Monsters

A Lynian that looks like a cat, known for its white fur. Usually calm, but when attacked it flies into a rage and goes for anyone nearby. Felynes are very curious, understand human speech, and some even try to fit into human society. They love felvine and will follow its smell anywhere.

A cat-like Lynian with black fur. Even more curious than a Felyne and a born prankster. Melynxes are light-fingered: they steal from people and carry the loot back to their village. Felvine is their favorite food, but eating it straight makes them drunk, and a drunk Melynx sometimes drops what it is carrying.

A Neopteron found almost everywhere. It swallows fruit, mushrooms, honey, and the like and carries them back to its nest, so one with a swollen abdomen can give useful materials. The color of the abdomen seems to change with what it has eaten.

A flying Neopteron found in every kind of terrain. It carries a paralyzing poison and attacks anything that enters its territory. It is also known for laying eggs in carcasses, and its body fluid, which lowers resistances, seems to speed up the rot. Poison is the best way to get materials from it intact.

A carnivore of the desert that always moves in packs of four or five. When a large monster is hunting nearby, Delex swim in circles around the prey and close in to take the leftovers. They are sensitive to sound, so a sonic bomb can catch a whole pack at once.

A small herbivore known for its gentle nature. Its horn is used in medicine said to cure any illness. The horn holds a special substance, so it is easier to carve while the Kelbi is alive and stunned by a blunt attack.

A fairly docile herbivore with a distinctive crest on its head. Aptonoth live in herds and raise their young together. Their meat is tasty and nourishing, and they have worked alongside people as beasts of burden for a long time. They have been seen growing wary when a large monster comes near.

A herbivore with a strong sense of territory. Its eyesight is poor and it cannot make out anything far away, but its sharp hearing picks up anything that comes close, and it will chase the intruder without letting up. Once it starts running it seems unable to stop easily, and it is often seen crashing into rocks.

A herbivore that lives mainly near water in the Flooded Forest and the Volcano. As the name "droop-skin" suggests, it has thick, sagging skin where it stores nutrients. The hide is heat-proof and waterproof and is made into rain gear. The males are fiercely territorial and will not run even when a wyvern comes.

A herbivore of cold regions. Usually quiet, but if you get too close it lowers its huge antlers and charges. The fine pelt is valuable, and the Guild prizes the antlers. Some say the antlers are easier to carve when it is stunned.

A herbivore that lives in herds, covered all over in long, thick fur against the cold. Popos are mild-tempered, but they are known to attack bravely with their huge tusks to protect their young. The meat is very nourishing, and the tongue is a delicacy.

A Bird Wyvern of the Misty Peaks. It has wings, but they are small and stunted, so it cannot fly. In Yukumo Village it is kept as livestock and has many uses. It is very timid, and if you sneak up and startle it from behind it may lay an egg.

A carnivorous Bird Wyvern with a strong social structure that lives in large packs. Young males hunt in groups and take down prey several times their size. Recent study suggests they act on orders from the pack leader. They sometimes go after wyvern eggs.

The female of the Jaggi, a pack-living Bird Wyvern. As a rule it stays near the nest, guarding it and raising the young. It is smaller than a grown male but bigger than the countless young males in the pack, and said to be tougher. Like the males, it follows the leader's orders.

The leader of a Jaggi pack. Males normally leave the pack once they reach a certain size and live alone. Later they return, and only the very few who win the fight for it take this place. The leader keeps tight control of the pack and is said to give complex orders with its calls.

A clever carnivorous Bird Wyvern that hunts in packs. It is known for its pale blue scales and sharp eyes. Baggi drive their prey together and knock it out with a special fluid. The fluid can put a grown adult to sleep in seconds and is a serious threat to hunters.

A carnivore classed as a Bird Wyvern like the Jaggi. It has pale skin that blends with the Tundra and a large raised crest on its head. With its cunning mind it leads the Baggi pack. When hunting, the pack drives prey together and finishes it off after knocking it out with a special fluid.

A small carnivore with an organ that makes poison running from its mouth to its throat. Wroggi usually move in packs and often follow a large male. A pack is very loyal and will throw itself in harm's way to protect the leader at a single command.

A Bird Wyvern that breathes a lingering poison mist. A pack is led by an adult male that is larger and carries stronger poison than the rest. It makes poison in a sac around its throat, so once the sac is broken it can no longer breathe enough poison.

A colorful Bird Wyvern, famous for mimicking the calls of other monsters with the vocal organs on its chest and head. When it senses danger it imitates a wyvern's call to bring one over, then slips away in the confusion. It also spits a fluid that lowers resistances, so watch out.

A subspecies of Qurupeco with bright red feathers. Like the normal species it is good at mimicry and dancing. The parts on its wings called electric stones can make electricity, which discharges on impact as an electric shock or a blinding flash.

A wild boar. It has a short temper and charges as soon as it spots a hunter, and the charge hits hard. Its meat is eaten, and though the taste is strong many hunters like it. Bullfango breed quickly, live in many regions, and sometimes form large herds.

A large wild boar that leads the Bullfango, known for its big build and huge tusks. It is more aggressive than a Bullfango. It attacks mostly by charging, but it is very good at finding its targets. White hair grows on its face like a beard.

A Fanged Beast of the mountains and forests in warm, wet regions. It stands up on two legs and is known for gathering its favorite food, honey, and catching fish in rivers. Its forelegs, with sharp claws and thick shell, are very well developed, and one blow from them is dangerous. Its fine blue fur gives it its Japanese name, the "blue bear beast."

A Fanged Beast adapted to cold regions, with thick fat under its skin and warm fur. It is an omnivore that leans toward plants but sometimes eats meat. When it does, it finds prey with its sharp hearing and hunts quickly and quietly by sliding across the ice. Commonly called the "white rabbit beast."

A Fanged Beast with a thick red shell that can stand magma, also called the "red shell beast." It curls into a ball and rolls across the burning ground. It likes Neopterons and catches them by wrapping them in its long tongue. It is also known to spit a strong paralyzing saliva, so be careful.

Also called the "earth wyvern." It spends much of its time buried in mud, perhaps to keep cool, and the leading theory is that it coats itself in mud for the same reason. The mud also serves as a weapon, so stay alert. It hates having its mud pools disturbed and rushes headlong at anyone who does.

A subspecies of Barroth that lives in the Tundra. In the same way the normal species uses mud, it coats itself in snow and ice and may fling them in an attack. It is known as the "ice-breaking wyvern" because it seems to smash its well-developed head into the ice. Its main food is Bnahabra.

A huge Brute Wyvern. It grinds bedrock with its tough jaw and eats ore. It uses lava to stick rocks and ore to its body, and the rocks it scatters explode from the tremors it makes. When it falls over, ore can sometimes be mined from its belly. Also called the "blast hammer wyvern."

A subspecies of Uragaan, known as the "steel hammer wyvern." Like the normal species it curls up and rolls at high speed. Perhaps because of a different diet, the gas made in its body has a strong stench. The gas soaks into the rocks on its body, and when it scatters them the stench bursts out of them too.

A Brute Wyvern with a tail that ends in a hammer-like lump, true to its name, the "tail hammer wyvern." It feeds on fallen and dead trees, and the huge tail also seems to be used to knock trees down. One theory holds that the humps on its back are an energy store.

Also called the "fearsome tyrant wyvern." It keeps no territory and is always wandering in search of food. It is extremely violent, and when enraged its muscles swell and old scars rise to the surface. It has to keep eating to hold its high body heat and is said to sometimes drive the creatures around it to extinction.

A female aquatic monster. Ludroth form a full harem around a large male: many of them gather in the territory the male sets up for breeding. They are very aggressive toward anything that invades the territory. Also called the "water beast."

Also called the "water beast." It soaks the sponge-like scales around its neck with water to keep its skin from drying out, which helps it on land. When the sponge starts to shrink it loses that ability, so it bathes to recover. It also spits a special slime that knocks prey off its feet.

A subspecies of Royal Ludroth with a purple mane. The sponge-like mane holds poison made inside its body, and it scatters the poison as it moves. Soaking the mane with water also helps it recover from fatigue, so it prefers lands with plenty of water. Also called the "purple water beast."

A Leviathan that evolved in its own way in a sea of sand. As its other name, the "sunken mouth wyvern," suggests, it hides in the sand with its skin blending in and waits for prey. It finds prey by sound and swallows it whole along with the sand. The fold-like organs in its mouth are thought to take in nutrients.

The young of a Leviathan that lives in volcanoes. Known as a scavenger, it swarms the leftovers of large monsters. Now and then it hunts for itself, bursting up from underground to stab prey on the surface. It is also known to be very aggressive toward anyone who comes close. Also called the "lava beast."

Also called the "flame spear wyvern." With its hard beak and strong muscles it drills through bedrock and moves freely through the ground, along the surface, and even across the ceiling. The hardened lava covering its body is very tough, but it turns red and soft from the heat after burrowing and from fire or explosive attacks.

A subspecies of Agnaktor that lives in the Tundra. Also called the "frozen spear wyvern," it burrows through the permafrost with its sharp beak. Hard chunks of ice stick to its body as it does, but they can be melted with heat. It can breathe a powerful jet of water.

The "female fire wyvern," called the Queen of the Land. It hunts mostly on the ground, with strong legs for running and a tail that carries a deadly poison. Pairs have been seen hunting together, and they seem to coordinate their moves when they do.

A rare species of Rathian with a beautiful gold shell. Its habits and habitat are a mystery, and no one knows where its gold color, likened to the moon, comes from.

A wyvern feared as the King of the Skies. Together with the Rathian it keeps a wide territory around its nest and watches it from the air. It dives down on intruders with its fine flying skills and attacks with strong, poisoned talons. It breathes fire, which is why it is called the "fire wyvern."

A rare species of Rathalos with a beautiful silver shell. Its habits and habitat are a mystery, and no one knows where its silver color, likened to the sun, comes from.

The larva of a wyvern. It breeds very quickly and can settle anywhere dark, whatever the climate. It has been seen latching onto other creatures and sucking their blood, growing and building up toxins in its body as it does. If one latches on, rolling on the ground is recommended.

A wyvern of the Tundra. It prefers dark places and its eyes have withered, but it senses prey by heat and attacks with poison breath. When excited, its skin changes color and some parts harden. It breeds very easily and lays eggs everywhere. Also called the "poison freak wyvern."

A subspecies of the electricity-wielding freak wyvern, thought to be a mutation and rarely reported. It is said to paralyze prey with powerful electric shocks before eating it. Breaking the electricity-storing organs on its skin should weaken the shocks. The Guild calls it the "electric freak wyvern."

A swift wyvern that rules a world of permafrost, known for its huge fangs and sharp spikes. It uses the spike-like scales on its wings and tail to run freely over slippery ice. As long as it can do that, keeping up with it is very hard. Also called the "ice fang wyvern."

A subspecies of Barioth, known as the "wind fang wyvern," that lives in the Sandy Plains. It breathes blasts strong enough to raise tornadoes and may use those tornadoes to move at high speed. Its shell is a reddish yellow, and its fangs shine ultramarine when polished.

A wyvern that evolved in its own way in thickly wooded lands, also called the "swift wyvern." It hides in the dark and stalks its prey with frightening speed, cunning, and persistence. Its tail, developed as a weapon, is very supple and hits with great force.

A subspecies of Nargacuga with mottled fur, also called the "green swift wyvern." It lives in green lands such as the Flooded Forest and Deserted Island, where its coloring melts into the thick jungle. It moves nimbly and is skilled with its tail. The tail spikes it fires are rumored to be very dangerous.

A wyvern feared as the tyrant of the desert. It is very territorial and shows extreme aggression toward anyone who enters its territory. Perhaps because it often travels under the sand, its hearing is very sharp and it reacts strongly to sound. Its main food is cactus. Also called the "horned wyvern."

A Diablos with a black shell, called the "black horned wyvern." It is treated as a subspecies, but it is actually a female Diablos whose color has turned black in the breeding season. The change is thought to be a warning to other creatures, and it does become far more aggressive.

A wyvern that keeps a primitive look. It is extremely violent, and its charges on powerful limbs and blows from its claws and jaws are all dangerous. It roams widely in search of prey and has even been seen in the Tundra. Its tremendous roar gives it the name "roaring wyvern."

A subspecies of Tigrex, called the "black roaring wyvern." As the name says, it has a black shell and appears in hot, dry places such as the Volcano and the Sandy Plains. A strong roar is the mark of the Tigrex, but this one's is even stronger, and its full roar sends a shock over a wide area. It is extremely violent and always hungry.

A wyvern shrouded in mystery. In some regions it goes by many names, such as the black god and the tyrant of the volcano. The Guild calls it the "supreme wyvern" for its ferocity and huge body. It has huge fangs and spikes and lives deep in volcanic regions.

A wyvern shrouded in mystery. In some regions it is called the white god or the wyvern that will break the world. The Guild calls it the "crumbling wyvern" from the way it moves forward, smashing through ice and bedrock. Its jaw and claws are well suited to breaking ice, and it lives in the depths of cold regions.

A Fanged Wyvern, also called the "thunder wolf wyvern" for the lightning that surrounds it. It lives in steep, rugged mountain forest, so its claws are sharp and its limbs strong. When hunting, it gathers countless Thunderbugs to greatly raise the charge it carries and changes into what is called its supercharged state.

A giant Elder Dragon called the "peak mountain dragon." Rare ore can be mined from its back, so it is a symbol of plenty. It swims through the sand swallowing it along with countless living things, and Delex swarm around it for the leftovers. So sailors follow the Delex to find it.

A legendary Elder Dragon that came down to the Sacred Pinnacle deep in the Misty Peaks. It appears with great storms, and Yukumo Village's legends tell of it as a storm made flesh. Feared as a dragon of disaster that commands gales and tornadoes, it is also called the "storm dragon" for power equal to a natural disaster.

An Elder Dragon handed down in stories as the "blazing black dragon," said to look like lightning or like darkness. Its whole body is covered in sharp scales that tear apart anything that touches them without mercy. The elements in its body are very unstable and can suddenly change the weather around it. A true natural disaster.