Mosswine

Mosswine
モス(Mosu)
English Name	Mosswine
English Title	N/A
Japanese Title	N/A
Chinese Name	香菇猪
General Information
Monster Class	Herbivore
Elements	None
Ailments	None
Weakest to	Fire Water Thunder Ice
Habitat	Forest and Hills, Old Jungle, Old Swamp, Jungle, Swamp, Great Forest, Verdant Hills, Marshlands, Ancient Forest, Wildspire Waste, Rotten Vale, Gorge, Highland, Flower Field, Painted Waterfalls, Dawnwind Valley, Hermit Forest, Kumbel Wetlands, Dark Veil Forest, Esther Lake, Ancestral Tomb, Ghost Rune Volcanoes, Firefly Mountain Stream
Size	212.44cm
Related Monsters	Bullfango, Bulldrome
Generation	First

Mosswine are Herbivores introduced in Monster Hunter.

Physiology

Mosswine are small, moss-covered pigs. They have a gray, spiky head plate. Mosswine are known to have a great appetite for mushrooms. Hunters and marketers commonly observe them to identify an area of Special Mushrooms.

Behavior

Mosswine are generally docile by nature, but will attack if provoked, whether by other monsters or hunters. They can prove deadly when a wyvern is present, because even getting hit by a wind effect will turn them hostile. They are mostly hunted for their mushroom-tracking abilities and their meat.

Other Non-Subspecies Forms

Monster Hunter Frontier Event Mosswine

Capcom released a one-day only Event Quest on April 1, 2012 in Monster Hunter Frontier for an April Fool's Day 2012 event. It is an HR1 Quest that features a very different Mosswine. It has a red aura, a slightly larger and spikier headplate and can charge faster than an ordinary Mosswine (and even faster than a Bullfango or a Bulldrome). All kinds of sharpness will deflect on it, and it can only be killed by countering its attack twice. Ever since its original April Fools release, it has been sighted in multiple events throughout Monster Hunter Frontier.

Game Appearances

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Main Series

• Monster Hunter (Introduced)
• Monster Hunter G
• Monster Hunter Freedom
• Monster Hunter 2
• Monster Hunter Freedom 2
• Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
• Monster Hunter Generations
• Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate
• Monster Hunter: World
• Monster Hunter World: Iceborne

Frontier

• Monster Hunter Frontier (Introduced)
• Monster Hunter Frontier Season 2.0
• Monster Hunter Frontier Season 3.0
• Monster Hunter Frontier Season 4.0
• Monster Hunter Frontier Season 5.0
• Monster Hunter Frontier Season 6.0
• Monster Hunter Frontier Season 7.0
• Monster Hunter Frontier Season 8.0
• Monster Hunter Frontier Season 9.0
• Monster Hunter Frontier Season 10
• Monster Hunter Frontier Forward.1
• Monster Hunter Frontier Forward.2
• Monster Hunter Frontier Forward.3
• Monster Hunter Frontier Forward.4
• Monster Hunter Frontier Forward.5
• Monster Hunter Frontier G
• Monster Hunter Frontier G2
• Monster Hunter Frontier G3
• Monster Hunter Frontier G Genuine
• Monster Hunter Frontier G5
• Monster Hunter Frontier G6
• Monster Hunter Frontier G7
• Monster Hunter Frontier G8
• Monster Hunter Frontier G9
• Monster Hunter Frontier G10
• Monster Hunter Frontier Z
• Monster Hunter Frontier Z Zenith

Spin-offs

• Monster Hunter Online

In-Game Description

Monster Hunter Freedom 2 / Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Wild pigs covered in moss and fungus. Sometimes you will even find mushrooms growing on them. Their meat is known as a delicacy. Though normally docile, they will charge you if angered! Monster Hunter Generations Wild pigs covered in moss and fungus. Sometimes you will even find mushrooms growing on them. Their meat is known as a delicacy, and although normally docile, they will charge when provoked. Threat Level (危険度): ★ Monster Hunter: World Mosswine are known for their excellent sense of smell, and are often found foraging for fungi. If you're hunting around for mushrooms, follow the Mosswine to the motherlode. Monster Hunter Frontier G Wild pigs covered in moss and various fungi. Occasionally, whole mushrooms can be found on them as well. Their meat is also a famous delicacy. Normally docile towards Hunters, they will charge if provoked!

Frontier Analysis

• Normal State

Roar X Wind Pressure X Shock Trap X Pitfall Trap X Sonic Bomb X Flash Bomb 30 Meat X Stench Beads X Capture HP X Cuttable Tail X

Resistance Duration Damage Poison Resistance 30 60 sec 120 Para Resistance 30 10 sec Sleep Resistance 30 30 sec Faint Resistance

Notes

• General
• MH4U
• MHW

General Notes

• Mosswines are usually located within zones that contain mushroom gathering points.
• Mosswine may pose a threat should there be a boss monster around, as even getting hit by the wind of a boss monster will provoke them into charging at the hunter.
• Mosswine will walk towards normal mushroom gathering points and charge towards rare (blue) mushroom gathering points.

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate

• There is a Poogie costume modeled after a Mosswine.

Monster Hunter: World

• New Years Day 2019 had an event quest featuring five giant Mosswine that could knock out a Hunter in one hit regardless of their defense, even Temporal Mantle won't save them.