Gravios & Basarios, Titans of Stone | Monster Hunter Ecology

[@Oceaniz]

[Find sources and notes about canonicity in this comment] TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:21 - Overview 03:41 - Basarios/Juvenile Gravios 08:55 - Mature Gravios 16:20 - Black Gravios 18:12 - Ruby Basarios 20:40 - Outro 21:25 - NEXT TIME ON MHE 21:57 - Patreon SOURCES: Hunter's Encyclopedia G pg. 64 & 65, 87 Hunter's Encyclopedia 4 pg. 74 tinyurl.com/BlckGravios tinyurl.com/RbyBasarios tinyurl.com/BasariosThread tinyurl.com/GraviosThread Everything said here can be considered canon EXCEPT: - The lack of information on juvenile monsters. This is more of an observation than a canon fact - the series gives us, the players, very little info on baby boys. But there is no specification if that lack of information also affects the Guild in-universe. - The locations of Yukumo, Val Habar and Kamura on the World Map shown in this video are largely speculative. - The exact location of Gravios' organs isnt specified, we are simply told that they sit all bunched up together for the reasons described in the video. - Black Gravios is, as far as all the games and official materials are concerned, a SUBSPECIES. However, its description as simply a regular Gravios with extra firepower should put it into the category of a VARIANT. There are a few such cases in the franchise, and this video series will generally assume that in-universe, the Guild simply misclassified these creatures early on and that it is now in the process of amending this. If you want to know why the games have been so weird with their definition of Subspecies, check out Luty's thread on the topic: twitter.com/lutyrannus/status/1634118356864212992 Check out the Phylogeny used in this video series: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vr0ThfPbrzj87DinYiB-r6P2QFog8oyRDPGy7OlF9wk/edit?usp=sharing

[@WanderingAxel]

Does anyone else get more excited for these episodes than anything Hollywood has put out recently? No? Just me?

[@Masterofhammers]

Same. There's a big difference between this and Hollywood. There's a lot of time and care put into this and it really shows. Not so much with Hollywood nowadays.

[@Mugiwara-f6v]

It's far more interesting

[@magnabueno5360]

I don't even know what Hollywood is even doing right now.

[@alderwield9636]

This kind of video is my fleeing site when the community becomes sucking ass after 5th gen

[@TherealNiqqa]

yes just you lil bro

[@dr.archaeopteryx5512]

I love it when Monster Hunter asks itself "How can we make this make sense?" but in the attempt just make the whole thing stupider

[@emblemblade9245]

Sometimes I prefer to just take it as is, even though I appreciate the efforts they go to to make interesting ecology and biology in the monsters. Like, I’m not gonna question a lava-bathing laser-shooting rock monster, I’m just gonna enjoy it.

[@kokotomenance344]

Eh, Gravios definitely makes more sense than some of the portable series monsters. It’s a novel concept with interesting explanations

[@TherealNiqqa]

agree, they should change all the monsters lores into something similar to every other fantasy games: "magical beasts are magical and they use magic to do cool things", I'm sure everyone will love the uncreativity and repetitive trope

[@sarbe6625]

Considering what we know about some of the crazier adaptations of real-world creatures, it's really not as stupid as it would seem at first glance. Especially if we accept the clearly obvious premise that this is at the very least not Earth, and possibly even a universe where the laws of physics differ slightly from our own.

[@kael5264]

Pretty bad take

[@EthanFazel]

Ah the rock lads. Despite the obvious initial pain of “oh god, everything bounces”, I quite like the beam blasting behemoths of basalt, mainly because Basarios on particular was the first monster to get me to properly re-evaluate my approach to combat, which was just “hit with stick until dead”, and start making use of items such as Barrel Bombs and Pitfall Traps to gain an advantage that weapons alone couldn't provide. Biologically speaking, I’ve always wondered how their "vent" systems worked. Obviously they’re a form of heat-sink/way to expel heat, but considering that they’re also linked to its flame/magma sac, which itself seems connected to its respiratory and digestive system, alongside the Gravios having a peculiar habit of remaining partially submerged with it's back vents above the surface, I wonder if the vents can also intake air, acting as an array of “snorkels” spread across the body, further prolonging their ability to stay submerged within the relatively safe confines of the magma. If this is the case, then it explains why the tail in particular is absolutely covered in these vent structures (which are indeed vents, seen best in Black Gravios), allowing the Gravios to simply stick its tail out above the surface, expel heat/other waste products, and take in large amounts of air with minimal effort on its part.

[@CCProductions]

Never really liked these monsters much in game but this video managed to make them far more interesting. Fantastic work as always, can’t wait for the next episode!

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

Bring a Hammer and Basarios is Busted

[@Voidio2454]

or just a switch axe only in sword mode (hammer is probably more effective though)

[@timjim-ks8gi]

I'm honest I hated basarios the first time I fought him but I was bad so 🤷‍♂️

[@darthnius809]

These just keep getting better and better, keep it up mr. ocean man. Also, who let Araki write in the hunters encyclopedia? RockBacteria/10

[@justvalentine1007]

The pillar wyvern

[@ehoraida5900]

"Gravios doesn't have to worry about predators, since its defense mechanisms are sure to deter the rest" Akantor: _With some shakin and bakin your life i'll be takin_

[@孫慧娟-u9c]

The most notable predators of their kind would be Brachydios which is extra specialized to hunt them But even so an adult Gravios would probably be too much for a Brachy to handle.

[@ekosubandie2094]

@@孫慧娟-u9c they certainly could go toe-to-toe with adult Gravios, but how much Gravios made up the bulk of their diet compared to other monsters that occured in their natural habitat is honestly unknown though

[@孫慧娟-u9c]

@@ekosubandie2094 Looking from ecology and artbooks they are pretty much highly specialized to take down heavily armored herbivores+lithovores. Then you look at it from a predator-prey dynamic and it's more likely that Brachydios would rather expend less energy to take down a Basarios than to face off against a far more dangerous Gravios. Basarios is also an easier prey item than Uraagan or a sub-adult Agkanator.

[@samhauck6023]

⁠​⁠@@孫慧娟-u9cI’m sorry I just think brachy boy would absolutely demolish a gravios well first I feel like it’s definitely a lot stronger even without it’s blast mucus not saying it could but that plus the blast also I think it’s so much more aggressive and also faster so I really doubt most gravios could even go toe to toe with brachy

[@JanusHoW]

Great video! Interesting about the "Rock Bacteria" - it would explain how ANY living creature could digest non-water-soluble rock. I'd wager it's part of the gut biomes of other ore-eaters like Uragaan, maybe even some ore-eating elders like Kushala Daora. Also, the concentration of a Basarios/Gravios' vital organs in such a small area is probably the reason why its (broken) chest is its weakest hitzone in the games. An interesting tidbit is that when Gravios' chest is broken in GU, it goes from being 0 to Fire...to 15. Granted, Water is still the far superior element to use, but it's interesting that such a heat-resistant beast would have even an average weakness to fire.

[@speenta4879]

Perhaps without the armor the fire accelerates the process of the organs overheating? Although I don’t know much about this subject so take that with a grain of salt

[@JanusHoW]

@@speenta4879 That's my thought exactly.

[@RobsDHyrule]

I really dislike fighting this rocks in game but their ecology really is interesting Thank you for the vid! Great work as always!

[@whiteninji352]

These are some of my favorite flying wyverns, next to the footed lot, and the fifth gen guys. When I first heard of colossal stone wyverns with massive fire beams I got excited. Great video!

[@LacTose90]

I hope we get gravios in the next game maybe a black gravios too

[@whiteninji352]

@@LacTose90 I hope so too, Basarios is a lot more manageable in Rise so Gravios would probably get the same treatment

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

1:46 The very Classification of Elder Dragon is often described as beings so far outside of the current known tree of life that we cannot understand how they came to be; an entire Classification of monster defined by the fact that we don't understand them.

[@IFuckingLoveFrenchToast]

Which is weird considering Xeno Jiva is an Elder Dragon and we know practically everything about them, we literally see one hatch and then kill it in the main story

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

@@IFuckingLoveFrenchToast Except for, you know, how it BREATHES LAZERS. Also, Minor Spoilers, but there's more stramge stuff with that species in Iceborne.

[@IFuckingLoveFrenchToast]

@@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606 Ok we may not understand the plasma laser but we do know how it lives as a baby and that's alone is like alot more than we know about other monsters

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

@@IFuckingLoveFrenchToast True. I always viewed the designation of elder dragon as something so unfathomably strange we can't understand how it might have evolved. For example; what UNGODLY evolutionary pressure could possibly have evolved Fatalis?

[@IFuckingLoveFrenchToast]

@@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606 Considering how there's only like 3 known fatalis in the entire series it's possible the humans hunted too many of them and the last few just started as much beef with the humans as possible and somehow managed to barely win every fight

[@jfb173jb]

This is a big help for Heroes to Hunters. I was never sure how this monster's life cycle worked since I'm new to the series. This'll help for a charater's growth and proving ground for them.

[@VTRcomics]

As a Gunlance main, I've never had a problem fighting these guys. But thinking about how you literally expose their stomachs/skin with part-breaks makes their heating mechanics feel a little more brutal. Just imagine you burp and then your kevlar armor gets blown off by a pocket knife. I also REALLY love the graphics and map use in this episode, it really helps the sense of scale when you realize how far some locations are.

[@lonradb]

Gravios wasn’t the best fight but I’ll be damned if it didn’t just look COOL. This video really shows how, in a sense, it serves as the “immovable object” of this world

[@spookyfrogs1874]

amazing video as always :D i just rolled credits on iceborne and to say i've been obsessed with MH would be an understatement. can't get enough of great stuff like this

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your content man! You always make my day when you update! Its always a treat!😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

[@Alpheus_09C]

So he is casually going to upload these highly in depth and interesting videos on fictional monsters, and you're telling me I can only like it once!!!! That's a freaking crime

[@Darkrai110]

Still disappointed Gravios never showed up in Rise. Weird to have Basarios without him

[@alderwield9636]

Yea true lol imagine ukanlos swim (that basarios can do now) but its gravios

[@alalalalala8388]

6:43 *excited dwarf noises*

[@thesptk6353]

ROCK AND STONE BROTHER!

[@bloodykenshiro8218]

The Basarios and Gravios are indeed quite fascinating. I always liked their armor and weapons also. I would love to see a "Ruby Gravios" officially in the future.

[@roguecloud5674]

While I was never a fan of gravios and basarios I always found them and the lavasioth fascinating.

[@cortlynyoung]

I just get so excited every time I see you post a new video!! These are absolutely amazing, and very well done!! I have re-watched and listened to them from the beginning while I clean ^_^ Keep up the great work, and I will continue to watch every single one you post ^_^

[@DembiBrox]

You said the juvenile monsters have rarely ever been cited but monster riders take eggs from monster dens, and raise them since birth, so riders see juvenile monsters all the time

[@juggernikos3460]

Currently farming Gravios on 4U and it has been a stressful endeavor to say the least.

[@purpleenthusiast5814]

on god bro the huntathons make me want to tear my hair out my head. I got lucky with the drops though so I only had to do two...

[@bingo784]

Rock and stone, brutha! \m/

[@miguelcabreracastro6968]

This games have such a potential... ruby basarios, as many know, have been theorize to be black gravios young phases, but it would be more interesting if it turned out to be another different gravios species... and considering they migrate so much, no one can know were does the ruby basarios go hen they are ready to mature...

[@raging_brachydios]

Lets go favorite channel upload

[@yarekwojcik4061]

It would be cool to see the water gravios introduced in monster Hunter frontier in the video, with a completely different digestive system and growth pattern

[@deadfire7668]

I love this Ecology series it's really good 👍 i can't wait for the next episode

[@alderwield9636]

Giving basarios the ukanlos swim was unexpected, though its super easy to avoid lmao, if only gravios was there in rise to utilize its giant ass body

[@da_BemBem]

.... hooly shit that Targos Theme just smacked me like a runaway freight train. Instant feeling of nostalga, perfect close.

[@valky_uniguri]

Beautiful work once again friend!

[@aceflare2431]

You know, looking at the ruby basarios, I wouldn't mind seeing a gravios with crystalline additions to its shell.

[@giantsalamander2296]

6:41 did I hear a rock and stone?

[@cwcsemiautomated2618]

ROCK AND STONE

[@Indra_the_goblin]

A theory I've seen about the Ruby version is that it's simply an excess of those minerals in its diet so all of it doesn't get digested

[@thatguywiththemorpher88]

Here's hoping we get a Ruby Gravios sometime soon...

[@vargwardwad4459]

My Vermintide 2 addiction recognizing the faint Norsca Horde track at around 17:10 XD.

[@Masterofhammers]

When I first saw basarios I was interested. A wyvern made of solid rock. Sounds amazing, right? Besides the non existent weak spots and the constant charging I found him not terrible but boring. A big health bar to go through. Rise changed that alot. I don't like it but it's an upgrade no doubt. Very confident in Gravios being in Mh6. Maybe I can experience that time OH GOD IT'S THE DEATHSTAR! again

[@emblemblade9245]

They better keep Gravios’s AT-AT Walker lasers from 4U G rank.

[@mozziela]

6:42 DID I HEAR A ROCK AND STONE?

[@cwcsemiautomated2618]

ROCK AND STONE IN THE HEART

[@MrJinglejanglejingle]

I'd love to see the Gemstone Gravios, the adult form of Ruby Basarios.

[@arthurvaney6166]

The rock and stone monster, i love this monster

[@cwcsemiautomated2618]

ROCK AND STONE FOREVER!

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

While consuming the very ground around you to cultivate bacteria may seem strange and unnatural, I remind you that Humans in fact do the exact same thing; For some reason, likely due to physical separation, Human Children do not acquire their mother's Gut Biome, and instead must cultivate their own if they wish to ever properly digest solid food. Therefore, Human Infants have been observed instinctually consuming dirt, which lets them consume beneficial germs that will do most of the digestive work for the child throughout their life, and if you have recently eaten a meal and properly digested it, you have the fact that you ate dirt as a child to thank for it.

[@supersonic4863]

ROCK AND STONE!

[@cwcsemiautomated2618]

FOR ROCK AND STONE!

[@kaijenson7949]

13:00 shout out to the Congalala that died to show off the Gravios weight

[@aluminumfox7230]

AAAAA IT'S MY BOYS

[@LiamChambonnier]

6:44 ROCK AND STONES EVERYONE

[@cwcsemiautomated2618]

WE FIGHT FOR ROCK AND STONE!

[@deathclawproductions6723]

Nice work on this video, love the series! I must ask, I know you said you aren’t planning to do any of the Forbidden Monsters but would that include something like Safi (who’s basically part of the same category) or would you still do them?

[@Oceaniz]

I'm leaning towards exluding safi but since Im doing these episodes by generation order, there is plenty of time for me to change my mind lmao

[@Hilversumborn]

I hope Basarios and Gravios will have a turf war with Uragaan in the future.

[@wadeall8998]

Im honestly surprised we did not get gravious in rise/sunbreak

[@JavierSanchez-dh3ow]

i didn´t know that gravios and basarios names can sound like that, it´s almost like hearing spanish words, and i live in México, i´m surprised

[@AngelPerez-tu1nk]

I find it funny that monsters as heavy as Basarios and Gravios are still Flyinf Wyverns.

[@whiteninji352]

Yeah it’s due to the body plan really. Diablos can also barely fly and it’s still listed. Really Wing Wyverns would be a better name for some of these lot. XD

[@AngelPerez-tu1nk]

@@whiteninji352 Exactly!

[@EmeraldEleki7]

I like to call rock and mineral eating monsters "Geovores". It's surprisingly common in media

[@anton6495]

Imagine if there was a skill in gravios armor similar to mushromancer but with ores

[@klepto4171]

I love lore and monster hunter ❤️ 🎉a dream come true

[@predwinthegr8437]

6:42 DID I HEAR A ROCK AND STONE!?

[@redcloud16]

These are always annoying to fight but somehow I still love them

[@robertdownard625]

Rock and Stone!

[@cheezychooter6014]

heck yeah

[@andreworders7305]

So this one’s basically a Pokemon

[@Bethynaee]

WAKE UP BABE, NEW SPECULATIVE ZOOLOGY VID DROPPED ‼️‼️‼️

[@tomoya9686]

Monster Hunter Rise should've added Gravios as well if they will include Basarios because it makes no sense to exclude Gravios and include Basarios only. Considering Basarios is the younger version of Gravios. Doesn't make sense to separate Basarios and Gravios like that.

[@deino5594]

ROCK AND STONE.

[@naherathe]

ROCK AND STONE HUNTERS!!!

[@TheXell]

Bang Bang *Slap* Bang Bang *Slap*

[@Bende_Markus]

6:40 did i hear a rock and stone??!

[@rileywiess7895]

Hey Oceanz, I'll ask you because I also find your contribution to spec Evo to be invaluable. I am working on a single player rpg with a working title of "Order of The Chimera, Curse of The Drakenblöd." It's similar in lore to the Witcher universe in that a nomadic order, broken into smaller suborders of genetically mutated monster hunters exist. The twist being that the vast majority of fictional mutations stem exclusively from draconic entities both in micro and macro fauna, herbivores, insectivores, carnivores and omnivores, each mutations having benefits, but some also having increasingly more detrimental consequences, even risking losing control of one's self to beasthood, becoming a ferral, and powerful threat that must be kept secret and irradicated with extreme urgency. Dragons, Draconids, Drakes and Wyverns exist, Each and every species has unique mutations and traits that have viable useful mutations. There are a few species that have been domesticated and selectively bred to be mounts, from the horse like omnivorous daconids just taller than a Clydesdale shire horse, to the much more temperamental and raised from birth status symbols of certain master rank hunters, selectively bred flying wyverns, to smaller bred Draconid companions larger than wolves with superior scent glands to any animal, used to assist in tracking during your hunts. Each has a unique role, from harvesting their body parts to make cloaks that resist elements, ingredients in food and potions, to live captured beasts, milked for their venom or flamable fluids in the creation of weapon coatings, or fuel in bombs, each and every animal has it's uses. There are also a few fictional diseases going around too. That being said, my question to you is, what should be the creature that is used as a universal binding agent and mutational accelerant? Should it be the blood of something like a fantastical but grounded salamander? If so, please, let your imagination run absolutely wild, give me as much detail as you can, don't be afraid to get creative. What type of creature could you come up with that would best reflect being a universal binding agent for the mutations of other animals to incorporate into the human body? Any and all suggestions welcomed. Please note that this is a much more science fiction, grim dark setting, rife with secrets and orders and horrors of genetic experimentation and war, rather than a high fantasy setting with magic. There is indeed magic but it comes at a heavy cost, primarily fae magic having to do with plants, and, in the autumn court, a major horror of the game, Carnomancy. Genetic abominations, secrets stolen from the autumn court and utilized in secret by a totalitarian kingdom.

[@simplyaction4065]

Can you do lavasioth? I am curious about how it lives in lava without burning.

[@yoohoo236]

Rock and Stone?(happy dwarf noises)

[@joe_the_zombie]

How come gravios brains don't get damaged by the heat of the lava?

[@ritamexploresindia7052]

What's Zenith Gravios, Sandstone and Crystal Basarios?

[@YahBoiCyril]

21:40 *Spanish guitar intensifies.*

[@kaydendelorto6363]

I could have swore Akantor hunts Gravious for food. Or am I just dumb?

[@spikezilla54]

So we're not gonna talk about Akantor attacking these things?

[@Oceaniz]

15:22

[@spikezilla54]

@@Oceaniz NVM I'm retarded I missed it

[@maozilla9149]

cool

[@andreworders7305]

Wouldn’t turning to fire mode kill all the bacteria

[@TheSilversepiroth]

Wait... does... does this mean that the skull of a Basarios/Gravios is just an empty space? Or is the brain not part of this & just always on the brink of heat death?

[@Oceaniz]

The books dont specify which organs are bunched up in the center and which are excluded, but I'd assume their brains are in their skulls as normal.

[@TheGraveKnight]

It's a stone Luigi, you didn't make it!

[@thetky_clan666]

So *Grav* is adult while *Bas* is infant/child.

[@dannywolfpero]

Where do the Riders fit in this universe? They have lots of baby Monsters. Hunters even trap Monsters to examine and fight in an arena later. The Rath eggs they steal! What I'm saying is, there's little excuse for them to not know what baby Monsters look like.

[@Oceaniz]

MHStories seems to take place in an alternate universe. Those games have zero bearing on the lore of the core series.

[@blackguard5883]

*On Ruby Basarios:* Since there's never been a Ruby Gravios reported, could they just remain *neotenous?* Staying in the larval form isn't unheard of in insects and even lesser oceanic vertebrates. In the absence of volcanic activity in and about the *Everwood,* it may behoove them to retain their partially insectivorous diet. Additionally, this would be why the crystalline structures: they still *NEED* the camouflage. If these crystals were encouraged to grow chemically across the carapace, it's as simple as ingesting the required minerals and letting things take their natural course. Yes, I'm a biology/ecology nerd. I just subbed after this video, good stuff.

[@magnabueno5360]

Personally? Gravios is a monster with a lot of potential, but unless you are a gunner, it is boring or annoying.

[@darkhands4448]

I didnt think documentarian was a real word...my bad

[@tomoya9686]

Monster Hunter Rise should've added Gravios as well if they will include Basarios because it makes no sense if they aren't added the same way They should've added Lunastra if they will include Teostra in MH Rise. SMH

[@IndominusRex-wc1ey]

See while I understand your point about Gravios, especially considering that iirc it's been around since generation 1, I dont agree with including Luna just because a game has Teo. Teo's always kinda been part of the early game elder trio, whereas Luna's in like 1 or 2 other games beyond World, didnt even launch day 1 in World

[@justvalentine1007]

Why does this video says posted 9s ago but there are comments from 2 days ago?

[@Akiithehunter]

Because previously it was released for patrons of channel ^^

[@justvalentine1007]

Thank you for the explanation, thought I might be going crazy for a sec there