Brute Tigrex Weakness and Strategy Guide

Learn how to beat Brute Tigrex in the Iceborne expansion for Monster Hunter World (MHW)! This guide explains everything about Brute Tigrex's weakness, carves, rewards, and a complete strategy guide for beating and capturing it. Find out what parts are breakable and severable, and what drops and Monster materials are available.

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Brute Tigrex Weakness, Body Parts, and Resistances

Brute Tigrex Characteristics

Roar	Wind	Tremor	Blight	Status
Big	None	None	None	None
Breakable Parts
Head, Hindlegs, Tail

Locations and Areas Visited

Map	Starting Area	Visited Areas	Rest Spot
Elder's Recess	7	6 / 7 / 11 / 12	6
Guiding Lands	？	3 / 4 / 12 / 13	12

*The starting location may change depending on the Quest.

Weakness, Body Parts, Extracts

Head

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
55	60	5	0	Red
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
25	15	10	15

Back

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
25	25	15	0	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
15	15	10	15

Stomach

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
25	25	15	5	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
15	15	12	15

Hindlegs

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
45	40	30	0	White
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
20	18	12	5

Forelegs

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
30	30	25	0	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
10	5	0	5

Tail Base

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
35	30	25	0	Green
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
10	5	0	5

Tail

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
35	30	25	0	Green
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
10	10	0	10

Higher values indicate higher damage.

Vulnerability to Status Effects and Items

Poison	★★	Flash	★★
Paral	★★	Shock	★★
Sleep	★★	Pitfall	★★
Stun	★★	Ivy	？
Blast	★★	Dung	★★
Exhaust	★★	Meat	？
Mount	★★	Screamer	❌

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Countermeasures against Brute Tigrex

Recommended Weapon Element and Armor Skills

Recommended Weapon Element
Water Weapon	Brute Tigrex is weakest against water.
Guard Weapon	Like the original version, Brute Tigrex is easier to fight with a guard weapon (lance, gunlance, etc.) since his attacks are all blockable.
Recommended Armor Skills
Tool Specialist	Tool Specialist lengthens the time you can use your Rocksteady Mantle and your Temporal Mantle, both of which can make fighting Brute Tigrex a whole lot easier.
Partbreaker	Since you want to prioritize breaking Brute Tigrex's head, Partbreaker will be a great addition to your build.
Evade Window	Evade Window makes rolling around to avoid Brute Tigrex's attacks much easier; you can also evade to dodge his roars.
Guard	Instead of Evade Window, Guard will be more useful to have as a shield user.
Stun Resistance	Brute Tigrex is much more aggressive than Tigrex, so you might get hit a lot more. Stun Resistance will be useful for this.
Health Boost	Having more health is always a good thing!
Earplugs	Earplugs at Lvl 5 will only be effective when you are far away from Brute Tigrex. Using Earplugs versus using Tool Specialist is elaborated upon in the How to Beat Brute Tigrex section.
Clutch Claw Boost	If you have a light weapon that cannot tenderize in one go, it will be helpful to have this, especially since you want to prioritize breaking Brute Tigrex's head.

How to Beat Brute Tigrex

Are Earplugs Useful?

Brute Tigrex will constantly roar during the whole fight, this can deal some damage and literally blow you away if you are within its range. If you are far enough, Brute Tigrex's roar will act like any other big roar, making Earplugs at Lvl 5 useful. This does not really benefit anyone except ranged weapon users, but even then, Brute Tigrex will still chase after you, making your Earplugs useless.

What you really want are the Rocksteady Mantle and the Temporal Mantle, enhanced with the Tool Specialist skill. Rocksteady Mantle will prevent you getting knocked back by his roar, while the Temporal Mantle just straight up evades for you.

You can also dodge his roars, so the Evade Window skill is also a good idea to increase your invincible frames. But it's also just a good skill to have in general.

Weakening the Roar

You can weaken the damage and shorten its range of Brute Tigrex's roars by breaking the head. Try to focus this part to make the hunt easier for the late game.

Evading the Roar

Brute Tigrex will sometimes do a powerful roar in front of him. This wide cone-shaped roar can deal massive damage if you get hit directly. It is also extremely difficult to dodge even if you strafe left or right. It is best that you immediately get close to him and move to his sides to avoid this attack.

Brute Tigrex Attack Patterns

Attack	Attack Power	Guardable	Exhaustion
Front Leg Slam	50	◯	20
Tail Attack	40	◯	10
Front Leg Attack	40	◯	15
High Speed Bite	35	◯	20
Bite	35	◯	02
Continuous Bite	55	◯	25
Continuous Attack	20	◯	0
Spin Attack	60	◯	30
Spin Attack (Front Leg)	60	◯	30
Jump Attack	45	◯	40
Rush	80	◯	20
Cross Attack	40	◯	0
Step Down Attack	40	◯	0
Rock Fling	60	◯	30
Rock Fling (Attribute)	40+ Attribute(20)	◯	50
Enhanced Roar	90	◯	50
Intimidating Roar	30	◯	15
Large Roar	80	◯	40
Large Roar (After Head Destruction)	70	◯	30
Roar	50	◯	0

Brute Tigrex Carves and Rewards

Carvings and Hunt Rewards

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Tigrex Lash / Tail 72 Brute Tigrex Shard / Body 35, Tail 25 Brute Tigrex Cortex / Body 26 Brute Tigrex Hardclaw / Body 21 Tigrex Mantle / Body 2, Tail 3 Brute Tigrex Hardfang / Body 16

Rewards for Each Body Part

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Tigrex Lash / Tail Brute Tigrex Hardclaw / Hindlegs Brute Tigrex Hardfang / Head

Breakable Body Parts

	Defense Value	How to Break
Head	300	Set durability to 0, twice.
Left Foreleg	300	Set durability to 0, twice.
Right Foreleg	300	Set durability to 0, twice.
Tail	350	Set durability to 0 using cut damage.

Shiny Drops

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR Drops	Brute Tigrex Shard / 50 Brute Tigrex Hardfang / 28 Large Wyvern Tear / 22

Quest Clear & Investigation Rewards

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR Quest	Tigrex Lash / 9 Brute Tigrex Cortex / 26 Brute Tigrex Shard / 21 Spiritvein Solidbone / 18 Brute Tigrex Hardfang / 13 Brute Tigrex Hardclaw / 13
MR Silver	Brute Tigrex Hardclaw / 20 Brute Tigrex Hardfang / 20 Brute Tigrex Cortex / 18 Tigrex Lash / 18 Brute Tigrex Shard / 14 Tigrex Mantle / 10
MR Gold	Brute Tigrex Hardclaw / 22 Brute Tigrex Hardfang / 22 Tigrex Mantle / 18 Tigrex Lash / 14 Brute Tigrex Cortex / 13 Brute Tigrex Shard / 11

Plunderblade Rewards

Plunderblade

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Brute Tigrex Shard / 42 Brute Tigrex Cortex / 31 Brute Tigrex Hardclaw / 26 Tigrex Mantle / 1

Palarang

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Brute Tigrex Shard / 50 Brute Tigrex Hardfang / 28 Large Wyvern Tear / 22

Quests Where Brute Tigrex Appears

Type	Quest Name
Optional	M★6 - Special Arena: MR Brute Tigrex
Event	M★6 - A Roar that Splinters the Sky
Event	M★6 - Brand New Brute
Arena Quest	★4 - Arena Quest Master Rank 7

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