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IsaacGS

2008-10-22, 10:25 PM

I often see people asking just what exactly the Monster Book is... And since, for KMS, it came out just before pirates, it's quite logical to assume we'll get it soon. That and, you know, the hotkey already being in game.

So, here's a guide to the Monster Book and its ins and outs!
essentially, when the Monster Book is implemented, everyone is given a "book" (It does not appear in your inventory nor does this system in any way impact your inventory space.) which can be opened, by default, using the B key. Upon opening it, you'll see this:

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Well, yours probably won't open to Mano :p Essentially, you will see grayed out slots for many monsters. The colored tabs on the side of the book represent different level ranges. They aren't as exact as you would typically expect... The level ranges are rather rough. Usually, it's 15 levels per tab. IE 1-15, 16-30, etc.
The red tab is 1-15
The Orange tab is 16-30
The light green tab is 31-45
The dark green tab is 46-60
The light blue tab is 61-75
The dark blue tab is 76-90
The purple tab is 91-105
The black tab is 105+
The yellow tab is designated "Special", I'll get into that in a minute.

All monsters have 5 different cards which you collect in order. Cards look like this when you get them:
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and are dropped at a really low rate. Note that the background of the card corresponds to the tab it will go under in the book. For special cards, the background reflects the color it would fall under, if it didn't go in the special tab. If you train on a monster for any extended period of time, you'll easily obtain all 5 cards, however for certain monsters (Such as Fierry, Dark Jr. Yeti, Jr. Boogie, and so on) which have terrible spawn rates, this is a big problem. To get the card to become colored, as opposed to grayed out, and count towards your unique card total, you only need one, so as far as prospective collectors are concerned, I would recommend only worrying about 1 of each card, at least initially.

As for what the cards do, it's rather straight forward:
The first card of a monster you obtain adds its picture to the book.
The second card adds its HP/MP.
The third card adds the Lore of the monster, its level, "Form" (IE Animal, spirit, undead, etc.) and any special notes about the monster (Half damage from electrical attacks and so on. It's usually either boss status or elemental attributes)
The Fourth card provides a nearly complete drop list. I say nearly complete because certain items are omitted (The most common of which is skillbooks. I don't know if this has changed as of late).
The fifth card gives a complete list of every single map the monster appears in, and for one hour increases the experience of that monster by 15%. After the fifth card, the number over the card in the book will change to a medal instead of a 5.

While cards will continue to drop after you have collected 5, no benefit will be gained from looting additional cards. Thus, it'd be kind of you to call any party members, buddies, or guild members who may be nearby and want the card if you can't use it.

Also, it's not particularly significant, but it's worth mentioning that the book will gain additional animations for each monster when you get more cards. IE, the first card is only the stand animation, second card adds the KB animation, and so on.

In regards to the last category, Special cards. Two different varieties of cards fall into this group: Boss cards and event monster cards. Boss cards are pretty self explanatory. Most bosses, from Mano on up to Pink Bean, are found in this category. Not all, however. The 3 King Goblins in Korean Folk Town, Rombot of Eos Tower, and MT-09 of Omega Sector aren't in this category. I'm not sure why these bosses were specifically excluded, but they were. As for Event monsters, the only ones that have cards so far are Kid Snowman (the small summoned one) and Lost Rudolph, both of which were Christmas event monsters. When your card total is displayed, it will say two numbers, one being the total number of cards of all categories, and the other being the number of Special cards. This is something I'll get into later as well.

When a card drops, and you loot it, you'll sometimes see this happen:
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each card has a special ability associated with it, which will last for an hour after you loot it. This happens for all 5 cards of a monster, and every monster's ability is different. The quality of the ability is directly related to the level of the monster. For example, a Lunar Pixie increases jump by 1 when in Orbis for an hour. A Bear from Mu Lung increases jump by 2. That may not sound particularly useful, but some of them are extremely nice. Nependeath's card increases the drop rate on honey (Reportedly by as much as 10% O_O).
Here's a list of all the cards currently in the GMS data, and their effects:
(a bit of cleanup done by our good friend Devil's Sunrise)

Snail Card
A Card that features Snail.
Blue Snail Card
A Card that features Blue Snail.
Spore Card
A Card that features Spore.
Stump Card
StumpA Card that features
Red Snail Card
Red SnailA Card that features
Slime Card
A Card that features Slime
Pig Card
A Card that features Pig
Orange Mushroom Card
A Card that features Orange Mushroom.
Dark Stump Card
A Card that features Dark Stump.
Ribbon Pig Card
A Card that features Ribbon Pig
Octopus Card
A Card that features Octopus.
Green Mushroom Card
A Card that features Green Mushroom.
Bubbling Card
A Card that features Bubbling.
Axe Stump Card
A Card that features Axe Stump
Ghost Stump Card
A Card that features Ghost Stump.
Blue Mushroom Card
A Card that features Blue Mushroom.
Stirge Card
A Card that features Stirge.
Female Desert Rabbit Card
A Card that features Female Desert Rabbit.
Male Desert Rabbit Card
A Card that features Male Desert Rabbit.
Jr. Necki Card
A Card that features Jr. Necki.
Horny Mushroom Card
A Card that features Horny Mushroom.
Dark Axe Stump Card
A Card that features Dark Axe Stump.
Pinboom Card
A Card that features Pinboom.
Jr. Cactus Card
A Card that features Jr. Cactus.
Trixter Card
A Card that features Trixter.
Jr. Sentinel Card
A Card that features Jr. Sentinel.
Seacle Card
A Card that features Seacle.
Wooden Mask Card
A Card that features Wooden Mask.
Bellamoa Card
A Card that features Bellamoa.
Zombie Mushroom Card
A Card that features Zombie Mushroom.
Krappy Card
A Card that features Krappy.
Rocky Mask Card
A Card that features Rocky Mask.
Ear Plug Plead Card
A Card that features Ear Plug Plead.
Sand Rat Card
A Card that features Sand Rat.
Cico Card
A Card that features Cico
Wild Boar Card
A Card that features Wild Boar.
Cactus Card
A Card that features Cactus.
Evil Eye Card
A Card that features Evil Eye.
Scarf Plead Card
A Card that features Scarf Plead.
Bubble Fish Card
A Card that features Bubble Fish.
Green Trixter Card
A Card that features Green Trixter.
Royal Cactus Card
A Card that features Royal Cactus.
Flower Fish Card
A Card that features Flower Fish.
Meercat Card
A Card that features Meercat.
Scorpion Card
A Card that features Scorpion.
Sentinel Card
A Card that features Sentinel.
Fairy Card
A Card that features Fairy.
Brown Teddy Card
A Card that features Brown Teddy.
Krip Card
A Card that features Krip.
Kiyo Card
A Card that features Kiyo.
Ice Sentinel Card
A Card that features Ice Sentinel.
Fire Sentinel Card
A Card that features Fire Sentinel.
Chirppy Card
A Card that features Chirppy.
If hunting at Eos Tower: Speed +1
Drum Bunny Card
A Card that features Drum Bunny.
Improves the drop rate of the Drum Bunny.
Ligator Card
A Card that features Ligator.
If hunting at the Swamp: Avoidability +1
Fireboar Card
A Card that features Fireboar.
If hunting at Perion: Defense against fire-based attacks +3%
Pink Teddy Card
A Card that features Pink Teddy.
If hunting at the upper floors of the Clocktower: Jump +1
Ratz Card
A Card that features Ratz.
If hunting at Eos Tower: Meso drop rate is increased
Leatty Card
A Card that features Leatty.
If hunting at Orbis Tower: Accuracy +1
Mask Fish Card
A Card that features Mask FishIf hunting at Aqua Road: Avoidability+1
Sand Dwarf Card
A Card that features Sand Dwarf.
If hunting at the Desert: The drop rate for ores are increased
Cube Slime Card
A Card that features Cube Slime.
If hunting at the Zenumist Institute: Jump +1
Red Sand Dwarf Card
A Card that features Red Sand Dwarf.
If hunting at the Desert: The drop rate for jewels are increased
Jr. Cellion Card
A Card that features Jr. Cellion.
If hunting at the Orbis Garden: Defense against fire-based attacks +3%
Jr. Lioner Card
A Card that features Jr. Lioner.
If hunting at the Orbis Garden: Defense against electric-based attacks +3%
Jr. Grupin Card
A Card that features Jr. Grupin.
If hunting at the Orbis Garden: Defense against ice-based attacks +3%
Dark Leatty Card
A Card that features Dark Leatty.
If hunting at Orbis Tower: Accuracy +1
Roloduck Card
A Card that features Roloduck.
When party hunting: Accuracy +1
Black Ratz Card
A Card that features Black Ratz.
If hunting at Eos Tower: Meso drop rate is increased
Tick Card
A Card that features TickIf hunting at the upper floors of the Clocktower: Accuracy +1
Curse Eye Card
A Card that features Curse Eye.
If hunting at Victoria Island: Defense against poison-based attacks +3%
Jr. Wraith Card
A Card that features Jr. Wraith.
If hunting at the Subway: Speed +1
Star Pixie Card
A Card that features Star Pixie.
If hunting at the Cloud Park: Speed +1
Jr. Boogie Card
A Card that features Jr. Boogie.
Defense against curse +5%
Bloctopus Card
A Card that features Bloctopus.
If hunting at Eos Tower: Jump +1
Jr. Pepe Card
A Card that features Jr. Pepe.
If hunting at Orbis Tower: Speed + 1
Rumo Card
A Card that features Rumo.
If hunting at the Zenumist Institute: Defense against poison-based attacks +3%
Panda Teddy Card
A Card that features Panda Teddy.
If attacking a weapon-carrying monster: Accuracy +1
Helly Card
A Card that features Helly.
If hunting at Eos Tower: Avoidability +1
Scuba Pepe Card
A Card that features Scuba Pepe.
Cancels out drowning damage underwater
Retz Card
A Card that features Retz.
If hunting at Helios Tower: Item drop rates are increased
Lupin Card
A Card that features Lupin.
If hunting at Victoria Island: Speed +1
Lorang Card
A Card that features Lorang.
If hunting at Victoria Island: Speed +1
Propelly Card
A Card that features Propelly.
If hunting at Eos Tower: Speed +1
Chronos Card
A Card that features Chronos.
If hunting at the upper floors of the Clocktower: Avoidability +1
King Bloctopus Card
A Card that features King Bloctopus.
If hunting at Eos Tower: Jump +1
Planey Card
A Card that features Planey.
If hunting at Eos Tower: Accuracy +1
Jr. Seal Card
A Card that features Jr. Seal.
If hunting at Aqua Road: Jump +1
Triple Rumo Card
A Card that features Triple Rumo.
If hunting at the Zenumist Institute: Defense against poison-based attacks +3%
Tweeter Card
A Card that features Tweeter.
If hunting at Eos Tower: Accuracy +1
Toy Trojan Card
A Card that features Toy Trojan.
If hunting at the upper floors of the Clocktower: Speed +1
Cold Eye Card
A Card that features Cold Eye.
If hunting at Victoria Island: Defense against ice-based attacks +3%
Zombie Lupin Card
A Card that features Zombie Lupin.
Increases the drop rate of Cursed Doll
Tick-Tock Card
A Card that features Tick-Tock.
If hunting at the upper floors of the Clocktower: Accuracy +1
Barnard Grey Card
A Card that features Barnard Grey.
If hunting at Kulan Field: Jump +1
Poopa Card
A Card that features Poopa.
If hunting at Aqua Road: Speed +1
Poison Poopa Card
A Card that features Poison Poopa.
If hunting at Aqua Road: Defense against poison-based attacks +3%
Chipmunk Card
A Card that features Chipmunk.
If hunting at Mu Lung: Speed +1
Desert Giant Card
A Card that features Desert Giant.
If hunting at the Desert: Speed +1
Flyeye Card
A Card that features Flyeye.
If hunting at the Cave: Avoidability +1
Robo Card
A Card that features Robo.
If hunting at the upper floors of the Clocktower: Defense against electric-based attacks +3%
Platoon Chronos Card
A Card that features Platoon Chronos.
If hunting at the upper floors of the Clocktower: Speed +1
Mateon Card
A Card that features Mateon.
If hunting at Boswell Field: The drop rates for droppings are increased
Red Porky Card
A Card that features Red Porky.
If hunting at Mu Lung: Avoidability +1
Nependeath Card
A Card that features Nependeath.
Increases drop rate of Nependeath Honey
Iron Hog Card
A Card that features Iron Hog.
If hunting at Victoria Island: Jump +1
Block Golem Card
A Card that features Block Golem.
If hunting at Eos Tower: Accuracy +1
Zeta Grey Card
A Card that features Zeta Grey.
If hunting at Kulan Field: Speed +1
Freezer Card
A Card that features Freezer.
If hunting at Aqua Road: Defense against ice-based attacks +3%
Iron Mutae Card
A Card that features Iron Mutae.
If hunting at the Alcadno Institute: Speed +1
Jr. Cerebes Card
A Card that features Jr. Cerebes.
If hunting at Dead Mine: Jump +1
Sparker Card
A Card that features Sparker.
If hunting at Aqua Road: Defense against electric-based attacks +3%
Black Porky Card
A Card that features Black Porky.
If hunting at Mu Lung: Avoidability +1
Plateon Card
A Card that features Plateon.
If hunting at Boswell Field: Speed +1
Master Robo Card
A Card that features Master Robo.
If hunting at the upper floors of the Clocktower: Defense against electric-based attacks +3%
Skeledog Card
A Card that features Skeledog.
If hunting at Perion: Speed +1
Lunar Pixie Card
A Card that features Lunar Pixie.
If hunting at the Cloud Park: Jump +1
Copper Drake Card
A Card that features Copper Drake.
If hunting at Victoria Island: Speed +1
King Block Golem Card
A Card that features King Block Golem.
If hunting at Eos Tower: Accuracy +1
Ultra Grey Card
A Card that features Ultra Grey.
If hunting at Kulan Field: Avoidability +1
Moon Bunny Card
A Card that features Moon Bnny.
If hunting at the Black Mountain: Jump +1
Iron Boar Card
A Card that features Iron Boar.
If hunting at Victoria Island: Accuracy +1
Blue Flower Serpent Card
A Card that features Blue Flower Serpent.
If hunting at Mu Lung: Avoidability +1
Red Flower Serpent Card
A Card that features Red Flower Serpent.
If hunting at Mu Lung: Avoidability +1
Reinforced Iron Mutae Card
A Card that features Reinforced Iron Mutae.
If hunting at the Alcadno Institute: Accuracy +1
Mecateon Card
A Card that features Mecateon..
If hunting at Boswell Field: Speed +2
Tortie Card
A Card that features Tortie Card [/b].
If hunting at Florina Beach: Accuracy +2
Master Chronos Card
A Card that features Master Chronos.
If hunting at the upper floors of the Clocktower: Jump +2
Dark Nependeath Card
A Card that features Dark Nependeath.
If hunting at the Cloud Park: Increases drop rate of Nependeath Honey
Rombot Card
A Card that features Rombot.
If hunting at Eos Tower: Item drop rates are increased
Mummy Dog Card
A Card that features Mummy Dog.
If hunting at Perion: Jump +2
Jar Card
A Card that features Jar.
If hunting at Herb Townn??Item drop rates are increased
Mithril Mutae Card
A Card that features Mithril Mutae.
If hunting at the Alcadno Institute: Accuracy +2
Wraith Card
A Card that features Wraith.
If hunting at the Subway: Speed +2
Clang Card
A Card that features Clang.
If hunting at Florina Beach: Speed +2
Ginseng Jar Card
A Card that features Ginseng Jar.
If hunting at Herb Townnthe "Use" item drop rates are increased
Chief Grey Card
A Card that features Chief Grey.
If hunting at Kulan Field: Accuracy +2
Drake Card
A Card that features Drake.
If hunting at Victoria Island: Speed +2
Jr. Yeti Card
A Card that features Jr. Yeti.:
If hunting at the Snowfield: Cancels out damage penalty
Hodori Card
A Card that features Hodori.
If hunting at the Black Mountain: Speed +2
Straw Target Dummy Card
A Card that features Straw Target Dummy.
If hunting at the Training Field: Avoidability +2
Reinforced Mithril Mutae Card
A Card that features Reinforced Mithril Mutae.
If hunting at the Alcadno Institute: Avoidability +2
Firebomb Card
A Card that features Firebomb.
If hunting at Dead Mine: Defense against fire-based attacks +6%
Wooden Target Dummy Card
A Card that features Wooden Target Dummy.
If hunting at the Training Field: Accuracy +2
Croco Card
A Card that features Croco.
If hunting at the Swamp: Avoidability +2
Luster Pixe Card
A Card that features Luster Pixe.
If hunting at Cloud Park: Accuracy +2
Cellion Card
A Card that features Cellion Card [/b].
If hunting at the Orbis Garden: Defense against fire-based attacks +6%
Lioner Card
A Card that features Lioner.
If hunting at the Orbis Garden: Defense against electric-based attacks +6%
Grupin Card
A Card that features Grupin.
If hunting at the Orbis Garden: Defense against ice-based attacks +6%
Hogul Card
A Card that features Hogul.
If hunting at the Black Mountain: Protection against being knocked out +10%
Bellflower Root Card
A Card that features Bellflower Root.
If hunting at Herb Town: Jump +2
MT-09 Card
A Card that features MT-09.
If hunting at Kulan Field: Accuracy +2
Sr. Bellflower Root Card
A Card that features Sr. Bellflower Root.
If hunting at Herb Town: Jump +2
Roid Card
A Card that features Roid Card [/b].
If hunting at the Alcadno Institute: Defense against electric-based attacks +6%
Malady Card
A Card that features Malady.
If hunting at Ellinia: Speed +2
Stone Golem Card
A Card that features Stone Golem.
If hunting at Victoria Island: Accuracy +2
Hector Card
A Card that features Hector Card [/b].
If hunting at the Snowfield: Speed +2
The Book Ghost Card
A Card that features the Book Ghost.
If hunting at Mu Lung: Avoidability +2
Dark Jr. Yeti Card
A Card that features Dark Jr. Yeti.
If hunting at the Snowfield: Cancels out the damage penalty
Tri-Tailed Fox Card
A Card that features Tri-Tailed Fox.
If hunting at the Black Mountain: Defense against curse +10%
Grizzly Card
A Card that features Grizzly.:
If hunting at Mu Lung: Jump +2
Skeleton Soldier Card
A Card that features Skeleton Soldier.
If hunting at Perion: Avoidability +2
Coolie Zombie Card
A Card that features Coolie Zombie Card [/b].
If hunting at El Nath: Defense against poison-based attacks +6%
Miner Zombie Card
A Card that features Miner Zombie.
If hunting at El Nath: Defense against poison-based attacks +6%
Dark Stone Golem Card
A Card that features Dark Stone Golem.
If hunting at Victoria Island: Accuracy +2
White Fang Card
A Card that features White Fang.
If hunting at the Snowfield: Speed +2
Reindeer Card
A Card that features Reindeer.
If hunting at Mu Lung: Jump +2
Neo Huroid Card
A Card that features Neo Huroid.
If hunting at the Alcadno Institute: Defense against electric-based attacks +6%
Mixed Golem Card
A Card that features Mixed Golem.
If hunting at Victoria Island: Accuracy +2/Avoidability +2
Red Drake Card
A Card that features Red Drake.
If hunting at Victoria Island: Defense against fire-based attacks +6%
Pepe Card
A Card that features Pepe.
If hunting at the Snowfield: Speed +2
Blin Card
A Card that features Blin.
If hunting at the Black Mountain: Avoidability +2
Panda Card
A Card that features Panda.
If hunting at Mu Lung: Defense against weakness +10%
Shade Card
A Card that features Shade.
If hunting at the Subway: Avoidability +2
Master Dummy Card
A Card that features Master Dummy.
If hunting at Mu Lung Training Ground: Avoidability +2
Buffy Card
A Card that features Buffy.
If hunting at the lower levels of the Clocktower: Jump +3
Wild Cargo Card
A Card that features Wild Cargo.
If hunting at Victoria Island: Jump +3
Peach Monkey Card
A Card that features Peach Monkey.
If hunting at Mu Lung: Accuracy +3
Officer Skeleton Card
A Card that features Officer Skeleton.
If hunting at Perion: Avoidability +3
Soul Teddy Card
A Card that features Soul Teddy.
If hunting at the lower levels of the Clocktower: Avoidability +3
Jr. Lucida Card
A Card that features Jr. Lucida.
If hunting at the Orbis Garden: Defense against darkness +15%
Ice Drake Card
A Card that features Ice Drake.
If hunting at Victoria Island: Defense against ice-based attacks +9%
Dark Pepe Card
A Card that features Dark Pepe.
If hunting at the Snowfield: Speed +3
Mr. Alli Card
A Card that features Mr. Alli.
If hunting at Herb Town: Protection against being knocked out +15%
Yeti Card
A Card that features Yeti.
If hunting at the Snowfield: Defense against ice-based attacks +9%
Lich Card
A Card that features Lich.
If hunting at the Snowfield: Defense against seal +15%
Homun Card
A Card that features Homun.
If hunting at the Zenumist Institute: Avoidability +3
Lazy Buffy Card
A Card that features Lazy Buffy.
If hunting at the lower levels of the Clocktower: Avoidability +3
Sage Cat Card
A Card that features Sage Cat.
If hunting at Mu Lung: Accuracy +3
Master Soul Teddy Card
A Card that features Master Soul Teddy.
If hunting at the lower levels of the Clocktower: Avoidability +3
Dark Drake Card
A Card that features Dark Drake.
If hunting at Victoria Island: Defense against darkness +15%
Dark Yeti Card
A Card that features Dark Yeti.
If hunting at the Snowfield: Defense against ice-based attacks +9%
Kru Card
A Card that features Kru.
If hunting at Herb Town: Speed +3
Cyti Card
A Card that features Cyti.
If hunting at the lab: Avoidability +3
Klock Card
A Card that features Klock.
If hunting at the lower levels of the Clocktower: Accuracy +3
Tauromacis Card
A Card that features Tauromacis.
If hunting at Victoria Island: Defense against poison-based attacks +9%
Yellow King Goblin Card
A Card that features Yellow King Goblin.
If hunting at the Black Mountain: Defense against fire-based attacks +9%
Blue King Goblin Card
A Card that features Blue King Goblin.
If hunting at the Black Mountain: Defense against ice-based attacks +9%
Green King Goblin Card
A Card that features Green King Goblin.
If hunting at the Black Mountain: Defense against poison-based attacks +9%
Rash Card
A Card that features Rash.
If hunting at Leafre Forest: Defense against curse +15%
Captain Card
A Card that features Captain.
If hunting at Herb Town: Jump +3
Cerebes Card
A Card that features Cerebes.
If hunting at Dead Mine: Accuracy +3
Beetle Card
A Card that features Beetle.
If hunting at Leafre Forest: Avoidability +3
Hobi Card
A Card that features Hobi.
If hunting at Leafre Forest: Defense against poison-based attack +15%
Commander Skeleton Card
A Card that features Commander Skeleton.
If hunting at Perion: Accuracy +3/Avoidability +3
Lucida Card
A Card that features Lucida. If hunting at the Orbis Garden: Defense against darkness +15%
Homunculu Card
A Card that features Homunculu.
If hunting at the Zenumist Institute: Avoidability +3
Buffoon Card
A Card that features Buffoon.
If hunting at the lower levels of the Clocktower: Speed +3
Dark Rash Card
A Card that features Dark Rash.
If hunting at Leafre Forest: Defense against curse +15%
D. Roy Card
A Card that features D. Roy.
If hunting at the Alcadno Institute: Accuracy +3/Avoidability +3
Werewolf Card
A Card that features Werewolf.
If hunting at the Snowfield: Accuracy +3
Taurospear Card
A Card that features Taurospear.
If hunting at Victoria Island: Accuracy +3
Snow Witch Card
A Card that features Snow Witch.
If hunting at the Snowfield: Defense against ice-based attacks +9%
Security Camera Card
A Card that features Security Camera.
If hunting at the Alcadno Institute: Speed +3
Scholar Ghost Card
A Card that features Scholar Ghost.
If hunting at the Black Mountain: Item drop rate increased
Rurumo Card
A Card that features Rurumo.
If hunting at the Alcadno Institute: Item drop rate increased
Dark Klock Card
A Card that features Dark Klock.
If hunting at the lower levels of the Clocktower: Avoidability +4
Dual Beetle Card
A Card that features Dual Beetle.
If hunting at Leafre Forest: Avoidability +4
Green Hobi Card
A Card that features Green Hobi.
If hunting at Minar Forest: Accuracy +4/Avoidability +4
Deep Buffoon Card
A Card that features Deep Buffoon.
If hunting at the lower levels of the Clocktower: Speed +4
Yeti and Pepe Card
A Card that features Yeti and Pepe.
If hunting at the Snowfield: Avoidability +4
Hankie Card
A Card that features Hankie.
If hunting at Leafre Forest: Jump +4
Lycanthrope Card
A Card that features Lycanthrope.
If hunting at the Snowfield: Accuracy +4
Harp Card
A Card that features Harp.
If hunting at Minar Forest: Avoidability +4
Homunscullo Card
A Card that features Homunscullo.
If hunting at the Zenumist Institute: Jump +4
Dark Yeti and Pepe Card
A Card that features Dark Yeti and Pepe.
If hunting at the Snowfield: Avoidability +4
Pirate Card
A Card that features Pirate.
If hunting at the lower levels of the Clocktower: Accuracy +4
Blood Harp Card
A Card that features Blood Harp.
If hunting at Minar Forest: Accuracy +4
Death Teddy Card
A Card that features Death Teddy.
If hunting at the lower levels of the Clocktower: Accuracy +4
Goby Card
A Card that features Goby.
If hunting at Aqua Road: 15% chance of breaking through the monster's magic defense
Birk Card
A Card that features Birk.
If hunting at Leafre Forest: Speed +4
Dual Pirate Card
A Card that features Dual Pirate.
If hunting at the lower levels of the Clocktower: Accuracy +4
Black Kentaurus Card
A Card that features Black Kentaurus.
If hunting at Leafre Forest: Defense against darkness +20%
Red Kentaurus Card
A Card that features Red Kentaurus.
If hunting at Leafre Forest: Defense against fire-based attacks +12%
Blue Kentaurus Card
A Card that features Blue Kentaurus.
If hunting at Leafre Forest: Defense against ice-based attacks +12%
Dual Birk Card
A Card that features Dual Birk.
If hunting at Leafre Forest: Speed +4
Master Death Teddy Card
A Card that features Master Death Teddy.
If hunting at the lower levels of the Clocktower: Accuracy +4/Avoidability +4
Bain Card
A Card that features Bain.
If hunting at Dead Mine: Defense against fire-based attacks +12%
Blue Dragon Turtle Card
A Card that features Blue Dragon Turtle.
If hunting at the Dragon Forest: Accuracy +4
Deet and Roi Card
A Card that features Deet amd Roi.
If hunting at the Zenumist Institute: Speed +4
Bone Fish Card
A Card that features Bone Fish.
If hunting at Aqua Road: 30% chance of breaking through monster's weapon defense
Red Dragon Turtle Card
A Card that features Red Dragon Turtle.
If hunting at the Dragon Forest: Avoidability +5
Viking Card
A Card that features Viking.

If hunting at the lower levels of the Clocktower: Defense against fire-based attacks +15%
Squid Card
A Card that features Squid.
If hunting at Aqua Road: Defense against darkness +25%
Phantom Watch Card
A Card that features Phantom Watch.
If hunting at the lower levels of the Clocktower: Defense against ice-based attacks +15%
Rexton Card
A Card that features Rexton.
If hunting at the Dragon Forest: Speed +5
Brexton Card
A Card that features Brexton.
If hunting at the Dragon Forest: Accuracy +5
Risell Squid Card
A Card that features Risell Squid.
If hunting at Aqua Road: Defense against darkness +25%
Red Wyvern Card
A Card that features Red Wyvern.
If hunting at the Dragon Forest: Defense against fire-based attacks +15%
Gigantic Viking Card
A Card that features Gigantic Viking.
If hunting at the lower levels of the Clocktower: Defense against fire-based attacks +15%
G. Phantom Watch Card
A Card that features G. Phantom Watch.
If hunting at the lower levels of the Clocktower: Defense against ice-based attacks +15%
Green Cornian Card
A Card that features Green Cornian.
If hunting at the Dragon Forest: Speed +5
Shark Card
A Card that features SharkIf hunting at Aqua Road: Defense against ice-based attacks +15%
Blue Wyvern Card
A Card that features Blue Wyvern.
If hunting at the Dragon Forest: Defense against ice-based attacks +15%
Cold Shark Card
A Card that features Cold Shark.
If hunting at Aqua Road: Accuracy +5
Dark Wyvern Card
A Card that features Dark Wyvern.
If hunting at the Dragon Forest: Defense against darkness +25%
Dark Cornian Card
A Card that features Dark Cornian.
If hunting at the Dragon Forest: Accuracy +5
Jr. Newtie Card
A Card that features Jr. Newtie.
If hunting at the Dragon Forest: Avoidability +5
Gatekeeper Card
A Card that features Gatekeeper.:
If hunting at the lower levels of the Clocktower: 25% chance of breaking through monster's weapon defense
Thanatos Card
A Card that features Thanatos.
If hunting at the lower levels of the Clocktower: 25% chance of breaking through monster's magic defense
Skelegon Card
A Card that features Skelegon.
If hunting at the Dragon Forest: Accuracy +6/Avoidability +6
Skelosaurus Card
A Card that features SkelosaurusIf hunting at the Dragon Forest: 20% chance of breaking through monster's weapon/magic defense
Nest Golem Card
A Card that features Nest Golem.
If hunting at the Dragon Forest: Accuracy +5
Mano Card
A Card that features Mano.
If hunting around the area of Lith Harbor: Item/Meso drop rate is increased
King Slime Card
A Card that features King Slime.
If hunting around the area of Kerning City: Speed +1/Jump +1
Faust Card
A Card that features Faust.
If hunting around the area of Ellinia: Item/Meso drop rate is increased
King Clang Card
A Card that features King Clang.
If hunting around the area of Florina Beach: Item/Meso drop rate is increased
Alishar Card
A Card that features Alishar.
If hunting around the area of Eos Tower: Item/Meso drop rate is increased
Timer Card
A Card that features Timer.
If hunting at the upper floors of the Clocktower: Item/Meso drop rate is increased
Mushmom Card
A Card that features Mushmom.
If hunting around the area of Henesys: Item/Meso drop rate is increased
Dyle Card
A Card that features Dyle.
If hunting around the area of Kerning City: Item/Meso drop rate is increased
Zombie Mushmom Card
A Card that features Zombie Mushmom.
If hunting around the area of Ant Tunnel: Item/Meso drop rate is increased
Nona-Tailed Fox Card
A Card that features Nona-Tailed Fox.
If hunting around the area of Korean Folk Town: Item/Meso drop rate is increased
Tae Roon Card
A Card that features Tae Roon.
If hunting around the area of Sky Forest: Item/Meso drop rate is increased
Lord Pirate Card
A Card that features Lord Pirate.
If hunting around the area of Herb Town: Item/Meso drop rate is increased
Papa Pixie Card
A Card that features Papa Pixie.
If hunting around the area of Cloud Town: Item/Meso drop rate is increased
Priest Cat Card
A Card that features Priest Cat.
If hunting around the area of Peach Farm: Item/Meso drop rate is increased
Frankenroid Card
A Card that features Frankenroid.
If hunting around the area of Magatia: Item/Meso drop rate is increased
Elliza Card
A Card that features Elliza.
If hunting around the area of Orbis garden: Item/Meso drop rate is increased
Snowman Card
A Card that features Snowman.
If hunting around the area of Snowfields: Item/Meso drop rate is increased
Crimson Balrog Card
A Card that features Crimson Balrog.
If hunting at El Nath / Orbis: Item/Meso drop rate is increased
Manon Card
A Card that features Manon.
If hunting at Leafre Forest: Meso drop rate is increased
Griffey Card
A Card that features Griffey.
If hunting at Leafre Forest: Item drop rates are increased
Pianus Card
A Card that features Pianus.
If hunting around the Aqua Road area: Item/Meso drop rate is increased
Ergoth Card
A Card that features Ergoth.
When party hunting: Jump +6/Speed +6
Papulatus Card
A Card that features Papulatus.
If hunting at the lower levels of the Clocktower: Item/Meso drop rate is increased
Zakum Card
A Card that features Zakum.
If hunting around the area of the Dead Mine: Item/Meso drop rate is increased
Horned Tail Card
A Card that features Horned Tail.
If hunting around the area of Minar Forest: Item/Meso drop rate is increased
Stumpy Card
A Card that features StumpyIf hunting around the area of Perion: Item/Meso drop rate is increased
Jr. Balrog Card
A Card that features Jr. Balrog.
If hunting around the area of Sleepywood: Item/Meso drop rate is increased
Rudolph Card
A Card that features Santa's favorite, Rudolph.
Kid Snowman Card
A Card that features the little rascal that is the Kid Snowman.
Deo Card
A Card that features Deo.
If hunting around the desert area: Item/Meso drop rate will be increased
Serph Card
A Card that features Serph.
If hunting at a shallow sea: Item/Meso drop rate will be increased
Zeno Card
A Card that features Zeno.
If hunting around the area of Omega Sector: Item/Meso drop rate will be increased
Kimera Card
A Card that features Kimera.
If hunting around the lab area: Item/meso drop rate increases
Leviathan Card
A Card that features Leviathan.
If hunting around the area of Dragon Forest: Item/Meso drop rate will be increased

Additionally, there's the issue of exclusive areas. Currently, there are 2 versions that I know for sure have monster book in working order. One is JapanMS, and one is ChinaMS. So far, when a version gets the Monster Book, they immediately create cards for the monsters in their original area. JMS did so for Zipangu (Mushroom Shrine, Showa, and Kaede included.), and CMS did so for their areas (Shanghai Wai-Tan, Shaolin Temple) also. The interesting thing is that, because CMS has Zipangu, they got the Zipangu monster book cards as well (giving them the largest Monster Book to date.) Given this information, it's not unreasonable to assume that GlobalMS, upon receiving the Monster Book, will create cards for Amoria, NLC, Mansion (heck, depending on the next event patch for KMS, these might get created.), and Crimsonwood monsters.

Some other cool notes about the monster book:

You can set it to open to a specific card if you want. People tend to do this with the cards of their favorite monsters and/or really rare cards that they're proud of obtaining. You can also undo the setting and return the default page to its opening page.
The status of your Monster Book is visible to everyone, in the same way as Pet level and closeness. It lists the total number of cards you have collected and the number of special cards you have. Additionally, it shows a picture of the cover of your book, which changes color according to the level of your book. That's right, the book has levels. In my experience the level of the book goes up approximately every 11 cards collected, but this needs more experimenting. There are 8 covers for the book, and they all match up to a tab color (except yellow).
There's a pretty cool effect that appears over your head each time you loot a card. Everyone nearby will know when you get one :p
Card rarity seems to be related to level. The monsters in the first tab, snails and slimes and such, are relatively easy to collect, whereas the monsters in later tabs are much harder, even if they have better spawn and can all be one-hit consistently.
Occasionally, special events are held where Monster Book special cards can be purchased. In KMS, the only time that I know of when this happened was at their 5th anniversary. Maple Leaves (yes, the same ones we just used in that event) were able to be traded in for a card once a day. The only cards available were those within at least 10 levels of the character purchasing it. IE, my level 30 (at the time) Infighter was capable of buying the cards for level 40 King Slime, but not capable of buying level 55 Alishar's card. The lowest level one that could be bought, Mano, required about 500 Maple Leaves, and each boss needed 500 more than the last. The highest card that could be bought was Papulatus, and I believe it required somewhere in the area of 12,000 Maple Leaves. 12,000 a day, for 5 days... Maple Leaves were selling for approximately 500-1,000 mesos each, so that would be 60 million mesos for all the papulatus cards. You can see people take this really seriously.
You can click on a monster that you see in game and it will open the Monster Book to that monster's page. IE, if I click on a snail, it'll open the monster book to Snail.
The Monster Book is searchable, but I don't know much about how this works since I can't type in Korean.

Screenshot of the Monster Book level thing:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/Isaac_mage/Maple0225-1.jpg
Level 3, green cover, 47 total cards, 41 regular and 6 special.

Alright, I guess that's about it! If my KMS compatriots have anything to add, please chime in. It's been a while since I found a card :p

Corn

2008-10-22, 10:30 PM

60...million...mesoes...for all of the Papulatus cards? I can't imagine Pink Bean...when it comes out to buy.
Anyways, I did know much of the information here, but I never knew about the "buff" (not the experience buff, the other one). Thanks for sharing :f2:.

KajitiSouls

2008-10-22, 10:35 PM

New info! This is great stuff Isaac!

I probably won't be proactive about hunting the cards, but I do luv collections of this sort xD

Risell Squid: defense against darkness? :f6:

Blankout

2008-10-22, 10:39 PM

Very informative! I've been wondering what Monster Cards really were.

IsaacGS

2008-10-22, 10:45 PM

New info! This is great stuff Isaac!

I probably won't be proactive about hunting the cards, but I do luv collections of this sort xD

Risell Squid: defense against darkness? :f6:
Against the status effect "darkness", i.e. blind/accuracy reduction.

GMSInfighter

2008-10-22, 10:52 PM

This will be my hobby in Maple when they come out :cool:

Loose

2008-10-22, 10:58 PM

I love these kinds of things. Thanks for the info!

blitzkrieg

2008-10-22, 10:59 PM

great guide! that list of monster card buffs will come in real handy for me too lol

Chameleonic

2008-10-22, 11:57 PM

Can you get the "special ability" from a card after you have collected 5? Or is it only a chance to happen with the first 5 you pick up?

IsaacGS

2008-10-22, 11:57 PM

Can you get the "special ability" from a card after you have collected 5? Or is it only a chance to happen with the first 5 you pick up?
only for the 5 cards that count.

Chameleonic

2008-10-22, 11:58 PM

Ahh ok, so someone who is as unlucky as me might loot all 5 without getting the special buff even once. lol

Russt

2008-10-23, 12:14 AM

Alloy

2008-10-23, 12:31 AM

So... why is this so good?

I mean, I understand that the drop list is useful, and the lore may be interesting to some people, and they're collectible and stuff, but other than that the buffs and crap are pretty circumstantial.

Maybe I'm just missing something.

Well, a game is circumstancial by itself... It's like "reach lv 200!" Only with "complete the book!" I could even pass without the buffs! The collecting thing caught my eye on the first sight.

Blankout

2008-10-23, 12:35 AM

So... why is this so good?

I mean, I understand that the drop list is useful, and the lore may be interesting to some people, and they're collectible and stuff, but other than that the buffs and crap are pretty circumstantial.

Maybe I'm just missing something.

The collecting part is probably the biggest motivation. There are a lot of people who love collecting, so monster book would be great for those people. Also, since MS gets very monotonous at high levels, you could just go and hunt for some cards for fun.

ZachAttack

2008-10-23, 12:36 AM

To clarify - only the FIRST time you get 5 cards, you get the extra exp?

Alloy

2008-10-23, 12:38 AM

To clarify - only the FIRST time you get 5 cards, you get the extra exp?

That is correct. And after that... not even the buff, apparently.

Cyanne

2008-10-23, 12:38 AM

Wow, this looks really fun, it's a shame that pretty much all the non-droprate increasing effects suck though.

Is the only way to obtain inaccessible pq cards through purchasing?

RahlsSoldier

2008-10-23, 12:47 AM

Its really unfortunate that the buffs only happen a single time. Has there been anything in the KMST server about changing that at all, or is it their intention that these buffs are one time things and will never happen again?

Dyxanije

2008-10-23, 12:48 AM

I'm really liking the idea of hunting cards for information and special buffs.

IsaacGS

2008-10-23, 12:49 AM

Ahh ok, so someone who is as unlucky as me might loot all 5 without getting the special buff even once. lol
mm...
Ok, here's how it works.
All 5 cards give you the buff. But only if the monster is over level 30. That's why I said sometimes. XD
ONLY the last card gives you the Experience boost. The experience boost appears as a timer counting down right under your buffs, but it's separate. It also shows up in your quest log as "In progress" but it expires when the EXP boost runs out. I don't really get why they did it like that but that's how it is lol.
http://imgur.com/okQmQ.png

Russt

2008-10-23, 12:50 AM

The collecting part is probably the biggest motivation. There are a lot of people who love collecting, so monster book would be great for those people. Also, since MS gets very monotonous at high levels, you could just go and hunt for some cards for fun.
True.

Just realized I can finally throw away my possessed teddy ETCs once I manage to find a DT card by 30-hitting them from a sniping spot.

:f3:

Loose

2008-10-23, 12:58 AM

Is there a way to know if the Fake Bosses, the ones that were summoned for some event and were weaker than their true forms, drop the cards too?

TeckMaster

2008-10-23, 03:12 AM

This is the type of thingh this game needs, more thinghs to do on the long run then grinding, grinding, grinding.

This will give me a new motivation to play like i used to play before i got SUPER bored with the game , i mean, now i only play for several hours when there is something new and exciting like the release of CWK , THAT was fun, 100% new places, quests, so many thinghs to do and see.

Im really looking forward to this, common nexon gives us the book ...please ?!?!:f4:

Mozilla

2008-10-23, 06:00 AM

It will come out together with pirates, or a little bit later. Since the pirate drops are already put in there.

I already know what pirate equips will drop from what monsters.

Alloy

2008-10-23, 08:54 AM

By the way, any korean player willing to give an estimate for how often do king goblins drop the cards?

I'm doing it when it comes here, anyways :p

Orit

2008-10-23, 09:29 AM

Does this mean the drop list now appears in client data?

Or is the data displayed when you open the monster book fetched from the server?

I agree with others, it's nice as something to look forward to when grinding.
I think it would be nice if they could add your personal experience with this monster to your book. (e.g., total number of this monster killed, counts of drops found, # of times it has killed you...)

TKWizard

2008-10-23, 09:49 AM

Item drop data from the monster book is clientsided.

KajitiSouls

2008-10-23, 12:08 PM

Is there a way to know if the Fake Bosses, the ones that were summoned for some event and were weaker than their true forms, drop the cards too?

Yes they do. Which is awesome for people who can't... say, LPQ anymore for Alishar =P

EDIT: nvm, this is wrong lol >.<

Alloy

2008-10-23, 12:35 PM

Yes they do. Which is awesome for people who can't... say, LPQ anymore for Alishar =P

ACTUALLY! I believe they don't. However, you can get those cards at events, like Isaac said.

IsaacGS

2008-10-23, 01:02 PM

Is there a way to know if the Fake Bosses, the ones that were summoned for some event and were weaker than their true forms, drop the cards too?
This has never happened in any version to date, sadly. The only way to obtain Boss cards, aside from hunting the boss, is by getting it from the Maple Leaf Exchange.

that's not to say our Nexon might not do this, but it has not been done before.

Also, Devil's Sunrise did us all a favor and performed a bit of cleanup to the card list. The attributes that the cards add are now marked in blue, and the annoying "n"s where line stops were supposed to be are gone.

Tr0jan

2008-10-23, 04:29 PM

one question..
can u trade the cards with people?

Erich

2008-10-23, 04:32 PM

one question..
can u trade the cards with people?

mp. as soon as pickewd up, it goes into youre book

IsaacGS

2008-10-23, 06:38 PM

Here, I got a screenshot of the Monster Book level thing while I was on today:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/Isaac_mage/Maple0225-1.jpg

Cover is green, book is level 3, I have 47 cards total, 41 regular and 6 boss cards.

Johnnywup

2008-10-23, 09:43 PM

Corn

2008-10-23, 09:44 PM

You got the 5 hour snail? ._.
Why?

Why not?

IsaacGS

2008-10-23, 10:12 PM

You got the 5 hour snail? ._.
Why?
Because I can and it's free?

No, literally, it's free. And it has auto loot, and wing boots and all that crap. It's really nice. :p

Chameleonic

2008-10-23, 10:14 PM

Because I can and it's free?

No, literally, it's free. And it has auto loot, and wing boots and all that crap. It's really nice. :p

What level is it? If it's lv 30 you could make the iTCG weapons in GMS with it.:wink:

IsaacGS

2008-10-23, 10:16 PM

What level is it? If it's lv 30 you could make the iTCG weapons in GMS with it.:wink:
It starts at level 1 like every other pet... :/

modular

2008-10-23, 11:55 PM

time limited buffs of awesomeness only taunt me with delusions of grandeur :(

congrats isaac for getting your own subforum. ^ i didnt want to be too off topic when i inevitably said congrats :redface:

TKWizard

2008-10-24, 08:14 AM

Dark Nependeath Card
A Card that features Dark Nependeath.
If hunting at the Cloud Park: Increases drop rate of Nependeath Honey

Never knew this...
*goes to hunt there on a weekend*.

Alloy

2008-10-24, 08:46 AM

Uhm... I'm curious about the snail pet. So it's NXless... any way to revive it? without nx, that is...

Darkfaith

2008-10-24, 09:47 AM

IsaacGS

2008-10-24, 01:36 PM

What does it mean lvl 3?
I explained that earlier. The book will level approximately every 11 (regular) cards. since i have 41 regular cards, my book is level 3. If I find 3 more regular cards, I'll have 44, and my book would be level 4. The cover's color changes according to level, but as far as I can tell level has no effects on anything aside from that.

Spadow

2008-10-24, 02:25 PM

I explained that earlier. The book will level approximately every 11 (regular) cards. since i have 41 regular cards, my book is level 3. If I find 3 more regular cards, I'll have 44, and my book would be level 4. The cover's color changes according to level, but as far as I can tell level has no effects on anything aside from that.

Oh really? And the 5th card gives you the die animation.

http://i34.tinypic.com/4trjid.png

IsaacGS

2008-10-24, 02:49 PM

Oh really? And the 5th card gives you the die animation.

http://i34.tinypic.com/4trjid.png
Guess it's not 11 then? maybe 12... We'll have to check more. I did find that there's 8 different covers.

(Added a few notes to the first post in regards to the covers, and a feature I forgot to mention earlier in the extra list at the bottom).

NoJobNoRules

2008-10-24, 08:09 PM

By regular cards, do you mean that each monster's 5 cards will count towards 5 regular cards or does only the first monster card count towards the total?

IsaacGS

2008-10-24, 08:10 PM

By regular cards, do you mean that each monster's 5 cards will count towards 5 regular cards or does only the first monster card count towards the total?
"regular cards" are cards that aren't boss cards or event monster cards. Any ordinary monster you'd find in a hunting map would drop a regular card.

NoJobNoRules

2008-10-24, 08:52 PM

Erich

2008-10-24, 08:54 PM

IsaacGS

2008-10-24, 08:55 PM

Okay. There are a total of 8 monsters on Maple Island currently. They would each drop a card. If I were to find all 40 cards on my islander, would I have a total of 40 Regular Cards or a total of 8 Regular Cards?

I assume 40, but I just want to make sure. Your post doesn't help clarify it for me. XD

Also, do cards found past the original 5 (so like, the 6th slime card that you find) count towards the total or are they completely invalid? :X
The total displayed in your character info is only UNIQUE monsters. If there are 8 monsters in Maple Island then it would say you had 8 cards, and never any more.
It displays 3 numbers:
Total number of unique cards (this is the sum of the next two)
Total number of unique regular cards
Total number of unique special cards

So, for example, if I have 5 king slime cards, and 5 Deu cards, but if you look at my special card total it only says 2, not 10.

Alloy

2008-10-24, 09:01 PM

The total displayed in your character info is only UNIQUE monsters. If there are 8 monsters in Maple Island then it would say you had 8 cards, and never any more.
It displays 3 numbers:
Total number of unique cards (this is the sum of the next two)
Total number of unique regular cards
Total number of unique special cards

So, for example, if I have 5 king slime cards, and 5 Deu cards, but if you look at my special card total it only says 2, not 10.

OH! Maybe that factors the monster book level, too... I mean, maybe 5 from the same count as 5 different ones in that case.

TKWizard

2008-10-25, 08:42 AM

the 6th slime card wouldnt drop

when you get 5 of one monster, they stop dropping

Actually they still drop, they just don't count toward your record.

Darkfaith

2008-10-25, 09:58 AM

Actually they still drop, they just don't count toward your record.

But i get any effect?

Rayquaza2233

2008-10-25, 12:44 PM

No, only the first five have effects.

IsaacGS

2008-10-25, 01:11 PM

But i get any effect?
Nothing at all happens if you pick up a 6th (or higher) monster card. That's why I said it would be a good idea to let someone else pick it up, so it didn't go to waste.

On the other hand there are certain monsters (like Slimes, for example) where pretty much everyone has all 5 of them. I think I've found 7 slime cards in KMS... No one wanted the other two so I ended up looting them anyway.

Lozmaster

2008-10-25, 01:50 PM

I explained that earlier. The book will level approximately every 11 (regular) cards. since i have 41 regular cards, my book is level 3. If I find 3 more regular cards, I'll have 44, and my book would be level 4. The cover's color changes according to level, but as far as I can tell level has no effects on anything aside from that.

This is of course assuming the book levels up in equal steps, which in my opinion is unlikely, I mean, nothing else does (characters, pets, mounts, weapons) Why should the book?

IsaacGS

2008-10-25, 02:59 PM

This is of course assuming the book levels up in equal steps, which in my opinion is unlikely, I mean, nothing else does (characters, pets, mounts, weapons) Why should the book?
Yeah, we established that :p

I'm trying to work out how this leveling works now... There's 8 different covers, and since it starts at level 1 that means it can level 7 times. In the first incarnation of the Monster Book, there were 297 regular cards, which means if the leveling requirements were equal it'd take 37 cards just to get to level 2... Since mine was level 3 at 33, that's clearly not the case. If someone wants to try to figure out some sort of leveling equation based on that information feel free, but I don't really know where else to go from that.

Johnnywup

2008-10-25, 03:53 PM

Yeah, we established that :p

I'm trying to work out how this leveling works now... There's 8 different covers, and since it starts at level 1 that means it can level 7 times. In the first incarnation of the Monster Book, there were 297 regular cards, which means if the leveling requirements were equal it'd take 37 cards just to get to level 2... Since mine was level 3 at 33, that's clearly not the case. If someone wants to try to figure out some sort of leveling equation based on that information feel free, but I don't really know where else to go from that.

it increases each time?

NoJobNoRules

2008-10-26, 04:43 PM

Probably. For example, it levels to 2 after x cards. It then levels to 3 after, say, x+5 cards. It levels to 4 after x+5+12 cards.

Random numbers, I might add. But that would make the most sense...right?

Johnnywup

2008-10-26, 06:30 PM

Strombidae

2008-10-27, 05:13 PM

Looks pretty sweet. It's a shame SOME of these effects aren't permanent.

Moonlapse

2008-10-28, 12:34 AM

It will be nice to have a Bestiary in MS. I always enjoy flipping through those when I play RPGs =)

Deviant

2008-11-04, 11:33 AM

Cards are tradeable, yes?

Otherwise ill miss out on things like Alishar and such.

Also do the Guild Quest monsters have cards? (other than Ergoth, whom im assuming does)

Orit

2008-11-04, 11:45 AM

Cards are not tradeable. They don't even go into inventory. When you pick them up they immediately go into your book.
But as described above, you may be able to buy boss monster cards through events.

Deviant

2008-11-04, 11:59 AM

Cards are not tradeable. They don't even go into inventory. When you pick them up they immediately go into your book.
But as described above, you may be able to buy boss monster cards through events.

Ahhh thanks.

Though with our Nexon it seems more likely that i'd be able to buy it with NX than an event... :f7:

Alloy

2008-11-04, 12:06 PM

Though with our Nexon it seems more likely that i'd be able to buy it with NX than an event... :f7:

If it's not a ridiculous price, I wouldn't mind saving from mts...

LittlePrincess

2008-11-04, 12:52 PM

Deviant

2008-11-04, 01:59 PM

Oh that's facinating!

So do any of the versions that have this also have fake bosses? Do the fake bosses drop the cards as well? That way I could collect them all for the PQs I can't do anymore. =D Watch fake bosses drop fake boss cards... -_-

From the sound of it they'd drop either nothing or their own cards, they have different stats than the original monster. Not to mention they're entirely different monsters in the data and all that :shine:

IsaacGS

2008-11-04, 03:02 PM

Oh that's facinating!

So do any of the versions that have this also have fake bosses? Do the fake bosses drop the cards as well? That way I could collect them all for the PQs I can't do anymore. =D Watch fake bosses drop fake boss cards... -_-
Fake bosses haven't dropped cards in any other version so far, but that can always change. Many people have suggested it as a solution.

Johnnywup

2008-11-06, 02:22 PM

Fake bosses haven't dropped cards in any other version so far, but that can always change. Many people have suggested it as a solution.

I hope they do. Rawr.

Corn

2008-11-06, 02:23 PM

Going to be pretty hard to coin up a story for fake bosses, anyways.

IsaacGS

2008-11-06, 02:34 PM

On a somewhat related note, TaiwanMS is releasing monster book for their patch this month. So far it's come out after Magatia in every version, so we'll probably have to wait until then.

Alloy

2008-11-06, 03:26 PM

On a somewhat related note, TaiwanMS is releasing monster book for their patch this month. So far it's come out after Magatia in every version, so we'll probably have to wait until then.

*Looks at inventory filled with goblin bait*

I'm not sure if this is good to get more bait, or bad for having to wait...

KajitiSouls

2008-11-06, 06:12 PM

*Looks at inventory filled with goblin bait*

I'm not sure if this is good to get more bait, or bad for having to wait...

At any rate, you sorta need them to farm the Goblin King monster cards =P

It would also be nice to know how many cards you get with the incredible amount of bait you have, so we all have a rough idea on how easy it is to farm boss cards xD

Alloy

2008-11-07, 08:48 AM

At any rate, you sorta need them to farm the Goblin King monster cards =P

It would also be nice to know how many cards you get with the incredible amount of bait you have, so we all have a rough idea on how easy it is to farm boss cards xD

I'm making a thread here, filled with screenshots and drops I get XD

Just for informative purposes.

And fun. :p

Chameleonic

2008-12-02, 10:36 AM

Hmm hope this is the best place to ask my question...

What does the different colours of monsters name mean? Why are some white, yellow or red?

Alloy

2008-12-02, 11:00 AM

Hmm hope this is the best place to ask my question...

What does the different colours of monsters name mean? Why are some white, yellow or red?

Heh, nothing to do with monster book, but here's the answer...

Yellow: This monster is very weak for your level. Around 10 levels below yours.
White: Not yellow or red :p Simply close to your level.
Red: Too powerful for your level. Around 10 levels above.

Not sure about the exact level difference that triggers it, but you get the idea.

Orit

2008-12-02, 12:44 PM

It's actually 20 levels below for yellow.

Erich

2008-12-02, 03:36 PM

WankMyPlank

2008-12-02, 05:25 PM

This sounds pretty fun to do. I guess you kind of have to start from level 1 with the book to get the majority of the cards without getting them from events etc. At least some of the boss ones alishar etc. Should be fun though, something else to do when you're bored running around Henesys.

ZachAttack

2008-12-02, 06:05 PM

this sounds GREAT for me. I'm a big collector type of person, so this is awesome, especially since it's not something you buy/sell so I won't feel pressured.

Thanks for the info Isaac, can't wait for this.

y0y0y0y0shi0

2008-12-02, 06:17 PM

sweet. 1 more thing for me to collect! lol :cool:

thanks Isaac.

Alloy

2009-01-06, 07:19 PM

Just curious... Are there any new monster book cards? I mean, I once saw the snowman and rudolph card in special: Are there any new ones?

On a side note, I just wish they made some secret cards like "box" (from those boxes you have to poke everywhere) or SHOE (use your imagination).

IsaacGS

2009-01-06, 07:32 PM

There haven't been any event monster cards since those 2 sadly. :/ I guess KMS players didn't like the idea. Doesn't mean that our Nexon can't make event monsters drop cards, though, which is something I'd really like to see. Turkey Commando cards, Puff Daddy cards, etc. Maybe re-release some old event mobs and have them drop cards all over again like the original Turkeys. That'd be cool, though unlikely.

If you're asking in general what cards were added since monster book was created, they've added Area Bosses 4, Elin Forest, Time Temple, Mu Lung Dojo's last boss, and Cynical Orange Mushroom. In CMS and JMS, Shanghai, Shaolin Temple, Mushroom shrine, Showa, and Kaede Castle monsters drop cards. I'm not sure if cards were added for Neo Tokyo but it seems likely.

TKWizard

2009-01-07, 07:40 AM

No cards for Neo Tokyo 'Yet'.

Alloy

2009-01-07, 05:05 PM

Mu Lung Dojo's last boss

!

Wait a second... Has anyone found monster book cards from any of those bosses? And by those, I mean the pq ones...

Erich

2009-01-07, 05:06 PM

!

Wait a second... Has anyone found monster book cards from any of those bosses? And by those, I mean the pq ones...

PQ bosses in general or the ones in Mu Lung Dojo?
If it is Mu Lung Dojo, that would be a no, if regular PQ bosses, yes. (Found a KS card in KPQ)

Alloy

2009-01-07, 05:09 PM

PQ bosses in general or the ones in Mu Lung Dojo?
If it is Mu Lung Dojo, that would be a no, if regular PQ bosses, yes. (Found a KS card in KPQ)

I meant the dojo ones... I mean, if the last boss drops a card... maybe the rest does too! D:

I'll wait for some more answers before jumping to conclusions for now.

Erich

2009-01-07, 05:10 PM

I meant the dojo ones... I mean, if the last boss drops a card... maybe the rest does too! D:

I'll wait for some more answers before jumping to conclusions for now.

No, they do not. It is the same as fake bosses. No go.

IsaacGS

2009-01-07, 07:57 PM

I meant the dojo ones... I mean, if the last boss drops a card... maybe the rest does too! D:

I'll wait for some more answers before jumping to conclusions for now.
This was my initial assumption, but in 4 months no one has reported any cards aside from his, so I'm gonna go with no. Sucks because the dojo ones are actually harder. XD

Shadowdrgn89

2009-01-07, 10:24 PM

I found 2 of these cards in GMS o.O
Do you think it'll count towards my book when it comes out or will I have to find them again

IsaacGS

2009-01-07, 11:25 PM

I found 2 of these cards in GMS o.O
Do you think it'll count towards my book when it comes out or will I have to find them again
there's no way to be sure on this yet. I've found 3 cards in GMS (Mithril Mutae, Rumo, and Sand Rat).

MasPan

2009-01-07, 11:27 PM

there's no way to be sure on this yet. I've found 3 cards in GMS (Mithril Mutae, Rumo, and Sand Rat).

Im thinking no - I've found 7 iron mutae cards so far, and haven't gotten the exp boost - this leads me to believe that they aren't being recorded.

Chameleonic

2009-01-07, 11:39 PM

I got bonus speed from one of the MC I picked up in Magatia and some other bonus from another, forgot which monsters. lol

So something is being recorded.

crewe127

2009-01-08, 01:39 AM

2 things:
a. whats with that orange snail in the last pic?
b. try using google translator and copy/paste to try out the search

IsaacGS

2009-01-08, 05:02 PM

I got bonus speed from one of the MC I picked up in Magatia and some other bonus from another, forgot which monsters. lol

So something is being recorded.
This bonus happens with every card you loot, so it doesn't necessarily indicate anything :/

2 things:
a. whats with that orange snail in the last pic?
b. try using google translator and copy/paste to try out the search
It's a free "trial" pet. You only get 5 hours with it, however the 5 hours only count down while it's out, so you can put it up while you're in town, on boats, etc. and get a lot more use out if it. Mine only has 6 minutes left, so I tend to take it out for a few seconds at a time when the amount of loot on the ground gets too big for me to pick up easily due to loot lag. It has Auto HP, Auto MP, item and meso loots, and it walks to things. KMS uses the Pet Skill system as opposed to equips so it's a bit different than what we're used to.

as for testing it there are a lot of things I could do but I don't really see a need for it.

Amai

2009-01-26, 09:46 AM

IsaacGS

2009-01-26, 04:40 PM

It's only AWESOME, now, i mean in future, there'll be no need to check all 5sec on HS to find a monster after a complete book.
I've some question does the monster book give something when it's all complete by Master level (5)? like a special skill, a special item ?
Does anyone on those version of MS ever finished one yet ?
Well, it's literally impossible for anyone to have a complete book because KMS keeps adding cards for PQ bosses (Poison Golem for example, came out after the card-buying event) and then Pink Bean at the same time. So even if someone was weak enough to get Poison Golem's card, they couldn't get Pink Bean, and vice versa. Rather frustrating. I don't think there's any reward for finishing it though, aside from a wealth of information right there. :p

Chameleonic

2009-01-27, 03:47 AM

I can just imagine all the typos and misinformation in the card info when it comes to GMS...just look at all the wrong things we have in our skill info.

Amai

2009-01-28, 03:56 AM

Well in that case it's impossible if they add monster each patch but you can still have all cards of the current patch that's my question.
I know that Pink Bean (or Been ?) is bugged and it needs to be fixed but PB isn't that far impossible, i mean for people on KMS, that i already saw some movies showing their skills at defeating all statue.
And i add that it'll be amasing to someone to get level 5 (master) on PB or HT x).

Serene

2009-01-28, 01:11 PM

Kirov

2009-01-28, 01:18 PM

Nexon love their Ctrl and v keys that's why.

Erich

2009-01-28, 01:18 PM

I thought we didn't have the book thing yet but i found this a couple days ago.. seems strange to me O-o

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/2210/maplestory2455bjn1.png
if you really need the original ss ill send it to you via pm

you living somewhere? Nexam never removed the monsterbook cards from magatia.

and thats what happens when yew pick it up

IsaacGS

2009-01-28, 02:22 PM

I found a Neo Huroid card a few days ago too, so they're definitely still dropping. I hope they count, this will give me a 4 card head start. XD

Alloy

2009-01-28, 03:26 PM

I found a Neo Huroid card a few days ago too, so they're definitely still dropping. I hope they count, this will give me a 4 card head start. XD

I hope you are right... Now, I have 6 homunsculo cards... So the 5 card set should be done now.

y0y0y0y0shi0

2009-02-16, 12:00 AM

Sorry for Necro Posting here (if i am at all) but i just wanted to mention - as it wasn't explained in your guide thing - is that every time you get a new card, the picture for the monster will change. It will include moving, usually an attack, it getting hit, and it dying all in one animation.

Also, in regards to this:

There's a pretty cool effect that appears over your head each time you loot a card. Everyone nearby will know when you get one :p

Other people cannot see the effect on your head. I just saw someone pick up a card a second ago and I saw no effect.

IsaacGS

2009-02-16, 11:38 AM

y0y0y0y0shi0

2009-02-16, 12:07 PM

if it's in KMS, then it's because they already had 5 cards, if it was GMS that's a glitch, but I know I've seen people pick up cards and have that effect.

oh. lol yea it was KMS but apparently they already had the 5. Thanks =P

ablu2

2009-02-16, 01:40 PM

I got a scorpion card in global while training during 2x exp with my friend. He had no idea what it was :D

JoshKun

2009-02-16, 02:04 PM

I know I have seen about 4 cards drop from the Angry Boss in MPQ when I was pqing on my pirate.

Tumeke

2009-02-22, 02:44 AM

Zakum card would be pro for gold teeth.

Xakris

2009-03-26, 02:07 PM

I finally downloaded JMS to see how looks exclusive cards from WorldTour areas and i am so disappointing. Some examples:
kms Blue Mushmom http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss185/przeemeek1991/1-3.png
jms Blue Mushmom http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss185/przeemeek1991/3-3.png

kms Centipede http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss185/przeemeek1991/2-3.png
cms Centipede http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss185/przeemeek1991/4-4.png (should have other background >.>)

And some random:
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss185/przeemeek1991/th_5-3.png http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss185/przeemeek1991/th_6-3.png http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss185/przeemeek1991/th_7-5.png http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss185/przeemeek1991/th_8-1.png http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss185/przeemeek1991/th_9-1.png

I hope when GMS will make cards from Masteria mobs they do them similar to this from kms :hothead:

IsaacGS

2009-03-26, 02:30 PM

Roads

2009-03-26, 03:48 PM

Chameleonic

2009-04-10, 02:01 AM

This might seem like a noob question...but can one see the Cover of ones own book or someone elses? If so, how?

Loose

2009-04-10, 02:04 AM

This might seem like a noob question...but can one see the Cover of ones own book or someone elses? If so, how?
Double-click character, Monster Book tab.

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x190/loose24/status.gif

Looks like that... not really a cover, more like a way to show off a card you got. Also, the Monster Book opens to the Monster you have selected as your cover.

IsaacGS

2009-04-10, 02:04 AM

This might seem like a noob question...but can one see the Cover of ones own book or someone elses? If so, how?
If you click on someone, and look at their character info, it now has Monster Book next to their Taming Mob and pet data. Check that tab, and it'll tell you what level their book is and what the cover monster is. You can't actually *view* it, but it will tell you what it is.

Chameleonic

2009-04-10, 02:07 AM

Oooh is that all, I thought you saw an image the size of the Monster Book with a Mano or whatever on the front...guess I was expecting a bit much. :f2:

Infection

2009-09-19, 01:25 PM

I'm not sure I should even need to ask this, but..
I'm compiling a Monster Book guide for GameFAQs, and I want to use, at the very least, the card effect list (since it'll take forever to manually get them all).
I'm going to do the rest of the stuff by scratch, though obviously it'll be very similar to what's posted here.

I can do that, yes? Huge credit will obviously go to you, Isaac, but a certain troll over there was just being troll-like, which brings me to ask permission (though I may not even need to.)

IsaacGS

2009-09-19, 03:04 PM

That's straight from the game data, so it's not like it's really mine. though, if I were making this post again right now, I'd probably go get the MapleSEA monster book data because it's a lot more complete than GMS's at the moment. That and, you know, this list doesn't have some of the newer monsters in GMS on it.

Saphira4597

2009-09-22, 08:13 PM

You can set it to open to a specific card if you want. People tend to do this with the cards of their favorite monsters and/or really rare cards that they're proud of obtaining. You can also undo the setting and return the default page to its opening page.

Hmm how do you set this o_O?

SlayerZach

2009-09-22, 08:15 PM

Right-click the card, and left-click on "Set as Cover", I believe.

Saphira4597

2009-09-22, 08:22 PM

O_O oh okay I'll try it later.
MSEA's having a server check and cash shop update >.>