Monster Hunter: World: Walkthrough & Boss Guide

Overview

Fextralife lists the head as its weak hit zone (3 stars against every damage type) and the tail as a severable part. It is also weak to Poison, Sleep, Paralysis and Stun (2 stars each). Its mouth fires powerful fire blasts; staying between its legs helps you avoid the blasts and bites. When it is enraged its nose flares up.

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Rathalos fires projectiles from its flame sac and uses fast aerial attacks and fireballs; its bites and tail swipes inflict Poison. The head is its weakest zone, and wings and tail are 2 stars. Fextralife recommends firing a Flash Pod at its face while it is airborne to force a landing, then attacking the wings to limit its flight. Using a Hammer means you cannot sever the tail, which is the part that poisons hunters.

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Spikes grow on its wings, forelegs, head and tail. White or yellow spikes are breakable weak points; they harden to black over time, and hardened spikes deflect attacks. At low health it retreats to its lair and grows spikes continuously, making Dive Bombs far more frequent. Before a Dive Bomb it rears on its hind legs and roars; Fextralife advises sprinting to either side and leap-dodging just before the dive, or activating the Vitality Mantle a split second after the roar.

Traps

As an Elder Dragon it is immune to traps and cannot be captured; Flash Pods work and can stun it during combos or a Dive Bomb.

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Being hit builds up Effluvia: after a delay the effect activates and your maximum health drops. Fextralife says the drop is 40% in its mechanics section but its tip text says "half", so treat the exact figure as uncertain. It is cured with a Nulberry or Cleanser Booster and prevented with Effluvia Resistance level 3. Its attacks include a forward gas spray and gas clouds, and when it plays dead to collect miasma it fires a front beam that can be fatal; deal enough damage beforehand or stop it with a Flash Pod. Stay away from the acid pools, which combine with miasma to drain health quickly.

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Teostra scatters black scale dust that its teeth ignite; a red spark means a close-range explosion and a yellow spark a longer one. At certain points it covers itself in flames, flies up and releases a large explosion (the Supernova); run away when it begins to rise, or use a Flash Pod to knock it down. Heat Guard nullifies its fire aura and fire puddles but does not protect against Fireblight. Aim for the head, its weakest spot.

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Kushala wraps itself in a wind aura that must lapse before hits land effectively, and uses tornadoes, wind gusts, breath attacks and an aerial cyclone. Fextralife suggests Flash Pods as the easiest method: flash it while it flies and it falls and is open, but not when it takes off to fly to its nest, and not while it is inside a tornado. Windproof III negates the knockback of its normal wind attacks but not its enraged state. Poison does not break its wind shield; Fextralife suggests a weapon with high Elderseal as the closest substitute. Elder Dragons cannot be trapped or captured.

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Xeno'jiiva is the target of the Land of Convergence assignment. Fextralife lists a sweeping blue flame breath, a long-range laser signalled by an audio cue, ground bursts, blast fireballs, a diving claw attack in the air and a large enraged energy nova. It cannot be put to sleep. Its beams heat the ground, so Heat Guard, Uragaan armor or the Fireproof Mantle protect against Fireblight; Tremor Resistance stops its footsteps from interrupting your actions. Shooting the ceiling crystals in the first area with slinger ammo drops them on it for extra damage.