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Great Girros Weakness and Strategy Guide

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

Great Girros Characteristics

Monster Hunter World Great Girros
Roar Wind Tremor Blight Status
None None None None Paralysis
Breakable Parts
Head, Hindlegs, Tail

Locations and Areas Visited

Map Starting Area Visited Areas Rest Spot
Rotten Vale ImageRotten Vale 7 6 / 7 / 8 7

*The starting location may change depending on the Quest.

Weakness, Body Parts, Extracts

Head

Sever Break Bomb Fire Extract
65 70 60 15 Red
Water Thunder Ice Dragon
30 0 20 10

Neck

Sever Break Bomb Fire Extract
40 45 35 5 Red
Water Thunder Ice Dragon
20 0 10 5

Torso

Sever Break Bomb Fire Extract
35 35 30 0 Orange
Water Thunder Ice Dragon
15 0 5 0

Back

Sever Break Bomb Fire Extract
35 35 30 0 Orange
Water Thunder Ice Dragon
15 0 5 0

Hindlegs

Sever Break Bomb Fire Extract
55 50 45 10 White
Water Thunder Ice Dragon
25 0 15 5

Legs

Sever Break Bomb Fire Extract
35 35 30 0 White
Water Thunder Ice Dragon
15 0 5 0

Tail

Sever Break Bomb Fire Extract
50 45 40 5 Green
Water Thunder Ice Dragon
20 0 10 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 Great Girros

Recommended Weapon Element and Armor Skills

Recommended Weapon Element
Water Weapon Great Girros is weakest against water.
Recommended Armor Skills
Paralysis Resistance Having Paralysis Resistance at Lvl 3 makes any Great Girros hunt a walk in the park. With this skill maxed out, you can completely concentrate on doing damage.
Water Attack Since you do not need a lot of skills to fight Great Girros, you can invest in a few Water Attack levels to make your water weapon stronger.
Effluvial Expert Since you will be fighting Great Girros in the Rotten Vale, getting Effluvial Expert will be handy so you don't have to worry about the environmental damage.

How to Beat Great Girros

Destroy the Head

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The bite attack of Great Girros can inflict a paralyze status ailment, but you can greatly reduce the chances of this by destroying the head part. This can also lower the chances of Great Girros calling more allies to help him during the hunt.

Group of Girros

The Great Girros can call a handful of Girros to help him during the hunt. These small monsters should not be taken lightly since they can also inflict a paralyze status ailment if it deals damage. You should kill them immediately as soon as they spawn to make the hunt easier.

Great Girros Attack Patterns

Attack Attack Power Guardable Exhaustion
Bite 40 20
Step Bite 20 10
Continuous Bite 40 20
Jump Attack 60 30
Body Slam 40 55
Tail Attack 20 30
Rampage 25 20
Paralyzing Fluid 20 0

Great Girros Carves and Rewards

Carvings and Hunt Rewards

Obtain Rate (%)
LR Great Girros Scale / Body 31, Tail 20
Great Girros Hide / Body 24
Great Girros Fang / Body 18
Great Girros Hood / Body 15
Great Girros Tail / Body 12, Tail 80
HR Great Girros Scale+ / Body 31, Tail 20
Great Girros Hide+ / Body 24
Great Girros Fang+ / Body 18
Great Girros Hood+ / Body 15
Great Girros Tail / Body 12, Tail 80
MR Great Girros Shard / Body 31, Tail 20
Great Girros Thickhide / Body 24
Great Girros Hardhood / Body 18
Great Girros Hardfang / Body 13
Great Girros Lash / Body 12, Tail 80

Rewards for Each Body Part

Obtain Rate (%)
LR Great Girros Hide / Hindlegs 75
Great Girros Scale / Hindlegs 25
Great Girros Hood / Head 75
Great Girros Fang / Head 25
HR Great Girros Hide+ / Hindlegs 75
Great Girros Scale+ / Hindlegs 25
Great Girros Hood+ / Head 75
Great Girros Fang+ / Head 25
MR Great Girros Thickhide / Hindlegs 75
Great Girros Shard / Hindlegs 25
Great Girros Hardhood / Head 75
Great Girros Hardfang / Head 25

Shiny Drops

Obtain Rate (%)
LR
Drops
Great Girros Scale / 50
Great Girros Fang / 28
Wyvern Tear / 22
HR
Drops
Great Girros Scale+ / 50
Great Girros Fang+ / 28
Wyvern Tear / 22
MR
Drops
Ultraplegia Sac / 50
Great Girros Hardfang / 28
Large Wyvern Tear /

Quest Clear & Investigation Rewards

Obtain Rate (%)
LR
Quest
Great Girros Hood / 9
Great Girros Hide / 26
Great Girros Scale / 21
Paralysis Sac / 18
Great Girros Fang / 16
Monster Bone L / 10
LR
Silver
Great Girros Fang / 22
Great Girros Hide / 18
Great Girros Hood / 18
Great Girros Tail / 16
Great Girros Scale / 14
Paralysis Sac / 12
LR
Gold
Great Girros Fang / 24
Great Girros Hood / 22
Great Girros Tail / 20
Great Girros Hide / 14
Paralysis Sac / 10
Great Girros Scale / 10
HR
Quest
Great Girros Hood+ / 9
Great Girros Hide+ / 26
Great Girros Scale+ / 21
Great Girros Fang+ / 18
Omniplegia Sac / 16
Monster Bone+ / 10
HR
Silver
Great Girros Fang+ / 22
Great Girros Hood+ / 18
Great Girros Hide+ / 18
Great Girros Tail / 16
Great Girros Scale+ / 14
Omniplegia Sac / 12
HR
Gold
Great Girros Fang+ / 24
Great Girros Hood+ / 22
Great Girros Hide+ / 16
Great Girros Tail / 14
Omniplegia Sac / 12
Great Girros Scale+ / 12
MR
Quest
Great Girros Thickhide / 28
Ultraplegia Sac / 23
Great Girros Shard / 22
Great Girros Hardfang / 16
Great Girros Hardhood / 11
MR
Silver
Great Girros Hardfang / 24
Great Girros Hardhood / 22
Great Girros Lash / 14
Great Girros Shard / 12
Great Girros Thickhide /
Ultraplegia Sac /
MR
Gold
Great Girros Hardfang / 22
Great Girros Hardhood / 18
Great Girros Lash / 16
Great Girros Shard / 14
Great Girros Thickhide /
Ultraplegia Sac /

Plunderblade Rewards

Plunderblade

Obtain Rate (%)
LR Great Girros Scale / 42
Great Girros Hide / 32
Great Girros Fang / 26
HR Great Girros Scale+ / 42
Great Girros Hide+ / 32
Great Girros Fang+ / 26
MR Great Girros Shard / 42
Great Girros Thickhide / 32
Great Girros Hardfang / 26

Palarang

Obtain Rate (%)
MR Great Girros Shard / 50
Great Girros Hardfang / 28
Large Wyvern Tear /

Quests Where Great Girros Appears

Type Quest Name
Assigned ★4 - Radobaan Roadblock
Assigned ★5 - Into The Bowels of The Vale
Optional ★4 - A Rotten Thing To Do
Optional ★4 - A Bone To Pick
Optional ★5 - Scratching The Itch
Optional ★5 - Man's Best Friend
Optional ★6 - A Tingling Taste
Optional ★6 - Stuck in a Rut
Optional ★6 - Chef Quest! A Rotten Request
Event ★6 - Triple Threat Throwdown
Event ★7 - Effluvial Opera
Assigned M★4 - The Disintegrating Blade
Optional M★1 - Grinding My Girros
Optional M★2 - No Laughing Matter
Optional M★2 - Bugger Off Bugs!
Optional M★3 - A Roar that Shook the Vale
Optional M★4 - This Corroded Blade
Optional M★4 - The Purr-fect Room: Light Iron
Event M★6 - Rotten Canzone

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