Fatalis first appeared in the original Monster Hunter in 2004 as a legendary black dragon and one of the series' most feared elder dragons. It returned in Monster Hunter World Iceborne in the final major update in 2020, fought in the ruined Castle Schrade as a climactic endgame hunt. Clips of its roar spread through hunt highlights, lore videos and boss compilations, where players came to associate the sound with the hardest fight in the game and the series returning to its roots.