Information about Monster Hunts
Also known as: Royal Games, Leaderboards, Beast Master Challenge and Monster Hunts (don't know why we have so many names for the same thing!)
Link to Information Nugget on Beasts
The following notes have been generally consistent from season to season. Season specific information may be posted in the respective discussion thread.
* Check you can spawn monsters! You can only spawn 1 monster at a time
* During battle, the hit points for any monster (main story, event or one-off monsters) will count towards the Leaderboard score
* Blue Direboars will only spawn once a day from the dead tree
* Pink Skunkupines don't drop tokens when you defeat them. They spawn from pink and wedding alicorns
* Not all horses spawn Glimmer Golems - refer to post #22 in this thread for the List of Horses / Steeds that spawn the (purple) Glimmer Golem (with pictures) | and those that don't (list only)
* Glimmer Trolls may be included but they change from being included season to season
* Normal items that drop when a monster is defeated will continue to drop as well as the tokens
* Do the Bronze Hunter Trade if you are nearly maxed on Shield tokens so that they don't go to waste
* A Level 5 Jousting Arena will spawn a monster (skunkupine, fangbeast or direboar) on every collection. Link to Jousting Arena Renovations thread
* The crafts in the Mythic Research Center (available from L22) are available all the time
* If it's your first Monster Hunt, the new trades might appear after you do 1 of any trade in the Trade Wagon
* Remember to collect from Princess Lorelei's fountain for a chance at gold tokens (about a 1 in 3 drop rate)
Points Castle
* Each monster hunt release where there is a Leaderboard component, is an item available for gem purchase that drops Leaderboard points every couple of hours.
* The item will drop points ONLY for the Leaderboard event it was purchased in. Once the event concludes it is decoration only.
* Even if the same item is available in the next Leaderboard event, it will not become active again. It will show as 'expired' in storage/inventory.
Goblin Hunter goals (Madam Makeda's Wagon weekend mini-events)
* Goblins will not drop tokens when being defeated. They will only drop crystals as normal
* During battle, the hit points will count towards the Leaderboard score
Summary of what to collect from:
1. Horses (for unlimited Glimmer Golems | 90 hits to defeat)
2. Dead trees (for once daily blue dire boar | 30 hits to defeat)
3. Princess Lorelei's fountain (chance to drop gold troll token)
4. Jousting arena (level five guaranteed monster spawn)
5. 3x Monster statues (drop silver tokens)
6. Troll sparring pit (guaranteed troll spawn)
7. Lair of beasts (guaranteed monster spawn)
8. Dark Den (spawn not guaranteed)
9. The Prison (guaranteed marmosea or magmaling spawn)
10. Chop any monster traps (main story or event ones) to spawn a monster for Leaderboard points
This thread has detailed information about the following items:
Post 1: General Information about Monster Hunts | Links to all previous seasons
Post 2: The Daily Hunt
Post 3: The Trade Wagon
Post 4: The Cooking Camp
Post 5: Princess Lorelei's Fountain
Post 6: The Cabbage Hut
Post 7: The Locket
Post 8: Troll Tokens
Post 9: The Beastbane Display
Post 10: The Legendary Trap
Post 11: Skunkupine, Fangbeast and Dire boar Statues
Post 12: Leaderboard Challenges
Post 13: Monsters - what they are and where to find them
Post 14: The Wizard's Portal
Post 15: * Information from players about Monster Hunt strategies and what to craft and why!*
Post 16: The Mythic Research Centre - list of all crafts
Post 17: Mythic Research Centre crafts - Part 1
Post 18: Mythic Research Centre crafts - Part 2
Post 19: Mythic Research Centre crafts - Part 3
Post 20: Part 1: Leaderboard prizes
Post 21: Part 2: Leaderboard prizes
Post 22: List of Horses / Steeds that spawn the (purple) Glimmer Golem (with pictures) | and those that don't (list only)
Post 23: Links to the Discussion threads for all previous seasons
Link to Ivy's Magic Nursery for info on baby monsters