How to Beat Pukei-Pukei: Weakness and Material Drops | Monster Hunter Rise | MHR (MH Rise)

This is a hunting guide for Pukei-Pukei, a returning monster in Monster Hunter Rise (MH Rise) for the Nintendo Switch. Read on to learn how to beat Pukei-Pukei, its weaknesses, attack patterns, drops, and more!

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Pukei-Pukei Hunter Notes

Pukei-Pukei
Type	Bird Wyvern	Previous Games	MHW, MHWI
Threat Level	4/10	Rampage Type	Targeter
Major Weakness	Thunder	Other Weakness(es)	Ice
Blight / Elemental Damage	None	Abnormal Status	Poison
Characteristics
A bird wyvern known to store toxins within its body. It uses is tongue like a whip and can stretch or shrink it at will, allowing it to grab up food. As a defense against threats, Pukei-Pukei have numerous toxic attacks. Keep an eye on both its mouth and tail.

Known Habitat

Map	Starting Area	Visited Areas	Rest Area
Shrine Ruins	Coming Soon!	3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 12	3
Sandy Plains	Coming Soon!	2 / 3 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 11	4
Flooded Forest	Coming Soon!	1 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14	11

Pukei-Pukei Weaknesses and Vulnerabilities

Monster Physiology

Damage Type Weaknesses

Part
Head	75	80	70
Tongue	95	90	85
Neck	40	35	30
Torso	35	35	30
Wing	50	45	40
Leg	45	45	40
Tail	55	50	45
Overall	56	54	49

Elemental Weaknesses

Part
Head	15	0	30	20	10
Tongue	15	0	30	20	10
Neck	5	0	20	10	5
Torso	0	0	15	5	5
Wing	10	0	25	15	5
Leg	0	0	15	5	0
Tail	10	0	25	15	5
Overall	8	0	23	13	6

Higher numbers indicate higher potential damage to the monster.

Hunting Tips

Ailments

Status Effect Vulnerabilities

The more stars, the more advantageous it will be for the player.

Item Vulnerabilities

◯ = Vulnerable; ✕ = Fully Resistant; ▲ = Situational

Kinsect Extracts

Monster Part	Extract
Head
Tongue
Neck
Torso
Wing
Leg
Tail
Overall

Pukei-Pukei Attack Patterns

Tongue Whip

The Pukei-Pukei uses its tongue to attack, charging at you and whipping its tongue out at a 180-degree angle. You can easily dodge this attack by dodging away or moving sideways. This attack has many variations including a straight tongue shot or a running tongue sweep. Hunter's should dodge accordingly.

Running Body Slam

Although usually on all fours, with this attack the Pukei-Pukei will assume a bipedal position, arm-wings raised in the air. It will then proceed to slam its body to the nearest hunter it sees, dealing damage and knocking them off their feet.

Dodging this attack is fairly easy when on its own, but is oftentimes paired with the Tongue Whip which knocks you down already. While on the ground and hit with the Running Body Slam, you will get stunned which will leave you open for attacks.

Flying Kicks

Pukei-Pukei will do an attack similar to an angry rooster. It will flap its wings, lifting itself off the ground for a short time while kicking both feet forward. While in flight, it will then first attack forward but will eventually zero in on the hunter's position, dipping low enough to almost hit the ground.

Poison Spit

The Pukei-Pukei can use ranged poison spit attacks against you. It will arch its head backward for a bit and then spit a poison glob to where you are standing. Dodging this is easy since if it pops, it won't deal AOE damage and is strictly pinpoint so standing next to the pop won't harm you.

When you see it crouched on the ground eating or flying up and eating, it's probably storing berries in its mouth to coat poison with. It will then use the poison-coated berries as ammunition to spit poison at you. This time it is different as this glob of poison lands, it creates a poisonous cloud in its wake, upping the chance of getting poisoned.

Wing Flap and Poison Spit Combo

A dangerous combo from the Pukei-Pukei as it will lock you inside its wings then spit poison on top of you, ensuring you cannot escape its attack. It then retreats to a safe distance, possibly rearing up for a tongue-whip.

Enraged Spit

When enraged it will spit poison three times to the left, right, and center or it will fire 3 globs of poison all at once.

Poison Tail Spray

Pukei-Pukei's signature attack. Once its tail is inflated it will spray a thick cloud of poison gas in an arc behind it. This can be easily dodged by hunters standing just under it near its feet. This is also a window for head strikes for any hunters in front of Pukei-Pukei.

Enraged Tail Spray

When enraged, it can point its tail down and fire a wild blast of poison gas in random directions. Hunter's standing at Pukei-Pukei's back is more likely to be hit by this attack due to its quick and random directions.

How to Beat Pukei-Pukei

Approach from the Sides

With its head and tail being the main sources of poison, approaching Pukei-Pukei from the sides is the safest way to close in. Add to this, most of Pukei-Pukei's attacks go in one direction and its moves are mainly predictable.

Capitalize on Openings

Pukei-Pukei's head is usually low to the ground, and coupled with its long attack animations makes it an easy target. Hunters should seek to take advantage of Pukei-Pukei's long attack animations to get in as many headshots as possible, especially from hunters using blunt weapons.

Pukei-Pukei Materials and Drops

Low Rank

Target Rewards

Capture Rewards

Broken Part Rewards

Carves

Dropped Materials

High Rank

Target Rewards

Capture Rewards

Broken Part Rewards

Carves

Dropped Materials

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