The Deathstalker is a Giant Kemono (Monster) in Wild Hearts. Check out our guide for the Deathstalker, including its weaknesses, habitats, drops, attack patterns, and the best tips and strategies for how to beat it!

Deathstalker Overview

Deathstalker
Attribute		Water
Physical Weakness	Lunge	Elemental Weakness	Fire
Strategy
Don't let the Deathstalker make sport of you with its lightning fast moves. You must always keep the beast in your sights. When angered, it becomes even quicker, and its attack range increases. In addition, it controls powerful arctic currents of air to clad itself in an icy armor, but that armor is in fact easier to destroy than other parts of the Kemono. Target it proactively to leave the beast reeling, and you should gain the upper hand.

Deathstalker Weakness and Resistance

Deathstalker Part Softness

Deathstalker Physical Effectiveness

★★★	★★★	★★★★

Deathstalker Attribute Effectiveness

★	★★★	★	★★	★★

Deathstalker Ailment Effectiveness

★★★★★	★	★	X	★

Deathstalker Materials and Drops

Deathstalker Location

Deathstalker Known Habitats

The Deathstalker is found in Fuyufusagi Fort, either resting in the main castle or roaming the castle grounds nearby.

How to Beat Deathstalker

Deathstalker Tips and Strategies
Prepare Gear for the Hunt Utilize Fusion karakuri Target Its Head and Tail Anticipate Claw Attacks at All Times

Prepare Gear for the Hunt

The Deathstalker is the toughest Kemono yet out of all encountered in Chapter 2. It's best to prepare essential equipment and weapons for this hunt.

Best Gear for Deathstalker

The best gear against Deathstalker is the Bandit armor set from Icetusk and Cobalt Lavaback giving you more than 30 resistance to water attribute. While the Ember Blade is the best for this hunt, having fire attribute which is a weakness of the Deathstalker.

Upgrade Tsukumo

Upgrading your Tsukumo will greatly help for this hunt, as it assists you better with its utilities and increases the number of karakuri threads you can carry. From our experience, this hunt requires mastery of karakuri, so having more set ups will greatly help.

Utilize Fusion Karakuri

The Deathstalker has a number of fast charging attacks which you can exploit by setting the bulwark karakuri to halt the attack and stagger the Deathstalker. This kemono also has attack patterns that have intervals, you can use this time for setting the pounder karakuri to deal extra damage against the Deathstalker.

The star bomb karakuri is also an effective counter for the Deathstalker's freeze ailment attacks, as the star bomb does not damage you but builds the ablaze attribute which negates the freeze ailment.

The repeater crossbow is also a great karakuri to use in this fight to exploit the Deathstalker's weakness to lunge attacks.

Target Its Head and Tail

The softest part of a Deathstalker is its head, followed by its Tail. Targeting these areas frequently would break them and would ultimately weaken the Deathstalker.

Anticipate Claw Attacks at All Times

The Deathstalker's claw attacks will always have a follow-up attack of ice spikes that have a variety of dodge timings.

An example of this attack is the Deathclaw's Claw Slam with Spike Follow-up which starts with a slam and is then followed by a wide attack of ice spikes after some time. Anticipating attacks like these and being able to dodge them perfectly makes the hunt easier.

Deathstalker Attacks and Moves

Freezing Fog

Paralyzing Howl

Charging Attack

Lunging Grab

Claw Swipe

Ice Claw Attacks

Enraged State Attack

Wild Hearts Related Guides

List of All Kemono

All Kemono in Wild Hearts

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Ragetail	Sapscourge	Kingtusk
Spineglider	Dreadclaw	Gritdog
Lavaback	Earthbreaker	Sporetail
Goldshard	Fumebeak	Icetusk
Cobalt Lavaback	Deathstalker	Ripclaw
Pearlbeak	Amaterasu	Onyxshard
Venomglider	Emberplume	Golden Tempest
Celestial Dragon