Monster Rancher Advance 2 Raising Mechanics

US Version Awareness

• In the first month of a monster's life, be it from shrine or combine, it will gain +45 weight every week until you feed him in the next month. The JP version doesn't behave this way, only EN version.
• This is why a fresh baby monster will always be Obese and get the Glutton trait if you don't spar immediately, or start at the 4th week of the month.
• Glutton is automatically acquired when a monster is Obese.

Weight Table

Verbiage	Thin	Slim	Normal	Fat	Obese
Range	-100 to -76	-75 to -51	-50 to 50	51 to 75	76 to 100

A monster's lifespan value varies depending on its main and sub breed, of course. The average lifespan value for this game is 2550. The Lifespan value not simply being "Weeks" allows for smaller than 1 week increments of lifespan adjustments.
MRM's MRA2 Lifespan Values

The Lifespan Value goes down by 10 points every week by default, and drops an additional 5 points if your monster's "Fullness" reaches less than 100 at the start of a week.
(Fullness is a term coined by bedegeln to describe a hidden parameter in the game that has no name)

Notes for reaching Maturity faster:

• If you take a look at both tables above, you can see why the "Nuts method" works and you can reach maturity faster using it.
• Feeding nuts just isn't enough to maintain a monster's fullness value above 100, unless you rest every single week.
• Feeding nothing or dessert will also work here (to accelerate a monster's maturity), but they add or substract too much weight.
• Once the monster reach "crucial period", banana is the most "balanced" food.

In MRA2, the monster's stress and fatigue values range from 0 to a max of 999.
There are levels for these values, which Holly will tell you. The worse your monster's condition is, the bigger the lifespan hit.

Stress & Fatigue lifespan hits are added on top of the default weekly Lifespan Value of -10 and is additive.
for example if your monster is "Pretty stressed" and "Exhausted" at the start of the week, it will take (10+6+12) = 28 points deducted from its remaining Lifespan Value.

The max Lifespan Value hit is 55 points when your monster is "Really stressed (above 900)", "About to collapse", and its fullness value below 100.

Notes about training:

• Your monster will be more stressed if it's Slim or Thin, and less stressed if it's Fat and Obese.
• Your monster will always be more fatigued if it's not at Normal weight.
• At Fat and Obese fatigue increase is higher.
• Sparring is not affected by weight.

Trainings Table

Weight	Type	Stress Gain (Averaged)	Fatigue Gain (Averaged)
Normal	Light Drill	105	120
	Heavy Drill	135	175
	Sparring	180	450
Slim	Light Drill	145	140
	Heavy Drill	175	190
	Sparring	=normal	=normal
Thin	Light Drill	165	165
	Heavy Drill	200	215
	Sparring	=normal	=normal
Fat	Light Drill	65	190
	Heavy Drill	95	235
	Sparring	=normal	=normal
Obese	Light Drill	50	240
	Heavy Drill	80	270
	Sparring	=normal	=normal

Great Trainings

The monster will gain -50 stress if you praise it, and +30 stress you don't.

Failed Trainings

There 2 types of failed trainings:

1. One is when Holly said that your monster "didn't do it right" (failed because of Reliance).
   • Scold it, it will gain 20 more stress, -5 discipline, +1 reliance.
   • Don't scold it, it will gain 20 less stress, +12 discipline, -1 reliance.
2. The other "didn’t do very well" (because of Discipline, if it's too spoilt the chance for this type will increase).
   • Scold it, it will gain 70 more stress, -12 discipline, +1 reliance.
   • Don't scold it, it will gain 20 less stress, +12 discipline, -1 reliance.

If your monster has the "Expert" trait, the chances for successes and greats are increased (percentage number unknown), but it will gain an additional 60 stress if it fails its training.

Result	Stress	Fatigue	Discipline	Reliance	Weight	Fullness
Win
Baseline	-400	300	0	0	-10	-100
Praise	-450	300	2	3	-10	-100
No Praise	-370	300	-10	-3	-10	-100
Lose: 2nd/3rd Place
Baseline	-300	400	0	0	-15	-100
Console	-300	400	5	1	-15	-100
No console	-280	400	-3	-1	-15	-100
Lose: Last Place
Baseline	-200	500	0	0	-20	-100
Console	-200	500	5	1	-20	-100
No console	-180	500	-3	-1	-20	-100

Passive Items

Type	Stress Reduction	Fatigue Reduction	Notes
Rest without anything	250	450	averaged
Rest with Incense	320	650	averaged
Rest with AromaPot	420	850	averaged
ShinyGem	3	0	fixed, automatically applied per week, can be abused with save/load
GlmrGem	13	0	fixed, automatically applied per week, can be abused with save/load
BrghtGem	23	0	fixed, automatically applied per week, can be abused with save/load
SlvrCup	0	5	fixed, automatically applied per week, can be abused with save/load
GoldCup	0	25	fixed, automatically applied per week, can be abused with save/load
HolyCup	0	45	fixed, automatically applied per week, can be abused with save/load

Observations:

• Incense is quite powerful especially for a speedrun.
• Only the best gem and cup are worth having, though they are quite expensive.
• The lower-tiered gems and cups reduce too little stress and fatigue to be of any real value.