Arch-Tempered Lunastra Weakness and Strategy Guide

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

Arch-Tempered Lunastra Characteristics

Roar	Wind	Tremor	Blight	Status
Big	High	None	Fire	Blastblight
Breakable Parts
Head, Wings, Tail

Locations and Areas Visited

Map	Starting Area	Visited Areas	Rest Spot
Elder's Recess	11	8 / 9 / 11 / 12	13

*The starting location may change depending on the Quest.

Weakness, Body Parts, Extracts

Head

Neck

Stomach

Back

Hindlegs

Forelegs

Wings

Tail

Higher values indicate higher damage.

Vulnerability to Status Effects and Items

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Best Equipment for Arch-Tempered Lunastra

Best Weapons

Best Skills

Sample Armor Loadout

With the Iceborne expansion, many armor in MR rank is now capable of dealing with Arch-Tempered Lunastra. Below will be a sample armor loadout that attempts to get the majority of the needed skills to counter AT Lunastra as well as normal Lunastras for HR and MR quests.

Weapon		Decorations
Daora's Tughril Beg		Charger Jewel 2
Armor		Decorations
Head	Kushala Glare Beta +	Challenger/Vitality Jewel 4 Fire Res Jewel 1
Armor	Ruinous Mail Beta +	Challenger/Vitality Jewel 4 Charger Jewel 2
Greaves	Ruinous Vambraces Beta +	Challenger/Vitality Jewel 4 Fire Res Jewel 1
Waist	Kushala Cocoon Alpha +	Charger Jewel 2
Legs	Kushala Crus Alpha +	Fire Res Jewel 1
Charm	Challenger Charm III	---

Armorset Skills

While there are some unnecessary skills mixed in, this is a standard Ruiner Nergi/Kushala armor combo to obtain the wind pressure nullification while also obtaining health regen for the Ruiner Nergi set. It lacks affinity for critical strikes so you'll have to rely on the Great Sword's high damage output for DPS. It comes with other QOL skills like Ice Attack, Fire Resist, and Health Boost to survive Lunastra's fire attacks.

Best Palico/Felyne Skills, Gadgets, and Weapons

Best Mantles

Best Items to Bring

How to Beat Arch-Tempered Lunastra

Things You Should Know in Advance

・Wind Resistance can be good against Hellflare
・Fire Resistance is strongly recommended
・Use a Cool Drink before initiating the fight

Max Health and Fire Resistance

Most of Arch-Tempered Lunastra's attacks can be pretty strong. It is recommended that you increase your max health and equip gears with high Fire Resistance to increase your chances of winning the fight.

If you are still having a hard time clearing the hunt, you can also add skills such as Stun Resistance or Evade Window to further increase your survivability.

Wind Pressure From Hellflare

Hellflare has an additional wind pressure effect that can stagger you making it harder for you to get away. You can negate this effect by simply wearing gears that can give you level 5 Windproof or get the armor set bonus Kushala Daora Flight from the Kushala set piece.

Cool Drink and Extreme Heat

You will constantly take damage from the environment due to the extreme heat. Prevent this by using a Cool Drink before entering areas with extreme heat.

Avoid Using Flash Pods

Using a Flash Pod will only anger Arch-Tempered Lunastra even more and has a chance to make Arch-Tempered Lunastra perform the Hellflare attack. This can be useful if you are playing solo. However, if you are playing in multiplayer, it might be better to not use Flash Pods at all since it can endanger other hunters in your party.

Use Elderseal Weapons

Normal	Blue Flame

It is possible to suppress the fire and dust surrounding Arch-Tempered Lunastra when he is enraged by using a weapon with an Elderseal.

Hellflare

Hellflare is one of Arch-Tempered Lunastra's most powerful attack. This causes a big explosion setting a large area on fire with high wind pressure. The high wind pressure can disable your movement making it difficult for you to move away.

Hellflare's windpressure can be negated by the Rocksteady Mantle or you can just take the brunt of the damage with Fireproof Mantle. The Hellflare will leave several recoverable HP so prepare an Astera Jerky when AT Lunastra uses it.

Gears and Strategies without Windproof

Blue Flame

The blue flame that Arch-Tempered Lunastra scatters during the fight can be difficult to deal with if you do not have enough fire resistance. Try to stay away from it or try to lure Arch-Tempered Lunastra away from the blue flame to avoid taking more damage when you are running away from his attacks.

Using a Water Affinity weapon a Crystal Burst on the blue flame can instantly extinguish it. However, this is not recommended since it can deal damage if not approached carefully. Extinguishing the blue flame while fighting Arch-Tempered Lunastra can be difficult. Only use this trick if you have no other option.

Arrows and Bullets

Attacking Arch-Tempered Lunastra with blue flames using a ranged weapon will deal 0 damage. The blue flame can surrounding Arch-Tempered Lunastra repels any arrows or bullets fired at him.

Attacking the Rear

The safest place to attack is somewhere near the hind legs. If you manage to deal enough damage on this area, this can also down Arch-Tempered Lunastra for a few seconds. Also, staying near the hind legs will help you avoid most of the high damaging attacks like bite and flame breath.

Dealing with the Supernova

When Arch-Tempered Lunastra and Teostra are together, they can initiate their special move called the Supernova. This powerful move can instantly kill you if you are within its large area of effect.

It is best to try and kill one of them before they can group up. This will not only stop them from using the Supernova but it can also lessen the flames you have to deal with. If this is not possible, try to lure them away from each other. Keep in mind that Dung Pods do not work against them, you have to enrage one of them to lure them out of the area.

Know Your Targets

Blunt weapons are particularly effective against the head while bladed weapons are more effective against its wings. Make sure to know what your target it when Lunastra is downed.

Arch-Tempered Lunastra Attack Patterns

Arch-Tempered Lunastra Carves and Rewards

Carvings and Hunt Rewards

Rewards for Each Body Part

Breakable Body Parts

Quest Clear & Investigation Rewards

Quests Where Arch-Tempered Lunastra Appears

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