#yukumo

[nightclawduke]

Scare your local Yukumo hunter noob with a Zinogre fursuit this Halloween. Reference under the cut

[figurecollection]

Yukumo Original Character Model Kit, by Kotobukiya

[critcrockett]

I can’t be buggered to pose her action-ly since I need to go start dinner, but Yukumo is pretty darn cute!

[sanadamachiko]

You don't understand, "No I don't think about anything at all like when I was five" is part of my vocabulary

[wretchedbirdthing]

have i not suffered enough

[venalos-archived]

In case y'all were wondering where I've been these last few days. 👌🐼

[sonorous-eisfyl]

// @storiedocs || cont.

Yukumo village...

---- An all too familiar name- being within the same region, and all. Frosting has heard of it in passing growing up, but seeing as the New World's expedition was the first time really that he went out into the world (and that itself brought him through a good few places just to reach the port the ship would leave from...) he's never quite had a chance to go there.

"Are you from there?" he perks up, looking at her intently and awaiting an answer. He hasn't met someone else from within his region, or at the very least not many; so one could probably understand why he was so interested in knowing. "I-- I haven't visited it before, but I'm from nearby I think!"

"And an Elder.... I wonder what it's like, or where it is now..."

The boy leans back again with a small sigh, thinking about that idea. Sure, Kamura had its own folk tale and stories- but Elders always made for such interesting ones. The recollections of Velkhana, Fatalis, and even Ceadeus (told by Odessa) were all fascinating. Beyond that, living up in the mountains sounded fun too. Though there'd be a lot of verticality he'd imagine, and the idea of that sounded painful.

[elstreem]

Nobody pays much attention to NPC dialogue in older MH games, especially when a lot of NPC requests are just excuse plots for "hey get something for me/hey bash this monster's head in for me" but as someone who gobbles up NPC dialogue here is my appreciation post for the can of unhinged behavior that is Moga Sweetheart.

That's my favorite quirky, somewhat scatterbrained seaside Guild Gal right there. Tri is my first MH game, so what can I say, Moga Sweetheart/Aisha is dear to me.

I do find it funny she looks so cute but her crazy dialogue is delivered so casually - I think one of her chatter in Tri was even offhandedly mentioning Giggi sandwiches. And bless her, her quirks are still present in MHGU.

(lol the Yukumo chief looking in our direction in the last frame pfft)

I dunno if the case here is the game wanted to censor the word kill and it got cut off to Aisha saying deliver the Ripened Mushrooms, but it would be funny when the game is all about hunting monsters.

If one accepts this quest but speaks to her again before you complete it, oddly enough she speaks like you've already done it, which leads to this golden exchange:

Aisha is joking...probably. But here'd she even get the idea of hanging up mushrooms like carcasses as a warning to other mushrooms...?

No wonder MHGU's hunter is implied to be seriously questioning Aisha's thought process lol.

But if one finishes the quest there is a proper conversation that acknowledges completion, and fulfilling it also unlocks Aisha as a possible room keeper.

All that effort and the reward is for Aisha to mooch off our lodgings while in Yukumo pfft. I do occasionally switch to her, but I always felt bad since the default Chamberlyne begs to never be replaced so I still keep the Chamberlyne posted.

In any case, it is funny that since one can station Aisha as a House keeper in all other lodgings, that means one could force her to stand guard in our Soaratorium cabin, so so much for her plans for free lodgings :b

[lucyfloyenworkshop]

Becoming One with Life

" Wilderness wild and perilous be, deep in the heart of danger Wilderness wild and perilous be, filling your heart with fire

Mountains rise in the distance. Stalwart as the stars fall, fading forever.

Roads ever weaving. Soul ever seeking the hunter's mark "

Everytime I listen or think about the main theme of Monster Hunter 3, To One with Life, I can't help but feel a deep warm feeling in my hear that remind me what I love about Monster Hunter.

From Moga's seacoast to the Misty Peeks of Yukumo, there is a story that it's written. Not just about just fighting powerful Monsters or Elder Dragons such as Ceadeus, Amatsu or Alatreon.

It's about journeys and meeting and making bond with other peoples. Discovering new cultures and countries. About friendship and understanning. Of being amaze by the richess of Nature.

About how all lives, Humans as Monsters are connected a world full danger and beauty.

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Lyrics : The Hunter's Mark; Erutan [link]

To One with Life (MH3 and MH3U theme) [link]

Artwork and Hunter OC made by @lucyfloyenworkshop

. Please don’t use/repost/trace my artworks without my permission

. Reblog (with my copyright) and likes are welcomed :-)

[capitalist-kasaneteto]

重音テト by Yukumo

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[asexxxualauthor]

So, Monster Hunter Wilds is on the horizon, and with it the 6th generation of the Monster Hunter franchise. And, as a fan of the Monster Hunter series since MHTri, here’s my list of the monsters introduced in the 3rd generation that deserve a return. These are in no particular order other than alphabetical.

1. The Final Bosses

Combining these all together since they all fill the same niche (and so I can fit all the monsters on this list), I’m just gonna go ahead and say a flat “no” for them. Final bosses basically never show back up again, and even if they did, these three will not. Ceadeus is a strictly underwater Elder Dragon, and Amatsu is strictly native to Yukumo. Dire Miralis could potentially work out, but he’s still semi-aquatic. Anyway, 0/10

2. Agnaktor

On the exact opposite end of the list is this lovely son of a bitch. Not only is Agnaktor not aquatic, it’s the exact opposite—it’s a lava-swimming wyvern, which is a whole subclass of frequently-used monsters. We already have Lavisioth as an option, and Agnaktor’s immature form—Uroktar—were available in MHRise, so why not? 10/10, should come back again

3. Duramboros

Duramboros is the first monster on this list that isn’t in total dire need of a return—it was available back in MHGenerations, and isn’t extremely unique or memorable. It wouldn’t be hard to add to the game—in fact, the ecology of Wilds’ regions do seem like they’d fit him well, but he wouldn’t exactly need it. 3/10

4. Gigginox

Oh, Gigginox—the Khezu’s more creepy, yet less disturbing little brother. Therein is a large part of the problem with Gigginox, in that its design is too similar to Khezu's—if a game is going to have one, it most likely won't have the other. However, despite having similar designs, their fights are completely different—so, bringing Gigginox back for the Forbidden Lands seems like the perfect opportunity to me. 8/10, bring the freakshow back!

5. Gobul

Gobul is an unfortunate victim of gimmickry. He's definitely a fun enemy—the encounter with him is memorable, he's extremely frustrating and fun, and being able to fish him up with a frog on a stick is so unique and interesting! And I could certainly see ways that reintroducing him for a Swamp region in Wilds could be done well—the problem is that so much of his design is tied to his flooded home, and having to navigate murky waters, that I don't think he's likely to come back. I'll put him at a solid 4/10, though, being hopeful.

6. Great Jaggi

Whenever a small predator monster is included in a game, and the game chooses not to include their mature form or pack leader, I die a little bit inside. Getting into Rise's desert region, seeing the Jaggi running around, and slowly realizing there was no Great Jaggi to beat up on broke my heart. Do I think there's any chance my boy will be showing up in Wilds, though? Not a chance in hell, there's nothing unique about him—unlike his cousins G.Baggi and G.Wroggi—that makes him worth bringing home again. 2/10

7. Jhen Mohran

I, personally, never got the chance to go far enough in one of the games to tackle one of the massive siege monsters—the closes I ever got was Zorah Magdaros, and from what I've seen from the community, that was a bit of a shit-show of a siege. Still, we are shown sailing on desert sands in the trailer for Wilds, and we already know the MH4 crew is tied up in this somehow, so maybe siege is back on the menu, boys! 5/10

8. Lagiacrus

Oh, Lagiacrus—yet another wonderful monster that was handicapped by gameplay gimmickry. Lagi is one of the most beloved monsters in the series—an odd thing to say, since he just barely made it into the gen after his. Without a sea to duel him in, he's locked to just his on-land combat, which is far less interesting to deal with. If we could get underwater combat back, I could see a world where he comes home, but that's not this one. 3/10

9. Nibelsnarf

Honestly, this is one of the monsters I can most see coming back with Wilds. Like Jhen, Nibelsnarf is a desert-dweller that loves digging through the sand—and there's plenty of sand to go around in Wilds first area! Not only that, but Nibelsnarf is perhaps the most bizarre monster to come out of the 3rd gen, and if there's one thing we've seen from the MHWilds roster so far, it's that they're a bunch of ugly, nasty motherfuckers—so he'll fit right in! 9/10

And of course, saving the best for last...

10. Qurupeco

Why, on gods green earth, has this bastard not left 3rd gen yet? He has such a colorful, unique design! His antics and mannerisms are so goofy and fun! The fact that he can parrot the calls of other monsters in the area and bring them barrelling down on you with the force of a hurricane itself is crazy, and makes for such a terrifying conflict—I genuinely do not understand why he isn't in more games—in all of the games—he deserves it!

10/10—11/10—15!! This bastard deserves to make Hunters' lives hell in the Forbidden Lands, I swear to god!

[your-fave-as-a-fate-servant]

Yukari Yakumo from Touhou Project

Yukari Yukumo from Touhou Project would be a Grand Caster.

Class Skills :

Item Construction C

Territory Creation EX

Personal Skills :

Onmyoudou A

Charisma of Lies A -> Hidden Kindness A

Clairvoyance EX -> Boundary Manipulation EX

Noble Phantasm :

Destruction of the Boundary (Degraded) (EX rank anti-world)

Attributes : Chaotic Good, Earth, Weak to Enuma Elish, Humanoid, Non-Hominidae Servant, Seven Knights Servant, Spaceflight-able Servant.

Parameters :

Strength D

Endurance A

Agility B

Magical Strength EX

Luck B

NP EX

[aeoneris]

part 2 of me being unhinged with a freecam mod for mhrise on pc. documenting my fun observations of things u don't normally see. this post is for kamura village, and there is a lot more here than in the elgado post so please enjoy

just wanna point out how the instructor eats dango through his cowl. i love him with my whole heart

so i recently looked through the base rise artbook and it mentions how there's supposed to be an entire residential area behind the tatara forge in the main plaza. well... it turns out a majority of it is modeled, but it's inaccessible. the housing district is where the villagers live, but it also has buildings that caters to visitors such as aristocrats and outside hunters

here's a clear shot of what it looks like inside those barely open doors in front of the forge, behind elder fugen. shout out to these two smithies... they're the real ones

this is a view of looking into kamura from outside the front gate, i just thought it'd be neat. if you turn the camera around and try to leave kamura you just run into layers and layers of tree textures until you clip through and see the skybox lol

at the buddy plaza. a nice shot of the entrance to the training grounds, with the palamute statues leading you to it. fun fact, if you look at the buddy plaza before going in, it's shrouded in a black screen to make it look foggy/obscured from the outside

a close up of the wirebug hives where the villagers raise them. sometimes they land and they look completely different from when they're flying (because they stop the iconic glowing?), it reminds me of the jewel bug model in animal crossing lol

rondine's ship is surprisingly detailed when you get to see it from a different angle. she has an open air bed with a bookshelf over it, and in the open door below, there are two hammocks for her felynes in the room which is so cute (forgot to take a pic of them)

if you turn the camera around, rondine has an actual clear photo of herself and the two felynes hanging on a wall

here's one of my favorite discoveries, chino's paintings are actually of previous game's areas like bherna and yukumo! and if you look at what chino is currently painting, it's a wip of the toadversary

at the training area, if you look at all those moving targets, there are felynes running back and forth placing new targets and boxes

i tried to move the camera outside of the entrance of the training area while i was in there, a lot of stuff isn't visible but weirdly the palamute statues are still fully modeled (understandable) even though i don't even think you can see them from the dock

at the guild hub. this is how it looks like inside otemai's dango shop

when you wait for a while, hojo starts yeeting messages at minoto... if you look at what he's holding before he throws them, it's drawings of rathalos. they're all rathalos lol (if you move the camera behind minoto and watch her catch them, she actually puts all the papers under her desk and they load out of existence once you can't see them)

just a shot of these guys because i appreciate them and found out there's a subset of nakago oshi which is so powerful

so if ur inside the guild hub nothing rly loads past that gate beside minoto...

but if you're outside, it leads to the place where hinoa is singing in the credits. nice wedding venue. just saying that for no particular reason

inside your house... there's some baskets hanging above the hearth with herbs in them. just thought they were neat

if you were wondering about him... yes. fukashigi is fully modeled behind the wall. his teacup is stuck to his hand in a weird way too lol

lastly, enjoy your housekeeper in your bathtub with your low res cohoot rubber ducky

[mhcoolfacts]

Monster Hunter concepts Pt. 8: the Fated Four

I think it would be cool to talk about more popular monsters, so today I will talk about these four peak design monsters that were introduced in Monster Hunter Generations: The Fated Four. While each one has a different theme, they are inherently part of the same core concept and thus must be explained collectively. I will try to keep it brief, but each monster is conceptually very rich so it will be difficult!

So what exactly are the Fated Four? Well as you may know, MHGen is the portable game of the Fourth generation, which started with MH4. MHGen was conceived as a celebration of the saga and its core theme is the number four: four villages, four hunting styles, and of course, four flagships: the scorching blade Glavenus, the lightning rebel Astalos, the immovable mountain god Gammoth, and the bewitching dance Mizutsune. Being defined as a group, each one of these monsters is intended to embody both a generation and a stereotypical archetype in a "hero team" (think of the Power Rangers, sorta).

Firstly we got Astalos, which is the rebel of the group, its color is green. Astalos embodies the First Generation being a Flying Wyvern and being found in the Forest and Hills (now Verdant Hills) near Kokoto, the village from the very first Monster Hunter. Its design is quite amazing, as it combines insect traits, with iridescent, semitranslucent wings, spiky legs and an earwig-like tail, its different insect-like parts charge with electricity as it attacks, a perfect reflection of its energetic and agressive nature. Its name in english comes from Astrapi (lightning in Greek) and -los to indicate it's the rival of Rathalos, which is much worse than its Japanese name Raizekusu (or Raizex for friends) which sounds way cooler, and is a combination of 雷 rai (thunder) and Insekt, the german word for, well, insect.

Secondly we got Gammoth, which is the big guy, the champion of the group, its color is blue. It embodies the Second Generation as a Fanged Beast, a class introduced in said generation, and is found in the Snowy Mountains (now Arctic Ridge) near Pokke, the village of MH Freedom 2 and Freedom Unite. This massive behemoth is based on a mammoth and also combines beasts from Greek mythology like hecatoncheires and cyclops, inspiring its weird armored head and and eye-like markings of its shoulders. Fight wise it covers its legs with snow and then tries to crush its enemies, as well as using its trunk as a versatile ranged weapon, however due to its enormous size with barely any back defense, its fight is possibly the easiest of the four. Lore confirms that its deep hatred for Tigrex is a result from childhood trauma (amazing). Its etymology is pretty straightforward, being a combination of the Hindu elephant god Ganesha and mammoth.

Thirdly we have Mizutsune, which is the girl (yes thats an archetype) of the group, its color is pink (cuz girl!!!!). It embodies the Third Generation as a Leviathan, a class first seen in our beloved wet MH3, and inhabits the Misty Peaks near Yukumo, which had never appeared in the west because it was only featured in MH Portable 3rd. This monster combines different traits from foxes, weasels, carps/goldenfish and snakes to create a really beautiful design. Mizutsune fights by secreting a soap-like substance to create bubbles, this slippery foam increases its movility while hindering that of its rivals, its gracefulness and agility allow it to face even powerful threats like Zinogre, using its giant brush-like tail as main weapon. Its etymology is pretty obvious if you are a bit of a weeb, "Mizutsune" is a combination of the Japanese words for water 水 mizu and fox 狐 kitsune, originally its Japanese name is Tamamitsune, which uses Tamamo-no-Mae, the legendary woman from the Japanese fairytale of the same name, instead of water.

And lastly we got Glavenus! The leader of the group obviously, its color is red, altho at first glance it may appear to be blue. Surprisingly, Glavenus is not the first fire-breathing Brute Wyvern that uses its tail as a sword, if you know your monsters you will know that Abiorugu from MH Frontier, while completely different, has these core traits too. In any case, Glavenus is still a really good design, who doesn't love a Carnotaurus with a giant blade as a tail that lights up like a 1000 degree knife? Its flame-shaped shell and horns also become red when enraged which give it a very fiery look, everything about its design screams fire. Interestingly, it is also mentioned in interviews that Glavenus was intended to be a land Rathalos, which would explain why it hates Rathian so much. Despite all of this, I still find odd that the monster that is supposed to embody the Fourth Generation is not from a class introduced in it (we need more Snake Wyverns!), overall it's the only monster in the group that does not really embody its generation all that well, but that's fine, we still love the top contender of the Jurassic Frontier (I guess Cretaceous Frontier was too long). In terms of etymology, "Glavenus" is a combination of the latin words Gladius (blade) and Fervens (burning) plus -saurus (cuz it's a dinosaur), while in Japanese Dinobarudo is a combination of Dinosaur, Nova and Halberd.

So that is all! Four banger monsters in one go, which one is your favorite? Do you also pray every night for Gammoth to return in the future or that it will remain forgotten like Gigginox? I really hope people find these ramblings interesting lol

[monsterfucker69420]

The elemental HBG guide no one asked for!

Why use elemental HBG?

you're bored of orcus quarcus

you have a bunch of spare monster parts and zenny laying around you don't know what to do with

you want to kill the monster with the same speed (or maybe even faster) as raw HBG but with more part breaks

it's powerful. if you don't believe me, check out this speedrun.

If one or more of these apply then this guide is for you! I should probably also note that the sets depicted are built with some pretty-hard-to-obtain materials, so this guide is better for those who are way way late in the game. I'm also going to assume you're familiar with valor HBG and its mechanics, so if you're not check out GaijinHunter's videos on youtube. He does a great job of explaining!

Anyway. Elemental piercing internal ammo is super underrated. It does insane damage, and I think people should use it. I have five sets to show, each with a different HBG but with the same base armor, that don't require god charms! So let's look at the base armor first.

Base armor:

Hayabusa Feather

Fatalis Crimsonskin XR

Escadora Arma XR

Glyph Tassets XR

Escadora Scala XR

This will give you the base skills:

Expert + 15 (Crit Eye +2)

Elemental + 11 (Element Atk Up)

Crit Element + 10 (Elemental Crit)

Tenderizer + 8 (Weakness Exploit)

Haphazard + 2 (TrueShot Up)

Ignore the Thunder Atk+1 on my build; that is the talisman I have. If you can, it's good to add extra elemental attack onto your build, but it's not that big of a difference. Just nice to have. Charms with at least 10 points in extra elemental atk aren't hard to come by.

You will have to slot in the extra points for tenderizer and haphazard. You want to make sure that either your weapon or your talisman has two slots available. All of the HBGs used in this tutorial have at least two slots.

If you're not familiar with what the skills above do:

Crit eye + 2 increases affinity by 20%.

Elemental increases elemental ammo atk by 12.5% (as opposed to the melee 20%).

Crit element increases the elemental damage of critical hits.

Weakness exploit increases affinity by 50% when hitting the monster's weak spot.

Haphazard increases the power of internal ammo, which is the main ammo we will be using. (It also boosts power shots if you are a bow user).

One thing to note is that if your HBG doesn't have a recoil of "some" or lower, you're going to want to slot in some lower recoil. If the recoil is "avg," use recoil + 1, and if the recoil is "high," use recoil + 2. HBG is basically unusable if the recoil is avg or higher because the firing animation is way too long to have good dps, and it also leaves you vulnerable to attacks.

And of course, we never have to worry about reload speed when we're using valor.

If you want to customize your armor, check out this website. It's super useful for building mixed sets. I use it all the time.

If you're unsure of how to get the Hayabusa Feather, check out this forum post.

The five guns I'll be showcasing are the Thundercrash Blaster (Lagiacrus), Valia Cannon (Barioth), Mountainous Torrent (Mizutsune), Crow Heirloom (Yian Garuga), and Yukumo Auragun. So let's get into those.

The Thundercrash Blaster (Lagiacrus). This is hands-down the best elemental HBG out of the ones I have to show. The recoil on this weapon is only "some," which means you don't have to slot in recoil and you can put in another skill (like thunder atk).

Internal ammo:

50 P. Thunder lv1

48 P. Thunder lv2

5 Armor S

20 Slicing S lv1

18 Slicing S lv2

Crouching fire:

15 Normal S lv3

12 Thunder lv1

Already the internal ammo is really good. You have high stock of piercing elemental thunder, so you're unlikely to run out of ammo before you kill the monster. The slicing ammo is also a really nice addition. It does good damage when paired with TrueShot, and it's fast for building the valor gauge. If you do run out of internal ammo though, the crouching fire normal 3 and thunder 1 are also really nice.

The Mountainous Torrent (Mizutsune). This is the HBG used in the speedrun I showed you. Some people prefer to use the Soulseer HBG, but it's all a matter of preference. I like this one because it has two slots and more internal ammo. The recoil on this gun is "some," so no recoil skills are required.

Internal ammo:

36 Water S lv2

50 P. Water S lv1

45 P. Water S lv2

Crouching fire:

12 Water S lv1

12 Water S lv2

Again, lots of piercing elemental internal ammo. You're unlikely to run out. If you do, you can siege water ammo. Elemental ammo does decent damage when you have elemental skills equipped.

Valia Cannon (Barioth). This gun has a recoil of "avg," so make sure to slot in recoil + 1. This probably means that you won't be able to slot in extra ice attack, but oh well. You win some you lose some. It's good to have a talisman that's recoil + 6 with 3 slots. Otherwise this HBG is pretty bitchin. It also has an extra 30% affinity.

Internal ammo:

50 Sting S

50 P. Freeze lv1

40 P. Freeze lv2

Crouching fire:

12 Pierce S lv2

12 P. Freeze lv1

12 P. Freeze lv2

Good stock of internal ammo. I'm not entirely sure how much damage sting ammo does, but apparently it's affective on weak parts. You can siege that P. Freeze ammo, so you can kill the monster even faster, wow! And if you run out, there's a nice stock of Pierce S lv2.

Crow Heirloom (Yian Garuga). I honestly really struggled to find a solid fire HBG, but this is the best I could muster. Avg recoil, so use recoil + 1.

Internal ammo:

50 P. Flaming S lv1

5 Poison Smoke S

Crouching fire:

12 Flaming S lv1

6 Poison S lv1

12 P. Flaming S lv1

The stock of internal ammo on this one is kinda mid. It would be nice if it had P. Flaming lv2 as well, but it doesn't. The only thing Poison smoke is good for is killing small bugs. It's nice that you can siege fire the P. Flaming and regular flaming though. The main gripe that I have with this gun is that if you run out of internal ammo, you're fucked. Remember, you can only combine an extra 20 Flaming S lv1 on the hunt, so be careful when you manage your resources. I think this HBG works really well when you're going up against one monster. But if you're going up against multiple monsters or a monster with massive health, I would use the Yukumo Auragun.

It has a good capacity of 11 for Normal S lv3 though, which is somewhat of a safety net.

Yukumo Auragun. This gun is a little odd, but still really good. It has piercing internal ammo for both fire and water, so it can be an alternative to the Crow's Heirloom if you're going on a longer hunt or a hunt with monsters weak to fire and water (such as A Titanic Clash, where you fight Agnaktor and Duramboros). I wouldn't use it as your main water gun because it's outclassed by the Mountainous Torrent. It also has 3 slots, which is really nice.

Internal Ammo:

54 P. Flaming S lv1

50 P. Flaming S lv2

54 P. Water S lv1

50 P. Water S lv2

Crouching fire:

15 Normal S lv3

12 Pellet S lv1

Again, good stock of internal ammo. It can't siege fire any of these, but it can siege Normal S lv3. Don't use pellet. No one likes that shit.

Akantor Descent might also be a good fire HBG to check out. It has P. Flaming lv2 and can siege fire some normal and piercing ammo. It also has 40% affinity. No slots though. Lots of people use this gun for normal ammo sets, if you're into that.

You might be wondering, why no dragon element? Because "dragon" ammo is basically gunlance's wyvern fire, but for gun. You have to be close to the monster for it to work, and it's a long animation. It's good for wakeup hits, but that's about it.

And that's about it for my elemental HBG guide. If you want to experiment with different guns, check out the HBG list on kirinico, and type ctrl + f to search for the ammo you want. And as always, bring combo materials, and make sure to register and sort your sets!

If you're unsure of what a certain internal ammo does, you can check the details on Capcom's official site.

I know this is a lot of information and might be overwhelming, but trust me it is SO worth it. I've never killed monsters faster!

Thanks for reading, and let me know if I got something wrong or if you want to show me a more optimal set, and I'll append it to this post.

[indragonsaur]

Rathalaugust 2023 Day 25: Amatsu

Amatsu is an Elder Dragon introduced in Monster Hunter Portable 3rd.

Amatsu has a unique body structure similar to that of a Leviathan. Its head itself is quite small, though it is adorned with massive golden horns, flanked by tendrils of flesh. Amatsu's body is largely pale white in color, and covered entirely in fins that stretch along all four limbs. From its back rise more pointed fins, whereas its underside is grey and scaled.

Because it flies through the air and spends no time on land, Amatsu has almost vestigial feet and small, nearly useless back legs. The front legs are bordered by more white fins.

When enraged, red veins stand out more prominently in its wing membranes, and when near death, its chest, horns and eyes shine with a faint golden luminescence.

Amatsu's unique abilities allow it to freely control storms and wind, allowing it to alter the weather around it. In addition to swimming freely through the sky using its fins, Amatsu can stir up destructive gales and tornadoes, protect itself with a barrier of wind, and cause wide-reaching torrential storms. It also stores large amounts of water in its body, which it can use to fire pressurized water blasts strong enough to blow away clouds and cleave stone. Unlike Kushala Daora, another Elder Dragon with control over wind, Amatsu's abilities are far stronger and do not seem to diminish no matter how injured or impaired it is, in fact only intensifying as it sustains injuries and gets angrier; at a certain point, it may also begin to harness the lightning from the storms to smite foes.

Amatsu's mere presence is a calamitous event which can decimate the landscape and drive other monsters out of their territories. Its sheer destructive power is said to be greater than that of natural disasters and can destroy entire cities, making it an extreme threat feared by many. In Kamura Village, the Amatsu is considered an even greater threat then even the Twin Serpents Wind Serpent Ibushi and Thunder Serpent Narwa/Narwa the Allmother themselves.

Amatsu is very territorial and will attack any intruders on sight, especially flying monsters or human airships; it is known to use its destructive storms to wipe out all competition in a wide area when claiming territory, and may even descend to decimate human civilizations in its territory. Although it mostly stays at high altitudes, it will descend down to lower heights in order to battle direct threats.

It is thought to live only in the Sacred Pinnacle and the areas around Yukumo Village, the former of which being where it is also battled. It spends the majority of its time patrolling high in the skies, making it difficult to track its movements. It has also been seen in the Infernal Springs around the Kamura Region, and is known to have been spotted in Tsukito City in the past.