Wild Hearts Kemono List: All Monster Types & Variants
Wild Hearts is a gorgeous game, and that's apparent most in the design of its incredible monsters, the Kemono.
Kemono are huge beasts in Wild Hearts that have become one with the environment around them, often taking the form of a traditional animal that's grown in size and fused with flora and fauna. Take the Ragetail, for example, which is a rat-like creature with a flower growing out of its head.
There are plenty of Kemono to tackle on your travels across Azuma, and there's a chance there will be more added post-launch. Here's our full list of the Kemono in Wild Hearts, and we'll update this as we find more or developer Omega Force adds new variants.
Note: Consider this a spoiler warning for Kemono in Wild Hearts - if you want to leave some as a surprise, turn away.
- Make sure you can run Wild Hearts with our rundown of the Wild Hearts PC Requirements.
How Many Kemono Monsters Are There In Wild Hearts?
There are 21 Kemono in Wild Hearts, and they range in difficulty as players progress, with a star rating for each.
Here's the full list of Kemono in Wild Hearts.
All Kemono In Wild Hearts
EA's official site reveals the following Kemono - check out their descriptions below.
Golden Tempest
Click to enlarge"Far in the north, it's said there is a mysterious place known as the Golden Sea, where sand stretches to the horizon in every direction. In truth, this is the territory of the Aragane, or Golden Tempest, where fools go in search of gold, never to return. Yes, this beast is the embodiment of the wind, which blows some to riches and others to death."
Ragetail
Click to enlarge"A dangerous beast that will attack smaller Kemono or humans without discrimination. The Hanayadoshi, or Ragetail, is a voracious eater and permanently hungry despite consuming vast amounts of food compared to its size. This may be due to nutrition being diverted by the fruit-like growth at the tip of its tail. It tends to ignore everything else when it's pursuing a meal, but if angered, it will abandon the chase and attack."
Sapscourge
Click to enlarge"The Kohakunushi, or Sapscourge, produces substances very similar to pollen and sap from its craggy skin and shaggy fur, both of which have a distinctly woody appearance. However, the Kemono appears ill-equipped to deal with its own physiology, sneezing at the pollen it sheds and accidentally covering its prey in sap time after time, before clumsily attempting to wash it off."
Kingtusk
Click to enlarge"The largest and most terrifying of the Kemono that tend to appear around human settlements, the Yama'ugachi has developed multiple eyes so prey can't slip away—though it tends to keep most of them shut, relying instead on its sense of smell. Should something invade its territory, however, the giant boar opens all its eyes in a flash, sending menacing glares in every direction. Its massive, trunk-like teeth that earn it the name “Kingtusk” can, and will, rip through almost anything."
The Kingtusk is a tough Kemono to fight in Wild Hearts. Here's our guide to tackling it.
Lavaback
Click to enlarge"Ask a group of hunters what their most feared Kemono would be, and the answers will be many and varied. But ask what the most odious Kemono would be, and the response will be almost unanimous: the Jigokuzaru, or lavaback. Its cunning, its dexterous use of its volcanic body, and the way it sometimes seems to sneer at humankind have all earned it that grim reputation."
Deathstalker
Click to enlarge"From every inch of its sickly sleek form, the Rasetsu, or Deathstalker, emits a relentless icy chill. Where no water graces the land, this Kemono can conjure giant lumps of ice, from which it creates beautiful demarcations of its territory, known to hunters as “icecastles.” It hunts in a pack when necessary, bringing down prey with terrifying speed. But it has equally terrifying strength, all too evident in one-on-one combat with other Kemono. Yes, long has this beast been the hunter's bane."
Amaterasu
Click to enlarge"With its vast wingspan, vivid, sun-soaked plumage, and majestic flight, Amaterasu has captured imaginations for centuries. It's little wonder that the bird has been worshipped as a kami of the heavens since the days of yore. Yet for some mysterious reason, all those places where it has been revered—from a tiny hamlet to vast nation—seem to have fallen hastily into ruin, and no records remain to tell more of the hallowed Kemono."
Goldshard
Click to enlarge"Many Kemono exhibit idiosyncratic behaviour, but that of the Koganebari, or Goldshard, has an amusing twist. Though its body is covered with exceptionally hard, protective spines, when the beast spots prey, it ejects its spines as projectiles to incapacitate its target. It can be seen going too far, however, sometimes losing all its spines and then running around in a blind panic with completely bare skin."
Spineglider
Click to enlarge"A flying Kemono that rapidly generates rock from a liquid it secretes, which solidifies into a hard mineral mass. Its territory is easily identified by the disorderly mass of stony pillars surrounding it, bearing a remarkable resemblance to stalagmites. The Tsunobashiri, or Spineglider, is fiercely protective of this territory, and extremely aggressive to intruders. It will swoop down silently from the shadows of its stony pillars on anything it perceives as a threat."
Earthbreaker
Click to enlarge"A fabled Kemono, said to rip the earth asunder and swallow whole mountains as it lumbers onward. Under the weight of its gargantuan frame, far greater than that of any other Kemono, the landscape creaks and groans. Legend has it that when the world was created, the land was flat like the ocean, until Kunin'arashi, or Earthbreakers, marched far and wide, carving valleys and forcing great peaks high into the sky."
Dreadclaw
"Cockerels are known for their dawn crowing, but this Kemono cousin has a squall so shrill, it shakes the leaves from the trees. In fact, the cry of the hot-headed himetosaka, or Dreadclaw, traverses hill and dale, to be heard by the inhabitants of distant villages. Even at that range, the din can destroy old farmhouses—reason enough to want to hunt the beast."
Gritdog
"The Sunatsuzumi, or Gritdog, is furnished with naturally magnetic lodestones, through which it controls complex magnetic fields to manipulate ironsand into curious shapes that are found dotted across its territory. These eerie, almost Karakuri-like structures give a chilling insight into the beast's intelligence."
Fumebeak
"The Kuromatoi, or Fumebeak, is a grim bird that bathes its prey in a toxic miasma and is shrewd
enough to pick out and target the weak. However, it would seem that it's not immune to its own
pernicious emissions, at times appearing to writhe and convulse in pain. Many Kemono conquers their
environment by learning to command nature's power, but in this case, it would seem nature still has the upper hand."
Emberplume
"A legendary Kemono born of fire and nurtured by flame, Shiranui, or the Emberplume, is said to hail
from a volcanic habitat far in the west where it scorched all around to ash. Some profess its flames purge evil, and glorify the bird as a paragon of exorcism, whilst others claim it is a harbinger of destruction that will turn fields to flame, stock to cinders, and dwellings to dust."
Variant Kemono
OK, one last spoiler warning for the following Kemono that haven't been revealed yet.
The following Kemono in Wild Hearts offer new abilities and attacks, often with different elemental affinities from their base versions.
- Sporetail (Ragetail variant)
- Icetusk (Kingtusk variant)
- Cobalt Lavaback (Lavaback variant)
- Ripclaw (Dreadclaw variant)
- Onyxshard (Goldshard variant)
- Venomglider (Spineglider variant)
- Pearlbeak (Fumebeak variant)
For more on Wild Hearts, be sure to check out all we know about crossplay and cross-progression, and every Karakuri tool in the game.
