Kat’s verdictFor basic resources, level 3 leads this published stamina comparison. Choose a larger target when its extra rewards per kill, travel time or specific drops better fit your needs.

You can kill it. Congratulations. Now ask whether it is a good use of stamina. The monster’s level is not a financial qualification.

Ymir: bigger reward, different value

Published baseline comparison for levels 3–5 only. These are community-guide figures, not a live game feed. Check your current chest contents and displayed stamina cost before applying them.

Basic resources before double drops, stamina reductions, and healing costs
Ymir levelBase staminaResources per killResources per stamina
3308.0M266667
4408.8M220000
54010.0M250000

Emotional ownership is not included in the calculation.

Totals combine food, lumber, stone, and ore. Each contributes an equal share in these listed chests. M means million; per-stamina figures are rounded. Materials, speedups, event points, and other drops are excluded.

Give each option the same budgetAt 120 base stamina: four level-3 kills yield 32M resources; three level-4 kills yield 26.4M; three level-5 kills yield 30M.

Level 3 wins this resource-per-stamina comparison. Level 5 gives more per kill and uses fewer hunts. Level 4 has not committed a crime. It simply needs a reason beyond being larger.

Choose the limit that actually matters

Compare your receipts, not one lucky report

Use several comparable hunts. Divide the useful rewards you actually received by the stamina actually deducted. Keep double-drop and stamina-reduction setups comparable. Do not apply a bonus again if it is already included in your recorded rewards or cost.

Subtract healing resources from the same resource category. Track healing speedups separately. If both marches return clean, the decision is about reward efficiency and time, not sending fewer troops.

Published resource baselines: Theria Games boss comparison and One Chilled Gamer event-monster chests. These guides differ on some other rewards, so this comparison uses only their matching basic-resource totals. It is not an overall ranking of every Ymir level or monster family.

Pick the reward.
Check the cost.
Let the monster keep its impressive title.