Monster Hunter Wilds brings to the table a vast and varied roster of monsters, each of which presents their challenge and reward. The game includes, upon its release, 47 monsters in total—29 of them big and 18 of them small. It is worth noting, though, that of the big monsters, only 26 of them have Crowns, which denote important differences in their species' average size. These Crowns can be Gold or Silver, and Gold Crowns indicate the most dramatic differences in size.

Understanding Crowns in Monster Hunter Wilds

Monsters in Monster Hunter Wilds that stand much taller or shorter than their normal form are called Crowns. The Crowned monsters not only provide a higher hunting experience but also grant special rewards upon defeat. The differences are:

• Gold Crown: These monsters can be much larger or smaller than normal, having higher health, damage, and different behavior.
• Silver Crown: Medium-sized monsters, above or below average in size, which offer hunters a reasonable challenge.

Small monsters in Monster Hunter Wilds may not bear Crown titles, but they play their part in the ecosystem, bringing much-needed material and contributing to the lively environment of the game.

Large monsters

Large monsters in Monster Hunter Wilds are some of the most challenging and rewarding to kill. Large monsters have their own abilities, attacks, and tendencies that test even skilled hunters. The following is a complete list of these huge monsters.

Chatacabra

The Chatacabra is a swift-moving, amphibian beast that is extremely nimble, which means that it can easily move about both ground and water. Its vivid color is not just for defense but also for warning, and this makes this monster difficult to approach quietly.

• Habitat (Location): Windward Plains
• Difficulty: 1
• Elemental Weaknesses: Thunder and Ice
• Ailment Weaknesses: Poison, Paralysis and Stun
• Elemental Resistance: Dragon
• Ailment Resistance: None

Quematrice

The Quematrice is a bird-shaped wyvern that has fiery feathers. It is able to deliver devastating fire-based attacks. Its lair is typically surrounded by burnt earth, which proves its proficiency in using fire. Hunters will have to withstand the flames and stay light-footed to avoid its explosive fires.

• Habitat (Location): Windward Plains
• Difficulty: 1
• Elemental Weaknesses: Water
• Ailment Weaknesses: Poison and Paralysis
• Elemental Resistance: Fire
• Ailment Resistance: None

Lala Barina

Just like a large frog, the Lala Barina has a tongue that can extend to snare prey from a distance. Its body is also slippery and secretes paralyzing mucus, which is dangerous in face-to-face encounters. Its tongue is also a versatile defense and offense tool.

• Habitat (Location): Scarlet Forest
• Difficulty: 1
• Elemental Weaknesses: Fire, Thunder and Ice
• Ailment Weaknesses: Stun
• Elemental Resistance: Dragon and Water
• Ailment Resistance: Paralysis

Congalala

The Congalala is a trickster in form, and its noxious gases can put hunters into a state of confusion and disorientation. Although its form is amusing, if not taken lightly, it can wreak havoc. Its unpredictability in combat makes it a formidable opponent.

• Habitat (Location): Scarlet Forest and Wyveria
• Difficulty: 1
• Elemental Weaknesses: Fire and Ice
• Ailment Weaknesses: 2-Star all Ailment
• Elemental Resistance: None
• Ailment Resistance: None

Balahara

The gigantic aquatic monster, the Balahara, emerges from the depths to feed upon the land. Its armored body and powerful jaws make it formidable, and its sheer mass is enough to cause awful destruction in its wake.

• Habitat (Location): Windward Plains
• Difficulty: 1
• Elemental Weaknesses: Thunder
• Ailment Weaknesses: Paralysis
• Elemental Resistance: Water
• Ailment Resistance: None

Doshaguma

An animal resembling a bear and having enormous claws, Doshaguma is known for its strength and ferocity. It can stand upright to deliver crushing blows, and its territorial behavior makes it extremely vicious if provoked.

• Habitat (Location): Windward Plains and Scarlet Forest
• Difficulty: 1
• Elemental Weaknesses: Fire and Thunder
• Ailment Weaknesses: 2-star all Ailment
• Elemental Resistance: Dragon on tail
• Ailment Resistance: None

Uth Duna

The mythical elder dragon, Uth Duna, is covered in mystery. It has the power to manipulate weather, summoning violent storms to protect its terrain. It is formidable and awe-inspiring, and one of the most challenging to kill in the game.

• Habitat (Location): Scarlet Forest
• Difficulty: 2
• Elemental Weaknesses: Thunder on head, other elements 1-star
• Ailment Weaknesses: Poison, Sleep, Paralysis, Blastlight and Exhaust
• Elemental Resistance: Water
• Ailment Resistance: Stun

Rompopolo

The Rompopolo is a brutish, flame-secreting wyvern. It can ignite its surroundings, and its battlefield becomes one of flames where hunters have to adapt in a hurry to avoid being incinerated. Its attacks in the form of flames make it one of the most lethal monsters to handle.

• Habitat (Location): Oilwell Basin
• Difficulty: 2
• Elemental Weaknesses: Water, other elements 1-star
• Ailment Weaknesses: Stun, Paralysis, Sleep, Blast, Exhaust
• Elemental Resistance: None
• Ailment Resistance: Poison

Rey Dau

The Rey Dau is also known as the "King of Thunder" and is an aerial wyvern that has mastery of electricity. Its golden scales attest to its strength, and it uses its electricity to shock and disorient its opponents, making it a deadly airborne predator.

• Habitat (Location): Windward Plains
• Difficulty: 2
• Elemental Weaknesses: Ice on Head, other elements 1-Star
• Ailment Weaknesses: Sleep, Blast, Exhaust, Poison
• Elemental Resistance: Thunder
• Ailment Resistance: Paralysis and Stun

Nerscylla

The Nerscylla is arachnid in shape, and preys upon prey using its web. It can induce sleep and poison through its poisonous bite, and in camouflaged form, is a silent and deadly opponent.

• Habitat (Location): Iceshard Cliffs
• Difficulty: 2
• Elemental Weaknesses: Fire and 1-Star Ice
• Ailment Weaknesses: Poison, Stun, Blast and Exhaust
• Elemental Resistance: Water, Thunder and Dragon
• Ailment Resistance: Paralysis

Hirabami

The Hirabami is a serpent-like, ancient elder dragon that dominates vast territories and is said to possess ancient wisdom. It is one of the strongest and most elusive monsters in the game and has mastery of the elements.

• Habitat (Location): Iceshard Cliffs
• Difficulty: 2
• Elemental Weaknesses: Fire and Thunder
• Ailment Weaknesses: Poison and Sleep
• Elemental Resistance: Ice
• Ailment Resistance: None

Ajarakan

The aquatic creature is found in marshlands, where its poisonous hide is also used to deter potential attackers. Its acid-based attacks and defensive tendencies in turn make this creature hard to handle in direct combat.

• Habitat (Location): Oilwell Basin
• Difficulty: 2
• Elemental Weaknesses: Water
• Ailment Weaknesses: All
• Elemental Resistance: Fire
• Ailment Resistance: None

Nu Udra

The Nu Udra, or simply called the "Black Flame," is a lethal cephalopod creature that dwells in volcanic territories. It can manipulate fire to an incredible degree, and hunters struggle to avoid its flames because of this.

• Habitat (Location): Oilwell Basin
• Difficulty: 3
• Elemental Weaknesses: Water, other elements 1-Star weak
• Ailment Weaknesses: Poison, Stun, Sleep and Exhaust
• Elemental Resistance: Fire
• Ailment Resistance: Paralysis and Blast

Guardian Doshaguma

Its much more dangerous counterpart, Guardian Doshaguma, is granted enhanced strength and resilience. It is a force to be reckoned with and should be fought using utmost strategy and timing.

• Habitat (Location): Ruins of Wyveria
• Difficulty: 3
• Elemental Weaknesses: Fire and Ice
• Ailment Weaknesses: Poison, Stun, Paralysis, Sleep and Blast
• Elemental Resistance: None
• Ailment Resistance: Exhaust

Guardian Rathalos

One of Rathalos' many variations, the Guardian Rathalos, is not merely more aggressive and powerful than its counterpart. It has enhanced armor and higher attacking powers, and is, therefore, especially lethal in the wilderness.

• Habitat (Location): Ruins of Wyveria
• Difficulty: 3
• Elemental Weaknesses: Dragon
• Ailment Weaknesses: Stun, Paralysis, Sleep and Blast
• Elemental Resistance: Fire
• Ailment Resistance: Exhaust

Jin Dahaad (No Crowns)

An elusive and cryptic species, Jin Dahaad is not familiar to hunters. Its strengths and weaknesses are yet to be recorded, and it is a mystery in the Monster Hunter universe.

• Habitat (Location): Iceshard Cliff
• Difficulty: 3
• Elemental Weaknesses: Fire on Head, other elements 1-Star
• Ailment Weaknesses: Exhaust
• Elemental Resistance: Ice
• Ailment Resistance: None

Guardian Ebony Odogaron

The Guardian Ebony Odogaron is the dark counterpart of the Odogaron, known for its extremely fast attacks and violent behavior. Its dark scales also grant it additional defense, and its vicious nature has earned it one of the most fearsome guardians in the game.

• Habitat (Location): Ruins of Wyveria
• Difficulty: 3
• Elemental Weaknesses: Water
• Ailment Weaknesses: Paralysis
• Elemental Resistance: None
• Ailment Resistance: Exhaust

Xu Wu

The Xu Wu is one of the ancient dragons and is known for its unearthly and serene appearance. It has the power to control winds and summon violent gusts, which, in turn, can baffle and disperse its opponents.

• Habitat (Location): Ruins of Wyveria
• Difficulty: 3
• Elemental Weaknesses: Ice
• Ailment Weaknesses: Poison
• Elemental Resistance: Dragon
• Ailment Resistance: None

Guardian Arkveld (No Crowns)

The Guardian Arkveld is an ancient and mystical force. Little is known of its form, but is said to wield great power. Few hunters survive long enough to detail its powers, and of them, many simply report its sheer strength.

• Habitat (Location): Ruins of Wyveria
• Difficulty: 3
• Elemental Weaknesses: Dragon
• Ailment Weaknesses: Stun, Paralysis, Sleep and Blast
• Elemental Resistance: Fire
• Ailment Resistance: Exhaust

Zoh Shia (No Crowns)

The second cryptic animal, the Zoh Shia, has also long been surrounded in mystery. It has reappeared in the wilderness periodically, but its activities and abilities remain poorly known, adding to this animal's intrigue and danger.

• Habitat (Location): Ruins of Wyveria
• Difficulty: 3
• Elemental Weaknesses: Dragon
• Ailment Weaknesses: Poison, Paralysis, Sleep and Blast
• Elemental Resistance: None
• Ailment Resistance: Exhaust

Yian Kut-Ku

One of the most ruthless monsters, this bird wyvern has gigantic ears and a large beak. It can spit fireballs from its mouth, and is, therefore, equally formidable in melee and long-range attacks.

• Habitat (Location): Scarlet Forest
• Difficulty: 4
• Elemental Weaknesses: Ice
• Ailment Weaknesses: All
• Elemental Resistance: Dragon
• Ailment Resistance: None

Gypceros

Small, poisonous wyvern, the Gypceros blinds and paralyzes its prey using its flash and poisonous spit. Its chaotic tendencies in combat make it a force to be reckoned with in numbers.

• Habitat (Location): Windward Plains, Oilwell Basin and Iceshard Cliffs
• Difficulty: 4
• Elemental Weaknesses: Fire
• Ailment Weaknesses: Stun, Paralysis, Sleep, Blast and Exhaust
• Elemental Resistance: Thunder
• Ailment Resistance: None

Rathian

The Queen of the Land is another term for Rathian. It is one of the classic flying wyverns and is known to have a poisonous tail. It attacks with aerial and ground attacks to overwhelm and defend its territory.

• Habitat (Location): Scarlet Forest
• Difficulty: 5
• Elemental Weaknesses: Dragon
• Ailment Weaknesses: Stun, Paralysis, Sleep, Blast and Exhaust
• Elemental Resistance: Fire
• Ailment Resistance: None

Guardian Fulgur Anjanath

The electrified Anjanath has lightning-based attacks to shock and destroy its foes. The Guardian Fulgur Anjanath, which is fast and powerful, is one of the most formidable monsters to encounter in Monster Hunter Wilds.

• Habitat (Location): Ruins of Wyveria
• Difficulty: 5
• Elemental Weaknesses: Ice and Water
• Ailment Weaknesses: Stun, Paralysis, Sleep and Blast
• Elemental Resistance: Thunder
• Ailment Resistance: Exhaust

Rathalos

The Flying Wyvern Rathalos is known for its flames and sharp claws. It is one of the most popular monsters in the Monster Hunter series, and its high damage and territorial behavior make it one of the strongest monsters in the series.

• Habitat (Location): Oilwell Basin
• Difficulty: 5
• Elemental Weaknesses: Dragon
• Ailment Weaknesses: Stun, Paralysis, Sleep, Blast and Exhaust
• Elemental Resistance: Fire
• Ailment Resistance: None

Gravios

The Gravios is an armored brute wyvern that secretes poisonous gasses from its body. Its armored shell is difficult to destroy, and its acid-based attacks can corrode through any armor. It is not an easily killed monster and has to be fought carefully and accurately.

• Habitat (Location): Oilwell Basin
• Difficulty: 5
• Elemental Weaknesses: Water
• Ailment Weaknesses: All
• Elemental Resistance: Fire
• Ailment Resistance: None

Blangonga

The gigantic, monster-like beast that has snowy white fur, the Blangonga loves cold regions. It is swift, can attack along terrain, and makes ice storms that impede hunters.

• Habitat (Location): Iceshard Cliffs
• Difficulty: 3
• Elemental Weaknesses: Fire
• Ailment Weaknesses: All
• Elemental Resistance: Ice and Dragon
• Ailment Resistance: None

Gore Magala

The shadowy, dark-colored wyvern can spread the deadly Frenzy virus, which weakens hunters and makes other monsters more aggressive. The adult form of the Gore Magala is the mighty Shagaru Magala.

• Habitat (Location): Iceshard Cliffs
• Difficulty: 6
• Elemental Weaknesses: Fire
• Ailment Weaknesses: Blast and Exhaust
• Elemental Resistance: Water
• Ailment Resistance: None

Arkveld

One of the most fearsome monsters in the game, the Arkveld is an ancient, high-energy dragon. Its assaults can destroy entire zones, and its presence is followed by sheer terror in hunters.

• Habitat (Location): Iceshard Cliffs
• Difficulty: 7
• Elemental Weaknesses: Dragon as recommendation, but all equal
• Ailment Weaknesses: All
• Elemental Resistance: None
• Ailment Resistance: None

Small monsters

Small monsters may not necessarily be as powerful in terms of strength, but they can be just as lethal in certain situations. The monsters can also swarm or poison hunters, and one has to be cunning and agile in order to defeat them.

Bulaqchi

The Bulaqchi is herbivorous and lives in herds. It is not aggressively minded, but if in danger, will stand firm and ward off attackers using its horns.

• Habitat (Location): Windward Plains

Baunos

The muscular, heavy-set monster has strong legs and can charge towards opponents with great strength. Its hard hide and defensive posture make it hard to kill.

• Habitat (Location): Windward Plains

Ceratonoth

The Ceratonoth is a small but hardy herbivorous animal featuring a large, pointed horn. It uses this horn to ward off predators and to mark territories.

• Habitat (Location): Windward Plains

Dalthydon

The slow but resilient Dalthydon has an impervious hide and can attack using lethal spikes if threatened.

• Habitat (Location): Windward Plains and Scarlet Forest

Talioth

Talioths are swift, agile hunters and can expel their body of poison. Talioths are difficult to capture due to their speed and stealth, but their venom is potent enough to paralyze even the strongest of hunters.

• Habitat (Location): Windward Plains

Gajios

An electrified, fish-like animal, Gajios can shock prey with high-voltage electricity, paralyzing and stunning them. Its predators should beware of its surprise attacks.

• Habitat (Location): Windward Plains and Scarlet Forest

Piragill

A jumping fish that can launch itself out of the water to strike prey. Though not lethal in and of itself, its speed and sharp fins can take hunters by surprise.

• Habitat (Location): Scarlet Forest

Vespoid

Vespoids are insect monsters that attack in swarms. They can paralyze their opponent using their poisonous stingers and can move fast enough to dodge attacks.

• Habitat (Location): Plains, Forest, Basin and Wyveria

Conga

The Conga is smaller in size than the Congalala, and in groups, they can bite and poison their opponents with their strong jaws.

• Habitat (Location): Scarlet Forest

Harpios

They are bird-like, complete with sharp beaks and talons, and they are deadly in flight. They move rapidly and can easily avoid most attacks.

• Habitat (Location): Oilwell Basin

Kronodath

Stealthy and camouflaged, Kronodaths are lethal but minute, and they can blend into their surroundings and attack unexpectedly.

• Habitat (Location): Oilwell Basin

Gelidron

The gelidrons are cold-blooded and attack their prey using their frigid breathing and ice-based attacks, which slow their target and leave them vulnerable to other attackers.

• Habitat (Location): Iceshard Cliffs

Nerscylla Hatchling

The hatchlings of the lethal Nerscylla, which share their poisonous bite with their adult counterpart, remain dangerous to their prey in their smaller state.

• Habitat (Location): Iceshard Cliffs

Comaqchi

Small and nimble, Comaqchi is a herbivorous monster which generally avoids fighting but can summon help if in trouble, which incites nearby monsters to attack in coordinated retaliation.

• Habitat (Location): Iceshard Cliffs

Blango

Smaller than their cousin, the Blangonga, Blangos move in clusters and use their strength and speed to overwhelm their foes.

• Habitat (Location): Iceshard Cliffs

Porkeplume

Porkeplumes are aggressive and combative, and they protect their territories using their pointed, sharp feathers.

• Habitat (Location): Iceshard Cliffs and Ruins of Wyveria

Rafma

Despite their small size, Rafmas can deliver quite a punch, using their sharp teeth to penetrate armour and efficiently kill their prey.

• Habitat (Location): Iceshard Cliffs and Ruins of Wyveria

Guardian Seikret

The Guardian Seikret is a cryptic and elusive species that is known to protect particular territories. It is gifted with superior defense, and hunters find it difficult to defeat them in the absence of proper strategy.

• Habitat (Location): Ruins of Wyveria

Monster Hunter Wilds has a huge roster of monsters, each of which has various attributes, fighting styles, and tendencies. Hunters must adapt to each scenario, using their terrain, their equipment, and their experience of each of their opponents' weaknesses to survive. Whether they are hunting huge, fearsome dragons or smaller, quicker monsters, each mission is exhilarating in this huge, deadly landscape.