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You can collect Medals on Moshi Monsters by completing various tasks in and around Monstro City. They’re designed to encourage new players to go out and explore the many different features of Moshi Monsters. If you’ve played the game for a while getting most of these medals should be pretty obvious.

To see the medals you’ve collected so far, just click on the My Medals button on the left hand side of your room screen.

You’ll need to be a member to get some Medals (which require you to be a Super-Moshi for instance, but we’ll explain which ones below:

Awesome Adopter Medal

The easiest medal to get! In fact, you’ve got this one already! You get this one for just signing up for Moshi Monsters and adopting a monster!

Omnom Nom Medal

To get this medal, all you need to do is feed your monster some food. This is something that you’ll have to do regularly to keep your monster happy and healthy. You won’t be able to level-up unless it is so you might as well get used to doing this!

First you’ll need to go an buy some food. Just click on the map and find Main Street. You’ll arrive conveniently positioned just outside of the Gross-ery Store. This is where you buy your food from. Click on the store to go in!

Once inside you’ll be presented with a whole array of different foods. The random selection changes every 15 minutes. Keep a look out for Mice Krispies – they’re our favourite just because of their health and happiness restoring ability at a reasonable price.

Click on the item(s) you want to buy, then the “Buy It” button. once you’ve done your shopping, click on the Home button on the left hand side of the screen to go back to your house.

Once home, open your chest (the button on the right) and drag the freshly purchased food onto your monster. They’ll chomp away on it and you should see your Health and/or Happiness increase.

Another medal easily obtained!

DIY Designer Medal

Again, this one is easy and designed to help those new to the game get used to the various features. You’ll need to pop along to a shop to buy some stuff as all you need to do to get this medal is put an item in your room.

If you’re not a member then you can buy stuff at the following places:

• Yukea on Main Street
• Bizarre Bazaar on Main Street
• DIY shop on Sludge Street

Once you’ve purchased something, return to you home (you can do this by simply clicking on the little house icon at the top right hand part of the page (next to you login info).

Once you’re at home, open your chest and you should see the item(s) you’ve purchased. Use the mouse to dray these out of your chest and drop them into your room! Simple!

Out’n‘About Medal

All you need to do is use the map to visit a street!

If you’ve just popped out to get some food or something for you room then you’ll already have this Medal. All you need to do is click on the Map (on the right hand side of your screen) and click on a street to visit it!

Nifty Thrifty Medal

Again, if you’ve bought an item for your room then you’ll already have this medal too. All you need to do is go to a shop and buy something.

Besties Medal

You get this medal by having a BFF (Best Friend Forever) in your friends tree.

Click on your tree to get the list of your friends up. Hover your mouse over the name of the friend that you want to make a BFF and click on the yellow star that appears. Be careful, it’s right next to the delete button!

By making someone a BFF in your friends tree you can keep up do date with what they’re doing using the “BFF News” tab just about the play area. Click on this tab and you’ll get a drop down list of the things your BFFs have been doing. (If you’re not a member you can only have 3 Best Friends on your tree.)

Gotcha! Medal

TO get his medal you need to catch a moshling in your garden.

You do this by planing seeds in different combinations.

The easiest moshlings to catch are the common moshling that just need the right plants and aren’t fussed about the colours such as Chop Chop who just required 3 Dragon Fruit.

You’ll need to buy the seeds at the seeds cart. You’ll also see a code for Stanley when you visit the cart (2x Love berries and 1x Dragon Fruit)

To find out more about collecting moshlings and the different plant/combinations you’ll need to grow, take a look at our moshling collectors guide.

Braniac Medal

Doing the Daily Challenge at the Puzzle Palace is an important part of playing Moshi Monsters. It’s the best/quickest way to gain additional levels (so you can buy more interesting items and get level trophies!) and earn some rox too.

TO get this medal you have to Score 10 points in the Daily Challenge Quiz. This might sound daunting to start with, but once you get used to the type of questions it’s not too bad and once you’ve done the quiz a few times you’ll see some of the same questions coming up again and again.

Disco Fever Medal

(Members Only)

You’ll have to be a member to get this medal as you’ll need to visit the Underground Disco.

You’ll find the entrances to the Underground Disco in various places across Monstro City – Just look out for flashing colours!

You can find entrances to the Underground Disco here:

• Sludge Street – The Little outside-toilet, looks like a little wooden hut bouncing up and down.
• Main Street – Scroll to the right, just pass the cross roads and you’ll see what looks like a flashing tree-stump with music coming out of it.
• Ooh-La-Lane – just down the road to the Observatory is a slightly ajar manhole cover, again it’s flashing with music coming out of it!
• The Port – scroll to the very ring hand side (past the purple octopus) and you’ll see a flashing cave with music coming out of it!

Once you’re in the Disco it’s time to dance along to a tune!

Use the cursor keys in time with the markers as they slide towards you. The more in-time you are, the more points you’ll score.

Getting this medal is simple, just make it though a song, getting the next one isn’t so easy…

Disco Don Medal

(Members Only)

This Medal requires you to get a perfect score in the Underground Disco.

OK, this one is a little more difficult, as you’ll know if you’ve already visited the disco, Simon Growl can be a little stingy when giving out the points! You’ll need to put some practice in to get this one!

My advice here is to pick the “Easy” level song that you find the easiest and just keep practising. The more familiar you are with the song the easier it’ll get. It took me quite a while though!

I found the easiest song was Taylor Miffed – Bred to Toast, but you might find one of the others works for you.

Colorized! Medal

(Members Only)

Did you know you can change the colour of your Moshi Monster (Well, if you’re a member you can!)

To get this medal you’ll need to give your monster a makeover and visit the Port and go to the Colourama (it’s just to the right of the little bridge with a multi-coloured sign. You can’t miss it!)

You can come up with lots of interesting colour combinations using the paint pots and the brightness slider, but hey, why not get noticed!

It’ll cost you 100 Rox to paint your monster.

House Styler Medal

(Members Only)

Buy a house style on Ooh-Laa-Lane. Unfortunately only Moshi Members can buy new rooms or new styles for their house.

You can choose from the following styles:

• Moshi Style – 400 rox
• Tree House – 1400 rox
• Skyscraper – 1000 rox
• Princess Castle – 1600 rox
• Cake House – 2000 rox
• Mountain House – 1700 rox
• Haunted House – 1100 rox

You can always chose the original Moshi Style in the future, although that’ll cost your 400 rox.

Mike Shake Medal

We get asked “how do you get the medal for milk shake” surprisingly often. It’s not all that hard, you just need to track down some friendly cows!

First of all, use the map to go to Sludge Street. Now we need to find some cows. Scroll to the left, past Horrods and the Marketplace and you should see a farm with two blue cows minding their own business eating grass.

Now for the repetitive bit! In order to get the Milk Shake Medal, you need to click on the cows a whopping 50 times!

Click on the cow to make it go moo. You can’t click too quickly or your click won’t count. You have to wait for the cow to stop moving and the star to appear under your mouse pointer again.

The most effective technique for getting through your 50 clicks quickly is to alternate between cows. First one, then the other. You can click on one while the other is still mooing!

With so much mooing going on, you’re likely to get comments from anyone else in the house!

Money Bags Medal

All you need to do here is save 1000 rox. This isn’t too hard to do, in fact if you go to our secret codes page you’ll find lots of codes for Rox (more than the 1000 you need to get this medal!)

Rolling in Rox Medal

Now this one is a little harder. You’ve got to be fairly disciplined and resist the urge to spend your hard earned Roxs. AS mentioned above you can use our secret codes for rox and our guide to getting Rox to try and get rox as quickly as possible.

While this medal can be earned by anyone, it’s easier for Moshi Members as they have a higher daily Rox allowance and can use the trees at the Port and The Super-Moshi missions to get more Rox.

Moshling Hero Medal

(Members Only)

You’ll get this medal the first time you complete a Super-Moshi mission. Of course, you need to be a member to become a Super Moshi.

At the end of each Super Moshi Mission you get to rescue a Moshling that has played a noticeable part in the Mission. You can keep them and add them to your zoo!

You may find our Super Moshi Mission walk-throughs useful.

Boat Bounty Medal

(Members Only)

In order to get this Medal, you need to purchase an item from Captain Buck’s boat but you need to be a member in order to visit the port.

If you go to the port, and scroll all the way to the left you should see a wooden jetty. At the end of this Jetty you’ll find one of two things – either Captain Buck’s boat, or more likely a seagull sitting on a “Back Soon” sign.

There’s nothing you can do except wait and keep checking the port once a week (you do remember to get your Rox from the trees don’t you?).

Captain Buck’s return is usually announced in the Daily Growl [LINK] so keep an eye on that too.

If Captain Buck’s boat is there, just click on it and purchase any item just as you would in any other shop.

SuperMon Medal

To get this medal you have to get 999 in both Health and Happiness. The normal way people go about his is to buy lots of food and feed your monster. (Have I mentioned how much we like Mice Krispies?)

Struggling to keep your monster happy? We’ve got a guide to keeping your monster happy that you might find useful when you’re trying to get this medal.

Helping Hand Medal

Now this, and the next couple of Medals are a bit of a mystery at the moment and have appeared only recently. The instructions to “Complete a Quest” aren’t very revealing.

What we do know is that these quests aren’t related to the Super Moshi missions, and seem to be about helping people.

Friend in Need Medal

Complete 10 quests. How you do that is currently unknown.

Monstro Hero Medal

Complete 30 quests. Quests seem to be an as yet unreleased feature.

Glump Thumper Medal

This medal is awarded for completing the game Thump-A-Glump.

Thump-A-Glump can be found by going to Sludge Street strolling all the way to the right-hand side and clicking on Dr Strangeglove who is really a stack of Glumps in disguise! (You’ll get a game controller icon when you hover over it to show that it’s a game!)

In Thump-A-Glump you have to squash clumps with a hammer as they appear out of holes in the ground while avoiding the occasional Moshling. Each level gets harder with more holes to keep your eyes on.

It’s a secret…

These are just place holders in your Moshi Medals book. They’re not real medals that you can get. They just represent blank slots. When Moshi Monsters release new medals they’ll appear here.

So what do you think of the Medals?

Comments

Moshi Monsters was a British website aimed at children aged 6–12,^[1] with over 80 million registered users in 150 territories worldwide.^[2] Users could choose from one of six virtual pet monsters (Diavlo, Luvli, Katsuma, Poppet, Furi and Zommer) they could create, name and nurture. Once their pet had been customized, players could navigate their way around Monstro City, take daily puzzle challenges to earn 'Rox' (a virtual currency), play games, personalize their room and communicate with other users in a safe environment, although this has been disputed.^[3] Moshi Monsters officially closed on 13 December 2019.

History[edit]

The game was created in late 2007 by Michael Acton Smith, and developed in 2008 by entertainment company Mind Candy and officially launched in April 2008.^[4] As of December 2009, there were at least 10 million players registered.^[5] In March 2010, Mind Candy announced that there were 15 million users and by September 2010, that number had surpassed 25 million.^[6] In June 2011, it was announced that there were 50 million users.^[7] On 13 December 2019, Moshi Monsters shut down permanently.

Gameplay[edit]

Monsters[edit]

The monsters are the characters that the user plays as. They are given a name by the user when they register at the website. There are six types of monsters. Poppet, Katsuma, Furi, Diavlo, Luvli, and Zommer.

Moshlings[edit]

The monsters (in-game pets) keep their own pets, called 'Moshlings'. They come in a variety of themed sets, including Arties, Beasties, Kitties, and Spookies. Those who aren't paying members can keep two 'Moshlings' in their room whilst paying members can keep up to six and visit other pets in the zoo.

Other[edit]

Merchandise[edit]

Since its digital popularity, Moshi Monsters has grown commercially to include physical products, including games, the Moshi Monsters Magazine (number one selling children's magazine in the UK in 2011),^[8] a best-selling DS video game,^[9] a number 4 music album, books, membership cards, bath soap, chocolate calendars, trading cards, figures of many Moshlings, mobile games, and a Moshi Monsters feature film. Eight Moshi Monster toys were included in McDonald's Happy Meals in the United States and Canada in December 2013.^[10]

DS game[edit]

In 2011 Mind Candy released a Moshi Monsters based Nintendo DS game. the game is themed around moshlings and collecting and caring for them.

Mobile games[edit]

In July 2013, Mind Candy released Moshi Monsters Village on Google Play,^[11] a 3D city-builder published by GREE and developed by Tag Games. After GREE UK shut down,^[12] Mind Candy decided to take over the game as publisher, leaving the development to Tag Games. The game was relaunched on Apple devices on 18 December 2013 immediately ahead of the release of the movie.

In December 2013, Mind Candy published the companion app Talking Poppet, also developed by Tag Games.

In February 2014, Moshi Karts was released on iOS by Mind Candy.

In June 2014, Moshling Rescue a 'match three' game based on the Moshling characters was released on iOS and Android.

In early 2015 Mind Candy released an app called World of Warriors which was shut down in October 2018.

In November 2016, they released the Moshi MonstersEgg Hunt app, alongside a companion storybook of the same name.

Music[edit]

In March 2012, Mind Candy confirmed a major partnership deal with Sony Music.^[13] The deal followed the recent launch of Mind Candy's own music label, Moshi Monsters Music. The deal will see Sony Music handle the distribution aspects of Moshi Monsters' music releases, starting with the debut album Moshi Monsters, Music Rox!Jason Perry, formerly with the UK rock band A and head of Moshi Music, is driving the new album. The Moshi Monsters series features music from Sonic Boom, Beatie Wolfe, The Blackout, Portia Conn, and songs such as 'Moptop Tweenybop' and 'Merry Twistmas'. Two albums are available on iTunes and Google Play, as well as on disc. One album contains the songs from Moshi Monsters: The Movie, and another album has some of Moshi Monster's first songs. Not all songs are available to buy on various platforms.

Movie[edit]

In 2013, Mind Candy announced a Moshi Monsters film. In September 2013, Issue 34 of the Moshi Monsters Magazine included a Moshi Music DVD with a short trailer. On 10 October 2013 a short preview of the trailer was broadcast on ITV Daybreak. Later that day, the trailer was released on MSN. The film was released on 20 December 2013 in the UK and 20 February 2014 in Australia. The DVD and Blu-ray were released on 14 April 2014 in the UK and 3 April 2014 in Australia.^[14]

Lady Goo Goo injunction[edit]

In October 2011, Ate My Heart Inc, representing the musician Lady Gaga, were granted an interim injunction by the High Court of Justice of England and Wales to stop Mind Candy, parent company of Moshi Monsters, from releasing music on iTunes by a Moshi Monster character known as Lady Goo Goo. The songs intended for release included the parody 'Peppy-razzi', similar to the Lady Gaga hit 'Paparazzi'.^[15] Justice Vos of the High Court ruled that Lady Goo Goo could appear in the Moshi Monsters game, but that Mind Candy could not release, promote, advertise, sell, distribute, or otherwise make available 'any musical work or video that purports to be performed by a character by the name of Lady Goo Goo, or that otherwise uses the name Lady Goo Goo or any variant thereon'.^[16] Lady Goo Goo was later replaced with a new Moshling named Baby Rox, who is not a parody of any particular celebrity.

Decline in popularity and relaunch[edit]

The creator of Moshi Monsters, Mind Candy, suffered a loss of £2.2m in 2013 due to a drop in sales from Moshi Monsters. The company's financial reports have shown that the profit declined by 34.8% from £46.9 million in 2012 to £30.6 million in 2013.

In 2015, Mind Candy revealed that they were preparing to relaunch Moshi Monsters for a younger audience of four- to seven-year-olds, initially as animation with apps and toys to follow. However, no changes have been made to the Moshi Monsters site since then, apart from the removal of the forums section.

Since 2015, the decline of Moshi Monsters and the site's creator Mind Candy has continued. The peak of Moshi Monsters' popularity was in 2012 at £46.9m, and it has continued to decline. In 2018, total revenues were £5.2m, compared with £13.2m in 2014.^[17]

The Moshi Monsters website was shut down on 13 December 2019.^[18]

Criticism[edit]

In 2015, both Bin Weevils and Moshi Monsters were told to change the wording of their in-app advertisements by the Advertising Standards Authority, who said that the adverts and phrases such as 'The Super Moshis need YOU' pressured users to buy certain items inside the game. Mind Candy said that it took its responsibilities 'very seriously with regards to how we communicate with all of our fans, especially children.' It went on to say that Mind Candy had 'been working with the ASA (Advertising Standards Authority) to ensure that we adhere to best practice and have made changes to the Moshi Monsters game accordingly. We will continue to work with the ASA in any way possible.'^[19]

References[edit]

1. ^Mike Butcher (2 May 2013). 'As Moshi Monsters hits 5 years, can it pull off three new games?'. TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014. Moshi Monsters started out as an online world of adoptable pet monsters for boys and girls aged 6-12 back in 2008.
2. ^Moshi Monsters founder: 'I was Mr Stress, now I'm Mr Calm'Archived 3 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine, Business Insider
3. ^'Moshi Monsters - Welcome to Moshi Monsters, Parents!'. www.moshimonsters.com. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
4. ^Online World Atlas: Moshi Monsters – Pt. 1, Overview', Worlds in Motion. Retrieved 23 October 2010. Archived 7 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^(4 December 2009). 'Millions and millions of big monstersArchived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine', The Independent. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
6. ^Yiannopoulos, Milo (8 September 2010). 'Moshi Monsters is leading the way on child safetyArchived 2017-11-14 at the Wayback Machine', The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
7. ^Barnett, Emma (7 June 2011). 'Moshi Monsters hits 50 million membersArchived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine', The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
8. ^ABC Figures Reveal Moshi Monsters Magazine is the Best Selling Children's Magazine in the UKArchived 28 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Bloomberg
9. ^Moshi Monsters video game breaks chart recordArchived 4 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine, ToyNews
10. ^'Moshi Monsters gets QSR promo at McDonald's'. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
11. ^'Moshi Monsters Village - Apps on Google Play'. play.google.com. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
12. ^Ingrid Lunden (8 July 2013) https://techcrunch.com/2013/07/08/japans-gaming-giant-gree-retrenches-in-europe-shuts-down-uk-office-to-focus-on-development-in-the-u-s-for-western-market/Archived 9 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine
13. ^'Sony Music partners with Moshi Monsters - News - Music Week'. www.musicweek.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
14. ^'Moshi Monsters (2013)'. Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2018 – via www.imdb.com.
15. ^Neither Mind Candy nor the Goo Goo Dolls can lay claim to being the first to whose given name has been appended the epithet 'Goo Goo'. For that honor one might turn at the very least to Lt. Gen. Leslie Richard ('Dick' or 'Goo Goo') Groves, Jr., a World War II-era US Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw not only the construction of the Pentagon for the US Department of Defense but also the Manhattan Project that created the atomic bombs that won World War II for the Allies and literally saved the world from autocracy. Chances are, too, there were other 'goo goos' in the US Army before Groves.
16. ^Sweney, Mark (13 October 2011). 'Lady Goo Goo injunction'. TheGuardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 September 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
17. ^'MIND CANDY LIMITED - Filing history (free information from Companies House)'. beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
18. ^''Moshi Monsters' is shutting down because it runs on Flash'. engadget.com. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
19. ^Rawlinson, Kevin (26 August 2015). 'Ad watchdog rebukes Moshi Monsters'. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.