The Biology of Monster Hunter | Wildspire Waste
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- Discover the monsters of Wildspire Waste, where only the strongest survive. The second episode of a series exploring the biology of Monster Hunter: World (Part I: • The Biology of Monster... )
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The sun-scorched world of the Wildspire Waste.
A land of the truly fearsome… and truly bizarre. A place where the extremes of climate, and the extremes of survival meet. This second episode on the biology of ‘Monster Hunter: World’ will show you an environment where resources are scarce, and competition is a way of life. And as usual, it’s a battleground I’ll be braving firsthand.
So, join me on my mission to chart the extreme reaches of this world, and better understand the titans that live here...
0:00 A Land of Extremes
1:12 Barroth
3:29 Jyuratodus
5:07 Apceros
6:13 Wildspire Dung Beetle
7:23 Nightshade Paolumu
9:17 Rathian
10:15 Glavenus
12:39 Tigrex
13:54 Mysterious Spires
15:04 Diablos
16:43 Bazelguese
18:06 The End? + Special Announcement
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Take your time. MHW is a massive game with hell of a ton of details with the ecology. Having such a professional like documentary approach to these worlds is great and I'll keep watching
Especially since given this format an entire series would have to be at minimum 6 parts long, as long as we're also including the Hoarfrost region and Guiding lands as some monsters are exclusive to it
Very true. And I think the nature of MHW makes the videos much more immersive. I could sit and watch these for hours and wouldn't lose interest
What a suck up
Let's hope he mntiojs shara and safi
MHW is massive. But wait until you see the Old World
I would like to see you do the other regions of monster hunter world, your quality is great and worth the wait to get the footage.
I would love to see the rotten vale.
Chill bro it's a series that he's just started. I doubt he'll give up on it so soon
I think you're totally right its awesome
I can't wait for him to discuss The Guiding Lands. Jeez, just the name gives me shivers.
If he did the ancient forest and the wildspire you know he's gonna do the coral Highlands, the rotten veil, the elders recess, and the Iceborne dlc area otherwise the catalogue woudlnt be complete and it would feel unsatisfying to leave something on monster hunter unfinished
Rathians out in the Waste are actually single. They were kicked out of the Ancient Forest by the strongest Rathian, who would then become Rathalos' mate.
Ok, but how bout the golden rathian that's only found in the desert tho ?
@@osrsweims The gold coloration makes it easier for prey to spot her, so in all likelihood it’s the only place she can consistently catch prey. Perhaps the desert sand blends in with the gold hue
@@osrsweims The metal Raths inhabit the desert as well as elders recess because they are significantly stronger plus their gold and silver colouration probably make it easier to hunt and blend in in both of those environments
@@successfulfailure1298 except Golden Raths can also be found in the elders recess, silver may be fine in the recess but gold doesn't really blend in with all the greys there
@@Lockz1111 That may just be because very few creatures can contend with elder dragons, and gold rath can put up a good enough fight to make its home their. So lack of competition with middle of the food chain predators
one of the artbooks illustrates rathian's unique spike is hollow, like a short of syringe connected to the mouth cavity which she can use to regurgitate food to feed rath babies, shoving the spike a little down their mouth
I dont know how I feel about this information.
that's so fricking cute tho
@@dinodude7290 birds do that too yanno, and so do certain kinds of insects.
@@kytrensol9777 I know, still cute
That’s adorable but also fuck poison monsters lol
Fun fact about the rathian in that specific cutscene with the glavanus, she has been injured by one before, her left wing talons we're sheared off by a previous encounter in the old world. (A cutscene that introduced glavanus in the game he first appeared in, "Monster Hunter Generations")
So that one glavenus had absolutely ZERO CHILL and chased her all the way to the new world to finish the job.
Damn, now THAT is a continuation.
I never realised that until you pointed that out.
@@conwaysquest6961 he did a pretty shit job of killing her off ngl, that's why I find Gammoth far superior, she likely killed the Tigrex
@@jojof3057 nah bro tigrex just wouldn’t die like that. If it went under the gammoth then yes but bite by bite gammoth would’ve fallen.
@@speedyv1nce647 I'll agree to disagree, as a avid gammoth lover, i won't stand for any such slander, the mountain mammoth beast far out weighs the prehistoric pussy cat, and has armor and hide thicker than almost all the monsters. Plus, if we were to assume that elder Frost was the same gammoth from the intro (scar on its head) she likely won that battle, seeing as she survived (and im doubtful a hard headed murder beast like Tigrex would run from a brawl) give me your best comeback for my flawless evidence of the superiority of mama Po po
I’m looking forward to the Coral Highlands/Rotten Vale, which I still think is one of the best shining examples of interconnected ecology in video games I’ve ever seen
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Man it's amazing to see this world from your perspective, i just can't wait for you to cover the coral Highlands
Ludroth vibes
Yea... hes not going to
Rip
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Now that I've skirted death, I can enjoy the video!
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Didn't expect to find you here
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Love your Content!
I'm not even into Monster Hinter as a game series but I absolutely love these videos and the biology in the games.
Same.
I used to feel the same way until MHR. I had tried to get into the series several times before with no luck. Not sure if you’ve given Rise a shot yet but I recommend it to anyone who hasn’t been able to connect with the series before.
I’ve always been fascinated with ecology since I was a kid, so stumbling onto this channel has been a true blessing. Thank you so much for the high quality content. The narration along with the editing and role play makes your videos extremely fun to watch. I would recommend covering the ecosystems of Ark Survival evolved if possible, as they are very unique and go against a lot of the rules of a natural ecosystem.
Wait i didn’t even notice you were doing monster hunter videos monster hunter is my favourite game but im trying not to get spoiled for sunbreak so i dont want to watch it so monster hunter stuff gets in my recommendations again
It's from Monster Hunter World and the Iceborne DLC,not Monster Hunter Rise and the Sunbreak DLC
@@mikibednarczyk3439 i know its just if i watch the video monster hunter related stuff will probably end up being in my recommendations again and that might lead to spoilers for the new monsters but i might watch it on a different account that i don’t really use because i really want to watch the videos
Wait mhw has a new dlc or rise does?
Also same love this game
@@LuXLuvsU rise does
Please do other regions like the coral highlands or the rotten valle, your videos realy dives in the ecology and in the well made ambience of monster hunter world.
Yay! More monster hunter biology!
Thank you so much for these. I have rolled with Monster Hunter since the days of the legendary PS2 and truly appreciate the detail and nuance you offer. Well done!
Nice to point out Tigrex being a relic of the past, I was struggling on how the various wyvern species could have connected in my headcannon and now I know its place is probably BEFORE flying wyverns like the raths and it checks out looking at their forelimbs having paws and fingers instead of one clawed digit.
Maybe at some point the gliders with full on finger based membranes outflew these types of psudeo wyverns who only use them to traverse terrain. Meanwhile things like Monoblos and Diablos and the Gravios species maybe stuck in between and becoming slightly quadrupedal again because of their burrowing lifestyle and large size though seemingly retaining more developed fingers that are now used like shovels.
But the psudeos are possibly also related to the more advanced fanged wyverns like Zinogre, Tobi, Odogaron and Magnamalo, in a way that they basically grew powerful forelimbs in a mostly upright gait and strong chest muscles because of an past evolutionary history of fliers.
Or alternatively this dexterity and upper body strength is what led to flight capability which explains their many extra digits only alluding to flight and finlike structures on the forearms that resemble Tigrex's wings while the only glider uses a whole different approach using membranes between the limbs.
So maybe its this latter scenario.
The way I see it the wing "digit" isn't even a true finger, it's an ossified styliform(similar to the things flying squirrels have) that eventually just supported the wing as wyverns lost digits
@@lavabender572 Wouldn't that make it more fragile? We do break wings a lot but its worst on the Tigrex and Barioth and the latter has been stated to have flexible wingtips.
But for Raths and Bazel it seems that actually is an arm with the wing structure similar to bats or birds, and Legiana definitely derived its wings from fingers forming like makeshift feathers
I recall reading somewhere (one of the art books, probably) that pseudo-wyverns like Tigrex are basal to both flying wyverns like Rathalos and fanged wyverns like Odogaron. The presence of more derived pseudo-wyverns like Barioth and Nargacuga means that Tigrex is a living holdout of an ancestral group to three different branches of wyvern taxonomy, which is pretty neat.
@@Vespuchian Dear god I hit the nail right on the head for the fanged wyverns splitting from psudeos. Though I guess it was one or the other.
Though in hindsight the history if the world mustve been chaotic if the lizardlike wyverns didnt become the canid/carnivoran body type and it was the gliding animals that became quadrupeds.
But then again we do have birds that only came about cause of dinosaurs... so the lizard wyverns might be equally old holdouts as tigrex.
Or to throw a wrench in things maybe they became splayed out because they reached a size limit explaining why smaller Jagras are upright while their great, Girros and Dodogama are squat.
Probably not that though. Maybe the anatomy change is unique to Jagras or the innovation of an advanced upright gait was unique with the small Jagras.
But the Anjanath is Clearly a Raptorial Bird Wyvern that attained Brute Wyvern status, it shares little in common with old world brutes and has feathers.
You should narrate something like Serina but with lesser known animals that will give birth to more unexpected evolutive branches
He didn't make Serina, he just narrates it.
Love how Curious Archive made Monster Hunter too! So inspiring 😍
Didn’t he made videos of Serina already?
Yes
He didn't create Serina. He just explained it to us
YES! thank you for making more of this, been waiting for more of this 😄
Please keep exploring o'brave Archivist
I love how someone took the time to code the AI of a dung beetle in a Monster Hunter game. That’s some serious dedication to the details of its ecosystem.
I’m so excited to see the Coral Highlands episode it’s such a beautiful virtual ecosystem.
I just LOVE your style! The way you "report on your findings" in each new environment, as you take us with you on your travels. Your delivery is compelling and inclusive, like each one of us is walking (swimming, boating, flying, etc.) with us as your "Watson-esque" companion to your Sherlock Holmes investigator, documenting your words in each new setting.
You have a very soothing voice that would go beautifully with narrating Audible books. With your flair for anecdotes I could actually close my eyes and listen, and still "see" the majority of the imagery of what you're relating to me/us. Thanks for always taking us with you on your journeys!
Hey Mr. Archive! What if you did a Speculative Biology Project of your own? I'd love to watch that!
the spore vid was somewhat that
@@mathieuleader8601 Yeah lol but more in depth, akin to what Biblaridion does for example
These MH videos are so cool.
Im so hyped for the other bioms
Tigrex's wings are actually fully functional, it uses them to travel great distances in search of prey, which is why tigrex can be encountered everywhere from the burning deserts to the frigid tundra. The difference is that tigrex uses it's wings solely for travel and prefers to hunt on the ground, while something like a rathalos uses it's wings to swoop down on prey from above.
This is correct. Diablos, Monoblos, and Basarios/Gravios wings are similarly fully functional, if hindered by the creature's weight and grounded lifestyles. Tigrex wings are actually closer to being vestigial, being not so much an ancestor to flying wyverns, so as to fanged wyverns, who have all but lost theirs
@YoruKurotsuki I don't think I'd call them "fully" functional.
Nargacuga flew in older games too
Really looking forward to the rest of lands in monster hunter
Bazelgeuse, as far as i know, is actually a scavenger, using its large size to scare predators away from their kills
Then why does he like to crash into battle instead of waiting till the results are out ?
@@user-lq4ct6dr5m i have no ideea, why dont you go ask em instead? Maybe he is akward with humans..
The books actually say the opposite. Bazelgeuse actively scans new environments for their apex. Make a beeline towards them to beat them up, then establish themselves as the new top dog.
This is because of having originated from the elders recess, where they needed to appear as strong as possible to avoid being everyone's prey. Its also why it doesn't run from deviljho, but fights it instead. Forcing it to leave allows it to keep it's hunting grounds to itself
Bazel is probably very well built to do this since it can fly large distances and scare most things away with its bombing runs.
But from what I know in canon it essentially hunts by carpet bombing an area and eating whatever was too slow to escape. While say singling out a single aptonoth or apceros and chasing it like a rathalos may not work simply hurling many bombs at a wide area, let’s say an entire herd of these, could be far more successful in landing a meal.
Furthermore since bazel is so enormous it probably could just take down something like an aptonoth or even things like young diablos or barroth by flying straight into it and killing it in the equivalent of an airplane crash
I love this!
I've made some documents about the fauna and flora of monster hunter and I love to see other people expand on the ecosystem of monster hunter!
Hallelujah here we go again!
This is my favorite UA-cam channel
One note: I have seen firsthand that the Tigrex's wings are very much fully-functioning.
Nargacuga also used to fly, weird they removed it
I always considered the Tigrex and others with its skeletal frame/moveset (like nargacuga) weren't proto-wyverns but had evolved into a niche that doesn't require powered flight. Those aren't proto-wings but vestigial wings in my opinion.
Tigrex is actually noted as being a wyvern right out of prehistory, and in-universe is a direct descendant of a common Flying Wyvern ancestor known as the Wyvern Rex (which out of universe was actually a concept design that later became Tigrex), to which it likely had some split off into a more cat-like and another offshoot what would develop into Nargacuga, Barioth (who, by the way, is the best flyer of the group, even though technically they can all still fly despite not being as well built for doing so as other Flying Wyverns), and Gigginox (with Gigginox's line also diverging into Khezu), alongside one more offshoot that fully lost the wings, leading to Akantor and Ukanlos.
Absolutely love how fitting the documentary style is for MH lore. And the way you narrate it makes it so immersive. I really enjoy your content and look forward to seeing more or your amazing work!
Wow Episode 2 already!?
You're out of control!
New subscriber, and your Monster Hunter series is awesome!
He read this comment and immediately went back under control
This is awesome - I love all of these videos! They're so well made and I love just love it to have someone who takes everything together. It offers sooo much inspiration! Thank you!
Yay, new Monster Hunter World Video. Awesome! Seriously, though, I really love how you're presenting this series. It feels more personal and engaging to me. I'm really looking forward to any new episodes you make for this series.
Incredible! Being a long time MH fan/player, I am so thankful someone, who I thought would never cover a game like this, took such pains to handle and deliver this series with such care. I love speculative biology l, so ive been a long time fan of the channel, and let me just say this is super exciting!
Keep and eye out for some of the rarer edemic life as well! Once I beat the game it was fun discovering and collecting them all to display in my aquarium or house!
Im glad to see the 2nd episode so soon. Ill happily watch the 3rd one !
This is such an amazing series. Thank you for the content!
YESSSSS another one so soon! These really are so wonderful!
I’m so happy we already got episode 2!
I hope you'll continue to the Coral Highlands and Rotten Vale! Those two biomes are some of my favorites in video games. Your documentary style is so fun to watch!
This is honestly fabulous! I’m happy to watch more of these kinds of videos as they come out!!
Hi, I've been a regular contributor for Astrovitae so far - it was great to read a featured interview with you in the new issue. Love this video, love this kind of stuff. I've always thought it would be awesome if someone made "nature documentaries" about fictional video game wildlife, and here it is!
man this channel is awesome and underrated. keep making videos, man!
These make me so happy. I love the immersive first-person narration!
Wowzers! The team behind this massive world are truly talented. Thank you for sharing this in-depth look into its ecosystem, an absolutely delightful watch!
I was looking forward to this episode! Even though I knew most if not all the monster facts beforehand, I still very much enjoy hearing people talk about the amount of detail put into every monster design
loving this series from you, my fav game! :D
These videos are amazing! Keep making more!
These were so much fun to watch! I would always take forever to progress in that game because I just spent so much time looking at all the creatures and fauna. Love this series!
I humbly request more videos of this please. This was really fun and interesting to watch
Geez dude, another one in just 7 days? You’re insane! Thank you so much!
omg PLEASE make more, these are awesome!
rewatching your monster hunter world videos, these are so well done
Jeez i love this channel so much. Literally remember seeing ur first vid pop up on my feed. Haven't missed one since!
I was one of the many(I assume) who suggested MHW as a subject and so far this has been everything I had hoped to see and more.
This game has such an overwhelmingly detailed and visually stunning ecosystem. I can only hope this modern trend of shared interest in speculative evolution only ever continues to expand exponentially.
This is magnificent! So far, it is certainly the best series about ecology of MHW's regions I've seen and I would really like to see more. Thank you for your work, I appreciate it!
Take your time with this project! I will say I excitedly await its return already, though. Can't wait!
Man, I love these monster hunter examination. I hope there’s more to come cus there’s plenty to see
Another amazing expedition!
Sir, I would to inform you that the research team just found another region. There are Coral Highland, Rotten Vale, and Elder Recess. These region has their unique biome that You might interested to explore. Let me know when your schedule to depart come close, so my team from Logistic could assist you in your research.
- Energetic Merchant
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This video is what I always looking for from MH ecology. Thanks sir.
Keep up the good work! I’d love to see this become a series I’ll watch these types of videos as long as you keep making them!
Love this series, hope u keep it going
Love using your videos as a docu-series before I start a game (like I'm getting ready to journey there myself) and I'm pretty excited about monster hunter now
Please make a part 3. Or better yet, make this a full blown series!
You did great! Another job well done. Can't wait for the next part.
Your MHW vids are amazing! They do a great job of introducing the world of MHW to people who are unfamiliar with it and Monster Hunter as a whole. I felt like I was learning about MHW for the first time again. Thank you!
Absolutely fantastic series of videos, I really hope more is to come!
This series alone made me subscribe to you man! Keep up the amazing work!!
Loving this series so far!
I was waiting for the next episode of this. Keep it up!
This is fantastic and super fun! Quite a high-quality video my man.
Putting yourself in the world of these games as an archiver is a pretty unique perspective, and it's pulled off well
Each one of these videos are so good I don’t even know where to begin
I just found out how utterly amazing Astrovitae is.
I downloaded the first four PDFs & I'm greatly anticipating the issue due 4/2023.
Speculative Fictional Science is one of my top 5 favorite things to watch.
The others in the list includes creepypastas, horror, high fantasy/cyber sifi, & [fictional]punk.
As my current YT channel fails & keeps fading behind the algorithms & constant harassment from TikTok, etc. I know that I'm going to subscribe to your content when my new YT channel is up & running.
Just gotta show my appreciation.
For years now I've appreciated the ecosystems of monster hunter, and am often using it's creatures as inspiration for my writing. So for you to do this breakdown is just *chef's kiss* thank you, hope you keep doing what you're doing.
Cant wait for more eps!
thanks for making this series
G'awwww I love you putting the spotlight on the Dung Beetle for a moment there. Underrated touch tbh.
Hello and thank you for these amazing videos. The game Monster Hunter was completely unknown to me when I stumbled upon your vids. I am so glad that I did! Your approach is truly enjoyable and I am eager to continue the adventure. Best to you!
I love this so much. Happy there's a part 2 !
I absolutely love these videos! I was introduced to Monster Hunter World a few months back and found the biology and scientific study of the creatures fascinating and love watching your videos going so far into it and presenting it as a full on documentary.
Thank you for these and I hope you feel like making more of them in the future.
Heh, I am sure you could easily find study partners for these as I cannot be the only one absolutely fascinated by this world the developers have built :)
A monster hunter documentary is exactly the kind of video I love - beautiful
When you get back to doing the different areas, it would be nice to see a bit more of the variations for some of the monsters already covered and soon to be covered
This was an amazing video. Totally worth the wait
Yes I was really looking forward to seeing videos like this!
YESSS, I was waiting for this!!
I know it’s been a while, but a continuation of this series would be incredible.
I really hope someone watches these and gets into the monster hunter series. Any love this series gets is more than welcome
I like the fact you make these video's in a way that makes it seem like you actually went and documented these things in real life. It's a weird yet heavily interesting experience.
Nice! I was waiting for the 2nd part :D
I’ve been thinking about this all week
Keep up the fantastic work man!👏
bro you gotta continue this series its sick as hell!
Like always great video! About the information not directly discernible from the creatures' morphology and behaviour (like chemical processes or ancient lineages), do you get that from in-world lore or do you sometimes make things up? I have a suggestion to make this information feel more natural: especially in games you could have the player character be some sort of guide to protect you as well as expose some extra information like this :) I love your narration style! Keep it coming
Gotta say I absolutely love this channel! Especially the video game content
Really nice to also see some of the master rank monsters too, hope that the nargacuga will be featured in the coral highlands episode even though its main territory is the ancient forest.
Also love the video's, i was kinda trying to get back into mh:world and your first video gave me a huge push to also explore again and admire the surroundings since world jjust has beatifull set pieces.
Pleeeeesse continue this series ❤ its so entertaining
Dude, forever and beyond, generations of spectators of the visual medium will be grateful for your work and content.
YES!!! I’ve been waiting for this!! Keep it up my man!!
Another banger video, please continue your coverage of Munster Hunter for as long as inspiration can keep its hold on you!
I am so happy you are doing Monster Hunter stuff. I subscribed to you so I dont miss when you do Coral High Lands.
The Quality increase is staggering, good job!