Acidic Glavenus Weakness and Strategy Guide

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

Acidic Glavenus Characteristics

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

Locations and Areas Visited

Map	Starting Area	Visited Areas	Rest Spot
Rotten Vale	9 (1st time) / 8	6 / 8 / 9 / 12	12

*The starting location may change depending on the Quest.

Weakness, Body Parts, Extracts

Head

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
43	55	45	20	Red
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
10	15	5	15

Neck

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
37	37	25	15	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
10	10	10	10

Throat

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
65	45	45	25	Red
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
10	15	10	10

Exhaust Organ

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
45	45	35	20	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	10	10	10

Torso

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
23	23	18	15	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	10	10	10

Hindlegs

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
23	23	18	15	Green
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	5	5	5

Forelegs

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

Tail Base

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
37	32	25	20	Red
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
10	15	10	10

Tail

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
37	32	25	25	Red
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
10	15	10	10

Tail Crystal

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
18	24	15	35	Red
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	20	5	5

Tail [Sharpened]

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
65	60	50	20	Red
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
10	10	10	15

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 Acidic Glavenus

Recommended Weapon Element and Armor Skills

Recommended Weapon Element
Fire Weapon	Acidic Glavenus is weakest against fire.
Recommended Armor Skills
Iron Skin	Acidic Glavenus gives you Defense Down, and Iron Skin can completely counter that at Lvl 3.
Clutch Claw Boost	Acidic Glavenus's sharpened tail can prove to be troublesome. Using this skill (from the Shaver Jewel 3) will help dull it.
Health Boost	Because Acidic Glavenus gives you Defense Down, having extra health will be useful if you cannot put Iron Skin into your build.
Earplugs	Since Acidic Glavenus has a big roar, maxing out your Earplugs skill to Lvl 5 will nullify it.

How to Beat Acidic Glavenus

Tail States

Normal State	Sharpened State

Acidic Glavenus changes his movements and attack patterns depending on which state he is currently in. This unique mechanic must be taken into consideration when fighting Acidic Glavenus. Always check the state of his tail and respond with the correct reaction depending on its state.

Debuffing State

When Acidic Glavenus is in his debuffing state, a mist of acid will start appearing in nearby areas after the attack. Staying inside the mist of acid can lower your defense. Try to avoid this as much as possible and only fight outside of the mist.

Boosting Your Defense

If you are having a hard time getting out of the mist, it might be a good idea to use an Adamant Seed or a Hardshell Powder to maintain your high defense.

Flinching Acidic Glavenus

You can try to stop Acidic Glavenus from sharpening his tail by flinching him using your slinger. Keep this in mind and do it as much as possible to keep him from fighting with a sharpened tail.

Also, if Acidic Glavenus manages to sharpen his tail. You can counter it by using your Clutch Weapon on his sharpened tail and attack using a light weapon. Attacking with a light weapon will gradually turn his tail back to its dull state.

Avoiding the Sharpened Tail

When Acidic Glavenus successfully sharpens its tail, his attacks will become more intense and be much faster. You should focus on dodging rather than attacking during this state.

Moving to the Opposite Side

After Acidic Glavenus sharpens his tail, he will usually do a quick forward thrust tail attack. This can easily be avoided by constantly moving during the fight. Try to make it a habit that you run to the opposite side of his tail during the sharpened state.

Tail Slash

Acidic Glavenus will sometimes do a powerful wide range slash using his tail during the sharpened state. This attack covers a large area, be sure to keep your distance by running to the sides when avoiding this attack.

Also, since this attack has a long recovery time, you can use this as an opportunity to attack. Immediately charge forward and deal as much damage as you can after the attack.

Cutting the Tail

Similar to its normal variant, Acidic Glavenus' tail can also be removed to drastically reduce the length of his attacks. Do note that you can only cut his tail while it is on its sharpened state.

Acidic Glavenus Attack Patterns

Attack	Attack Power	Guardable	Exhaustion
Bite	30	◯	10
Turn and Bite	20	◯	0
Fast Forward Bite	30	◯	15
Forward Bite	30	◯	15
Side Bite	10	◯	0
Body Slam	60	◯	25
Tail Slam	50(60)	◯	25
Tail Sweep	40(50)	◯	25
Jump Tail Attack	80(90)	◯	40
Continuous Jump Tail Attack	80(90)	◯	40
Tail Slash Attack	50(60)	◯	30
Normal State
Ground Charge	50	◯	25
Large Tail Sweep Attack	100	◯	50
Sharpened Tail
Ground Tail Slash	60	◯	25
Forward Tail Attack	50	◯	25
Tail Thrust Attack	30	◯	20
Tail Slash	60	◯	25
High Speed Tail Sweep	90	◯	50

Acidic Glavenus Carves and Rewards

Carvings and Hunt Rewards

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Acidic Glavenus Tailedge / Body 9, Tail 70 Acidic Glavenus Shard / Body 31 Glavenus Mantle / Body 3, Tail 5 Acidic Glavenus Cortex / Body 24, Tail 25 Acidic Glavenus Hardfang / Body 19 Acidic Glavenus Spineshell / Body 14

Rewards for Each Body Part

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Acidic Glavenus Spineshell / Torso 65 Acidic Glavenus Cortex / Torso 35, Hindlegs 30 Acidic Glavenus Hardfang / Head 65 Acidic Glavenus Shard / Head 32, Hindlegs 70 Glavenus Mantle / Head 3

Breakable Body Parts

-	Defense Value	How to Break
Head	350	Set durability to 0, twice.
Back	180	Set durability to 0, once.
Hind Legs	180	Set durability to 0, once.
Tail	280	Set durability to 0, then reduce durability by 320 using cut damage during the Sharpened State.

Shiny Drops

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR Drops	Acidic Glavenus Shard / 50 Honed Acidcryst / 28 Large Wyvern Tear / 22

Quest Clear & Investigation Rewards

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR Quest	Acidic Glavenus Tailedge / 9 Acidic Glavenus Cortex / 28 Acidic Glavenus Shard / 22 Acidic Glavenus Hardfang / 16 Honed Acidcryst / 14 Acidic Glavenus Spineshell / 11
MR Silver	Acidic Glavenus Hardfang / 20 Honed Acidcryst / 18 Acidic Glavenus Cortex / 14 Acidic Glavenus Spineshell / 14 Acidic Glavenus Shard / 12 Acidic Glavenus Tailedge / 12 Glavenus Mantle / 10
MR Gold	Glavenus Mantle / 18 Acidic Glavenus Spineshell / 16 Acidic Glavenus Hardfang / 16 Acidic Glavenus Tailedge / 14 Honed Acidcryst / 14 Acidic Glavenus Cortex / 12 Acidic Glavenus Shard / 10

Plunderblade Rewards

Plunderblade

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Acidic Glavenus Shard / 41 Acidic Glavenus Cortex / 33 Acidic Glavenus Spineshell / 25 Glavenus Mantle / 1

Palarang

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Acidic Glavenus Shard / 50 Honed Acidcryst / 28 Large Wyvern Tear / 22

Quests Where Acidic Glavenus Appears

Type	Quest Name
Assigned	M★4 - The Disintegrating Blade
Optional	M★3 - A Roar that Shook the Vale
Optional	M★4 - This Corroded Blade
Optional	M★4 - The Purr-fect Room: Light Iron
Optional	M★4 - Special Arena: Mr Acidic Glavenus
Event	M★4 - Servants of the Vale
Event	M★6 - Rotten Canzone
Arena Quest	★4 - Arena Quest Master Rank 4

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