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Ran Ran Venture Maps for Monster Rancher 3

In Monster Rancher 3, Ventures are like a combination of Expeditions and Errantry/Training from MR1 & 2. Your exploration time is determined by purchasing an item beforehand, and various actions consume that time until you run out or quit the Venture. This guide details all regional maps and where to find all searchable locations and what they are.

Morx Kalaragi Takrama Brillia Goat Unlocking Regions Prime Venture Kalaragi Bug v1.0 Credits

Ran Ran Basics

Are you ready for Ran Ran?

Ventures happen every 3 months: March, June, September, and December. While the intro is not skippable, these are ultimately optional. If you do not want to Venture then simply choose the 0 cost Ran Ran Smell, and quit the Venture. Otherwise, choosing a higher cost Ran Ran will allow you more points to allocate for wandering around and searching. During Venture you can teach a monster a new Tech, level up Techs, unlock hidden drills, find various items.

Ran Ran Extract

600 Starting Energy
2000 G

Ran Ran Fruit

400 Starting Energy
1000 G

Ran Ran Leaf

200 Starting Energy
500 G

Ran Ran Smell

30 Starting Energy
0 G

^{The item looks identical to Ran Ran Leaf}

Ran Ran Search Costs
Action	Energy	Action	Energy
Several Steps	-1	Find Bit	-100
Large Egg	-25	Find Saucer	-100
Get Stats +/-	-50	Discover Drill	-200
Get Status +/-	-50	Encounter	-300
Find Money	-50	Orb Encounter	-300
Get Trait	-50	Find RanRan sm	+50
Mundane Items	-50	Find RanRan md	+100
Consumable Items	-100	Find RanRan lg	+200
Noisy Hall	-100	-	-

Other Tips

ZOOM OUT! You can hold down R1 or R2 to get a far away view while on Venture.
There may be some areas near the edge or behind parts of the landscape that aren't visible in the overview images.
You can give the items you find to any other monster later.
Noisy Hall XP is reduced after hibernation until a Venture has passed.

How to learn Techs.

Bits, Stones, and Orbs are items you can take to a Lord Monster during Venture, and in return they provide Techs (attacks) for your monster!
Be Patient - Some locations during Ran Ran Venture require you to search them several times before finding what may be there.

Stones are acquired at "Free" tournaments, not on Ventures, but you must still learn the tech from the Lord Monster.
Bits and Orbs are acquired on Ran Ran Ventures at "Bad Feeling" spots.

Bits: Frelia will give a message about having a "Bad Feeling" at the spot, which will result in a Bit.
Orbs: Requires a C or higher Class monster. While acquired at the same spots, Frelia will not indicate a "Bad Feeling". Instead, it will be a non-locale monster encounter battle that you must win.

Bits vs Orbs
Class	Chance to find Orbs
S	High
A	Medium
B	Low
C	Very Low
E & D	Bits & Saucer Only

Type Locations
Location	Bit/Orb Type
Morx	March: Flare bit June: Aqua Bit Sept: Aurora Bit Dec: Jade Bit
Goat	Aqua Bit/Orb
Takrama	Flare Bit/Orb
Kalaragi	Jade Bit/Orb
Brillia	Aurora Bit/Orb

Hidden Drill Locations

Hidden drills are found at specific searchable nodes if you qualify. Once the 1-time discovery is found, the new drill is permanently added to your drill selection, and the spot becomes a regular search area.

See the Unlock Guide for requirements to unlocking new regions and hidden drills.

MORX RAN RAN VENTURE MAP

Map Overview Legend

★ Lord Monster
^{(Learn new Techs)}
Noisy Hall
^{(Tech Level Up)}
Bad Feeling Spot
^{(Search Area, Bits, Orbs)}
Hidden Drill
^{(Search Area after discovery)}
Search Areas
^{(Randomly spawned)}
➜ ➜ ➜ Path order of branches

Inside the Tree

Clockwise from the left side of entrance to right.

4 red flowers
4 mushrooms
Bad Feeling: 2 mushrooms
Single mushroom
Noisy Hall: 3 mushrooms
Just Inward of the entrance.

Closeups of important locations

Morx Lord Monster:

Morx Noisy Hall Locations:

Morx noisy hall Ran Ran Venture close-up locations

Morx "Bad Feeling" Spots:

Morx bad feeling Ran Ran Venture close-up locations

Morx Hidden Drill Locations:

Tunnel: LIF ↑↑ INT ↑ SPD ↓

Tunnel Morx hidden drill Ran Ran Venture close-up locations

Light Learn: INT ↑↑ SPD ↑ POW ↓

Light Learn Morx hidden drill Ran Ran Venture close-up locations

Hit Moles: SPD ↑↑ POW ↑ DEF ↓

Hit Moles Morx hidden drill Ran Ran Venture close-up locations

KALARAGI RAN RAN VENTURE MAP

Map Overview Legend

★ Lord Monster
^{(Learn new Techs)}
Noisy Hall
^{(Tech Level Up)}
Bad Feeling Spot
^{(Search Area, Bits, Orbs)}
Hidden Drill
^{(Search Area after discovery)}
Search Areas
^{(Randomly spawned)}
➜ 1-way Shortcut

Closeups of important locations

Kalaragi Lord Monster:

Kalaragi Noisy Hall Locations:

Kalaragi noisy hall Ran Ran Venture close-up locations

Kalaragi "Bad Feeling" Spots:

Kalaragi bad feeling Ran Ran Venture close-up locations

* Same as Hidden Drill location. Not an mistake!

Kalaragi Hidden Drill Locations:

Life Risk: SPD ↑↑ LIF ↑ POW ↓↓

Kalaragi hidden drill Ran Ran Venture close-up locations

Fishing: SPD ↑↑ INT ↑ DEF ↓

* Same as Bad Feeling location. Not an mistake!

Chase: LIF ↑↑ SPD ↑ INT ↓

TAKRAMA RAN RAN VENTURE MAP

Map Overview Legend

★ Lord Monster
^{(Learn new Techs)}
Noisy Hall
^{(Tech Level Up)}
Bad Feeling Spot
^{(Search Area, Bits, Orbs)}
Hidden Drill
^{(Search Area after discovery)}
Search Areas
^{(Randomly spawned)}

Closeups of important locations

Takrama Lord Monster:

Takrama Noisy Hall Locations:

Takrama noisy hall Ran Ran Venture close-up locations

Takrama "Bad Feeling" Spots:

Takrama bad feeling Ran Ran Venture close-up locations

Takrama Hidden Drill Locations:

Tornado: LIF ↑↑ DEF ↑ SPD ↓

Takrama hidden drill Ran Ran Venture close-up locations

(Upper) Real Thing: INT ↑↑ DEF ↑ POW ↓
(Lower) Daruma Rock: POW ↑↑ SPD ↑ DEF ↓

BRILLIA RAN RAN VENTURE MAP

Map Overview Legend

★ Lord Monster
^{(Learn new Techs)}
Noisy Hall
^{(Tech Level Up)}
Bad Feeling Spot
^{(Search Area, Bits, Orbs)}
Hidden Drill
^{(Search Area after discovery)}
Search Areas
^{(Randomly spawned)}
➜ 2-way shortcut
➜ 1-Way shortcut

Closeups of important locations

Brillia Lord Monster:

Brillia Noisy Hall Locations:

Brillia noisy hall Ran Ran Venture close-up locations

Brillia "Bad Feeling" Spots:

Brillia Bad Feeling Ran Ran Venture close-up locations

* Same as Hidden Drill location. Not an mistake!

Brillia Hidden Drill Locations:

Cross Seal: LIF ↑↑ SPD ↑ DEF ↓

Brillia hidden drill Ran Ran Venture close-up locations

* Same as Bad Feeling location. Not an mistake!

Dodge Seal: SPD ↑↑ INT ↑ POW ↓

Dig Seal: INT ↑↑ POW ↑ SPD ↓

GOAT RAN RAN VENTURE MAP

Map Overview Legend

★ Lord Monster
^{(Learn new Techs)}
Noisy Hall
^{(Tech Level Up)}
Bad Feeling Spot
^{(Search Area, Bits, Orbs)}
Hidden Drill
^{(Search Area after discovery)}
Search Areas
^{(Randomly spawned)}

Closeups of important locations

Goat Lord Monster:

Goat Noisy Hall Locations:

Goat noisy hall Ran Ran Venture close-up locations

Goat "Bad Feeling" Spots:

Goat bad feeling Ran Ran Venture close-up locations

* Same as Hidden Drill location. Not an mistake!

Goat Hidden Drill Locations:

Blowfish: SPD ↑↑ POW ↑ INT ↓

Goat hidden drill Ran Ran Venture close-up locations

Swirl: POW ↑↑ DEF ↑ SPD ↓↓

* Same as Bad Feeling location. Not an mistake!

Search: INT ↑↑ SPD ↑ DEF ↓

Kalaragi Bug explained

You may encounter a Game-Breaking bug known as the Kalaragi Bug if you are playing on v1.0 of the game.

Short Story:

Bug exists in v1.0
Bug fixed in v1.1

The Details:

There was extensive documentation of the bug when the game initially came out, but as people streamed the game many years later, the bug seemed non-existent, and was being dismissed as an issue that could be worked around.
THE only workaround for v1.0 games is reverting a save state and not lose to Gadamon. There is no workaround.
However, another version of the game was released. The bug is fixed in v1.1.

A few ways to differentiate between v1.0 and v1.1 games/discs:

Visual indicator on the disc is the print quality of the disc face.
- Version 1.0 has a printing error where NO white base layer is used and you can see directly through to the disk's foil (Easiest place to see this is the ESRB Rating near the center) Some perceive this to resemble a hologram effect.
- Version 1.1 has a white base layer that the art is printed on. You cannot see the disk foil through the opaque white base layer.
In-game discrepancies of typo/text indicators within the games corresponding to the image above:
v1.0
- Disk Swap Process has no space between Rancher & 3:
  - "Do you wish to revive a monster from" - "The Monster Rancher3 Disc?"
- Glowing Rock description in the shop includes the next item Shining Rock in the description:
  - "Its beautiful glimmer calms the heart of a monster.Shining Rock"
v1.1
- Disk Swap Process is spaced correctly between Rancher & 3:
  - "Do you wish to revive a monster from" - "The Monster Rancher 3 Disc?"
- Glowing Rock description in the shop now only contains its own info:
  - "Its beautiful glimmer calms the heart of a monster."
Some cheat codes only work on a particular version. Usually you'll see the version listed in the Cheat comment or on the site.

Additional thanks to Lexi, Two-spoons Jimmy for information & images in helping uncover the mystery of why some people (multiple streaming players) would not encounter this bug.

Prime Venture

Research and data provided by Lancet, Validations by WinterSteam

A "prime venture" is a rotating spot in one of the five regions in the game. throughout the year, one region has "better" venture rewards, including monster accessories and characteristics (like Sharp Eye, Iron Heart, Element Secrets, etc). The location also seems have a higher wild monster encounter rate. There isn't much more to it than that, and there's no in-game indication. I only discovered it because when I would train a monster in the same region its entire life, I would do a lot of venture save/loading to get good rewards. But I would go many ventures never finding any accessories or critters for characteristics. Sometimes though, reloading for a particular venture (every, say, 4 or 5 ventures it seems) would lead to me actually finding characteristics and sometimes accessories.

On a recent play-through, I investigated it more and discovered the pattern that led to EVERY venture being able to yield those rewards, and ended up finding all accessories for monsters I was raising quite quickly overall, compared to my previous playthrough where I almost never found any.

Anyways, the prime venture schedule is as follows, based on the last digit of the in-game year:

NOTE: The months below are indicated as such so you can save on the 4th week of that month. The following week on the next month is the actual Ran Ran Venture. This allows you to save prior to venture, and switch regions after a reset to test other regions.

Last digit
of Year 4th week
Save RanRan
Month Prime
Venture Secondary
venture

1 or 6 Feb Mar Kalaragi Morx

1 or 6 May Jun Takrama Brillia

1 or 6 Aug Sep Goat Kalaragi

1 or 6 Nov Dec Morx Takrama

2 or 7 Feb Mar Brillia Goat

2 or 7 May Jun Kalaragi Morx

2 or 7 Aug Sep Takrama Brillia

2 or 7 Nov Dec Goat Kalaragi

3 or 8 Feb Mar Morx Takrama

3 or 8 May Jun Brillia Goat

3 or 8 Aug Sep Kalaragi Morx

3 or 8 Nov Dec Takrama Brillia

4 or 9 Feb Mar Goat Kalaragi

4 or 9 May Jun Morx Takrama

4 or 9 Aug Sep Brillia Goat

4 or 9 Nov Dec Kalaragi Morx

5 or 0 Feb Mar Takrama Brillia

5 or 0 May Jun Goat Kalaragi

5 or 0 Aug Sep Morx Takrama

5 or 0 Nov Dec Brillia Goat

Last digit of Year	4th week Save	RanRan Month	Prime Venture	Secondary venture
1 or 6	Feb	Mar	Kalaragi	Morx
1 or 6	May	Jun	Takrama	Brillia
1 or 6	Aug	Sep	Goat	Kalaragi
1 or 6	Nov	Dec	Morx	Takrama
2 or 7	Feb	Mar	Brillia	Goat
2 or 7	May	Jun	Kalaragi	Morx
2 or 7	Aug	Sep	Takrama	Brillia
2 or 7	Nov	Dec	Goat	Kalaragi
3 or 8	Feb	Mar	Morx	Takrama
3 or 8	May	Jun	Brillia	Goat
3 or 8	Aug	Sep	Kalaragi	Morx
3 or 8	Nov	Dec	Takrama	Brillia
4 or 9	Feb	Mar	Goat	Kalaragi
4 or 9	May	Jun	Morx	Takrama
4 or 9	Aug	Sep	Brillia	Goat
4 or 9	Nov	Dec	Kalaragi	Morx
5 or 0	Feb	Mar	Takrama	Brillia
5 or 0	May	Jun	Goat	Kalaragi
5 or 0	Aug	Sep	Morx	Takrama
5 or 0	Nov	Dec	Brillia	Goat

ALSO an important note & Needs testing: there's a "secondary venture" each season that is two regions "behind" the prime venture, based on the clockwise progression of the prime venture.

Prime Venture location progression:
Morx → Brillia → Kalaragi → Takrama → Goat → Morx

So a prime venture in Morx means the secondary venture is in Takrama (Counting reverse from Right to Left starting at Morx).
Secondary ventures, in my much more limited testing, only offer up critters that give personality characteristics (like perfectionist, directionless, etc), as opposed to the prime venture critters that give functional characteristics (Iron Heart, Element Secrets, etc) and illnesses (like migraine).

For what it's worth, I also think certain characteristics can only be found in certain locations. I've seen Sharp Eyes pop up numerous times in Kalaragi, but never in Takrama. However, I've found Fire Secrets and Lightning Secrets multiple times in Takrama, while I've seen Wind and Earth Secrets in Kalaragi

Other References

Tech Chart for Monster Rancher 3 monsters
Detailed tech breakdown of Bits, Stones, Orbs and how they work

Credits: MonsterFenrick, Lexi, TwoSpoonsJimmy, WinterSteam, MRM maps

This page was last modified: April 14 2026

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