Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin Royal Monsters Locations, Weaknesses and Boosts

Royal Monsters are extremely strong (and angry) monsters that appear much sooner than their “normal” brethren in the story mode of the game.
They can easily one shot unprepared players and their monsties, they can often one shot prepared players as well to be honest
But if you manage to beat em and make them retreat to their den (it’s not automatic, so you gotta work for it) you’ll find their eggs and have an awesome, strong monsters added to your party.Read on to see where you can find em, tips on their weaknesses and what to do to boost their retreat rate (other than hitting em with a Paintball of course).

LOCATION: there’s three in the Alcala region but the easiest one is right by the catavan called Harzagai Hill-Inner. Just coast the Basarios area on the right and you’ll find it inside a short offshoot. Here’s the exact location.

WEAKNESSES:

Elemental: Lightning

Head: Slash

Legs: Everything

HOW TO BOOST RETREAT RATE: trap it in a shock trap and break its head with a greatsword.

LOCATION: this one is also very close to the Inner Harzgai Hill catavan, just coast to the left of the map and reach this area and find it sleeping right in the middle of the path.

WEAKNESSES:

Elemental: Lightning

Horn: Piercing

Stomach: Piercing/ Slashing

Tail: Piercing

Legs: Piercing

HOW TO BOOST RETREAT RATE: defeat it using sword and shield after paralyzing it.

LOCATION: this guy is so big it’s hard to miss, you’ll find it right by the Woodland catavan point.

WEAKNESSES:

Elemental: Fire

Head: Blunt

Legs: Blunt

Body: Blunt

Tail: Slashing

Nose: Slashing

HOW TO BOOST RETREAT RATE: Use a Glavenus Kinship Skill to defeat it.

LOCATION:

You’ll find this chonker sleeping it off on the path after the Lavina Glacial Peaks catavan.

WEAKNESSES:

Elemental: Ice

Head: Piercing

Body: Piercing

Tail: Slashing

HOW TO BOOST RETREAT RATE: defeat it using Ice element attacks while it is affected by Blastblight.

LOCATION: once more this one sleeps near a catavan stand, it’s right next to the Sadona Barrens one.

WEAKNESSES:

Elemental: Lightning

Head: Blunt

HOW TO BOOST RETREAT RATE: get it stuck in a shock trap and break the head with a hammer.

LOCATION: it’s at the end of a narrow path just north of the Jalma Highlands catavan stand.

WEAKNESSES:

Elemental: Lightning

Horn: Piercing

Tail: Piercing

Legs: Piercing

HOW TO BOOST RETREAT RATE: defeat it using a bow after paralyzing it.