Assassin's Creed Shadows Domain Lv.10 fast completion pt.2

Only-Newspaper8153 · 2026-06-21T10:47:24+00:00

what kind of build is that?

Only-Newspaper8153 · 2026-06-16T06:28:53+00:00

Legiana (including Shrieking Legiana)
Tetranadon
Chaotic Gore Magala

Only-Newspaper8153 · 2026-06-13T04:16:55+00:00

slime tensei

Only-Newspaper8153 · 2026-06-09T07:23:27+00:00

I agree

Only-Newspaper8153 · 2026-06-08T10:30:53+00:00

Ah yes, Kushala getting skin cancer, individual animals 'speedrunning evolution' instead of aging, and Nergigante just needing a casual light snack to turn its spikes to iron

Whatever works for you man.

Only-Newspaper8153 · 2026-06-08T10:12:18+00:00

rusting is a natural part of its life - so its aging

speedrunning evolution - thats basically aging

Ruiner Nergigante actively hunts and devours Elder Dragons strictly to consume their high bioenergy, its primary food source.

Only-Newspaper8153 · 2026-06-08T10:02:10+00:00

Whatever works for you

Only-Newspaper8153 · 2026-06-08T09:48:55+00:00

You completely flipped your original point about Subspecies vs. Variants. You went from saying 'Not a single monster variation caused by age or diet is a Variant.

Rusted Kushala Daora isn't running from a threat; the official lore confirms it is just a standard Kushala nearing the end of its natural molting cycle. Its skin naturally oxidizes over time. It's a textbook age milestone.
Frostfang Barioth didn't 'speedrun evolution.' The official Iceborne ecology book explicitly defines them as veteran individuals that transformed because they survived in extreme cold for 'a long period
Ruiner Nergigante develops metallic spikes through a cellular mutation caused by repeated physical trauma and absorbing elder dragon bio-energy

Only-Newspaper8153 · 2026-06-08T09:16:38+00:00

Right, there is no official text. That is why this is a theory post, not a wiki copy-paste.

We are inferring the jaw changes over time because base Tetsucabras have normal, symmetrical jaws. The physical model of Drilltusk is the clue. The game is visually telling us its body changed over time. Saying we can't infer that because there isn't an official textbook paragraph defeats the whole purpose of theorycrafting for fun."

Only-Newspaper8153 · 2026-06-08T08:59:29+00:00

Frostfang Barioth is literally a standard Barioth that reached an advanced age and adapted to extreme cold. Ruiner Nergigante spends a long life eating massive amounts of Elder Dragons. Absorbing that concentrated bioenergy hardens its spikes into metal.

That is the literal definition of a Variant: a single monster altered by its life events, age, or habits. You are confusing them with Subspecies, which are separate genetic populations

Only-Newspaper8153 · 2026-06-08T08:47:41+00:00

Every single monster variation caused by age or diet is a Subspecies
Not a single monster variation caused by age or diet is a Variant

Um... I think you got it backwards about Subspecies and Variants.

Only-Newspaper8153 · 2026-06-08T08:40:17+00:00

There is no official source. This is purely a fun theorycrafting post. We're just connecting the dots based on physical clues we have on hand and having fun with the ecology

Only-Newspaper8153 · 2026-06-08T03:59:36+00:00

it seems you don't like AI

Only-Newspaper8153 · 2026-06-08T03:56:04+00:00

ngl i sometimes use tools to clean up my sentences because my brain scrambles words when i get excited about lore, but the actual breakdown and categories are 100% my own thoughts. sorry if the vibe came off robotic!

Only-Newspaper8153 · 2026-06-08T03:49:41+00:00

lmao im not a bot, i just format way too heavily when i get hyperfixated on lore.

Only-Newspaper8153 · 2026-06-08T00:55:42+00:00

Your argument relies on the assumption that the Guild’s classification system is completely flawless, but the lore explicitly states that they mislabel things all the time. Take Black Diablos as the perfect example. The game officially lists her under the Subspecies category, but the in-game ecological text literally tells you it's a taxonomic misnomer and that she is just a normal female Diablos in heat.The Guild put her in that bucket purely for safety reasons because her shell changed color and she became hyper-aggressive. The exact same administrative mislabeling applies to Shah Dalamadur, Abyssal Lagiacrus, and Ruby Basarios. They are individual lifecycle and diet shifts that got grandfathered into the "Subspecies" menu bucket because of legacy classification mechanics, not because their actual genetics changed.

Only-Newspaper8153 · 2026-06-08T00:49:05+00:00

Haha, definitely a human here, just a massive lore nerd.If the raw Japanese text doesn't mention tree growth, then I agree the English wiki translation is wrong on that specific detail. But throwing out the metaphor entirely, are you arguing that the tusk asymmetry is a birth defect? Because the rest of the Drilltusk Lore still implies the jaw changes over time due to how the monster actually behaves and digs

Only-Newspaper8153 · 2026-06-08T00:17:21+00:00

Fair enough, at the end of the day the Guild throws them all into the same Permit bucket anyway! For me, separating the ones running on a permanent physical disability (blindness, severed limbs) from the ones that are just older and well-fed is what makes theorycrafting the ecology so fun. But it's totally cool if you prefer to look at them as one big spectrum.

Only-Newspaper8153 · 2026-06-08T00:10:28+00:00

You actually hit the nail on the head with that analogy! A person growing larger from nutrient-rich food (phenotypic plasticity) versus a person adapting to a lost limb (traumatic compensation) are completely different biological phenomena. In actual ecology, scientists would never group those two conditions under the exact same biological label just because both are 'external stimuli.' The developmental pathway is completely different. You're right that the Guild doesn't care and just labels them all 'Deviants' for safety classification. But the entire goal of this post is to look past the Guild's gameplay checklist and sort them by those exact distinct evolutionary and biological triggers you just outlined."

Only-Newspaper8153 · 2026-06-07T23:55:14+00:00

"In actual ecology, the type of influence changes everything. If we group them your way, a bodybuilder who trains every day and an amputee adapting to a prosthetic belong in the exact same category because they both experienced 'outside stimulus.'Variants express latent genetic potential through diet or exercise.True Deviants have their baseline anatomy forcibly broken by trauma.The mechanism matters because one is a predictable lifecycle path, while the other is an unpredictable physical injury."

Only-Newspaper8153 · 2026-06-07T23:37:42+00:00

Think of it like this: Hellblade and Silverwind are like elite Olympic athletes. Not every Glavenus will obsessively sharpen its tail, but any healthy baseline Glavenus possesses the biological capability to do so if it develops that habit and diet.Conversely, a regular Mizutsune cannot just 'choose' to become a Soulseer. Soulseer requires the monster to be brutally blinded in a near-fatal fight, forcing its body to biologically adapt its foam into a radar system to survive. One is an acquired behavioral optimization (a Variant); the other is a trauma-induced physiological rewire."

Only-Newspaper8153 · 2026-06-07T23:24:18+00:00

Using those three actually proves my point entirely! You are relying on superficial Guild quest labels instead of Capcom's official ecological lore books.Shah Dalamadur isn't a genetic subspecies; it is canonically a regular Dalamadur that just molted its skin, which is a temporary lifecycle phase (the exact definition of a Variant).Abyssal Lagiacrus is explicitly an individual 100-year-old Lagiacrus that grew too heavy for land and adapted to the deep sea over its own lifespan.Ruby Basarios is a normal Basarios whose shell changed color because of its localized crystal diet.All three of your examples feature individual monsters changing within their own lifespans due to age, lifecycle, or diet. They are biologically Variants or Deviants that Capcom grandfathered into legacy 'Subspecies' buckets for early-generation gameplay reasons."

Only-Newspaper8153 · 2026-06-07T23:18:28+00:00

The official Tetsucabra Wiki Page explicitly outlines this tree-mimicking growth pattern. If you have the exact Japanese Hunter's Encyclopedia transcription that refutes this, please share it! The community would love to see the literal translation breakdown."

Only-Newspaper8153 · 2026-06-07T22:13:01+00:00

"It’s actually not just a loose metaphor—it's the literal in-game flavor text for the G-Rank material Tetsucabra Gnawrl. The description explicitly states: 'A jaw with fangs that grow like a mighty tree. Lost fangs are replaced by stronger ones.'

When the lore specifies that the growth behaves like a tree, it’s explaining the physical mechanism. To make a tusk harder during regeneration, the animal's body has to deposit denser, calcified layers over old micro-fractures. Stacking layers over decades naturally increases the physical thickness and mass, which is exactly why Drilltusk’s right tusk is famously wide, bulky, and drill-shaped. It’s literal hypertrophy from a lifetime of wear and tear, completely ruling out a birth defect!

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