I am currently a lvl 35 who just came back to the game after a long break. I feel a little lost and that I am not doing exactly what I should be. If anyone is feeling helpful and could maybe help me out or even play with me, thatd be awesome! Thanks!
the basic is for you to get XP when collecting monstrology is the mob cannot be more than 5 levels up/down from your monstrology level. i'm currently at renowned (rank 23). the only mob/boss I can collect XP from now is the mcgreggors (level 18 boss) to get the final monstrology badge (illustrious), unless they finally add monstrology to karamelle with level 19 bosses.
animus you can collect on ay level mob/boss.
there is a badge for collecting 20,000 animus. I used triple animus elixir to speed the process up. on double animus weekends, using the elixir brings you to six times collection per mob/boss. that speeds things up quickly.