Kulu-Ya-Ku

Kulu-Ya-Ku クルルヤック
Title	Scratching Bird
Introduced	MHWorld
Classification	Bird Wyvern
Element	Unknown
Average Dimensions
Length	9.01 m
Height	3.38 m
Foot Size	0.70 m
Habitats
Forests Deserts
Relatives
Tzitzi-Ya-Ku
Taxonomy
Order	Unknown
Suborder	Unknown
Infraorder	Unknown
Superfamily	Unknown
Family	Unknown

The Scratching Bird Kulu-Ya-Ku (クルルヤック, kururuyakku) is a Bird Wyvern introduced in Monster Hunter: World.

Description

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Characteristics: A bird wyvern adept at grasping objects with its well-developed forelegs. There have been sightings of it plundering eggs from other monsters, but it will often drop them in surprise if attacked. When engaged in battle, it has a propensity to unearth sturdy rocks which it then uses as a weapon or shield. Useful Information: There have been reported sightings of this monster utilizing dug-out boulders as a means of offense. Given that frontal attacks will be met with this hard rock, it is advisable to strike from the side. However, its vulnerable forelegs and head can be broken in order to force it to drop its rock. Habitats: Forest, Desert, Swamp

Game Data

Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak

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Previous Titles

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• World Iceborne

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• Now
• Stories 2

Game Appearances

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Main Series

• Monster Hunter: World (Introduced)
• Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
• Monster Hunter Rise
• Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak

Stories

• Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin

Spin-Off

• Monster Hunter Now
• Arcade Machines
  • Pachislot: Monster Hunter: World
  • Pachislot: Monster Hunter World: Iceborne

Crossovers

• TEPPEN

Other Media

• Monster Hunter World: The Board Game

Locales

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• Ancient Forest
• Wildspire Waste
• Guiding Lands
• Shrine Ruins
• Sandy Plains (MHRise)
• Flooded Forest (MHRise)
• Lava Caverns
• Jungle (MHRS)

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• Hakolo Island

Information from Printed Media

Monster Hunter World: The Official Complete Works

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From Pages 206-209:
Full length: approximately 901.24 cm
Full height: approximately 338 cm
Foot size: approximately 78 cm
Known habitat: Ancient Forest, Wildspire Waste

Kulu-Ya-Ku's primary habitat is the Wildspire Waste, where it is camouflaged by its light brown scales and well adapted to leaping over cliffs with its strong legs. It can travel long distances in search of food, and is more rarely seen in the Ancient Forest. This may allow it to feast on Jagras eggs during their mating season, or its territory could be altered as a result of the crossing of Zorah Magdaros. Its head and forelimbs are adorned with feathers that are dropped to mark its territory, used to attract mates, and may be vestigial remnants of wings lost through evolution. It spends most of its day surveying nests for food, but will also drink water several times a a day and has been known to groom its forelimb feathers.

Kulu-Ya-Ku's primary food source are the yolks of flying and herbivorous wyvern eggs. It consumes three to four of these a day, on average, while not showing any preference for eggs of a particular species. To avoid being spotted by enemies, it steals eggs from nests and brings them back to its own before cracking them open with its beak and slurping down the yolk with a barbed tongue. Its forelimbs are well adapted to carrying objects, ending in three, clawed digits covered in subcutaneous bumps for gripping. The middle digit is longer than the others, allowing them to wrap around round objects.

Kulu-Ya-Ku's beak is extremely sensitive to tactile feedback. This lets it root around to find buried objects, but also causes it to reflexively drop whatever it is carrying if its beak is struck. Young Kulu-Ya-Ku, who are less adept at carrying eggs, will place their meal on the ground and smash it open with a rock rather than risk dropping it while traveling. This allows the egg white to trickle out before they can eat it, potentially explaining adult Kulu-Ya-Ku's strong tendency to eat only the yolk.

Though Kulu-Ya-Ku tends to avoid conflict, in combat it is known to use its dexterous forelimbs to dig up boulders to use as a melee or ranged weapon as well as a protective shield for its vulnerable head and beak. Wielding a boulder emboldens a Kulu-Ya-Ku, motivating it to take on monsters many times its size, even including Diablos. Its forelimbs are quite strong, with there being an account of a Kulu-Ya-Ku lifting a 300kg boulder.

Kulu-Ya-Ku mates in pairs, with each female producing two eggs per pairing. To reduce the chances of their eggs being targeted by predators (including other Kulu-Ya-Ku), each parent takes one egg to care for. Kulu-Ya-Ku eggs are uniquely colored compared to other eggs, presumably helping parents to avoid eating them, though this has been known to still happen, albeit rarely. Some Kul-Ya-Ku simply do not eat while brooding their eggs.

Developer's Note: The developers wanted to create a fun monster with unique traits. Its boulder behaviors are intended to teach players about weapon sharpness and using their slinger. They tried to make Kulu-Ya-Ku very expressive, changing its emotions over the course of a fight.

Other Languages

Other Languages
日本語	クルルヤック (kururuyakku)
International	Kulu-Ya-Ku

Notes

General Notes

• Kulu-Ya-Ku ranked 88th place in the Top Monster competition during Monster Hunter's 20th Anniversary.

Monster Hunter: World

Kulu-Ya-Ku has a special variation in the Final Fantasy XIV collaboration, where it holds the aetheryte crystal from said game, and grows larger and more powerful during its quest. This quest is required to fight Behemoth. Some call this specimen "Crystal Kulu-Ya-Ku".

• The chocobo racing theme from Final Fantasy XIV plays during this fight.
• Its quest can only be fought once, and requires joining other quests (or unofficial modding) to challenge again.

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