---
title: "Anancus"
obsidianUIMode: preview
noteType: pf2eMonster
cssClasses: pf2e
aliases: "Actor.NLUqncRaH4SGxT7K" 
tags:
  - pf2e/creature/type/animal
  - pf2eMonster
  - pf2e/creature/level/8
statblock: inline
name: "Anancus"
level: 8
license: OGL
---

```statblock
columns: 2
forcecolumns: true
layout: Basic Pathfinder 2e Layout
source: "Pathfinder Bestiary 2"
name: "Anancus"
level: "Creature 8"

alignment: ""
size: "huge"
trait_01: [[animal]]
modifier: 16
perception:
  - name: "Perception"
    desc: "+16; Low-Light Vision, Scent (Imprecise) 30 Feet"
languages: ""
skills:
  - name: "Skills"
    desc: "Athletics: +19, Survival: +16"
abilityMods: [7, 0, 5, -4, 2, -2]
speed: 40 feet
sourcebook: "_Pathfinder Bestiary 2_"
ac: 25
armorclass:
  - name: AC
    desc: "25; __Fort__ +19, __Ref__ +14, __Will__ +16"
hp: 170
health:
  - name: ""
  - name: HP
    desc: "170"
abilities_top:
  - name: ""

abilities_mid:
  - name: ""
attacks:
  - name: ""

  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Tusk"
    desc: "+19 (reach 15 feet)\n__Damage__  2d12 + 11 piercing"

  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Foot"
    desc: "+17 (reach 10 feet)\n__Damage__  2d10 + 9 bludgeoning"

  - name: "[[Bestiary Ability Glossary/Trample|Trample]]"
    desc: "`pf2:3`  Large or smaller, foot, DC 25 Reflex check\n* * *\n\nThe monster Strides up to double its Speed and can move through the spaces of creatures of the listed size, Trampling each creature whose space it enters. The monster can attempt to Trample the same creature only once in a single use of Trample. The monster deals the damage of the listed Strike, but trampled creatures can attempt a basic Reflex save at the listed DC (no damage on a critical success, half damage on a success, double damage on a critical failure)."

  - name: "Tusk Sweep"
    desc: "`pf2:2`  The anancus sweeps its long tusks back and forth, dealing 4d6 bludgeoning damage to all creatures in a 15-foot cone, who must make a DC 27 Reflex check save.\n* * *\n\n**Critical Success** The target is unaffected.\n\n**Success** The target takes half damage.\n\n**Failure** The target takes full damage and is knocked [[Conditions/Prone|Prone]].\n\n**Critical Failure** The target takes double damage, is knocked prone, and is pushed 5 feet away from the anancus."
 
```

```encounter-table
name: Anancus
creatures:
  - 1: Anancus
```



The anancus is an ancient species of elephant with unusually long tusks and a trunk shorter than its more modern cousins.
