View source for Monster Book

{{#metadesc:How the Monster Book works in MapleVerse: how cards are earned, the stats the book gives, Book levels, and a region by region route to all 1,089 cards.}}
{{Glance|title=At a glance
|Open it|<kbd>B</kbd>, or the Book box in the Equipment window
|Cards|1,089 monsters, up to 5 copies of each
|Chance per kill|5%, for the player who lands the last hit
|Reward|Max HP, Max MP, All Stats, Weapon ATT and Magic ATT
}}
The '''Monster Book''' is your collection of monster cards. Every monster you can fight in MapleVerse has a card, the book holds up to 5 copies of each, and the more you collect the more stats the book gives your character. This guide explains how cards are earned, what the book gives, and how to work through all 1,089 cards region by region.

{{Changed|In the original game a card was an item a monster dropped, only 343 monsters had one, and a collected card gave no stats. In MapleVerse a defeated monster can write its card straight into your book, every monster has a card, and the book rewards you with stats.}}

<div class="mv-pillrow">
[[Monster Book|How the book works]]
[[Monster Book/Maple Island and Victoria Island|Maple Island and Victoria Island]]
[[Monster Book/Ossyria|Ossyria]]
[[Monster Book/Versal|Versal]]
[[Monster Book/Other Lands|Other lands]]
</div>

== How you earn a card ==
* '''On the kill.''' Every time you defeat a monster there is a 5% chance that its card is written into your book. Only the player who lands the last hit gets this chance: a party member who helped does not, so take turns finishing a monster that everyone needs.
* '''As a dropped card.''' 339 monsters also drop their card as an item, usually at a low rate (the ''Card drop'' column of the lists, and the drop table on each monster's page). Walk over the card and it is recorded at once. A card never takes a slot in your bag, so a full inventory does not stop it.
* A sparkle plays over your character and a line appears with your EXP messages when a card is recorded.
* The book holds 5 copies of each card. After the fifth copy that monster gives you nothing more for the book.
* Some monsters appear in more than one form, for example a boss you meet again in a rematch. Those copies all fill the same card.

{{Tip|At 5% per kill a card takes 20 kills on average, and five copies take about 100. Collect cards in the areas where you are training anyway, and only go back for the ones you are missing.}}

== What the book gives ==
The book's reward is worked out from the cards you hold right now, and it grows the moment you record a new card.

{| class="wikitable"
! Reward !! How it grows !! With every card (1,089 monsters, 5,445 cards)
|-
| Max HP || +5 for every 5 cards (every copy counts) || +5,445
|-
| Max MP || +2 for every 5 cards || +2,178
|-
| All Stats (STR, DEX, INT, LUK) || +1 for every 100 cards || +54
|-
| All Stats, percent || +1% for every Book level || +15%
|-
| Weapon ATT and Magic ATT || +1 each for every 10 different monsters || +108
|}

So there are two things to chase: '''different monsters''' (they raise your Book level and your attack) and '''copies''' (every card, up to 5 of each monster, adds HP, MP and stats).

To see what your book gives, hover over the Book box in the Equipment window, or open the book and click the small book picture above the left tabs. That page lists every reward next to the rule it grows by, with your Book level, your card totals and your cover card.

=== Book level ===
Your Book level depends only on how many different monsters you have collected.

{| class="wikitable"
! Book level !! Different monsters needed !! All Stats
|-
| data-sort-value="1" | 1 || data-sort-value="0" | 0 || +1%
|-
| data-sort-value="2" | 2 || data-sort-value="11" | 11 || +2%
|-
| data-sort-value="3" | 3 || data-sort-value="31" | 31 || +3%
|-
| data-sort-value="4" | 4 || data-sort-value="61" | 61 || +4%
|-
| data-sort-value="5" | 5 || data-sort-value="101" | 101 || +5%
|-
| data-sort-value="6" | 6 || data-sort-value="151" | 151 || +6%
|-
| data-sort-value="7" | 7 || data-sort-value="211" | 211 || +7%
|-
| data-sort-value="8" | 8 || data-sort-value="281" | 281 || +8%
|-
| data-sort-value="9" | 9 || data-sort-value="361" | 361 || +9%
|-
| data-sort-value="10" | 10 || data-sort-value="451" | 451 || +10%
|-
| data-sort-value="11" | 11 || data-sort-value="551" | 551 || +11%
|-
| data-sort-value="12" | 12 || data-sort-value="661" | 661 || +12%
|-
| data-sort-value="13" | 13 || data-sort-value="781" | 781 || +13%
|-
| data-sort-value="14" | 14 || data-sort-value="911" | 911 || +14%
|-
| data-sort-value="15" | 15 || data-sort-value="1051" | 1,051 || +15%
|}

== Using the book ==
* Press <kbd>B</kbd> to open the book ([[Controls]]), or click the Book box in the Equipment window.
* The '''tabs on the left''' sort the cards into 9 groups, from the weakest monsters at the top to the bosses and other special monsters at the bottom. Each page shows 25 cards.
* Type part of a monster's name in the '''search box''' to find its card.
* Click a card you own and use the '''tabs on the right''' to read about the monster: its picture with HP and MP, its story, everything it drops with the chance of each drop, and the maps it lives on.
* The book only opens up a monster after you own its card. Until then it cannot tell you where to look, which is what the lists below are for.
* Right-click a card you own to set it as your '''book cover''', or to take the cover off again.

{| class="wikitable"
! Tab !! Cards !! Monster levels !! Bosses
|-
| data-sort-value="1" | 1 || data-sort-value="64" | 64 || Lv 1&ndash;15 || data-sort-value="0" | 0
|-
| data-sort-value="2" | 2 || data-sort-value="135" | 135 || Lv 16&ndash;30 || data-sort-value="0" | 0
|-
| data-sort-value="3" | 3 || data-sort-value="164" | 164 || Lv 30&ndash;45 || data-sort-value="0" | 0
|-
| data-sort-value="4" | 4 || data-sort-value="158" | 158 || Lv 46&ndash;128 || data-sort-value="4" | 4
|-
| data-sort-value="5" | 5 || data-sort-value="119" | 119 || Lv 61&ndash;75 || data-sort-value="8" | 8
|-
| data-sort-value="6" | 6 || data-sort-value="91" | 91 || Lv 76&ndash;90 || data-sort-value="1" | 1
|-
| data-sort-value="7" | 7 || data-sort-value="62" | 62 || Lv 91&ndash;105 || data-sort-value="0" | 0
|-
| data-sort-value="8" | 8 || data-sort-value="144" | 144 || Lv 106&ndash;210 || data-sort-value="0" | 0
|-
| data-sort-value="9" | 9 || data-sort-value="152" | 152 || Lv 8&ndash;180 || data-sort-value="145" | 145
|}

{{Note|Tamers have their own book in place of this one. See [[Tamer Monster Book]].}}

== Route to a full book ==
Pick the page for the land you are in. Every list is sorted by level, with the maps that hold the most of each monster.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Region !! Cards !! Monster levels !! Cards with a note !! List
|-
| Maple Island || data-sort-value="4" | 4 || data-sort-value="1" | Lv 1&ndash;4 || data-sort-value="0" | 0 || [[Monster Book/Maple Island and Victoria Island#Maple Island|Maple Island and Victoria Island]]
|-
| Victoria Island || data-sort-value="152" | 152 || data-sort-value="2" | Lv 2&ndash;125 || data-sort-value="42" | 42 || [[Monster Book/Maple Island and Victoria Island#Victoria Island|Maple Island and Victoria Island]]
|-
| Ereve || data-sort-value="8" | 8 || data-sort-value="1" | Lv 1&ndash;100 || data-sort-value="2" | 2 || [[Monster Book/Maple Island and Victoria Island#Ereve|Maple Island and Victoria Island]]
|-
| Rien || data-sort-value="6" | 6 || data-sort-value="1" | Lv 1&ndash;9 || data-sort-value="0" | 0 || [[Monster Book/Maple Island and Victoria Island#Rien|Maple Island and Victoria Island]]
|-
| Edelstein || data-sort-value="30" | 30 || data-sort-value="5" | Lv 5&ndash;101 || data-sort-value="0" | 0 || [[Monster Book/Maple Island and Victoria Island#Edelstein|Maple Island and Victoria Island]]
|-
| Ossyria || data-sort-value="62" | 62 || data-sort-value="23" | Lv 23&ndash;140 || data-sort-value="10" | 10 || [[Monster Book/Ossyria#Ossyria|Ossyria]]
|-
| Ludus Lake || data-sort-value="102" | 102 || data-sort-value="22" | Lv 22&ndash;110 || data-sort-value="16" | 16 || [[Monster Book/Ossyria#Ludus Lake|Ossyria]]
|-
| Minar Forest || data-sort-value="50" | 50 || data-sort-value="70" | Lv 70&ndash;160 || data-sort-value="10" | 10 || [[Monster Book/Ossyria#Minar Forest|Ossyria]]
|-
| Mu Lung || data-sort-value="40" | 40 || data-sort-value="20" | Lv 20&ndash;128 || data-sort-value="20" | 20 || [[Monster Book/Ossyria#Mu Lung|Ossyria]]
|-
| Nihal Desert || data-sort-value="35" | 35 || data-sort-value="20" | Lv 20&ndash;85 || data-sort-value="6" | 6 || [[Monster Book/Ossyria#Nihal Desert|Ossyria]]
|-
| Temple of Time || data-sort-value="16" | 16 || data-sort-value="80" | Lv 80&ndash;141 || data-sort-value="3" | 3 || [[Monster Book/Ossyria#Temple of Time|Ossyria]]
|-
| Kritias || data-sort-value="18" | 18 || data-sort-value="182" | Lv 182&ndash;210 || data-sort-value="0" | 0 || [[Monster Book/Ossyria#Kritias|Ossyria]]
|-
| Versal || data-sort-value="205" | 205 || data-sort-value="20" | Lv 20&ndash;110 || data-sort-value="4" | 4 || [[Monster Book/Versal#Versal|Versal]]
|-
| Amoria || data-sort-value="5" | 5 || data-sort-value="6" | Lv 6&ndash;40 || data-sort-value="0" | 0 || [[Monster Book/Other Lands#Amoria|Other lands]]
|-
| China || data-sort-value="47" | 47 || data-sort-value="20" | Lv 20&ndash;150 || data-sort-value="1" | 1 || [[Monster Book/Other Lands#China|Other lands]]
|-
| Dawnveil || data-sort-value="51" | 51 || data-sort-value="5" | Lv 5&ndash;163 || data-sort-value="11" | 11 || [[Monster Book/Other Lands#Dawnveil|Other lands]]
|-
| Europe || data-sort-value="58" | 58 || data-sort-value="77" | Lv 77&ndash;129 || data-sort-value="12" | 12 || [[Monster Book/Other Lands#Europe|Other lands]]
|-
| Event || data-sort-value="3" | 3 || data-sort-value="10" | Lv 10&ndash;10 || data-sort-value="0" | 0 || [[Monster Book/Other Lands#Event|Other lands]]
|-
| Malaysia || data-sort-value="14" | 14 || data-sort-value="45" | Lv 45&ndash;94 || data-sort-value="1" | 1 || [[Monster Book/Other Lands#Malaysia|Other lands]]
|-
| Masteria || data-sort-value="43" | 43 || data-sort-value="19" | Lv 19&ndash;140 || data-sort-value="8" | 8 || [[Monster Book/Other Lands#Masteria|Other lands]]
|-
| Singapore || data-sort-value="19" | 19 || data-sort-value="18" | Lv 18&ndash;167 || data-sort-value="0" | 0 || [[Monster Book/Other Lands#Singapore|Other lands]]
|-
| Taiwan || data-sort-value="24" | 24 || data-sort-value="23" | Lv 23&ndash;100 || data-sort-value="2" | 2 || [[Monster Book/Other Lands#Taiwan|Other lands]]
|-
| Thailand || data-sort-value="19" | 19 || data-sort-value="8" | Lv 8&ndash;99 || data-sort-value="7" | 7 || [[Monster Book/Other Lands#Thailand|Other lands]]
|-
| Zipangu || data-sort-value="30" | 30 || data-sort-value="25" | Lv 25&ndash;180 || data-sort-value="8" | 8 || [[Monster Book/Other Lands#Zipangu|Other lands]]
|-
| No fixed home || data-sort-value="48" | 48 || data-sort-value="10" | Lv 10&ndash;180 || data-sort-value="48" | 48 || [[Monster Book/Other Lands#No fixed home|Other lands]]
|}

=== A sensible order ===
# '''Collect as you level.''' Fill in each region's ordinary monsters while they still give you EXP. The [[Training Guide]] shows which maps suit your level.
# '''Go for different monsters first.''' One copy of a new monster raises your Book level and your attack; the other four copies only add HP, MP and stats, and can wait.
# '''Sweep the easy maps later.''' Monsters far below your level fall in one hit, so the low regions are quick to finish when you come back for five copies.
# '''Join party quests and boss runs for their cards.''' Those monsters cannot be farmed alone at will, so make sure the players who still need the card land the last hit.
# '''Leave the rare ones for last.''' Area bosses, timed bosses and summoned monsters take patience, and five copies of a big boss take many runs.

=== What the notes mean ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Note !! Cards !! What to do
|-
| Boss || 158 || A boss monster. Some can only be fought a few times a day, and only one player gets the chance at the card each time. See [[Boss Monsters]].
|-
| Area boss || 21 || It appears on an ordinary map but is not always there. Check the map each time you pass.
|-
| Appears only at certain hours || 10 || It is on its map only during part of the day.
|-
| Boss fight || 4 || It belongs to a boss fight or expedition with its own entry rules.
|-
| Only in ... || 71 || It lives only inside the place named: a party quest ([[Party Quests]]), a mini dungeon ([[Mini Dungeons]]), the Mu Lung Dojo, the Exclusive Training Center, a boss room or another special map. Its card can only be earned there.
|-
| Appears when ... is defeated / Summoned by ... || 21 || It has no spawn of its own. Fight the monster it comes from.
|-
| Not a regular spawn / No regular spawn || 36 || Nothing places it in the world on its own. It is brought in by a quest, an event or a fight, so its card depends on that.
|}

== Quests and medals that check your book ==
* [[NPC:Dalair]] gives the [[Item:Monster Expert Medal]] for 30 different cards.
* The Spirit Diviner, Soul Conjurer, Soul Guardian and Saint Exorcist medals each ask for the cards of the monsters you hunt for them. The full list is on [[Adventurer Medals]].

== Common problems ==
* '''I killed a monster many times and got no card.''' That is the 5% chance at work, and only your own last hits count. Monsters finished by a party member do not roll for you.
* '''The card stopped coming.''' You already hold 5 copies. Open the book to check.
* '''The book shows nothing for a monster.''' Its page opens only once you own the card. Use the lists on this wiki to find it.
* '''A card said my inventory was full.''' Cards never go into the bag. See [[Inventory and Bags]].

== See also ==
* [[Monster Book/Maple Island and Victoria Island|Monster Book cards: Maple Island and Victoria Island]]
* [[Monster Book/Ossyria|Monster Book cards: Ossyria]]
* [[Monster Book/Versal|Monster Book cards: Versal]]
* [[Monster Book/Other Lands|Monster Book cards: Other lands]]
* [[Adventurer Medals]]
* [[Boss Monsters]]
* [[Training Guide]]
* [[Tamer Monster Book]]

[[Category:Guides]]
[[Category:Systems]]
[[Category:Monsters]]