Dear everyone,

I remain with a question that I cannot really find an answer to.
I finally have my lab at level 5, ranking up my monsters to lvl 5. This means i get my uncommons, commons and rares to lvl 5.
Now i would like to know if it had any valur to keep these monsters now, as in, can I extract them (or sell them) to get more space on my islands, is isnt that recommendable?
greetings, VanX nl

@vanx-nl that depends a lot on the lvl you're currently in the game . . . For example, if you're a low-mid lvl player having the UC and R helps you to breed Epics, some of them needed to breed the breedable Legendaries. C monsters most players sell them but for those who like an all C wars, they keep them. For a mid-high lvl player, UC became kind of useless since wars with this rarity disappeared, so they're mostly for collection, as for R monsters, there are some worth keeping and ranking such as Nereida, Nanukk and Mudflow in case that rarity is required for any wars. Some players also keep different ones for breeding specific Epics to get either one of the elemental cells

Let's say you have all epics needed for breeding L's. At this point, the only downside to getting rid of all other epics, rares, and UC's is losing out on completing the books. But if they've hit R5, then the books are satisfied and I see no reason to keep them.

Wars: I have not seen a war ask for rares in a very long time. Epics and commons, yes. So keep a few of those best for that.

I wish there was a list that showed which monsters are not in any books so I could start clearing out a few to make room...

This is my list of monsters that are not in a PERMANENT library book.

UNCOMMON
BLOOMSKIPS
DOLPHCHAMP
GIGRAM
FIREKONG
JONSKEER
METANEPHROPS
OBSIDIA
OMETHYST
SEALION
SHELUKE

RARE
BONTICORE
BUMBLESNOUT
CRUSHMORE
DAN FELINO
THUNDERON
SLUDGER
RUDICIUS
RHODENT
MUDFLOW
MOLEM

EPIC
ARNU
BEETRAT
CHOCOBUNNY
CHORDIM
DONATURTLE
ELER SPORLING
ERPHAM
GOLD RA
GOLDCORE
GRIDIRON
KIMMEL'S GIFT
MASTER FONG
PANDAFEST
PANDALF
PANDAVAL
PANDAEXPLORER
RABIDEX
RHYNEX
ROCK DRUID
ALL THE SOCCER ONES
SAMBACADABRA
SKIPPLES
TERRACRANK
WOLFKAMI

@biscuit Actually once you’ve ranked up those UCs and Rares to lev 5, they can be extracted. You will still get credit for them in future books because they still show lev 5 in your Monstergram. This gives you cells to share and plenty to craft if you ever needed it for breeding. Right eally clears up a lot of space and makes room for more Legs.

@biscuit
Great list. Thank you.

To add: Of that list of monsters you can do away with, a few are needed for breeding Ls:
Chordim
Erpham
Gold Ra
Goldcore
Gridiron
Pandalf
Rabidex
Rhynex
Skipples
Terracrank

Furthermore, of the listed breeding monsters here, a few of them can be done away with if you have the joker to replace them:
Gold Ra(replaced with Galante)
Goldcore(replaced with Galante)
Rabidex(replaced with Galante Jr)
Ryhnex(replaced with Violet)

I've been trying to rank them to 5 and then sell many off. I've kept some favorites in each for now, along with several that my team favors for epic breeding during races.

@monsterbath this is only during breedy days this is not standard

@marianne-van-es
When you say "this", are you referring to the use of the jokers? I always thought they always worked. Ouch.

@monsterbath said in What to do with rank 5 monsters:

@marianne-van-es
When you say "this", are you referring to the use of the jokers? I always thought they always worked. Ouch.

Yes . . . Jokers do increase percentage for a successful breeding during just the Breedy Days event, out of that, they're just another option for breeding events if you don't have either one of the 2 monsters required for it

Shouldn't really have to get rid of them. They have taken time and effort to get them there. Give us more space that doesn't cost gems.

@monsterbath I got you fam: https://monsterlegends.fandom.com/wiki/Category:No_Book

@vanx-nl I am in the process of ranking many uncommons. Once that is done, I extract them to make room for more legendary habitats. I have I think 174 slots in the vault, 90 habitats, not all of which are legendary. I did not start out extracting. A few of them I just sold, especially my rares, which I had tons of R5 rares. Now I wish I had not, because, I would have easily crafted and ranked them at least a little if in the future they give us unlimited space. Don't hold your breath on that though.