Market Monsters

Monster Rancher Metropolis: Monster Rancher 2 Archive (PSOne): FAQ: The Most Important Game Data: Market Monsters
By Lisa Shock on Thursday, July 5, 2001 - 12:45 pm:

Here's a list of the monsters available in the market:

BreedSeasons AvailableLifPowIntSkiSpdDef
ArrowheadSummer12080703040170
GabooWinter190120304015070
HareFall501307010014040
MocchiALL110100120140150130
SuezoSpring8012017013090100
ZuumAll13012080140100110


By: superBK, Quincunx, Lisa Shock


By Quincunx on Friday, July 6, 2001 - 05:44 am:

Although only six monsters are available at the market (Mocchi, Zuum and the four seasonal monsters), it is possible to get a total of 14 different monsters without using a CD by combining these six monsters.

I combined all six monsters as main breeds with all six monsters as sub breeds. I verified every possible result for each possible main and sub combination by actually doing the combining at the Lab, even for the 6% Arrow Head (which took quite a few tries). No seasoning items were used, and none of the monsters was ever brought to the ranch.

It turns out that no matter which combination you use, every resulting monster of the same breed has the same stats. That is, a Gaboo will have the same stats whether its parents are Gaboo and Gaboo, Zuum and Gaboo, Gaboo and Zuum or Mocchi and Gaboo. Despite running well over 100 combinations, and even though Dadge sometimes said he couldn't recommend a combination, nothing strange ever happened.

Well, some strange things happened. Specifically, the percentages seemed to be way off base on occasion. When combining Zuum and Hare, I got five Zuums in a row (a 20% chance, according to Dadge), and it took seven tries to finally get a Spot Saurian (a 53% chance, according to Dadge). For some reason, Zuum as a main creates a disproportionate amount of Zuums as offspring, even beyond what the percentages show).

[Note: The Mocchi created by using the Monster Rancher 2 CD at the shrine is identical to the Mocchi in the market.]

MonsterMain/SubLifPowIntSkiSpdDef
Arrow HeadArrow Head/Arrow Head12080703040170
Crab SaurianZuum/Arrow Head13012080150110140
Four EyedHare/Suezo9014010011013070
Furred SuezoSuezo/Hare80150130140110100
GabooGaboo/Gaboo190120304015070
HareHare/Hare501307010014040
Melon SuezoSuezo/Zuum8012015013090100
MocchiMocchi/Mocchi110100120140150130
MustardArrowArrow Head/Suezo10012013011070140
MustardyZuum/Suezo140110100150120130
Scaled HareHare/Zuum1001307011014080
Spot SaurianZuum/Hare12014080150130100
SuezoSuezo/Suezo8012017013090100
ZuumZuum/Zuum13012080140100110


In the table below, locate the main breed in the left column and cross-reference it with the sub breed in the top row.

ÑMain\SubÞArrow HeadGabooHareMocchiSuezoZuum
Arrow Head100% Arrow Head69% Arrow Head
31% Gaboo
52% Hare
48% Arrow Head
57% Arrow Head
43% Mocchi
51% MustardArrow
25% Suezo
24% Arrow Head
56% Crab Saurian
27% Zuum
17% Arrow Head
Gaboo56% Gaboo
44% Arrow Head
100% Gaboo59% Hare
41% Gaboo
50% Gaboo
50% Mocchi
59% Suezo
41% Gaboo
67% Zuum
33% Gaboo
Hare74% Hare
26% Arrow Head
80% Hare
20% Gaboo
100% Hare69% Hare
31% Mocchi
46% Four Eyed
23% Furred Suezo
19% Hare
12% Suezo
40% Scaled Hare
30% Spot Saurian
16% Hare
14% Zuum
Mocchi67% Mocchi
33% Arrow Head
74% Mocchi
26% Gaboo
53% Mocchi
47% Hare
100% Mocchi53% Mocchi
47% Suezo
56% Zuum
44% Mocchi
Suezo50% Suezo
32% MustardArrow
18% Arrow Head
80% Suezo
20% Gaboo
46% Furred Suezo
23% Four Eyed
19% Suezo
12% Hare
69% Suezo
31% Mocchi
100% Suezo40% Melon Suezo
30% Mustardy
16% Suezo
14% Zuum
Zuum68% Crab Saurian
26% Zuum
6% Arrow Head
85% Zuum
15% Gaboo
53% Spot Saurian
20% Zuum
18% Scaled Hare
9% Hare
76% Zuum
24% Mocchi
53% Mustardy
20% Zuum
18% Melon Suezo
9% Suezo
100% Zuum


Hopefully this information will be helpful to people who don't have large CD collections, or those who simply want to add a few more cards to their collection.

- Quincunx


By scopedog on Friday, July 6, 2001 - 07:38 am:

Thank you! I'd always wondered about this... I used the method to get a Mustard Arrow.


By torey_luvullo on Friday, July 6, 2001 - 08:08 am:

well done, and well presented! thanx.


By Quincunx on Friday, July 6, 2001 - 04:38 pm:

Scopedog: If you used it to get even one monster, I feel my work was worthwhile. Thanks for letting me know!

Torey: Thanks. I guess the "well-presented" part can be blamed on my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, my sense of aesthetics and my perfectionist (or should that be anal-retentive?) nature.