Gore Magala

Gore Magala
ゴア・マガラ (Goa Magara)
English Title	Black Eclipse Wyvern Stalking Shadow Dark Eclipse
Japanese Title	黒蝕竜 災厄の黒き蝕
Chinese Name	黑蚀龙 (Simplified) 黑蝕龍 (Traditional)
Chinese Title	灾厄黑蚀 (Simplified)
Korean Name	고어-마가라
General Information
Monster Class	???(4th Gen, 5th Gen, and Frontier Z) Elder Dragon Demi Elder (6th Gen Onwards)
Elements	Earth (MHXR)
Ailments	Frenzy Virus
Weakest to	Fire Thunder Dragon Ice (MHXR)
Habitat	Deserted Island Ancestral Steppe Primal Forest Everwood Sanctuary Tower Tower 3 Great Sea Jurassic Frontier Ruined Pinnacle Shrine Ruins Flooded Forest (MHRise) Citadel Jungle (MHRS) Iceshard Cliffs Ruins of Wyveria Wounded Hollow Painted Waterfalls
Size	2201.12 ~ 1549.59
Related Monsters	Chaotic Gore Magala Tenth Angel Gore Magala Shagaru Magala Risen Shagaru Magala
Generation	Fourth

Gore Magala is a Demi Elder (originally introduced as ??? type) and the juvenile form of Shagaru Magala introduced in Monster Hunter 4.

Physiology

Gore Magala is a very unique monster, sharing traits and similarities to that of other Elder Dragons, possessing six limbs, including the clawed wings on its back. This is because it is an immature elder dragon itself.

Its overall appearance and stance resembles a quadrupedal wyvern. Its body is covered in dark plates, with notable features including the hidden feelers that are folded alongside its face, the lack of visible eyes and fanged jaws that are actually parts of its external armor plates. The other unique part is its wings, which are covered in jet-black fur that resemble a tattered and ragged cape. The claws on its wings are extremely prehensile, and even seem to possess opposable thumbs. They are used for grabbing, help at running and maintaining stability. When not engaged in combat, Gore Magala tends to cloak its body with its wings by latching them onto its back.

Abilities

Gore Magala emits pollen-like scales that are used to understand their environment and leave behind a trail that stick to predators and prey, allowing Gore Magala to sense them via heat. These scales also act as the vector for the pathogen known as the Frenzy Virus, which Gore Magala can also transmit with its volatile breath attacks or by scattering pools of its scales around the area.

Gore Magala does not have visible eyes and relies almost exclusively on its scales to detect threats. As it scatters more scales, Gore Magala's senses will gradually become sharper, and the color under its wings will slowly change and get brighter. When its senses are at their highest, two feelers will unfurl from its head and it will release large amounts of scales into the air. The hairs will darken the sky as if an eclipse was in the area and it will begin to walk on all six. This state is known as the Frenzy State, and is characterized by a tremendous increase in strength and aggression from Gore Magala's maximized perception.

Outside of its Frenzy Virus, Gore Magala primarily fights enemies using powerful slashes and grapples from its muscular clawed wingarms, which can easily pin down large monsters such as Goss Harag.

In Monster Hunter Frontier Gore Magala Is an Exotic Species and gains a new rage mode known as True Frenzy. In this state its wings will change shape and Frenzy Crystals will grow across its feelers and neck. It will attack much more ferociously and perform new attacks. Only the strongest Gore Magala can achieve this state.

Behavior

Gore Magala are highly aggressive monsters that will brutally attack nearly anything they encounter. However, they are also quite intelligent, as they can sometimes play dead to escape dangerous situations, and have been observed to hold grudges against individuals who injure them or drive them off. They are especially aggressive when it is almost time for them to molt into Shagaru Magala.

Habitat

Gore Magala is known for inhabiting places like the Ancestral Steppe, Jurassic Frontier, The Citadel, Forest and Hills, Primal Forest, Heaven's Mount, Sanctuary, Everwood, Ruined Pinnacle.

Other Non-Subspecies Forms

Chaotic Gore Magala

Main Article: Chaotic Gore Magala

Chaotic Gore Magala is a rare special Gore Magala individual that has failed to molt properly into a Shagaru Magala and has only molted half way on one side of its body. It also has a different music theme which has parts of Gore Magala's and Shagaru Magala's respective theme music as well as the Apex theme.

This Variant of Gore Magala first appeared in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate with a separate Icon, yet in game it does not have a separate name from an ordinary Gore Magala.

Tenth Angel Gore Magala

Main Article: Tenth Angel Gore Magala

A Special Species of Gore Magala first appearing in Monster Hunter Explore.

Game Appearances

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Main Series

• Monster Hunter 4 (Introduced)
• Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
• Monster Hunter Generations
• Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate
• Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
• Monster Hunter Wilds

Frontier

• Monster Hunter Frontier Z
• Monster Hunter Frontier Z Zenith

Spin-offs

• Monster Hunter Spirits
• Monster Hunter Explore

In-Game Description

Monster Hunter 4 多くの謎に包まれた”黒蝕竜”。神出鬼没で、特徴的な翼膜をなびかせて飛来する姿が目的されている。外敵を察知した際など、己の感知能力を高める鱗粉をまき散らす。他の生物がこれを吸いこんでしまうと、身体能力に大きな影響を及ぼす。 Threat Level (危険度): ★★★★★ Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate A curious monster that, when threatened, scatters pollen-like scales that heighten its own senses while causing detrimental effects to any other creatures that inhale them. As elusive as they are mysterious. Threat Level (危険度): ★★★★★ Monster Hunter Generations / Generations Ultimate A bizarre wyvern that, when threatened, scatters pollen-like scales that heighten its own senses while causing detrimental effects to any other creatures that inhale them. As elusive as it is mysterious. Threat Level (危険度): ★★★★★ Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Gore Magala possess wings with black, shroud-like membrane. They lack visual receptors, heightening their senses by scattering scales from their wings to ascertain the locations of lifeforms. At the peak of their senses, feelers extend from their head, their wings unfurl, and they become frenzied. They're feared not only for their sinister appearance but also for the mysterious Frenzy virus they carry. Threat Level (危険度): ★★★★★★★ Monster Hunter Wilds Monsters that drape themselves in their great wings, like a black overcoat. They have no eye sensory organs, so instead they use a scattering of fine scales from their wings to locate prey. When their sensory capacity increases, antennae appear on their heads and they unfurl their wings, entering the aggressive Frenzy State. Their black scales can Frenzy other creatures as well, making them fearsome adversaries. Monster Hunter Frontier Z (?)

Music Themes

MH4: Gore Magala Music Theme

MH4U Breakable Parts

Face (x1)

Feelers (x1)

Wings (x1)

Wingarms (x1)

Tail (Sever)

Notes

• General
• MH4U
• MHGen
• MHRise
• MHWilds
• Frontier
• MHXR

General Notes

• The Gore in Gore Magala's name was added to infer an evil and sinister monster, whereas Magala translates loosely to "incarnation" in Aramaic, thus Gore Magala loosely means "gore incarnate".
• Gore Magala is the first fourth generation monster to have its localized English name revealed.
  • The name was first revealed by Yuri of Capcom-Unity in the January 27, 2014 episode of Monster Hunter Mondays, as the name is used on multiple official Japanese merchandise even before the announcement of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate.
    • This is a similar case with Zinogre back in Monster Hunter Portable 3rd.
• Gore Magala is the first flagship monster to be capable of infecting other monsters.
  • It is also the first "juvenile" flagship monster, and the first flagship monster to lack visible eyes.
• Gore Magala has some common features of an Elder Dragon. In particular, having six limbs, including the wings on its back. It also has some features in common with the quadrupedal flying wyverns, like the Nargacuga, some of its scales, notably the ones on its wings, have turned into a fur-like substance.
• The purple colored patch where its eyes should be resemble the heat-detecting patches on a Gigginox.
• Gore Magala's Frenzy Virus can spread to hunters (either directly or via the attacks of monsters that have succumbed to infection), which cancels natural recovery and severely reduces defense as well as causing the hunter to lose health if standing in a virus pool after a short incubation time. However, if the hunter inflicts a certain amount of damage on the monster who infected them (Or any other monster.) before the incubation time is completed, the virus will be purged and the hunter will receive a large bonus to their affinity and be immune to the virus for a limited time.
• Frenzy Virus causes lowered resistance and abnormalities in the nervous system to any organisms that inhale Gore Magala's scales or hairs.
• When in Frenzy Virus mode, the surrounding area becomes much darker.
• Gore Magala's roar requires HG Earplugs to block.
• Gore Magala bears some resemblance to the Xenomorphs of the famous "Aliens" franchise.
• Gore Magala's roar has an eerie resemblance to the wailing and screaming of people.
• Over time its perceptive ability will increase. This is indicated by the coloring on its wings changing from blue to purple.
• Gore Magala's wings act like a large cape when it's not enraged.
• According to one of the Uniqlo Monster Hunter 10th Anniversary T-Shirts, the size of the foot of a Gore Magala is 135 centimeters, while its additional limbs are 241 centimeters.
• A Gore Magala appears in the comic crossover Sonic the Hedgehog/Mega Man: Worlds Unite, first appearing in issue #10 of the comic Sonic Boom.
• Although Gore Magala is the juvenile version of Shagaru Magala, it is slightly larger than its adult variant.
• Before Monster Hunter Wilds introduced the Demi Elder classification, external official sources, such as the "Hunter's Encyclopedia 4," placed Gore Magala in the Elder Dragon classification as the same species as Shagaru Magala. Despite this, Gore Magala can be trapped and remains a ??? in Monster Hunter 4, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Monster Hunter Generations, Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate, Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, and Monster Hunter Frontier Z.
• Gore Magala was voted 5th place in the Hunters' Choice for Top Monster during Monster Hunter's 20th Anniversary.

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate

In the cinematic intro Gore Magala is seen attacking and killing a Tigrex.

Gore Magala will feed on Gargwa and Slagtoth to regain its stamina.

Gore Magala's head, feelers (Frenzy Virus mode only), wings and wingarms can be broken, and its tail can be severed and carved.

It can spread the Frenzy Virus around its legs, infecting hunters who come in contact with its hairs and scales but not in Frenzy Virus mode.

When in Frenzy Virus mode, its "Shadow shot" attack becomes a AOE attack.

Gore Magala can be knocked out of its Frenzy Virus mode similar to a fully charged Zinogre. It will also drop a shiny. Gore Magala's feelers will not glow as brightly as normal if it is close to being knocked out of Frenzy Virus mode as the glow starts to fade.

When exhausted, Gore Magala will start drooling a black fluid.

• Gore Magala will also fail to shoot balls of the Frenzy Virus. However, it can still damage you if you get too close to its mouth.

When weak, Gore Magala will sleep in area 9 in the Ancestral Steppe.

When facing a higher or lower platform, its "wingarms" will cling onto the platform.

Gore Magala will only enter its Frenzy Mode if hunters who are engaging it remain infected by the Frenzy Virus for long enough. Because of this, it is possible that Gore Magala will not get an opportunity to enter its Frenzy State at all.

Monster Hunter Generations

Gore Magala will now enter its Frenzy State at least once a hunt.

Monster Hunter Rise

• Gore Magala's feelers are now referred to as antenna
• Gore Magala can fire a frenzy ball to a far distance.
• When knocked out of the Frenzy mode, Gore Magala gets knocked down for a short amount of time.
• It has a turf war with Seregios, a call-back to their major roles in 4 Ultimate.

Monster Hunter Wilds

It has been assigned a new classification, Demi Elder, likely due to it being a juvenile elder dragon.

The introduction cutscene calls back to Monster Hunter 4's opening cinematic by having it kill a Frenzied Yian Kut-Ku by breaking its back, which Gore did with Tigrex in the former game.

Gore Magala's wings can now be broken individually, though for unknown reasons, its head and wingarms are unbreakable.

It can be drained by Arkveld in a turf war fashion.

At launch, Gore Magala could only appear in the Iceshard Cliffs and the Wounded Hollow, but its Tempered form was silently added to the Ruins of Wyveria in Title Update 1.

Monster Hunter Frontier

Gore Magala is an Exotic Species (遷悠種)

Gore Magala gains a new rage mode known as True Frenzy. In this state its wings will change shape and spikes will grow across its feelers and neck. It will attack much more ferociously and perform new attacks.

Monster Hunter Explore

Even with the game saying that Gore Magala has the earth element, it doesn't seems to use any elemental attack.

External Links

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate: Localization & The Sacred Cow!