Monster Sanctuary: How to Find Catalyst Locations

In Monster Sanctuary, players collect pixel art monsters while exploring a Metroidvania-style world and can train and evolve some of them into other forms. Unlike in Pokémon, Evolutions in Monster Sanctuary do not upgrade the monster to a totally different kind of creature. Instead, the evolution serves as an alternative form for the Monster, and each evolved creature will still retain its shift and shift passives. They will, however, have different stats, strengths, and weaknesses in their evolved forms. Players can also find the evolved form of these Monsters in the wild, and, when they drop eggs, they will drop the egg of the pre-evolved form. Players must directly intervene to evolve a Monster to a new form.

To evolve a Monster, players will need to head to the northern part of the Ancient Woods and find a large Tree, called the Tree of Evolution. There, they can evolve certain monsters. They will also need to have a specialty item called a Catalyst. Players can get Catalysts from chests, as loot drops from Monsters, or in various Reward Boxes. Most Catalysts only evolve one kind of monster, though there is at least one that can evolve four different Monsters. Here’s every Catalyst in Monster Sanctuary and where players can find them.

How to Find Catalysts in Monster Sanctuary

There are 13 Catalysts in Monster Sanctuary. Players can either get them as rewards or from Chests, or they can earn them from defeating an evolved version of the Monster. Here’s every available Catalyst, which Monster they evolve, and where to get them:

• Stardust: Evolves Grummy into G’rulu; Rare drop from G’rulu or Sycophantom; Reward Box Level 1
• Cocoon: Evolves Magmapillar into Magmamoth; Found in a Chest in Ancient Woods; Reward Box Level 1
• Shard of Winter: Evolves Minitaur into Megataur; Traded from Clothes-Maker for a Carrot; Reward Box Level 2
• Magical Clay: Evolves Ninki into Ninki Nanka; Given by the NPC at the Tree of Evolution; Reward Box Level 2
• Sun Stone: Evolves Crackle Knight into Sizzle Knight; Found in a Chest at Sun Palace; Reward Box Level 2
• Silver Feather: Evolves Vaero into Silvaero; Rare drop from Silvaero; Found in a Chest at Horizon Beach; Reward Box Level 3

• Volcanic Ash: Evolves Glowfly into Glowdra; Rare drop from Glowdra; Found in a Chest in Magma Chamber; Reward Box Level 3
• Fire Stone: Evolves Draconov into Dracogran; Reward Box Level 3
• Ice Stone: Evolves Draconov into Dracozul; Earned as a five-star reward from the Dracozul Champion Fight; Reward Box Level 4
• Giant Seed: Evolves Rocky into Mega Rock; Rare drop from Mega Rock; Reward Box Level 3
• Dark Stone: Evolves Draconov into Draconoir; Earned as a five-star reward from the Draconoir Champion Fight; Reward Box Level 4
• Majestic Crown: Evolves Blob, Ice Blob, Lava Blob, and Rainbow Blob into King Blob; Earned as a five-star reward from the King Blob Champion Fight; Reward Box Level 5
• Demonic Pact: Evolves Mad Eye into Mad Lord; Earned as a five-star reward from the Mad Lord Champion Fight; Reward Box Level 5.

Players should note these are the only Monsters that have an evolutionary form. All others only ever appear in their base form.

Monster Sanctuary is available for Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

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