Zinogre Weakness and Strategy Guide

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

Zinogre Characteristics

Roar	Wind	Tremor	Blight	Status
Small	High	None	Thunder	None
Breakable Parts
Head, Back, Hindlegs, Tail

Locations and Areas Visited

Map	Starting Area	Visited Areas	Rest Spot
Ancient Forest	12 / 8	1 (Night only) / 7 / 8 / 12 / 13	13
Coral Highlands	4	4 / 5 / 8	5
Elder's Recess	Coming soon!	Coming soon!	13
Hoarfrost Reach	14	6 / 7 / 13 / 14 / 15	14
Guiding Lands	7	6 / 7	7

*The starting location may change depending on the Quest.

Weakness, Body Parts, Extracts

Head

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
45	45	50	5	Red
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
10	0	15	5

Neck

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
40	40	45	5	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
10	0	15	5

Torso

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
30	30	20	0	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	0	5	0

Back

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
30	30	20	0	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	0	10	0

Hindlegs

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

Forelegs

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
30	30	20	0	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	0	5	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 Zinogre

Recommended Weapon Element and Armor Skills

Recommended Weapon Element
Ice Weapon	Zinogre is weakest against ice.
Recommended Armor Skills
Evade Window	Evade Window is extremely important against Zinogre's attacks, especially during his enraged, supercharged state.
Guard	Instead of Evade Window, Guard will be more useful to have as a shield user.
Stun Resistance	Stun Resistance is much more important to have against Zinogre. It makes Thunderblight completely useless since at Lvl 3 it prevents getting stunned (a result from getting hit too many times, which will probably happen against your first Zinogre) altogether.
Quick Sheath	Quick Sheath can give you much more time to transition from attacking to Superman diving through Zinogre's big damage attacks.
Thunder Resistance	Thunder Resistance can be useful against Zinogre as most of his attacks have thunder damage, though his attacks deal a lot more physical damage than thunder damage.
Health Boost	Having more health is always a good thing!
Earplugs	Zinogre has a small roar, so having Earplugs at Lvl 3 should be enough.
Clutch Claw Boost	Clutch Claw Boost is important for any hunter who uses lighter weapons, as it can make you tenderize in one go.

How to Beat Zinogre

Supercharged State

Zinogre's supercharged state makes will make him extremely powerful and fast. This will also allow him to perform various combo attacks that can be deadly if you focus on offense.

If you are attacked while Zinogre is in his supercharged state, you will be inflicted with Thunderblight. You can easily deal with this by preparing a Nullberry to remove the ailment.

Prioritize Thunder Resist

Most of Zinogre's attacks will have a Thunder affinity on it. It is best that you build up your Thunder Resistance with your gears. Try to get at least 20 Thunder Resistance to avoid getting stunned. In addition, bringing a Thunderproof Mantle can also help you overcome the Thunder-based attacks if you do not have enough Thunder Resistance.

Prevent Zinogre from Charging

Zinogre will perform a charging action 3 times before he enters the supercharged state. Be sure to try and flinch Zinogre by attacking his head or front legs while he is charging.

Lightning Attacks

Beware of the follow-up lightning attacks when Zinogre performs a combo. This technique can deal massive damage if not dealt with properly. It can be pretty easy to avoid if you are well prepared for his attacks. The lightning attack will always come after he performs the jump attack, use this as a signal to move away before he can execute the attack.

Never Use Shock Traps

Using a Shock Trap against Zinogre will not work and it will only help him charge up his electricity. You can use Pitfall Traps instead if you want to disable his movements.

Collecting Fulgurbugs

Whenever Zinogre is down, you can approach his backside and use your Capture Net to collect Fulgurbugs. Doing this will reduce Zinogre's electricity build-up when he tries to charge up.

Zinogre Attack Patterns

Attack	Attack Power	Guardable	Exhaustion
Front Leg Attack	30	◯	20
Front Leg Electrick Shock	30+ Thunder(10)	◯	25
Front Leg Swipe	70	◯	40
Front Leg Attack (Lightning)	70+ Thunder(15)	◯	50
Tail Attack (Lightning)	70+ Thunder(25)	◯	55
Continuous Front Leg Electrick Shock	70+ Thunder(30)	◯	55
Headbutt	30	◯	20
Shoulder Tackle	50	◯	30
Slam	50	◯	20
Tail Attack	30	◯	20
Tail Sweep	50	◯	30
Rear Tail Attack	70	◯	40
Somersault	70	◯	40
Jump Attack	30	◯	20
Blitz Attack	30+ Thunder(10)	◯	30
Rush	50	◯	30
Grab	50	x	0
Front Leg Counterattack (Supercharged)	30+ Thunder(10)	◯	25
Jump Counterattack (Supercharged)	30+ Thunder(10)	◯	25
Blitz Charge	25+ Thunder(25)	◯	35
Fulgurbug Attack	20+ Thunder(20)	◯	10
Rolling Fulgurbug Attack	25+ Thunder(25)	◯	30

Zinogre Carves and Rewards

Carvings and Hunt Rewards

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Zinogre Lash / Body 9, Tail 72 Zinogre Cortex / Body 37, Tail 25 Zinogre Electrofur+ / Body 25 Zinogre Skymerald / Body 2, Tail 3 Zinogre Deathly Shocker / Body 15 Zinogre Hardclaw / Body 12

Rewards for Each Body Part

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Zinogre Deathly Shocker / Torso 70, Hindlegs 30 Zinogre Electrofur+ / Torso 30 Zinogre Hardclaw / Hindlegs 70 Zinogre Hardhorn / Head 72 Zinogre Cortex / Head 27 Zinogre Skymerald / Head 1

Breakable Body Parts

-	Defense Value	How to Break
Head	350	Set durability to 0, twice.
Back	300	Set durability to 0, once.
Hind Legs	350	Set durability to 0, twice.
Tail	350	Reduce durability by 550 using cut damage.

Shiny Drops

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR Drops	Fulgurbug / 50 Zinogre Electrofur+ / 28 Large Wyvern Tear / 22

Quest Clear & Investigation Rewards

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR Quest	Zinogre Hardhorn / 9 Zinogre Electrofur+ / 29 Zinogre Cortex / 22 Zinogre Deathly Shocker / 18 Zinogre Hardclaw / 12 Lightning Sac / 11
MR Silver	Zinogre Skymerald / 8 Zinogre Deathly Shocker / 26 Zinogre Hardclaw / 20 Zinogre Lash / 18 Fulgurbug / 14 Zinogre Hardhorn / 14
MR Gold	Zinogre Lash / 22 Zinogre Hardhorn / 20 Zinogre Hardclaw / 16 Zinogre Skymerald / 16 Zinogre Deathly Shocker / 14 Fulgurbug / 12

Plunderblade Rewards

Plunderblade

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Zinogre Electrofur+ / 42 Zinogre Cortex / 34 Fulgurbug / 23 Zinogre Skymerald / 1

Palarang

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Fulgurbug / 50 Zinogre Electrofur+ / 28 Large Wyvern Tear / 22

Quests Where Zinogre Appears

Type	Quest Name
Optional	M★6 - Special Arena: MR Zinogre
Optional	M★6 - We Run This Town
Event	M★6 - Moonlit Howl
Event	M★6 - Into the Frozen Wilds
Event	M★6 - A Shocking Climax
Event	M★6 - Symphony of the Coral
Event	M★6 - The Wrath of Tunder Descends
Event	M★6 - A Farewell to Zinogre
Arena Quest	★4 - Arena Quest Master Rank 6

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