Azure Rathalos only a myth?

[Ehrenmann277]

Hi, I just kinda started playing Iceborne and my next quest is the Velkhana one. I really want to upgrade my Rathalos blade before I encounter Velkhana since I like to be well prepared. Now I need Azrue Rathalos pieces to upgrade it BUT I CANT FIND A SINGLE AZURE RATHALOS IN Master Rank. I look at the map every time i finish a quest and it just does not appear. Is it even available in MR before i beat Velkhana?

Thanks in advance

[JamesFace]

Isn’t there an optional for him?

[DaBa]

There sure are optional quests for both species, and you can definitely find them on expeditions.

[Vandals[UK]]

SOS
or simply ask a friend or anyone to open the quest for you.

[Xedhadeaus]

Depending on how far you are you might not be ranked high enough to fight the monster by normal means. Which ends up meaning, camp around in expedition and hope the sucker pops up.

[Cathulhu]

There certainly are quests:
https://monsterhunterworld.wiki.fextralife.com/These+Azure+Eyes+See+All
https://monsterhunterworld.wiki.fextralife.com/Blue+Rathalos+Blues
Not counting the Special Arena quest which unlocks after hunting Azure Rathalos.

[StormhawkV]

Are you using Longsword? If so don't bother. Elemental Longsword is bad because of its built in modifiers. Get the Rathian Longsword instead.

[Ehrenmann277]

Thanks for the answers, summed up I am just a noob. my MR wasn't high enough, since the Azure Rathalos quest is MR4. The Velkhana quest was the MR3 one...
Thanks for the advice not to build the elemental LS, I'll look into that!

Sorry for wasting you guys' time lol

[CourtesyFlush09]

He's in the Elders' Recess quite often, at least for me.

[Scaryowl]

Originally posted by StormhawkV:

Are you using Longsword? If so don't bother. Elemental Longsword is bad because of its built in modifiers. Get the Rathian Longsword instead.

Doesn’t elemental perform decently enough? Not as much as grathian ls but that’s because grathian weapons are as overtuned as they get

[Xedhadeaus]

It's very hard to believe elemental weapons perform that well if they felt the need to nerf elementless.

I think they're better, and boosting the stats is much easier, but I can't say that it is undeniably better, especially since you need crit element or crit status for them to crit.

I run paralysis, so I can only hope that whoever I play with enjoys the free few seconds they get to try to KO, tenderize, sever or whatever to the monster. Worrying about DPS when most of the newer monsters just prance around the stage doing whatever, whenever just seemed like a bad idea.