Monster Rearing - Mandragora

3 Star Mandy Sproutling:

Wind Cluster and Gem of the North: Both Surprisingly Not Worthless

I also first tried Lycopodium Flower and Worm-Eaten Bud (which pops a Lycopodium NM in Abyssea), no response

And thats a wrap on food that is not already used for other evolutions. There is a small chance they doubled up another food. Until we find the right evolution path, it is worth trying these below. Other items should not have any effect, but if you have ideas it may be worth it.

Other foods to try on 2.5 star Mandragora Sproutlings

Dark Cluster, Fire Cluster, Ice Cluster, Gem of the East, Bibiki Slug, Coral Butterfly, Denizanasi, Quus, Three-eyed Fish, Date, Kazham Peppers, Royal Grape, Thundermelon, Batagreens, Blue Pondweed, Boyahda Moss, Great Boyahda Moss, Napa, Papaka Grass, Red Moko Grass, Red Pondweed, Beastman Blood, Chimera Blood, Fiend Blood, Honey Wine, Mulsum, Potion, Sweet Tea, Beastly Shank, Cerberus Meat, Cockatrice Meat, Dragon Meat, Gabbrath Meat, Giant Sheep Meat, Lesser Chigoe, Rotten Meat, Savory Shank, Tavnazian Liver, Blue Peas, Burdock Root, San d'Orian Carrot, Sunflower Seeds

3 star sproutlings:
tried a Fire and a Dark cluster, surprisingly not worthless. No evolution message

Ok. So here's the unassociated foods:

Crystals	= Earth Cluster, Light Cluster, Lightning Cluster, Water Cluster, Wind Cluster, Gem of the North, Gem of the South, Gem of the West
Fish	= Bastore Sardine, Bibiki Urchin, Noble Lady
Fruit	= Acorn, Chestnut, Dragon Fruit, Faerie Apple, Kitron, Millioncorn, Persikos, Pine Nuts, Yagudo Cherry
Fungi	= Agaricus, Coral Fungus, Reishi Mushroom, Sobbing Fungus
Greens	= Habaneros, La Theine Cabbage, Moko Grass
Liquids	= Ahriman's Tears, Elixer, Distilled Water, Holy Water, Yellow Ginseng
Meats	= Buffalo Meat, Giant Sheep Meat, Hare Meat, Hydra Meat, Warthog Meat
Seeds	= Blue Peas, DELUXE CARROT, Moon Carrot, Popoto, Vomp Carrot, Walnut, Zegham Carrot

Slashed things are stuff that people have tried on a 2.5+ Sapling.... OR DON'T EXIST IN GAME. >_<#

Evolution foods for other monsters (Assuming Saruta Orange is for AkeOme and Watermelon for Citrillus, and the Amrita and Ambrosia are for one of the Elders):

Crystals	= Dark Cluster, Fire Cluster, Ice Cluster, Gem of the East
Fish	= Bibiki Slug, Coral Butterfly, Denizanasi, Quus, Three-eyed Fish
Fruit	= Date, Kazham Peppers, Royal Grape, Thundermelon, Saruta Orange, Watermelon
Fungi	= Acidic Humus, Alkaline Humus
Greens	= Batagreens, Blue Pondweed, Boyahda Moss, Great Boyahda Moss, Napa, Papaka Grass, Red Moko Grass, Red Pondweed
Liquids	= Beastman Blood, Chimera Blood, Fiend Blood, Honey Wine, Mulsum, Potion, Sweet Tea, Amrita, Ambrosia
Meats	= Beastly Shank, Buffalo Meat, Cerberus Meat, Cockatrice Meat, Dragon Meat, Gabbrath Meat, Lesser Chigoe, Rotten Meat, Savory Shank, Tavnazian Liver
Seeds	= Burdock Root, San d'Orian Carrot, Sunflower Seeds

I swear to god that it's those stupid Deluxe Carrots.

It's not going to be a repeat of another item. It hasn't happened and it won't happen; they literally have thousands of other items to select. It's probably a head of Grauberg Lettuce or something.

I gave my 2.5 Sapling a San d'Orian Carrot, it was visibly angry and no evolution message.

On my other char I gave a 2.5 Sapling thundermelon, didn't go over too well and no evolve message

Gave a 3 Sapling Red Moko Grass, didn't go over too well and no evolve message.

was not Dark or Fire Cluster

I just got a Gem of the East from the beach, I'll try it tomorrow

Tried a few things not known just in case on Mandragora Sproutling at 3 stars. Honey, Derfland Humus, Coalition Fertilizer, and Coalition Humus gave no response.

Mulsum strongly resonated.

Sunflower Seeds made my 2.5 star Sapling visibly angry.

3 Star Mandy Sproutling:

Boyahda Moss and Great Boyahda Moss: Didn't Go Over Too Well

2.5 Star Mandy Sproutling:

Cerberus Meat: Strongly Resonated

Actually... they don't. You can only feed things the foods that SE has put in the lists. And from the very beginning, SE has listed out exactly what is able to be fed with every update to rearing. (Hence how we know those stupid carrots that can't be gotten in the game are in the food list.)

In other words: if it's not in the list, it's not a possible trigger.

Also, I wonder if everyone remembers to be looking for "squirms uncontrollably". It's possible that someone missed that that message is the failed evolution mark. (it's been a few years since this was being updated regularly)

Why did SE add Deluxe Carrot to the list of foods if it's not obtainable?

3 star Sproutlings:

Ice cluster - surprisingly not worthless; no evolution message

Gem of the East - Surprisingly not worthless; no evolution message

It's not so much that they added it... but that it's been in the list since the very start of the content....

Now why did SE put it in the list?

Today's attempts:

Kazham Peppers > Didn't go over too well, no evolution message
Potion > Strongly resonated, no evolution message
Tavnazian Liver > Strongly resonated, no evolution message
Rotten Meat > Strongly resonated, no evolution message

Other foods to try on 2.5 star Mandragora Sproutlings

Dark Cluster, Fire Cluster, Ice Cluster, Gem of the East, Bibiki Slug, Coral Butterfly, Denizanasi, Quus, Three-eyed Fish, Date, Kazham Peppers, Royal Grape, Thundermelon, Batagreens, Blue Pondweed, Boyahda Moss, Great Boyahda Moss, Napa, Papaka Grass, Red Moko Grass, Red Pondweed, Beastman Blood, Chimera Blood, Fiend Blood, Honey Wine, Mulsum, Potion, Sweet Tea, Beastly Shank, Cerberus Meat, Cockatrice Meat, Dragon Meat, Gabbrath Meat, Giant Sheep Meat, Lesser Chigoe, Rotten Meat, Savory Shank, Tavnazian Liver, Blue Peas, Burdock Root, San d'Orian Carrot, Sunflower Seeds

These mandragoras grow a lot slower than I remember for other rank 4 monsters way back when...

Considering there currently is the Monster Rearing campaign, I'd dare to say they're much slower yeah.

Beastman blood, chimera blood and fiend blood all resonated strongly with Mandy Saplings of 2.5-3 stars, no evolution message

blue pondweed didnt go over too well

Savory Shank strongly resonated.

2.5 star Sproutling: Beastman Blood - Strongly resonated - No evolution message.

Okay 4 attempts again:

Lesser Chigoe, Giant Sheep Meat, Gabbrath Meat all Strongly Resonated, no evolve message

Blue Peas, Visibly Angry, no evolve message.

3 star Sproutlings:

Batagreens: That didn't go over too well.

Denizanasi: That strongly resonated.

neither gave evolution message

Other foods to try on 2.5 star Mandragora Sproutlings

Bibiki Slug, Coral Butterfly, Quus, Three-eyed Fish, Date, Royal Grape, Napa, Papaka Grass, Red Pondweed, Honey Wine, Sweet Tea, Beastly Shank, Cockatrice Meat, Dragon Meat, Burdock Root

At least we're running out of options I suppose.

Definitely starting to feel like it's not a repeat, so either it's Deluxe Carrot and SE *** up, or someone here *** up and didn't realize squirming means it's the right food. Also possible that they forgot to mention a food, but I'm betting on one of the first two options.

That would be *** painful to find out.

It probably evolves from a 2.5 star+ adult mandragora with one of the new foods. I posted this on the second page, and its looking more likely now.

Underlined portions denote that it is confirmed

Current theoretical paths
Mandy Sprouting -> 2.5 Stars=Feed: Acidic Humus -> Korrigan -> Feed: Ambrosia or Amrita -> Pachypodium
Mandy Sprouting -> 2.5 Stars=Feed: Alkaline Humus -> Adenium -> Natural evolution -> Elder Adenium
Mandy Sprouting -> Natural evolution -> Mandragora -> Natural evolution -> Elder Mandragora
Mandy Sprouting -> Natural evolution -> Mandragora -> Feed: Watermelon -> Citrullus
Mandy Sprouting -> Natural evolution -> Mandragora -> Feed: Saruta Orange -> Lycopdoium -> Feed: Ambrosia or Amrita -> Ake-Ome

your thoughts on the lycopdoium/ake-ome feed are interesting. i might have missed something mentioned in an earlier post but is it unreasonable to think that the orange might result in an ake-ome?

i'm assuming everyone here has seen the chart on BGwiki, i'm not sure where that info came from but i haven't noticed those exact path theories expressed much in this thread or in other jp discussions. i've been under the impression since page 2 or 3 (and after conversing with a jp rearing enthusiast) that lycopdoium and pachypodium would not come from sproutings but instead are far more likely to evolve from an adult or possibly an elder.

i'm currently just waiting for adult mandies to hit 2.5 stars so i can start experimenting with the feed we've been trying on sproutings.

Fae put it there as his guess info.

Saruta orange to make an ake ome makes sense due to the orange on its head.

My theory I posted above is based on Cheer KI bonuses and strengths.