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!

All Elements and Status Ailments

All Elemental Attributes

Attributes
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.

All Status Ailments

Status Ailment	Effect How to Heal	Related Kemono
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.

List of All Armor Sets

All Kemono Elemental Weaknesses

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
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★)

Wild Hearts Related Guides

Tips and Tricks: A Beginner's Guide

All Tips and Tricks Guides

All Weapon Build Guides

Best Builds and Armor for Each Weapon

All Weapon Builds
Karakuri Katana	Nodachi
Karakuri Staff	Claw Blade
Bow	Hand Cannon
Maul	Bladed Wagasa