How to Capture and Beat Xu Wu in Monster Hunter Wilds

Conquering Xu Wu in Monster Hunter Wilds: A Comprehensive Guide

Encountering Xu Wu during your Monster Hunter Wilds Wyveria expedition presents a formidable, albeit less challenging than Nu Udra, opponent. This swift and perilous creature demands careful strategy.

Monster Hunter Wilds Xu Wu Boss Fight

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Xu Wu's Attributes:

Habitats: Wyveria
Weaknesses: Head, Mouth, Arm (breakable parts)
Elemental Weakness: Ice
Effective Status Effects: Poison (3x), Sleep (1x), Paralysis (2x), Blastblight (2x), Stun (2x), Exhaust (2x)
Recommended Items: Pitfall Trap, Shock Trap

Combat Strategies:

Xu Wu's agility and elusive nature, compounded by its dark coloration, make tracking its movements difficult. Its tendency to vanish into walls, reappearing from the ceiling, adds another layer of complexity, particularly within its nest.

Harness the Power of Ice:

Exploit Xu Wu's vulnerability to Ice. Employ Ice ammo, or equip melee weapons and gear that inflict Ice elemental damage. Enhance your arsenal with a Frost Jewel decoration for the Ice Attack skill and utilize Frost Pods for supplementary Ice damage.

Evade the Grab:

Xu Wu's grab attack disables weapon use. React swiftly within the two-second window to escape using your slinger, with Frost Pods proving highly effective.

Target the Weak Points:

Prioritize attacks on Xu Wu's mouth, its most vulnerable point, during its diving attacks. Successfully landing a powerful blow here can inflict substantial damage and potentially break the mouth, yielding Xu Wu's fang. Alternatively, target its head, which is vulnerable to blunt, cut, and ammo damage.

Utilize Poison:

Capitalize on Xu Wu's 3-star weakness to Poison. A bow with Poison Coating is ideal for inflicting this status ailment. While other status effects are viable, avoid Sleep due to its ineffectiveness.

Capturing Xu Wu:

Once Xu Wu's health drops to 20 percent, deploy a Pitfall or Shock Trap, using meat or yourself as bait. Quickly fire a tranquilizer to secure the capture before it escapes the trap.

Key Considerations:

Maintain awareness of your stamina, crucial given Xu Wu's agility.

Monster Hunter Wilds is available now on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.