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This is an article about the starting locations of all monsters in Monster Hunter World (MHW). If you want to know more about which area they would spawn first as well as areas they will visit and rest, read on!
List of Contents
Name | Starting Area | Visited Areas | Rest Spot |
---|---|---|---|
Anjanath | 2 / 10 | 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 | 13 |
Azure Rathalos | 15 | 1 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 16 | 17 |
Banbaro | 6 / 12 | 1 / 4 / 6 / 12 | 1 |
Blackveil Vaal Hazak | 12 (1st time) / 8 | 2 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 12 / 14 | 14 |
Deviljho | 1 / 8 / 11 | 1 / 4 / 8 / 9 / 14 | 13 |
Ebony Odogaron | 2 | 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 7 / 8 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 14 / 16 | 7 |
Fulgur Anjanath | 3 / 8 | Coming soon! | Coming soon! |
Glavenus | 8 | 1 / 4 / 8 / 9 / 12 / 15 | 15 |
Great Jagras | 2 | 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 | 2 |
Kulu-Ya-Ku | 5 | 1 / 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 9 / 12 / 14 / 15 / 16 | 7 |
Kushala Daora | 5 | 5 | 16 |
Nargacuga | 9 | 1 / 4 / 5 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 12 / 14 | 14 |
Nightshade Paolumu | 9 | 8 / 9 | 8 |
Odogaron | 2 | 1 / 3 / 5 / 7 / 8 | 4 |
Pukei-Pukei | 6 | 6 / 8 | 6 |
Rajang | 5 | Coming soon! | 13 |
Rathalos | 16 | 1 / 5 / 8 / 14 / 16 | 16 |
Rathian | 6 | 5 / 6 / 8 / 11 / 12 / 14 | 16 |
Savage Deviljho | 1 | Coming soon! | Coming soon! |
Scarred Yian Garuga | 9 | 5 / 6 / 8 / 9 | 8 |
Tigrex | 7 / 12 | 1 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 9 / 12 / 15 | 15 |
Tobi-Kadachi | 14 | 5 / 11 / 12 / 14 / 15 | 14 |
Velkhana | 6 | Coming soon! | Coming soon! |
Yian Garuga | 8 | 5 / 6 / 8 / 9 | 8 |
Zinogre | 12 / 8 | 1 (Night only) / 7 / 8 / 12 / 13 | 13 |
Ancient Forest Maps and Materials
Name | Starting Area | Visited Areas | Rest Spot |
---|---|---|---|
Anjanath | 2 | 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 9 | 3 |
Barroth | 6 | 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 | 9 |
Bazelgeuse | - | 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 13 / 14 | 12 |
Black Diablos | 13 | 6 / 13 / 14 | 14 |
Deviljho | 8 | Coming soon! | 13 |
Diablos | 14 | 6 / 8 / 13 | 14 |
Ebony Odogaron | 2004/6/7 | 1 / 2 / 4 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 13 | 13 |
Glavenus | 12 (1st time) | 4 / 6 / 8 / 9 / 12 | 12 |
Jyuratodus | 10 | 4 / 9 / 10 | 10 |
Kulu-Ya-Ku | 5 | 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 | 6 |
Lunastra | 8 | 13 | 14 |
Nightshade Paolumu | 2 (1st time) | 2 / 3 / 7 / 8 / 9 | 3 |
Pink Rathian | 1 | 2 / 3 / 4 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 13 / 14 | 12 |
Pukei-Pukei | 6 | 2 / 3 / 6 | 3 |
Rathian | 3 | 2 / 3 / 4 / 6 / 12 | 12 |
Teostra | 13 | 8 / 13 / 14 | 14 |
Tigrex | 2 | 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 10 | 3 |
Velkhana | 6 | Coming soon! | Coming soon! |
Wildspire Waste Maps and Materials
Name | Starting Area | Visited Areas | Rest Spot |
---|---|---|---|
Arch-Tempered Kirin | 8 | 2 / 12 / 13 / 15 | 10 |
Arch-Tempered Namielle | 4 | 5 / 10 / 12 | 8 |
Banbaro | 1 | 1 / 2 / 3 | 2 |
Bazelgeuse | - | 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 12 / 15 | 13 |
Coral Pukei-Pukei | 4 (1st time) | 2 / 4 / 5 / 8 | 4 |
Deviljho | 5 | Coming soon! | 10 |
Ebony Odogaron | 8 (1st time) / 2 / 12 | 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 12 | 10 |
Fulgur Anjanath | 8 | Coming soon! | Coming soon! |
Kirin | 8 | 2 / 12 / 13 / 15 | 15 |
Namielle | 15 | 4 / 8 / 13 / 15 | 15 |
Nargacuga | 2 | 1 / 2 / 3 / 5 / 6 / 7 | 7 |
Paolumu | 5 | 3 / 5 / 10 | 9 |
Pink Rathian | 5 | 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 8 / 12 / 13 / 15 | 10 |
Tzitzi-Ya-Ku | 2 | 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 8 | 7 |
Velkhana | 4 | Coming soon! | Coming soon! |
Zinogre | 4 | 4 / 5 / 8 | 5 |
Coral Highlands Maps and Materials
Name | Starting Area | Visited Areas | Rest Spot |
---|---|---|---|
Acidic Glavenus | 9 (1st time) / 8 | 6 / 8 / 9 / 12 | 12 |
Arch-Tempered Vaal Hazak | 8 | 9 / 10 / 12 / 14 | 16 |
Banbaro | 6 | 2 / 4 / 6 | 3 |
Blackveil Vaal Hazak | 8 / 9 / 14 | 7 / 8 / 9 / 12 / 14 / 16 | 16 |
Deviljho | 7 | 3 | 12 |
Ebony Odogaron | 10 / 3 | 3 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 12 | 13 |
Fulgur Anjanath | 2 / 3 / 4 | Coming soon! | Coming soon! |
Great Girros | 7 | 6 / 7 / 8 | 7 |
Legiana | 12 | 12 / 13 / 15 | 15 |
Odogaron | 10 | 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 12 / 14 / 16 | 13 |
Radobaan | 1 | 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 | 2 |
Tigrex | 4 (1st time) / 2 | 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 6 | 2 |
Vaal Hazak | 16 | 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 12 / 14 | 16 |
Velkhana | 2 | Coming soon! | Coming soon! |
Rotten Vale Maps and Materials
Name | Starting Area | Visited Areas | Rest Spot |
---|---|---|---|
Arch-Tempered Kushala Daora | 3 | 3 / 4 / 5 / 7 / 8 / 9 | 12 |
Arch-Tempered Lunastra | 11 | 8 / 9 / 11 / 12 | 13 |
Arch-Tempered Nergigante | 8 | 8→9→(12→11→7→8)→9→14→15(瀕死) | 15 |
Arch-Tempered Teostra | 12 | 7 / 8 / 9 / 11 | 13 |
Arch-Tempered Velkhana | 8 | 9/3/2 | Coming soon! |
Azure Rathalos | 11 | 2 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 12 | 3 |
Banbaro | 11 | 2 / 3 / 9 / 11 / 12 | 9 |
Bazelgeuse | - | 2 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 | 3 |
Behemoth | 8 | 8 / 9 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 | Coming soon! |
Brachydios | 5 (1st time) | 5 / 8 / 11 / 12 | 5 |
Brute Tigrex | 7 | 6 / 7 / 11 / 12 | 6 |
Dodogama | 9 | 2 / 3 / 7 / 8 / 9 | 8 |
Ebony Odogaron | 8 | 3 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 11 / 14 | 6 |
Fulgur Anjanath | 8/2 | 2 / 3 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 | 9 |
Glavenus | 12 | 6 / 9 / 11 / 12 | 6 |
Gold Rathian | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Kushala Daora | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Lavasioth | 10 | 7 / 11 | 10 |
Lunastra | 11 | 8 / 9 / 12 | 13 |
Nergigante | 14 | 2 / 3 / 5 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 11 / 12 / 14 | 15 |
Seething Bazelgeuse | 9 (1st time) / 7 | 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 11 | 3 |
Silver Rathalos | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Teostra | 13 | 7 / 8 / 9 / 11 / 12 | 13 |
Tigrex | 12 | 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 11 / 12 | 6 |
Uragaan | 2 | 2 / 3 / 5 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 11 / 12 | 6 |
Velkhana | 8 | Coming soon! | Coming soon! |
Elder's Recess Maps and Materials
Name | Starting Area | Visited Areas | Rest Spot |
---|---|---|---|
Banbaro | 4 (1st time) | 1 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 8 / 10 | 6 |
Barioth | 7 (1st time) | 1 / 4 / 6 / 7 / 11 / 14 / 15 | 7 |
Beotodus | 2 (1st time) | 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 | 3 |
Fulgur Anjanath | 6 | 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 | 6 |
Furious Rajang | 7 | 13/14/15 | 6 |
Shrieking Legiana | 15 (1st time) | 13 / 14 | 13 |
Stygian Zinogre | 14 | 13/14/15 | 14 |
Tigrex | 7 | 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 13 / 14 / 15 | 6 |
Velkhana | 14 | 6 / 7 / 14 / 15 | 16 |
Viper Tobi-Kadachi | 10 (1st time) | 4 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 | 8 |
Zinogre | 14 | 6 / 7 / 13 / 14 / 15 | 14 |
Hoarfrost Reach Maps and Materials
Name | Starting Area | Visited Areas | Rest Spot |
---|---|---|---|
Brute Tigrex | ? | 3 / 4 / 12 / 13 | 12 |
Gold Rathian | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Raging Brachydios | 2 | 3/14/15 | - |
Ruiner Nergigante | 9 | 3 / 9 | 9 |
Scarred Yian Garuga | 6 | 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 | 7 |
Silver Rathalos | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Yian Garuga | 3 | Coming soon! | Coming soon! |
Zinogre | 7 | 6 / 7 | 7 |
Guiding Lands Maps and Materials
Hoarfrost Reach | Guiding Lands |
Ancient Forest | Wildspire Waste | Coral Highlands |
Rotten Vale | Elder's Recess | Caverns of El Dorado |
Starting Locations of All Monsters
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