Glavenus Weakness and Strategy Guide

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

Glavenus Characteristics

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

Locations and Areas Visited

Map	Starting Area	Visited Areas	Rest Spot
Ancient Forest	8	1 / 4 / 8 / 9 / 12 / 15	15
Wildspire Waste	12 (1st time)	4 / 6 / 8 / 9 / 12	12
Elder's Recess	12	6 / 9 / 11 / 12	6

*The starting location may change depending on the Quest.

Weakness, Body Parts, Extracts

Head

Neck

Throat

Exhaust Organ

Torso

Hindlegs

Forelegs

Tail Base

Tail

Tail [Burning]

Tail [Rusted]

Higher values indicate higher damage.

Vulnerability to Status Effects and Items

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Countermeasures against Glavenus

Recommended Weapon Element and Armor Skills

How to Beat Glavenus

Glavenus Mechanics

Rust	Fire
Normal	Red Glow

Always check the throat and the tail of Glavenus to predict its attacks. If the throat and the tail is glowing red, this means that his attacks deal an additional fire attribute damage if it lands. The power and the speed of the attacks are significantly higher when they are red.

Additionally, you can only cut the tail when it is in the fire state.

Tail and Heat Mechanics

Focusing the Head

It is good to focus the feet and the tail of Glavenus. However, it is still recommended that you try and aim for the head since attacking the head can take him down for a long time and it can also release the red glow from Glavenus which can weaken is attacks.

Tail Spin Attack

Glavenus' tailspin attack is a high damaging move that sweeps a wide area using its tail. Before Glavenus executes this attack, he will first put his tail on his mouth. Use this as the signal for you to run away as far as you can to get out of its range.

Attacking the Tail

If you are continuously attacking the tail, Glavenus will eventually slam his tail on to the ground multiple times. Always be prepared to roll to the sides to avoid taking damage.

Tail Range

Most of Glavenus' attacks utilize the length of his tail. If you manage to cut down the tail, it will drastically reduce the range of its attack and possibly the amount of attack he can do.

Using Evade Window

Using Evade Window is extremely useful when fighting against Glavenus because most of his attacks have a short hitbox time. Having more invincible frames will make it a lot easier for you to dodge his attacks.

Glavenus Attack Patterns

Glavenus Carves and Rewards

Carvings and Hunt Rewards

Rewards for Each Body Part

Breakable Body Parts

Shiny Drops

Quest Clear & Investigation Rewards

Plunderblade Rewards

Plunderblade

Palarang

Quests Where Glavenus Appears

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Iceborne Monsters

Alatreon	Banbaro	Barioth	Beotodus
Brachydios	Fatalis	Glavenus	Master Rank Kulve Taroth
Namielle	Nargacuga	Rajang	Safi'jiiva
Shara Ishvalda	Tigrex	Velkhana	Yian Garuga
Zinogre

Monster Variants

Acidic Glavenus	Blackveil Vaal Hazak	Brute Tigrex	Coral Pukei-Pukei
Ebony Odogaron	Frostfang Barioth	Fulgur Anjanath	Furious Rajang
Gold Rathian	Nightshade Paolumu	Raging Brachydios	Ruiner Nergigante
Savage Deviljho	Scarred Yian Garuga	Seething Bazelgeuse	Shrieking Legiana
Silver Rathalos	Stygian Zinogre	Viper Tobi-Kadachi

Arch-Tempered Elder Dragons

Arch-Tempered Velkhana

Arch-Tempered Namielle

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