---
title: "Gigantopithecus"
obsidianUIMode: preview
noteType: pf2eMonster
cssClasses: pf2e
aliases: "Actor.gBQSBWYvR0dEHPEQ" 
tags:
  - pf2e/creature/type/animal
  - pf2eMonster
  - pf2e/creature/level/4
  - remaster
statblock: inline
name: "Gigantopithecus"
level: 4
license: ORC
---

```statblock
columns: 2
forcecolumns: true
layout: Basic Pathfinder 2e Layout
source: "Pathfinder Monster Core"
name: "Gigantopithecus"
level: "Creature 4"

alignment: ""
size: "Large"
trait_01: [[animal]]
modifier: 10
perception:
  - name: "Perception"
    desc: "+10; Low-Light Vision, Scent (Imprecise) 30 Feet"
languages: ""
skills:
  - name: "Skills"
    desc: "Acrobatics: +11, Athletics: +13, Stealth: +9"
abilityMods: [4, 2, 3, -4, 1, -2]
speed: 30 feet,  climb 30 feet
sourcebook: "_Pathfinder Monster Core_"
ac: 20
armorclass:
  - name: AC
    desc: "20; __Fort__ +14, __Ref__ +11, __Will__ +8"
hp: 60
health:
  - name: ""
  - name: HP
    desc: "60"
abilities_top:
  - name: ""

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

  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Fist"
    desc: "+13 (agile, reach 10 feet)\n__Damage__  2d6 + 6 bludgeoning"

  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Jaws"
    desc: "+13 ()\n__Damage__  1d8 + 6 piercing"

  - name: "Frightening Display"
    desc: "`pf2:2` (auditory,emotion,fear,mental) The gorilla beats its chest in a terrifying display. Creatures within 30 feet must attempt a DC 22 Will check save.\n\nWhile a creature is [[Conditions/Frightened|Frightened]] by this ability, it is [[Conditions/Off-Guard|Off-Guard]] to the gigantopithecus.\n* * *\n\n**Critical Success** No effect and temporarily immune for 1 minute.\n\n**Success** The creature is unaffected.\n\n**Failure** The creature is [[Conditions/Frightened|Frightened 1]].\n\n**Critical Failure** The creature is [[Conditions/Frightened|Frightened 2]]."
 
```

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



These fierce kin of orangutans are three times heavier than a gorilla.

* * *

While many apes exhibit peaceful or reclusive behavior, gorillas can be territorial, and the megaprimatus is especially aggressive and dangerous.
