The wreck of the good ship Albatross is your base of operations. Heading back there allows you to rest up and recuperate for free, returning all of your monsters to full health!

The Albatross is also home to a host of handy facilities that will make your mission much easier.

• At the Gold Bank ATM you can save the gold you receive from winning battles - better than losing half if you fall in battle!
• At the Item Vendor you can purchase helpful items or weapons, or sell stuff you don’t need.
• Soon enough, the option to carry out Monster Synthesis will become available... meaning you can combine monsters for amazing results!
• You can have up to six monsters with you at any time (three on your team, and three as substitutes) the rest stay home on the Albatross. The monster pen is where they’ll wait for you, and also where you can sort out your team and subs.

Out and about, the island is made up of several different regions just waiting to be explored; as you play you’ll discover lots of new regions. But new isn’t always better: it’s worth revisiting different regions at different times of the day or under different weather conditions - you never know what you might find!

As you explore, an area map will display on the lower screen to help you find your way around. Out in the world you can talk to people, investigate items of interest like treasure boxes, and collect plants and useful ores. Dotted around the island there are also some pretty unusual stone monuments, well worth taking a gander at - some allow you to learn new skills and abilities, some will heal your party right up just once, and others will even teleport you to other spots in the region. Magic!