Originally Posted by
SylvanSanctuary
I agree with what everyone else has said, but have a few things to add. For now avoid your pigs and cows. You will want to fight monsters who can give you Shield, Sword, and Staff tokens. The monster of the season (in this case the gargoyle) will not drop tokens you can trade in the trade wagon. It will only help you win the leaderboard for this one monster hunt.
Getting the major prize is very difficult and requires luck, energy, and gems/money.
Do finish all the goals so you can get the Young Gargoyle. He will help you with resources in the future.
Also based on page one he will give you multiple drops for 1 energy. Always helpful when energy is tight.
I recommend you fight the typical monsters to get tokens you can trade.
If available, do the quest for Lorelei?s Fountain first. This will give you an additional source for gold tokens in future hunts.
After that there is a lot of debate on strategy if you go for the 2nd cabbage hut or the mythic research center.
Personally, I did the cabbage hut first because it is year round. Once you have that, you can save up cabbages for the Baron?s tent to get some amazing prizes depending on the month.
Forgot to talk about energy:
1st off don?t worry about completing all of the daily challenges. The Fangbeasts are shy so it takes too much energy to complete the Novice challenge. As people mentioned, it is a good idea to do the other 2 challenges though. Completing them will give you extra tokens to trade in the Trade Wagon.
Chop a dead tree once a day for the Blue Dire Boar.
**** at least 1 purple Glimmer Golem (as you read they take about 40 energy to defeat and give a good amount of energy back which means more tokens for you)
The most energy efficient strategy is to do the 1 Blue Dire Boar a day when that challenge is available. Then spend the rest of the time with your horses. You are guaranteed a Glimmer Golem for every collection from a horse. This means you do not waste energy trying to find monsters to fight for tokens. All your energy can be used to help you get tokens that can be used to get energy droppers, more workshops, or other things that can help you.
My first few monster hunts I stopped all storylines or collections and just fought monsters to get tokens. Not sure if that aligns with your goals, but I hope you find this information helpful. Good luck!