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Things You May Not Know About The Crypt Hydra(Info comes from Hunter's Encyclopedia 1 and Hunter Encyclopedia G)



Note: This monster is only a Concept Monster, however, a similar monster with two heads has been depicted in some logos for the Hunter's Guild.


 * The Crypt Hydra is a two-headed dragon that is the guardian of a lost tomb. With its two heads, the Crypt Hydra is able to guard two different rooms at once before ambushing a threat.
 * According to the developers, this is how the Crypt Hydra would be fought.
 * It also seems that if the bandages were destroyed on this monster, both heads would separate and both monsters would be free to fight using their own separate body.
 * It has no class though it is mentioned that they wanted it to be a Elder Dragon.
 * It is said that under the bandages of the Crypt Hydra is treasure that could be collected by hunters.
 * The materials that hunters could get from this monster included gold scales, ancient bandages, ancient monuments, thorns, horns, shells, and fangs. These materials would be used to craft equipment themed after many Egyptian artifacts such as armor that resembled a mummy and a giant coffin-like weapon.
 * Some of this equipment actually exist in Monster Hunter now.
 * The reason why this monster wasn't made or put into Monster Hunter was because of poor criticism by fans. Fans didn't want to see a supernatural monster in the original Monster Hunter.
 * That all, however, changed with Monster Hunter 2 with the newer Elder Dragons.
 * Though this monster didn't make the cut, it is referenced in some ways like in MH2's logo and on one of the ships in MH3U.