Monster Strike Players Hunt the Zodiac Queen Together

What happened

Monster Strike — a long-running Japanese mobile action-RPG from MIXI — opened a new event called the 'Everyone Apply! Multi Lottery' at midnight JST on June 5, 2026. Players choose one of nine characters to enter for.

If they win, they get that character; if they lose, they still receive three Orbs (the game's premium currency). The twist is co-op. When up to four players enter together, each teammate also receives any characters the others win.

Even if all four lose, the team is guaranteed 12 Orbs total — a safety net that makes entering low-risk.

Why it is trending now

The official Monster Strike account revealed the event details on the afternoon of June 4 (around 4:40 p. m. JST), then set the entry window to open at the clean midnight mark.

That gap built anticipation, and reactions spiked the moment applications went live. The top draw is 'Zodiac, the Queen Who Rules the Twelve Constellations,' offered at max enhancement ('unkyoku'), alongside another sought-after character named Linne. With nearly everyone targeting the same prize, recruiting the right teammates became the main concern.

How fans reacted

On X, posts declaring Zodiac the only pick they want dominated the feed. Because random co-op lobbies risk pairing players with someone whose goals clash — fans jokingly call such a saboteur a 'werewolf' — many asked specifically for 'trustworthy' friends or follower-only teams. Some recruiters were overwhelmed, saying they never expected this many replies. Not everyone was thrilled: a few questioned why the event limits how many Zodiac copies players can obtain, calling the design frustrating.

What to watch next:

The event runs as a giveaway campaign, so the immediate things to watch are how widely players manage to organize trusted co-op groups, whether the supply limits on Zodiac become a bigger point of complaint, and how many Orbs the average player walks away with once results roll in.