MHW: Endemic Life List

This is a list of all the base game endemic life that can be captured using the Capture Net and Fishing Rod. (For a list that includes Iceborne endemic life click here)

Terrestrial Life

Species	Value	Description	Researcher's Notes	Known Habitats	Gold Crown Conditions
Shepherd Hare	7pt	An animal often seen scurrying down narrow side paths. Follow one and you might discover a new shortcut.	Just look at those ginormous ears! Fluffy, AND they can discern precise sounds to avoid danger! They're so clever it hurts!	Ancient Forest, Wildspire Waste
Pilot Hare	77pt	A rare animal that appears on sunny days. They've been said to guide travlers who have lost their way.	Ooh, this is a rare one! It's warm to the touch, like a little ball of sunshine! I bet this little guy just loves picnics!	Ancient Forest, Wildspire Waste
Forest Gekko	7pt	An arboreal lizard often found near brightmoss, predating on the insects that are drawn to the light.	These puppies have cute, beady little eyes that can pick out even the smallest of prey against a patch of brightmoss!	Ancient Forest
Wildspire Gekko	6pt	A lizard found near ant hills. Exceptionally large ant hills can draw a surprisingly large numbers.	Barroth aren't the only ant-eaters in this desert! These guys love ants so much they'd give even a Barroth a run for their money!	Wildspire Waste
Gloom Gekko	8pt	A lizard found in caves and other dark places. Their coloration serves as a warning to ward off predators.	What a garish color for such a dark place! It just screams, "Danger! Do not touch! And don't put me ANYWHERE near your mouth!"	Rotten Vale, Elder's Recess
Moonlight Gekko	220pt	A rare lizard whose brightmoss diet causes its tail to glow, a trait it uses to lure in prey.	That shining tail! It's so pretty... I want to touch it... I want to be its best friend... *gasp* I almost fell for it!	Rotten Vale, Elder's Recess
Vaporonid	5pt	An Ancient Forest spider that spins webs larger in size than humans.	Years of animal researching and I've never seen a web being made! Even if you destroy a web, it just magically appears again the next day!	Ancient Forest, Wildspire Waste
Scavantula	8pt	A ground-dwelling spider whose chief diet is rotting flesh. Often found living in groups near bonepiles.	These buddies just love rotten meat! If you were to drop dead in the Rotten Vale, you might even be their next meal!	Rotten Vale
Revolture	12pt	A carrion-eating bird that scavenges meat from carcasses. It is often spotted flying above large monsters.	These birds are always after large monsters' leftovers. If you spot one, a monster's probably lurking nearby!	Ancient Forest, Wildspire Waste, Rotten Vale, Elder's Recess
Blissbill	15pt	An herbivorous bird that feeds on fruits and seeds. Comfortable around humans and common near Astera.	Their perfectly round eyes and heart-shaped faces make them popular pets. You may have seen some in Astera, too!	Ancient Forest, Wildspire Waste
Dung Beetle	6pt	A beetle known to roll balls of monster dung. This process hardens the dung into fine Slinger ammo.	These fellas roll dung around all day long. Need some dung? Then look no further! What you do with it is none of my buisness!	Wildspire Waste
Bomb Beetle	10pt	A beetle known to roll large stones. Gathering from those stones often yields Slinger bomb pods.	Is that an explosive rock it's rolling around!? It must have astounding thermal resistance! Let me just touch its legs to—OUCH!	Elder's Recess
Paratoad	20pt	A toad that releases paralyzing gas on impact. Its effect is potent enough to paralyze even large monsters.	It stores paralysing gas in its body and releases it when threatened! See? Here, in its stoma—AGH! I... I can't.... mooove....	All locations
Sleeptoad	24pt	A toad that releases sleeping gas on contact. Its effect is potent enough to put down even large monsters.	It's developed organs that produce a sleep gas in order to survive in the Coral Highlands! When provoked it releases—ZZZZZZzzzzz...	Coral Highlands
Nitrotoad	30pt	A toad that secretes an explosive gel on impact. The blast is strong enough to stagger even large monsters.	This one stores explosive fluids! But don't worry, I've learned my lesson with toads. I won't touch this one... Uh... is it leaking...?	Elder's Recess
Wiggler	12pt	A creature from the Coral Highlands. Match its eye level to put it at ease, allowing you to approach it.	It wiggles in the wind and isn't blown away because it's anchored into the ground! Let's have a look at its feet... URRGH! It's stuck...	Coral Highlands, Elder's Recess
Wiggler Queen	180pt	A rare creature that appears only on moonlit nights. Watching it dance on the breeze is a truly magical sight.	This empress of the night only appears when there's a full moon! Let's see if she'll deign to show us her royal feet... URRGH! Nope...	Coral Highlands
Carrier Ant	6pt	Ants that are known to carry about all sorts of items, including, rarely, large monster materials.	They can life incredible weights, and even made the Wildspires. They could probably even carry you! If you put down your huge weapon...	Ancient Forest, Wildspire Waste, Rotten Vale
Emperor Hopper	8pt	A grasshopper as big as its moniker would suggest. Its swift, frenetic jumps make it hard to capture.	Authoritative expression... crown-like head and mantle-like wings... *gasp* A real emperor! F-Forgive us our impertinence!	Ancient Forest, Wildspire Waste
Tyrant Hopper	10pt	This previously docile, herbivorous insect underwent phase variation to become a vicious carrion-eater.	Sometimes nature makes violent evolutions. BUT! To fully understand it, we must yet reach out a hand and... OUCH! I-It bit me!	Rotten Vale
Iron Helmcrab	8pt	A crustacean found in muddy terrain. It frequently carries hard objects and occasionally drops piercing pods.	Wow! It really DOES look like a helmet! And it's carrying... a Piercing Pod? Well, I'm sure it won't mind if I take—Ow!	Wildspire Waste
Soldier Helmcrab	11pt	A crustacean native to the Rotten Vale. They travel in large packs, stripping meat from carcasses.	They carry Slinger Thorns and march around on groups just like soldiers! Does that make thorns their rations? Do they... eat it? Ew...	Rotten Vale
Emerald Helmcrab	240pt	A beautiful crustacean usually seen during inclement weather. It's said to be rarer than its gem namesake.	That avant-garde shell design, that superb silhouette and color scheme... Forget research, I'm getting out my sketch book!	Wildspire Waste, Rotten Vale
Gold Helmcrab	14pt	A creature that hordes Dragon Pods. It has gained the attention of those studying the flow of the everstream.	Wowzers, even Helmcrabs have gone gold! Is it holding...a Dragon Pod!? Guess when you gotta eat, you gotta eat!	The Caverns of El Dorado
Shiny Gold Helmcrab	120pt	a creature that has hoarded a vast amount of Dragon Pods. The key to the Kulve Taroth mystery?	This little one isn't too different from your regular Gold Helmcrab, but it's a lot shinier. Guess it hoarded more grub for itself?	The Caverns of El Dorado
Copper Calappa	8pt	A creature that feeds on gold fragments dropped by Taroth. Its shell becomes more golden by the year.	Holy Hermitaurs! A shiny crab!? Looks like it'll drop something if you follow it. Wait, is that a piece of gold!? NICE!	The Caverns of El Dorado
Gold Calappa	100pt	A Calappa whose shine matches its old age. These creatures are often called living gold nuggets.	Look at the shell on this thing! It makes me just wanna pick it up and scream "big gold haul coming through!"	The Caverns of El Dorado
Tsuchinoko	500pt	A creature that exists only in eye witness reports. To catch one is to become rich beyond imaginaion.	Jeepers, talk about strange with a capital S. Its elastic body, and odd skin...I think I've heard fairy tales about this thing before...	The Caverns of El Dorado

Aquatic Life

Species	Value	Description	Researcher's Notes	Known Habitats	Gold Crown Conditions
Climbing Joyperch	5pt	An amphibian that has retained many of its ancient characteristics. Their songs can be heard during rainfall.	Oh my Wrog! This is THE quintessential ancestor of amphibians! Just as masterful in the water as on land... Magnificent!	Ancient Forest, Wildspire Waste
Pink Parexus	15pt	A fish whose physiology remains almost unchanged from its ancient ancestors. Its spiny fins help ward off predators.	These fish are found all over the New World, show off some amazing primilive biology, AND they're easy fishing even for beginers!	All Locations
Great Pink Parexus	200pt	A jumbo-sized Pink Parexus. It must have lived for countless years to reach this size.	N/A	All Locations
Burst Arowana	18pt	Fish that smell of gunpowder. Use their scales and fire herbs to craft large amounts of gunpowder.	This fish is literally bursting with explosive chemicals! It hides in weedy shadows, but it'll run away if you wiggle your bait!	All locations
Great Burst Arowana	180pt	A jumbo-sized Burst Arowana. Greater in size and volatility. Handle with extreme care.	N/A	Elder's Recess
Bomb Arowana	20pt	Fish that smell of gunpowder. Use their scales and fire herbs to craft large amounts of quality gunpowder.	They're even burstier than regular Arowana, if you can believe it! They're sensitive to movement, so don't wiggle that bait!	All locations
Great Bomb Arowana	200pt	A jumbo-sized Bomb Arrowana. Greater in size and volatility. Handle with extreme care.	N/A	All Locations
Andangler	20pt	A fish bearing a luminous protrusion on its head, which it uses to lure Flying Meduso, its primary prey.	They like to draw Flying Meduso to their light and... CHOMP! It'd definitely be worth staying up all night to watch them in action!	Coral Highlands
Hopguppy	3pt	A fish that bounces across the surface of the water, spreading its pectoral fins to glide farther.	Its specialized pectoral fins allow it to skip on water! It can even GLIDE! You won't be catching this one with a fishing pole!	Ancient Forest, Wildspire Waste, Coral Highlands
Petricanths	500pt	Previously known via fossils, this species was thought extinct. Finding otherwise was a real surprise.	Unbelievable... You've managed to fish up the legendary, thought-to-have-gone-extinct Petricanths! I take my hat off to you!	Rotten Vale, Elder's Recess
Whetfish	12pt 120z	A fish with a dorsal fin hard enough to be used to sharpen weapons.	They liike to swim around in relatively deep water. Try wiggling the lure if it doesn't bite right away!	All locations	Rain/Night
Great Whetfish	120pt	A jumbo-sized Whetfish. Its dorsal fin surpasses even whetstones in its sharpness.	N/A	Elder's Recess
Gastronome Tuna	150pt	A fish that eats anything-allowing you to sometimes get items from its stomach.	These big fish like to snatch away bait! Use the rod's flexibility to your benefit to bring it in, and be sure to check it for items!	Ancient Forest, Wildspire Waste, Rotten Vale, Elder's Recess
Great Gastronome Tuna	400pt	A jumbo-sized Gastronome Tuna. Its ravenous diet has ballooned it into the king of gluttons.	N/A	Elder's Recess
King Marlin	180pt 560z	A fish with a jaw shaped like a sword. Inhabits warm waters, and cannot be seen during cold nights.	I knew that these are known to approach the shore in search of prey, but great job catching it! And not losing your pole in the process!	Ancient Forest
Great King Marlin	560pt	A jumbo-sized King Marlin. Its overwhelming size makes it seem like a different species entirely.	N/A	Ancient Forest, Hoarfrost Reach
Goldenfish	30pt 150z	A rare fish that glitters as if it was actual gold. Its scales can fetch the same price as gold, too.	Gold-scaled cave-dwellers, they'll hightail it if you wiggle your bait! They also like to nibble before taking a real bite, so don't get duped!	Rotten Vale, Coral Highlands, Elder's Recess,Hoarfrost Reach
Great Goldenfish	150pt	A jumbo-sized Goldenfish. Not only is it bigger, its color and luster rival the finest craftsman's art.	N/A	Rotten Vale, Coral Highlands,Hoarfrost Reach
Platinumfish	60pt	A rare fish that shines like platinum, with glimmering scales just as valuable.	Platinum-scaled cave-dwellers, they'll hightail it if you wiggle your bait! Your going to need a lot of patience if you want to catch one.	Elder's Recess, Hoarfrost Reach
Great Platinumfish	300pt	A jumbo-sized Platinumfish. Not only is it bigger, its color and luster rival the finest craftsman's art.	N/A	Elder's Recess, Hoarfrost Reach
Goldenfry	20pt 200z	A small, rare fish that glitters like gold, and whose beautiful scales sell for just as much.	Small cave-dwelling fish with precious scales, they'll try to psych you out with a nibble, so be patient—and don't wiggle your bait!	All Locations
Great Goldenfry	200pt	A jumbo-sized goldenfry. Not only is it bigger, its color and luster rival the finest craftsman's art.	N/A	All Locations
Sushifish	15pt 150z	A fatty fish popular among hunters. Its scales are rich in nutrients and can restore health.	These fish are useful in restorative items for their high nutritional value! Just wiggle your bait in some deep water, or blast them out!	All Locations
Great Sushifish	150pt	A jumbo-sized Sushifish. Generously plump from its bountiful supply of food.	N/A	?
Gunpowderfish	22pt 170z	A fish that smells of gunpowder. Its unique scales can be used as explosive powder.	Watch out-their bodies contain the same substances as Devil's Blight! They're hard to spot, but they react noticably to moving bait.	Rotten Vale, Coral Highlands, Elder's Recess
Great Gunpowderfish	170pt	A jumbo-sized Gunpowderfish. Greater in size and volitality. Handle with extreme care.	N/A	Rotten Vale

Airborne Life

Species	Value	Description	Researcher's Notes	Known Habitats	Gold Crown Conditions
Cobalt Flutterfly	6pt	A beautiful, vibrant butterfly with cobalt-blue wings.	It's so pretty I'd mistaken it for a flower! The scales reflect the light into such a deep blue that it can only be called a miracle!	Ancient Forest
Phantom Flutterfly	120pt	A brightly-colored, incredibly rare butterfly. The few sightings reported of it have all been on sunny days.	These magnificent wings! Their rainbow glow is so alluring... I... I can't tear my eyes away from it! What a masterpiece!	Ancient Forest
Omenfly	6pt	Insects that emit light from their tails. They usually glow white, but will glow red when in danger.	See those glowing bellies? Usually they're yellow, but they turn red near big monsters... W-Why are they glowing red near me!?	All locations
Augurfly	180pt	A strange, rare insect that appears during foul weather. They only enter their adult stage during rainfall.	They only emerge on rainy days, and it's said that the day after is guaranteed to be sunny! They're like good weather charms!	All locations	Rain/Night
Scalebat	7pt	A flying wyvern that evolved to life in caves, taking on a much smaller, bat-like appearance.	Upon inspection, these seem to have scales. And claws... and fangs! Great Gravios! They're mini-wyverns! I've made a huge discovery!	Ancient Forest, Wildspire Waste, Rotten Vale, Elder's Recess
Gold Scalebat	11pt	A relative of the scalebat, this nocturnal hunter developed a shiny coat as a result of inhabiting the golden underground.	These scales reflect the light so perfectly, they look like pure gold! I though scalebats only liked the dark, but these babies wanted to SHINE!	The Caverns of El Dorado
Elegant Coralbird	8pt	The common name for a female Coralbird. Their vibrant pink color is a result of their coral diet.	Look! A female Coralbird! They can hover silently in the air, and they can eat coral! What superbly adapted creatures!	Coral Highlands
Dapper Coralbird	180pt	The common name for a Coralbird male. Extremely rare, as they only appear for mating.	Coralbirds only allow one chosen male into their flock. In other words, this guy's the top dog-or bird... You know what I mean!	Coral Highlands
Vigorwasp	10pt	An insect that collects restorative nectar in its body, releasing it in a cloud when struck.	The fluid that it collects in this sac here is... that's right, Vitality nectar! Its healing properties should be useful in a pinch.	Ancient Forest, Wildspire Waste, Coral Highlands
Giant Vigorwasp	40pt	An insect that stores a highly concentrated nectar which leaves a restorative cloud when released.	Its nectar has stronger healing properties than average, and it even releases a healing mist when its sac is ruptured!	Ancient Forest
Flying Meduso	7pt	A native to the Coral Highlands that moves by riding the wind. Found in areas with the strongest breezes.	Seeing Flying Meduso is a dead give-away that there's a wind currently nearby! Find it, and YOU too can fly like the wind!	Coral Highlands
Flashfly	12pt	An insect that emits a bright flash when struck, which is brighter when in a swarm. The flash blinds monsters.	Wow, this puppy's BRIGHT! Even a large monster would be stunned by it, I'm sure. It's like a living Flash Bomb... with wings!	All locations
Grandfather Mantagrell	25pt	A creature that rides air currents to float in midair. Weak to impacts, one good blow will bring it down.	Be gentle with this fella. GENTLE! If you hit it with even ONE shot from your slinger, it'll come careening down to the ground.	Coral Highlands

Treetop Life

Species	Value	Description	Researcher's Notes	Known Habitats
Woodland Pteryx	8pt	A bird common to forested areas. Its bones and feathers resemble those of a prehistoric creature.	Serrated teeth, and those remiges... So much in common with prehistoric birds that it's a veritable living fossil!	Ancient Forest
Forest Pteryx	200pt	A rare bird. Though it resembles fossilized species, it also has unprecedented physical features.	I'm so excited my hands are shaking. Its red crown...and that blue plumage! To this it was in the Ancient Forest all along.	Ancient Forest
Hercudrome	25pt	A large beetle with impressive horns. Hercudromes only inhabit seven specific spots in the Ancient Forest.	Only seven of these are said to exist in the entire forest! To think that I'd ever see one in my lifetime... I'm... *sob* I'M SO HAPPY!	Ancient Forest
Gold Hercudrome	200pt	A glistening golden beetle, thought to bring good fortune. It only appears at night.	The Bringer of Light? The Bug of Brilliant Gold? I... I'm speechless! My...my heart feels like it's been dipped in golden bliss!	Ancient Forest, Wildspire Waste
Prism Hercudrome	500pt	A shiny, rainbow-colored beetle. Due to its crepuscular nature, it is only usually seen at dawn and dusk.	This is the... I... How in the WORLD did you manage to... Ooh, the colors... One, two... four... It's blinding me with rainbow colors!	Ancient Forest, Wildspire Waste, Coral Highlands, Rotten Vale, Elder's Recess

Unclassified

Species	Value	Description	Researcher's Notes	Known Habitats
Downy Crake	200pt	A legendary rare bird. Covered in decadently soft down. It travels atop the back of its symbiotic host.	You caught a Downy Crake!? They've been seen on the backs of monsters before, but you're the first person EVER to catch one!	Ancient Forest, Wildspire Waste, Coral Highlands
Bristly Crake	800pt	A legendarily rare bird, covered in bizarrely stiff, bristly down. It travels atop the back of its symbiotic host.	Great jumping Jagras! A Bristly Crake!? The fleet-footed bird of legend...right before my very eyes! Someone pinch me...	Rotten Vale, Elder's Recess
Cactuar	300pt	A mysterious creature from Eorzea that looks like a cactus but is not. Releases 1000 needles when struck.	It's one of the cute creatures from Eorzea! I tried to pet it, but this little guy's got thorns-- a thousand of them! I'll be tweezing for weeks...	Wildspire Waste
Cactuar Cutting	85pt	A mysterious creature from Eorzea that looks like a cactus but is not. Very fast when it needs to escape.	It's one of the cute critters from Eorzea! It's kinda like a cactus, uh, if a cactus had legs and could run at mach speed...	Wildspire Waste
Flowering Cactuar Cutting	1000pt	A mysterious creature from Eorzea that looks like a cactus but is not. Sprouts only once in a few decades.	It's one of the cute critters from Eorzea! It's adorable little flower on top makes me just wanna squeeze it--OUCH!	Wildspire Waste
Nekker	350pt	A creature from another world. A lone nekker is harmless, but five are dangerous... Or so they say.	The nekker doesn't seem to be preying on other monsters in the forest...Perhaps it forages, instead, ventures out after dark and takes their food?	Ancient Forest

Photo Gallery

Shepherd Hares

Paratoad

Wigglers

Bristly Crake with Mosswine.

Vigorwasp

Giant Vigorwasp

Goldenfry

Tsuchinoko

Downy Crake

Hercudrome

Forest Pteryx

Cactuar

Notes

• The cactuars are part of a collaboration with Final Fantasy XIV.
• The nekker is part of a collaboration with The Witcher III.
• Catching every species of endemic life, including great sized fish, unlocks the "Wild, Wild, Wildlife" Guild Card background.
• Petricanths is the only Aquatic Wildlife species caught with a pole that does not have a Great size.