Garangolm

Garangolm
ガランゴルム (Garangorumu)
English Name	Garangolm
English Title	Sturdy Clad Beast Wandering Colossus Hulking Beast of Nature
Japanese Title	剛纏獣 無垢なる巨影
Chinese Name	刚缠兽 (Simplified) 剛纏獸 (Traditional)
Korean Name	가란고르무
General Information
Monster Class	Fanged Beast
Elements	Fire Water Ice (Icy terrain)
Ailments	Fireblight Blastblight Waterblight Iceblight (Icy terrain)
Weakest to	None (Normal state) Thunder, Fire (Mossy arm, Face enraged phase 2) Ice, Water (Molten arm, Face enraged phase 2)
Habitat	Flooded Forest Citadel Forlorn Arena (MHRS)
Size	1789.39cm 1529.30cm
Related Monsters	Rajang Furious Rajang Congalala Emerald Congalala Conga Blangonga Copper Blangonga Blango
Generation	Fifth

“	A pure creature, lingering to its heart’s content. It looks docile and innocent at first glance. But if it’s disturbed from its peaceful desires… Pure anger becomes pure strength. As its power grows, so does its ire. Getting in its way is risking life and limb. It’s already too late to realize… That this creature’s desires are not to be trifled with.	„
- Garangolm, Wandering Colossus

Garangolm is a Fanged Beast first introduced in Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak.

Appearance

Garangolm is a gigantic Fanged Beast similar in appearance to a gorilla. The dorsal side is covered in thick, rigid green and brown thick shell, and its head is protected by the same shell, forming a giant crown and chin plate. Curiously, Garangolm has a thick, long tail that ends in prongs.

Abilities

Aside from its incredible strength and hard body, Garangolm emits a sap-like fluid from its body that promotes plant growth. This causes various plants to grow all over its body. It can also use the sap it emits to harden its body or the soil around it. It has been observed covering its arms in both moss and lava as a daily routine. It uses the arms for different purposes. It uses the left arm to to scrape and dig up both grass and fish. While the right arm is used to remove and dirt and debris off its back.

When enraged, Garangolm will thrust its arms into the earth to form gauntlet-like masses, semi-molten rock on it's right arm whilst its left will be covered in mossy growths that drip water, dealing Fireblight and Waterblight respectively. The explosion from the right arm can send Garangolm high into the air, and sometimes also leave behind Blast clouds. Once its health drops below a certain threshold, it will cover both arms with larger quantities of molten rock and moss, while also getting some on its face. During this time it gains a couple of new attacks, including the ability to cause a steam explosion in front of itself after attempting to send hunters skyward with a head swing.

Behavior

Garangolm are rather peaceful and docile creatures that are usually seen sleeping or traveling around its territory. However, it will turn hostile the moment it gets attacked or provoked. The more angry Garangolm gets, the stronger it becomes. It won't stop until the foe is dead or its rage is settled. Often, Garangolm will have to deal with powerful monsters like Lunagaron for territories, often resulting in Turf Wars.

Habitat

Garangolm is mainly found in the swamps of Elgado's Citadel, but can also be found wandering in the Flooded Forest as well.

Game Appearances

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Main Series

• Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak (Introduced)

Crossovers

• TEPPEN

In-Game Description

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak A monster characterized by its massive and rigid body. Garangolm are generally placid, living in regions with fertile soil. Their sap-like fluids can promote plant growth, forging a symbiotic relationship with flora that grows in their bodies. They can also use that sap to harden plants or the surrounding soil, outfitting their bodies and enhancing their attacks. Threat Level (危険度): ★★★★★★

Notes

• General
• MHRise

General Notes

• Garangolm is considered one of the "Three Lords" of Elgado, alongside Malzeno and Lunagaron.
• Garangolm is based upon Frankenstein's monster. It also has some resemblance to the Golem of Jewish folklore.
• Garangolm's name may be a combination of garang, which is a Malay word meaning "fierce", and a corruption of the word golem.
• Garangolm's use of a different element on each side of its body is somewhat reminiscent of Eruzerion.
• According to their concept art, the prongs of a Garangolm's tail are for tilling soil, after which the plowed soil is eaten by the monster.
• Garangolm was voted 159th place in the Hunters' Choice for Top Monster during Monster Hunter's 20th Anniversary.

Monster Hunter Rise

Garangolm's head, each arm individually, and tail can be broken.

Garangolm actually barely take any elemental damage in the normal state. However, once enraged, its Molten arm will become weak to Ice and Water, while the Mossy arm will become weak to Thunder and Fire. In its enraged state 2, where it also covers its face in debris, its face also become vulnerable to all elements except Dragon.

While being capable of Fire and Water damage through its elemental arms when enraged, Garangolm can deal terrain damage (Water, Ice) and their respective blights when flinging rocks from said terrain.

• The large boulder it pulls out of the ground cannot deal blights, however.

Some attacks while using its right Fire arm will leave Blastbight powder on the floor for a few seconds.

Garangolm can perform a seldom witness ultimate attack, since it's only performed near the monster's death. It raises a chunk of earth, launches itself in the air, infuses the chunk with its right arm's Fire, and explodes it before a different roar animation.

• Garangolm is one of the few monsters capable of an altered Anomaly Burst, which will expand the explosion of the afflicted specimen's ultimate attack. It too can only be performed near the Garangolm's death.

Garangolm is good at anti-air defense, as it can use several rock throwing attacks at airborne targets.