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Kemono in Wild Hearts are classified by their element which dictates the type of damage they deal and what status ailments they can inflict. Read on to know more about all the elements and status ailments in the game, as well as a complete chart of all Kemono elemental weaknesses to prepare yourself for your next hunt!
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Attributes | ||||
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Wood | Fire | Water | Wind | Earth |
There are a total of 5 different elemental attributes in Wild Hearts. They appear in a variety of stats including armor resiliences, weapon damage types, and kemono weaknesses. When preparing for a hunt, make sure to bring the appropriate armor and weapon to both defend against a kemono's attacks and exploit its elemental weaknesses.
Status Ailment | Effect How to Heal |
Related Kemono |
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Poison | Inflicts a poison DoT (damage-over-time). Poison will go away after a while. |
・Fumebeak ・Venomglider |
Ablaze | Inflicts a burn DoT (damage-over-time). Recover by dodging or by running into water. |
・Lavaback ・Cobalt Lavaback ・Emberplume |
Fatigued | Inflicts sleep, preventing players from moving until it wears off. Fatigue will recover over time or when hit by an attack. |
・Sporetail ・Ripclaw |
Frozen | Reduces stamina regen. The status ailment will recover over time. |
・Icetusk ・Deathstalker |
Entangled | You will not be able to create Karakuri, although you will still be able to use existing ones. This status ailment will recover over time. |
・Amaterasu ・Celestial Dragon |
Status Ailments are long-lasting effects from a Kemono's attacks. For example, attacks from Lavaback that can set players ablaze while the Deathstalker can reduce stamina regen by triggering a Frozen effect.
There are different ways to heal status ailments from simply waiting to jumping into water. Some armor can even have effects that nullify specific status ailments.
NOTE: The elemental weakenesses listed below are the ones that rate the highest against each kemono. The higher the number of stars (★), the more effective that element is when used against them.
All Kemono Elemental Weaknesses | ||
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Ragetail
Fire (4★) |
Sapscourge
Fire (4★) |
Kingtusk
Fire (4★) |
Spineglider
Fire or Wood (4★) |
Dreadclaw
Fire (4★) |
Gritdog
Wind (5★) |
Lavaback
Water (3★) |
Earthbreaker
Wind (5★) |
Sporetail
Fire (4★) |
Goldshard
Wood or Wind (4★) |
Fumebeak
Earth (4★) |
Icetusk
Fire (4★) |
Cobalt Lavaback
Water (3★) |
Deathstalker
Fire (3★) |
Onyxshard
Wood or Wind (4★) |
Pearlbeak
Earth (4★) |
Venomglider
Fire or Wood (4★) |
Ripclaw
Fire, Wood, Earth (3★) |
Amaterasu
Wind (4★) |
Emberplume
Water or Earth (4★) |
Golden Tempest
Fire or Earth (3★) |
Celestial Dragon
All Elements (5★) |
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All Weapon Builds | |
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