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Variant

A variant (Japanese: 特殊個体) is a rare individual or anomalous group of a given species of monster. They are often almost identical to a common individual but possess one or more certain unique traits that set them apart. Variants are more powerful than a normal member of their species and are more in tune with their inherent abilities.


List of Variants by Game

Monster Hunter Freedom

Monster Hunter 2

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne

Monster Hunter Rise

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak

Monster Hunter Frontier

Monster Hunter Online

Comparisons

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Comparison
MHRS-Gore Magala Render 001
MHRS-Chaotic Gore Magala Render 001
Gore Magala Chaotic Gore Magala


Bird Wyvern

Comparison
MHWI-Yian Garuga Render 001
MHWI-Scarred Yian Garuga Render 001
Scarred Yian Garuga
MHO-One-Eared Yian Garuga Render 002
Yian Garuga One-Eared Yian Garuga
FrontierGen-Hypnocatrice Render 002
FrontierGen-Breeding Season Hypnocatrice Render 001
Hypnocatrice Breeding Season Hypnocatrice


Brute Wyvern

Comparison
MHW-Deviljho Render 001
MHWI-Savage Deviljho Render 001
Savage Deviljho
FrontierGen-Four Heavenly King Deviljho Custom Render 001
Deviljho Four Heavenly King Deviljho
MHWI-Brachydios Render 001
MHWI-Raging Brachydios Render 001
Brachydios Raging Brachydios


Carapaceon

Comparison
MHRS-Shogun Ceanataur Render 001
MHO-Swordmaster Shogun Ceanataur Render 001
Shogun Ceanataur Swordmaster Shogun Ceanataur


Fanged Beast

Comparison
MHRise-Rajang Render 001
MHRS-Furious Rajang Render 001
Rajang Furious Rajang
MHO-Caeserber Render 001
MHO-Ghost Caeserber Render 002
Caeserber Ghost Caeserber


Fanged Wyvern

Comparison
MHRise-Magnamalo Render 001
MHRS-Scorned Magnamalo Render 001
Magnamalo Scorned Magnamalo


Flying Wyvern

Comparison
MHW-Bazelgeuse Render 001
MHRS-Seething Bazelgeuse Render 001
Bazelgeuse Seething Bazelgeuse
MHW-Legiana Render 001
MHWI-Shrieking Legiana Render 001
Legiana Shrieking Legiana
MHRise-Barioth Render 001
MHWI-Frostfang Barioth Render 001
Barioth Frostfang Barioth
MHO-Monoblos Render 001
MHO-Shattered Monoblos Render 002
Monoblos Shattered Monoblos
MHRise-Rathian Render 001
MHO-Conflagration Rathian Render 001
Rathian Conflagration Rathian
MHRise-Basarios Render 001
MHO-Crystal Basarios Render 002
Basarios Crystal Basarios


Elder Dragon

Comparison
MHRise-Kushala Daora Render 001
MH4U-Rusted Kushala Daora Render 001
Kushala Daora Rusted Kushala Daora
MHW-Nergigante Render 001
MHWI-Ruiner Nergigante Render 001
Nergigante Ruiner Nergigante
MHW-Vaal Hazak Render 001
MHWI-Blackveil Vaal Hazak Render 001
Vaal Hazak Blackveil Vaal Hazak
MHGU-Valstrax Render 002
MHRise-Crimson Glow Valstrax Render 001
Valstrax Crimson Glow Valstrax
MHRise-Thunder Serpent Narwa Render 001
MHRise-Narwa the Allmother Render 001
Thunder Serpent Narwa Narwa the Allmother
MHRS-Malzeno Render 001
MHRS-Primordial Malzeno Render 001
Malzeno Primordial Malzeno
MHO-Merphistophelin Render 001
MHO-Merphistophelin (Ice State) Render 001
Merphistophelin Elemental Merphistophelin


Unclassified Monsters

Comparison
FrontierGen-Laviente Render 001
FrontierGen-Violent Laviente Render 001
FrontierGen-Berserk Laviente Render 001
Laviente Violent Laviente Berserk Laviente

Trivia

  • Explanation to how each variant comes to be:
    • Savage Deviljho is a Deviljho that has lived a very long time and has cannibalized other Deviljho.
    • Raging Brachydios is a Brachydios whose explosive slime mold has covered its entire body and will spontaneously combust on contact.
    • Furious Rajang is a rare special Rajang individual that is constantly enraged for unknown reasons. Its theorized by the Guild that the Furious Rajang's power is unstable due to the loss of its tail and that its power potentially comes from its heart along with its nerves.
    • Chaotic Gore Magala is a Gore Magala which has failed to molt properly into a Shagaru Magala.
    • Rusted Kushala Daora is a Kushala Daora which has not shed its skin recently.
    • Scarred Yian Garugas and One-Eared Yian Garuga are both Variants of Yian Garuga who have survived many grueling battles. In Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, Scarred Yian Garuga only appears as a Tempered Monster.
    • Crimson Glow Valstrax is a Valstrax that has been mutated and driven berserk by its own rampant energy.[1]
    • Thunder Serpent Narwa becomes Narwa the Allmother when she kills and eats Wind Serpent Ibushi.
    • Scorned Magnamalo is a battle-scarred Magnamalo that has become extremely aggressive and mastered control over Hellfireblight.
    • Primordial Malzeno is the true, original form of Malzeno before becoming a host of the Qurio.
    • Breeding Season Hypnocatrice is a male Hypnocatrice that had his feather's colors changed in order to attract a mate.
    • Ruiner Nergigante is a Nergigante that survived many battles with another strong monsters, much probably Elders, and became stronger.
    • Shrieking Legiana is a male Legiana that has born in Hoarfrost Reach and stayed in there, adding more ice in his body and control.
    • Blackveil Vaal Hazak is a Vaal Hazak that spores and pustules toke off his body, producing effluvium as a symbiotic relationship.
    • Frostfang Barioth is an older, ice-covered version of the Barioth, that has grown to an “ancient” state, with much more ice control.
  • Since Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, Scarred Yian Garuga has been officially considered a different entity from regular Yian Garuga, retroactively making its first debute in the first generation.
  • Variants gained a more important role in the fifth generation. In Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, four new and one returning variants were introduced at launch (by far the largest debut in a mainline game), becoming a sizable part of the endgame and getting their dedicated entry in the Hunter's Note. Two achievements in the game were also related to Variants (Hunt your first Variant, Hunt 30 Variants). An additional fifth new variant, Frostfang Barioth, as well as two returning variants, Raging Brachydios and Furious Rajang, were added as free content in the 4th Title Update and the 3rd Title Update respectively. In Monster Hunter Rise, the final story encounter (added in the 2nd Title Update) is Narwa the Allmother, a variant of Thunder Serpent Narwa. In Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, Scorned Magnamalo is heavily implied to be the same individual that nearly destroyed Kamura Village in the past, and Primordial Malzeno (added in the Bonus Title Update) serves as a conclusion to the Elgado storyline and the fifth generation as a whole.
  • One-Horned Diablos (Japanese ディアソルテ/マ王ディア), which appeared in Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, is not a Variant.
  • The G-rank version of Crimson Fatalis which appeared in MH4U in the quest "Advanced: A Final Battle Cry", is not an official Variant.


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Monsters by Variations
Monster Variations
Subspecies
Ashen Lao-Shan Lung • Azure Rathalos • Black Diablos • Black Gravios • Blue Yian Kut-Ku • Green Plesioth • Pink Rathian • Purple Gypceros • Red Khezu • White Monoblos • White Velociprey
Copper Blangonga • Emerald Congalala • Plum Daimyo Hermitaur • Terra Shogun Ceanataur
Baleful Gigginox • Brute Tigrex • Crimson Qurupeco • Glacial Agnaktor • Goldbeard Ceadeus • Green Nargacuga • Hallowed Jhen Mohran • Ivory Lagiacrus • Jade Barroth • Purple Ludroth • Rust Duramboros • Sand Barioth • Steel Uragaan • Stygian Zinogre
Ash Kecha Wacha • Berserk Tetsucabra • Desert Seltas • Desert Seltas Queen • Oroshi Kirin • Ruby Basarios • Shah Dalamadur • Shrouded Nerscylla • Tidal Najarala • Tigerstripe Zamtrios
Acidic Glavenus • Aurora Somnacanth • Blood Orange Bishaten • Coral Pukei-Pukei • Ebony Odogaron • Fulgur Anjanath • Magma Almudron • Nightshade Paolumu • Pyre Rakna-Kadaki • Viper Tobi-Kadachi
Akura Jebia • Doragyurosu • Flaming Espinas • Giaorugu • Lavasioth Subspecies
Doom Estrellian • Dread Baelidae • Ice Chramine • Infernal Tartaronis • Poikilos Lightenna • Purple Slicemargl • Yellow Caeserber
Rare Species
Variants
Deviants
Apex Monsters
Risen Monsters
Origin Species
Burst Species
Extreme Individuals
Zenith Species
Lone Species
Special Species
Aberrant Deviljho • Black Star Beast Volvidon • B.O.W. Uragaan • Christmas Volvidon • Demonic Seregios • Destruction Wyvern Rathalos • Enma Rajang • Explosive Peak Duramboros • FFBE Zinogre • Fiercewater Nargacuga • Flame Rathalos • Frozen Barioth • Gilded Diablos • Goruru • Iceblast Brachydios • Immortal Zinogre • Landconquest Lagiacrus • Metaru • Pumpkin Uragaan • Purgatory Agnaktor • Rotten Uragaan • Sweet Tooth Tigrex • Scorching Heat Rathian • Seabream Plesioth • Shiningrock Uragaan • Steel Armor Diablos • Tenth Angel Gore Magala • Thanksalot Barroth • Thanksalot Bnahabra • Thunderbubble Mizutsune • Thunder Emperor Kirin • Unit-01 Brachydios • Unit-02 Tigrex • Virulent Gigginox • Watermelon Uragaan • Whitewater Plesioth • Witch Gobul • Witch Lagombi • Yoga Gigginox
  1. ↑ https://www.monsterhunter.com/rise/us/monster/?id=monster02

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