Riff

Riff
Element(s)
Egg(s)
Statistics
Island(s)	Air, Gold, Tribal, Composer
Available at Level 7
4 Beds Required
3 x 3 Size Required
Breeding Combinations
+ Cybop and Maw + Quibble and Drumpler + Pango and Fwog Higher rate of success: + Scups and Mammott + T-Rox and Tweedle + Congle and Noggin + Pompom and Toe Jammer
Breeding/Incubation Time
Default:	24 hours
Enhanced:	18 hours
Skin Boost:	21 hours,  36 minutes
Enhanced and Boosted:	15 hours,  36 minutes
Likes
Buying Price
150
Selling Price
220,000
Placement XP
110,000
Variants
Rare	Rare Riff

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Riffs are masterful musicians. Very little is known about these complex Monsters, but they do have some distinct and unusual habits. For example, Riffs use their flexible toes to select random objects from the ground which they inspect, then eat.

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Description

Riff is a large orange monster with a maroon hairstyle covering part of its eyes.On its arms,it has feathers with yellow spots and it has three clawed fingers. It has bat wings and bird-like feet. It plays on a green-blue guitar with an eye on it.

When idle, the Riff will nod its body (as its head is on its body) and occasionally open its mouth.

Song

Audio sample: File:Memory Audio ACDE.ogg

The Riff Monster's contribution to an island's song is playing an instrument resembling an electric guitar. The guitar is not actually electric, nor is it a real instrument; it is another monster that shares a symbiotic relationship with the Riff. The guitar monster produces sounds matching its real-life counterpart. 

Breeding

The Riff can be bred using monsters that combine to provide all the elements Cold, Air, Water and Earth without repeating any.

The following pairs of 2-element monsters can be used to breed a Riff:

• + Cybop and Maw
• + Quibble and Drumpler
• + Pango and Fwog

However, the combination of a 3-element with 1-element monster has a higher rate of success:

• + Scups and Mammott
• + T-Rox and Tweedle
• + Congle and Noggin
• + Pompom and Toe Jammer

The Riff is hard to breed, so you probably need to light a few Wishing Torches. However, T-Rox and Tweedle have the shortest incubation times, giving another chance to breed the monster quicker than any of the other 3-element + 1-element combinations.

Earning Rate and Maximum Income

Earning rate is in coins per hour and depends on Happiness % (Likes increase Happiness), also each monster has a limit to how much income it can hold at a time. Increasing the monster's level increases the limit.

Level	Per Minute					Maximum
	0% Happiness	25% Happiness	50% Happiness	75% Happiness	100% Happiness
1	11	13	16	19	22	17,281
2	18	22	27	31	36	27,650
3	26	32	39	45	52	41,474
4	35	43	52	61	70	55,299
5	44	55	66	77	88	69,124
6	53	66	79	92	106	82,949
7	62	77	93	108	124	96,774
8	70	87	105	122	140	110,598
9	79	98	118	138	158	124,423
10	88	110	132	154	176	138,248
11	97	121	145	169	194	152,073
12	106	132	159	185	212	165,898
13	114	142	171	199	228	179,722
14	123	153	184	215	246	193,547
15	132	165	198	231	264	207,372
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Feeding Monsters

Each monster needs to be fed four times before it reaches the next level. Increasing the monster's level increases the coins earned per minute.  The food per level is the same for all four element monsters and can be found in this article.

Template:Likes While trying to breed other monsters (particularly monsters with a very low chance of breeding), the following Wublins can be used to "dispose of" Riff eggs immediately instead of putting them into a Nursery and having that Nursery not be available.

Monster Egg	Wublin 1	Wublin 2	Wublin 3	Wublin 4	Wublin 5
Riff	Bona-Petite	Dwumrohl	Gheegur	Pixolotl	Thwok
	5 eggs	3 eggs	6 eggs	6 eggs	1 egg

Note that bred monster eggs can only be "disposed of" into inactive Wublin statues; active Wublins do not accept monster eggs. Also note that inactive Wublin statues to which you have already disposed the number of Riff eggs that Wublin accepts, will no longer be available as a "recycle bin" for such eggs.

Strategy

Some items to take into consideration when designing your island by strategy are number of beds for the monster, rate of income per bed, max income per bed, and time for max income to be reached. The income below is for level 15:

Number of Beds	4
Rate of Income High	264
Rate of Income Low	132
Max Income	207,372
Rate of Income per Bed High	66
Rate of Income per Bed Low	33
Max Income per Bed	51,843
Time to Max Income @ High	13:05:30 hours
Time to Max Income @ Low	26:11:00 hours

Name Origin

The Riff's name originates from the term, "guitar riff ".

Rare Version

File:RareRiffTrans.png

     Main Article: Rare Monsters

Rares are special versions of monsters that, until November 16th 2015, were only available to buy and breed on weekends. Each weekend a different rare was available to buy or breed. The breeding combination was the same as a regular monster, but the breeding time was longer, the "likes" are different, and the earning rates are higher. Rares can now be found in the starshop.They are not yet available in the Windows version of the game.

Find out more about the rare version of the Riff on the Rare Riff page.

Notes

• The Riff has the highest income of all quad-element monsters.
• Occasionally, the Riff will use its wings to hover a short distance above the ground during his song.
• The Riff's feathery limbs and body, and feet, somewhat resemble a chicken.
• The name of "Riff" remains constant in all languages.
• In the concept art of the Riff, it had a more humanoid body-for-a-head instead of one that appeared more of a chicken's body. It was also taller and played a real guitar without monsterification (personification in the sense of monsters). It had no bat wings and had spots that were similar to the released Maw's spots. It also had a hairstyle that was similar to the released Drumpler's hair.
• The Riff's wing placement seems to move everywhere; in the My Singing Monsters Christmas wallpaper, the Riff's wings are shown up high, by its hair; but on an image for Schmoochle leaving, its wings are lower on its body.
• It was shown here that the Riffs original name was Geetar.
  • It is possible, although unconfirmed, that this may have been a codename for the monster.

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