Bouklaron

The Bouklaron is a strong Mollusk first introduced in Monster Hunter Y. It can be fought in Low Rank and High Rank Quests.

Physiology
Bouklaron is very similar to the real life ammonites. It is brown in color, with an yellow, moss-covered shell and a black beak. It also has orange eyes, hooks on its arms, and a serrated edge on its beak. As well as this, it has a large shell, 8 tentacles (and 2 arms), a large siphon below its mass of tentacles, hidden aptychi, and a big beak in the middle of its tentacle mass.

Attacks
Tentacle Swipe: Bouklaron will open its tentacles before slamming them on a hunter near it. This attack does moderate damage, and inflicts Bleeding.

Bite: Bouklaron will bite at a hunter in front of it with its beak. This attack is powerful, and inclicts Defense Down.

Block: Bouklaron will retract into its shell, close the opening of the shell with its apytchi, and stay hidden for 10 seconds before coming out. This attack is harmless.

Shell Bash: Bouklaron will flip forward in an attempt to hit anyone with its shell. This attack is powerful.

Ink Spew: Bouklaron will spew forth a cloud of ink from its siphon, clouding the vision of any nearby hunters and allowing for it to attack freely.

Underwater Charge: Bouklaron will swim backwards at any hunters in its way, dealing damage and knockback if it hits them.

Protective Bash: Bouklaron will perform a Block attack before rolling forward in an attempt to hit any nearby hunters. This attack is powerful.

Water Beam: Bouklaron will perform its Water Beam attack while turning from left to right. This attack inflicts Waterblight.

Sweeping Water Beam: Bouklaron will shoot a beam of water from its siphon. This attack inflicts Waterblight.

Scoistos Summon: During the fight with Bouklaron, Scoistos may occasionally pop out of the sand in order to protect the large Mollusk.

Dark Ambush: Bouklaron will spew a cloud of ink from its siphon and zoom around a targeted hunter before finally smashing into him/her. If the attack is successful, it will result in a pin attack where it holds the hunter in its tentacles while biting him/her with its beak. If the pin attack is successful, it will spit a gob of acid at him/her (inflicting Defense Down), spray him/her with ink (inflicting Dark), and throw him/her aside.

Naskelin Bash: If there are any Naskelin nearby, Bouklaron will pick them up with its tentacles before slamming them onto nearby hunters; sometimes, if the attack is successful, the Naskelin will latch onto the hunters and start eating at them.

Sand Ball: Bouklaron will roll up a giant ball of sand before smashing it onto a nearby hunter. This attack is powerful, and inflicts Earthblight.

Intro
Quest: Release the Kraken

Location: Deserted Island Area 9

Synopsis: In the area, two Ludroth are harassing a large, mossy shell. After a few seconds, one of the Ludroth comes near the opening of the shell, and suddenly, the apytchi of the shell open, and a large mass of hooked tentacles shoots out, grabs one of the Ludroth, and retract back into the shell, bringing the Leviathan into it. After a few more seconds, the same fleshy mass of tentacles comes out, and the soft-bodied monster sprays ink, driving the second Ludroth away. The large Mollusk then starts swimming slowly away.

Blademaster

 * Fire: 0


 * Water: +10


 * Thunder: 0


 * Ice: -5


 * Dragon: -10


 * Earth: 0


 * Wind: 0

Gunner

 * Fire: 0


 * Water: +10


 * Thunder: 0


 * Ice: -5


 * Dragon: -10


 * Earth: 0


 * Wind: 0

Trivia

 * Bouklaron is the first fully aquatic non-Elder Dragon monster to be implemented in Monster Hunter Y.


 * When low on Stamina, Bouklaron will spend more time in its shell when doing shell-related attacks.
 * It will also fail to do a Sand Ball attack.


 * When low on stamina, Bouklaron will eat Epioth, Molids, Sharqs, Scoistos, and Naskelin.