| “ | This creature's body is covered in webbing, as if it's wearing a white gown. It uses its webs to stop hunters in their tracks, before attacking them with burning gas. It is always seen carrying its offspring with it. Known as "Rachnoid," these little creatures provide their mother with support in moving around and catching prey. Be very careful of their combined attacks. | „ | |
Rakna-Kadaki are female Temnocerans first introduced in Monster Hunter Rise.
Physiology
Rakna-Kadaki are Temnocerans bristling with sharp curving spikes. Their bodies are covered in a purple carapace with several large spikes on the legs and the abdomen, which are usually draped in pale webs. Unlike Nerscylla, Rakna-Kadaki have eight limbs; the two middle pairs are walking legs, the hind pair is held above the ground carrying the abdomen, and a pair of burgundy, blunt pedipalps that can extend to over three times their length make up the front pair. The most peculiar trait of Rakna-Kadaki however are their "necks". Similar to pelican spiders, they have a long, extendable neck that can be "retracted" back on top of the thorax. Their heads sport eight yellow eyes, as well as two pairs of chelicerae on their jaw.
Their offspring, called Rachnoid, look like a ball of silk with the legs, pedipalps, and spikes sticking out of the ball.
Behavior and Abilities
Unlike most spiders, as well as Nerscylla, Rakna-Kadaki are capable of spitting silk from their mouth, and can spit several strands at the same time. They use this silk to bind their prey in webs before finishing them off. They are also capable of belching a stream of burning gas from their mouths, as well as expelling the same gas from their body.
Rakna-Kadaki are normally seen wearing their own silk, creating the appearance of a white gown. They also carry their babies around at all times, and can send them out for coordinated attacks, such as spitting out globs of silk or pulling in their mother using their own silk.
Habitat
Rakna-Kadaki seem to prefer hotter, more arid environments like the Sandy Plains or the Lava Caverns.
Game Appearances
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Main Series
- Monster Hunter Rise (Introduced)
- Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
In-Game Description
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Notes
General Notes
- Its Japanese name, Yatsukadaki (ヤツカダキ), is a reference to one of Tsuchigumo's alternate names, specifically yatsukahagi. The English name, Rakna-Kadaki, is romanized from the Japanese one, added with a corruption of the English word arachnid.
- Interestingly, ragna is also the feminine Italian word for spider, although the similarity between the two may be coincidental.
- Rakna-Kadaki pulls inspiraton from not one, but two yokai from Japanese folklore: the Jorōgumo[2] and the already mentioned Tsuchigumo.
- The Rakna-Kadaki encountered in-game are all female; the males are never seen.
- Rakna-Kadaki was voted 152nd place in the Hunters' Choice for Top Monster during Monster Hunter's 20th Anniversary.[3]
Monster Hunter Rise
- Gown State: The state in which Rakna-Kadaki wears its silk on its legs. Upon removing the silk from two of the four walking legs, the silk on other legs is also removed, Rakna-Kadaki will collapse for a second while Rachnoids will fall off before digging away. This will usually cause Rakna-Kadaki to enter the Incubating State immediately due to the loss of Rachnoids. Rakna-Kadaki always starts the quest in this state. If it is not in the Incubating State, Rakna-Kadaki will immediately reenter the Gown State if the silk on its legs is broken.
- Incubating State: The state in which Rakna-Kadaki bounds its abdomen into a massive ball of silk, which it initiates when it lost all of its Rachnoids, either through being killed or the removal of its Gown State. In the former case, this will cause Rakna-Kadaki to be both in Gown and Incubating State at the same time. In this state Rakna-Kadaki will try to use its abdomen to smash at its foes. However, the abdomen becomes a massive weakspot in this state. If enough damage is done to the abdomen, the silk ball will break apart, causing Rakna-Kadaki to collapse and expose its head for several seconds. After getting up, Rakna-Kadaki will usually enter the Gown State immediately.
- If the hunter fails to break the silk ball after a certain time, Rakna-Kadaki will expel the flames around it, destroying the silk ball manually, and proceed to enter the Gown State.
- No matter how the Incubating State end, max number of Rachnoids will always spawn for Rakna-Kadaki.
- It can use its body slam twice in a row.
- It can spew its fire stream at the straight line. When enraged, it will do this attack twice in a row.
- It has a new attack where, after sending a Rachnoid out, it spews a stream of fire while sliding.
