Once you leave the starting area of Hokolo Island in Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, you'll start encountering Royal Monsters in some locations. These tough monsters will allow you an early chance to get some monster materials that usually don't show up until later in the game, as long as you can defeat them that is.

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Navirou will warn you whenever you get close to a Royal Monster, so you can prepare yourself accordingly (or avoid it to live to fight another day). These monsters are sleeping and will not attack unless you run directly into them. We have a full list of each Royal Monster right here, as well as where you can find it.

We haven't had any luck in making Royal Monsters retreat from battle in order to spawn an egg den, so it could be that this isn't possible with them. However, we've still included the method that increases each monster's retreat rate in the table below in case we have just been unlucky.

Tigrex

Monster Hunter Stories 2 Wings of Ruin tigrex royal monster location

Monster

Location

Retreats?

Hatchable?

Weakness

Loot & Parts

Tigrex

  • Alcala (left map)
  • Harzgai Rocky Hill (right map)

Yes (Break the head with a sword after it steps on a shock trap)

Yes

  • Head: Slashing
  • Legs: All
  • Tigrex Scale (1 pt)
  • Tigrex Claw (3 pts)
  • Wyvern Stone (1 pt)
  • Tigrex Scalp (10 pts)
  • Monster Bone L (10 pts)
  • Break Head: Tigrex Scale (1 pt)
  • Break Legs: Tigrex Scale (1 pt)

Monoblos

Monster Hunter Stories 2 Wings of Ruin monoblos royal monster location

Monster

Location

Retreats?

Hatchable?

Weakness

Loot & Parts

Monoblos

  • Harzgai Rocky Hill

Yes (Defeat it using a sword and shield when it is paralyzed)

Yes

  • Horn: Piercing
  • Stomach: Slashing/ Piercing
  • Legs: Piercing
  • Tail: Piercing
  • Monoblos Shell (1 pt)
  • Monoblos Ridge (3 pts)
  • Wyvern Stone (1 pt)
  • Blood Red Horn (10 pts)
  • Monster Bone L (10 pts)
  • Break Horn: Blood Red Horn (10 pts)
  • Break Stomach: Monoblos Shell (1 pt)
  • Break Legs: Monoblos Shell (1 pt)
  • Break Tail: Monoblos Shell (1 pt)

Gammoth

Monster Hunter Stories 2 Wings of Ruin gammoth royal monster location

Monster

Location

Retreats?

Hatchable?

Weakness

Loot & Parts

Gammoth

  • Loloska

Yes (Defeat with a Glavenus Kinship Skill)

Yes

  • Blunt
  • Head: Blunt
  • Nose: Slashing
  • Tail: Slashing
  • Legs: Blunt
  • Body: Blunt
  • Gammoth Hide (1 pt)
  • Gammoth Shell (3 pts)
  • Gammoth Tusk (10 pts)
  • Fortune Fang
  • Break Head: Gammoth Hide (1 pt)
  • Break Nose: Gammoth Hide (1 pt)
  • Break Tail: Gammoth Hide (1 pt)
  • Break Legs: Gammoth Hide (1 pt)
  • Break Body: Gammoth Hide (1 pt)

Zinogre

Monster Hunter Stories 2 Wings of Ruin zinogre royal monster location

Monster

Location

Retreats?

Hatchable?

Weakness

Loot & Parts

Zinogre

  • Loloska

Yes (Defeat with ice element attack while it affected with Blastblight)

Yes

  • Head: Piercing
  • Body: Piercing
  • Tail: Slashing
  • Zinogre Shell (1 pt)
  • Electro Sac (1 pt)
  • Zinogre Shockfur (3 pts)
  • Zinogre Plate (10 pts)
  • Fortune Fang
  • Break Head: Zinogre Shell (1 pt)
  • Break Body: Zinogre Shell (1 pt)
  • Break Tail: Zinogre Shell (1 pt)

Brute Tigrex

Monster Hunter Stories 2 Wings of Ruin brute tigrex royal monster location

Monster

Location

Retreats?

Hatchable?

Weakness

Loot & Parts

Brute Tigrex

  • Lamure

Yes (Break the head with a sword and shield after it steps on a Shock Trap)

Yes

  • Head: Blunt
  • Legs: All
  • Brute Tigrex Scale (1 pt)
  • Brute Tigrex Claw (3 pts)
  • Wyvern Stone (1 pt)
  • Brute Tigrex Tail (10 pts)
  • Fortune Fang
  • Break Head: Brute Tigrex Scale (1 pt)
  • Break Legs: Brute Tigrex Scale (1 pt)

White Monoblos

Monster Hunter Stories 2 Wings of Ruin white monoblos royal monster location

Monster

Location

Retreats?

Hatchable?

Weakness

Loot & Parts

White Monoblos

  • West Lamure Desert

Yes (Defeat it using a bow while it is paralyzed)

Yes

  • Horn: Piercing
  • Legs: Piercing
  • Tail: Piercing
  • W. Monoblos Shell (1 pt)
  • W. Monoblos Ridge (3 pts)
  • Wyvern Gem (1 pt)
  • W. Monoblos Horn (10 pts)
  • Fortune Fang
  • Break Horn: W. Monoblos Horn (10 pts)
  • Break Legs: W. Monoblos Shell (1 pt)
  • Break Tail: W. Monoblos Shell (1 pt)

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