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

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
70	70	55	20	Red
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
10	10	10	20

Head [Broken]

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
80	80	60	20	Red
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
10	10	10	20

Neck

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
30	30	25	15	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
10	10	10	15

Torso

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
25	25	25	15	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
10	10	10	15

Chest

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
60	60	30	20	Orange
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
10	10	10	20

Hindlegs

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
50	50	45	20	White
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
10	10	10	20

Forelegs [Broken]

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
60	60	50	20	White
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
10	10	10	20

Forelegs

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
22	22	15	10	White
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	5	5	10

Wings

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
50	50	30	15	White
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
10	10	10	15

Wings [Broken]

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
60	60	40	15	White
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
10	10	10	15

Tail

Sever	Break	Bomb	Fire	Extract
25	25	15	10	Green
Water	Thunder	Ice	Dragon
5	5	5	10

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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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

Heat Guard	Negates the damage from the burning floor.
Fire Resist	Negates Fire Blight if Resistance if over 20. (goes well with the Vegetable platter)
Partbreaker	Breaking parts can allow you to increase your damage to that specific part. Breaking the forelegs can allow you to dish out damage without reaching Xeno'Jiva's weak spots.

Best Items

Max/Ancient Potion	Instant full heal. Highly recommended so you can last through the magma that the cores spew out.
Farcaster	Allows you to exit the fight, take a breather, or restock your items.
Poison Smokebomb	Additional DPS.

Best Weapons

HBG with Pierce Ammo	When AT Xeno'Jiva goes into her Critical Mode, dealing enough damage to her chest will cause her to stagger and fall down. Abuse this by using Pierce Ammo.
Weapon Augment:Health Regen	If you don't wish to invest much in defensive skills, going for a health regen augment will greatly ease the difficulty of this fight.
Insect Glaive	For Sever weapons, the IG takes the top spot due to its ability to strike the wings.

Sample Build Setup (HBG)

Crimson Kadachi Lion ⅠⅠ
	Attack	Affinity	Dev.
	390	15%	None

Armor		Decorations
Head	Golden Headdress Beta +	Attack Jewel+ 4 Ironwall Jewel 1
Armor	Brachaydium Mail Beta+	Expert Jewel+ 4 Shield Jewel 2 Expert Jewel 1
Greaves	Brachydium Braces Beta +	Critical/Vitality Jewel 4 x2
Waist	Brachydium Faulds Beta +	Expert Jewel+ 4 Vitality Jewel 1
Legs	Garuga Greaves Beta +	Ironwall Jewel+ 4 Tenderizer Jewel 2 Critical Jewel 2
Charm	Attack Charm V	---

Build Skills

Skills
Agitator 7	Weakness Exploit 3
Critical Eye 7	Attack Boost 7
Shield 3	Critical Boost 3
Guard Up	Healthboost 3

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

Safeguard/Insurance	More lives means more chances to fight the Elder Dragon.
Vegetable Platter set	Increases your Elemental Resist which is highly needed due to Xeno'Jiva's high dragon damage and nasty fireblights.

Best Armor Skills

Heavy Artillery	Required for Zorah Magdaros' 2nd phase.
Tool Specialist	Reduces the cooldown of your tools. Allows you to don the Fireproof Mantle/ lay a health booster more often.

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

Attack	Attack Power	Guardable	Exhaustion
Front Leg Slam	60	◯	40
Lean Attack	90	◯	50
Rush	80	◯	60
Tail Sweep	60	◯	50
Tail Slam	70	◯	50
Energy Attack	70	◯	40
Energy Blast	60	Guard Up	40
Laser Attack	110	Guard Up	40
Enhanced Laser Attack	100	Guard Up	40
Meandering Ray	100	Guard Up	40
Energy Eruption	80	◯	60
Big Bang (Front Leg)	70	◯	50
Big Bang	130	◯	80

Arch-Tempered Xeno'jiiva Carves and Rewards

Carvings and Hunt Rewards

	Obtain Rate (%)
HR	Xeno'jiiva Tail / Body 8, Tail 71 Xeno'jiiva Horn / Body 8 Xeno'jiiva Gem / BOdy 5, Tail 7 Xeno'jiiva Shell / Body 32 Xeno'jiiva Soulscale / Body 22, Tail 22 Xeno'jiiva Claw / Body 14 Xeno'jiiva Wing / Body 11
MR	Coming soon!

Rewards for Each Body Part

	Obtain Rate (%)
HR	Xeno'jiiva Wing / Wing 70 Xeno'jiiva Horn / Head 64 Xeno'jiiva Gem / Head 4 Xeno'jiiva Veil / Head 32, Wing 30 Xeno'jiiva Claw / Both Hindlegs 80 Xeno'jiiva Shell / Both Hindlegs 20
MR	Coming soon!

Breakable Body Parts

	Durability	How to Break
Head	400	Set Durability to 0, twice.
Neck	400	-
Torso	800	-
Chest	150	-
Wings	300	Set durability to 0, twice.
Left Front Leg	300	Set durability to 0, twice.
Right Front Leg	300	Set durability to 0, twice.
Left Hind Leg	150	-
Right Hind Leg	150	-
Tail	350	Set durability to 0, 3 times using cut damage.

Shiny Drops

	Obtain Rate (%)
HR Drops	Xeno'jiiva Soulscale / 50 Xeno'jiiva Veil / 28 Old Dragon Treasure / 22
MR Drops	Coming soon!

Quest Clear & Investigation Rewards

	Obtain Rate (%)
HR Quest	Xeno'jiiva Gem / 3 Xeno'jiiva Shell / 22 Xeno'jiiva Soulscale / 18 Xeno'jiiva Veil / 14 Xeno'jiiva Claw / 13 Xeno'jiiva Wing / 10 Elder Dragon Bone / 10 Elder Dragon Blood / 10

Plunderblade Rewards

Plunderblade

	Obtain Rate (%)
HR	Xeno'jiiva Soulscale / 45 Xeno'jiiva Shell / 30 Xeno'jiiva Claw / 24 Xeno'jiiva Gem / 1

Quests Where Arch-Tempered Xeno'jiiva Appears

Type	Quest Name
Event	★9 - Like a Moth to the Flame

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