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How to Get Yian Kut-Ku and Weaknesses

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The Yian Kut-Ku is a Bird Wyvern monstie in Monster Hunter Stories 3 (MHS3). Learn how to get a/an Yian Kut-Ku, plus their weaknesses, skills, stats, and locations.

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Yian Kut-Ku Overview

Yian Kut-Ku Basic Info

Icon Egg Image
Yian Kut-Ku Icon Yian Kut-Ku Egg
Monstie Rank Riding Actions
2★ ・Fly
・Jump
・Melee Attack
・Roar
・Breath
Genus
Bird Wyvern
Description
A Bird Wyvern commonly found in warm regions, it has a distinctive large beak and wide ears that splay out to intimidate potential threats. It is docile by nature and flees more than it fights.

Yian Kut-Ku Transformations

Transformation Attack Type and Element
Normal
Technical Icon Fire Icon
Enraged
Speed Icon Fire Icon

How to Get Yian Kut-Ku

Acquire Their Eggs

Sunpetal Plains
Sunpetal Plains, Azuria
Mirror Lake
Mirror Lake, Azuria

You can acquire a monster egg's by raiding monster dens. Eggs can then be hatched in the stable to acquire the monster.

Fight the Monster and Force to Retreat

Sunpetal Plains
Sunpetal Plains, Azuria
Mirror Lake
Mirror Lake, Azuria

If a monster retreats during battle, it will go back to its den. During this time, all of the eggs in the den will be specifically of the same species.

You can force a monster to retreat to its den either by getting a high score during battle or using a paintball on it.

You can find and fight monsters in their habitat as indicated in the image above.

Yian Kut-Ku Skills

Innate Skills

Skill Level Unlocked Details
Fireball Expulsion
(Kinship Skill) 		1 Effect: Deal fire damage to one enemy.
Unstoppable 15 Type: Active Skill
Target: All Enemies
Effect: Deals non-elemental damage to all enemies.
Beak Drill 10 Type: Active Skill
Target: Single Enemy
Effect: Deals non-elemental damage to one enemy.

These are skills that the Yian Kut-Ku will always have.

Skill Pool

Skill Details
Fireball Type: Active Skill
Effect: TBD
Fire Def Boost (S) Type: TBD
Effect: Slightly reduces damage taken from fire attacks.

These are the different skills that the Yian Kut-Ku can potentially have.

Yian Kut-Ku Weaknesses and Resistances

Yian Kut-Ku Ailment Resistances

Poison Burn Paralysis Sleep Blastblight Bleeding Darkness
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Yian Kut-Ku Elemental Resistances

Non-Elemental Fire Water Thunder Ice Dragon
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Yian Kut-Ku Parts

Normal
Enraged
Main Body Weapon Types
Head Weapon Types
Wings Weapon Types
Tail Weapon Types
Main Body Weapon Types
Head Weapon Types
Wings Weapon Types
Tail Weapon Types

These determine which weapon type will be most effective in breaking the specific targetable parts of the monster.

Yian Kut-Ku Stat Trends

HP
3
Attack
4
Speed
6
Defense
6

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List of Monsties

Aknosom IconAknosom Anjanath IconAnjanath Aptonoth Icon Aptonoth
Arzuros IconArzuros Astalos IconAstalos Barrel Felyne Icon Barrel Felyne
Bishaten IconBishaten Bnahabra Icon Bnahabra Boltreaver Astalos IconBoltreaver Astalos
Canyne IconCanyne Chatacabra IconChatacabra Dreadqueen Rathian IconDreadqueen Rathian
Gargwa Icon Gargwa Great Barrel Felyne Great Izuchi Icon Great Izuchi
Great Thunderbug Green Plesioth IconGreen Plesioth Gypceros IconGypceros
Ivory Lagiacrus IconIvory Lagiacrus Izuchi Icon Izuchi Lagiacrus IconLagiacrus
Ludroth IconLudroth Magnamalo IconMagnamalo Moofah Icon Moofah
Nerscylla IconNerscylla Paolumu IconPaolumu Pink Rathian IconPink Rathian
Plesioth IconPlesioth Purple Gypceros IconPurple Gypceros Purple Ludroth IconPurple Ludroth
Ratha Icon Ratha Rathian IconRathian Royal Ludroth IconRoyal Ludroth
Somnacanth IconSomnacanth Tetranadon IconTetranadon Tobi-Kadachi IconTobi-Kadachi
Velocidrome IconVelocidrome Velociprey Icon Velociprey Yian Kut-Ku IconYian Kut-Ku

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