Arch-Tempered Xeno'jiiva Weakness and Strategy Guide

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

Arch-Tempered Xeno'jiiva Characteristics

Roar	Wind	Tremor	Blight	Status
Big	High	Big	Fire, Dragon	None
Breakable Parts
Head, Wings, Left Foreleg, Right Foreleg, Tail

Weakness, Body Parts, Extracts

Head

Head [Broken]

Neck

Torso

Chest

Hindlegs

Forelegs [Broken]

Forelegs

Wings

Wings [Broken]

Tail

Higher values indicate higher damage.

Vulnerability to Status Effects and Items

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Best Loadout Against Arch-Tempered Xeno'Jiva

Xeno'Jiva is one of the toughest AT Elder Dragon from the base game but with the Iceborne Expansion, more tools have been given to us which made this Elder Dragon easier than the past. Below are the recommended skills, setups, weapons, and sample builds to use against AT Xeno'Jiva.

Best Skills

Best Items

Best Weapons

Sample Build Setup (HBG)

Build Skills

This is a standard lategame HBG setup. In Iceborne's expansion, this setup is enough to deal consistent DPS to AT Xeno'Jiva especially with its pierce ammo and the stun lock it's capable of doing when Xeno'Jiva enters Critical mode.

Felyne Skills

Best Armor Skills

How to Beat Arch-Tempered Xeno'jiiva

Flying Xeno'Jiva

In the Xeno'Jiva fight, he will sometimes fly and perform a laser attack from the sky. You can easily shut this down by shooting him with Crystal Burst using your slinger to bring him down and cancel the attack.

Building Up Fire Resistance

Make sure to bring your Fire Resistance to more than 20. This will greatly aid you as the Arch-Tempered Xeno can ignite the floor and these floor will cause Heat damage and fireblight.

Different States

Normal State	Critical State

Xeno'Jiva shifts to the critical state after a certain period of time. When Xeno'Jiva reaches the critical state, his skin will be more vulnerable to your attacks but you will need to play safely to learn his movements since his attack patterns will slightly change.

Big Bang Attack

Xeno'Jiva's big bang attack during the critical state is completely different from the normal state. A large explosion is now added and it can deal massive damage to anyone around his front legs. Try to move away from his legs when he leans forward to avoid this attack.

Energy Laser

Xeno'Jiva uses an energy laser attack when he accumulates a certain amount of energy on his chest. Immediately sheath your weapon and move away from the laser energy when Xeno'Jiva stands on his hind legs. You can attack him during this situation but watch out for the heat damage from the laser and the tremors when Xeno'Jiva sinks into the ground.

Attacking the Front Legs

During the Xeno'Jiva fight, it is highly recommended that you focus all of your attacks on his front legs since they are easy to reach and much more vulnerable than the hind legs.

Attaching the Chest

When Xeno'Jiva goes to her Critical state, make sure to keep on shooting its Chest. This can knock her down resulting in more damage. If you're playing a ranged character, make sure to use Pierce Ammo on her chest, this can result in repeated knockdowns resulting in an easy clear.

Arch-Tempered Xeno'jiiva Attack Patterns

Arch-Tempered Xeno'jiiva Carves and Rewards

Carvings and Hunt Rewards

Rewards for Each Body Part

Breakable Body Parts

Shiny Drops

Quest Clear & Investigation Rewards

Plunderblade Rewards

Plunderblade

Quests Where Arch-Tempered Xeno'jiiva Appears

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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

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