Gypceros

Gypceros is a Bird Wyvern introduced in Monster Hunter.

Physiology

Gypceros is among the largest and heaviest known Bird Wyverns. Its most notable features are the lamp-like crest on top of its head and a rubbery, shock-resistant hide. It has a long pink tail with a bulbous tip, and is a uniform blue-grey across most of its body. It possesses a poison sac which allows it to produce toxic fluids for use against attackers.

Abilities

Gypceros can use its luminous crest to produce dizzying flashes and temporarily disorient foes. Its elastic tail can extend and be used as a whip, and it can spit large globules of poison to intoxicate attackers. Due to its shock-resistant hide and flashing crest, it is immune to both shock traps and flash bombs.

Behavior

Gypceros is a naturally timid wyvern. However, it is rather intelligent and crafty, as evidenced by its willingness to feign death in order to draw a foe in for a surprise attack.

Habitats

Gypceros is usually found in swamps and marshlands, although it can occasionally be seen in jungles and open grasslands.

Other Non-Subspecies Forms

Hard Core (HC) Gypceros

HC Gypceros has poison stains on its face and oddly larger tipped tail and new behavior and attacks. It's able to spit poison that sits in place like a short pillar until it fades.

HC Gypceros is known to pull even more astounding fake outs than average Gypceros showing its intelligence in observing how hunters use status attack weapons. Its been seen to fake paralyzed and fake sleep along with its famed playing dead act.

It will chain these acts into combos with its attacks such as faking sleep then instantly starting a flash to blind hunters followed by a new long reach tail attack.

Game Appearances

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Main Series

Frontier

Spin-offs

In-Game Description

Monster Hunter Freedom 2 / Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
	A wyvern that can generate disorienting flashes of light when its prominent head crest is struck. Its rubbery hide resists damage and can ward off shock traps, while its spit carries a deadly venom. However, they are quite timid.
Monster Hunter 4
	頭のトサカが特徴的な飛竜。トサカを打ち合わせることで閃光を発し、外敵の目を眩ませる。ゴム質に近い皮膚は打撃に強く、シビレ罠にも耐性を持つ。吐き出す汚物は毒性を含む。傾斜面では毒液が流れ落ちるため、特に注意。 Threat Level (危険度): ★★★
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
	Wyverns that can generate disorienting flashes of light by striking their prominent crests. Their rubbery hide resists blunt impacts and makes Shock Traps less effective. Beware: The poisonous saliva they spit can flow down slopes. Threat Level (危険度): ★★★
Monster Hunter Generations
	Wyverns that can generate disorienting flashes of light by striking their prominent crests. Their rubbery hides resist blunt impacts and makes Shock Traps less effective. Beware: The poisonous saliva they spit can flow down slopes. Threat Level (危険度): ★★★
Monster Hunter Stories
	Crested Bird Wyverns. They strike their crests to generate blinding flashes and dazzle their enemies.
Monster Hunter Frontier G
	(?)
Monster Hunter Online
	(?) Threat Level (危険度): !!

Analysis and Guides

For details on older games this monster has appeared in, see Gypceros Guides.

Gypceros Analysis for Monster Hunter 4

Cutting Damage (Click Image to Zoom) (Coming Soon)	Impact Damage (Click Image to Zoom) (Coming Soon)	Shot Damage (Click Image to Zoom) (Coming Soon)
Brighter Red means more damage, while Darker Red means lesser damage. Credits for the Images used above goes to kei_9 (ケイ) of Pixiv

Raw Hitzone Damage Data
Hitzone	Cutting Damage	Impact Damage	Shot Damage
Head	30	80	70
Neck	50	25	40
Back	70	30	20
Belly	80	30	20
Wings	50	30	30
Legs	20	20	30
Tail	90	40	80

Element Hitzone Damage Data
Hitzone	Fire	Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
Head	50	20	0	20	10
Neck	30	10	0	10	10
Back	20	10	0	10	10
Belly	30	10	0	10	10
Wings	30	20	0	20	10
Legs	10	10	0	10	10
Tail	30	10	0	10	10

This Monster is weakest to:	Fire on Head: On Tail (Cutting and Shot Damage) On Head (Impact Damage)

Status Effects Data
	Poison	Paralysis	Sleep	Stun	Fatigue	Blast	Mount
Initial Tolerance						N/A	N/A
Max Tolerance						N/A	N/A
Tolerance Increase	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Duration					N/A	N/A	N/A
Damage		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Item Effectiveness Data
Item Name	Able Effectiveness	Duration
Item Name	Able Effectiveness	Normal	Enraged	Fatigued
Pitfall Trap	Yes	N/A	N/A	(?)
Shock Trap	No	N/A
Flash Bomb	No	N/A
Sonic Bomb	No	N/A
Meat	No	N/A

Analysis Data Source/s:

http://mh4g.com/book/geryosu.php

MH4U Breakable Parts

Crest (x1)

Notes

General Notes

Breaking the Crystal on the head gives the chances of obtaining a Lightcrystal.
- Breaking this crystal stops the Gypceros from using its flash attack. After breaking the crystal, Gypceros will try flashing unsuccessfully.

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite

In G-rank quests of the monster, when a hunter breaks its crest and it tries to flash unsuccessfully, instead of the dizzying flash, it ignites a poison gas similar to the flaming gas that a Basarios uses to hunters.
G-rank Gypceros' poison is more purple in color and depletes health at a faster rate than ordinary poison.

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate

Gypceros can run on and across walls in order to attack the hunter.
It can become infected by the Frenzy Virus.
At the Sunken Hollow in Area 5, there are 3 dead Gypceros hanging from webs made from Nerscylla, showing that Gypceros is Nerscylla's main prey.
Gypceros sleeps in area 7 in the Sunken Hollow.
In High-rank, it can immediately flash the hunter after a peck attack.
In G-rank, it can spit a poison ball at the air and it lands on the ground many seconds later.
When low on stamina it will fail to spit poison and will fall after charging.

Monster Hunter Frontier

It is known to eat meat placed on the ground.
Gypceros can be a pet. Not very surprising it eats poison mushrooms and shiny objects.

Monster Hunter Online

This monster is unlocked at Level 15.