Old Monstrology Mini-Event

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Find in locations as many items highlighted in the search list as possible. Beneath them are the Mistress's witchcraft cards. Collect the entire deck and get valuable rewards!

- Mini-Event description

* Mini-Event descriptions vary event to event.

NOTICE: This page describes how this mini-event used to work **prior** to the Thousand-Legged Beast event of September 2022. See Monstrology Mini-Event for a description of how it currently works.

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During the June 2019 event, an anomalous spirit invasion called **phantoms** appeared in the City of Shadows. Three City locations are haunted by swirling clouds of **phantoms**, or other immaterial beings that players need to banish or collect.

Any City location that has a ghostly swirling cloud (the colours change from event to event) surrounding it means that it is affected by the **anomalous spirit**. Only **three City locations** at a time will have this appearance. The idea is to click on the locations with the ghostly-like swirls to capture a predetermined item and fill up the Vial.

When players click on an affected location they will be able to see a progress bar with three sets of gift boxes along the side with a number beside it. The number shows how many are needed to fill up the box and get the rewards. If they click on the gift boxes then they will be able to see what rewards they get when they fill the progress bar to that level. While in the affected location, players can see a counter at the top of the screen telling them how many items are available to find.

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## Gameplay

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When entering a location, the phantoms take on the form of different items. Whether Words or Silhouettes, the current item a player should seek will be highlighted in a coloured tint on their list. Clicking items that are glowing in this manner will contribute to the goal of the mini-event. Clicking a highlighted item will gather one spirit, and it will move to a different item on the list.

* There is no need to collect all of the glowing items in sequence to complete the Location, but ignoring a highlighted item will result in loss of the required item needed to be collected for the mini-event.
* When players have completed the scene successfully then the progress bar fills up corresponding to how many highlighted items were gained.
* This mini-event is now in most events and is usually tied to achieving one of the five star goals.
* **To maximize progress, this Mini-Event basically requires finding the objects in a predetermined order (If the highlighted item wasn't seen, it's likely it won't be found by clicking the other items anyway, so why waste the progress?)**
* **Anomalies or other modes may actually benefit the players during this mini-event, since they give more time to complete a Location.**
* **Be careful with the time limits in locations and on the Mini-Event itself-- it's very common to use more items than end up being earned as a result of this event!**

Usually, finding one object at a time is very time-consuming, especially if it's for an object which the player is unfamiliar with. The mini-event seems to favor traveling to higher level Locations too, and is not completely random to where it will go, often visiting the same Locations.

### Types of Monstrology

There have been two types presented to the players:

* The original Monstrology (Type A) style will always have 3 areas to choose between, as one is finished, a different location is chosen for you to play. This type gives the player the option to avoid some of the more difficult locations. Players only had to click on a few items in the hidden items list and it wasn't required to click the highlighted item first to get the max number of special items (Cards, Binoculars, etc.).

* The modified Monstrology (Type B) style is 3 locations are chosen and all 3 must be played before 3 other locations are chosen. In order to go forward in this type, the player must play all 3 locations. Players also need to click on the highlighted words in order to get the max number of the special item to collect.

Type B is now the version that is played during events.

### Introduction

When the mini-event starts, a character comes to the player with an introduction message. The message can vary from event to event.

This is going to change today. To thoroughly study these creatures, I'll need as much phantom plasma as possible.
 **Player:** | I don't doubt that.

### Conclusion

After time is up the character comes to you with a conclusion, the message can vary from event to event. It also changes based on if the player gets all the items in time or not.

#### Alternative Conclusion Example

Here is an example conclusion where the player completed the mini-event

Here is an example conclusion where the player did not complete the mini-event

## Tips

* When it comes to tools, Compasses and Magnifier do not point to the highlighted item.
* Diode Bombs will collect highlighted items in the top three positions on the list.
* Similar Items and Bats modes will count items as two in the vial.
* Take screenshots so you can take your time.
* The Lunar Lens Tool is useful for narrowing down specific items on the list.
* If new to the game, there will likely be fewer and/or easier locations for the mini-event to show up in.
* New players should not open up a new location right away as to not Rank up in more difficult/expensive locations while playing the mini-event.

## Related Pages

* Home Page
* Hidden City Info
* Tools
* Locations

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