Barioth Weakness and Strategy Guide

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

Barioth Characteristics

Roar	Wind	Tremor	Blight	Status
Big	High	Small	Ice	None
Breakable Parts
Head, Left Claw, Right Claw, Tail

Locations and Areas Visited

Map	Starting Area	Visited Areas	Rest Spot
Hoarfrost Reach	7 (1st time)	1 / 4 / 6 / 7 / 11 / 14 / 15	7

*The starting location may change depending on the Quest.

Weakness, Body Parts, Extracts

Head

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
65	70	55	20	Red
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
10	15	0	15

Back

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

Stomach

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
38	38	25	10	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
0	5	0	5

Claws

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
21(25)	45	25(30)	35(20)	White
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	25(15)	0	10

Wings

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
30	45	20	10	White
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
0	5	0	5

Hindlegs

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
40	45	35	15	White
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
0	10	0	5

Forelegs

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
25	24	25	5	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	5	0	5

Tail

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
45	23	45	10	Green
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
0	5	0	5

Tail Tip

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
60	40	40	15	Green
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
0	10	0	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 Barioth

Recommended Weapon Element and Armor Skills

Recommended Weapon Element
Fire Weapon	Barioth is weakest against fire.
Recommended Armor Skills
Ice Resistance	Ice Resistance is useful against Barioth's many and frequent ice attacks.
Partbreaker	Barioth is an agile monster; breaking its front legs will make him less so.
Health Boost	Not only is Barioth agile, but he can also deal big damage quickly. Having extra health will be helpful.
Tremor Resistance	Barioth's jumping attacks will greatly slow you down, so Tremor Resistance can help keep you mobile.
Earplugs	Since Barioth has a big roar, maxing out your Earplugs skill to Lvl 5 will nullify it.
Windproof	Barioth can give you major wind pressure; Windproof at Lvl 5 fully negates it.

How to Beat Barioth

Aim for the Front Legs

Destroying the front legs of the Barioth will give you more opportunities to attack since it will disable him for a few seconds every time he charges forward for an attack.

Try to use Large Barrel Bombs to soften up the front legs since they are difficult to destroy if you are only using your weapon.

Learning Barioth's Movements

Learning Barioth's Movements can help you understand what the next attack might be. This will give you more time to avoid taking damage or getting hit directly by his attacks.

Barioth Attacks

When Barioth sticks to the wall, he usually prepares for a powerful attack or jumps behind you to look for an opening. Be sure to be prepared to dodge whenever Barioth is holding on to the wall.

Ice Tornado

Barioth spits an ice forward which turns into a tornado that can deal damage if you get caught in its range. Try to avoid this by circling around the tornado to reach Barioth.

Preparing Nullberries

You can use Nullberries to cure ailments from Barioth's ice attacks.

Stacking Ice Resistance

You can also stack Ice resistance from your gears to lower the damage you take from Barioth's Ice attacks which are frequently used during the fight.

Cutting Barioth's Tail

Barioth's Tail is long and it can be difficult to dodge when used. Try to cut the tail to shorten its range and make it easier to dodge.

Restraining Barioth

Barioth will move frequently during the fight making it extremely difficult to deal damage. Try to bring items that can restrain Barioth even for a short amount of time. carrying Traps or inflicting sleep or paralyze can be useful for this situation.

Barioth Attack Patterns

Attack	Attack Power	Guardable	Exhaustion
Bite	50	◯	20
Tail Swipe	50	◯	40
Short Tackle	60	◯	45
Glide Attack	60	◯	30
Rotation Attack (Air)	75	◯	50
Rotation Attack (Ground)	70	◯	30
Rotation Swipe	30	◯	15
Dive	50	◯	30
Dive (Front Leg)	20	◯	0
Slam	90	◯	60
Ice Breath	20+Ice(45)	◯	15
Ice Breath (Ground)	20+Ice(45)	◯	15
Tail Attack (Ice)	15+Ice(35)	◯	0

Barioth Carves and Rewards

Carvings and Hunt Rewards

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Barioth Cortex / Body 30 Barioth Thickfur / Body 24 Large Wyvern Gem / Body 2, Tail 5 Barioth Hardclaw / Body 18 Barioth Greatspike / Body 15, Tail 35 Barioth Lash / Body 11, Tail 60

Rewards for Each Body Part

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Barioth Hardclaw / Wings 65 Barioth Greatspike / Wings 35 Amber Hardfang / Head 100

Breakable Body Parts

-	Defense Value	How to Break
Head	260	Set durability to 0, 3 times.
Right Claw	200	Set durability to 0, 3 times.
Left Claw	200	Set durability to 0, 3 times.
Tail	200	Reduce durability by 400 using cut damage.

Shiny Drops

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR Drops	Barioth Greatspike / 50 Barioth Cortex / 28 Large Wyvern Tear / 22

Quest Clear & Investigation Rewards

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR Quest	Barioth Lash / 9 Barioth Thickfur / 27 Barioth Cortex / 21 Cryo Sac / 18 Barioth Greatspike / 13 Barioth Hardclaw / 11 Large Wyvern Gem / 1
MR Silver	Barioth Hardclaw / 9 Barioth Greatspike / 9 Amber Hardfang / 16 Barioth Lash / 16 Barioth Thickfur / 14 Barioth Cortex / 12 Cryo Sac / 12 Large Wyvern Gem / 12
MR Gold	Amber Hardfang / 22 Barioth Lash / 22 Large Wyvern Gem / 18 Barioth Hardclaw / 14 Barioth Greatspike / 14 Cryo Sac / 10

Plunderblade Rewards

Plunderblade

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Barioth Cortex / 43 Barioth Thickfur / 32 Barioth Hardclaw / 23 Large Wyvern Gem / 2

Palarang

	Obtain Rate (%)
MR	Barioth Greatspike / 50 Barioth Cortex / 28 Large Wyvern Tear / 22

Quests Where Barioth Appears

Type	Quest Name
Assigned	M★1 - Banbaro Blockade
Assigned	M★3 - Blizzard Blitz
Assigned	M★4 - When the Mist Taketh You
Optional	M★1 - Deep Snow Diver
Optional	M★1 - Taking Charge
Optional	M★1 - Call of the Wild
Optional	M★2 - Boaboa Constrictor
Optional	M★3 - Remember That One Time?
Optional	M★3 - Proud White Knight
Optional	M★3 - Special Arena: MR Barioth
Optional	M★4 - Noblefrost Hunter
Optional	M★4 - Tundra Troublemaker
Optional	M★4 - Duet of Rime
Event	M★3 - 50 Shades of White
Event	M★6 - Ballad to the Hoarfrost

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