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Learn how to beat Arch-Tempered Kushala Daora in the game Monster Hunter World (MHW)! This guide explains everything about Arch-Tempered Kushala Daora'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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Kushala Daora Weakness & Strategy | Kushala Daora Weapons | Kushala Daora Armor ⍺ | β | ⍺+ | β+ |
List of Contents
Roar | Wind | Tremor | Blight | Status | |
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Big | Dragon/High | None | None | None | |
Breakable Parts | |||||
Head, Wings, Tail |
Map | Starting Area | Visited Areas | Rest Spot |
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Elder's Recess | 3 | 3 / 4 / 5 / 7 / 8 / 9 | 12 |
*The starting location may change depending on the Quest.
Sever | Break | Bomb | Fire | Extract |
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55 | 50 | 45 | 10 | Red |
Water | Thunder | Ice | Dragon | |
5 | 20 | 0 | 10 |
Sever | Break | Bomb | Fire | Extract |
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36 | 35 | 25 | 10 | Red |
Water | Thunder | Ice | Dragon | |
5 | 15 | 0 | 5 |
Sever | Break | Bomb | Fire | Extract |
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35 | 50 | 25 | 10 | Orange |
Water | Thunder | Ice | Dragon | |
5 | 15 | 0 | 10 |
Sever | Break | Bomb | Fire | Extract |
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18 | 24 | 24 | 10 | Orange |
Water | Thunder | Ice | Dragon | |
5 | 15 | 0 | 10 |
Sever | Break | Bomb | Fire | Extract |
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45 | 50 | 30 | 10 | Orange |
Water | Thunder | Ice | Dragon | |
5 | 20 | 0 | 10 |
Sever | Break | Bomb | Fire | Extract |
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30 | 30 | 25 | 10 | Orange |
Water | Thunder | Ice | Dragon | |
5 | 15 | 0 | 5 |
Sever | Break | Bomb | Fire | Extract |
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18 | 15 | 18 | 10 | White |
Water | Thunder | Ice | Dragon | |
5 | 20 | 0 | 15 |
Sever | Break | Bomb | Fire | Extract |
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35 | 30 | 55 | 10 | Green |
Water | Thunder | Ice | Dragon | |
5 | 20 | 0 | 15 |
Higher values indicate higher damage.
Poison | ★★★ | Flash | ★★ |
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Paral | ★ | Shock | ❌ |
Sleep | ★ | Pitfall | ❌ |
Stun | ★★ | Ivy | ❌ |
Blast | ★★★ | Dung | ❌ |
Exhaust | ❌ | Meat | ❌ |
Mount | ★ | Screamer | ❌ |
With the Iceborne expansion, the Arch-Tempered monsters from the base game offers little to no threat anymore. Below, we will provide an example of an iceborne setup with some of the necessary skills to easily take down the Daora.
Tool Specialist | Faster cooldown for your Rocksteady Mantle means a useless wind barrier. |
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Slugger | Kushala Daora's head is its extreme weakness and can knock daora down when hit. Using Slugger makes hitting the head more valuable. |
Elderseal boost | Negates the activation of Wind Barrier. |
Weakness Exploit | You'll want to keep on wounding the head. This will make all damage to it extremely higher. |
Critical Boost | More damage to the head. |
Health Boost | More survivability |
Wind Resist requires several skill slots to equip and even then, it will not block the windbarrier surrounding Daora. The 5 skill slots are better off being invested somewhere else. Daora will always try to keep the barrier up specially when enraged and with the Iceborne meta, if monsters aren't enraged, you're playing the game wrong.
Always wall slam the Daora for free downs, this will also open up opportunities to hit the head resulting in more downs (which we invested more skills for that time window instead of a QOL skill that won't even be used half the fight).
Hammers! | Daora's weakness is its head. Having a hammer with its high blunt damage can easily take down the Daora while stunning it in the process. |
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Dragon Weapons | With high dragon element, it is possible to keep on knocking down the Daora with repeated strikes to the head. |
Thunder Weapons | The Daora is weak to thunder so it makes sense to bring a weapon with high thunder elemental value. |
Blast Weapons | Alternatively, you can also opt for blast weapons as Daora has 3 star weakness to it. This is highly recommended for speedy weapons like the SnS and DB. |
Weapon | Decorations | |
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Chaos Shatterer |
Critical Jewel 2
x2 Augment:Recovery |
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Armor | Decorations | |
Head | Rex Roar Helm Alpha + | Shaver Jewel 3 |
Armor | Kushala Cista Beta + | Tenderizer Jewel 2 |
Greaves | Damascus Vambraces Alpha + |
Tenderizer Jewel 2
Maintenance Jewel 1 |
Waist | Odogaron Coil Alpha + | Critical Jewel 2 |
Legs | Death Garon Greaves Beta + |
Attack Jewel 1
Tenderizer Jewel 2 |
Charm | KO Charm III | none |
Skills | |
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Handicraft 4 | Critical Eye 3 |
Slugger 3 | Attack Boost 4 |
Speed Sharpening 3 | Tool Specialist 3 |
Protective Polish | Weakness Exploit 3 |
Critical Boost 3 | Clutch Claw Boost |
A sample hammer loadout. This is a standard hammer build and not much modification is needed against the Daora. Just make sure to always use the Rocksteady Mantle when the Barrier is up. Try to use Temporal to slam the Daora to the wall for more knockdowns. |
Temporal Mantle | Easy way to dodge its attacks and it also allows you to flinch shot Daora much easier. |
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Rocksteady Mantle | Similar to the Temporal but it can be used also be used to ignore Daora's wind barriers, wind pressures, and roars. |
Max Potion | Instant full healing. |
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Ancient Potion | More instant full healing. |
Flash Pod | An item that is extremely valuable for normal Daoras. For Arch-Tempered however, it's a bit trickier to use. Use it while Daora is on the ground, this will confuse it and not cause it to fly. |
Poison Smoke Bomb | This allows you to not equip yourself nor your palico with poison weapons. They aren't must haves but will add some DPS to your arsenal. |
Felyne Garuga Fan Alpha+ | Kushala Daora is susceptible to poison so a poison palico weapon will work wonders. |
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Felyne Nergigante hammer Alpha + | Alternatively, you can equip your palico with a weapon that has high elder seal. This can remove the Daora's wind barrier. |
Meowlotov Cocktail | More damage. If your palico is equipped with a weapon with status attributes/elder seal, the meowlotov cocktail will also be able to use these properties. Meaning more elderseal procs against Daora. |
Felyne Safeguard | Additional lives (carts) is always welcome. |
Kushala Daora will constantly fly during the hunt making the fight extremely long since you will only have a limited amount of time to attack. Unlike the normal Daora, the Arch-Tempered Daora cannot be downed. This makes using the Flash Pod more valuable when it's on the ground to prevent it from flying.
When Kushala Daora is enraged, he will create a strong wind pressure surrounding his body to protect itself. You can remove the wind by attacking his head or by using a weapon with an Elderseal.
Keep in mind that Kushala Daora's wind pressure can make attacking difficult. Be sure to take caution when approaching Kushala Daora and prioritize dodging over finishing your combos.
Long-range weapons like bows and guns have an advantage over melee weapons since it does not require you to get closer in order to deal damage. However, most of Kushala Daora's body can negate projectile attacks. If you are using a bow or a gun, be sure to aim for the tail or the head to deal damage.
Using a long-range weapon does not guarantee your safety. Kushala Doara will sometimes fire a fast-moving high wind pressure projectile that can deal massive damage if you get hit directly. Always be prepared to dodge whenever Kushala Daora lifts his head.
Kushala Daora will summon a tornado from time to time throughout the fight. Try to lure Kushala Daora away from the Tornado to lessen the obstacles you have to deal with during the fight.
Also, wearing Rocksteady Mantle while inside the tornado can instantly kill you due to the multiple hits that it can give without blowing you away.
When Kushala Daora flies away to rest in Area 4. He will sit on top of the platform with very little space. Try to avoid fighting while standing on this platform as it can restrict your movements especially if there are multiple tornadoes in the area.
You can try to use Challenger Mantle to lure Kushala Daora out of this area and fight him on a better terrain.
Ideally, it is best if you do not allow Kushala Daora to return to Area 4 to rest. Use a Flash Pod to stop him from flying away from your current area to gain a huge advantage. Also, this will down Kushala Daora for a few seconds giving you more time to break his parts.
If you manage to make Kushala Daora sleep or if he returns to Area 4 to rest. Prepare Large Barrel Bombs on his head before waking him up to deal massive damage without having to worry about the wind pressure attacks.
Kushala Doara's main weak point is the head. Aiming for the head will give you the highest damage output when attacking Kushala Daora. Also, if you manage to deal enough damage to the head, Kushala Daora will go down giving you a chance to deal even more damage.
Attack | Attack Power | Guardable | Exhaustion |
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Side Attack | 40 | ◯ | 0 |
Continuous Bite | 75 | ◯ | 50 |
Sweeping Scratch | 45 | ◯ | 35 |
Airborne Scratch | 50 | ◯ | 35 |
Rush | 70 | ◯ | 35 |
Air Attack | 60 | ◯ | 0 |
Tornado | 35 | ◯ | 5 |
High Wind Pressure Breath | 80~100 | ◯/Guard Up | 10 |
Obtain Rate (%) | |
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HR |
Daora Tail
/ Tail 70 Daora Horn+ / Body 8 Daora Dragon Scale+ / Body 32 Daora Carapace / Body 24, Tail 27 Daora Gem / Body 2, Tail 3 Daora Claw+ / Body 19 Astral Melding Ticket / Body 15 |
Obtain Rate (%) | |
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HR |
Astral Melding Ticket / Wings 70 Daora Claw+ / Wings 30 Daora Horn+ / Head 66 Daora Dragon Scale+ / Head 32 Daora Gem / Head 2 |
- | Defense Value | How to Break |
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Head | 300 | Set Durability to 0, 5 times. |
Wings | 100 | Set Durability to 0, twice. |
Tail | 140 | Reduce durability by 400 using cut damage. |
Obtain Rate (%) | |
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HR Drops |
Daora Dragon Scale+
/ 50 Daora Carapace / 28 Dragon Treasure / 22 |
Obtain Rate (%) | |
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HR Quest |
Elder Dragon Bone
/ 8 Daora Carapace / 27 Daora Dragon Scale+ / 22 Daora Claw+ / 18 Daora Webbing / 13 Elder Dragon Blood / 12 |
Obtain Rate (%) | |
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HR |
Daora Dragon Scale+
/ 45 Daora Carapace / 30 Daora Claw+ / 24 Daora Gem / 1 |
Type | Quest Name |
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Event | ★9 - The Eye of the Storm |
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