Azure Rathalos Weakness and Strategy Guide

Learn how to beat Azure Rathalos in the game Monster Hunter World (MHW)! This guide explains everything about Azure Rathalos'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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Azure Rathalos Weakness, Body Parts, and Resistances

Azure Rathalos Characteristics

Roar	Wind	Tremor	Blight	Status
Big	High	None	Fire	Poison
Breakable Parts
Head, Back, Left Wing, Right Wing, Tail

Locations and Areas Visited

Map	Starting Area	Visited Areas	Rest Spot
Ancient Forest	15	1 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 16	17
Elder's Recess	11	2 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 12	3

*The starting location may change depending on the Quest.

Weakness, Body Parts, Extracts

Head

Neck

Torso

Back

Wings

Legs

Tail

Tail Tip

Higher values indicate higher damage.

Vulnerability to Status Effects and Items

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Countermeasures against Azure Rathalos

Recommended Weapon Element and Armor Skills

How to Beat Azure Rathalos

Azure Rathalos and Rathalos

The approach to fighting Azure Rathalos is basically the same as that of fighting the normal Rathalos variant. Try to aim for the head and play aggressively after using a Flash Pod.

Tougher Skin

The Azure Rathalos variant has a tougher skin than the normal Rathalos variant. In particular, his back and wings are so tough that even a weapon with blue sharpness can be repelled.

Wider Range

The flame breath attacks of Azure Rathalos has a wider range than the usual. Because of this, it is a lot more difficult to dodge especially when he uses his jump back flame breath attack. You may need to focus on building up your Fire Resistance rather than building up your damage skills for this hunt.

Longer Flight Time

Similar to the normal Rathalos variant, the Azure Rathalos also has the ability to fly, but since the Azure Rathalos is a stronger specie, the flight time will take longer than the usual. This makes the Flash Pods a lot more important for the fight, use your Flash Pod to instantly bring Azure Rathalos down within the range of your melee weapons and powerful attacks.

Azure Rathalos Attack Patterns

Azure Rathalos Carves and Rewards

Carvings and Hunt Rewards

Rewards for Each Body Part

Shiny Drops

Quest Clear & Investigation Rewards

Plunderblade Rewards

Plunderblade

Palarang

Quests Where Azure Rathalos Appears

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List of All Base Game Monsters

MHW (Base Game) Monsters

Anjanath	Barroth	Bazelgeuse	Behemoth
Deviljho	Diablos	Dodogama	Great Girros
Great Jagras	Jyuratodus	Kirin	Kulu-Ya-Ku
Kulve Taroth	Kushala Daora	Lavasioth	Legiana
Leshen	Lunastra	Nergigante	Odogaron
Paolumu	Pukei-Pukei	Radobaan	Rathalos
Rathian	Teostra	Tobi-Kadachi	Tzitzi-Ya-Ku
Uragaan	Vaal Hazak	Xeno'jiiva	Zorah Magdaros

Colored Variants

Ancient Leshen	Azure Rathalos	Black Diablos	Pink Rathian

Arch-Tempered Elder Dragons

Arch-Tempered Great Jagras	Arch-Tempered Kirin	Arch-Tempered Kulve Taroth	Arch-Tempered Kushala Daora
Arch-Tempered Lunastra	Arch-Tempered Nergigante	Arch-Tempered Teostra	Arch-Tempered Vaal Hazak
Arch-Tempered Xeno'jiiva	Arch-Tempered Zorah Magdaros

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