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Rathian - Weakness, Rewards and Gear

Rathian - Weakness, Rewards and Gear

Rathian
rathian icon
Species Flying Wyverns
Elements FireFire
Ailments FireFireblight
mhr poison iconPoison
Resistances FireFire (Immune)
mhr water iconWater
mhr ice iconIce
Ailments Weakness Thunderblight ⭐⭐
Element weaknesses mhr dragon iconDragon ⭐⭐⭐
mhr thunder iconThunder ⭐⭐
Parts weakness Cut damage type icon - Head, Wing, Tail
mosnter hunter blunt icon - Head, Neck, Wing
Monster hunter ammo icon- Head
Threat ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Locations Shrine Ruins
Sandy Plains
Flooded Forest
Lava Caverns

Rathian - a Large Monster that you will encounter in Monster Hunter Rise (MHR). These types of monsters are usually the main targets for hunt quests. They reward with crafting materials for armors and weapons.

This page is a detailed guide on Rathian, it covers all the needed details to be prepared for the fight with it.

Contents

Rathian - Characteristics

  • HP Base: 4500
  • HP Solo High Rank: 13500
  • Quests: The Queen's Procession, The Path to Royalty, Charmed by a Queen
  • Longest/Largest: 2087.7
  • Shortest/Smallest: 1561.38

Rathian - Combat Guide

Recommended equipment and loadout

  • Fire Resistance gear and decorations
  • Poison Resistance
  • Antidotes and Herbal Medicine
  • Flashpods

Strategy

  • Use flashpods through the fight, this will open up opportunities to hit her while she is on the ground
  • Her Tail applies poison ailment. Quickly use antidotes in case this happens. You can cut the tail to remove this effect
  • The fight is substantially harder for melee users, use your wirebugs to deal aerial attacks on her
  • If you are on fire use rolls to put it away

Rathian - Weaknesses

This section covers the monster's weaknesses. To better understand the details about weaknesses, hitzones, broken parts, and ailments check out this guide.

Ailments vulnerabilities

This table explains what status effects the monster is weak to. Zero stars - monster is immune, three stars - monster is very weak to it.

Poison Sleep Paralysis Blast Stun
- ⭐ ⭐ - ⭐
Exhaust Fireblight Waterblight Thunderblight Iceblight
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐

Breakable parts

These are the parts that you can break from the monster resulting in weakening his attacks and dropping additional materials

  • Head
  • Back
  • Wing

Physical hitzone values

This section explains what type of weapon you should use and what monster parts to attack to deal the most damage. The higher the value the weaker the part is to the respective weapon.

Monster Part Cut damage type icon mosnter hunter blunt icon Monster hunter ammo icon
Head 70 75 65
Neck 40 45 35
Torso 35 30 25
Back 35 30 25
Wing 45 45 35
Leg 40 40 35
Tail 45 40 35

Elemental hitzone values

These are elemental hitzone values for different monster parts. The higher the value the weaker it is to the said element

Monster Part Fire icon water icon thunder icon Ice icon dragon icon
Head 0 15 20 15 30
Neck 0 0 5 0 15
Torso 0 5 10 5 20
Back 0 5 10 5 20
Wing 0 10 15 10 25
Leg 0 0 5 0 15
Tail 0 5 10 5 20

Rathian - Carves and Rewards

To better understand how rewards for hunts, quests, and carves work in Monster Hunter Rise check this guide. It will explain in detail what each number and column says in the tables below

Low Rank

Check the table below for the percentage chance of rewards and items that can be obtained from the Rathian Low Rank variation.

Material Target Rewards Capture Rewards Broken Part Rewards Carves Dropped Materials
Rathian Scale 14% 16%(x2) 60% - Head 38% - Body, 50% - Tail 45%, 45%
Rathian Shell 28% 34% 36% - Head, 29% - Back 26% - Body 39%
Rathian Webbing 19% - 20% - Wing 17% - Body -
Rathian Spike 7% - 70% - Back 5% - Body, 40% - Tail 4%, 1%
Flame Sac 17% 21% - 13% - Body -
Monster Bone L 13% - - - -
Rathian Plate 2% 3% 4% - Head, 1% - Back 1% - Body, 3% - Tail 1%
Rath Wingtalon - 14% 80%(x2) - Wing - 15%
Rathalos Marrow - 12% - 7% - Tail -
Wyvern Tear - - - - 50%

High Rank

Check the table below for the percentage chance of rewards and items that can be obtained from the Rathian High Rank variation. 

Material Target Rewards Capture Rewards Broken Part Rewards Carves Dropped Materials
Rathian Scale+ 14% 12%(x2) 60% - Head 43% - Body, 35% - Tail 42%, 44%
Rathian Carapace 31% 25% 30% - Head, 26% (Back) 31% - Body 39%
Rathian Webbing 12%(x2) - 20%(x2) - Wing - -
Rathian Spike+ 7% - 70% - Back 5% - Body, 40% - Tail 4%, 1%
Inferno Sac 18% 20% - 17% - Body -
Monster Keenbone 12% - - - -
Rathian Plate 5% 5% 7% - Head, 3% - Back 3% - Body, 5% - Tail 3%, 1%
Rathian Ruby 1% 3% 3% - Head, 1% - Back 1% - Body, 3% - Tail 1%
Rath Wingtalon+ - 13% 80% - Wing - 15%
Rathalos Marrow - 12% - 10% - Tail -
Rathalos Medulla - 10% - 7% - Tail -
Wyvern Tear - - - - 20%
Large Wyvern Tear - - - - 30%

Rathian - Craftable Gear

A list of weapons and armor that are related to Large Monster Rathian

Weapons

  • Sieglinde
  • Valkyrie Blade I
  • Valkyrie Blade II
  • Wyvern Blade Holly
  • Wyvern Blade Verde I
  • Wyvern Blade Verde II
  • Queen Chordmaker
  • Valkyrie Chordmaker I
  • Valkyrie Chordmaker II
  • Ortlinde
  • Princess Panoply I
  • Princess Panoply II
  • Dragonmaiden Axe I
  • Dragonmaiden Axe II
  • Griõr's Landmaker
  • Dear Lutemia
  • Dear Lutemis I
  • Dear Lutemis II
  • Princess Regalia I
  • Princess Regalia II
  • Queen Regalia
  • Valkyrie Blaze
  • Valkyrie Fire I
  • Valkyrie Fire II
  • Queen's Farflier
  • Queen's Longfire I
  • Queen's Longfire II
  • Queen Blaster I
  • Queen Blaster II

Armors

  • Rathian Braces
  • Rathian Braces S
  • Rathian Coil
  • Rathian Coil S
  • Rathian Greaves
  • Rathian Greaves S
  • Rathian Helm
  • Rathian Helm S
  • Rathian Mail
  • Rathian Mail S

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