Rajang Weakness and Strategy Guide

Learn how to beat Rajang in the Iceborne expansion for Monster Hunter World (MHW)! This guide explains everything about Rajang'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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Rajang Weakness, Body Parts, and Resistances

Rajang Characteristics

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

Locations and Areas Visited

Map	Starting Area	Visited Areas	Rest Spot
Ancient Forest	5	Coming soon!	13
Wildspire Waste	Coming soon!	1/2/4/5/6/7/9/10	2

*The starting location may change depending on the Quest.

Weakness, Body Parts, Extracts

Head

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
50	40	40	0	Red
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	0	15	0

Torso

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
45	40	40	0	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	0	15	0

Hindlegs

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
45	40	40	0	Red
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	0	15	0

Forelegs

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
45	50	50	0	White
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	0	15	0

Tail

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
60	60	60	5	Green
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	0	30	0

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 Rajang

Recommended Weapon Element and Armor Skills

Recommended Weapon Element
Ice Weapon	Rajang is weakest against ice.
Recommended Armor Skills
Evade Window	Evade Window makes avoiding Rajang's quick attacks much easier, as it gives you extra invincibility frames.
Guard	Instead of Evade Window, Guard will be more useful to have as a shield user. Though it should be noted that shield users cannot fully guard against Rajang's Death Slam.
Stun Resistance	Rajang is very aggressive, especially during his enraged and fully enraged states, and it can be too easy to get hit. Plus, Rajang can also give you Thunderblight, making you doubly susceptible to getting stunned. Having Stun Resistance at Lvl 3 will be helpful.
Tremor Resistance	Rajang can trigger tremors, which can incapacitate you for some time, so getting Tremor Resistance can be useful.
Health Boost	Having more health is always a good thing!
Earplugs	Rajang has a big roar, so having Earplugs at Lvl 5 should prove useful.
Mind's Eye/Ballistics	When Rajang gets enraged, your weapons may start to bounce off of him. Mind's Eye/Ballistics will allow you to attack normally.
Partbreaker	When Rajang is fully enraged, going after his tail will return him to his normal state once you deal enough damage to it. Partbreaker will help you in dealing more damage to it.
Clutch Claw Boost	If you have a light weapon that cannot tenderize in one go, it will be helpful to have this, especially if you want to go for Rajang's tail during his fully enraged state. But it should be noted that you cannot clutch claw onto his head.

How to Beat Rajang

Rajang's Death Slam

When Rajang is fully enraged, he will sometimes perform a powerful slam that creates a massive explosion to the surrounding area with his fists. If you see Rajang jump high, this is the signal that he is about to do the death slam. Avoiding the body slam can be easy but what catches people off guard is the large explosion at the end of the attack. Try to run away as far as possible whenever Rajang is about to perform this move.

In addition, do not attempt to guard this attack as it can greatly reduce your health and stamina when directly hit.

Forward Roll

Although it is difficult to time perfectly, but it is possible to avoid the death slam by rolling away from the attack. It gives you enough invulnerable frames to completely dodge the attack. However, it is still recommended that you equip Evade Window to make it a lot more easier.

Fully Enraged Rajang

Enraged Rajang has another form wherein his arms will glow red and be extremely hard. During this state, most of your attacks on Rajang's arms will bounce off. It is best that you focus on attacking the tail until the fully enraged state is finished.

Note: During this state, Rajang will be vulnerable to Pitfall Traps.

Removing Fully Enraged State

You can Rajang's fully enraged state by attacking its tail and dealing enough damage. This will force Rajang to return to its normal state making him vulnerable again to your attacks.

Scatternut and Flash Pod

Rajang will sometimes grab a nearby hunter and throw them on to the wall which is followed up by a powerful punch. You can easily stop this by using a Flash Pod or a Scatternut to immediately stop Rajang from dealing more damage. This can be pretty useful especially if you are playing in multiplayer with other hunters.

Laser Beam

While Rajang is firing the Laser Beam, he is unable to move. Use this opportunity to attack and deal as much damage as you can. However, take note that Rajang will most likely do a backstep after the Laser Beam, so be prepared to dodge and roll to the side to avoid his next attack.

Rajang will lift his arms up until the chest area whenever he is about to use the Laser Beam. Use this to your advantage and immediately run towards the rear area to prepare dealing damage.

Clutch Claws

You cannot use clutch claws on Rajang's head. However, you can still stick to his arm and blow him off with your clutch claws to control his position.

Shock Traps and States

When Rajang is enraged, the effectiveness of Shock Traps are lowered and will only disable him for a few seconds. However, if Rajang is in his fully enraged state. Shock Traps are totally useless since Rajang will only destroy the traps with his glowing red hands.

Rajang's Aggression

Rajang will continuously attack during the enraged and fully enraged state. It is best if you don't get greedy and attack Rajang in full force. Try to poke him every time he misses an attack. You can easily get punished if you try to perform a full combo with your weapon since Rajang can move and attack pretty quickly.

Abnormal Status Ailments

Since you only have a small window to attack Rajang because of his aggression, try inflicting abnormal status effects like Paralysis and Sleep. This way, you can setup Large Barrel Bombs and traps to deal more damage.

Rajang Attack Patterns

Attack	Description
Forward Strike	A frontal attack using both his left and right fists.
Jump Back	A short jump back to reposition himself.
Spinning Attack	A powerful swing attack that makes Rajang rotate twice.
Rush	Charge forward in a zigzag motion.
Laser Beam	A long range beam coming out of Rajang's mouth.
Jump Breath	A jump attack where Rajang releases an energy ball.
Tremor	Powerful slam that causes tremor to a small area.
Ground Attack	Strong ground frontal attack
Fully Enrage	A powerful roar to draw more energy and before switching to Fully Enraged state. (Only during Enraged state)
Yo-yo Dive	A spinning dive after jumping high.
Death Slam	A powerful jumping ground slam that explodes on contact. (Only during Fully Enraged state)
Grapple	Crushes the grabbed hunter and them throwing them on to the wall.
Ground Slam	Pounds the ground twice before and then performing a powerful slam.
Shock Trap Destruction	Destroy nearby Shock Traps. (Only during Fully Enraged state)
Continuous Swing	Continuous hook punches with left and right arm.

Rajang Carves and Rewards

Carvings and Hunt Rewards

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Gold Rajang Pelt+ / Rajang Wildpelt / Rajang Hardhorn / Rajang Hardclaw / Rajang Tail / Rajang Hardfang /

Rewards for Each Body Part

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Rajang Hardhorn / Rajang Tail / Rajang Hardclaw /

Breakable Body Parts

	How to Break
Head	Set durability to 0 (Applicable to both horns).
Tail	Set durability to 0 using cut damage.

Shiny Drops

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR Drops	Rajang Wildpelt /

Quest Clear & Investigation Rewards

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR Quest	Rajang Wildpelt / Rajang Hardhorn / Rajang Hardclaw / Rajang Tail / Rajang Hardfang /

Quests Where Rajang Appears

Type	Quest Name
Special Assignment	M★6 - Reveal Thyself, Destroyer
Event	M★6 - Razzled, Frazzled, and Dazzled
Event	M★6 - Muscle Monkey Madness
Event	M★6 - Yodeling in the Forest

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