Global Notes

• Home Ranges vs. Spillovers: Each monster type has a dominant range below. Information about these monsters is regulated by the @GGA. Limited spillovers happen along rift lines, trade routes, or seasonal migrations; these don’t rewrite geography and are treated as temporary corridors rather than permanent biome shifts. The phenomena of why certain regions have certain monster types is still unknown.

• Threat Ladders: Field teams should expect E–D ranks as common threats, C–B as regional anchors, and A–S as rare or routed by alerts. Use your established hero rank mappings when assigning teams.

• Apex Entities: The named S-Rank entities define Danger Zones within otherwise traversable regions. These areas remain passable with planning and escort.

Northern Africa — Insect Swarm

Profile & Behavior: Insect bio-swarms dominate here, cycling through “surge windows” and lull periods. Low ranks (Beetle Swarm, Venomous Wasps) are the day-to-day hazard; mid-tiers (Mantis Blades, Chitinous Crawlers) cluster near resource pockets; high-tiers (Phase Locusts, Hive Mind Nexus Ant) show coordination spikes, sometimes masking flanking behaviors by burrowers.

Insect Swarm Encounter Ranks:
E: @Beetle Swarm [common] + @Queen Mandible [danger]
D: @Venomous Wasp [common] + @Hornet King [danger]
C: @Mantis Blades [common] + @Emperor Mantis [danger]
B: @Chitinous Crawler [common] + @The Underdriller [danger]
A: @Phase Locust [common] + @The Swarm Mind [danger]
S: @Hive Mind Nexus Ant [common] + @Baros, the Perfect Evolution [Regional Threat]

Greenland, Iceland, Canada, Alaska — Giants

Profile & Behavior: The high north favors large-frame striders and boulder throwers ranging across open expanses and wind corridors. Frost Giants are the norm; Storm Giants ride seasonal fronts. Gravity Well variants are rare but redefine approach vectors when present.

Giant Encounter Ranks:
E: @Ogre Youngling [common] + @Ogre [danger]
D: @Boulder Giant [common] + @Giant Crag Hurler [danger]
C: @Iron Mauler Giant [common] + @Forge Hammer Giant [danger]
B: @Frost Giant [common] + @Icewind Jarl [danger]
A: @Storm Giant [common] + @Tempest King [danger]
S: @Gravity Well Giant [common] + @Jol, the Cosmic Giant [Regional Threat]

South America — Orcs

Profile & Behavior: Orc war-bands form from Grunts and War Raiders, stabilizing under Ironclad cadres. Fire traditions (Flame Orc Brandishers, Ember Orc Shamans) appear along supply clearings, while stealth cadres (Shadow Prowlers, Nightfang Assassin cells) shape ambush doctrine.

Orc Encounter Ranks:
E: @Orc Grunt [common] + @Bloodied Tusker Orc [danger]
D: @War Raider Orc [common] + @Scarred Warlord Orc [danger]
C: @Flame Orc Brandisher [common] + @Ember Orc Shaman [danger]
B: @Ironclad Orc [common] + @Siege Breaker Orc [danger]
A: @Orc Shadow Prowler [common] + @Orc Nightfang Assassin [danger]
S: @Juggernaut Bruiser Orc [common] + @H'rogal, The Unbreakable [Regional Threat]

Archipelago between Asia & Australia — Goblins

Profile & Behavior: Archipelagic chains breed agile, swarmy goblin tactics: skiffs, ridge glides, and contraption raids from many angles. Explosives and venoms are common at mid/high tiers.

Goblin Encounter Ranks:
E: @Sniveling Runt Goblin [common] + @Goblin Scrabbler [danger]
D: @Skittering Goblin Archer [common] + @Goblin Arrow Snatcher [danger]
C: @Goblin Bomb Lobber [common] + @Goblin Mad Tinkerer [danger]
B: @Mounted Gnashers [common] + @Goblin War Chieftain [danger]
A: @Goblin Venom Slinger [common] + @Goblin Poison Master [danger]
S: @Goblin Swarm Diver [common] + @Lurk, the Winged Menace [Regional Threat]

Asia — Dragons

Profile & Behavior: Layered age-bands structure the region: Wyrmlings and Juvenile Drakes mark brood margins; Winged/Elder Drakes own the mid-air lanes; Lesser and Shadow lines define night dominance.

Dragon Encounter Ranks:
E: @Dragon Wyrmling [common] + @Brood Mother's Guard [danger]
D: @Juvenile Drake [common] + @Skyfire Scourge [danger]
C: @Winged Drake [common] + @Scale Lord [danger]
B: @Elder Drake [common] + @Ancient Wyrm [danger]
A: @Hunter Dragon [common] + @Horned Tyrant [danger]
S: @Shadow Dragon [common] + @Vaaug, the Nightwing Dominator [Regional Threat]

Southern Africa — Worms

Profile & Behavior: Subsurface motion defines the hazard. Sand and mixed soils conceal Sand Strikers; acid lines mark established runs; Tremor and Constricting types own chokepoints.
Encounter Ladder:

Worm Encounter Ranks:
E: @Burrowing Grub [common] + @Grub Matron [danger]
D: @Sand Striker [common] + @Dune Devourer [danger]
C: @Acid Worm [common] + @The Great Corroder [danger]
B: @Tremor Worm [common] + @Earth Shaker [danger]
A: @Constricting Wyrm [common] + @Alpha Constrictor [danger]
S: @Void Worm [common] + @Xerxul, the Rift Burrower [Regional Threat]

Europe — Undead

Profile & Behavior: Cadaver tides ebb and flow by season and memory-sites. Skeleton cadres hold ground while ghouls execute fast harvests; spectral lines counter shock. Liches in this schema emphasize curses, summons, and direct damage over mind control, as specified.

Undead Encounter Ranks:
E: @Zombie [common] + @Animated Corpse Pile [danger]
D: @Skeletal Warrior [common] + @Bone Guard Captain [danger]
C: @Ghastly Ghouls [common] + @Carrion King [danger]
B: @Spectral Knight [common] + @Phantom General [danger]
A: @Crypt Lich [common] + @Grand Lich, The Defiled Sage [danger]
S: @Soul Devourer [common] + @Morthas, the Avatar of Death [Regional Threat]

East United States — Aberrations

Profile & Behavior: Cognitive and spatial anomalies dominate. Low ranks unsettle and distract; mid-tiers distort posture and vision; high-tiers reshape local gravity or awareness.

Aberration Encounter Ranks:
E: @Skittering Horror [common] + @The Chittering Maw [danger]
D: @Abolacs [common] + @The Grasping One [danger]
C: @Shifting Blur [common] + @The Unstable Form [danger]
B: @Bioluminescent Terror [common] + @Glimmering Stalker [danger]
A: @Multi-Eyed Watcher [common] + @The Panopticon [danger]
S: @Flux Entity [common] + @Nyxil, the Null [Regional Threat]

West United States — Demons

Profile & Behavior: Fire, shadow, and rupture tactics. Imps and Horned Devils test screens; Fire Lashers control space; Shadow Demons strike at gaps; Brimstone Maulers crack lines; Rift types tear approach lanes.

Demon Encounter Ranks:
E: @Impish Fiend [common] + @Spiteful Scamp [danger]
D: @Horned Devil [common] + @Gorehoof Brute [danger]
C: @Fire Lasher [common] + @Ash Striker [danger]
B: @Shadow Demon [common] + @Nightclaw Lurker [danger]
A: @Brimstone Mauler [common] + @The Infernal Crusher [danger]
S: @Rift Demon [common] + @Kavor, the Herald of Nightmares [Regional Threat]

Australia — Alien Beasts

Profile & Behavior: Fast, odd-physics predators with sonic and crystalline themes. Low ranks probe; mid-tiers test with leaps and shocks; high-tiers phase and disappear.

Alien Beast Encounter Ranks:
E: @Chittering Scuttlers [common] + @Clicking Swarm Leader [danger]
D: @Leaping Striders [common] + @Apex Jumper [danger]
C: @Sonic Howler [common] + @Resonant Terror [danger]
B: @Bio-Electric Eel [common] + @Apex Current [danger]
A: @Crystalline Predator [common] + @Shardstorm Beast [danger]
S: @Phase Stalker [common] + @Raus, the Ethereal Hunter [Regional Threat]

Middle East — Constructs

Profile & Behavior: Animated materials, clockwork doctrine, and gravity play at the top. Lines form around reliquary cores and workshops that “wake” unattended armatures.

Construct Encounter Ranks:
E: @Wooden Puppet [common] + @Puppet Master's Effigy [danger]
D: @Animated Armor [common] + @Iron Shell Guardian [danger]
C: @Lesser Stone Golem [common] + @Rubble Lord [danger]
B: @Clockwork Sentinel [common] + @Gearwork Overseer [danger]
A: @Energy Construct [common] + @The Energy Core [danger]
S: @Gravity Golem [common] + @Graviton, the Absolute [Regional Threat]

Central America (incl. Caribbean corridors) — Ooze

Profile & Behavior: Corrosive chemistry and mobility extremes. Low ranks clog passages; mid-tiers lay residue fields; high-tiers electrify or alter density under shifting gravity.

Ooze Encounter Ranks:
E: @Gelatinous Blob [common] + @Pulsating Mass [danger]
D: @Slimy Crawler [common] + @Slime Serpent [danger]
C: @Acidic Slime [common] + @Corrosive Heart [danger]
B: @Animated Tar [common] + @Suffocating Mire [danger]
A: @Electrified Jelly [common] + @The Lightning Core [danger]
S: @Gooze [common] + @Uthrys, the Weightless Horror [Regional Threat]