Amalgacimex

**Amalgacimex** is a rare arthropodal monster that lives in areas across the old world, first introduced in Monster Hunter Apex.

## Physiology

Amalgacimex is a bizarre chimera of arthropods, with a mixture of traits found in all many clades of arthropods and some traits found in none of the arthropodal monster classes. For one, Amalgacimex has ten limbs, where all other arthropod monsters have six. The forelimbs are raptorial and lined with claws, while the middle legs are similar to those of spiders, and the hindlimbs are like those of a grasshopper. The body is heavy and strong and its head is black with four red eyes, powerful mandibles, and spider-like fangs laced with venom. Rather than an abdomen, the final segment of the body is a large scorpion tail.

Amalgacimex is largely colored in brown and black, but other common colors are red, and yellow, which along with the black, betrays its deadly poison.

## Behavior

Information about the behavior of this monster in its natural state.

## Useful Information

Information that would help a player hunt the monster. This can list the abilities it has, any statuses it uses, what its main gimmicks are, etc. The info can also include hints and tactics to effectively fight it. "The monster coats itself in a sticky tar that it can launch to trap hunters and prey alike. Use fire weapons or Torch Pods to destroy the tar around the area, then attack to set the monster alight at the right moment."

## Ecological Information

### Placement In Food Chain

Even in environments dominated by vertebrates, Amalgacimex easily rises to the position of top predator.

### Behavior Towards Other Monsters

How the monster behaves when other monsters are near it. A passive monster would ignore small monsters, but a very aggressive one would kill them if they wandered too close.

### Tracks

Information about what tracks the monster leaves that hunters can use to find it.

### Specific Locale Interactions

Information about environmental interactions the monster has only in certain locales. (eg. a monster that has special attacks with vines cannot use those attacks unless its an an area and locale with them)

### Special Behaviors

Information that details any special behaviors the monster has. This can be from being in certain locales to the time of day and to other events. (eg. in the Rotten Vale if a Legiana corpse falls in, an Odogaron will go to that area and drag it to its lair, a monster that is covered in sticks fears being near fire and backs away from it.)

## Cutscenes

Information about what happens when encountering the monster for the first time.

## Abilities

Describe powers this monster possesses, you can also list attacks here.

## Rage and Tired States

* Rage State: Information of changes that happen during enraged states.
* Tired State: Information of changes that happen during tired state.

## Mounts/Clutch Claw Effects

### Clutch Claw

Information about using the Clutch Claw on this monster.

## Ecology

* Taxonomy
	+ Kingdom: Animalia
	+ Phylum: Arthropoda
	+ Genus: Amalgacimex (Amalgamation bug)

Amalgacimex was believed to be a Neopteron, but this classification has been called into question. Many believe it to be too bizarre to be classified as such: for one, Neopterons have six limbs while Amalgacimex has ten and most of them are more like Temnoceran legs. Furthermore, it has traits characteristic of both classifications making classifying it difficult. Many have proposed close relation to Athal-ka, but recent discoveries indicate their similarities to be convergent evolution rather than a characteristic of a true phylogenetic relationship.

* Habitat Range

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* Ecological Niche

Amalgacimex is an apex predator in every sense of the phrase.

* Biological Adaptations

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## Breakable parts / Damage Effectiveness

* Breakable parts

List what can be broken on a monster, and if possible, what effect it has on it.

* Physical Damage Effectiveness
* Elemental Effectiveness
* Status Effectiveness
* Item Effectiveness

How much a monster is effected by various methods of damage on different parts of the body.

* ✖ means very little or no effectiveness, very minor amounts of damage is done.
* ★ is fairly effective, minor damage is done, ★★ is effective, moderate damage is done ★★★ is highly effective, high damage is done and is considered a weakspot.
* (★) means that effectiveness changes due to a condition.

### **Sharpness Damage Effectiveness**

How much weapon sharpness is needed to damage a monster's parts without attacks bouncing off. In G-rank/Master Rank the hardness of parts increases.

### Shiny Item Drops

What does the monster drop as shiny drops and when can it drop them?

#### Material Items

White shaded shiny drops that give a monster material like a scale or an accountable item like a tear, example being a Wyvern Tear.

#### Slinger Ammo

Red shaded shiny drops that give ammo for the Slinger, most often dropped from a high damage impact. The pods the monster dropped should be effective against said monster. An example being Barroth dropping Thorn Pods that do Stun damage, which Barroth is weak to.

## Equipment

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* Link to Weapon Picture
* Specials

## Interactions With Other Monsters

Information detailing interactions the monster has with other monsters.

### With (insertmonsterhere)

#### Turf War

A Turf War is when the monster battles another monster in a special animation sequence. Information about what happens in the Turf War and the outcome is displayed here.

## Interactions With Unique Statuses (Frenzy/Apex, Hyper Status, Tempered Status, Fanon Status, etc)

Detail what changes the monster gets in these states, and if the monster can be in a certain state or not.

## Quests

Here, you can create quests for your monster, using the template below.

 **Client:** The person that gives the quest.
 **Notes:**
*Other notes about this quest.*

## Notes

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