4 articlesMonster Hunter: World has dozens of unique monsters for you to hunt, with its Iceborne expansion adding a dozen more on top of that! They all vary in difficulty, of course, as you might’ve guessed.
Facing monsters like the mighty Ancient Dragon Fatalis will make you feel like you’re playing a completely different game compared to when you were a wee hunter fighting your first Great Jagras.
If you want to know how strong all monsters are, our difficulty tier list aims to rank all monsters based on how tough they are to hunt down!
Monster Difficulty Tier List
- Hardest: Alatreon, Fatalis, Ancient Leshen, Lunastra
- Very Hard: Leshen, Kulve Taroth, Raging Brachydios, Ruiner Nergigante, Savage Deviljho, Kushala Daora, Tigrex, Brachydios, Velkhana, Shrieking Legiana, Seething Bazelgeuse, Blackveil Vaal Hazak, Stygian Zinogre, Nergigante, Xeno’jiiva, Rajang, Furious Rajang, Safi’jiiva, Golden Rathian
- Hard: Diablos, Azure Rathalos, Black Diablos, Legiana, Teostra, Kirin, Vaal Hazak, Anjanath, Fulgur Anjanath, Viper Tobi-Kadachi, Glavenus, Acidic Glavenus, Namielle, Shara Ishvalda, Zinogre, Silver Rathalos, Scarred Yian Garuga, Brute Tigrex
- Normal: Rathalos, Pink Rathian, Behemoth, Tobi-Kadachi, Banbaron, Frostfang Barioth, Barioth, Odogaron, Ebony Odogaron, Coral Pukei-Pukei, Nargacuga, Deviljho, Bazelgeuse, Dodogama
- Easy: Nightshade Paolumu, Radobaan, Rathian, Lavasioth, Uragaan, Yian Garuga, Pukei-Pukei
- Easiest: Beotodus, Paolumu, Tzitzi-Ya-Ku, Kulu-Ya-Ku, Great Jagras, Barroth, Jyuratodus, Zorah Magdaros
Monsters are ranked within their own tiers, too, from hardest to easiest. It’s not 100% exact, of course, especially because everyone will have their own opinions on monsters’ strengths!
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Most Notable Monsters in the Tier List
One of the most interesting things most players will notice on this tier list is that we’ve placed Alatreon higher than Fatalis.
While Fatalis is definitely one of the hardest monsters to deal with in the game, a lot of that has to do with the time limit for the hunt.
You’ve got less time to hunt Fatalis than most other monsters, so you have to play much riskier. This leads to players making mistakes, despite some of Fatalis’ attacks not being that difficult to deal with.
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