Learn how to beat Blackveil Vaal Hazak in the Iceborne expansion for Monster Hunter World (MHW)! This guide explains everything about Blackveil Vaal Hazak'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.

All Blackveil Vaal Hazak Articles
Blackveil Vaal Hazak Weakness & Strategy	Blackveil Vaal Hazak Weapons	Blackveil Vaal Hazak Armor ⍺+ | β+

Blackveil Vaal Hazak Weakness, Body Parts, and Resistances

Blackveil Vaal Hazak Characteristics

Roar	Wind	Tremor	Blight	Status
Big	Low	None	None	Effluvial Buildup
Breakable Parts
Head, Torso, Left Foreleg, Right Foreleg, Tail

Locations and Areas Visited

Map	Starting Area	Visited Areas	Rest Spot
Ancient Forest	12 (1st time) / 8	2 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 12 / 14	14
Rotten Vale	8 / 9 / 14	7 / 8 / 9 / 12 / 14 / 16	16

*The starting location may change depending on the Quest.

Weakness, Body Parts, Extracts

Head

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
65(75)	75(85)	50(60)	15(20)	Red
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	10	15	0(25)

Neck

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
30	30	25	10	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	5	10	15

Hindlegs

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
45(50)	40(45)	20(30)	10(15)	White
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
0(5)	0(5)	5(10)	5(20)

Chest

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
30	30	25	10	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	5	10	15

Stomach

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
35	40	25	15	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	5	10	0

Back

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
25(45)	24(45)	20(30)	15(20)	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	5(10)	10(15)	0(25)

Wings

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
23	23	25	15	White
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	10	10	15

Forelegs

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
23	23	20	5	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
0	0	0	5

Tail

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
30	24	30	15	Green
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	10	10	15

Tail Tip

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
50	25	40	15	Green
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	10	10	15

Tail Spore Sac

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
60	55	45	15	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
10	10	10	20

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	❌

All Monster Guides

Countermeasures against Blackveil Vaal Hazak

Recommended Weapon Element and Armor Skills

Recommended Weapon Element
Dragon Weapon	Blackveil Vaal Hazak is weakest against dragon...
Fire Weapon	...and fire! Choose whichever weapon is stronger for you.
Recommended Armor Skills
Effluvia Resistance	Blackveil Vaal Hazak can give you Effluvial Buildup (more often than original Vaal Hazak), which acts like the miasma in Rotten Vale. He can also halve your health pool. Putting Effluvia Resistance to Lvl 3 can prevent this.
Effluvia Expert	In the meanwhile, fighting with the Rotten Region's miasma affecting you can be annoying. Get rid of this worry with Effluvia Expert.
Health Boost	If you cannot build Effluvial Resistance, having your health pool maxed out is indispensable.
Earplugs	Blackveil Vaal Hazak has a big roar, so getting Earplugs Lvl 5 would be immensely helpful.

How to Beat Blackveil Vaal Hazak

Building Effluvia Resistance

Blackveil Vaal Hazak's mist has a higher chance to inflict Effluvial Buildup which can lower your current max health. You can use Nullberry to cure this ailment. However, due to Blackveil Vaal Hazak's constant mist attacks, it is better if you use Effluvia Resistance instead.

Mass Spores

Blackveil Vaal Hazak will sometimes release a large cloud of spores when he crouches or shoots them from his mouth. Move away from its range to prevent taking damage especially if you are not wearing Effluvia Resistance.

Spore Clouds

It is dangerous to fight Blackveil Vaal Hazak when he releases the spore clouds that can cover a large area. Standing on this can deal damage in every tick. Try to move away from this as soon as you can.

Destroying Spore Sacs

You can also try to focus on destroying the Spore Sacs around Blackveil Vaal Hazak's body. If you manage to destroy enough spore sacs Blackveil Vaal Hazak will start to move slower.

Avoiding Spore Breath

Whenever Blackveil Vaal Hazak releases a cloud of spores in front of him, it is better if you run towards his sides instead of running back. It is almost impossible to avoid taking damage if you run back because of its high speed.

Sweeping Spores

Blackveil Vaal Hazak's laser-like spore breath will move from one side to another. You cannot get avoid this by moving backward or running away from Blackveil Vaal Hazak. It is better if you follow the direction of which the laser breath attack is going.

Keep Your Distance

After Blackveil Vaal Hazak fires a spores from its mouth, it will sometimes follow it up with a large spore cloud explosion that can almost cover the whole area. Move away as fast as you can by doing 4 forward rolls away from Blackveil Vaal Hazak to get out of its range.

Head Spores

Spore Sacs	Spore Sacs Removed

You will need to take out the spore sacs surrounding Blackveil Vaal Hazak's head before you are able to break it. Additionally, if you manage to break all of the spore sacs on Blackveil Vaal Hazak's head, Flash Pods will eventually start to work against him.

Blackveil Vaal Hazak Attack Patterns

Attack	Attack Power	Guardable	Exhaustion
Forward Bite	75(20)	◯	50(0)
Continuous Bite	75(20)	◯	50(0)
Head Tackle	60	◯	30
Swing Attack	65	◯	30
Tail Swing	65	◯	30
Rush	80	◯	50
Bite Rush	70	◯	50
Pounce	50	◯	20
Tail Attack	60	◯	30
Scratch	50	◯	30
Bite	60	◯	30
Spore Breath	80/90	Guard Up	50
Spore Cloud(Leg)	10	◯	0
Spore Cloud Breath	75	Guard Up	20
Spore Breath Sweep	50	◯	20
Spore Release	30	◯	0
Large Spore Release	85	◯	70
Roar	5	◯	0

Blackveil Vaal Hazak Carves and Rewards

Carvings and Hunt Rewards

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Vaal Hazak Flail / Tail 75 Vaal Hazak Fellwing / Body 9 Deceased Shard / Body 30, Tail 22 Vaal Hazak Cortex / Body 22 Large Elder Dragon Gem / Body 2, Tail 3 Vaal Hazak Hardclaw / Body 18 Shadowpierce Fang / Body 14

Rewards for Each Body Part

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Vaal Hazak Fellwing / Torso 70 Vaal Hazak Hardclaw / Hindlegs 80 Shadowpierce Fang / Head 66 Large Elder Dragon Gem / Head 2

Breakable Body Parts

-	Defense Value	How to Break
Head	300	Set durability to 0, 3 times.
Torso	300	Set durability to 0, once.
Left Foreleg	130	Set durability to 0, once.
Right Foreleg	130	Set durability to 0, once.
Tail	120	Reduce durability by 240 using cut damage.
Spore Sac	200	Set durability to 0.

Shiny Drops

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR Drops	Deathweaver Membrane / 50 Deceased Shard / 28 Old Dragon Treasure / 22

Quest Clear & Investigation Rewards

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR Quest	Deathweaver Membrane / 9 Large Elder Dragon Bone / 8 Large Elder Dragon Gem / 8 Vaal Hazak Gem / 3 Vaal Hazak Cortex / 23 Deceased Shard / 18 Vaal Hazak Fellwing / 14 Vaal Hazak Flail / 13 Pure Dragon Blood / 12
MR Silver	Large Elder Dragon Gem / 8 Deathweaver Membrane / 22 Vaal Hazak Hardclaw / 22 Vaal Hazak Fellwing / 18 Vaal Hazak Flail / 16 Shadowpierce Fang / 14
MR Gold	Vaal Hazak Flail / 22 Shadowpierce Fang / 18 Vaal Hazak Fellwing / 18 Large Elder Dragon Gem / 16 Deathweaver Membrane / 14 Vaal Hazak Hardclaw / 12

Plunderblade Rewards

Plunderblade

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Coming soon!

Palarang

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Coming soon!

Quests Where Blackveil Vaal Hazak Appears

Type	Quest Name
Assigned	M★5 - Under the Veil of Death
Optional	M★5 - It's the Afterlife for Me
Optional	M★6 - The Storm Brings the Unexpected
Optional	M★5 - Here Comes the Deathmaker
Event	M★5 - RE: Return of the Bioweapon
Event	M★5 - A Chilling Entrance
Event	M★6 - Tears from Nirvana

All Quest Guides

Related Links

All Monster Guides

All Iceborne Monsters

Iceborne Monsters

Alatreon	Banbaro	Barioth	Beotodus
Brachydios	Fatalis	Glavenus	Master Rank Kulve Taroth
Namielle	Nargacuga	Rajang	Safi'jiiva
Shara Ishvalda	Tigrex	Velkhana	Yian Garuga
Zinogre

Monster Variants

Acidic Glavenus	Blackveil Vaal Hazak	Brute Tigrex	Coral Pukei-Pukei
Ebony Odogaron	Frostfang Barioth	Fulgur Anjanath	Furious Rajang
Gold Rathian	Nightshade Paolumu	Raging Brachydios	Ruiner Nergigante
Savage Deviljho	Scarred Yian Garuga	Seething Bazelgeuse	Shrieking Legiana
Silver Rathalos	Stygian Zinogre	Viper Tobi-Kadachi

Arch-Tempered Elder Dragons

Arch-Tempered Velkhana

Arch-Tempered Namielle

Monsters by Game

All Monsters by Game
Iceborne	Monster Hunter World