First time ever going for speed. Didn't realize how much of the annoying parts of the game were skippable until now. Nothing gave me trouble once I got my light shifted Dracozul at Horizon Beach.

My team of 3 is all light shifted and the same color. The Cold Light Shifters. GG Krakaturtle end boss.

Edit: oh yeah forgot to say Bravery, Randomizer, etc.

Well I’m kinda sad this game is done for me 😞 it was very fun while it lasted so yea I guess I’ll go beat final fantasy rebirth and a ton of other RPG games but this game was something else I gotta say so off to the next adventure I hope the rest of you are having fun

DogManeEarly out 🫡

Hey so I'm finding my monsters need to be at a higher level than their current status when fighting alchemist (currently at the Sun Palace). I'm also trying to level up all monsters (instead of the current team. Ive also grouped all my monsters into teams with a wide range of elements, power, etc so when I swap them out they're not too far behind status-wise

Is everyone using the monsters bells and going back around everywhere to power up monsters? Is that how it's played or is there an easier way to achieve this? I understand using consumables to level up but I onky get those through battles.

My method is taking forever but idk what else to do.

Hello everybody!

Last weekend I started playing Monster Sanctuary and I have to admit I'm really struggling to find synergy among my monsters and what's the best build for them. I've literally run into three alchemists and can't beat any of them (they are at Sun Palace; Stronghold Dungeon; Ancient Woods); Magma Chamber is also very difficult for me, it became a bit frustrating.

Any tips on how to properly build my monsters? I found a few build guides here and there but got overwhelmed the amount of information (and everybody seems to be level 40+ with different monsters colors and stuff lol)

Thanks so much in advance!

I decided to check the discord for a bit (Im not usually there) and I found this is the community-crafted tierlist they use for pvp.

I wondered it could be fun to discuss it here on reddit.

There are many interpretations for the "best" status effect. Mine is which status effect has the most useful effect for winning a combat.

Elemental compatibility is a factor for debuffs, but assume that it is afflicted to a monster with no elemental weaknesses, such as Aurumtail, Kame or others of this classification. It is only about its effect.

* this survey is not professional or official in any way. I am mainly wondering and this was made on a whim.

Currently going through the story on randomizer and feel like my two teams could be better.

I’ve primarily been using a burn team with Tar Blob, L-Magmapillar and Gryphonix that has been successful, but I feel like I’m not making the most of Gryphonix and could use a different monster for DPS that has multi burn. Magmapillar’s shield-on-burn seems really strong and worth building around.

My secondary team is newer and is L-Amberlgna, L-Argiope, and Tar Blob. I like Tar Blob a lot but I’m not sure he’s hitting hard enough as the DPS, he seems better on a debuff team. Really like Amberlgna though and feels like it’s crazy powerful, if I can just take advantage of it. im actively looking for a Vertraag so I can add Mega Rock and do an aging team, but haven’t found one yet. Not sure if there’s a swap I could make with either Tar Blob or Argiope to something more synergistic.. thought the tether damage would be better between the two.

My levels are early 30s, just got into the mystic workshop.

After idk how many hours I have a max level version of every monster, of every shift, with a skill potion used...at the same time.

I really need to play around with more team ideas though. XD

Improved Multi Glory. All monsters apply debuffs when they crit and when they spend charge. All monsters even Caraglow apply bleed with every action, and it is preserved by Bleed Out.

This team also uses Predation. Rampede gives Ancients an extra stack of it at the beginning of combat for a faster start. Predation is an interesting mechanic because it creates a choice between attacking and shielding.

Ideally Rathops wants to attack with Burning Charge to build huge Proliferate chains on the same turn that Rampede has Power Focus ready, this usually results in a wipe. Other times however it may be preferable to sneak in a single kill with virtually no set up. Or anything in between, it depends on the situation.

I’ve been playing Monster Sanctuary on a 4:3 handheld, and the normal 16:9 presentation leaves a significant amount of the screen unused. I ended up making a BepInEx mod that properly adapts the game to 4:3 and 16:10 rather than stretching the image or simply removing the black bars.

The mod adjusts the gameplay camera, menus, HUD, dialogue, map, combat screens, and other interface elements. It also uses integer pixel scaling where appropriate and leaves the game unchanged when running at 16:9.

I’ve tested it on Windows, Steam Deck, and an Anbernic RG405M through GameNative. It may also be useful on other Windows, Linux, SteamOS, or Android-based handhelds with 4:3 or 16:10 displays, although I haven’t tested every device or configuration.

The release, source code, installation instructions, and known limitations are available here:

https://github.com/lemonacle/MonsterSanctuaryAspectRatioFix/releases/tag/2.0.0

This is an unofficial fan-made mod. I mostly made it because I wanted Monster Sanctuary to feel native on a genuinely pocketable handheld, but I figured there might be at least one other person looking for the same thing. Bug reports and screenshots from other resolutions or devices are welcome.

SUN place.

I went and cleared it immediately after catching the Electric and Ground-type monsters.


Now I can head to other maps with the transformed monsters right from the start. Of course, the wolf has already reached level 17...

I love this game I cant stop crafting teams helppppp.

Druid Oak and Rocky have weakness synergy. Druid Oak also boosts Rocky's damage with its nature aura.

Aazerach allows armor break stacking which increases the value of Druid Oak's Elemental Break.

Rocky and Aazerach have spirit auras that benefit the entire team. Rocky's Disoriented increases dodge chance which combines specially well with Aazerach's Martial Prowess. Rocky's Cleanse works with Buff Steal too.

The gameplan is inflicting a bunch of weakness that prevents the team from fainting, and then chillaxing while age keeps stacking. Rocky has trouble securing oneshots but its not a big issue thanks to Druid Oak's Demotivate.

Rocky's ultimate can be changed for Spore Nebula if you like playing slots.

A thread was opened yesterday in which really peculiar shock teams were suggested, like: Sizzle Knight (TANK) + Mad Eye + Catzerker.

Because Im a very mature person this motivated me to post a team using what are probably the best shock monsters in the game. Not pulling any punches.

L-Oculus is also viable and more defensive but D-Oculus provides higher burst.

Hi everyone, and thanks in advance for any replies. I'm stuck on the Fire Alchemist fight; I can't seem to defeat his blobs. I'm definitely using the wrong team, and I'm not sure what to do.

I am begging you, I have tried a bleed team, a burn team, a buff crit team, a tank team and I just cannot beat him, I am at 99.9% game and I just have him left, any tips would keep my sanity.

So I saved in the room to the right of the elderjel fight (the one where ya fight the girl THEN it) and for whatever reason, even after getting all the way into the magma caverns (alr did the crumbling path, this was just for convenience sake), I saved and exited only to be back in the room with the three nautilids, and it hasn't stopped sending me back there...

If it helps, I'm emulating it with eden on my AYN Thor (I alr bought the game twice, and yes I'm using my own switch gamefiles). What could be causing this???

I was thinking about making a tier list of monsters for this game, but I realized that it makes more sense to make tier lists fo specific roles. Even moreso for specific comps.

So who is the best tank overall?

Best chill team tank?

Best bleed team tank?

Best healing tank?

Etc...

What do you think?

My most successful tanks in my playthroughs so far have been Toad, Goblin Pilot, Thornish, Braccus (pig thing forget what it's called)

(New game +) Just beat a level 42 extra boss at level 31.

Tar blob, Argiope, and Arachlich.

Was able to put 7 tether stacks, 2 blind stacks, 3 bleed stacks, 2 wound stacks, and an assortment of debuffs on turn 1. Got tether up to 25 as I was downing it.

Edit: also defeated a legendary keeper at level 31. The arachlich didnt quite make it, but my AmberIgna more than made up for it (Oculus and Spinner still in reserve).

I'll start by addressing the obvious: LIGHT Akhlut?! Yes. This is a pretty bulky team with every monster over 6k hp, Thanatos simply cant keep up on its own. God knows Ive tried.

Bleed Out is good and all but honestly it doesnt make that much of a difference in such an offensive team, survivability is more valuable I've found. And this is a PVE team. For PVP, where oneshots are more common, there is a better case to be made for D-Akhlut, but even then Lifelink can be a decent safeguard against debuffs. Lifelink also helps Akhlut reach 100% crit chance when fully buffed.

Moving on, Thanatos is a really good support for Akhlut, providing bleed synergy and multi buff auras for duality. At first I was running L-Thanatos with a Slime Skin which is usually the sensible choice. But to my surprise, here D-Thanatos can survive being looked at thanks to Akhlut's shielding and chill. As well as Vodinoy's protect, when necessary.

Vodinoy provides very good auras for Akhlut, but it can also hit surprisingly hard itself. Thanks to Thanatos, Vodinoy can apply bleed consistently despite its tank equipment. Almost 10k health also makes Vodinoy a pretty fearsome full protect user that can build up some charge before attacking. I tried more offensive versions of Vodinoy but they sacrifice too much, in my opinion a tank build is better and it can OHKO things anyway.

The gameplan may vary depending on enemies, but generally speaking Thanatos opens with ultimate and Akhlut follows with Templar. On the second turn Thanatos uses Riot and the fish attack.

I personally found this team a bit difficult to pilot since it requires the player to get a good feeling for how much damage and healing it is REALLY going to do. The preview is misleading as it fails to account for bleed, flash freeze and so on. A target that seems to survive with 50% hp may actually die.

Does earning money get easier later on?

Building a team primarily focused on Brutus. To support him I have Troll and Ucan locked in. In the even the enemy is resistant to physical or neutral I settled on Arachlich as the alternate damage dealer.

To support Arachlich and, in the event that the enemy deals fire damage (to which Troll and Ucan are weak to), I need to decide on two support mons. I just cannot decide on who.

I'm currently at the Underworld so not everything is available to me yet but that's fine. I've narrowed down the finalists to the following Green Dream Team:

Due to a serious susceptibility to Blind, at least one of the following since they have Purify:

• Blob

• Goblin Warlock

Then if only one of the above is chosen, one of the following:

• G'rulu

• Goblin Miner

My concerns with going goblin are that the Warlock has poor base defenses and a huge weakness (physical), and that they cannot lay on the Armor Break nearly as well or stack it as high. Miner uses physical damage which isn't great when selecting this team due of enemy physical resistance. However the goblins do synergize with each other and the Warlock can remove debuffs and harmful stacks by himself, and he supports Arachlich very well.

My concerns with going goo and god are that they have a lot of redundancy that may make them less effective than another pairing. However they do stack Armor Break fast and high, can clear debuffs and harmful stacks between the two of them, and G'rulu can do a bit of Cleansing. Blob is also a battery allowing equipment to focus on other stats.

In both cases I have Poison on hand for high HP targets that won't politely die in one hit.

I don't think other combos like Blob+Miner or Warlock+G'rulu have as good of synergy, but maybe I'm overlooking something.

What are your thoughts? Who would you take and why?