As you explore the different regions of the island you’ll see wild monsters wandering around - it’s up to you whether you attack or avoid them...

If you run into a wild beast, your team of allies will enter a turn-based battle where you can select commands and issue orders to guide their actions. You can give specific orders just for the current turn, set overall tactics for your monsters, try to scout (recruit) monsters into your collection, use items, or attempt to run away!

Winning will earn you experience points, which add up to make your team stronger, and you’ll also receive some gold coins and maybe even some helpful items. Winning will also sometimes earn you skill points, which you can allocate to improve and develop your monster’s skills - this lets you customise your monsters in a very personal way.

If you choose to scout a monster, each of your team will launch a show of force that might impress the monster you’re scouting. If your enemy is impressed their scout gauge will fill up to show a percentage.

The stronger your monsters’ attack power, the more the gauge will fill; the higher the gauge goes, the more of a chance you have to scout successfully! If all goes well, the battle will end straight away and your new ally will take its place in your monster menagerie.