Monster Hunter: World - Monsters
The large monsters of Monster Hunter: World, listed roughly in the order a new Hunter meets them. The base game's roster divides into the standard wyvern classes (Bird, Brute, Flying, Fanged, Piscine and Elder Dragon), and each locale has its own ecology of residents, invaders and apex predators. Th...
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| Name | Type | Description | Abilities | Stats | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Jagras | Bird Wyvern | The tutorial monster: a swollen, frilled lizard that swallows whole Aptonoth and can spit them back up. | Swallows small monsters and regurgitates them as projectiles Belly flop and rolling charge Summons a pack of Jagras | Threat: Low Element: Fire Habitat: Ancient Forest | Ancient Forest, low rank assignment hunts |
| Kulu-Ya-Ku | Bird Wyvern | A thief bird that digs up rocks and carries them in its forelimbs to smash Hunters. | Rock-carrying overhead smash Digging for stones Panicked sprint | Threat: Low Element: Water Habitat: Wildspire Waste | Wildspire Waste, low rank |
| Pukei-Pukei | Bird Wyvern | A chameleon-like bird wyvern with a toxic tongue and a tail that sprays poison. | Poison spit from the tongue Tail-mounted poison spray Plant-dependent status effects | Threat: Low Element: Thunder Habitat: Ancient Forest | Ancient Forest, low rank |
| Jyuratodus | Piscine Wyvern | A mud-dwelling fish wyvern that coats itself in silt to blunt incoming damage and spits mud that slows Hunters. | Mud armour that reduces damage Mud projectile that binds movement Swimming burrow through mud | Threat: Low to medium Element: Thunder Habitat: Wildspire Waste | Wildspire Waste, low rank |
| Barroth | Brute Wyvern | A heavy brute wyvern armoured in mud and bone plates, with a charge that flattens anything in the lane. | Armoured charge Mud coating that hardens with age Tail sweep | Threat: Medium Element: Water Habitat: Wildspire Waste | Wildspire Waste, low rank |
| Tobi-Kadachi | Fanged Wyvern | A tree-dwelling fanged wyvern that charges its fur with static by rubbing against bark, then discharges it in a burst. | Static charge buildup Electric discharge burst Wall and tree climbing | Threat: Medium Element: Water Habitat: Ancient Forest | Ancient Forest, low rank |
| Anjanath | Brute Wyvern | A Tyrannosaur-like brute wyvern with a flame sac in its throat and a temper to match. | Fire breath from the throat sac Charging bite and body slam Nose-flare enrage state | Threat: Medium to high Element: Water Habitat: Ancient Forest, Wildspire Waste | Ancient Forest, low rank story assignment |
| Rathian | Flying Wyvern | The female of the series' signature wyvern pair: a green flyer that poisons with tail flips and strafes the arena with fireballs. | Poison tail flip Aerial fireball strafe Running charge | Threat: Medium Element: Dragon Habitat: Ancient Forest, Wildspire Waste | Ancient Forest, low rank |
| Rathalos | Flying Wyvern | The male counterpart and the series mascot: a red wyvern that owns the sky of the Ancient Forest, strafing with fireballs and diving with claws. | Aerial fireball barrage Claw dive Flight that limits melee access | Threat: High Element: Dragon Habitat: Ancient Forest | Ancient Forest, high rank |
| Diablos | Flying Wyvern | A horned desert wyvern that spends most of the fight underground, bursting out in charges that hit like a truck. | Burrowing charge from underground Horn gore Sand-spraying roar | Threat: High Element: Ice Habitat: Wildspire Waste | Wildspire Waste, high rank |
| Paolumu | Flying Wyvern | A fluffy balloon-bat that inflates its neck sac and drifts on the wind, battering Hunters with aerial body slams. | Inflated neck sac for aerial attacks Wind buffeting Airborne body slam | Threat: Medium Element: Fire Habitat: Coral Highlands | Coral Highlands, high rank |
| Legiana | Flying Wyvern | The apex flyer of the Coral Highlands: a sleek ice wyvern that screams to buff itself and its neighbours, then dive-bombs from above. | Ice projectiles and freezing gusts Buffing screech High-speed aerial dives | Threat: High Element: Thunder Habitat: Coral Highlands | Coral Highlands, high rank |
| Odogaron | Fanged Wyvern | A red, skinless-looking fanged wyvern that moves in bursts and bleeds Hunters with every hit. | Bleed-inflicting claws and fangs Explosive lunges Carcass dragging | Threat: High Element: Ice Habitat: Rotten Vale | Rotten Vale, high rank |
| Radobaan | Flying Wyvern | A rolling wyvern plated in tar and bone, which it sheds and regrows by rolling over carcasses. | Bone-plated rolling charge Tar spit Sleep-inducing gas | Threat: Medium Element: Dragon Habitat: Rotten Vale | Rotten Vale, high rank |
| Bazelgeuse | Flying Wyvern | The invader: a flying bomber that interrupts other hunts by carpeting the area with explosive scales. | Explosive scale drops Bombing strafes Territorial invasion of other hunts | Threat: High Element: Thunder Habitat: All high rank locales | Invades high rank quests across every locale |
| Deviljho | Brute Wyvern | A perpetually starving brute wyvern that eats other monsters and treats the map as a pantry. | Dragon-element bite Monster-eating grab Relentless pursuit across the map | Threat: Very high Element: Thunder Habitat: All locales, invader | Added in a post-launch title update; invades high rank hunts |
| Zorah Magdaros | Elder Dragon | A walking volcano the size of a mountain, fought as a set-piece across the Everstream rather than as a normal hunt. | Magma core eruptions Mountain-scale body Everstream migration | Threat: Elder Dragon Element: Water Habitat: Everstream | Story assignment, low and high rank versions |
| Nergigante | Elder Dragon | The flagship elder dragon: a spiked, hyper-aggressive predator that hunts other elder dragons. | Regenerating spikes that harden Dive bomb slam Roar that staggers Hunters | Threat: Elder Dragon Element: Thunder Habitat: Elder's Recess | Elder's Recess, high rank story assignment |
| Vaal Hazak | Elder Dragon | A corpse-draped elder dragon that lives in the Rotten Vale's effluvium and attacks with a miasma that halves a Hunter's health. | Effluvial miasma that cuts max health Corpse-armour hide Gas cloud bursts | Threat: Elder Dragon Element: Fire Habitat: Rotten Vale | Rotten Vale, high rank elder hunt |
| Teostra | Elder Dragon | A lion-maned elder dragon that fights with fire and explosive powder, and whose supernova is one of the game's signature attacks. | Blast powder explosions Fire breath Supernova area blast | Threat: Elder Dragon Element: Water Habitat: Elder's Recess | Elder's Recess, high rank elder hunt |
| Kushala Daora | Elder Dragon | A steel-scaled elder dragon that wraps itself in wind, deflecting ranged attacks and shoving Hunters away from its body. | Wind aura that deflects projectiles Tornado creation Flight | Threat: Elder Dragon Element: Thunder Habitat: Elder's Recess | Elder's Recess, high rank elder hunt |
| Lunastra | Elder Dragon | Teostra's blue-flamed counterpart, added after launch. | Blue fire pools that persist Heat wave aura Paired hunts with Teostra | Threat: Elder Dragon Element: Ice Habitat: Elder's Recess | Post-launch title update, Elder's Recess |
| Xeno'jiiva | Elder Dragon | The base game's final boss: a translucent, alien elder dragon born in the Confluence of the Everstream. | Crystal energy beams Arena-wide energy eruptions Flight and tail sweeps | Threat: Elder Dragon Element: Dragon Habitat: Confluence of the Everstream | Final story assignment, high rank |
| Behemoth | Elder Dragon | The Final Fantasy XIV crossover fight, built as a four-player raid boss with cast bars, a comet mechanic and a one-shot meteor that requires hiding behind cover. | Ecliptic Meteor wipe Comet cover mechanic Enmity-based targeting | Threat: Elder Dragon Element: None Habitat: Elder's Recess | Crossover event quest, high rank |
| Kulve Taroth | Elder Dragon | A golden, treasure-hoarding elder dragon fought as a siege across the Caverns of El Dorado. | Molten gold armour Fire breath Siege-scale pursuit across the caverns | Threat: Elder Dragon Element: Thunder Habitat: Caverns of El Dorado | Siege quest, available from the gathering hub |
| Banbaro | Brute Wyvern | Iceborne's early brute wyvern, a moose-antlered charger that uproots trees and boulders and swings them at Hunters. | Charging horn rush Uproots trees and rocks to swing them Snow and mud terrain advantage | Threat: Medium Element: Fire Habitat: Hoarfrost Reach | Iceborne, Master Rank assignments |
| Beotodus | Piscine Wyvern | A snow-swimming piscine wyvern that burrows through drifts and launches itself out in arcs, dragging Hunters with a fin attack. | Snow burrowing Leaping body slam Ice-inflicting fin strike | Threat: Medium Element: Fire Habitat: Hoarfrost Reach | Iceborne, Master Rank assignments |
| Viper Tobi-Kadachi | Fanged Wyvern | Tobi-Kadachi's Master Rank subspecies, recoloured and rebuilt around paralysis and poison rather than static charge. | Paralysis and poison buildup Charged aerial slams Tree and wall climbing | Threat: High Element: Ice Habitat: Hoarfrost Reach | Iceborne, Master Rank |
| Nargacuga | Flying Wyvern | A returning series veteran built for speed: a black, panther-like wyvern that pounces off the ground and throws bladed tail spikes. | Tail spike projectiles Pouncing leaps Cloaking camouflage and sudden rage | Threat: High Element: Thunder Habitat: Ancient Forest, Hoarfrost Reach | Iceborne, Master Rank |
| Barioth | Flying Wyvern | Another series return: a snow sabre-toothed wyvern that leaps between walls and creates ice tornadoes. | Wall leaps and aerial slams Ice tornadoes Tail sweep | Threat: High Element: Fire Habitat: Hoarfrost Reach | Iceborne, Master Rank |
| Glavenus | Brute Wyvern | A brute wyvern with a sword for a tail, which it sharpens by grinding it against the ground and then swings in wide arcs. | Blade tail swings and spins Tail sharpening and fire bursts Biting lunge | Threat: High Element: Water Habitat: Hoarfrost Reach, Wildspire Waste | Iceborne, Master Rank |
| Tigrex | Flying Wyvern | A roaring, charging wyvern that runs Hunters down in straight lines and screams to stagger them. | High-speed charge Sonic roar Rock-throwing tail | Threat: High Element: Thunder Habitat: Hoarfrost Reach, Rotten Vale | Iceborne, Master Rank |
| Brachydios | Brute Wyvern | A slime-coated brute wyvern that punches the ground to plant explosive blasts, leaving puddles that detonate on a delay. | Explosive slime punches Delayed blast puddles Blast-inflicting horn and fists | Threat: Very high Element: Ice Habitat: Elder's Recess, Guiding Lands | Iceborne, Master Rank |
| Velkhana | Elder Dragon | Iceborne's flagship elder dragon: a slender, ice-armoured wyvern that freezes the arena into walls and spikes, then uses them as cover and as weapons. | Ice wall and spike creation Freezing breath Aerial ice beam sweeps | Threat: Elder Dragon Element: Thunder Habitat: Hoarfrost Reach | Iceborne story assignment |
| Namielle | Elder Dragon | A deep-sea-looking elder dragon that soaks the ground with water and then electrifies it, turning the whole arena into a conductive field. | Water coating that conducts electricity Electrified ground fields Tentacle sweeps | Threat: Elder Dragon Element: Fire Habitat: Coral Highlands, Guiding Lands | Iceborne, Master Rank elder hunt |
| Shara Ishvalda | Elder Dragon | The final boss of Iceborne's campaign, a stone-armoured elder dragon whose shell hides a living, many-eyed form. | Stone armour that must be broken Seismic ground waves Arena-shifting second phase | Threat: Elder Dragon Element: Ice Habitat: Origin Isle | Iceborne final story assignment |
| Yian Garuga | Bird Wyvern | A scrappy, aggressive bird wyvern with a poisonous tail and a roar that stuns. | Poison tail flip Stunning roar Erratic charging pecks | Threat: High Element: Water Habitat: Ancient Forest, Guiding Lands | Iceborne title update |
| Zinogre | Fanged Wyvern | A thunder wolf wyvern that charges itself by calling down lightning, then fights with a fully charged shell of electricity. | Lightning charge from the sky Charged shell state Pouncing claw combos | Threat: Very high Element: Ice Habitat: Coral Highlands, Guiding Lands | Iceborne title update |
| Rajang | Fanged Beast | A furious ape that powers up into a golden state and then fights like a fighting-game boss: fast punches, grabs and a beam. | Golden rage state Grapple and throw Lightning beam breath | Threat: Very high Element: Ice Habitat: Guiding Lands, Elder's Recess | Iceborne title update |
| Ruiner Nergigante | Elder Dragon | Nergigante's Master Rank form, with harder spikes, longer combos and a dive that ends hunts. | Hardened spike armour Dive bomb slam Extended combo strings | Threat: Elder Dragon Element: Thunder Habitat: Guiding Lands | Iceborne, Guiding Lands progression |
| Safi'jiiva | Elder Dragon | Xeno'jiiva grown into its adult form and fought as Iceborne's siege monster. | Searing energy beams Sapphire star explosions Siege-scale pursuit | Threat: Elder Dragon Element: Water Habitat: Secluded Valley | Iceborne siege quest |
| Alatreon | Elder Dragon | The black dragon of the series' lore, fought in the Secluded Valley with rotating elemental phases and an Escaton Judgment nova that must be countered with elemental damage. | Rotating fire, ice and dragon phases Escaton Judgment nova Aerial elemental barrages | Threat: Elder Dragon Element: Elemental damage required Habitat: Secluded Valley | Iceborne title update |
| Fatalis | Elder Dragon | The final title update and the hardest fight in the game: a black dragon that burns the arena, destroys cover and one-shots anything caught in its flame. | Arena-wide flame breath Destructible cover Armour and weapon set at the top of the tree | Threat: Elder Dragon Element: Dragon Habitat: Castle Schrade | Iceborne final title update |
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