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Things You May Not Know About Kulve Taroth (Sources: Dive to Monster Hunter World - pg. 362 to 367)

Length: 4573.25cm Height: 1219.32cm Foot Size: 321cm


 * Forty years ago, the First Fleet reported Kulve Taroth but the Elder Dragon disappeared suddenly before they could conduct an investigation. Recently, from Zorah Magdaros's and Xeno'jiiva's activities during the latest Elder Crossing, Kulve Taroth became active once again and the commission was able to discover the Caverns of El Dorado.
 * Kulve Taroth is only presumed to be female from her appearance. Since little has been gathered about this Elder Dragon, researchers can’t really make an accurate distinction between an individual being male or female. The commission has reported seeing Kulve Taroth wearing different metal coats with each sighting, and they think those could’ve possibly been different individuals from the one we hunt.
 * The Arch-tempered one, a golden white Kulve Taroth, is believed to be a new form relating to the destruction of the monster’s previous gold plating and shows wild, aggressive behavior identical to other Arch-tempered monsters.
 * Throughout the New World's crust is the bioenergy of Elder Dragons, and in one part of it is the Caverns of El Dorado, where large clumps of metal can be found deep within the land. Kulve Taroth inhabits that area and covers herself in the minerals found in it. As she wanders through her environment, she leaves behind gold that adheres to the walls and ceiling, creating the Caverns of El Dorado.
 * Kulve Taroth was never seen in the Caverns of El Dorado by the commission until recently by the Fifth Fleet because she usually lives deep underground in her nest most of the time.
 * Many species of endemic life can be found in the Caverns of El Dorado with Kulve Taroth at the center of it. She created this rich ecosystem in order to collect metals from the earth, and other species were influenced by this unique environment.
 * Gold Scalebats evolved gold scales to mimic their environment.
 * Gold Helmcrabs and Copper Calappas mainly feed on organic matter found in gold left behind by Kulve Taroth.
 * A tribe of Gajalaka known as the Gold Tribe uses Kulve Taroth’s gold to make high-quality weapons and garments.
 * A new species, called the Tsuchinoko, was discovered in the Caverns of El Dorado.
 * Kulve Taroth has the ability to attract various metals, which are found in rocks and other formations in her environment, to her body. She melts the metal with her body temperature, spreading it throughout her body, before letting it cool and harden over time to create the gold plating that covers her.
 * Kulve Taroth’s plating also may contain weapons from hunters that have encountered her in the past, and some of them have been altered after combining with her gold.
 * Research is being conducted on a particular individual to better understand the species since the metals vary for each individual.
 * The gold on her is extremely hard and heavy, making it quite valuable.
 * Special organs in her chest help regulate her body temperature. When gold is taken off her body and she is enraged, she’ll rapidly heat up, thereby causing the metal on her to soften and melt. In her Melting Gold State (Japanese 黄金融解状態), Kulve Taroth will become more aggressive and actively attack enemies to protect herself. She’ll even breathe powerful heat waves from her mouth to maintain her body temperature as she fights.
 * The inside of her chest will glow red while she is in that as well as the gold that adorns her.
 * If she is wearing pure gold on her body then it’s likely her body temperature has risen above 1400°C.
 * It is easier to break pieces of gold off her body while her metal is soft.
 * When she is in her hardened gold state, it’s called the Ugly Gold State (Japanese 黄金纏い状態).
 * Seemingly, Kulve Taroth hates not being covered in metal since it makes her more vulnerable and ugly. If a large majority of gold is knocked off her body, she’ll dig underground to attach more to herself.
 * On her chest and lower parts of her body are fine stalactite-like protrusions.
 * Her anger will reach its peak if an enemy destroys all the metal that covers her. When greatly enraged, Kulve Taroth will get rid of the remaining gold that adorns her body, revealing her true appearance, before attempting to kill her aggressors. Without anything to hold her back, Kulve Taroth is able to move faster with the help of her muscular leg, allowing for swifter attacks.
 * Kulve Taroth likely didn’t evolve wings from her living underground.
 * She lets enemies enter her nest so she can use the terrain to her advantage in combat.
 * Like other Elder Dragons, it’s believed that Kulve Taroth’s horns are a key part to her abilities. A Third Fleet scholar speculates that they produce a powerful magnetic force that attracts metals and minerals. It is confirmed that Kulve Taroth uses them to dig through her environment.
 * Severing her horns are key to understanding her abilities.
 * Besides attracting metal to her body, Kulve Taroth is able to manipulate heat. She can change her body temperature freely, either heating herself up or cooling herself down, causing the metal on her to the do same. In her Melting Gold State, Kulve Taroth will release immense amounts of heat from her mouth to both lower body temperature and to kill any enemies that dare attack her. She doesn’t breathe fire like other monsters, she exhales a heatwave from her mouth that can easily kill enemies in a single hit and melt gold like butter.
 * She is known to use this heatwave to melt into walls so she can enter different parts of the Caverns of El Dorado.
 * The heat increases as her body temperature does.
 * Many have fallen trying to obtain just one of her golden scales.
 * The golden shell’s price is tied to its brilliant shine.
 * Golden nuggets emit an exotic light towards those that look at them. Emperor nuggets are a glittering white gold nugget.
 * Despite their age and weight, her golden spiralhorns glow defiantly.
 * The golden tailshell shimmers a lustrous gold.
 * Her glimstone is said to have unimaginable power.