Enemy

, also known as Monsters, are a recurring mechanic in .
==Overview==
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 appear both in the and inside in . Many of the from reappear in , though some of their appearances have been altered.
 do not appear at all in the game until opens the at the , releasing monsters into . After is defeated by at and uses the to undo the damage he caused to , all the disappear from across the land.
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In , is the name given to the category of most animals who harm and are hostile towards . Most types of have different variants that differ in strength or attacks.
Color variants consist of the basic and then blue, black, and silver variants of that , each with an increase in attack strength and health. While playing in , a fifth color variant is added, gold , which are even stronger than silver . When just starting the game, the encountered would consist mainly of basic with occasional blue-variant ; a hidden tally of the defeated is kept by the game, and when certain milestones are hit, the scale-up to stronger color variants. For example, would encounter regular and occasional when just barely awakening from the , but by the time he frees a , he is most-likely encountering more often and is now encountering new .
On top of color variants, elemental variants separate different by elemental abilities; the three elemental variants include , , and . and are the opposites of each other, and hitting a -type with an -type (or vice-versa) will instantly kill the . For example, hitting an with a will instantly kill the .
Furthermore, many also have a skeletal variant that randomly appears at night to attack called stal monsters. These include , , , and . Their bodies are counted as a separate entity from their skull, with the latter bearing the 's health bar. Generally speaking, skeletal only drop first and second tier and drop an arm in addition to their held upon death.
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In addition to regular , can be encountered anywhere throughout at any time. that can be encountered in include , , and . Two elemental variants of , and , reside in very cold and very hot climates, respectively. and all the color variants of can be found in the grassy plains that take up most of the . Unlike the other two bosses, can only be found in the .
The rest of the that make up the category are encountered in one-time only battles; , , , , and are fought in each , is fought in the , and is fought in .
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All drop when defeated, which are a class of . are grouped into three tiers, with the higher tiers only being dropped by in higher color variant tiers. (i.e. , a first-tier , can be dropped by any , but , a third-tier , can only be dropped by or higher.) can be used to create , upgrade with a , or sold for . They can also be sold as the only way to obtain , the currency that uses in his shop, .
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==Other Appearances==
=== (TV Series)===
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=== (Ishinomori)===
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==Nomenclature==