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One of the main things you'll be focusing on in Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin is collecting different kinds of monster eggs so that you can build your perfect monstie party. There are 200+ kinds of monsters throughout the game that you can encounter, though some are variants of each other. Out of those, there are 85+ that can become monsties who join your team.
You can obtain monster eggs from nests inside Monster Dens, but you won't know what is inside of each egg unless you are already familiar with the egg pattern. For everything you need to know about monster eggs, dens, and more, we've got it all covered right here.
There are many reports of monsters being obtainable from Rare/Super Rare dens within the region they are native to, according to the monstipedia.
For this guide, we have only listed locations that we have confirmed ourselves, but you can always try farming rare dens in the hopes of getting the egg you want.
Naturally, the chances in a den are lower than other methods, such as from Co-Op quests for the end game monsties.
Updated May 7, 2023: We updated this guide with the latest info, including all the monsties added in the post-launch updates. This guide now covers all updates that Capcom unveiled as part of its roadmap for the game.
Egg Basics
Where To Find Monstie Eggs
You can grab yourself some new monster eggs from nests, which can be found in Monster Dens. You can only get one egg from each nest, but you'll have a few chances to change it out in the hopes of a better one.
There are only a finite number of times you can swap an egg before the nest empties.
Nests relating to the storyline will generally empty after you grab the first egg. Nests are marked on the map by an egg icon.
Some nests will be guarded by a monster, some will have a sleeping monster in the nest, and some will be empty. Regardless of how the nest is when you reach it, if you keep swapping out eggs and spend more time there, it increases the chance of a monster attack, either by waking up or appearing. Sleeping monsters cannot be woken any other way, so don't worry about running into them or having to sneak around.
You have to carry the egg out of the nest to properly obtain it, after which a pop-up box will appear asking if you want to leave the den. You can choose to immediately leave the den, or remain (and the egg will be put into your Egg Carton) while you continue exploring the den for gathering spots and monsters.
Your Egg Carton can carry 12 eggs at a time. You can access your Egg Carton from the Camp menu to view your current eggs and their information, such as where you acquired them, their egg type, and their Navirou assessment.
You can choose to discard eggs from your Egg Carton from your menu at any time, even if you have visited the stable and seen your eggs in there, they will go back in your Egg Carton if left unhatched
Navirou's Egg Assessment
When you grab an egg, Navirou will give you his assessment of the egg, commenting on its smell and weight. The heavier and smellier the egg is, the better it is — this means you will have an increased chance of obtaining a monstie with better or rare genes.
If a glow appears when selecting an egg, you know it will be better than average with genes, if a glow and sparkles appear when selecting, it is even higher quality when it comes to genes. Each egg belongs to a different type of monster family, which it will be identified as once in your Egg Carton
How to Hatch Eggs
You can hatch your eggs by visiting the stables, there is one in each village within the game, and it will be marked on your map with a little egg logo. The felyne outside of the stables will have a yellow speech bubble above its head when there is an egg you can hatch. If the egg was of higher quality, you'll see more stat boosts appear on the screen when it is born, and it will likely have better genes too.
Once your monstie is hatched, it will be placed in the stable by default, so remember to move it into your party if you want to use it immediately. You can expand the size of your stable, increasing the number of monsties you can keep at any given time, by purchasing stable upgrades with Bottle Caps from the Melynx Inc. NPC.
At the stables, as well as hatching eggs, you can always manage your monstie party, perform the Rite of Channeling, and send out an Expedition Party once you have unlocked those features.
Where to Find Monster Dens
Monster Dens are the rocky outcrops with entrances that appear on the main map of each area, as well as any off-shooting smaller map area. The location of Monster Dens changes every time you enter the map.
Each Monster Den layout is randomly generated with different gathering spots and monsters residing within. The Monster Den map will mimic similar locales in terms of gathering spots, so if the Monster Den is a cave, it will not have gathering spots not found in caves, such as hives.
You can also make special Monster Dens spawn by making a monster retreat in battle. When monsters retreat, a special Monster Den will appear with an egg above the doorway and it will be indicated on your map. These Monster Dens result in a guaranteed egg of the monster that created the den.
If you're after a particular type of egg, you can battle the monster in question and make it retreat to force spawn a den.
Once inside, as you know, every egg you grab will be that monster, you can keep swapping out eggs until you see the glow/sparkles to ensure a better quality egg.
These special types of Monster Dens can be spawned within another Monster Den.
Rare Monster Dens
Sometimes a Monster Den will be gold instead of the normal grey rock — this is a Rare Monster Den. The nests within Rare Monster Dens have an increased chance of yielding a better egg, so you should definitely explore any of these that you come across.
Even if you don't necessarily want another monstie, you can use the Rite of Channeling (once you unlock it) to pass the rare genes onto one of your favorite monsties to make it stronger. Additionally, Rare Monster Dens can be home to monsters that don't normally spawn in the immediate locale, perfect for farming materials or causing the monster to retreat and spawn its own den.
There are also Super Rare High Rank Dens that spawn after you have complete the game. We have a full guide on these here.
Complete Monster Egg Pattern List
Some eggs will not begin to appear in the area they are native to until you have progressed further through the storyline.
For example, Pukei-Pukei eggs will not appear until you have defeated the Pukei-Pukei for Mahana Village.
Hakolo Island Egg Pattern List
Hatched Monster |
Appearance |
Type |
---|---|---|
Anjanath |
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Burning Brute Wyvern egg |
Pink with black zigzag stripes |
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Aptonoth |
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Humble Herbivore Egg |
Green with purple horizontal oblongs |
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Bulldrome |
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Humble Fanged Beast Egg |
Brown with cream spikey blotches |
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Kulu-Ya-Ku |
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Humble Bird Wyvern Egg |
Cream with pink splotches |
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Pukei-Pukei |
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Humble Bird Wyvern Egg |
Green with cream splotches |
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Velocidrome |
|
Humble Bird Wyvern Egg |
Blue with orange splotches |
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Yian Kut-Ku |
|
Burning Bird Wyvern Egg |
Magenta with blue blotches |
Alcala Region Egg Pattern List
Hatched Monster |
Appearance |
Type |
---|---|---|
Apceros |
|
Humble Herbivore Egg |
Orange with cream horizontal oblongs |
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Arzuros |
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Humble Fanged Beast Egg |
Blue with green spikey splotches |
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Basarios |
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Burning Flying Wyvern Egg |
Cream and brown tiger stripes |
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Blue Yian Kut-Ku |
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Burning Bird Wyvern Egg |
Green with yellow splotches |
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Great Jaggi |
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Humble Bird Wyvern Egg |
Purple with red blotches |
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Nargacuga |
|
Humble Flying Wyvern Egg |
Pink and purple tiger stripes |
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Paolumu |
|
Humble Flying Wyvern Egg |
White and pink tiger stripes |
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Qurupeco |
|
Burning Bird Wyvern Egg |
Green with purple splotches |
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Rathian |
|
Burning Flying Wyvern Egg |
Cream and green tiger stripes |
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Royal Ludroth |
|
Soggy Leviathan Egg |
Yellow and green circular stripes |
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Yian Garuga |
|
Burning Bird Wyvern Egg |
Dark purple with lilac splotches |
Loloska Region Egg Pattern List
Hatched Monster |
Appearance |
Type |
---|---|---|
Anjanath |
|
Burning Brute Wyvern egg |
Pink with black zigzag stripes |
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Barioth |
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Frozen Flying Wyvern Egg |
Cream and orange tiger stripes |
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Barroth |
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Soggy Brute Wyvern Egg |
Brown with yellow zigzag stripes |
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Congala |
|
Humble Fanged Beast Egg |
Fuchsia with green spikey splotches |
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Great Baggi |
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Humble Bird Wyvern Egg |
Blue with yellow splotches |
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Gypceros |
|
Humble Bird Wyvern Egg |
Light blue with pink splotches |
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Jade Barroth |
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Frozen Brute Wyvern Egg |
Turquoise with light blue zigzag stripes |
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Kecha Wacha |
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Soggy Fanged Beast Egg |
Yellow with dark orange spikey splotches |
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Khezu |
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Pulsing Fanged Wyvern egg |
Pale blue with pink tiger stripes |
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Lagombi |
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Frozen Fanged Beast Egg |
White with purple spikey splotches |
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Legiana |
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Frozen Flying Wyvern Egg |
Cream and dark blue tiger stripes |
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Nerscylla |
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Humble Temnoceran Egg |
Purple with pink vertical stripes |
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Popo |
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Frozen Herbivore Egg |
Brown with yellow horizontal oblongs |
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Red Khezu |
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Pulsing Flying Wyvern Egg |
Red and baby pink tiger stripes |
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Tobi-Kadachi |
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Pulsing Fanged Wyvern egg |
Pale blue with black vertical zigzag stripes |
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Zamtrios |
|
Frozen Amphibian Egg |
Blue egg with orange vertical oblongs |
Lamure Region Egg Pattern List
Hatched Monster |
Appearance |
Type |
---|---|---|
Ash Kecha Wacha |
|
Burning Fanged Beast |
White with orange spikey splotches |
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Black Diablos |
|
Humble Flying Wyvern Egg |
Black and grey tiger stripes |
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Crimson Qurupeco |
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Pulsing Bird Wyvern Egg |
Pink with yellow splotches |
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Diablos |
|
Humble Flying Wyvern Egg |
Brown and cream tiger stripes |
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Cephadrome |
|
Humble Piscine Wyvern Egg |
Dark green with red circles |
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Gendrome |
|
Humble Bird Wyvern Egg |
Green with orange splotches |
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Green Nargacuga |
|
Humble Flying Wyvern Egg |
Green and yellow tiger stripes |
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Lagiacrus |
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Pulsing Leviathan Egg |
Blue and red curved stripes |
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Mizutsune |
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Soggy Leviathan Egg |
Pink and white curved stripes |
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Monoblos |
|
Humble Flying Wyvern Egg |
Dark orange and light orange tiger stripes |
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Purple Gypceros |
|
Humble Bird Wyvern Egg |
Purple with green splotches |
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Purple Ludroth |
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Soggy Leviathan Egg |
Pink and baby pink curved stripes |
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Ruby Basarios |
|
Burning Flying Wyvern |
Green and pink tiger stripes |
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Tigrex |
|
Humble Flying Wyvern Egg |
Orange and blue tiger stripes |
Terga Region Egg Pattern List
Hatched Monster |
Appearance |
Type |
---|---|---|
Astalos |
|
Pulsing Flying Wyvern Egg |
Black and green tiger stripes |
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Black Gravios |
|
Burning Flying Wyvern Egg |
Grey and red tiger stripes |
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Brachydios |
|
Pulsing Fanged Wyvern Egg |
Blue with green zigzag stripes |
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Brute Tigrex |
|
Humble Flying Wyvern Egg |
Black and orange tiger stripes |
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Emerald Congalala |
|
Humble Fanged Beast Egg |
Green with orange spikey splotches |
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Gravios |
|
Burning Flying Wyvern Egg |
Cream and orange tiger stripes |
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Iodrome |
|
Humble Bird Wyvern Egg |
Red with purple splotches |
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Ivory Lagiacrus |
|
Pulsing Leviathan Egg |
Blue and yellow curved stripes |
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Nergigante |
|
Humble Elder Dragon Egg |
Black and orange intricate star pattern |
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Shrouded Nerscylla |
|
Humble Temnoceran Egg |
White with yellow vertical stripes |
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Uragaan |
|
Burning Brute Wyvern Egg |
Yellow with dark brown zigzag stripes |
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Zinogre |
|
Pulsing Fanged Wyvern Egg |
Turquoise with vertical yellow zigzag stripes |
Hakolo Region Egg Pattern List (Before Final Battle)
Just below are all of the new additions to the area from this point of the game onwards, some of the standard Hakolo Island eggs still make an appearance too, but we have not included them in the below list.
Hatched Monster |
Appearance |
Type |
---|---|---|
Brute Tigrex |
|
Humble Flying Wyvern Egg |
Black and orange tiger stripes |
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Sand Barioth |
|
Humble Flying Wyvern Egg |
Orange and pink tiger stripes |
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Seregios |
|
Humble Flying Wyvern Egg |
Orange and yellow tiger stripes |
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Stygian Zinogre |
|
Gnarly Fanged Wyvern Egg |
Purple with verticle white zigzag stripes |
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White Monoblos |
|
Humble Flying Wyvern Egg |
Cream and grey tiger stripes |
Post-Game Content Egg Pattern List
Below are the eggs that we found in the post-game content. Some eggs are brand new, whereas other eggs that were previously obtainable also seemed to begin appearing in other locations — notably, the eggs of Royal Monsters appear to now be native to those areas.
For the purpose of this section, we have only listed eggs that we had not discovered prior to completing the game. We will continue to update this section further.
Hatched Monster |
Appearance |
Type |
Location |
---|---|---|---|
Azure Rathalos |
|
Burning Flying Wyvern Egg |
|
Blue and grey tiger stripes |
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Bloodbath Diablos |
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HumbleFlying Wyvern Egg |
|
Cream and blue tiger stripes |
|||
Bazelgeuse |
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Burning Flying Wyvern Egg |
|
Black and grey tiger stripes |
|||
Deviljho |
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Gnarly Brute Wyvern Egg |
|
Green with orange zigzag stripes |
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Dreadqueen Ratha |
|
Burning Flying Wyvern Egg |
|
Green with purple tiger stripes |
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Fulgur Anjanath |
|
Pulsing Brute Wyvern Egg |
|
White with dark orange zigzag stripes |
|||
Gammoth |
|
Frozen Fanged Beast Egg |
|
Blue with red spikey splotches |
|||
Kirin |
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Pulsing Elder Dragon Egg |
|
White and dark blue intricate star pattern |
|||
Kushala Daora |
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Frozen Elder Dragon Egg |
|
Black and pale orange intricate star pattern |
|||
Glavenus |
|
Burning Brute Wyvern Egg |
|
Blue with red zigzag stripes |
|||
Grimclaw Tigrex |
|
Humble Flying Wyvern Egg |
|
Blue and orange tiger stripes |
|||
Nergigante |
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Humble Elder Dragon Egg |
|
Black and orange intricate star pattern |
|||
Pink Rathian |
|
Burning Flying Wyvern Egg |
|
Pink and red tiger stripes |
|||
Rajang |
|
Pulsing Fanged Beast Egg |
|
Brown with light brown spikey splotches |
|||
Rathalos |
|
Burning Flying Wyvern Egg |
|
Dark orange and blue tiger stripes |
|||
Silverwind Nargacuga |
|
Humble Flying Wyvern Egg |
|
White and blue tiger stripes |
|||
Teostra |
|
Burning Elder Dragon Egg |
|
Red and purple intricate star pattern |
|||
Thunderlord Zinogre |
|
Pulsing Fanged Wyvern Egg |
|
Lime green with vertical orange zigzag stripes |
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Velkhana |
|
Frozen Elder Dragon Egg |
|
White and pale blue intricate star pattern |
Post Launch DLC Update Egg Pattern Lists
Palamute Egg Pattern List
Palamutes were added in a post-launch update that added two new multiplayer expedition quests for players to participate in. These two expedition quests are the only way to obtain the Palamute monsties, and there are six different ones to obtain in total.
Hatched Monster |
Appearance |
Type |
Location |
---|---|---|---|
#136 Palamute |
|
Humble Fanged Beast Egg |
|
White with dark blue Palamute pattern |
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#137 Palamute |
|
Burning Fanged Beast Egg |
|
White with orange Palamute pattern |
|||
#138 Palamute |
|
Soggy Fanged Beast |
|
White with sky blue Palamute pattern |
|||
#139 Palamute |
|
Pulsing Fanged Beast Egg |
|
White with green Palamute pattern |
|||
#140 Palamute |
|
Frozen Fanged Beast Egg |
|
White with turquoise Palamute pattern |
|||
#141 Palamute |
|
Gnarly Fanged Beast Egg |
|
White with red Palamute pattern |
Hellblade Glavenus And Boltreaver Astalos Egg Pattern List
Hellblade Glavenus And Boltreaver Astalos monsties were added in yet another free post-launch update, with players being able to snap up these rare Deviant monster eggs from Co-Op expedition quests.
Hatched Monster |
Appearance |
Type |
Location |
---|---|---|---|
Hellblade Glavenus |
|
Burning Brute Wyvern Egg |
|
Black with red zigzag stripes |
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Boltreaver Astalos |
|
Pulsing Flying Wyvern Egg |
|
Green and black tiger stripes |
Soulseer Mizutsune, Elderfrost Gammoth, and Oroshi Kirin Egg Pattern List
Capcom added the next post-launch content addition that included three new Deviant monsters: Soulseer Mizutsune, Elderfrost Gammoth, and Oroshi Kirin. While two of these come from new Co-Op expedition quests, surprisingly, Oroshi Kirin comes from a new High-Rank subquest. We have everything you need to know about how to get them in this guide.
Hatched Monster |
Appearance |
Type |
Location |
---|---|---|---|
Soulseer Mizutsune |
|
Soggy Leviathan Egg |
|
Dark pink and white curved stripes |
|||
Elderfrost Gammoth |
|
Frozen Fanged Beast Egg |
|
Blue with white spikey splotches |
|||
Oroshi Kirin |
|
Frozen Elder Dragon Egg |
|
Turquoise and dark blue intricate star pattern |
Dreadking Rathalos And Molten Tigrex Egg Pattern List
Capcom added two more Deviant monsters in another post-launch update. Both of these can be found in the same co-op quest den, or some players have said they have found a Dreadking Rathalos egg in rare Hakolo dens.
Hatched Monster |
Appearance |
Type |
Location |
---|---|---|---|
Dreadking Rathalos |
|
Burning Flying Wyvern Egg |
|
Black and red tiger stripe |
|||
Molten Tigrex |
|
Humble Flying Wyvern Egg |
|
Dark red and red tiger stripe |
Gold Rathian And Silver Rathalos Egg Pattern List
Capcom has added the final free DLC as part of its pre-planned roadmap, although there is always the chance that it will add more content later. Rather fittingly, the best monsties were saved for last, and Gold Rathian and Silver Rathalos can now be obtained.
Hatched Monster |
Appearance |
Type |
Location |
---|---|---|---|
Gold Rathian |
|
Burning Flying Wyvern Egg |
|
Yellow with dark yellow tiger stripes |
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Silver Rathalos |
|
Burning Flying Wyvern Egg |
|
Grey with purple tiger stripes |