Seltas

Seltas
アルセルタス (Aruserutasu)
English Title	Piercing Beetle
Japanese Title	徹甲虫
Chinese Name	穿甲虫 (Simplified Chinese) 徹甲蟲 (Traditional Chinese)
General Information
Monster Class	Neopteron
Elements	None
Ailments	Defense Down Fatigue (when merged with Seltas Queen)
Weakest to	Thunder Fire
Habitat	Ancestral Steppe Everwood Sunken Hollow Heaven's Mount Primal Forest Jurassic Frontier Jungle Loloska
Size	769.88 541.99
Related Monsters	Desert Seltas Seltas Queen Desert Seltas Queen
Generation	Fourth

Seltas is a male Neopteron introduced in Monster Hunter 4.

Physiology

Seltas is a large, mantis like insectoid with a brightly-colored, highly resistant exoskeleton, which is covered in spines and knobs. He has six legs, the foremost pair are armored and weaponized for combat, and a pair of collapsible wings. His head is hidden beneath a large, armored canopy that extends far beyond the rest of his upper body. He has a pair of compound eyes and powerful slicing mandibles. Seltas is the male counterpart to the Seltas Queen.

Abilities

Seltas is capable of highly precise movement in air, thanks to his highly-developed wings. His forelimbs are designed for jabbing and slashing, and will also spear his prey with its armored canopy. His compound eyes provide him with an extremely wide field of vision.

It can shoot three green globs that cause the Defense down ailment.

Behavior

Seltas is predatory in nature, both large and powerful enough to prey on both hunters and small monsters alike. He is known to attack from the skies and use his weaponized forelimbs to attack. In addition, he is commonly known to attach himself to his massive female partner and transport her with his powerful wings. 

When he is forced to merge with Seltas Queen, he will struggle at first to escape. But when the merge has been completed, he will fight alongside Seltas Queen without question as if hypnotized. He won't even fight back when being eaten by his mate, indicating that Seltas Queen has full control of Seltas.

Habitat

Seltas can be found in the Ancestral Steppe, Sunken Hollow, Heaven's Mount, Primal Forest, and the Everwood, where prey is plentiful and the temperature is neutral.

Game Appearances

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Main Series

• Monster Hunter 4 (Introduced)
• Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
• Monster Hunter Generations
• Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate

Spin-offs

• Monster Hunter Spirits
• Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin

In-Game Description

Monster Hunter 4 ”徹甲虫”と呼ばれる甲虫種の中型モンスター。空中からの素早い動きで地上の外敵を襲撃する。特に、頭部の発達した鋭い突起と、これをかざした突進には注意が必要だが、勢いあまって壁部に激突する姿も目撃されている。 Threat Level (危険度): ★★★ Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Neopterons that use swift aerial movements to attack invaders on the ground. The sharp appendages on their heads can make their lunging attacks quite dangerous, though they sometimes overshoot their targets and slam into the ground. Threat Level (危険度): ★★★ Monster Hunter Generations A medium-sized Neopteron that use swift aerial movements to attack invaders on the ground. It can also store a corrosive liquid inside itself, which it can shoot from its stinger-shaped abdomen. Threat Level (危険度): ★★★ Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin Swift, agile Neopterons that swoop down and attack their prey from the sky. They can also store a corrosive liquid inside themselves, which they can spray from their stinger-shaped abdomens.

Analysis and Guides

For details, see Seltas Guides.

Seltas 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
Horn	35	35	35
Head	50	55	70
Belly	65	55	80
Claws	42	42	45
Legs	45	45	50

Element Hitzone Damage Data
Hitzone	Fire	Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
Horn	15	5	20	5	0
Head	20	10	25	10	0
Belly	25	15	35	15	0
Claws	10	5	15	5	0
Legs	10	5	15	5	0

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

Status Effects Data
	Poison	Paralysis	Sleep	Stun	Fatigue	Blast	Mount
Initial Tolerance	100	150	150	120	180	50	50
Max Tolerance	300	300	270	240	480	1015	200
Tolerance Increase	50	30	40	20	75	40	50
Duration	60	10	40	9	N/A	N/A	N/A
Damage	120	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	100	N/A

Item Effectiveness Data
Item Name	Able Effectiveness	Duration
		Normal	Enraged	Fatigued
Pitfall Trap	Yes	15	15	25
Shock Trap	Yes	12	12	20
Flash Bomb	Yes	20	20	30
Sonic Bomb	No	N/A
Meat	No	N/A

MH4 Breakable Parts

Horn (x1)

Music Themes

MH4: Seltas, Great Jaggi, Velocidrome, Gendrome, Iodrome, Lagombi Battle Music

Notes

• General
• MH4U
• MHGen
• MHST2

General Notes

• The name Seltas is a partial romanization of the original Japanese name, Aruserutasu, which is a combination of the Hebrew word for iron and the scientific name for a species of scorpion.
• Seltas is strong enough to lift his partner for short periods, despite the clear size difference.
• When merged together, Seltas' mucous globs will cause fatigue instead of lowering defense.
• Much like Diablos or Monoblos, if Seltas charges into a wall he will get stuck in, leaving himself open for attacks for a few seconds, however this will not work if Seltas' horn is broken.
• When knocked on the ground, Seltas will stay completely still for some time leaving the hunter some time to attack.
• After being knocked on the ground, Seltas will be unable to fly for a little while.
• Like Qurupeco, Seltas can shoot three mucous globs that cause the Defense Down ailment.
• Seltas' horn can be broken.
• Unlike most monsters, Seltas will sleep on a wall making it impossible to sleep bomb him.
  • When woken up, Seltas will fall down from the wall, giving hunters some time to attack him.
• When weak, Seltas will limp on the ground instead of flying.
• When low on stamina, Seltas' abdomen (the part that shoots mucous globs.) will shrink.
  • It will also be unable to fly and shoot mucous globs unless it recovers by eating or by pinning the hunter down, or overcoming fatigue after some time.
• Seltas was voted 172nd place in the Hunters' Choice for Top Monster during Monster Hunter's 20th Anniversary.

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate

Excluding Great Jaggi, who is fought in an optional quest, Seltas is the first large monster fought in the game.

When near death, he will sleep in either Area 7 of the Ancestral Steppe, Area 3 of the Primal Forest or Area 7 of the Sunken Hollow.

When fatigued, Seltas will eat from a Kelbi carcass in Area 8 of the Ruins Field in order to regain stamina.

Seltas gains a pin attack in High Rank.

It can be infected by the Frenzy Virus.

• When Frenzied, Seltas can charge three times in a row. In addition, the mucous globs it shoots no longer cause Defense Down or Fatigue, inflicting only Frenzy instead.

If encountered in a quest with Seltas Queen and the Frenzy Virus, Seltas will be frenzied at the start of the quest.

During the localization process, potential name candidates for Seltas included Scarath and Scorius.

In G-Rank, Seltas will extend his claws in most of his claw-based attacks, increasing the range of them. Unlike in lower ranks, Seltas doesn't need to be merged with a Seltas Queen in order to do this.

Monster Hunter Generations

Seltas now uses the standard area battle theme.

Monster Hunter Stories 2

Seltas and Seltas Queen can be fought, but cannot be Monsties.

Seltas and Seltas Queen are Technical type monsters.

• Seltas and Seltas Queens turn to Speed attacks when enraged, and Power attacks when joined together with the other monster.
  • In addition, the two joined monsters can use attacks and skills twice in one turn.

External Links

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate: Localization & Bugs Bugs Bugs!