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Monster Hunter: Freedom 2 All Purpose Guide
Written By: Darin Dye
Current Title in Game: Legend of Heaven&Earth
Date Started: 11/29/2008
Date Completed: 2/27/2009
Version 1.00
Version 1.10
- corrected elder dragon section
- corrected skills section (about Gunnery King, etc)
- Blangonga's whiskers can be broken
- updated weapons section
- added "important" note to boss section
- added Reader's Note in Lao Shan section
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LEGAL STUFF
This game was created by Capcom and the other affiliated parties. All rights to
the game go through them.
This guide was created by me. As such, all rights to guide are mine. Further
usage of this guide is easy, just shoot me an e-mail and I'll tell you if you
can use this guide or not (e-mail is above).
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I) Ultimate Equipment & Explanations
A) Best Weapons
B) Best Armors
C) Useful Skills
D) Entertainment
E) Making Ultimus Heaven & Earth
F) Making Full White Fatalis Armor
G) Rare Items
H) Tips From a Master
i) FAQs
II) Normal Bosses (Alphabetical Order)
AA) Basarios
BB) Blangonga
CC) Cephadrome
DD) Congalala
EE) Daimyo Hermitaur
FF) Diablos - Black Diablos
GG) Gravios - Black Gravios
HH) Gypceros - Purple Gypceros
ii) Khezu - Red Khezu
JJ) Monoblos - White Monoblos
KK) Plesioth - Green Plesioth
LL) Rajang
MM) Rathalos - Azure Rathalos - Silver Rathalos
NN) Rathian - Pink Rathian - Gold Rathian
OO) Shogun Ceanataur
PP) Tigrex
QQ) Yian Garuga
RR) Yian Kut-Ku - Blue Yian Kut-Ku
III) Elder Dragons (Difficulty Order)
AAA) Kirin
BBB) Kushala Daora
CCC) Chameleos
DDD) Lunastra
EEE) Teostra
IV) True Bosses
FFF) Shen Gaoren
GGG) Lao Shan Lung - Ash Lao Shan Lung
HHH) Akantor
V) Fatalis
XXX) Fatalis
YYY) Crimson Fatalis
ZZZ) White Fatalis
VI) Contact Information
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I) Ultimate Equipment & Explanations
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In this section you'll discover the secrets hidden in the game that'll make
you turn into a HR6 dragon demolisher. If you have a question about weapons or
armor, it'll probably be answered below.
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A) Best Weapons
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There is no such thing as a "best weapon" in the game, and what I mean by this
is that there's no single weapon that can take down every single creature with
ease. I think you'll discover this is true when you try to melee a 7-star
plesioth or gravios to death (it doesn't happen).
NOTE: Chances are, if I left out a weapon you think should be in here, I left
it out for 1 of 2 reasons: (1) never heard of it, or (2) too hard to make.
What I mean by "too hard to make" is this: it requires 1+ items of insane
rarity like a plate or ruby. The game really hates giving me useful rare
items (it took me a couple weeks to get just the rubies needed to make full
white Fatalis). I hope you understand. But, still feel free to shoot me an
email for a weapon (remember, chances are I might not have heard of it).
However, here's a brief list of my "ultimate weapons" for each class:
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GREATSWORDS
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Siegmund (1056 atk, 15% crit rate, a little blue sharpness)
- Golem Blade to Golem Blade+ to Valkyrie to Spartacus to Siegmund
Fatalis Blade (1008 atk, 250 dragon, green sharpness)
- Direct upgrade from Black Blade
Fatalis Ancestor (960 atk, 380 dragon, nice blue sharpness)
- Direct upgrade from Black Blade
FYI: left out True Dragon's Jaw (*Coral Cephalos Fins)
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LONGSWORDS
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Smolder Dragonsword (816 atk, 520 dragon, blue sharpness)
- Final upgrade to Fire Dragonsword
Blango Destructor (864 atk, 350 ice, blue sharpness)
- Follow the longsword that's made of ice with an ugly white fur sheath
True Devil Slicer (816 atk, 520 thunder, blue sharpness)
- Iron Katana to Iron Katana "Grace" to "Gospel" to Eager Cleaver and finish
leveling up.
Divine Slasher (1104 atk, blue sharpness)
- Bone Katana "wolf" to "shark" to "dragon" to Supremacy Blade and continue.
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SWORDS
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Black Ruiner Sword (280 atk, 300 dragon, -20% affinity, blue sharpness)
- upgrade of Black Sword
Azure Ogre Sword(182 atk, 500 dragon, blue sharpness)
- upgrade of Blue Ogre Sword
Golden Falchion(252 atk, 480 fire, little blue sharpness)
- Red Sabre to Corona, then continue until end
Hi Frost Edge(252 atk, 420 ice, little blue sharpness)
- final version of Frost Edge
High Sandman Spike (252 atk, 320 sleep, green sharpness)
- Bone Kris to Cheif Kris to Weary Finsword and continue
(*) Great for putting bosses to sleep and using 2 Large Barrel Bombs+.
Remember that creatures take 3x damage on the first hit while asleep!
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DUAL SWORDS
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Ultimus Heaven & Earth(280 atk, 300 dragon, little blue sharpness)
- Upgraded version of Azure Ogre Sword
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HAMMERS
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Dragon Demolisher (936 atk, 410 dragon, tiny bit of blue sharpness)
- Final upgrade of Dragon Destroyer
Tigrex Hammer (1144 atk, 30% anti-crit rate, white sharpness)
- Upgrade of Striped Striker that's made in the shop
Onslaught Hammer (1092 atk, good blue sharpness)
- Iron Striker to Iron Striker+ to Anvil Hammer to Onslaught Hammer
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HUNTING HORN
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Spirit Dragonwd Horn (884 atk, 220 para, purple-blue-red)
+ purple-purple: speed up
+ purple-purple (with speed up active): ESP
+ purple-red-red: Attack Up [HI]
+ red-blue-red-purple: +50 max health
+ purple-blue-blue: Infinite stamina [HI]
!Hit all path!
purple-purple, reset, purple-purple-red-red-blue-red-purple-blue-blue
Bronze Bell (936 atk, purple-blue-yellow)
+ purple-purple: speed up, then ESP
+ purple-blue-blue: infinite stamina [HI]
+ blue-blue-yellow-purple: All Wind Cancel
!Hit all path!
purple-purple, reset, purple-purple-blue-blue-yellow-purple
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LANCES
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Black Ruiner Lance (460 atk, 380 dragon, -20% affinity, blue sharpness)
- Final upgrade of Black Lance
Sealed Dragonlance (437 atk, 300 dragon, +15% affinity, blue sharpness)
- Final upgrade to Vermillion Rim
Dragon Rider Spear (506 atk, Def+12, blue sharpness)
-Knight Lance to Grayburg Javelin to finish
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GUNLANCES
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NOTE: Gunlances typically suck unless you're equipped with armor that gives you
the Sharp Sword skill. Utilizing this skill's effect of reducing all extra
sharpness damage to zero, you can now shell and let Wyvern's Fire loose without
having to resharpen every two seconds.
Gun Chariot (437 atk, 320 dragon, Shell lvl 3, Long Type, Blue Sharpness)
-iron gunlance to iron gunlance+ to steel gunlance to special ops gunlance
and keep going til you get Gun Chariot
Tigrex Gunlance (506 atk, Spread Type Lvl 3, -30% affinity, White Sharpness)
- Final upgrade to Rex Blast
(*) Typically used to just shell a boss to death. Works wonders due to
affinity having no jurisdiction on shelling damage! Say goodbye to Gravios
and the Mono/Diabloses.
Black Gore Cannon (529 atk, Long Type Lvl 3, -10% affinity, little blue sharp)
- Iron Gunlance to Steel Gunlance to White Gunlance and continue
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BOWGUNS
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Almost a worthless weapon class in general, bowguns only keep up with melee
weapons when you're wasting ammo like an action flick. Also, this ammo has to
be high level (if you're using normal shot lvl1, prepare for a 40 minute
fight against a two star boss). Basically, if you ever get the choice, use a
bow instead. I've had a crimson fatalis bowgun waste 30 minutes killing a
rathalos and rathian... then I tried again with the Akantor bow and it took
5 minutes.
Here are some good bowguns (if you must use them)
LIGHT BOWGUNS
Rajang Barrage (276 atk, Normal reload, moderate recoil, Rapidfire Crag lvl1)
- its only upside is that it can rapidfire Cragshot lvl1. This is a fun
bowgun to use on elder quests, but I wouldn't recommend it for guild usage.
HEAVY BOWGUNS
Destiny's Hand (324 atk, Fast reload, moderate recoil, Defense +20)
- Uses all three levels of all basic shots except for pellet shot, which
isn't bad because pellet shot SUCKS. Uses most elements and all status
afflicting shells. Powerful when upgraded. Sheild recommended.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Do not wear armor that has SpeedFire. This will allow you to
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never have to reload again, however, the recoil always becomes Strongest. This
causes you to have to wait a solid second and a half after a shot before you
can do anything. It's like every shot becomes a cluster shot in terms of
recoil! Take it from me, not using the SpeedFire skill will make you a lot
tougher to kill and make them easier to kill.
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IMPORTANT NOTE 2: Do not confuse RapidFire with SpeedFire. RapidFire is found
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in Light Bowguns and causes you to fire a volley of ammo at the enemy of the
said type of ammunition. SpeedFire prevents you from ever having to reload, but
a hidden side effect mentioned in the other note above makes any bowgun blow.
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BOWS
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Almost a worthless class until you get the Akantor Bow, bows should be your
last resort against a boss. With the exception of the Akantor Bow, a mission
done with a bow takes about 2 to 6 times longer (just because of how little
damage they do). The nice aspect of the bow, and the only reason they're
appealing, is that it's the ultimate class in terms of mobility and attack rate.
You can run while charging your shot and more times than not, if you're good
enough, no boss will EVER touch you!
Throughout the game, creatures like the Tigrex and Gravios, Basarios, Diablos,
Monoblos, and the Plesioth seem impossible to kill with melee weapons. There's
no one bow that's truly good, but the fabled Akantor Bow is the only true
ULTIMATE bow... and here's its stats:
Akantor Bow (300 atk, 200 dragon, 50% crit rate, Power Coatings)
OH MY GOD! Right? This bow does more damage than most weapons! Especially when
you factor in how many more times you can attack with a bow, the first thing
you'll say when you try out this weapon is "HOLY SHIT!" Then you'll try it with
power coatings and crap your pants. Most elder quests are done before half of
the power coatings are gone.
Other than the Akantor Bow there's the Glorious Victory, which is made of White
Fatalis material. This isn't obtained easily, but is well worth the buy because
it is essentially the Akantor Bow with a 100% crit rate. However, despite this
conversion factor, no battle really lasts long enough for the extra power to
out-do what the power coatings do for the Akantor bow. Simply stated, Akantor
Bow is better for most situations (my personal opinion from personal
observations).
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B) Best Armors
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Kinda like the weapons, there really is no defined ultimate armor, however,
there are some armors with extremely practical skills that'll get you through
just about 90% of the missions (i.e. any armor that has Earplug is godly).
In terms of armors being Ultimate, it all depends on where you are in the game.
You start the game off in full Mafomofu, which negates the effects of cold
areas. This armor has a really nice skill, but you're better off without armor
in terms of the defense it gives you. Your first priority in the game should be
killing the raptors and getting a decent defensed armor.
Next comes your first "ultimate" armor. This is comprised of full Cephalos and
gives you full heat resistance and negates hunger (so your stamina never
decreases over time!). Of course this means you have to jewel your armor at the
smith's shop to get these effects in full, but believe me when I tell you that
full Cephalos armor got me all the way to HR3.
Once you hit HR3, you should be able to fight the Azure Rathalos. This version
is easy to repeatedly kill and farm to make full Rathalos Soul armor. Rathalos
Soul armor is AWESOME! Now you finally have an armor with an Earplug, which
means a typical roar from a monster has no effect on you! With some quick
jeweling, you can even get the High Grade Earplug, which makes you completely
immune to every roar in the game! Just think, no more cringing at roars when
you piss a monster off and are forced to take over half your health in damage
(assuming he doesn't combo you out of the roar, killing you "instantly").
With full Rathalos Soul armor for blademaster AND gunner, you are now set to
get to HR6! Once there, kill the hard version of the Azure Rathalos to get a
massive upgrade of armor and skills (Rathalos Soul U armor comes with High
Grade Earplug built in. Orgasm, I know). Plus, this armor has Reckless Abandon,
which increases your critical hit rate 10% for every point Reckless Abandon
gives you!
From the full Rathalos Soul U, the only other true upgrade is getting full
Akantor. When jeweled properly, full Akantor gives you:
- Sharpness +1
- Earplug
- Reckless Abandon +2
- Sharpening Skl Inc
With this assortment of skills, every weapon your hands touch become elite;
weapons with only green sharpness get blue, blue gets white, and white goes to
the edge of the screen. Basic roars you're immune to, so only a special couple
cases need an advanced strategy to win. And with Reckless Abandon +2 you have
at least a +20% crit rate. Then there's the Sharpening Skl Inc, which makes
sharpening a weapon faster than doing an evasive roll. Think of it, with that
skill I've actually sharpened my weapon in between boss attacks (I never have
to leave combat to sharpen any more!).
Plus, full Akantor for the gunner is nice too: Reckless Abandon+2, High Grade
Earplug (a must), and Speed Fire. Speed fire is super nice as it cuts the time
it takes to charge your shots in half!
So, to recap, here's the list of "ultimate" armors:
1) Full Cephalos for gunner and blademaster (from start to HR3)
- Never hungry, Full Heat Resistance
2) Full Rathalos Soul for gunner and blademaster (from HR3 to HR6)
- Attack Up[Hi] and Earplug     or     Attack Up[Med] and High Earplug
3) Full Rathalos Soul U for gunner and blademaster (from HR6 to end)
- Reckless Abandon +3 and High Grade Earplug
4) Full Dark Akantor for blademaster (for achievement gathering)
- Reckless Abandon +2, Earplug, Sharpness +1, and Sharpening Skl Inc.
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C) Useful Skills
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I included this section because some bosses can't be simply taken out and
require special abilities to bring down. Below is a list of highly to somewhat
useful skills. If an armor doesn't have at least one of these skills, its not
worth wearing... ever.
Torso Inc. - doubles the skill values on the chest armor (triple if two are in
effect, quadruple if three are in effect, etc).
ESP (Fencing+10) - You know when you hit an enemy and your weapon bounces off?
This skill cuts out that animation.
Sharp Sword (Sharpness+10) - Negates extra sharpness damage from all sources.
i.e. bouncing off an enemy deals no extra damage to your sharpness
i.e. blocking with the greatsword takes off no extra sharpness
i.e. shelling with the gunlance counts as a single slash instead of 20.
Sharpness +1 (Artisan+10) - All weapons get added sharpness to that gauge you
see when you go to select it. You can visually see
how much sharpness is added, and it's very nice.
Sharpening Skl Inc (SwdShrpner+10) - Super, super, super fast sharpening.
Runner (Stamina+10) - half stamina cost (ie sprinting, diving, dodging,
blocking, demonization with dual swords, you name it, if
it takes off stamina, the cost is halved).
Reckless Abandon +1 (Expert+10) - +10% crit rate
Reckless Abandon +2 (Expert+15) - +20% crit rate
Reckless Abandon +3 (Expert+20) - +30% crit rate
Earplug (HearProtct+10) - immune to most roars
High Grade Earplug (HearProtct+15) - immune to all roars
Dragon Wind Breaker (WindPress+20) - immune to all versions of wind, including
when a dragon lands, takes off, and even Kushala
Daora's wind barrier.
Adrenaline +1 (Potential+10) - When health less than 30%, defense up 30%
Adrenaline +2 (Potential+15) - When health less than 30%, defense and attack up
30%
Attack Up [Large] (Attack+20) - Attack power +5%. Basically permanent demondrug
without using it. (try stacking with demondrug!)
AutoTracker (PsychicVis+15) - Bosses start paintballed, and that remains
permanent through the whole battle, but instead of a
dot there's a mini image of the boss that tells you
what s/he's doing.
Quick Eating (Cooking+10) - Super, super, super fast eating animation.
Heat Resistance [Hi] (HeatResist+15) - never take heat damage
Cold Resistance [Hi] (ColdResist+15) - never lose stamina to cold
Never Hungry (Hunger+15) - stamina stops decreasing due to time.
Carving Celebrity (Carving+20) - gaurantees an extra carve from anything, even
tails.
Divine Protection (protection+10) - occasionally take half damage!
Evade+1 (Evade+10) - adds invulnerability frames to your regular dodges
Evade+2 (Evade+15) - adds more invulnerability frames to your regular dodges
SpeedFire (SpeedFire+10) - Bow: Bow charges twice as fast
- Bowgun: Never need to reload, however recoil goes
through the roof (not a good thing) and makes any
bowgun worthless
Gunnery Master (gunnery+10) - Increases damage from "external" weapons such as
the dragonator, cannons, ballistas, etc.
Gunnery King (gunnery+15) - Increases damage from "external" weapons and
increases gunlance shelling damage/effectiveness.
Bomber (BombStrUp+10) - bombs deal even more damage!
useless skills:
[element] Resist +(#) - adds extra defense against a given element. Never
helpful especially in comparison to Earplug and any of the above USEFUL
skills. If you get hit by a boss's elemental attack, you deserve all the
damage you take (I say this because those are generally the easiest to
dodge).
Elemental Attack Up - adds 5 extra points to the element on your weapon
Abnormal Status Attack Up - adds a little extra points to the status on your
weapon (doesn't increase frequency of elemental hits unfortunately)
Precision (Precision+10) - Bowgun shells go perfectly straight for an infinite
distance. Bow's arrows travel in perfect formation and don't drop as
quickly.
Bad Side: If you need to shoot that far to hit something, the shells/arrows
will lose power and just bounce right off. Little to no damage.
Gathering+1/+2 (Gathering+10/15) - allows an extra one/two items from a
gathering spot. However, the number of gathers is random (meaning one time
you may get 1 item and another time you'll get 10) so this never comes in
handy.
As for the rest of the skills:
I never used them (or I don't fully understand them). This should be a big hint
to you of how useful they are if I never needed them.
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D) Entertainment
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This section would be the bloopers in the game (funny moments) and the awesome
battles and finales. If you have any good stories to tell, drop me your story
at my e-mail . If your story is good I'll add it
to the list and include your name (as it is your tale). Keep in mind that the
tale has to be true. You can obviously expand on a scene to make it more like
what would happen in real life, but don't send me an event that never happened.
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DOWN FOR THE KILL
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Not much for a back story, but it was still a funny event. On a Rathalos
hunting mission with the Akantor Bow, the Rathalos was getting low on health.
I had pumped all my power coatings into him and he limped back home to try to
sleep it off. As he lowered himself into his den, I fired a volley of arrows
into his body. The shock from the damage caused him to flinch while airborne,
which caused him to slam hard on the ground. While he squirmed on the ground
the music stopped. Mission complete.
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THE END TIMES
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In was almost midnight in the volcanic belt and I was combatting the Crimson
Fatalis. He called down a swarm of meteors that ripped the land apart, but under
his shadow I found safety. Peturbed, Fatalis took flight with a blast from his
legendary maw. With a quick roll I evaded and stood directly beneath his shadow.
I knew what attack it was planning next. While he scourged the area in flames I
prepared my ultimate attack. With my felynes giving me an added kick to my
gunpowder I laid a trap for the Crimson Death, setting a cluster of Large Barrel
and Large Barrel+ Bombs on the ground. As Fatalis landed to see what was left
of the melting land he saw me standing before him, bow drawn. Angered at my
ability to survive everything he could throw at me he roared. As I let the
arrow fly it connected with the barrels underneath Fatalis and detonated at the
same time. A shrilling screach resounded through the land, and when the smoke
cleared Fatalis was dead. (God I wish you could save the victory images, this
one was epic!).
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ROYAL ASSASSINATION
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Deep in the forest and hills a Rathalos was struggling against a slayer of his
specific breed. His foe never flinched, dodged all of his attacks, and
countered with punishing blows that broke whatever part of him he struck. His
skull badly broken and his wings smashed, the Rathalos's angry roars sent the
woodland creatures off in fear. During one of his roars his adversary struck
him right in the side of the head with such force that it knocked him
unconsious. Just before he fell he could hear his mate calling for him as she
circled above. The adversary saw her and tried to finish the Rathalos off, but
with all his might he managed to survive the man's onslaught and return to his
feet. With his wife at his side the Rathalos charged the man with renewed vigor
as she cast a volley of fire at him. The man dove out of the way, barely
evading the duo's attack. As he stood up the Rathian let loose another fireball
from the distance as the Rathalos got back in position and charged again.
Leaping out of harms way again, the man dodged the fireball. Unable to react to
the sudden change, the fireball exploded right on the Rathalos' face, killing
him dead in his tracks...
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HEY, THANKS CEPHALOS
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Something I'd never thought I'd say in the history of the game, but a big
thanks goes out to those commonly annoying Cephaloses. Despite having caused my
death more than any other creature (vespoid's paralyzing sting is next in line),
they have done some pretty funny and amazing things to help me out. Here are
two cases and none of them are lies:
(1) During a fight with a Tigrex, a Cephalos swam underneath him and grazed his
hind legs. The little damage that does was all that was left... and the Tigrex
fell over onto his side. Not dead, but knocked over.
(2) One I never thought was possible, a Monoblos had its horn stuck in the wall
and a Cephalos surfaced right by my side. When it popped up and spat the sand
blast, it went straight into the Monoblos's horn and actually broke it off! I
didn't know what to think. I think God could've shown himself to me and all I
could say was "Did you just see that!?"
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ULTIMATE CAPTURE
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While trying to farm Rathalos Plates, I always brought a Shock Trap and some
Tranq Bombs in hopes that some day I might actually see one in the rewards.
During the Troublesome Pair elder quest, I spooked him into area three and
broke his head and ripped off his tail with the Divine Slasher. In hopes to get
the jump on me, he took flight and soared around the area. In retaliation I
sat down the Shock Trap and readied myself with a Flash Bang. As he skimmed
across the surface of the land I threw the flashbang. At first I thought I
threw it too late, but much to my joy he dropped right out of the sky and
landed right on the shock trap! Overjoyed by the sudden success, I tranqed him
to sleep.
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THE LAND OF ANGER
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Deep in the land of tremors a male and female Tigrex were under seige by a man
looking for their claws. The man grew extremely impacient due to the fact that
he had abandoned the quest two times before due to insanely poor luck at the
teeth and claws of the Tigrexes. This time, however, he came with a vengeance
and enough large barrel bombs+ to destroy a small village.
Recently warmed by a hot drink, he cautiously snuck up on the male Tigrex and
placed a couple barrels under his tail while he wasn't looking. The plan worked
perfectly as the man got just enough distance to detonate the bombs before the
Tigrex could do anything. The explosion rocked the Tigrex and instantly threw
it into a rage. As the man dodged its attacks and countered he felt the urge to
make some bombs while the Tigrex was busy recovering from its misses. Despite
his plan, it was interrupted when he suddenly "decided" to pick some damned
herbs. The Tigrex, wasting no time, ran him over and killed him instantly.
Enfuriated by the retarded death, the man's wrath grew far beyond a level even
the Tigrex's could comprehend. After taking another hot drink and a well-done
steak, the man rushed back into the mountains for another go at the Tigrexes.
Of course, both of them were together at the same time. Not stupid enough to
fight the two of them together, he left the area to wait for one to leave.
After five minutes the two Tigrexes felt safe enough to leave the area, but
they traveled together. Further enfuriated, the man planned to murder the two
of them in the worst way he could possibly imagine.
After another waiting period, the two separated. Siezing the opportunity the
man rushed the lone Tigrex. This was the female, and she had fresh health. The
two danced with each other, but it was clearly one-sided in the man's favor
(alone with any creature he had an unlimited advantage with his bow). Soon
enough he put her into rage, and even sooner she was growling at him from a
distance. Puting his imagination to good use, the man set two bombs+ in her
path. If she were to rush him he'd detonate the bombs and stop her just in front
of him. Almost on cue, she saw the trap and reacted by detonating them herself
from afar with a cluster of rocks.
His blood pressure skyrocketing, the man visciously attacked the female Tigrex.
Despite his power, he failed to kill her before her mate came on the scene.
Forced to retreat again, the man tried to calm himself. This was going to be
the longest fight of his life just to get one stupid claw... he hoped he even
got that.
Then another idea came to mind... and he rushed back into the Tigrex infested
area. The moment he entered the Tigrexes were upon him, but not before he laid
two more bombs+. The male, blinded by his primitive mind, rushed the man.
Overjoyed by the Tigrex's stupidity, the man punished him by blowing up the
bombs in his face before sprinting back to safety.
Soon enough the two Tigrexes separated again... and the man snuck up behind the
male once again and bombed his underside while he wasn't looking. Enraged again,
the Tigrex blindly charged. The man, thinking quickly, used the terrain to his
advantage as he led the Tigrex into the wall. With its jaws embedded in the
rock, the Tigrex tried to squirm free before the newly set bombs at his feet
exploded. Unfortunately for him, the man was just fast enough to get the bombs
off before he could retreat. Crippled by the repeated blasts he'd sustained over
the last half hour, the Tigrex tried to limp away to safety. Forbidding to turn
off the fury of his own, the man shot an arrow all the way through the Tigrex.
The arrow cut through the flesh, hitting both lungs and the heart, killing the
Tigrex in its tracks... now all that was left was the female...
After kicking the carcass of the male in the head a few times to relief some of
his rage, the man set out for the female... but she was gone. Sitting on a rock,
the man waited for her to reappear. His patience awarded, she landed right
before him. After gaining her attention, the man relentlessly fired upon her.
After a maelstorm of arrows, the weak and dying Tigrex desperately tried to
limp away and return home... but a quick arrow took out one of her legs. The
man continued to pelt her with arrows as she struggled to get back to her feet.
Actually managing to get back to her one good leg, she made it into the opening
so she could take off, but just before she could take flight a piercing arrow
tore through her wing and struck her good leg, embedding deep and stricking the
bone. The break caused her to lose all control as she hit the ground. The man
approached her and watched her squirm as he drew his bow again.
"God, just die already!"
The man let loose a volley of arrows into her face, killing her dead on the
ground. His mission over after many tries, he could finally find peace. And he
even managed to get the one claw he came for. Chances were his head would've
exploded if he had to do this again...
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THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
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One day a rogue Tigrex claimed territory in the Mountains, despite the fact that
that was the very area his parents were both slaughtered together against a man
covered in the hide of a azure rathalos. Many years had passed since the man was
last seen in the Mountains, and in that time he had grown to become a legend
and now bore the hide of the strongest of all dragons... the white fatalis.
Though he did it just for fun, the legendary warrior returned to the Mountains
to slay the rogue Tigrex. He had killed countless of their kind before and still
had his uncanny knowledge of the working in the mind of the Tigrex. Accompanying
him was his friend's little brother, who desired to see a Tigrex because he
needed some good armor to replace his Kut-Ku armor.
Following the "Legend of Heaven&Earth" with his longsword, the young warrior
traversed the jagged rocks. The legend found the Tigrex with no problem and
pointed him out to the young man.
"Remember," said the man, "run around him and keep your sword away until the
opening arises to attack."
The young man arrogantly waved him off and rushed after the Tigrex.
"Dammit!" the Legend uttered under his breath as the young man recklessly
attacked the Tigrex.
Walking into position, the Legend waited for the Tigrex to make it's first
mistake. Despite his warnings, the yound man attacked the Tigrex as it turned
to attack. Unable to stop the Tigrex in time, the powerful beast trampled and
crushed the young warrior. The impact knocked the young warrior unconscious.
When the young man came to, the Legend gave him quite a talking to about
recklessly rushing in and attacking a creature as powerful as the Tigrex.
Despite the lecture, the Legend still felt the young man wasn't ready to face
the dragon, however, he couldn't leave him in the base camp and the Tigrex still
needed to be killed.
Using his uncanny knowledge of the Tigrex again, the Legend found the Tigrex
on his first try a second time. This time the young man stayed back and watched
as the Legend knocked the Tigrex around with his greatsword. Two slashes broke
the dragon's head, another cut off its tail, and after a clever feat of running
the tigrex's teeth into the wall, the Legend slammed his greatsword into the
Tigrex's legs, breaking it and throwing it onto its side.
Seeking the glory for his own, the young man rushed into the fray. Knowing that
the Tigrex is most dangerous when its hurt, the Legend tried to shoo him off,
but the Tigrex was already getting to its feet. Thinking quickly, the Legend
sweeped his sword across the ground and struck the young man, flinging him high
into the air and just out of reach of the Tigrex as it plowed into him.
Though the young man was saved, the Legend wasn't as fortunate. The Tigrex
continued to maul him as it dragged him along the wall and killed him.
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BLACK ROCK IN THE SWAMP
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Two developing heroes, seeking to become great enough in the eyes of the guild
master so that they could face the legendary Akantor, journeyed into the
swamp zone to combat the guilds most recent foe: a fully aged Gravios with an
obsidian black carapace. The two men, decked out in full azure rathalos armor
and equipped with dragon bows, cleared the swamp of all the minor enemies on
the whim of the first man so that the confrontation against the Gravios would
be 2 on 1.
With all the Congas, Thunderbugs, Bullfangos, and Remobras eliminated, the two
searched the area for the Gravios. Upon finding the rock-covered dragon they
spread out and attacked the dragon from both sides. The Gravios, thinking
quickly, ran through the two men and put its back against the wall. As the two
heroes approached the dragon mustered the pinnacle of its strength and sweaped
its fiery beam across the land. Both warriors, witnessing the move for the
very first time, were struck down and rolled across the ground. Before any of
them could get out of the way, the Gravios charged up another beam and blasted
the lead man, killing him instantly upon standing.
As the man came to in the base camp he witnessed the felynes carrying his
friend into the base. As it were, he was killed shortly after by a second
sweaping beam.
"Damn, this isn't good," said the lead man, "We can't die again or we fail the
mission. We'll have to be REALLY careful."
"Yeah, good luck," laughed the friend.
Once again, the two warriors confronted the mighty dragon. Staying close and
vigilant for the sweaping move to appear again, the warriors carefully flanked
and shot the massive dragon. Angered by their persistance, the dragon's roar
echoed across the swamp.
After a long and trying thirty minutes, the warriors were lucky enough to keep
away from the Gravios's flames. However, no end was in sight for victory, the
Gravios had been limping for the last ten minutes and just wouldn't fall. The
lead man attempted to set a Shock Trap, but the aged Gravios say the trap and
wisely left the area.
Angered, but still fearful of the instant kill the Gravios could claim either
of them with, the two chased in pursuit. The ten minute alarm resounded. Time
was growing short. Resorting to desperate actions, they each set a cluster of
bombs in wait for the dragon. Unfortunately, the wise dragon swept its beam
across the land and detonated the bombs prematurely. Now all they had left in
their arsenal was their weak bows.
And the friend took a hit from the beam... leaving him with a thread of health
left. The lead fired desperately at the Gravios, shouting for its attention
with a flurry of arrows. Then the Gravios made its first mistake, it targeted
the lead man. Doing its sweaping beam, the lead man ran behind the dragon and
evaded the dragon's breath.
The lead man rejoiced at his friend's persistance to stay alive. And they drew
their bows together, firing at the Gravios and killing it as it turned to face
them again. The mission over, the two celebrated their victory. Now they were
eligible to save the guild from the mighty Akantor...
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A CRIPPLED CRAB
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It was just a normal day in the desert. Not a cloud in the sky. The wind was
hardly blowing. The cephalos' were swimming around casually, chasing each other
across the desert. And there it stood, a single Daimyo Hermitaur, sifting and
picking through the sand. With a poke and a prod, a little morsel burrowed
deeper into the soft sands. The crab dug harder, jabbing its claws deep into
the sand, paralyzing and immobilizing its prey. The crab celebrated its catch.
It was going to eat well today...
And in a moment its life changed forever as three thunder-elemented longswords
carved up its backside and legs. The flurry of slashes and shocks caused its
legs to give out. Toppled onto its side, the pain stopped momentarily. And then
it saw an attacker, a young human came around to its face. As it stood back up
another whirlwind of slashes and shocks rocked its backside. The pain that
pulsed through its spine caused it to lose control again and it crashed onto
the sand. The pain was tremendous, and the attacks just kept coming. It tried
to stand up again, but before it could a new pain shatter through its body as
the shell on its back exploded as the horn broke off. The energy from the
sudden pain sent new energy into its legs as it unintentionally threw itself
forward and back onto the sand. It swirled around to face its adversaries and
was seeing triple!
It covered its eyes, hoping what it saw was just due to the pain. And nothing
happened. The pain ebbed and dropped slowly until a debilitating numbness
replaced the pain. It wondered why the men had stopped attacking it, but the
moment it moved its claws to peek out the pain in its sides and back resumed to
their insane levels. Again its legs gave out, but before it could even realize
it was down again its life ended.
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ANCESTRAL DRAGON NO MORE...
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From all across the land the explosions and roars could be heard as two of the
worlds most powerful hunters clashed with the White Fatalis. Evil, red lighting
fell from the sky as the Earth shuddered in fear from the godly dragon's wrath.
But still the hunters stood in fearless opposition. They had chased her all
across the land and her time was near. Retreating to the very top of the Tower
Fatalis asserted her dominance over all as she called down the heavens with her
soul crushing roar.
The two warriors ran through the divine lightning and thunder, rolling into
position so they could greet her upon her return to the Earth. Each warrior
carried with him the last of their bombs as the lead man directed the attack.
As he set his traps under Fatalis's shadow, his friend set up his in a well
calculated spot. As the White Fatalis landed, she felt two objects under her...
Deploying the trap, the lead warrior fired his arrow into the bombs. The
resulting explosion threw Fatalis back. Catching herself with one arm she
avoided slamming against the ground, but she found her head cradled in between
two more bombs. The twing of another arrow leaving the bow was the last she
heard before the bombs surrounding her head went off, blasting her into
oblivion.
Awe inspiring victory photo.
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E) Making Ultimus Heaven & Earth
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Making the ultimate dual swords is a very trying experience, but the payoff is
ungodly. With these dual swords, any creature weak against the dragon element
is melted in record time. Unfortunately these blades dull really fast (the
folly of all dual swords), but I've never needed all 20 whetstones to rip down
a foe. Below are the necessary steps required to get the Ultimus Heaven & Earth:
Steps to Getting Ultimus Heaven & Earth
1) Make the Iron Striker and upgrade to Anvil Hammer and finish with Onslaught
Hammer.
2) Make full Monoblos armor and jewel for Adrenaline +2
3) Fight Ash Lao Shan Lung (7 star quest) with above material
a) use the two supply lg barrel bombs on yourself, which will activate
the adrenaline +2 effect (+30% atk and def).
b) in the base, pick up a cannon ball from the pile
c) enter the stats menu and monitor your attack, and as soon as it falls to
normal exit the menu screen and crouch. This will drop the cannon ball, do
a sliver of damage to you, and reset your red health so you're permanently
in Adrenaline +2.
d) attack Lao Shan Lung by triple pounding (triangle X3) his stomach
NOTE: Do not go up the ramp and use the Anti-Dragon bombs, the time you
waste pulling off that manuever reduces your overall damage. Just keep
triple pounding him, it does a ton more damage than the bombs do.
e) Let loose everything you got at the end: use the dragonator (the drills
in the gate's wall), ballistas, whetstones, etc.
f) Killing Ash Lao Shan isn't necessary at the moment, just farm his horn.
4) Now gather enough Azure Lao Shan Horns that you can fully upgrade
the Fire Dragonsword to the Smolder Dragonsword.
5) With the Smolder Dragonsword and full Monoblos with Adrenaline +2 activated,
fight Ash Lao Shan Lung again. Use your triangle X2 combo on his head until
his stomach becomes accessable, then go for it. Keep your spirit gauge high
enough to keep the additional attack boost and let all your power go. Do sets
of triangle X2 and R X3 combos until he gets to the final area. In the final
area, attack him until he reaches the gate and use the Dragonator on him...KO.
You don't need to bring anything but whetstones. LOL, he's easy now huh?
6) Kill Ash Lao Shan Lung as many times as it takes for you to carve off two
Lao Shan Rubies from his hips, shoulders, or head. All three parts can be
carved up to three times each.
7) Buy two Blue Ogre Swords and upgrade them to the Azure Ogre Sword with the
Ruby.
8) Now you can kill the Akantor (with ease). Using the Azure Ogre Sword and
any good armor, kill the Akantor enough times until you can make the Akantor
Bow. (the fight should be about 15 minutes long, depending on how well you
know him and how agressive you are).
9) With the Akantor Bow, download the Crimson Fatalis quest. Come prepared
with steaks, cool drinks, and power coatings. The fight should only last
approx. 25 minutes. (Focus on his weakspot, the head). Don't forget, the
strategy for Crimson Fatalis is the second-to-last section of the guide.
10) After killing Crimson Fatalis 3 times, you should have accumulated 3
Fatalis Devil Eyes from breaking his head. Now, upgrade one of the Azure
Ogre Swords to the Ultimus Heaven & Earth. Now you have the best anti-dragon
sword and dual swords in the game!
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F) Making Full White Fatalis Armor
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By far the hardest armor to make in the entire game, the white fatalis armor is
the true test for any warrior. In order to make the armor, not only do you need
to beat the toughest of all bosses, but you need to be able to beat all the
hard versions of the elder dragons too! Here is the easiest way to get it...
1) Download the White Fatalis mission.
2) Use the strategy for White Fatalis in the guide until enough materials
are gathered.
3) Now, to get 5 jewels: 1 Rathalos Ruby, 1 Rathian Ruby, 1 Chameleos Jewel,
1 Fire Dragon Jewel, and 1 Daora Jewel.
4) Capture silver rathalos and gold rathian until jewels appears (cut their tail
off and carve if you want an extra chance)
5) complete every 8 star mission to unlock the Hard Elder Dragon quests. Then
kill them repeatedly with the best method for each until you carve off or are
rewarded their jewel.
6) Gather enough money to buy the full armor set... and walk around in it! You
should hear a unique holy chime every step you take.
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G) Rare Items
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At almost a constant basis throughout the game there are collections of items
that you just can't seem to find. Below is a list of all of the items I've had
to quest for and the easiest way to get them.
Dragonwood or Dragonmoss - Send the cat in your farm on a 500 point quest into
the forest and hills. A rare item, it's never a 100% chance of getting.
Dragonwood+ or Dragonmoss+ - Send the cat in your farm on a 1000 point quest
into the forest and hills.
Firestone - Cat in the farm for 500 points in volcano
- rare mine in the volcano area in the upper half (below 6 stars)
- Somewhat common mine in the volcano area in the upper half (6 star
mission or higher)
Firecell Stone - Carve from Akantor
- Rare mining reward in volcano (6 star or higher)
Rare Scarab - catch bugs in the forest and hills (6 star or higher)
King Scarab - same as Rare Scarab
Hercudrome - use bugnets in 6 star or higher quests
- bug tree in the pokke farm or insect bush level 3.
Carpenterbug - Use bugnets in the 1-5 star missions
- insect bush level 2 in pokke farm
Rathalos Plate - carve from tail of a rathalos or reward from breaking his head.
Super Super rare item.
Rathian Plate - same as Rathalos Plate, but with a Rathian
Rathalos Ruby - carve Silver Rathalos's tail and capture him. A somewhat common
tail carve and reward.
Rathian Ruby - same as Rathalos Ruby, but with the Gold Rathian.
Lao Shan Ruby - rare carve from Ash Lao Shan Lung's carcass. I've never gotten
one from the rewards, so killing him is a must.
(Elder Dragon) Jewel - rare carve from an 8 star elder dragon mission, also
rarely appears in the rewards.
Felyne Fur Ruby - Keep doing 6-8 star quests in the desert. When you start in
the "special" area, rummage through all the gathering points and you should
get at least one every mission.
Monoblos Heart - rare carve from the Monoblos
Steel Egg - do some Treasure Hunting Missions (the elder IN the gathering hall)
it's a common reward.
Expand Pickaxe - do the last two Treasure Hunting Missions. It's a reward.
- do Kirin or Gravios training missions. It's a reward.
Lost Umbrella - common gathering item when you appear in a hidden area at the
beginning of a 6 star or higher mission.
Union Ore - 6 star or higher rare mining in volcano
- Mining item from mining+3 level in Pokke Farm
- Use large barrel bomb+ in the caves at Pokke Farm
Carbalite Ore - a more common version of Union Ore.
Gravios BrainStm - somewhat common carve from 8 star gravios's tail
- rare reward for beating an 8 star gravios
Firewyvern BrainStm - rare-ish carve from 8 star Rathalos/Rathian
- rare reward for beating 8 star Rathalos/Rathian
Thunderbug Juice - kill a Great Thunderbug in a 6+ star mission. Common drop.
Monster Broth - same as Thunderbug Juice
- or carved from a 6-8 star vespoid/hornetaur