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

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	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

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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