scroll of Alteration 2x Timestop 2x Arrow Attack	3x Rare Master Trainer 2x Uncommon Master Trainer
301 - 400	1x Epic Hero Token 20x Monster Island Coins	6x Sorcerer 6x Cleric	-	2x Scroll of Alteration 2x Timestop 2x Arrow Attack	2x Rare Master Trainer 2x Uncommon Master Trainer
401 - 500	1x Epic Hero Token 10x Monster Island Coins	3x Sorcerer 3x Cleric	-	2x Scroll of Alteration 2x Timestop 2x Arrow Attack	1x Rare Master Trainer 2x Uncommon Master Trainer
501 - 600	1x Epic Hero Token 10x Monster Island Coins	3x Sorcerer 3x Cleric	-	2x Arrow Attack	1x Rare Master Trainer 2x Uncommon Master Trainer
601 - 700	10x Monster Island Coins	3x Sorcerer 3x Cleric	-	2x Arrow Attack	2x Uncommon Master Trainer
701 or lower	10x Monster Island Coins	3x Sorcerer 3x Cleric	-	-	1x Uncommon Master Trainer

Rewards on Hard difficulty

Rank	Tokens	Emblems	Aethers	Battle Items	Trainer heroes
1	1x Epic Hero Token 200x Monster Island Coins	75x Sorcerer 75x Cleric	2x Nature Aether III 4x Nature Aether II 8x Nature Aether I	3x Scroll of Alteration 4x Timestop 6x Super Antidotes 18x Arrow Attack	8x Rare Master Trainer 3x Uncommon Master Trainer
2 - 10	1x Epic Hero Token 150x Monster Island Coins	57x Sorcerer 57x Cleric	1x Nature Aether III 3x Nature Aether II 6x Nature Aether I	3x Scroll of Alteration 4x Timestop 6x Super Antidotes 18x Arrow Attack	7x Rare Master Trainer 3x Uncommon Master Trainer
11 - 50	1x Epic Hero Token 120x Monster Island Coins	42x Sorcerer 42x Cleric	2x Nature Aether II 5x Nature Aether I	3x Scroll of Alteration 4x Timestop 6x Super Antidotes 18x Arrow Attack	6x Rare Master Trainer 3x Uncommon Master Trainer
51 - 100	1x Epic Hero Token 100x Monster Island Coins	35x Sorcerer 35x Cleric	1x Nature Aether II 4x Nature Aether I	3x Scroll of Alteration 4x Timestop 6x Super Antidotes 18x Arrow Attack	5x Rare Master Trainer 3x Uncommon Master Trainer
101 - 150	1x Epic Hero Token 80x Monster Island Coins	28x Sorcerer 28x Cleric	1x Nature Aether II 3x Nature Aether I	3x Scroll of Alteration 4x Timestop 6x Super Antidotes 18x Arrow Attack	4x Rare Master Trainer 3x Uncommon Master Trainer
151 - 200	1x Epic Hero Token 60x Monster Island Coins	21x Sorcerer 21x Cleric	1x Nature Aether II 2x Nature Aether I	3x Scroll of Alteration 4x Timestop 6x Super Antidotes 18x Arrow Attack	3x Rare Master Trainer 3x Uncommon Master Trainer
201 - 250	1x Epic Hero Token 40x Monster Island Coins	14x Sorcerer 14x Cleric	1x Nature Aether II 1x Nature Aether I	3x Scroll of Alteration 4x Timestop 6x Super Antidotes 18x Arrow Attack	2x Rare Master Trainer 3x Uncommon Master Trainer
251 - 300	1x Epic Hero Token 20x Monster Island Coins	7x Sorcerer 7x Cleric	1x Nature Aether II 1x Nature Aether I	3x Scroll of Alteration 4x Timestop 6x Super Antidotes 18x Arrow Attack	1x Rare Master Trainer 3x Uncommon Master Trainer
301 - 350	1x Epic Hero Token 10x Monster Island Coins	7x Sorcerer 7x Cleric	1x Nature Aether I	1x Timestop 6x Super Antidotes 18x Arrow Attack	1x Rare Master Trainer 3x Uncommon Master Trainer
351 - 400	10x Monster Island Coins	7x Sorcerer 7x Cleric	1x Nature Aether I	1x Timestop 6x Super Antidotes 18x Arrow Attack	3x Uncommon Master Trainer
401 or lower	10x Monster Island Coins	7x Sorcerer 7x Cleric	1x Nature Aether I	-1x Uncommon Master Trainer

Rewards on Very Hard difficulty

Rank #1 gives Ebba Avatar.
No other ranks give any Avatars.

Rank	Tokens	Emblems	Aethers	Battle Items	Trainer heroes
1	1x Epic Hero Token 400x Monster Island Coins	150x Sorcerer 150x Cleric	3x Nature Aether III 8x Nature Aether II 16x Nature Aether I	4x Scroll of Alteration 5x Timestop 6x Super Antidotes 18x Arrow Attack	8x Rare Master Trainer 3x Uncommon Master Trainer
2- 10	1x Epic Hero Token 300x Monster Island Coins	115x Sorcerer 115x Cleric	2x Nature Aether III 6x Nature Aether II 13x Nature Aether I	4x Scroll of Alteration 5x Timestop 6x Super Antidotes 18x Arrow Attack	7x Rare Master Trainer 3x Uncommon Master Trainer
11- 50	1x Epic Hero Token 240x Monster Island Coins	90x Sorcerer 90x Cleric	1x Nature Aether III 5x Nature Aether II 11x Nature Aether I	4x Scroll of Alteration 5x Timestop 6x Super Antidotes 18x Arrow Attack	6x Rare Master Trainer 3x Uncommon Master Trainer
51- 100	1x Epic Hero Token 200x Monster Island Coins	75x Sorcerer 75x Cleric	1x Nature Aether III 4x Nature Aether II 9x Nature Aether I	4x Scroll of Alteration 5x Timestop 6x Super Antidotes 18x Arrow Attack	5x Rare Master Trainer 3x Uncommon Master Trainer
101- 150	1x Epic Hero Token 160x Monster Island Coins	60x Sorcerer 60x Cleric	1x Nature Aether III 3x Nature Aether II 7x Nature Aether I	4x Scroll of Alteration 5x Timestop 6x Super Antidotes 18x Arrow Attack	4x Rare Master Trainer 3x Uncommon Master Trainer
151- 200	1x Epic Hero Token 120x Monster Island Coins	45x Sorcerer 45x Cleric	1x Nature Aether III 2x Nature Aether II 5x Nature Aether I	4x Scroll of Alteration 5x Timestop 6x Super Antidotes 18x Arrow Attack	3x Rare Master Trainer 3x Uncommon Master Trainer
201- 250	1x Epic Hero Token 80x Monster Island Coins	30x Sorcerer 30x Cleric	1x Nature Aether II 3x Nature Aether I	4x Scroll of Alteration 5x Timestop 6x Super Antidotes 18x Arrow Attack	2x Rare Master Trainer 3x Uncommon Master Trainer
251- 300	1x Epic Hero Token 40x Monster Island Coins	15x Sorcerer 15x Cleric	1x Nature Aether II 2x Nature Aether I	4x Scroll of Alteration 5x Timestop 6x Super Antidotes 18x Arrow Attack	1x Rare Master Trainer 3x Uncommon Master Trainer
301- 350	1x Epic Hero Token 20x Monster Island Coins	15x Sorcerer 15x Cleric	1x Nature Aether I	1x Timestop 6x Super Antidotes 18x Arrow Attack	1x Rare Master Trainer 3x Uncommon Master Trainer
351- 400	20x Monster Island Coins	15x Sorcerer 15x Cleric	1x Nature Aether I	1x Timestop 6x Super Antidotes 18x Arrow Attack	3x Uncommon Master Trainer
401 or lower	20x Monster Island Coins	15x Sorcerer 15x Cleric	1x Nature Aether I	-	1x Uncommon Master Trainer

Example loot from 5 Treasure chest combined:

• 86x Monster Coins
• 1x Aether III
• 2x Aether II
• 2x Aether I
• 9x Emblems from 3 different classes = 27x Emblems in total

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[notyou87]

This seems good, especially now with stronger heroes.
I definitely look forward to them finally releasing this, and hopefully the updated rewards will be good finally

[Gargon]

@PlayForFun

• Separated Relic and Treasure chest keys
• Apex monsters only drop Treasure chest keys

this makes organization easier, people can´t open the wrong chests anymore.

@PlayForFun

New energy economy

I wonder what that means, but I hope it makes the event easier to participate fully for everybody.

[Blem]

Game Well

[PlayForFun]

I have updated the OP with some more details.

[notyou87]

How is the very hard difficulty compared to the hard difficulty that we knew?

Do we know the criteria for an alliance to we be in either hard or very hard?

[ProfessorPenguin]

Just figuring this out to see how much of a change this is

@PlayForFun

You receive 500 Monster Island energy when the exploring phase is start, and you receive additional 500 energies every 8 hours.

3000 total energy before (500 at start, plus 500 at 8h, 16h, 24h, 32h, and 40h. Event ends at 48h)

@PlayForFun

Initially we have received 400 Monster Island Energy only instead of 500, and later during the event we received 300 Monster Island Energy every 6 hours.

2500 total energy now (400 at start, plus 300 at 6h, 12h, 18h, 24h, 30h, 36h, and 42h. Event ends at 48h)

People complained about the 500 energy before that came with 8 hours left, I imagine the last 300 energy will go unused for many people. 6 hours is a pretty short window.

[Sternman]

@ProfessorPenguin

6 hours is a pretty short window.

You are absolutely correct. Six hours seems a truly awful idea, most people sleep more than six hours per night so many people in some part of the world will be given no chance at the last energies. If the event always starts at a specific time it will be the same people every time.

Lets hope that SG finds a workable solution to this (like last set of energies is for 12 hours)

[Mikal]

Agreed… the last round of energy should last at least 12 hrs if not longer. I’m ok with adding 3 every 6 hours, but they’ve got to add something to the last round of it.

[Gargon]

So we now get less energy total and we get it later in the event???

How is that supposed to make it EASIER to participate? Exactly the opposite would make it easier, I don´t understand at all what the thought process was there.
Were people having problems with having too much energy before? I mean towards the end of the event, sure, but who cares about that when the outcome is decided in the first 12hours…

[notyou87]

especially with having a new very difficult mode.
We NEED all the energy we had before to unlock all of the map, don’t we?

[Gargon]

Honestly if this is true and not just an oversight (you know SG quality control), I am doubting there is anyone with a brain involved…

[BobTheSnark]

The potentially good: that this event might actually return.

But…

• separate key types is… okay? we need fewer choices, less strategy in this regard? hrm.
• as others have noted, energy would seem harder to fully use on this schedule
• tier-based rewards would still seem pretty placeholder for anyone not in a fairly narrow band of top fixed ranks

So it might seem to come down to “how many treasure chests can reasonably be found and what do they net in aggregate” versus the number of items needed to chain a whole stack of titans across a few days… or “will just play this regardless, whatever.”

[ProfessorPenguin]

@Gargon

So we now get less energy total and we get it later in the event???

How is that supposed to make it EASIER to participate

Well, they are reducing the extra energy spent on 2nd attack onward on a mob. That will help offset it.

@PlayForFun

The energy cost of the attack of Monster Hordes and Apex Monsters is now increased with only 5 after each attack, instead of 15.

I think all non-full alliances would have appreciated a reduction in exploring costs more than anything.

@Gargon

Were people having problems with having too much energy before?

If I remember correctly, top alliances actually did have this problem. Despite fully uncovering the map and immediately killing all monster hordes to maximize respawns, some members had leftover energy

[Gargon]

@ProfessorPenguin

If I remember correctly, top alliances actually did have this problem. Despite fully uncovering the map and immediately killing all monster hordes to maximize respawns, some members had leftover energy

Yes I think about 30 or 40 alliances amanaged to kill all hordes 4 times? Not sure how many of them would have been able to do that with less energy though.
Everybody else did not have too much energy early on.
Towards the end of course at least the top 200 (my guess, probably more) had nothing to do with their energy anymore.

[Soiden]

My concern was the energy cap, I think it was 1000? I hope they raise that number so we don’t recieve the pressure to play this event. Sometimes it’s not possible to play for many hours (due to sleep/work, for example). I even remember alliance partners playing only in the last day

[Not-important]

@ProfessorPenguin

I think all non-full alliances would have appreciated a reduction in exploring costs more than anything.

Definitely! This is key for more participation. I play solo, can barely find and open a chest or 2

[2puttshaqur]

Anyone running the kalo method? Can he still charge himself with greel on very hard?

[2puttshaqur]

@Soiden

Sometimes it’s not possible to play for many hours (due to sleep/work, for example).

it takes less than 5 minutes to explore the island and open up the new territories. I appreciate that you are a surgeon and unable to go to you phone for even 5 minutes… as the chest is open and that might lead to a malpractice lawsuit… but for every other profession… I call shennanigans.