

If you stack two of the same genes together, it will increase that gene’s attack power, critical hit chance, or status effect rate. If you want to increase the power of your Monstie even further, you can upgrade their individual genes. However, you can only insert one Free Bingo Gene, and it doesn’t grant passive abilities or special skills of its own. This rare, rainbow-colored gene will allow you to achieve a bingo bonus by linking multiple genes together. You can also activate the bingo chart bonuses by using the Free Bingo Gene. For example, if you line three Thunder genes with the Technique attack-type in a row, that Monstie will gain a damage bonus for its Thunder and Technique attacks. This will activate a passive attack bonus granted by the Gene Bingo Chart. When inserting genes into a Monstie, try to line genes with the same color in a row. Once you have acquired an egg you want, get out as fast you can before the monster returns. This will help you remember which Monstie an egg belongs to for future den spelunkings.

Another thing to note is that every Monstie egg has a unique color pattern, and they are recorded in a Monstie’s Monsterpedia entry. This information will be important later for when you hatch it.

Take note of Navirou’s comments about how smelly and heavy an egg is when you find one. Sometimes the monster will be sleeping, so you can go around it. If a monster is not there, it may come back if you stick around the nest for too long. When you find the monster’s nest, be ready for a fight because sometimes a monster will be guarding it. Every monster has a unique condition to make it retreat and you can find out what that condition is in their Monsterpedia entry. You can also boost the chances of a monster retreating to its den by fulling certain conditions in battle. If you defeat a monster while it is under the paintball’s effects, you might get an opportunity to track the monster back to its den and steal one of its eggs. You can also acquire specific Monsties by throwing a paintball at a monster during battle. You can acquire new Monsties by searching Monster Dens, Everdens, and Rare Monster Dens for Monstie eggs. Before we begin using the Rite of Channeling, we need some Monsties to use it on.
