Gypceros

Gypceros is a small Bird Wyvern, most noted for its poison, its ability to knock out others with the lightcrystal on its forehead, and its turkey-like way of charging. His pink tail seems to be of an elastic material similar to rubber. Note when planning for a Gypceros battle that it is immune to Shock Traps due to its Rubbery Hide, so bring Pitfall Traps instead.

The Gypceros attacks in a drunken manner, often staggering wildly forward and hacking out balls of toxins, and thus can sometimes intimidate an inexperienced hunter.

Gypceros have a breakable lightcrystal on their head, in which they pound it against their hard nose to ignite a tremendous flash, dizzying everything in the perimeter. Breaking this crystal stops the Gypceros from using its flash attack and sometimes yields Gypceros Head as a reward. The Gypceros can also instantly return any flash bomb attack that it receives. It is weakest to the Fire element, and its tail stub is its most sensitive area. Its tail can stretch longer than its initial size because of its bizarre elasticity. Gypceros is also known to feign death and lure unsuspecting hunters into a deadly thrashing attack; however, even the lowest of hunters can recognize a fake death as when "Objective Cleared!" doesn't appear on the screen should you actually kill the monster. However, that trick may be harder to discern if the Gypceros is not the target of the quest, so try Throwing Knives or Boomerangs at it to trigger its thrash. On the other hand, it is possible to carve it (between the feet and tail) when it is feigning death so it may be favourable to risk taking damage. A hunter can risk to carve once from a feigning Gypceros (twice with Hi Speed Gathering enabled). Note that this sly wyvern is known to steal items by chance from a hunter when using its peck attack. The flash attack can be dodged by either blocking it, running away to a far enough distance, or rolling at the appropriate time.

=See Also=
 * Purple Gypceros
 * Poison
 * Knock Out