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Kush in the desert implies at least one Elder Dragon will be fightable in all previous locales, perhaps matching the locale's original inclemency. Furthermore, Kushala's wide range of habitats would actually allow him to also be fightable in ALL current Wilds locales, as he's been seen in snowy, forested, arid, and volcanic terrain before, so multi locale elders are possible.

Namielle and/or Chameleos in the Scarlet Forest

Teostra and/or Lunastra in the Oilwell Basin

Velkhana and/or Kirin in the Iceshard Cliffs

The Elder found in Wyveria might be an original to Ascendance.

The Skybound Eyrie (the new map) needs to have an Apex Monster that matches with the Inclemency of the map. Wyveria is supposed to be the Dragon element map, but ngl it kinda fails to have a noticeable inclemency. I think this map will have a much more noticeable dragon-element inclemency. This apex may or may not be the flagship monster, but I'm leaning towards it not being the flagship.

The Eyrie also needs a resident Elder. The obvious picks would be Valstrax and/or Shagaru, but there's also a chance that the Apex of the Eyrie is also a brand new Elder Dragon.

Current Wilds monsters with existing alters include Blangonga, Congalala, Lagiacrus (not Abyssal lol), Raths, Gravios, Gypceros, Mizutsune, Nerscylla (ft. Khezu from Gemma's new ornament), and especially Gore Magala. The Eyrie is PRIME real estate for a molting Gore Magala.

Top picks for new alters (including Guardian versions) would include but are not limited to Doshaguma, Xu Wu, Ajarakan, Lala Barina, Seregios (personal hope), and Arkveld.

One thing of note is that if they do an alter of an existing Apex Monster, they have to do it for ALL Apex Monsters. I don't think this will happen.

New Guardian versions, either of existing monsters or of brand new ones. I'm guessing 3 new Guardians.

At least 4 returning Flagships. Iceborne had 5 returning flagships at launch. I guessed less since Wilds added several in Title Updates.

At least 7 Elder Dragons. World had 7 at launch, and that game revolved around Elders as well.

Quropeco's animation rig is being used by the new bird wyvern, so might as well reuse him too. It would also be a great opportunity for Deviljho to return, but I personally am hoping for a brand new invasive monster to ruin my hunts.

big crab Shen Gaoren, either as DLC or at launch. If you're gonna revamp Lao you might as well reuse those assets for Shen.

Sorry Gammoth but you're not in. Iceshard Cliffs is WAY too small and cramped to handle you unless there's new maps other than the Eyrie (which is certainly possible).

new bird wyvern that's a bootleg Valstrax? Kushala Daora? Lao? Guardian Dosh in the desert? Rocket Boost slinger???

one thing I do know is that 2027 is gonna be peak