Coral Pukei-Pukei Weakness and Strategy Guide

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

Coral Pukei-Pukei Characteristics

Roar	Wind	Tremor	Blight	Status
Small	Low	None	Water	None
Breakable Parts
Head, Back, Left Wing, Right Wing, Tail

Locations and Areas Visited

Map	Starting Area	Visited Areas	Rest Spot
Coral Highlands	4 (1st time)	2 / 4 / 5 / 8	4

*The starting location may change depending on the Quest.

Weakness, Body Parts, Extracts

Head

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
60	65	45	10	Red
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
0	15	30	10

Torso

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
30	30	25	5	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
0	5	15	5

Wings

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
34	34	40	5	White
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
0	10	25	5

Legs

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
30	30	25	5	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
0	10	20	5

Tail

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
40	35	30	5	Red
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
0	10	25	5

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 Coral Pukei-Pukei

Recommended Weapon Element and Armor Skills

Recommended Weapon Element
Ice Weapon	Coral Pukei-Pukei is weakest against ice.
Recommended Armor Skills
Water Resistance	A lot of Coral Pukei-Pukei's attacks involve water, so it will be incredibly useful to get Water Resistance.
Health Boost	If you cannot afford to put in Water Resistance in your build, you can also just buff your HP.
Earplugs	Coral Pukei-Pukei has a small roar, so levelling up your Earplugs to Lvl 3 should be sufficient.

How to Beat Coral Pukei-Pukei

Extending the Range

Coral Pukei Pukei can enhance its attacks by eating nearby plants in the Coral Highlands. This will increase the number of water pressure from Coral Pukei-Pukei's tail.

Water Discharge

Coral Pukei-Pukei's water discharge attack covers a large cone-shaped area and it can easily be avoided by moving around immediately to the front. While Coral Pukei-Pukei is executing this attack, he will be vulnerable to your attacks. Use this opportunity to attack the head with your powerful skills to maximize the damage.

Unlimited Water Source

In area 4 of the Coral Highlands, there is a large plant that Coral Pukei-Pukei can use to stick his head and get an unlimited supply of water. Coral Pukei-Pukei will then shoot a high damaging water pressure attack that can be dangerous if you are within its range. During this situation, immediately run away from Coral Pukei-Pukei and wait for him to stop his attack before engaging again.

Nullberries and Waterblights

Coral Pukei-Pukei's water attacks can inflict Waterblight which will lower your stamina recovery. This can be extremely dangerous if not dealt with immediately as it can stop you from dodging during important situations. Cure this status ailment by using a Nullberry whenever it is present to play safely.

Building Water Resistance

Building Water Resistance can also help you in the long run since most of Coral Pukei-Pukei's attacks are water-based. It is best that you get your Water Resistance skill to level 3 to get the bonus 20 water resistance and 10 defense.

Cutting the Tail

Cutting Coral Pukei-Pukei's tail will stop him from doing attack patterns that involve his tail. It is best that you focus on attacking the tail and cut it as soon as possible to make the hunt easier.

Coral Pukei-Pukei Attack Patterns

Attack	Attack Power	Guardable	Exhaustion
Bite	30	◯	20
Rotating Tail Attack	30	◯	20
Tongue Attack	55	◯	45
Rush	35	◯	30
Water Breath	30+ Water(35)	◯	0
Back Jump Water Breath	30+ Water(35)	◯	0
Water Spray	25+ Water(40)	◯	35
Aggressive Water Discharge	30+ Water(50)	◯	35
Sweeping Water Discharge	30+ Water(70)	◯	60
Water Pressure Breath	30+ Water(35)	◯	35
Split Water Pressure Breath	30+ Water(35)	◯	35
Water Discharge	25+ Water(40)	◯	35
Strong Water Discharge	30+ Water(50)	◯	35
Large Water Discharge	30+ Water(70)	◯	60

Coral Pukei-Pukei Carves and Rewards

Carvings and Hunt Rewards

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Fey Wyvern Gem / Body 5 Coral Pukei-Pukei Shard / Body 29, Tail 20 Coral Pukei-Pukei Cortex / Body 22 Coral Pukei-Pukei Fellwing / Body 18 Large Coral Pukei-Pukei Sac / Body 14 Coral Pukei-Pukei Lash / Body 12, Tail 80

Rewards for Each Body Part

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Coral Pukei-Pukei Fellwing / Wings 80 Coral Pukei-Pukei Cortex / Torso 80 Large Coral Pukei-Pukei Sac / Head 75 Coral Pukei-Pukei Shard / Head 25, Torso 20, Wings 20

Breakable Body Parts

	Defense Value	How to Break
Head	500	Set durability to 0, twice.
Torso	350	Set durability to 0, once.
Left Wing	260	Set durability to 0, once.
Right Wing	260	Set durability to 0, once.
Tail	500	Reduce durability by 350 using cut damage.

Shiny Drops

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR Drops	Coral Pukei-Pukei Shard / 50 Coral Pukei-Pukei Fellwing / 28 Large Wyvern Tear / 22

Quest Clear & Investigation Rewards

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR Quest	Fey Wyvern Gem / 3 Coral Pukei-Pukei Cortex / 29 Coral Pukei-Pukei Shard / 21 Flood Sac / 21 Coral Pukei-Pukei Fellwing / 15 Large Coral Pukei-Pukei Sac / 11
MR Silver	Large Coral Pukei-Pukei Sac / 25 Coral Pukei-Pukei Fellwing / 22 Coral Pukei-Pukei Shard / 14 Flood Sac / 14 Coral Pukei-Pukei Cortex / 14 Fey Wyvern Gem / 11
MR Gold	Coral Pukei-Pukei Fellwing / Low Large Coral Pukei-Pukei Sac / 25 Coral Pukei-Pukei Shard / 22 Fey Wyvern Gem / 17 Coral Pukei-Pukei Cortex / 14 Flood Sac / 12

Plunderblade Rewards

Plunderblade

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Coral Pukei-Pukei Shard / 43 Coral Pukei-Pukei Cortex / 32 Coral Pukei-Pukei Fellwing / 23 Fey Wyvern Gem / 2

Palarang

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Coral Pukei-Pukei Shard / 50 Coral Pukei-Pukei Fellwing / 28 Large Wyvern Tear / 22

Quests Where Coral Pukei-Pukei Appears

Type	Quest Name
Assigned	M★2 - Play Both Ends
Optional	M★2 - Protip: Stay Hydrated
Optional	M★2 - Put That Red Cup Away
Optional	M★2 - Special Arena: MR Coral Pukei-Pukei
Optional	M★3 - The Black Wind
Optional	M★4 - A Shadowy Offender
Event	M★3 - Soaked and Shivering
Event	M★2 - Colorful Carnival
Event	M★2 - Every Hunter's Dream II
Event	M★6 - Symphony of the Coral

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