Monster Collection Guide for AriesMS

Poro

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Basic Info:
- Killing mobs will have a chance to add them to collection (Noted by the "A monster has been added to your collection" popup on screen and in chat).
- Drop Rate does not affect the chance to add mobs to your collection.
- Finishing a row will give a box.
- Rewards from boxes are RP, Traces, Trait Items, Chaos/Mchaos/Cogs, Stamps.
- You may send rows on "Explorations" and receive the identical box after a period of time (varies between a few hours to up to 39 hours).
- Full Page completions gives stacking chairs and other goodies (Notable ones are the 2x coupon from Kritias/Ludibrium, the Character Slot in the Root Abyss page).

Additional Notes:
- Nova has made it so any elite monster counts toward the elite monster char, it does not need to have the specific prefix. It is also adviseable to use Runes of Darkness to spawn 3 to attempt to add before you start grinding.
- Medals are not obtainable currently. The system for them do not work.
- It is advised on low level mobs that you do it on a Kanna mule since Kishin will not affect the add rate since it is based off kills and also because monster collection is account shared.
- You can currently get a maximum of 5 slots for exploration. Slots are unlocked at 50, 100, 150, 300, and 600 mobs.
- There are very certain "Special" mobs in the set. Those mobs are unique, they are not obtainable by killing mobs but instead obtainable ONLY by using a "Monsterbloom" which will be rewarded for finishing certain rows in the collection (i.e. Ice Golem can only be added by finishing the set in El Nath that contains the Ice Witch).

General Rule for mob starring:
1 Star mobs are normal.
2 Stars are either low level mini-bosses, Star Force/Arcane Force mobs or normal mobs with some restriction (i.e. Ark Preq to be able to access).
3 Stars are Elite Monsters or area bosses. (May contain star force/arcane force elite mobs, check the monster name)
5 Stars are just major bosses.

Notable Bugs: If there are any mobs that are in the collection as both a normal AND a star force mob, the star force mob will fail to be added and the star force monster kills will count toward the normal monster.

Source: A lot of collection grinding
 
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Anthony

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So for Elite Monsters, do I have to kill the ones that spawn occasionally in normal channels & Rune of Darkness or can I just kill the ones that spawn normally in elite channels?
 

Hene

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So for Elite Monsters, do I have to kill the ones that spawn occasionally in normal channels & Rune of Darkness or can I just kill the ones that spawn normally in elite channels?
Elite channels don't count cause they're technically just bigger and tankier versions of the same mob, nothing else. You'd have to kill the occasional ones or Rune of Darkness.
 

Yuria

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Updated as of July 2023

The following list contains information on what mobs aren't available and why:
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Any mob that is not listed in here is obtainable by some means, be it through monsterblooms in Oz or through Dojo.
Dojo-only mobs include:
- Ravana
- Tarantulus
- Crimson Balrog
and etc.


Runes of Darkness are very helpful for spawning the elite monster needed, however do take note of some things when using them:
- Runes of Darkness grabs one random monster in its area of effect and spawns 3 elite mobs. Runes of Darkness may on rare occasions cause (null) mobs to spawn if you're not careful.
- Monsters summoned by this (applies to any elite monster anyway) have a small chance to spawn and fall off the map. Maps that are particularly guilty of this include the Dark World Tree area, Black Heaven, as well as Ludibrium Tower (Mainly for King Block Golem). Sometimes the monster is just at the bottom of the map so if you have a good mobbing skill you probably can still hit them.
- Particularly irritating monsters to use Runes of Darkness on include Homunscullo and Expresso Machine.

There are several entries that are boss-summons, such as Hilla's Tower and Shinsoo. It's worth noting that the bosses can spawn multiple of these over the course of the boss timer, so you can camp and wait for them to spawn the one you need.

Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any frustration you experience while waiting for other people who may camp for bosses as a result of this

The following are boss summons:
- Hilla's Tower (NHilla or HHilla)
- Bloody Boom
- Zakum's monsters
- Wipe-O-matic
- Shinsoo
- Arkarium's Snakes (Netherworld Monk)
- Nightmare Golem
- Nightmare Mushroom
- Corrupted Warrior
- Greed Echo
- Guardian Servant

Assuming you have started from fresh:
- Hoyoung
- Lara
- Zero (for Mirror World mobs)
- Illium (3 are locked behind the story quests, the rest can be accessed by hyper rock)
- 1 x character that has not completed Silent Crusade yet
- 1 x character that has not completed Gollux Prequest

- Monsters in elite channels (ch11 ~ ch15) count as normal monsters. As what Hene has mentioned above, they do not count as "Elite" monsters, such as "Powerful Mushroom". However, elite elite monsters aka the ones even larger than normal elite monsters will count towards registration.
- Silent Crusade bosses can be farmed by entering the portal repeatedly, without handing in the quests.
- Some monsters seem to be easier to get on elite channels for some reason.
- All mini-bosses respawn in 1-hour periods, except for Arma, which spawns once every 24 hours.
- Monster registration is done by the name and not the id, meaning you can get it as long as the name is correct.
- Patience is key! You will need a lot of it. You can get it in as little as 3 attempts, or 7000. (Speaking from personal experience)
 
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Hene

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Quote me if i'm wrong but i believe you can also get arma monster collection from vanishing journey monster park as well though i can not 100% confirm this. I do not for certain you can get arma follower from vj monsterpark so i don't see why you couldn't for arma as well.
 

Poro

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Quote me if i'm wrong but i believe you can also get arma monster collection from vanishing journey monster park as well though i can not 100% confirm this. I do not for certain you can get arma follower from vj monsterpark so i don't see why you couldn't for arma as well.

It should be obtainable much like how the most efficient way of adding Ifrit or the Cygnus Instructors is from Monster Park.
 
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Donut

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Sorry for the noob question - But why do you want to collect cards? For fun?

Basic Info:
- Killing mobs will have a chance to add them to collection (Noted by the "A monster has been added to your collection" popup on screen and in chat).
- Drop Rate does not affect the chance to add mobs to your collection.
- Finishing a row will give a box.
- Rewards from boxes are RP, Traces, Trait Items, Chaos/Mchaos/Cogs, Stamps.
- You may send rows on "Explorations" and receive the identical box after a period of time (varies between a few hours to up to 39 hours).

- Full Page completions gives stacking chairs and other goodies (Notable ones are the 2x coupon from Kritias/Ludibrium, the Character Slot in the Root Abyss page).
 
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slvrplme

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Do I need to just kill the right hand for the balrog collection message to appear? I've killed it around 15 times and still not collected :/
 

Aerie

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Same. I've done a couple hundred runs of VJ in MP and have not received Arma... I have received others like Arma's Follower, however.
Same. I've done hundreds of runs too with no avail for Arma but I have the follower. ):
 

Yuria

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It is entirely luck-based. You can get it in as little as 3, or as many as 7000.
There seems to be a formula that states that higher levels have higher chances of registering, but I'm not sure if it is applied in Aries as well.
 

Spyro

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The player is asking about if the monster is collected after hitting a certain amount of kills, which it is not as stated by Yuria. Medals are already know to be unobtainable as stated in the original thread.

Yep, misunderstood.
 

FieryKaiser

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i did get "A monster has been added to your collection" in the chat but it not registered to the monster book, it only registered to the crusader codex. I farmed almost 1 hour still didnt get registered is the chanced of getting registered is low?