Evomon throws a lot at you the moment you leave Mentor Ben’s tutorial, and the choices you make in the first hour decide how smoothly the next several go. The game is a creature-collector with more than 200 Evomons, nine element types, and a turn-based battle system built on type matchups. The fastest path through the early islands comes down to a handful of decisions about your starter, your leveling focus, and the systems that quietly speed everything up.
Quick answer: Pick Bubble as your starter, strip every other Evomon off your team so Bubble soaks all the EXP, open every Chest you find, and grab the Sundercrene flying mount from Flying Territory as soon as you can survive the King of Flying boss.
Best starter Evomon for a clean early game
Your first decision is a choice between Bubble, Blazpup, and Leafbun. They follow the grass-fire-water triangle, so each one beats another. For a smooth opening run, Bubble is the pick. The Water type holds an elemental advantage against the Rock and Grass Evomons that fill Verdant Valley and Lava Crag, two of the first three worlds you explore, which makes early bosses and wild encounters far less punishing.
| Starter | Type | Why pick it |
|---|---|---|
| Bubble | Water | Safest early pick. Elemental edge over the Rock and Grass enemies on the first islands, so progression is quick. |
| Blazpup | Fire | Highest basic and special damage of the three, but sits at a type disadvantage on the starter islands. Better suited to mid-game. |
| Leafbun | Grass | Highest base health plus healing skills. Survives well, but grinds slowly against the Water-heavy starter zones. |
Whatever you choose, commit to it. Medium EXP Fruits level any starter fast, so if you strongly prefer Blazpup’s damage or Leafbun’s sustain, you won’t be locked out of progress. Bubble simply removes the most friction.
Power-level one Evomon instead of spreading EXP
The biggest early mistake is filling every team slot with wild catches. EXP splits across your active team, so a full roster of low-level Evomons crawls forward together instead of one strong carry pulling ahead. Keep a single Evomon in the party during early grinding and let it collect everything.
Evolve as soon as you have the materials rather than banking them. A stage-two or stage-three form clears content faster, which in turn feeds more EXP back into the same Evomon.
Unlock Ultimate Abilities and stronger skills
Every Evomon unlocks its Ultimate Ability at Level 30. That is not the ceiling, though. Ascending your profile raises the level cap on each Evomon, which opens up additional skills beyond the Ultimate.
Once an Evomon reaches Level 30, head to the Main City and talk to the Daisy NPC to unlock more of its skill kit. You’ll know it worked when the new skills appear as options you can equip. This is the main reason focusing EXP on one Evomon pays off early: it reaches that Level 30 threshold long before a spread-out team would.
Get a mount for faster travel
Mounts cut down the time you spend crossing islands, and both Ground and Flying Evomons can carry you. A Flying mount is the higher-value option because it lets you soar across an island and even hop between islands without using Teleport Portals. A Ground mount is easier to obtain and applies a movement-speed buff, which makes it a fine stopgap.
The easiest early Flying mount is Sundercrene. Travel to Flying Territory, defeat the King of Flying boss, and it becomes yours. If you started with Blazpup, you already own a serviceable Ground mount from the beginning.
To check whether any creature can be ridden, open the Evomon Index, select the Evomon, and look at the small horse icon next to its type. A green horse means it can be used as a mount. A red horse means it cannot. Mount-capable Evomons come from evolving certain base forms, winning them in battle, or hatching eggs.
Play the weather to your advantage
The weather shifts across the entire Evomon world every 15 minutes, and several climates directly change how battles play out. Build your team around whatever is active, and use favorable weather to push harder farming runs.
| Weather | Effect |
|---|---|
| Sunny | The most common state. No combat effect. |
| Rain | Every Water-type on your team gains +1 SPE each turn. |
| Volcanic Eruption | Adds 1 stack of Burn to each non-Fire Evomon per turn. Permanent on Lava Crag. |
| Sandstorm | Damages all Evomons that are not Rock or Earth type. |
| Thunderstorm | Inflicts Paralysis on non-Electric Evomons. |
Because Volcanic Eruption is permanent on Lava Crag, a Fire-type or Bubble’s Water damage makes that world noticeably safer than a squishy mixed team would.
Shiny and Prismatic mutations, and which one matters
Two mutations exist right now, and only one of them changes your stats. When you weaken a wild Evomon before catching it, the odds of a mutation show in the bottom-left corner of the screen. Eggs can hatch mutated variants too.
- Shiny is the rarer, more valuable mutation. It applies a random stat buff on top of a unique cosmetic, so it is the one worth hunting.
- Prismatic is purely cosmetic and far more common. It looks distinct but does nothing for your numbers.
Save your best capture balls for wild spawns that display a Shiny chance, since the random stat boost is the only mutation that affects performance.
Farm Summon Tickets for boss content
Summon Tickets are the currency for calling boss Evomons at Summon Ruins I, II, and III. There is no single guaranteed source, so the play is to stack the drop chances across everything you’re already doing on the first three islands.
| Source | How it works |
|---|---|
| Wild Evomon fights | Every Evomon has a small chance to drop a ticket when defeated. |
| Daily and World quests | Completing them earns points toward weekly rewards that include Coins, EXP Items, and Summon Tickets. |
| Island bosses | Each island boss has a small drop chance on defeat. |
| First-clear NPC duels | Island NPCs can drop tickets, but only on the very first win against them. |
Note: NPC duels only pay out on that first victory, so don’t skip fresh trainers as you travel. Beating them later gives nothing.
Redeem codes for free early resources
Active codes hand out EXP Fruits, Advanced Balls, and Coins, which is exactly the stockpile that lets you power-level a single starter and save high catch-rate balls for rare spawns. Codes are case-sensitive, and most expire within days, so redeem them early.
Put all of it together, and the early game reads simply: one starter carrying the EXP, chests feeding evolutions, a mount cutting travel time, and Summon Tickets banked for the ruins. Do that on the first three islands, and you’ll hit mid-game content with a strong, evolved Evomon instead of a bench full of underleveled ones.
