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Hunter Notes

Monster Characteristics:
Carnivores that prowl Oilwell Basin. Their skulls have evolved in a way that lets them expand and contract the plating, and lunge at prey with hammer-like blows. They hunt Gelidron and keep their packs small. There have been accounts of Kranodath engaging larger monsters while feeding, where they cling to the enemy's skull and stun it with repeated head bashes.

Ecology & Habitat

Kranodath are aggressive carnivores native to the Oilwell Basin. They are pack hunters that primarily prey on Gelidron, though they will attack Hunters without hesitation, as well as Large Monsters, which they'll cling to the head of and repeatedly bash until stunning it.

Physiology

Kranodath are covered in black scales with faint purple hues along their underside. Their forearms and hind legs each end in three black claws, adapted for gripping and tearing at flesh. Their teeth are a lighter shade of black, long and sharply curved—angled forward like hooked blades to better tear chunks of meat, which they swallow whole as they lack the ability to chew. Their most striking feature is their cranial anatomy: tiny blue eyes with black pupils are almost hidden beneath a bulging red brow. This brow is a specialized muscle structure that controls a set of folding head plates. Normally these plates rest folded back, exposing raw muscle tissue beneath. However, when extended forward, the plates lock into place and form a hammer-like structure that both shields the head and serves as a brutal weapon.

Attacks & Abilities

Kranodath hunt cooperatively in small packs. Their primary method of attack is to slam their hammer-like plating into prey, stunning or disorienting it before carrying it away to be torn into and eaten. They are also known to jab with their reinforced heads, smashing repeatedly until their quarry falls. When confronting Hunters, Kranodath display relentless aggression, charging, leaping, and delivering devastating headbutts with their cranial plating.

Hitzones, Ailments, Rewards & Drops

Please note, the entire table for Ailments is still under developement and it not currently accurate. We promise by the end of September (hopefully earlier) it will be.

Hitzones

Part Part IG Extract IG Extract State/Rank Severing Cutting Blunt Blunt Shot Shot Fire Fire Water Water Thunder Thunder Ice Ice Dragon Dragon Stun Stun
HEAD RED NORMAL 75 75 75 0 40 15 30 10 100
HIDE RED NORMAL 23 24 23 0 40 15 30 10 100
BODY ORANGE NORMAL 75 75 75 0 40 15 30 10 0

Currently being edited, apologies for the inconvenience.

Ailments

Ailment Status Initial Threshold Increase Max Threshold Duration (Sec) Inflictions Damage (Per Tick) Damage Buffed (Per Tick) Damage Ticks (Sec) Reduction (Amount/Sec)
Paralysis Paralysis 20 10 40 15 0 X X X 5/10
Poison Poison 20 30 80 35 X 10 15 1 5/10
Sleep Sleep 30 20 70 40, 30, 20 3, 2, 0 X X X 5/10
Blast Blast 30 10 50 X X 100 150 X 5/10
Stun Stun 45 25 95 10, 8, 6 3, 2, 0 X X X 5/10
Exhaust Exhaust X X X X X X X X X
Mount Mount X X X X X X X X X
Offset Offset X X X X X X X X X

Traps & Utility

Ailment Status Duration (Sec) Inflictions
Flash Flash 20, 10, 0 4, 3, 0
Screamer Pod Screamer Pod X X
Pitfall Trap Pitfall Trap X X
Shock Trap Shock Trap X X
Vine Trap Vine Trap X X
Sand Trap Sand Trap X X
Endemic Life Paralysis Endemic Life Paralysis X X
Palico Shock Trap Palico Shock Trap X X

Special Mechanics

Ailment Status Activation Count Cooldown Inflictions
Power Clash Power Clash X X X
Capture Capture X X X
Lure Pod Lure Pod X X X

Material Drops

Low Rank

Reward Type Part Item Icon Quantity Chance
Carving Kranodath Skull
1 75%
Carving Sharp Fang
1 25%
Target Rewards Kranodath Skull
1 30%
Target Rewards Sharp Fang
1 30%
Target Rewards Dragonite Ore
1 20%
Target Rewards Charred Oilbone
1 20%
Carving (Rotten Monster Carcass) Mystery Bone
1 100%
??? Krano Copper
1 100%

High Rank

Reward TypePartItemIconQuantityChance
Carving Kranodath Skull+
1 75%
Carving Acute Fang
1 25%
Target Rewards Kranodath Skull+
1 30%
Target Rewards Acute Fang
1 30%
Target Rewards Dragonite Ore
2 20%
Target Rewards Charred Oilbone
2 20%
Carving (Rotten Monster Carcass) Sturdy Bone
1 100%
??? Krano Pyrite
1 100%

Armour

Series Armour

Other Armours (Shared Materials)

Weapons

Talismans

Palico Armour and Weapons

Armour

Weapons

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