At 13 years old: I started playing this game. Cried everytime a monster dies. Got attached to some monsters to the point of me just freezing them whenever they got old, so i can just unfreeze them for a week whenever i want and just look at them move and walk around the ranch. All monsters i had got old at around rank B. During my college years: i started playing this game again as a form of escapism, using the same old playstation i had when i was a kid, and an old outdated box tv that my family refuses to use. Engineering School was pretty hard and i needed to blow of some steam with a familiar game every once in a while. I got so frustrated on how to get my monsters to class S and beat the major 4, But i can’t seem to find a way. My PS1 finally broke down and i continued playing on a PS1 emulator for PC. I got an in-game joker monster that i thought would be my ticket to that class S life, but that didn’t cut it either. It can’t even learn a new technique unless you combine it when it got old. During my working years as a Licensed Mechanical Engineer: I was randomly walking alone on a construction site i’ve been finishing up when it suddenly and RANDOMLY hit me, “i need to raise monsters in multiple lifetimes, Joker style, for me to beat the Major 4” So i started playing again with a Phone emulator during work commutes. And f*ck yes! I finally beat the f*ckers! I just came looking for MR2 videos because i just learned about the legit Android/IOS/switch version that will be dropping soon. I don’t do much games these days but I think i’m gonna keep that game on my phone always, when it’s finally available.
I totally feel you mate, that freezing of the monster before they die yeah. Always tried to avoid getting sad losing them especially if they won me a lot of battles. I always make saves every now and then so If they die I can go back to the previous saved game to freeze them instead before I lose them. Sometimes unfreezing them too to watch them , to interact with them, and watch how happy they are giving them the best food. Back then we are all noobs and mostly playing to ourselves, no guide, no internet, sometimes lucky wi h a few tip from friends or if there is a way to get a gaming magazine or the cheesy way a gameshark"not recommended though". Tons of hours spent of this game and every memory is precious.
im so amazed. so people still love this game. i was addicted to this back in 1999 when i was 9 yrs old haha. brings back sweet childhood memories. i love it.
I still remember when my first monster died, i was 7 years old and i cried so much when it happened, it was pretty much the most devastating thing that had happened to me at that point in life. I still love the game 21 years later :D
For the ones that never played, looking your guide may see easy, but to reach this conclusion you had to put a lot of effort first, well done! The most common route is to have a dead monster after 3 years xD
Depends on monster. Most of mine lasted till B rank at around 3-4 years. However I managed to keep getting suezos and mmmmmaybe colour pandoras to 4-5 years and the suezos would see A class, but the colour pandoras would only make it to B lol
However if this were monster rancher 1 I'd end up getting golems to A rank with 5-7 years lol Man imo monster rancher 1 was somewhat better... you could spoil your monster and still have 100 loyalty and you can do the jobs to keep money rolling in.. I'm sure most of us playing MR2 ended up being broke unless you had the MR1 disk and fought in the heels tournament and won with sueki suezo and sold the heels badge lol Double Edit: I restarted a new game of MR2 and I would up with 0 golds and what's bullshit is the week you run out of golds you better fight in a tournament and/or sell something because game over is the week after you run out... that pissed me off especially when I knew there was a tourney on week4 but I got 0 golds on week 1 and week2 was game over
@@adventureoflinkmk2 The early game money woes were because of a blunder on the game designers' part. You see, the jobs WERE available in the Japanese version, but only if you had a Pocketstation. Since the Pocketstation was never released outside of Japan, support for it was removed, along with the jobs. This made the early game much tougher than it needed to be.
Dude, wtf. I played MR2 for years on my childhood, and NEVER finished it (without gameshark T,T) Your guide made me replay the game, and beat the game with my first monster! Thank you for the guide, now i can live my live peacefully. To my surprise, i still enjoy the game and grew fond to my recent zuum even on my 30s lol. Monster Rancher 2 truly is a masterpiece.
Damn dude Monster Rancher 2 was a favorite of mine when I was a child. There was so much mystery surrounding the items and mechanics due to the internet not being as accessible when we were kids (as you know.) Having you edit an entire guide while explaining game play mechanics I would never figure out is truly awesome. I just love this game and miss the gaming industry making games for entertainment instead of money and always chasing the next horizon. Thanks for taking me back, and being so incredibly concise and knowledgeable without inflating your own ego or pandering to any type of meme or generational humor. I would love to watch you play MR2, or MR4 or any other game from my childhood!
I just bought all four monster ranchers and a PS2 to relive my childhood some. By far this game doesn’t lose anything even over a 20 year gap, I would highly recommend buying this if you’re able. The games ran between $20-40 on eBay and I was able to get the system and memory cards for $80. All in all it was a little under $200. My PS4 has been gathering dust while I’ve been binging on these classics. 😂
Mr1: good game. Mr2: they perfect the first game. Mr3: why the hell they took out most of the best features of mr2? Mr4: it is good, but why didn't I get attached to my monster? Felt like raising a robot or golem. Mr5: evo, Endless VOmit
My favorite game of all time... My grandmother bought me the first monster rancher when I was 13... Loved it... But, this... Monster Rancher 2 was the best of the series. Even now as an adult, I like to revisit this game. More than just nostalgia. Its awesome. I'm actually considering buying a PSOne with the little lcd screen just to have the authentic monster Rancher playing experience... CD swapping and all! Great video 👍
@@jeth2517 android ecosystem, or twister Linux, any Linux or android distribution system can run PS1, Dreamcast PS2, game cube, even windows, but androids portable... Minimum specs 1ghz arm CPU's 4 cores, 1gig of system memory, Mali 500+ GPU, Android below 6.0 or above will retain 60fps ---- cost less than $30 To run PS2 or Wii u Max specs: 2.96 GHz 8 core arm cpu over clocked, 6gig system ram, Android 10+ -----cost $500
A year on Earth is 52 weeks. A year in Monster Rancher 2 is 48 weeks (each month has exactly 4 weeks). Always praise your monster when it gets a new tech because after training errantry, the monster will be stressed out if you don't. Being stressed out decreases the monster's lifespan.
I just found your channel this week. I already watch like 5 vids. You taught me tons. I am 33-4 , it been like 23 years when i first played this Thank yyou , i learnt so much from your videos. This videos is 8 years old and still helping people and you let me connect with best memories of my childhood. Internet is really cool, because of people like you. i am very very Thankful.
This game is amazingly well built and balanced for a ps1 game. Very underestimated by everyone at the time. It was my first game ever back when I was 6year old. I still play it sometimes.
@@RSGAELIt is a shame that they ditched all the best things about this game on PS2 and went to pretty graphics route and killed it. Also, the card game was pretty good except for the forced unwinnable tournaments.
I would love a new Monster Rancher that was mostly elements of MR 2 with QOL changes, this game ate so much of my time when I was young and it still sticks as one of the fondest gaming memories I had.
Damn. Could never get stats high enough before any of my monsters died, especially when they would fail training and errantries constantly. Guess those fatigue items are a bit more useful than I thought, but when you grow up on grindy RPGs you sort of forget about time.
I start to play this game again with epsxe because of this quarantine moment (hope everything gets better soon). And your videos are really helpful. My monster starts it’s retire stage only in 3,5 years. I think I should start to train new monster and use your guide in this video. Thank you so much ❤️❤️
@Timoty Garner Combining items from expeditions are limited (not including disc chips), you can only get them once. Combining items from Battles (such as Dragon Tusk and Double-edged) are unlimited. By the way, Big Footprint doesn't give you a Jill when you it as a combining item. You need to get Big Boots by defeating Bighands in Torles Errantry and use that as a combining item. Strong glue is not a combining item, you have to use it to make a Quack Doll in order to get a Ducken. Also, strong glue doesn't disappear once you make a Quack Doll.
@@alvinderama3196 The Dino Tail lowers stress by about a point, but only if your monster's stress is already maxed out. It's a waste of space. They don't even sell for a good price...
so much nostalgia. what really amazed me was that you had to take out the CD and put in another playstation CD to generate a random monster. haha. I remember I had some sort of chimpanzee as my monster.
One thing I did when my monster was old, I always freeze them. Revive them a week before the big-4 tournament and S-class tournament. Rest them then battle. Then check on the stat gains after battle. The stat gain after battle is like adult stage after every battle and it seems like the weak stats doesn't affect it. Like Ski for Golems. It will still gain over 10 for it's weak stat. I usually reset if the stat gain is not the weak stat. Rinse and repeat until there is an indicator that it is about to die.
The best monster I raised back in the day was Charles, the first Wracky. He lived about 11-12 years and could one-shot everything in the arena with his Head Spike move.
@@ksx612 difficult, but with good training schedule, gold and silver peaches at the right times, yeah. Longevity makes sense since his training gets low numbers.
I have watched this video so many times already way back this video is a year old and notw that MR is on steam, here I am again. 😂 These tips never fails especially when you're starting. Salute 🍻
oh.my.god. I didn't even know they got bigger hahaha. this game is a lot more complex than I could ever have imagined. I knew the unlocking monsters and stuff was super weirdly specific, but I didn't realize how intricate the growth and training could be in such an old game. could've used this 20 years ago lol. I sat there with my mom's CD collection and tried to get everything I saw in the anime. sometimes I'd get mad and train the shit out of them without rest til they died. am I a psychopath?
Reminds me of Allan from the anime who was cruel to his worm and scolds his worm for not being strong enough to beat Genki's team. His worm dies and turns into a lost disk in the end of the episode
Amazing, I managed to one shot everything with Zuum's fireball. Too bad it died right away after winning the final fight. I don't think I would ever beat it if I were playing it "normally".
The game is amazing and great but they hide many contents , in a way that we have no way to research in game . I think I played for like 100 years when I was 10-12 years old and I don't know majority of the stuffs this channel taught me. Infact I never even got Jumper nor Worms. It is one of the timeless game, and here I'm after 20+ years. 23:15 But they did bad jobs on lores side of the game and exploring the world side. Guess, they cut tons of contents cuz game size in dics , CD.
can i ask a question? im newbies in monster rancher 2 my question is if i combine both monster both monster fresh from market. it have any effect in lifespan of monster?
No, combining does not have any affect on the lifespan of the monster no matter where you get the monster. The combined monster will always have the base lifespan of its breed
I remember playing the first monster rancher game....and it was great then monster rancher 2 came and it kept me occupied for longest time ever..I have fond memories....but honestly I think I played monster rancher 4 more
hello i know it's gonna be so late but may i ask is this raising method works to any monster? for now i have zuum and plan to raise it but i also plan to raise pixie or durahan soon will this method works for them too? thanks!
Saving this video just in case they decide to localize the up coming Switch port! This game was my entire childhood as a kid. I will never forget my Zuum/ArrowHead that was my first ever A rank monster, it felt like a huge accomplishment back then (mostly because I never learned to abuse mint leaf and nut oil)
What a fantastic guide, it worked I used a pixie with plant variation and beat all S ranks. The only thing I coulnd't do with that monster yet is find a golden peach as I have low POW and can't blow through obstacles
You can take a detour and avoid the obstacle to get the Gold Peach. Notice that at 22:20, there's a path to the right. If you take that path, you can avoid the obstacle
*U should've said that pixe, tiger and jell aren't in the market, that one downside I dislike, the low choices early game with no CDs, at least tiger should be there at winters*
Thanks for the feedback! You can easily get them at the Shrine though. If you're on an emulator, you just have to download the files from here legendcup.com/make-a-monster-mr2.php If you're on console, just burn the files to a CD
I been playing this game off and on since I was a kid throughout the year and I never knew about tech chaining. I just assumed some techs were rarer to learn then others with errantry. I gotta say I still cant tell old age considering the stats only dropped 1 or 2 points.
some life stages coincide with a change in the monster's size. you need to know the values (1-5) for their statgains as well. Having a 5 makes it easy to tell because those stats will always be maximum gains.
I'm still playing this game right now at an emulator.. Fave monster is the suezo class.. High int/power/skill.. Btw, im 28 y/o.. Lol. Still gives me nostalgic feels back when I first started playing this in my playstation 1 console..
Are you using epsxe? If you are, what settings are you using? I have epsxe and no matter what settings I set, I get a strange noise in the background and the in-game menus look a little off. I use to run it full settings to make it look better with no problems in the past. Now I can't seem to get it how I want it on my laptop.
I'm still using ePSXe with Pete's OpenGL2 Driver 2.9 as the Main Video Plugin My video settings are: ---- Resolution & Colors ---- Window Mode Window size: 1200 x 900 Internal X resolution: 2: Very high Internal Y resolution: 3: Ultra high Stretching mode: 0: Stretch to full window size Render mode: 2: Use framebuffer object ---- Textures ---- Texture filtering: 0: None Gfx card vram: 0 (Autodetect) Hi-Res textures: 1: 2xSal ---- Frame rate ---- ✓ Use FPS limit FPS limit: 200 FPS ---- Compatibility ---- Off-Screen drawing: 1: Standard Framebuffer effects: 3: Full Framebuffer upload: 2: Full ---- Full screen filters ---- Flicker-fix border: 0 pixels ---- Misc ---- ✓ MDEC filter
I remember my Zuum lived for just first 6 months then died just after losing a battle. Since I don't really know to arrange schedule correctly, guess that counts as playing blind. While also being cheapskate. So you warnings are really helpful.
I play this for years with my friends and cousins, and none of us even knew it was possible for a monster to live past 4 years lol. We never train or send them to battle when they're tired
WOW didnt know this was possible... i used to stressed a lot with gold running out playing MR2 since MR1 gave you money from daily training. I have to resort to "monster abuse" in that i raise a monster with so-so stat but strong enough to sweep monster on D class, it would just do drill > battle > rinse and repeat until it dies THEN i can start raising another monster properly with all the items and whatnot. was lucky PETA didnt hound me back then xD
Obrigado amigo, recentemente voltei a jogar esse jogo no meu nintendo 3ds depois de longos 15 anos 😅 e teu vídeo me passou muita informação importante que eu não sabia na época em que jogava.
Still one of my favorite games. I had a hard time when I was 10 or 11 playing this game as most monsters would only get to rank B a few A and maybe 3 got to S. Playing it now it's the opposite. I so much want a new version of this game that runs very similarly but better graphics more randomized tournament loadouts and other things to do with the monsters.
During that 3 months skip just before the very first battle, did you drill purely on power or spare more time for skill? And does losing due to time out instead of being KOed also inflict injury or count as forfeit?
I don't remember what I did during those 3 months. Maybe 1 Errantry and a mix of pier and skill drills. Losing due to time out counts as losing, it doesn't inflict injury. Losing to KO also doesn't inflict injury as long as the overkill damage doesn't exceed the Lif of your monster
@@teawch do you always reset whenever you lost a battle? Even if you still end up winning the tournament. I lost in final match (no elimination) however I won in tie-breaker against the same monster who just beat me.
never beaten this game when I was a kid. my monster always die of old age before beating the rank S. I never thought it was like this to raise your monster properly.
You gotta raise your first monster cheap to pay for the second monsters training and make sure it's int type and freeze it once it can get golden peaches regularly. You should have over 50k by now and when you raise your third monster don't fight it or send it to expedition until it's stat gains start to drop from peak after the gold peach and or silver peach were used. You'll easily beat the game with that monster
Hi teawch! Does fatigue affect a monster's battle performance? Is there any difference between the performance of a monster who is well and that who is very well?
No, fatigue does not affect a monster's battle performance. However if you send a monster who is tired to battle, it might lose lifespan after battle if it gets too tired.
Getting Gold Peach depends on luck. I got Gold Peach with 200 Int before (although it took forever to get an item because the monster kept picking routes without items)
@ teawch how old is your oldest monster in this game, mine's 19 years old during ps1 days, without peach or anything that can make it live longer, just fed it Tablet and Star Fruit , haven't even used same steps like you do, basic/light training only and just rest it when monster is in "seems well" state, does subsequent errantry just to get the "difficult to get "skills" with the month after errantry used for rest until "very well" state for the next month The monster I did it was a durahan/pixie
My oldest monster was a 9 year old Durahan. It might be because we're playing on different versions of the game though. There is no Star Fruit in my version of the game.
@@teawch I specifically mean Star Prune by that Star Fruit, can remember it earlier so I had to search it when you said there was no "star" fruit which is impossible By the way I also remember feeding it with apple cake each time it does great, gets a tech, finishes a errantry, wins a tournament and after coming back from exploration
@@teawch Has anyone by far surpassed the "normal" 9 (what I commonly see in the internet) to 10 (my friends and playmates did it using peaches) years old lifespan like I did? Mine was such an anomaly they accused me using cheats, even while watching my progress the whole time without hiding anything, and I think there was no existing cheat like that as far as I know with the limited access of the internet via "dial up"
We were playing at a playstation gameplay rent shop like an internet cafe.....without cafe, computer and internet, just a playstation and a tV for rent per hour usage
@@dantetugaoen5836 Sorry about my mistake on the "Star" fruit, funny how I didn't think of Star Prune when they both have the word "Star." To answer your question, Yes, there are people who have surpassed 10 year old lifespan using the Magic Banana method. Magic Bananas give +1 week lifespan when your monster loses 10 loyalty when fed. Anyways, thank you for sharing your method on raising your monster to 19 year old. Anything else you remember about that method? Have you been successful with other monsters besides Durahan/Pixie using this method?
So my training technique especially in adulthood is 3 hard trains and a rest with items being 1:None, 2:Nuts Oil, 3:Nuts Oil, and 4:Mint Leaf+Rest. I was interested in why when your monster seems to have no fatigue you give a Nuts Oil then initiate whatever activity, does the Nuts Oil retroactively lessen the fatigue of an activity if given on the same week or is that just to ensure they are absolutely at 0 fatigue before you start?
No, Nuts Oil doesn't reduce the fatigue given by the drill on the same week. Fatigue and stress can be represented by numbers. A week Hard drill gives 15 fatigue and 12 stress A week of Light drill gives 10 fatigue and 5 stress Nuts oil reduces fatigue by 28 Mint leaf reduces stress by 50% So with my training method, in a month, the amount of fatigue can be calculated as follows: 1wk: Hard drill +15 fatigue 2wk: Light drill +10 fatigue (total 25 fatigue) 3wk: Nuts oil -28 fatigue (total 0 because fatigue cannot go below 0) 3wk: Hard drill +15 fatigue (total 15 fatigue) 4wk: Light drill +10 fatigue (total 25 fatigue) 1wk: Nuts oil -28 fatigue (total 0 fatigue) The net fatigue of each month with my training method is 0, so I can keep training without rest.
Thanks, I was using rather outdated info from back when the number specifics were slightly more of a guess. Basically I would end up still stressing my monster out and couldn't quite figure out why. Makes sense now, there would be a slight stress surplus that pushes the life index past 70 the way I did it.
The method in this vid past the baby stage still makes your monster lose a week of lifespan every month if it isn't a HAD monster. Sadly the method gets you to exactly 70 in LI every third week iirc even if it likes/neutral to tablets. I crunched the numbers myself and I think my method for Non-HAD tablet neutral monsters is better and can save you alot of gold if it's tablet neutral or if it's hidden like is a tablet i.e. Nagas etc. Mine is HD/HD/LD/Rest items are any/ML/NO/ML. Feed tablets and no other. with my method you lose a week of HD but not lose an extra week for not being a HAD monster and you free up the 1st week for any item you want to give your monster, I personally give it Magicbananas to get back the 1 week of no training from the 4th week rest. Ifyour monster is only neutral to tablets you can feed it a mango ever other month to avoid stress build up. I've raised a naga/golem on a fresh file with my method and it reached monster stats, about 600 each at 6years old and it's still was in its prime at that age, I finished it with a little of freezing battle method with more or less 800 stat each, that's only a first monster with gold peach given at prime and silver given at elder for freezing battling method. I believe it lived for about 8 or so years with my method, that's including expedtions and a few errantry for some useful skills BTW The magic bananas only became available at my shop when my monster was nearing the end of its prime before a gold peach, so imagine if you fed it bananas early on when you have some loyalty to spend... yes! more time to live!
teawch So I've been trying to figure out where my lost lifespan was going and it's not the no rest, item every week, and tablet method you show. I was searching online and I found out every time you send your monster to a battle it costs 3 weeks off their lifespan, and also there's a bug with Errantrys where the Life Index gets checked at the end of every week so on that 4th week after it subtracts weeks of your lifespan then next week at the start of the week it checks again so you get hit twice for the same week. I usually send my monsters to lots of battles and that was where all the lifespan hits were coming from. Say you send your monster to 40 battles, that's 120 weeks (2½ Years!) off their lifespan. Errantrys subtract 5 weeks off of lifespan (-1 at 3rd week's end, -2 at 4th week's end, and -2 at the next week's start) so sending you monster on 5 Errantrys subtracts 6 months from their lifespan. This is where I was losing so much life from. There is no flaw in your training regimen. Once I found out this new (to me) info I raised a Suezo from the market using your method constantly for 5½ years. It is currently 7½ years old and should live to be about 9. Suezo's have 450 weeks of lifespan and I gave both peaches, so 525 weeks. I have sent it on 4 Errantrys (-20 weeks) and battled it 12 times(-36 weeks). By only sending it to 1 Official D, 1 Official B, 1 Official S, 7 of the Big 4, the Legend Cup, and the Silver Peach tournament it has made over 100K gold and paid for the expensive raising style itself. After 5½ years of constantly training my Suezo with this style even if only 1 point of excess stress were building up per month I would have been at 60 excess points and Colt would have chewed me out. This never happened. Your method works for any monster as long as it doesn't Dislike Tablets.
Sir my question is this. For the first 6 months, how many times did you send your monster to Errantry? I've notice your monster have a lot of moves. Looking forward for your answer.
Hi, sorry but I don't follow the adolescent stage guide. From feb 1001 it jumped from aug 1001 then in went back to march 1001 with the expedtion guide?
I was trying to show that there are 2 indicators of Adolescent stage: 1. Stat growth (seen on Feb 1001) 2. Size growth (seen on Aug 1001) with more stat growth The stat growth comes first, followed by size growth a few months later. Some people will miss the first stat growth, but they won't miss the size growth After that part, I moved on to a different topic: Battles (not expedition) I actually did a battle in March, so I showed that
my favorite monster was always the tyrant .. i cried like a baby when he dies.. tho i managed to beat all 4 major without a guide when i was a kid. i never knew that nuts oils and mint leaf are important item. i played this game for a good 2 years, i remember having a 4 man ranked matched with my gangs and i win it with my phoenix lol. i hate every monster fused with pixie because they look so horrible and pink..
I consider that postgame content. I wanted to leave that out so that people who follow this guide can still enjoy discovering new content after the credits roll. With a strong monster from this guide, you can definitely beat Poritoka
You're using emulator, right? Which emulator and what's your configuration? Also, I get a crash right after an expedition. Do you have a similar problem?
I'm playing this on ePSXe emulator using Pete's OpenGL2 Driver 2.9 as my video plugin. Here are my settings: --------------------------------------------------------------- Resolution & Colors Window mode: Window size: 1200 x 900 Internal X resolution: 2: Very high Internal Y resolution: 3: Ultra high Stretching mode: 0: Stretch to full window size Render mode: 2: Use framebuffer object --------------------------------------------------------------- Textures Texture filtering: 0: None Gfx card vram: 0 (Autodetect) Hi-Res textures: 1: 2xSal --------------------------------------------------------------- Framerate [Selected] Use FPS limit [Selected] Auto-detect FPS --------------------------------------------------------------- Compatibility Off Screen drawing: 1: Standard Framebuffer effects: 3: Full Framebuffer upload: 2: Full --------------------------------------------------------------- Full screen filters [Selected] Screen filtering Flicker-fix border: 0 pixels --------------------------------------------------------------- Misc [Selected] MDEC filter The game crashes right after expedition with these settings. What I do is right before completing the expedition, Save State (press F1). Then quit the game (Esc) and close the program. Relaunch ePSXe and change the video settings: Internal X resolution and Internal Y resolution to Low. Launch the game and Load State (press F3). Then complete the expedition.
Wow! I didn't expect such a well written reply. Thank you so much! By the way, In my case I finally got the expeditions to work...sort of. Torles and Kawrea are mostly okay. Parepare is a bit dodgy. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. I looked around and someone suggested to tick the checkbox for *special game fixes* under Misc. next to special game fixes is a box with "..." click that, a window opens. On that window, I enable the *0x1000 Odd/even bit hack* and click OK. So far expeditions has been working for me without having to lower the resolution. Anyway, thank you so much for your wonderful response.
On the Video Config screen, try using the "Fast" Default settings and see if that helps (Default settings is located on the bottom left hand corner of the Video Config screen). You actually need a decent computer to run everything on high.
Just raised a Purple Jell (Jell/Naga) from a disc and first monster of the save. Nice raising method, very good explanation. Just one thing wasn't very clear for me is the Jungle Expedition opens ONLY if you went to the Volcano Expedition. And you, actually, needs to go 2 times to catch a Golden Peach and the Old Sheath (Item to unlock Durahan wich is on the building behind the pumpkin next to the Ivory Tower). Due to money problems in the beggining and didn't want to waste de adult phase, just had 2 techs, but it was fair enough to easily win the Major 4. Proof: imgur.com/a/qAqxJ
I'm glad my guide was useful for you.Sorry that I wasn't clear on the part about how the Parepare expedition unlocks only after the first Kawrea Expedition, you are right about that, this comment will surely be useful for future viewers. Allow me to correct one thing, it is possible to get Old Sheath and multiple Golden Peaches in a single expedition, it only depends on your luck (Old Sheath can be obtained only once in the entire game though).
Thanks for the reply :) It's was strange. I was in the Ivory Tower and grabbed all the items and the Gold Peach was not there! After the first expedition, I always find a Gold Peach in the Ivory Tower. One more question, do you know how works the Elder Cup? Do you need the old aged monster in the beggining of the month or just in the right week?
Thanks for the quick reply again. :) My monster got the retirement warning and I am worried with this. I'm trying to save every week I can now to get and feed my next monster with the Silver Peach and the Gold Peach. One more time, thanks for the clear explanation and guide, nice video. :)
am i the only one who after winning and my monster starts walking, I pause the game before it took a picture and the pause menu will be included in the picture 😂😂😂😂
more question please: are secret item combining is limited?? can we get secret item combining like joker mask, bigfoot print, strong glue, fire feather every adventure time?
@@cecilsrighthand4240 what it said?some psxfin has prob with bios. Maybe u need re-download the bios. Or i can just e-mail you if u want my psxfin already with the config
I feel like Errantries reduces the same amount from the monster's lifespan regardless of what stage in life the monster is in. I would rather take away the monster's life early on than when it's older because it would be better to take away the monster's life when it has low stat gains (when it is young) than the time it has high stat gains (when it is older)
Does this guide works with other monsters? can you explain , which monster is good to beat the game and suitable with the guide that you show? Thankyou in advance
This guide works for all monsters, although some monsters might be harder to raise than others. Here are some of the easier ones to raise: Zuum, Pixie, Tiger, Arrowhead, Hare
Light drills: Domino, Shoot, Study, Dodge, Run, Endure (1:50) Hard drills: Pull, Leap, Meditate, Swim (1:54) You can use any combination of Light drills and Hard drills. Ex. Pull and shoot, Meditate and Dodge, Swim and Run, etc. For Errantry, yes, do them only when a promotion is available, and don't do too many (stop after 4-5 Errantries) because doing too many will decrease your monster's lifespan by too much.
One more question i don't understand. For Errantry and Expedition item, As for Errantry you mention Mint Leaf + rest , then Nut Oils after. You stated that only go to Errantry on the first week, if i rest then it will go to the 2nd week. Same goes for expedition. Can explain how the process? Thankyou
Training will give your monster Fatigue and Stress. Once Fatigue and Stress reaches a certain point, it will start to decrease the lifespan of your monster, and more lifespan will be reduced the more it passes that certain point. If your interested in the detailed calculations, you can take a look at the guide in the link under the video, look for "Lifespan Index" (in section A7 of the guide). Errantry will give your monster a lot of Fatigue and Stress and will decrease the lifespan of your monster (same thing for Expedition). To make sure your monster has 0 Fatigue and Stress before going to Errantry, you should give your monster Mint Leaf and let it rest before going. By going to Errantry on the 1st week, you can feed it Tablets after Errantry to decrease Stress accumulated from Errantry, which will lessen the lifespan reduction caused by Errantry. If you go on the 2nd week, you won't be able to feed it with Tablets (since it can only be given on the 1st week of the month).
Hi teawch! I'm currently raising a Mocchini (Mocchi/???) I want to get Petal Storm and my monster is already Bad-natured, but the errantry guy has always said my monster can't get it (and his nature never got Worse). I'm wondering if Mocchini can't get Petal Storm? Is it the case? Also, according to this guide (gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/197977-monster-rancher-2/faqs/76372/tech-chains), Mocchi needs to get Petal Storm before it can get Petal Vortex. I'm doubtful... Maybe only inherently Good-natured Mocchis can get Petal Vortex, while only inherently Bad-natured ones can get Petal Storm?
I've never raised Mocchini to have Bad nature before, so I can't confirm if its nature can become Worst or not. However, to get Petal Storm, you will need a Mocchi with Worst nature. Petal Swirl --> Petal Storm --> Petal Vortex tech chain is the hardest tech chain in the game from my experience because you have to raise your monster from Worst nature to Good/Best nature and use a special tech that costs 40 guts for 50 times
@@teawch So the tech chain is correct? Wow... So it seems my Mocchi can't get Petal Vortex either 😭😭😭 Yeah, I have fed my Mocchini on Sweet Jelly probably around 1 year in total and still his Nature is not Worst... 😬😬😬
@@teawch I kind thought that it's possible to get Petal Vortex straight from Petal Swirl because of this article: www.tapatalk.com/groups/monsterrancher4520/mocchi-faq-t2298.html And, the post of this trainer's Dracco Mocchi suggests that their Mocchi acquired Petal Vortex without acquiring Petal Storm beforehand: www.tapatalk.com/groups/monsterrancher4520/rate-my-mocchi-t1269.html
@@klinsmanhinjaya It turns out I was wrong! Mocchis don't need to use Petal Storm 50 times to learn Petal Vortex (Petal Swirl x50 is the only requirement) Also, Mocchini (Mocchi/???) can learn Petal Storm. It just needs to be as bad as it can be, since it can't have Worst nature. The method I used was having 1 Heel Badge in inventory and feeding Mocchini Sweet Jelly every week. My Mocchini learned Petal Swirl x50 and Mocchi Ray. I checked with Errow every week if my Mocchi could learn something from Kawrea Errantry until he didn't say it was difficult to learn and was able to learn Petal Storm.
Got suezo at 700ish speed 600ish skill and 900+ int without the peaches. Managed to beat the game thanks. Gonna try to shrine now.(Kinda hard to shrine since I'm playing on mobile and its quite a hustle to DL ISOs.)
0:52 Baby stage
3:04 Baby training regime
9:36 Tech chain
10:38 Adolescent stage
14:11 Adolescent training regime + battle, errantry, and expedition regime
15:39 Expedition explained
18:09 Making money
20:46 Adult training regime
20:56 Old age stage
21:58 Getting Gold Peach
KyuuzuGaming this is really helpful, thanks
I cant Get Gold peach At This expedition I was trying 5 times
@@forevertoosoon7352 same me too
At 13 years old: I started playing this game. Cried everytime a monster dies. Got attached to some monsters to the point of me just freezing them whenever they got old, so i can just unfreeze them for a week whenever i want and just look at them move and walk around the ranch. All monsters i had got old at around rank B.
During my college years: i started playing this game again as a form of escapism, using the same old playstation i had when i was a kid, and an old outdated box tv that my family refuses to use. Engineering School was pretty hard and i needed to blow of some steam with a familiar game every once in a while. I got so frustrated on how to get my monsters to class S and beat the major 4, But i can’t seem to find a way. My PS1 finally broke down and i continued playing on a PS1 emulator for PC.
I got an in-game joker monster that i thought would be my ticket to that class S life, but that didn’t cut it either. It can’t even learn a new technique unless you combine it when it got old.
During my working years as a Licensed Mechanical Engineer: I was randomly walking alone on a construction site i’ve been finishing up when it suddenly and RANDOMLY hit me,
“i need to raise monsters in multiple lifetimes, Joker style, for me to beat the Major 4”
So i started playing again with a Phone emulator during work commutes. And f*ck yes! I finally beat the f*ckers!
I just came looking for MR2 videos because i just learned about the legit Android/IOS/switch version that will be dropping soon. I don’t do much games these days but I think i’m gonna keep that game on my phone always, when it’s finally available.
I totally feel you mate, that freezing of the monster before they die yeah. Always tried to avoid getting sad losing them especially if they won me a lot of battles. I always make saves every now and then so If they die I can go back to the previous saved game to freeze them instead before I lose them. Sometimes unfreezing them too to watch them , to interact with them, and watch how happy they are giving them the best food. Back then we are all noobs and mostly playing to ourselves, no guide, no internet, sometimes lucky wi h a few tip from friends or if there is a way to get a gaming magazine or the cheesy way a gameshark"not recommended though". Tons of hours spent of this game and every memory is precious.
didnt expect such a wholesome story in a 5 year old youtube video that has the content of a 20+ year old game lol
you sir.. are one of the many legends that decide to finish what have u started in the past games
Wait there's a version of monster rancher that's dropping on switch soon? What?
How do you get more monsters on phone emulator?
im so amazed. so people still love this game. i was addicted to this back in 1999 when i was 9 yrs old haha. brings back sweet childhood memories. i love it.
im almost in tears. my mom wont buy us pets so this served as my outlet.
@@siegfreidsujide299 aww that so sweet 😊
Im 32 and still playing hahaha
I still remember when my first monster died, i was 7 years old and i cried so much when it happened, it was pretty much the most devastating thing that had happened to me at that point in life.
I still love the game 21 years later :D
When my first monster died I cried like a baby. I told my mom and she said she would send the game a letter complaining. True story.
Dont worry your not the only one who cried with the lost of a monster
mee too
🤣
your mom's a Karen lol
I didn’t go to school the day my first monster died. I was distraught.
I remember when i was a child, getting all CDs i could find to put in the ps1, to see what monsters i could get. Good ol' times, lol.
i once got a phoenix xD
@Mr Satan yes i did hahahaha if you combine w (i forgot the monster), you'll get blue phoenix xD
I get a black Phoenix from Tetris game
@@blackshirato9137 I get Phoenix from Hercules Game...
may favorite monster is Pixie and i got all her breed.
For the ones that never played, looking your guide may see easy, but to reach this conclusion you had to put a lot of effort first, well done! The most common route is to have a dead monster after 3 years xD
hahahahahahahahaha ! story of my life with this game
Depends on monster. Most of mine lasted till B rank at around 3-4 years. However I managed to keep getting suezos and mmmmmaybe colour pandoras to 4-5 years and the suezos would see A class, but the colour pandoras would only make it to B lol
However if this were monster rancher 1 I'd end up getting golems to A rank with 5-7 years lol
Man imo monster rancher 1 was somewhat better... you could spoil your monster and still have 100 loyalty and you can do the jobs to keep money rolling in.. I'm sure most of us playing MR2 ended up being broke unless you had the MR1 disk and fought in the heels tournament and won with sueki suezo and sold the heels badge lol
Double Edit: I restarted a new game of MR2 and I would up with 0 golds and what's bullshit is the week you run out of golds you better fight in a tournament and/or sell something because game over is the week after you run out... that pissed me off especially when I knew there was a tourney on week4 but I got 0 golds on week 1 and week2 was game over
@@adventureoflinkmk2 The early game money woes were because of a blunder on the game designers' part. You see, the jobs WERE available in the Japanese version, but only if you had a Pocketstation. Since the Pocketstation was never released outside of Japan, support for it was removed, along with the jobs. This made the early game much tougher than it needed to be.
@@stevenmorton2059 ah, gotcha.. didn't know this had pocketstation support..
Looking back, holy shit this game was a lot deeper than I thought it was when I was a kid.
I need to go back and do this shit RIGHT.
Dude, wtf. I played MR2 for years on my childhood, and NEVER finished it (without gameshark T,T)
Your guide made me replay the game, and beat the game with my first monster!
Thank you for the guide, now i can live my live peacefully.
To my surprise, i still enjoy the game and grew fond to my recent zuum even on my 30s lol. Monster Rancher 2 truly is a masterpiece.
You're welcome. And congratulations on beating the game!
come play again. new release for PC
That emulator makes this game look really slick for being almost 20 years old.
Do you know which Emu he is using
@@AncientApricot epsxe 2.0.5, use 2x resolution scaling
Damn dude Monster Rancher 2 was a favorite of mine when I was a child. There was so much mystery surrounding the items and mechanics due to the internet not being as accessible when we were kids (as you know.) Having you edit an entire guide while explaining game play mechanics I would never figure out is truly awesome. I just love this game and miss the gaming industry making games for entertainment instead of money and always chasing the next horizon. Thanks for taking me back, and being so incredibly concise and knowledgeable without inflating your own ego or pandering to any type of meme or generational humor. I would love to watch you play MR2, or MR4 or any other game from my childhood!
You're welcome! Monster Rancher 2 was my favorite game too. I'm glad my guide was able to help out others like me.
I just bought all four monster ranchers and a PS2 to relive my childhood some. By far this game doesn’t lose anything even over a 20 year gap, I would highly recommend buying this if you’re able. The games ran between $20-40 on eBay and I was able to get the system and memory cards for $80. All in all it was a little under $200. My PS4 has been gathering dust while I’ve been binging on these classics. 😂
I'm following this guide right now. Just about to challenge S Class and I managed to beat King Ape as well. Thank you for posting this!
Mr1: good game.
Mr2: they perfect the first game.
Mr3: why the hell they took out most of the best features of mr2?
Mr4: it is good, but why didn't I get attached to my monster? Felt like raising a robot or golem.
Mr5: evo, Endless VOmit
My favorite game of all time... My grandmother bought me the first monster rancher when I was 13... Loved it... But, this... Monster Rancher 2 was the best of the series. Even now as an adult, I like to revisit this game. More than just nostalgia. Its awesome. I'm actually considering buying a PSOne with the little lcd screen just to have the authentic monster Rancher playing experience... CD swapping and all! Great video 👍
Forget Pokémon this game puts the entire Pokémon trilogy to shame plus it's even playable on emulator
How do you summon monsters in an emulator? Like the different ones
Coz you needed a cd in the Ps1
@@jeth2517 android ecosystem, or twister Linux, any Linux or android distribution system can run PS1, Dreamcast PS2, game cube, even windows, but androids portable...
Minimum specs 1ghz arm CPU's 4 cores,
1gig of system memory,
Mali 500+ GPU,
Android below 6.0 or above will retain 60fps
---- cost less than $30
To run PS2 or Wii u
Max specs: 2.96 GHz 8 core arm cpu over clocked,
6gig system ram,
Android 10+
-----cost $500
@@jeth2517On my phone, I tried with it other emulator games I downloaded and it worked. It does not work with songs , movies or pdf tho
@Timoty Garner
1. Yes, gold peach exists every year
2. Gold peach gives +50 weeks (2 years 2 weeks)
teawch thanks man :D
+Timoty Garner I believe the golden peach actually raises the lifespan by 1 year and 2 weeks, not 2 years and 2 weeks.
A year is 52 weeks. Also, what if your monster is a soft little punk? Do you praise it for a new tech?
I always do, just because I feel bad if I don't :p
A year on Earth is 52 weeks. A year in Monster Rancher 2 is 48 weeks (each month has exactly 4 weeks).
Always praise your monster when it gets a new tech because after training errantry, the monster will be stressed out if you don't. Being stressed out decreases the monster's lifespan.
It is OK to cry for this when remembering my childhood? XD
I just found your channel this week.
I already watch like 5 vids. You taught me tons. I am 33-4 , it been like 23 years when i first played this
Thank yyou , i learnt so much from your videos. This videos is 8 years old and still helping people and you let me connect with best memories of my childhood.
Internet is really cool, because of people like you. i am very very Thankful.
I've watched this entire guide TWICE, and I don't even have the game. 😂
just finished my playthrough. Soo good
This game is amazingly well built and balanced for a ps1 game. Very underestimated by everyone at the time. It was my first game ever back when I was 6year old. I still play it sometimes.
You can always download epsxe and the monster rancher 2 iso
(You need a decompressing software like winrar or winzip)
Bit torrent and ePSXe and bios #ProblemSolved
@@RSGAELIt is a shame that they ditched all the best things about this game on PS2 and went to pretty graphics route and killed it.
Also, the card game was pretty good except for the forced unwinnable tournaments.
I would love a new Monster Rancher that was mostly elements of MR 2 with QOL changes, this game ate so much of my time when I was young and it still sticks as one of the fondest gaming memories I had.
This game is my childhood, my and my friends would raise our monsters and freeze them in our memory cards and have a tournament, good old days
Damn. Could never get stats high enough before any of my monsters died, especially when they would fail training and errantries constantly. Guess those fatigue items are a bit more useful than I thought, but when you grow up on grindy RPGs you sort of forget about time.
One of the best ps1 game
I start to play this game again with epsxe because of this quarantine moment (hope everything gets better soon). And your videos are really helpful. My monster starts it’s retire stage only in 3,5 years. I think I should start to train new monster and use your guide in this video. Thank you so much ❤️❤️
@Timoty Garner
Combining items from expeditions are limited (not including disc chips), you can only get them once.
Combining items from Battles (such as Dragon Tusk and Double-edged) are unlimited.
By the way, Big Footprint doesn't give you a Jill when you it as a combining item. You need to get Big Boots by defeating Bighands in Torles Errantry and use that as a combining item.
Strong glue is not a combining item, you have to use it to make a Quack Doll in order to get a Ducken. Also, strong glue doesn't disappear once you make a Quack Doll.
Is it safe to sell my Dino Tail, God Slate and Tauros Horn? Im pretty much hurting in item space management.
+Alvin De Rama Yes, it's safe to sell them
@@alvinderama3196 The Dino Tail lowers stress by about a point, but only if your monster's stress is already maxed out. It's a waste of space. They don't even sell for a good price...
july 2019. i still play this game.
so much nostalgia. what really amazed me was that you had to take out the CD and put in another playstation CD to generate a random monster. haha. I remember I had some sort of chimpanzee as my monster.
I loved playing this game. I remember dreading when I send the monster to an errantry because sometimes they die when they return.
That was a big help for us the MR2 lovers....
One thing I did when my monster was old, I always freeze them. Revive them a week before the big-4 tournament and S-class tournament. Rest them then battle. Then check on the stat gains after battle. The stat gain after battle is like adult stage after every battle and it seems like the weak stats doesn't affect it. Like Ski for Golems. It will still gain over 10 for it's weak stat. I usually reset if the stat gain is not the weak stat. Rinse and repeat until there is an indicator that it is about to die.
The best monster I raised back in the day was Charles, the first Wracky. He lived about 11-12 years and could one-shot everything in the arena with his Head Spike move.
Woah ... What the hell they live that long??
I never tried wacky because little kid me hated that I can only get him after my favorite monster died.
@@ksx612 difficult, but with good training schedule, gold and silver peaches at the right times, yeah. Longevity makes sense since his training gets low numbers.
omg, i remember when i was so devastated when my first monster died :(((
I have watched this video so many times already way back this video is a year old and notw that MR is on steam, here I am again. 😂 These tips never fails especially when you're starting. Salute 🍻
well isnt so precise and easy as you show but it will really an almost perfect way to beat the game, thankyou so much!
I love the background music.
Love you for making this guide, the sweet nostalgia tho.
muitas saudades desse jogo foi minha infância
oh.my.god. I didn't even know they got bigger hahaha. this game is a lot more complex than I could ever have imagined. I knew the unlocking monsters and stuff was super weirdly specific, but I didn't realize how intricate the growth and training could be in such an old game. could've used this 20 years ago lol. I sat there with my mom's CD collection and tried to get everything I saw in the anime. sometimes I'd get mad and train the shit out of them without rest til they died. am I a psychopath?
Reminds me of Allan from the anime who was cruel to his worm and scolds his worm for not being strong enough to beat Genki's team. His worm dies and turns into a lost disk in the end of the episode
Thanks, this is gonna help me refine my speedrun strategy.
Thanks a lot! Today I completed the game in a run with Frog Hopper (Hopper/???). Completed without gold peach and succeeded to defeat the Poritoka.
+Ivan Danny You're welcome. I'm glad my guide was helpful. Congratulations on beating the game!
Amazing, I managed to one shot everything with Zuum's fireball.
Too bad it died right away after winning the final fight.
I don't think I would ever beat it if I were playing it "normally".
The game is amazing and great but they hide many contents , in a way that we have no way to research in game . I think I played for like 100 years when I was 10-12 years old and I don't know majority of the stuffs this channel taught me. Infact I never even got Jumper nor Worms.
It is one of the timeless game, and here I'm after 20+ years. 23:15 But they did bad jobs on lores side of the game and exploring the world side.
Guess, they cut tons of contents cuz game size in dics , CD.
can i ask a question? im newbies in monster rancher 2
my question is if i combine both monster both monster fresh from market. it have any effect in lifespan of monster?
No, combining does not have any affect on the lifespan of the monster no matter where you get the monster. The combined monster will always have the base lifespan of its breed
@@teawch thank you master
I remember playing the first monster rancher game....and it was great then monster rancher 2 came and it kept me occupied for longest time ever..I have fond memories....but honestly I think I played monster rancher 4 more
hello i know it's gonna be so late but may i ask is this raising method works to any monster? for now i have zuum and plan to raise it but i also plan to raise pixie or durahan soon will this method works for them too? thanks!
Yes, this method works for any monster
@@teawch my zuum mixed monster apparently doesn't like milk is there another substitute for it?
@@jwibao Fish. And if you have the money (like over 30,000), go for Tablet
@@teawch okay!! thank you
Saving this video just in case they decide to localize the up coming Switch port! This game was my entire childhood as a kid. I will never forget my Zuum/ArrowHead that was my first ever A rank monster, it felt like a huge accomplishment back then (mostly because I never learned to abuse mint leaf and nut oil)
ruclips.net/video/XTJpXxtHBI8/видео.html
What a fantastic guide, it worked I used a pixie with plant variation and beat all S ranks. The only thing I coulnd't do with that monster yet is find a golden peach as I have low POW and can't blow through obstacles
You can take a detour and avoid the obstacle to get the Gold Peach. Notice that at 22:20, there's a path to the right. If you take that path, you can avoid the obstacle
@@teawch Thank you I will try that
*U should've said that pixe, tiger and jell aren't in the market, that one downside I dislike, the low choices early game with no CDs, at least tiger should be there at winters*
Thanks for the feedback! You can easily get them at the Shrine though.
If you're on an emulator, you just have to download the files from here legendcup.com/make-a-monster-mr2.php
If you're on console, just burn the files to a CD
Why i still play this game?
im still in love with it.
I been playing this game off and on since I was a kid throughout the year and I never knew about tech chaining. I just assumed some techs were rarer to learn then others with errantry. I gotta say I still cant tell old age considering the stats only dropped 1 or 2 points.
some life stages coincide with a change in the monster's size. you need to know the values (1-5) for their statgains as well. Having a 5 makes it easy to tell because those stats will always be maximum gains.
my big brother used to play this game back then. bring so much memories
I got this game on a yard sale when i was 10, and it was the the best time of my life.
Does this timing still work on the recent re-release with the shorter lifespans on the US version to match the Japanese one?
This is the game that i love to play in ps1.....the unique things is to create monster by inserting a cd's
I'm still playing this game right now at an emulator.. Fave monster is the suezo class.. High int/power/skill.. Btw, im 28 y/o.. Lol. Still gives me nostalgic feels back when I first started playing this in my playstation 1 console..
Are you using epsxe? If you are, what settings are you using? I have epsxe and no matter what settings I set, I get a strange noise in the background and the in-game menus look a little off. I use to run it full settings to make it look better with no problems in the past. Now I can't seem to get it how I want it on my laptop.
I'm still using ePSXe with Pete's OpenGL2 Driver 2.9 as the Main Video Plugin
My video settings are:
---- Resolution & Colors ----
Window Mode Window size: 1200 x 900
Internal X resolution: 2: Very high
Internal Y resolution: 3: Ultra high
Stretching mode: 0: Stretch to full window size
Render mode: 2: Use framebuffer object
---- Textures ----
Texture filtering: 0: None Gfx card vram: 0 (Autodetect)
Hi-Res textures: 1: 2xSal
---- Frame rate ----
✓ Use FPS limit
FPS limit: 200 FPS
---- Compatibility ----
Off-Screen drawing: 1: Standard
Framebuffer effects: 3: Full
Framebuffer upload: 2: Full
---- Full screen filters ----
Flicker-fix border: 0 pixels
---- Misc ----
✓ MDEC filter
I remember my Zuum lived for just first 6 months then died just after losing a battle.
Since I don't really know to arrange schedule correctly, guess that counts as playing blind. While also being cheapskate.
So you warnings are really helpful.
Still playing this game. So good.
I play this for years with my friends and cousins, and none of us even knew it was possible for a monster to live past 4 years lol. We never train or send them to battle when they're tired
WOW didnt know this was possible... i used to stressed a lot with gold running out playing MR2 since MR1 gave you money from daily training. I have to resort to "monster abuse" in that i raise a monster with so-so stat but strong enough to sweep monster on D class, it would just do drill > battle > rinse and repeat until it dies THEN i can start raising another monster properly with all the items and whatnot. was lucky PETA didnt hound me back then xD
Obrigado amigo, recentemente voltei a jogar esse jogo no meu nintendo 3ds depois de longos 15 anos 😅 e teu vídeo me passou muita informação importante que eu não sabia na época em que jogava.
Great tutorial!!! Feel like playing this game again..
Still one of my favorite games. I had a hard time when I was 10 or 11 playing this game as most monsters would only get to rank B a few A and maybe 3 got to S. Playing it now it's the opposite. I so much want a new version of this game that runs very similarly but better graphics more randomized tournament loadouts and other things to do with the monsters.
During that 3 months skip just before the very first battle, did you drill purely on power or spare more time for skill?
And does losing due to time out instead of being KOed also inflict injury or count as forfeit?
I don't remember what I did during those 3 months. Maybe 1 Errantry and a mix of pier and skill drills.
Losing due to time out counts as losing, it doesn't inflict injury. Losing to KO also doesn't inflict injury as long as the overkill damage doesn't exceed the Lif of your monster
@@teawch do you always reset whenever you lost a battle?
Even if you still end up winning the tournament.
I lost in final match (no elimination) however I won in tie-breaker against the same monster who just beat me.
@@wedasantika6079 No, I don't reset if I lose a battle, but win the tournament
@@teawch all that matter is you win the tournament?
Just like Errantry as long as you get new skill
@@wedasantika6079 Yes, winning the tournament is all that matters
It took me soooooo many monsters, so many years irl, and so many soft resets before I cleared it for the first time with a Mew.
never beaten this game when I was a kid. my monster always die of old age before beating the rank S. I never thought it was like this to raise your monster properly.
You gotta raise your first monster cheap to pay for the second monsters training and make sure it's int type and freeze it once it can get golden peaches regularly. You should have over 50k by now and when you raise your third monster don't fight it or send it to expedition until it's stat gains start to drop from peak after the gold peach and or silver peach were used. You'll easily beat the game with that monster
Hi teawch! Does fatigue affect a monster's battle performance? Is there any difference between the performance of a monster who is well and that who is very well?
No, fatigue does not affect a monster's battle performance. However if you send a monster who is tired to battle, it might lose lifespan after battle if it gets too tired.
@@teawch Once again, thank you so much! 😊
surprised you can get a gold peach with only 450 int (!)I had a similar strat for 1st monster game clearing, but with the suezo instead.
Getting Gold Peach depends on luck. I got Gold Peach with 200 Int before (although it took forever to get an item because the monster kept picking routes without items)
where did you played this game? i mean what platform, the quality is so good.
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teawch how old is your oldest monster in this game, mine's 19 years old during ps1 days, without peach or anything that can make it live longer, just fed it Tablet and Star Fruit , haven't even used same steps like you do, basic/light training only and just rest it when monster is in "seems well" state, does subsequent errantry just to get the "difficult to get "skills" with the month after errantry used for rest until "very well" state for the next month
The monster I did it was a durahan/pixie
My oldest monster was a 9 year old Durahan. It might be because we're playing on different versions of the game though. There is no Star Fruit in my version of the game.
@@teawch I specifically mean Star Prune by that Star Fruit, can remember it earlier so I had to search it when you said there was no "star" fruit which is impossible
By the way I also remember feeding it with apple cake each time it does great, gets a tech, finishes a errantry, wins a tournament and after coming back from exploration
@@teawch Has anyone by far surpassed the "normal" 9 (what I commonly see in the internet) to 10 (my friends and playmates did it using peaches) years old lifespan like I did? Mine was such an anomaly they accused me using cheats, even while watching my progress the whole time without hiding anything, and I think there was no existing cheat like that as far as I know with the limited access of the internet via "dial up"
We were playing at a playstation gameplay rent shop
like an internet cafe.....without cafe, computer and internet, just a playstation and a tV for rent per hour usage
@@dantetugaoen5836 Sorry about my mistake on the "Star" fruit, funny how I didn't think of Star Prune when they both have the word "Star." To answer your question, Yes, there are people who have surpassed 10 year old lifespan using the Magic Banana method. Magic Bananas give +1 week lifespan when your monster loses 10 loyalty when fed. Anyways, thank you for sharing your method on raising your monster to 19 year old. Anything else you remember about that method? Have you been successful with other monsters besides Durahan/Pixie using this method?
So my training technique especially in adulthood is 3 hard trains and a rest with items being 1:None, 2:Nuts Oil, 3:Nuts Oil, and 4:Mint Leaf+Rest. I was interested in why when your monster seems to have no fatigue you give a Nuts Oil then initiate whatever activity, does the Nuts Oil retroactively lessen the fatigue of an activity if given on the same week or is that just to ensure they are absolutely at 0 fatigue before you start?
No, Nuts Oil doesn't reduce the fatigue given by the drill on the same week.
Fatigue and stress can be represented by numbers.
A week Hard drill gives 15 fatigue and 12 stress
A week of Light drill gives 10 fatigue and 5 stress
Nuts oil reduces fatigue by 28
Mint leaf reduces stress by 50%
So with my training method, in a month, the amount of fatigue can be calculated as follows:
1wk: Hard drill +15 fatigue
2wk: Light drill +10 fatigue (total 25 fatigue)
3wk: Nuts oil -28 fatigue (total 0 because fatigue cannot go below 0)
3wk: Hard drill +15 fatigue (total 15 fatigue)
4wk: Light drill +10 fatigue (total 25 fatigue)
1wk: Nuts oil -28 fatigue (total 0 fatigue)
The net fatigue of each month with my training method is 0, so I can keep training without rest.
Thanks, I was using rather outdated info from back when the number specifics were slightly more of a guess. Basically I would end up still stressing my monster out and couldn't quite figure out why. Makes sense now, there would be a slight stress surplus that pushes the life index past 70 the way I did it.
The method in this vid past the baby stage still makes your monster lose a week of lifespan every month if it isn't a HAD monster. Sadly the method gets you to exactly 70 in LI every third week iirc even if it likes/neutral to tablets. I crunched the numbers myself and I think my method for Non-HAD tablet neutral monsters is better and can save you alot of gold if it's tablet neutral or if it's hidden like is a tablet i.e. Nagas etc. Mine is HD/HD/LD/Rest items are any/ML/NO/ML. Feed tablets and no other. with my method you lose a week of HD but not lose an extra week for not being a HAD monster and you free up the 1st week for any item you want to give your monster, I personally give it Magicbananas to get back the 1 week of no training from the 4th week rest. Ifyour monster is only neutral to tablets you can feed it a mango ever other month to avoid stress build up. I've raised a naga/golem on a fresh file with my method and it reached monster stats, about 600 each at 6years old and it's still was in its prime at that age, I finished it with a little of freezing battle method with more or less 800 stat each, that's only a first monster with gold peach given at prime and silver given at elder for freezing battling method. I believe it lived for about 8 or so years with my method, that's including expedtions and a few errantry for some useful skills
BTW The magic bananas only became available at my shop when my monster was nearing the end of its prime before a gold peach, so imagine if you fed it bananas early on when you have some loyalty to spend... yes! more time to live!
Wimbly Donner I do seem to be losing about 12 weeks off of lifespan every year they are alive =/
teawch So I've been trying to figure out where my lost lifespan was going and it's not the no rest, item every week, and tablet method you show. I was searching online and I found out every time you send your monster to a battle it costs 3 weeks off their lifespan, and also there's a bug with Errantrys where the Life Index gets checked at the end of every week so on that 4th week after it subtracts weeks of your lifespan then next week at the start of the week it checks again so you get hit twice for the same week.
I usually send my monsters to lots of battles and that was where all the lifespan hits were coming from. Say you send your monster to 40 battles, that's 120 weeks (2½ Years!) off their lifespan. Errantrys subtract 5 weeks off of lifespan (-1 at 3rd week's end, -2 at 4th week's end, and -2 at the next week's start) so sending you monster on 5 Errantrys subtracts 6 months from their lifespan. This is where I was losing so much life from.
There is no flaw in your training regimen. Once I found out this new (to me) info I raised a Suezo from the market using your method constantly for 5½ years. It is currently 7½ years old and should live to be about 9. Suezo's have 450 weeks of lifespan and I gave both peaches, so 525 weeks. I have sent it on 4 Errantrys (-20 weeks) and battled it 12 times(-36 weeks). By only sending it to 1 Official D, 1 Official B, 1 Official S, 7 of the Big 4, the Legend Cup, and the Silver Peach tournament it has made over 100K gold and paid for the expensive raising style itself. After 5½ years of constantly training my Suezo with this style even if only 1 point of excess stress were building up per month I would have been at 60 excess points and Colt would have chewed me out. This never happened. Your method works for any monster as long as it doesn't Dislike Tablets.
Sir my question is this. For the first 6 months, how many times did you send your monster to Errantry? I've notice your monster have a lot of moves. Looking forward for your answer.
2 times, both times were when Errantry was on discount
Hi, sorry but I don't follow the adolescent stage guide. From feb 1001 it jumped from aug 1001 then in went back to march 1001 with the expedtion guide?
I was trying to show that there are 2 indicators of Adolescent stage:
1. Stat growth (seen on Feb 1001)
2. Size growth (seen on Aug 1001) with more stat growth
The stat growth comes first, followed by size growth a few months later. Some people will miss the first stat growth, but they won't miss the size growth
After that part, I moved on to a different topic: Battles (not expedition)
I actually did a battle in March, so I showed that
@@teawch oh okay! Thanks for this guide!
it's that same way when i want to grow up crab saurian?
Yes, same way for Crab Saurian
@@teawch thanks it's helpfull
My monsters always die. I didn't know how the heck to make them live longer. I also did not know how the game would end.
Man i love this game i would try and find any cd in the house i could so i can make new monster's
I have two copies of the original MR2 my friend was always trying to get from me. Now it's on the Switch so I bought it again.
Dude, the remastered version just come out! I think this video will get more views from newbie & veteran who play it on Nintendo Switch now.
man i love this game so much that i still play it these days
if only tecmo monster rancher team didn't ruin the online version
also my friend told me that you shouldn't do errantry on the first year
@teawch What are you using to run this, it looks so good!
ePSXe 1.9.0 on highest settings
my favorite monster was always the tyrant .. i cried like a baby when he dies.. tho i managed to beat all 4 major without a guide when i was a kid. i never knew that nuts oils and mint leaf are important item.
i played this game for a good 2 years, i remember having a 4 man ranked matched with my gangs and i win it with my phoenix lol.
i hate every monster fused with pixie because they look so horrible and pink..
I love this game!
Hey Teawch, are u excited with the release of MR1&MR2 worldwide on steam? I will have online features! Im happy dude
Yes, I'm super excited for it!
you should have showed us the Hall of fame =D
great video man
Yes, i agree. he should show us the hall of fame
Why no mention of the Legends cup where you fight Poritoka? THAT is beating the game!
I consider that postgame content. I wanted to leave that out so that people who follow this guide can still enjoy discovering new content after the credits roll. With a strong monster from this guide, you can definitely beat Poritoka
You're using emulator, right? Which emulator and what's your configuration?
Also, I get a crash right after an expedition. Do you have a similar problem?
I'm playing this on ePSXe emulator using Pete's OpenGL2 Driver 2.9 as my video plugin. Here are my settings:
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Resolution & Colors
Window mode: Window size: 1200 x 900
Internal X resolution: 2: Very high
Internal Y resolution: 3: Ultra high
Stretching mode: 0: Stretch to full window size
Render mode: 2: Use framebuffer object
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Textures
Texture filtering: 0: None Gfx card vram: 0 (Autodetect)
Hi-Res textures: 1: 2xSal
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Framerate
[Selected] Use FPS limit [Selected] Auto-detect FPS
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Compatibility
Off Screen drawing: 1: Standard
Framebuffer effects: 3: Full
Framebuffer upload: 2: Full
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Full screen filters
[Selected] Screen filtering Flicker-fix border: 0 pixels
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Misc
[Selected] MDEC filter
The game crashes right after expedition with these settings. What I do is right before completing the expedition, Save State (press F1). Then quit the game (Esc) and close the program. Relaunch ePSXe and change the video settings: Internal X resolution and Internal Y resolution to Low. Launch the game and Load State (press F3). Then complete the expedition.
Wow! I didn't expect such a well written reply. Thank you so much! By the way, In my case I finally got the expeditions to work...sort of. Torles and Kawrea are mostly okay. Parepare is a bit dodgy. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't.
I looked around and someone suggested to tick the checkbox for *special game fixes* under Misc.
next to special game fixes is a box with "..." click that, a window opens.
On that window, I enable the *0x1000 Odd/even bit hack* and click OK.
So far expeditions has been working for me without having to lower the resolution. Anyway, thank you so much for your wonderful response.
You're welcome!
Also, thanks for your info on the Odd/even bit hack, I'll try it sometime.
My game is so slow I cant play it. I dont know if the ISO so broken or my config setting is bad. I had all on high.
On the Video Config screen, try using the "Fast" Default settings and see if that helps (Default settings is located on the bottom left hand corner of the Video Config screen).
You actually need a decent computer to run everything on high.
Just raised a Purple Jell (Jell/Naga) from a disc and first monster of the save. Nice raising method, very good explanation. Just one thing wasn't very clear for me is the Jungle Expedition opens ONLY if you went to the Volcano Expedition. And you, actually, needs to go 2 times to catch a Golden Peach and the Old Sheath (Item to unlock Durahan wich is on the building behind the pumpkin next to the Ivory Tower).
Due to money problems in the beggining and didn't want to waste de adult phase, just had 2 techs, but it was fair enough to easily win the Major 4.
Proof: imgur.com/a/qAqxJ
I'm glad my guide was useful for you.Sorry that I wasn't clear on the part about how the Parepare expedition unlocks only after the first Kawrea Expedition, you are right about that, this comment will surely be useful for future viewers.
Allow me to correct one thing, it is possible to get Old Sheath and multiple Golden Peaches in a single expedition, it only depends on your luck (Old Sheath can be obtained only once in the entire game though).
Thanks for the reply :)
It's was strange. I was in the Ivory Tower and grabbed all the items and the Gold Peach was not there! After the first expedition, I always find a Gold Peach in the Ivory Tower.
One more question, do you know how works the Elder Cup? Do you need the old aged monster in the beggining of the month or just in the right week?
You need a monster that is 6 mo 3 wk old on 2wk June (you need it right on that week)
Thanks for the quick reply again. :)
My monster got the retirement warning and I am worried with this. I'm trying to save every week I can now to get and feed my next monster with the Silver Peach and the Gold Peach.
One more time, thanks for the clear explanation and guide, nice video. :)
am i the only one who after winning and my monster starts walking, I pause the game before it took a picture and the pause menu will be included in the picture 😂😂😂😂
You're probably the only one. I didn't even know you can do that!
more question please:
are secret item combining is limited??
can we get secret item combining like joker mask, bigfoot print, strong glue, fire feather every adventure time?
sir if u still here, what emulator did you use? and the configuration sir? thanks
Try psxfin or epsxe
@@valiannaufal8041 thanks, i already try psfin but can't get the same result like this vid.
@@cecilsrighthand4240 what it said?some psxfin has prob with bios. Maybe u need re-download the bios. Or i can just e-mail you if u want my psxfin already with the config
How did the CD monster harvesting thing even work? Some meta-data scraping?
When I played this I was a small child, my monsters never live longer than 3 years. Undine was my best monster.
Nice one, some valuable info. Were you on a PS or Emulator? Cos it looks really good quality!
I'm glad my video was helpful. I was using ePSXe emulator on high settings.
Isnt wrong take a monster that early to an errantry? I mean, this can bring his lifespam more than if it was older, doesnt it?
I feel like Errantries reduces the same amount from the monster's lifespan regardless of what stage in life the monster is in. I would rather take away the monster's life early on than when it's older because it would be better to take away the monster's life when it has low stat gains (when it is young) than the time it has high stat gains (when it is older)
Is this monster rancher 2 dx ? Because the graphics are good?
This is Monster Rancher 2 (PS1). It was run on ePSXe 2.0.5 with highest graphics settings
What do you do about nature cause certain monsters can learn new moves due to nature
You ignore moves that have nature requirements if your goal is to beat the game. The most important thing is raising your monster's stats
@@teawch oh....makes sense
Does this guide works with other monsters? can you explain , which monster is good to beat the game and suitable with the guide that you show? Thankyou in advance
This guide works for all monsters, although some monsters might be harder to raise than others. Here are some of the easier ones to raise: Zuum, Pixie, Tiger, Arrowhead, Hare
For Adolescent stage, what type of training for hard drill and soft drill? Only Shoot and Pull? and for Errantry for do when promotion available?
Light drills: Domino, Shoot, Study, Dodge, Run, Endure (1:50)
Hard drills: Pull, Leap, Meditate, Swim (1:54)
You can use any combination of Light drills and Hard drills.
Ex. Pull and shoot, Meditate and Dodge, Swim and Run, etc.
For Errantry, yes, do them only when a promotion is available, and don't do too many (stop after 4-5 Errantries) because doing too many will decrease your monster's lifespan by too much.
One more question i don't understand. For Errantry and Expedition item,
As for Errantry you mention Mint Leaf + rest , then Nut Oils after. You stated that only go to Errantry on the first week, if i rest then it will go to the 2nd week. Same goes for expedition. Can explain how the process? Thankyou
Training will give your monster Fatigue and Stress. Once Fatigue and Stress reaches a certain point, it will start to decrease the lifespan of your monster, and more lifespan will be reduced the more it passes that certain point. If your interested in the detailed calculations, you can take a look at the guide in the link under the video, look for "Lifespan Index" (in section A7 of the guide).
Errantry will give your monster a lot of Fatigue and Stress and will decrease the lifespan of your monster (same thing for Expedition). To make sure your monster has 0 Fatigue and Stress before going to Errantry, you should give your monster Mint Leaf and let it rest before going. By going to Errantry on the 1st week, you can feed it Tablets after Errantry to decrease Stress accumulated from Errantry, which will lessen the lifespan reduction caused by Errantry. If you go on the 2nd week, you won't be able to feed it with Tablets (since it can only be given on the 1st week of the month).
I read there is an iso download i can get and run with the psx emulator.. I'm unable to find it, anybody know where one is at?
Teawch I am impressed with your videos. Besides are you still active on Monster Rancher?
Hi, I'm glad you like my videos. I'm no longer active on Monster Rancher 2. I still come back and play once in a while though.
Hi teawch! I'm currently raising a Mocchini (Mocchi/???) I want to get Petal Storm and my monster is already Bad-natured, but the errantry guy has always said my monster can't get it (and his nature never got Worse). I'm wondering if Mocchini can't get Petal Storm? Is it the case?
Also, according to this guide (gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/197977-monster-rancher-2/faqs/76372/tech-chains), Mocchi needs to get Petal Storm before it can get Petal Vortex. I'm doubtful... Maybe only inherently Good-natured Mocchis can get Petal Vortex, while only inherently Bad-natured ones can get Petal Storm?
I've never raised Mocchini to have Bad nature before, so I can't confirm if its nature can become Worst or not.
However, to get Petal Storm, you will need a Mocchi with Worst nature.
Petal Swirl --> Petal Storm --> Petal Vortex tech chain is the hardest tech chain in the game from my experience because you have to raise your monster from Worst nature to Good/Best nature and use a special tech that costs 40 guts for 50 times
@@teawch So the tech chain is correct? Wow... So it seems my Mocchi can't get Petal Vortex either 😭😭😭
Yeah, I have fed my Mocchini on Sweet Jelly probably around 1 year in total and still his Nature is not Worst... 😬😬😬
@@teawch I kind thought that it's possible to get Petal Vortex straight from Petal Swirl because of this article:
www.tapatalk.com/groups/monsterrancher4520/mocchi-faq-t2298.html
And, the post of this trainer's Dracco Mocchi suggests that their Mocchi acquired Petal Vortex without acquiring Petal Storm beforehand:
www.tapatalk.com/groups/monsterrancher4520/rate-my-mocchi-t1269.html
Yes, my Mocchi managed to get Petal Vortex! 😊
@@klinsmanhinjaya It turns out I was wrong! Mocchis don't need to use Petal Storm 50 times to learn Petal Vortex (Petal Swirl x50 is the only requirement)
Also, Mocchini (Mocchi/???) can learn Petal Storm. It just needs to be as bad as it can be, since it can't have Worst nature. The method I used was having 1 Heel Badge in inventory and feeding Mocchini Sweet Jelly every week. My Mocchini learned Petal Swirl x50 and Mocchi Ray. I checked with Errow every week if my Mocchi could learn something from Kawrea Errantry until he didn't say it was difficult to learn and was able to learn Petal Storm.
Im using this for suezo since I prefer it over zuum. Is this okay to use on him or only zuum?
Yes, it's okay to use this method for any monster
Got suezo at 700ish speed 600ish skill and 900+ int without the peaches. Managed to beat the game thanks. Gonna try to shrine now.(Kinda hard to shrine since I'm playing on mobile and its quite a hustle to DL ISOs.)
You're welcome, and congratulations on beating the game!