Monster Hunter Wilds: Monster List (Habitats, Requirements, Difficulty)

Monster Hunter Wilds has a large roster of monsters Large and Small, giving you a wide ecology of creatures to study and hunt in various habitats. Each monster you encounter has varying levels of difficulty, from incredibly fragile Endemic life to massive beasts capable of great destruction. The requirements to face each monster in the game is different, as you must reach certain parts of the story to meet them.

Unless you are responding to an S.O.S. in Monster Hunter Wilds' online multiplayer, most of the monsters you discover will be through the main story. During each Chapter of both the Low-Rank and High-Rank story, you'll face off against new monsters threatening the ecosystem of various regions. You unlock Quests for monsters throughout the story once you encounter them for the first time.

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Monsters can be broken down into two categories - Large and Small. Endemic life are additional tiny creatures that can be found throughout different maps, but "monsters" are defined as any creature that is large enough to impact an ecosystem. This can range from the Small Ceratonoth herds you find in the Windward Plains to the massive Alpha Doshaguma in Monster Hunter Wilds you can find in the same area.

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The tables below outline the 29 Large Monsters and 18 Small Monsters in the game, including where you can find them, how you unlock them in the story, and their overall difficulty rating in the Assignment or Optional quests featuring them as a single monster to hunt:

Low-Rank Large Monster List

Nu Udra from Monster Hunter Wilds fighting a hunter in a fiery landscape.

Monster	Difficulty	Habitat Location(s)	Story Quest To Unlock	Description
Chatacabra	1 Star	Windward Plains	Chapter 1 - "Desert Trotters"	A large amphibian made of stones with a large tongue used to devour prey.
Quematrice	1 Star	Windward Plains, Ruins of Wyveria	Chapter 1 - "Village of Whispering Winds"	A huge, chicken-like monster that lights it tail on fire to ignite prey and defend itself.
Lala Barina	1 Star	Scarlet Ruins, Ruins of Wyveria	Chapter 1 - "Forest Findings"	The Lala Barina in Monster Hunter Wilds is a massive spider that uses rose Petals it ejects around its lair to paralyze its enemies.
Congalala	1 Star	Scarlet Ruins, Ruins of Wyveria	Chapter 1 - "Forest Findings"	A pink-haired Fanged Beast that hunts in packs. This creature is docile unless attacked, using gaseous farts to dissuade would-be predators.
Balahara	1 Star	Windward Plains	Chapter 1 - "A Hunter's Pride"	An eel-like monster that burrows through sand, creating quicksand traps to ensnare their prey.
Doshaguma	1 Star	Windward Plains, Scarlet Forest, Ruins of Wyveria	Chapter 1 - "A Hunter's Pride"	Massive quadrupedal Fanged Beasts who hunt in packs, with their Alpha being a strong, territorial, and aggressive monster.
Uth Duna	2 Star	Scarlet Forest	Chapter 1 - "A Feast in the Deep"	Apex Predator of the Scarlet Forest, a Leviathan aquatic creature that appears during Downpour weather only.

Monster	Difficulty	Habitat Location(s)	Story Quest To Unlock	Description
Rompopolo	2 Star	Oilwell Basin	Chapter 2 - "Toward Fervent Fields"	A bidepal mosquito-like creature covered in oil, using two deadly stingers on its tail and mouth to inject gas into the ground to make it explode.
Rey Dau	2 Star	Windward Plains	Chapter 2 - "The Eye of the Storm"	A Flying Wyvern, the Rey Dau in Monster Hunter Wilds is an Apex Predator of the Windward Plains that controls Thunder for powerful electric attacks.
Nerscylla	2 Star	Iceshard Cliffs, Oilwell Basin, Ruins of Wyveria	Chapter 2 - "Hopes of Home"	Another spider-like creature with powerful armored claws used to inject Poison into its enemies. It is usually surrounded by its small Hatchlings.
Hirabami	2 Star	Iceshard Cliffs, Ruins of Wyveria	Chapter 2 - "Hopes of Home"	Flying Leviathans who float in the air with long, barbed tails. These monsters use incredible flexibility to fly and stay mobile.
Ajarakan	2 Star	Oilwell Basin, Ruins of Wyveria	Chapter 2 - "Long-Forgotten Flame"	Aggressive Fanged Beasts who use Blast damage to hurl exploding rocks and transform their bodies to create huge bursts of magma.
Nu Udra (The Black Flame)	3 Star	Oilwell Basin	Chapter 2 - "Long-Forgotten Flame"	The Apex Predator of the Oilwell Basin, an octapus-like monster covered in oil that covers itself in fire to attack enemies.

Monster	Difficulty	Habitat Location(s)	Story Quest To Unlock	Description
Guardian Doshaguma	3 Star	Ruins of Wyveria	Chapter 3 - "The Faithful Keepers"	A stronger version of the normal Doshaguma, with new attacks and abilities.
Guardian Rathalos	3 Star	Ruins of Wyveria	Chapter 3 - "The Faithful Keepers"	An iconic Winged Wyvern that has poisonous claws and can breathe balls of fire to decimate prey and enemies alike.
Guardian Ebony Odogaron	3 Star	Ruins of Wyveria	Chapter 3 - "Full Circle"	A nimble Fanged Beast that uses Dragon elemental damage to aggressively attack anything that provokes it.
Xu Wu	3 Star	Ruins of Wyveria	Chapter 3 - "Full Circle"	A Cephalopod with multiple tentacles that launches bladed projectiles from its appendages.
Guardian Arkveld	3 Star	Ruins of Wyveria	Chapter 3 - "Broken Chains"	A massive Winged Wyvern that uses chain-like limbs to gather energy before releasing it through devastating attacks.
Zoh Shia	3 Star	Ruins of Wyveria	Chapter 3 - "Monster Hunter"	The final boss of the Low-Rank story. A huge Winged Wyvern capable of summoning Ice and Fire simultaneously.

With the defeat of Zoh Shia in Monster Hunter Wilds, the remaining Large-sized monsters you discover are considered High-Rank. Up until this point, you were facing the Low-Rank versions of many creatures, but as you beat Chapter 3, you unlock stronger versions of familiar faces. While you still progress normally to unlock new foes, they have a much higher difficulty than the ones that came before.

High-Rank monsters require you to be a certain Hunter Rank to encounter them. For example, the High-Rank (or Tempered) version of the Lala Barian requires you to be Hunter Rank 10 before you can face it during a quest.

High-Rank Large Monster List

Gore Magala ambushes a group of hunters in Monster Hunter Wilds.

Monster	Difficulty	Hunter Rank Requirement	Habitat Location(s)	Story Quest To Unlock
Yian Kut-Ku	4 Star	Hunter Rank 8	Scarlet Forest, Iceshard Cliffs	Chapter 4 - "New Ecosystems"
Gypceros	4 Star	Hunter Rank 10	Oilwell Basin, Iceshard Cliffs, Windward Plains, Ruins of Wyveria	Chapter 4 - "Mysterious Poison"
Rathian	4 Star	Hunter Rank 10	Windward Plains, Scarlet Forest, Oilwell Basin	Chapter 4 - "All Hail the Queen"
Rathalos	5 Star	Hunter Rank 15	Oilwell Basin, Scarlet Forest, Ruins of Wyveria	Chapter 4 - "King of the Skies"
Gravios	5 Star	Hunter Rank 32	Oilwell Basin, Ruins of Wyveria	Chapter 4 - "Armor like a Mountain"
Blangonga	5 Star	Hunter Rank 10	Iceshard Cliffs	Chapter 4 - "Blangonga Excursion"
Jin Dahaad	6 Star	Hunter Rank 32	Ruins of Wyveria	Chapter 5 - "Nothing Frozen, Nothing Gained"
Gore Magala	6 Star	Hunter Rank 34	Iceshard Cliffs	Chapter 5 - "Misty Depths"
Arkveld	7 Star	Hunter Rank 40	Every Region	Chapter 6 - "The White Wraith"
Mizutsune	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Title Update 1 (Free DLC Content)

Small Monsters List

Monster Hunter Wilds small Ceratonoth herd moving through Windward Plains region

Monster	Habitat Location(s)	Description
Ceratonoth (Male)	Windward Plains	Large, herding creatures that use a large fin to channel lightning strikes and protect its herd.
Ceratonoth (Female)	Windward Plains	Smaller, non-spined Ceratonoths that follow a single male in large groups.
Dalthydon	Windward Plains	Herbivores that live in herds, using cranial plates to fend for themselves. These creatures are sometimes kept as livestock.
Bulaqchi	Windward Plains	Mosquito-like creatures who use long needle-like mouths to inject dissolving fluids into prey to make digesting it easier.
Gajios	Windward Plains, Scarlet Forest	Leviathans with large snouts that live near water. These creatures usually remain underwater unless they are disturbed.
Baunos	Windward Plains	Winged Wyverns that fly high in the air, searching below for prey while using their feathers to create screeching sounds.
Talioth	Windward Plains	Pack creatures in large numbers who scour the deserts of the Windward Plains to hunt for food.
Gelidron	Oilwell Basin	Flat, amphibious creatures found throughout the Oilwell Basin. These creatures are covered in slime that prevents them from being burned.
Vespoid	Scarlet Forest	Flying insects with paralyzing poison distributed through sharp stingers on their abdomen.

Monster	Habitat Location(s)	Description
Conga	Scarlet Forest	Smaller versions of Congalaga who usually live with the Large monster, using similar attacks to hunt as a group.
Nerscylla Hatchling	Iceshard Cliffs	A smaller version of a Nerscylla, without any armor and usually spawning in large groups in a Nerscylla's web lair.
Comaqchi	Iceshard Cliffs	Large insects who use their stingers to inject Sleep poison into their prey.
Rafma	Iceshard Cliffs, Ruins of Wyveria	Large, ram-like creatures who store Thunder energy into their horns, which they use to strike or establish dominance in a herd.
Harpios	Scarlet Forest, Oilwell Basin	Winged Wyverns who have a long, sharp horn on their head. While never attacking hunters, their parts can be turned into excellent Pierce projectiles.
Kranodath	Oilwell Basin	Predators that hunt in the Oilwell Basin, using large, exposed skulls to hammer at prey until it is soft enough to eat.
Priagill	Scarlet Forest	Large fish with sharp fins that glow with beautiful scales in the waters of the Scarlet Forest.
Porkeplume	Iceshard Cliffs, Ruins of Wyveria	Birds who live in herds and puff out large collections of spines near their neck if threatened.
Guardian Seikret	Ruins of Wyveria	Artifical Wyverns that are similar to the normal Seikret your hunter rides. However, these creatures are aggressive and will attack if provoked.
Blango	Iceshard Cliffs	Smaller versions of Blangonga, Fanged Beasts who work in packs to eliminate threats to their territory.

Smaller monsters do not have Tempered versions you can hunt down during quests, but many can be killed or captured in larger numbers to satisfy specific mission demands. Hunting any of the monsters in their habitats in Monster Hunter Wilds will yield different awards, but only if you meet the right requirements and succeed on quests despite their occassional difficulty.

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Monster Hunter Wilds: Monster List (Habitats, Requirements, Difficulty)