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* HavingABlast: Starting from this game, more monsters besides Brachydios make use of the Blast status, though not by using explosible slime but instead powder-like dust. This includes monsters that didn't use this status in prior games, such as Emerald Congalala and Teostra.


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* HavingABlast: Starting from this game, more monsters besides Brachydios make use of the Blast status, though not by using explosive slime but instead powder-like dust. This includes monsters that didn't use this status in prior games, such as Emerald Congalala and Teostra. The expansion ''4 Ultimate'' goes as far as introducing the Raging variant of Brachydios, whose explosive slime is even more volatile.
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* HatePlague: The Gore Magala is an Elder Dragon-like monster that spreads a special substance called the Frenzy Virus to sense its surroundings. This substance also has the debilitating side-effect of turning monsters who breathe it in into Frenzied specimens, who are in constant pain, extremely aggressive, can infect other monsters, and gain greater power. Then, as shown in the expansion ''4 Ultimate'', those who survive turn into Apex monsters, TyphoidMary carriers of the Frenzy who [[NighInvulnerable can deflect almost any attack without the aid of a Wystone]] and are even ''more'' powerful than Frenzied monsters. It isn't that deadly to humans, though, even providing a temporary attack boost when you shrug it off. The Gore Magala does this so that it can molt into Shagaru Magala, who spreads the same substance to [[ItsAllAboutMe keep any other Gores in the area from molting properly,]] turning them into Chaotic Gore Magala, and to nip off competition for resources from any other monsters.
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* FastballSpecial:
** The game introduces [[NonHumanSidekick palicoes]] who specialize in launching the player. This was implemented to showcase the verticality of fourth generation by letting players take advantage of the new mounting mechanics for jumping onto monsters even when there's no handy jumping points on the map.
** Users of the [[BladeOnAStick Insect Glaive]], also introduced in the fourth generation, can launch their Kinsect to collect extracts from the monster. ''Generations'' introduces a Hunting Art that throws the Kinsect even ''faster'', instantly slurping out all three kinds of extracts if it connects.


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* FastballSpecial: The Desert Seltas Queen can fire the Desert Seltas serving as her thrall at you with a burst of water. This shatters the poor male into pieces, and the Desert Seltas Queen [[BadBoss knows this;]] [[WeHaveReserves she just yanks another Desert Seltas out of the ground]] when this happens.
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* DoWellButNotPerfect: If you intend to carve Dah'ren Mohran, do not kill it too fast or its carcass will be beyond the invisible wall of the area, preventing you from carving it. Fortunately, it's less of a problem in ''4 Ultimate'' when you fight the G Rank version, as it starts out the second phase much closer to the Dragonship; while the Dragonship is in greater danger of damage, you're less likely to stagger the monster to the point of carving deprivation, and the Dragonship is surprisingly durable anyway.
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* CoolBoat: The Arluq is a pink whale-shaped ship that carries the Capital C Caravan. It boasts a [[ThisIsADrill huge drill]] on the front for inflicting massive damage to dragon-type monsters known as a Dragonator, as well as multiple ballista units and cannons, in the event of a monster attack in mid-voyage. [[spoiler:Which does happen when the Caravan tries to leave Harth, courtesy of the Gore Magala]]. Later, a blimp attachment allows the Arluq to [[CoolAirship fly]], turning it into a GlobalAirship and letting it reach the high-elevation mountain village of Cathar.
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* BossArenaUrgency: Say hello to Dalamadur, the only boss in the ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' series to destroy the arena you are fighting him in to limit your movement. In this series, that is a ''very'' bad thing.
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* AllWebbedUp: The Nerscylla throws balls of web in an attempt to immobilize you. If it's successful, the Nerscylla will either attempt to bite you with its huge pincers to inflict poison or sting you to put you to sleep. The Shrouded subspecies, introduced in ''4 Ultimate'', can do this as well.
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* AdmiringTheAbomination: The Guildmarm, who crushes hard on monsters. She especially treats the Brachydios as if it was the man of her dreams.
-->'''Guildmarm:''' "Those strong arms! That explosive personality! And he's right there in the Volcanic Hollow...Oh, I could faint! Be a dear, Doodle, and give him a wink for me, okay?"
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* NPCRoadblock: A lance guardian in the city of Dundorma is located next to a large staircase that leads to the Elder Hall, and won't let the player's character go that way until after they've completed the final High Rank urgent quest in Val Habar's Gathering Hall. The reason is because the Elder Hall only hosts G Rank quests, so the hunter has to rank up to accept them.
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* RandomlyGeneratedLoot: Rusted equipment can be found from Guild Quests and have semi-randomized parameters, some of which exceed anything you can have crafted in terms of effectiveness.
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* ThreateningShark: One of the new monsters is Zamtrios, a giant shark but with frog-like legs to let it traverse land.
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* WintryAuroralSky: The Frozen Seaway features auroral lights colored green, blue, purple and pink; they're visible from Areas 2, 3, 7 and 9. Notably, they're seen even though this location is always visited during day.
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* ArtifactMook: Though most large monsters inhabit the areas that make the most sense for them, the Everwood (which is tailored for free hunting) tends to ignore this, as monsters like Berserk Tetsucabra (which inhabits underground and volcanic areas), Shrouded Nerscylla (which inhabits deserts) and Tidal Najarala (which inhabits icy lakes) appear in the lush, temperate and open-air forest.
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* NewWorldTease: The city of Dundorma can be visited as you reach Val Habar for the first time in Low Rank. You can fish in the pier and listen to a song in the Assembly, but that's it. None of the Caravan's characters will appear here until after you've completed the Low Rank's StoryArc, since the quests you accept here are exclusive to High Rank. Also, the Elder Hall is off-limits until you've completed all key and urgent quests from Val Habar's Gathering Hall, as the quests accepted in the Elder Hall itself are exclusive to G Rank.

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* NewWorldTease: The city of Dundorma can be visited as soon as you reach Val Habar for the first time in Low Rank. You can fish in the pier and listen to a song in the Assembly, but that's it. None of the Caravan's characters will appear here until after you've completed the Low Rank's StoryArc, since the quests you accept here are exclusive to High Rank. Also, the Elder Hall is off-limits until you've completed all key and urgent quests from Val Habar's Gathering Hall, as the quests accepted in the Elder Hall itself are exclusive to G Rank.
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* HubUnderAttack: The city of Dundorma, when Rusted Kushala Daora finally arrives. The whole city will be under curfew, with several torches lit in the main plaza to guide hunters to the Battlegrounds and help in the mission to repel the Elder Dragon.


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* MakingASplash: G Rank introduces Tidal Najarala, a subspecies adapted to live in cold waters like those of the Frozen Seaway (though some specimens are shown to also live in warmer water bodies located in forests, much like the standard Najarala); it replaces the sound-sensitive scales of its cousins with scales capable of redirecting the water globules the monster shoots so it can hit unsuspecting hunters (who manage to dodge them the first time) from behind.

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** Due to inhabiting deserts instead of icy coasts (unlike its parent species), Tigerstripe Zamtrios shoots warm water (be it through a succession of globules while it's inflated, or as a powerful stream that instantly puts it back into its usual shark form) instead of ice or cold water.
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G Rank introduces Tidal Najarala, a subspecies adapted to live in cold waters like those of the Frozen Seaway (though some specimens are shown to also live in warmer water bodies located in forests, much like the standard Najarala); it replaces the sound-sensitive scales of its cousins with scales capable of redirecting the water globules the monster shoots so it can hit unsuspecting hunters (who manage to dodge them the first time) from behind.
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* ColossusClimb:
** The FinalBoss of the high-rank multiplayer quests is Dalamadur, who remains the single largest monster in the franchise, being a 440 meter long snake-dragon. Part of the fight does involve climbing its body to reach its weakpoints. And it's suggested that that isn't even its maximum size: ''World'' features a Dalamadur skeleton in one level that is nearly the size of an entire biome, with its skull alone dwarfing most Elder Dragons.
** The game as a whole introduces "mounting", a mechanic that lets you climb almost ''all'' monsters. It's become an integral part of the ''Monster Hunter'' metagame ever since.
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* {{Fartillery}}: When enraged, the Seltas Queen unleashes a large amount of nauseous gas that prevents item usage onto the hunter if they're hit with it. The gas comes from her lower body.

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* GiantSpider: This game introduces the Temnoceran class of monsters, who are based on arachnids, with Nerscylla.



* SnakesAreSinister: A new monster class is introduced in the form of the Snake Wyverns, which are serpentine monsters of varying body forms that are as aggressive as any other monster. Also applies to the Dara Amadyura/Dalamadur, the TrueFinalBoss of the game.

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* SnakesAreSinister: A new monster class is introduced in the form of the Snake Wyverns, which are serpentine monsters of varying body forms that are as aggressive as any other monster. Also applies to the Dara Amadyura/Dalamadur, Dalamadur, the TrueFinalBoss of the game.
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* MakingASplash: Kecha Wacha is a lemur-like Fanged Beast that can attack by shooting water globules from its trunk. The Seltas Queen and (in ''4 Ultimate'') her desert-dwelling subspecies have both a similar attack, though they only perform it when they're very angry ([[GrievousHarmWithABody and the desert subspecies tends to shoot their male partners as well in the process]]).


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* MakingASplash: G Rank introduces Tidal Najarala, a subspecies adapted to live in cold waters like those of the Frozen Seaway (though some specimens are shown to also live in warmer water bodies located in forests, much like the standard Najarala); it replaces the sound-sensitive scales of its cousins with scales capable of redirecting the water globules the monster shoots so it can hit unsuspecting hunters (who manage to dodge them the first time) from behind.
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* PlayingWithFire: The base game only introduces one fire-based monster, namely Ruby Basarios which is a subspecies of the first-generation Basarios. It rarely uses fire in battle, as it has other things to attack with.


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* PlayingWithFire: G Rank introduces Ash Kecha Wacha, a subspecies that trades the water globules of the standard Kecha Wacha in favor of fireballs, which can shoot in succession at different angles.
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* SandBlaster: Like its cousins Jhen Mohran and the subspecies Hallowed Jhen Mohran in ''3 Ultimate'' during G Rank quests, Dah'ren Mohran can inhale sand from the ground and then exhale it frontward like a powerful sand torrent, potentially damaging the hunter's Dragonship during the second phase. And unlike the two Mohran, it can perform this attack as early as ''low'' rank, though it's only a major concern in high rank quests (and later G rank ones in ''4 Ultimate'').
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* PoisonousPerson: Nerscylla is a Temnoceran (a GiantSpider) that can poison its prey, as well as a hunter fighting it, with its expandable fangs. It ''will'' use them if it manages to cover a hunter or prey with its spider webs. According to the series' lore, Nercylla's poison is strengthened thanks to the Gypceros it preys on (that's also why its upper body is covered with their dead skin). The UpdatedRerelease ''4 Ultimate'' introduces the Shrouded Nerscylla, a desert-dwelling subspecies whose poison is far deadlier, though it doesn't prey on Gypceros but instead on Khezu.
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* MissingSecret: Great Jaggi and Gendrome are the only large monsters that don't appear at all in G Rank (not even as DLC), while the related Velocidrome and Iodrome do; their infants (Jaggi, Jaggia and Genprey) appear as well despite this. Many players who enter G Rank for the first time have asked on websites and forums where those two monsters are, and are given either the traditional negative answer or a joking one. Great Jaggi, Monoblos and White Monoblos are also the only large monsters outside the category of Variants, Elder Dragons and Rare Species that don't have any appearance under the Frenzy Virus effect; this too had unsuspecting players searching for them with no success.
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* AnIcePerson:
** Zamtrios is a huge, shark-like Amphibian that can perform several ice-based attacks. In its standard form, it can shoot a powerful ice beam from its mouth (and depending on the hunting quest's rank, it can either turn around slowly while it shoots it, or rapidly spin to catch unprepared preys and hunters). When it's angry, it can apply an ice shield to its body, making it harder for hunters to inflict damage onto it unless they're using a fire-based weapon. In its inflated form, it can shoot multiple icy fuilds in succession while it turns around, though they're easy to avoid. Lastly, when it's deflating, its whole body can expel a cold gale that inflicts ice damage to the hunter, as well as make its stamina meter decrease more quickly.
** Oroshi Kirin is a subspecies that replaces the ShockAndAwe traits of its parent species (the Kirin) with ice-based powers. Not only can it shoot large ice crystals from its horn, but as it gallops it can leave traces made of ice which are harmful. And when it's angry, it covers much of its body with an ice barrier, making it much harder for hunters to hit it.
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* DiscOneFinalBoss: Gore Magala plays with the trope. After a lengthy campaign taking you all over the world, you learn about this ultra-dangerous monster spoken of only in legends, and you fight it. You then play some more, and the characters reveal that Gore is still alive, and has evolved into a more powerful version ([[spoiler:the Shagaru Magala]]), later settling the actual FinalBoss battle. You beat the monster, you get a satisfying ending sequence, and that marks the end of your adventure (PlayableEpilogue notwithstanding)... and then in ''4 Ultimate'', this only marks the end of the low-rank story, which leaves Magala as a straight example in this version. There is now a whole other campaign and loads of monsters more powerful than the ones you just beat, taking place in a [[NostalgiaLevel familiar city]] from ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter2Dos''. And that's just the ''single-player campaign''; if you want to do multiplayer expect a whole other set of missions and ranks to earn.

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* TheBusCameBack:
** The monsters Cephadrome, Daimyo Hermitaur and its Plum subspecies, Monoblos and its White subspecies, Diablos and its Black subspecies, Rusted Kushala Daora, Ukanlos, Chameleos, and White Fatalis.
** The Old Desert returns after its last appearance in ''Freedom Unite''.
** Dundorma City makes its grand return as the Offline High Rank setting and Online G-Rank Gathering Hall.

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TheBusCameBack: The monsters Cephadrome, Daimyo Hermitaur and its Plum subspecies, Monoblos and its White subspecies, Diablos and its Black subspecies, Rusted Kushala Daora, Ukanlos, Chameleos, and White Fatalis.
** The Old Desert returns after its last appearance in ''Freedom Unite''.
** Dundorma City makes its grand return as the Offline High Rank setting and Online G-Rank Gathering Hall.
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In October 2014, the game received an UpdatedRerelease, ''Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate'' (known as ''Monster Hunter 4G'' in Japan), which expanded on the contents of the previous game with returning monsters and subspecies, G-Rank, as well as the return of the [[VideoGame/MonsterHunter2004 first generation's]] Old Desert now revamped, redesigned and renamed into the Dunes. Another returning area is the Polar Field, a BossOnlyLevel from ''Monster Hunter Portable 3rd'' where Ukanlos can be found. Mobility is further increased with the addition of hunters being able to knock others into the air with heavy weapons allowing for aerial strikes. The game's flagship is the Seregios, a flying wyvern that can inflict a new type of ailment (Bleeding, which requires eating meat or crouching slowly to be dealt with). Also added is a High Rank offline campaign where the Caravan travels to [[VideoGame/MonsterHunter2Dos Dundorma City]] to deal with the forthcoming threat of the Rusted Kushala Daora and other Elder Dragons while seeking to fix the town's damaged defenses and exploring the past of the Ace Commander/Julius and his now retired master. Also introduced are a new deadly type of monster known as the [[DubNameChange Extreme/Apex]] monsters, an advanced state of the Frenzy Virus that makes monsters stronger and bigger and with tough enough skin that only with the help of the newly introduced Wystones you'll be able to fight them off effectively. Also increased is the Palico level cap, as well as the previous cap of the Everwood's Guild Quests (this one thanks to the presence of G Rank). It was this version that was brought over to the West in February 2015 (vanilla ''4'' was skipped over).

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In October 2014, the game received an UpdatedRerelease, ''Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate'' (known as ''Monster Hunter 4G'' in Japan), which expanded on the contents of the previous game with returning monsters and subspecies, G-Rank, as well as the return of the [[VideoGame/MonsterHunter2004 first generation's]] Old Desert now revamped, redesigned and renamed into the Dunes. Another returning area is the Polar Field, a BossOnlyLevel from ''Monster Hunter Portable 3rd'' ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterPortable3rd'' where Ukanlos can be found. Mobility is further increased with the addition of hunters being able to knock others into the air with heavy weapons allowing for aerial strikes. The game's flagship is the Seregios, a flying wyvern that can inflict a new type of ailment (Bleeding, which requires eating meat or crouching slowly to be dealt with). Also added is a High Rank offline campaign where the Caravan travels to [[VideoGame/MonsterHunter2Dos Dundorma City]] to deal with the forthcoming threat of the Rusted Kushala Daora and other Elder Dragons while seeking to fix the town's damaged defenses and exploring the past of the Ace Commander/Julius and his now retired master. Also introduced are a new deadly type of monster known as the [[DubNameChange Extreme/Apex]] monsters, an advanced state of the Frenzy Virus that makes monsters stronger and bigger and with tough enough skin that only with the help of the newly introduced Wystones you'll be able to fight them off effectively. Also increased is the Palico level cap, as well as the previous cap of the Everwood's Guild Quests (this one thanks to the presence of G Rank). It was this version that was brought over to the West in February 2015 (vanilla ''4'' was skipped over).

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* TheLostWoods: The Everwood is a dense, exotic forest notable for changing its layout upon each visit, so the Expeditions and quests set here rarely feel the same; a few of the possible areas intersect with other settings, such as ShiftingSandLand and UndergroundLevel. It comes in two tiers (one where you meet Low Rank Monsters and another where you meet High Rank Monsters), each accesed separately from the world map after being unlocked. ''4 Ultimate'' adds an unlockable third tier where you can freely find and hunt G Rank monsters.



* RibcageRidge: In the Primal Forest, one area is entirely overshadowed by the giant ribcage of some sort of gigantic serpentine monster. The [[DisconnectedSideArea secret starting location]] for this map is located on top of one of the ribs that has snapped loose from the rest of the ribcage, and is easily large enough for a [[CoOpMultiplayer full party of four hunters]].



* NostalgiaLevel: One in each front, and each also representing a past generation of the series. Joining the new hunting areas seen in the base ''Monster Hunter 4'' is the Old Desert from the very first game (and all games where it also appeared) returns in a revamped form to take advantage of the vertical gameplay, now known as the Dunes. Joining the new village areas is Dundorma, which originally served as the online HubCity of ''Monster Hunter 2'', now available offline for both the single-player campaign (High Rank) and the multiplayer quests (G Rank). Lastly, one of the boss-only areas from ''Portable 3rd'' (the Polar Field) returns as well, being the battlefield of Ukanlos just like in that game.

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* NostalgiaLevel: One in each front, and each also representing a past generation of the series. Joining the new hunting areas seen in the base ''Monster Hunter 4'' is the Old Desert from the very first game (and all games where it also appeared) appeared), which returns in a revamped form to take advantage of the vertical gameplay, and is now known as the Dunes. Joining the new village areas is Dundorma, which originally served as the online HubCity of ''Monster Hunter 2'', now available offline for both the single-player campaign (High Rank) and the multiplayer quests (G Rank). Lastly, one of the boss-only areas from ''Portable 3rd'' (the Polar Field) returns as well, being the battlefield of Ukanlos just like in that game.

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* {{Retcon}}: Remobras are reclassified from Flying Wyverns to Snake Wyverns.

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* {{Retcon}}: Remobras are reclassified from Flying Wyverns to Snake Wyverns. This change is acknowledged in-universe.
* SandWorm: Dah'ren Mohran is a close relative of the Jhen Mohran with one front tusk instead of two front ones. It borrows many of the attacks from its cousin, and in G Rank (only available in ''4 Ultimate'') it will start the second phase of the battle ''very'' close to the Sandship.

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