When can I kill flying wyverns?

[EternalEllipsis]

What's the earliest I can reasonably start kill flying wyverns for the limited quest?
Time is limited for me and I don't want to stress it and push for it if it's not something I can actually do.
I just finished the 1st quest to escort the scholars in the 2nd area.

[Zamus]

You can either kill Rathian, Rathalos or Diablos, Rathian is probably the easiest.

[Mattrex]

IIRC the first flying wyvern you fight is Paolumu, which doesn't take very long to reach if you're progressing along the storyline. That is the 11th assignment, so you'd have to complete 4 more assignments to get there from where you are now.

You can theoretically fight Rathian, Rathalos, or Diablos sooner, but they are all considerably harder than Paolumu, especially Diablos, and are not meant to be hunted until later.

[!?!]

Just continue the story, you'll have to kill some along the way.

[Juno Brier]

Originally posted by Mattrex:

IIRC the first flying wyvern you fight is Paolumu, which doesn't take very long to reach if you're progressing along the storyline. That is the 11th assignment, so you'd have to complete 4 more assignments to get there from where you are now.

You can theoretically fight Rathian, Rathalos, or Diablos sooner, but they are all considerably harder than Paolumu, especially Diablos, and are not meant to be hunted until later.

Rathian's first quest is actually available slightly earlier than Paolumu, I think, and can be reasonably completed when first given, but she can be a bit tough on newbies.

[Mayonnaise Eater]

When you reach the desert

[Krpa]

Originally posted by Juno Brier:

Originally posted by Mattrex:

IIRC the first flying wyvern you fight is Paolumu, which doesn't take very long to reach if you're progressing along the storyline. That is the 11th assignment, so you'd have to complete 4 more assignments to get there from where you are now.

You can theoretically fight Rathian, Rathalos, or Diablos sooner, but they are all considerably harder than Paolumu, especially Diablos, and are not meant to be hunted until later.

Rathian's first quest is actually available slightly earlier than Paolumu, I think, and can be reasonably completed when first given, but she can be a bit tough on newbies.

Correct.
I had a Rathian quest before going for the Paolumu.
Both easy with the IG. :)

[Juno Brier]

Originally posted by Keba:

Originally posted by Juno Brier:

Rathian's first quest is actually available slightly earlier than Paolumu, I think, and can be reasonably completed when first given, but she can be a bit tough on newbies.

Correct.
I had a Rathian quest before going for the Paolumu.
Both easy with the IG. :)

Particularly the IG from bootleg Zinogre Tobi-Kadachi.

[Krpa]

Originally posted by Juno Brier:

Originally posted by Keba:

Correct.
I had a Rathian quest before going for the Paolumu.
Both easy with the IG. :)

Particularly the IG from bootleg Zinogre Tobi-Kadachi.

Ahh, good ol' Zinogre. I miss that guy.
I hope they'll release my favorite monster, Malfestio, at a later point.

[WaveOz]

Originally posted by EternalEllipsis:

What's the earliest I can reasonably start kill flying wyverns for the limited quest?
Time is limited for me and I don't want to stress it and push for it if it's not something I can actually do.
I just finished the 1st quest to escort the scholars in the 2nd area.

when can you kill them? whenever you can, 4head. what a retarded question

[Friends with Benedicts]

Paoluma, or something like that, is the first easiest one IMO.

It's right on Coral map, after doing that Gianta Magma Godzilla quest.

Don't rush, be patient. I suggest grinding on barroth, kadachi and anja for good armors. Jurya, Kadachi and Anja also give good ingredients for weapons, as pukei pukei.

After Rotten Vale and Coral map you'll get a lot of flying wyverns on both investigations and optionals. Raths, Legiana, Paoluma, (the fluffy bat), and others are easy to kill.

[MintedTea]

Originally posted by Zamus:

You can either kill Rathian, Rathalos or Diablos, Rathian is probably the easiest.

I actually found Rathalos to be the easiest, followed by Rathian and then Diablos - mostly because of the constant stun that the latter two inflict.

[internisus]

Originally posted by EternalEllipsis:

What's the earliest I can reasonably start kill flying wyverns for the limited quest?
Time is limited for me and I don't want to stress it and push for it if it's not something I can actually do.
I just finished the 1st quest to escort the scholars in the 2nd area.

I found your post because I too was worried about progressing fast enough to access the limited bounties and especially the limited event missions, but here's the take-away from my research: don't worry too much about it. The limited bounties especially are just weekly bounties. As soon as they go away they'll be replaced by another set. It's similar to rotating optional objectives in many "lifestyle" or "investment" games. For example, Destiny's bounties and The Division's weekly high-value targets are similar, and no one worries if they don't get around to those because there are always more in time. The limited bounties in MHW do give some useful things, but they're items that you'll likely be swimming in over the course of your time with the game as the weeks and months roll on. So don't rush your initial experience just to get these done.

From the fact that you're asking about flying wyverns specifically, I think you are worried about the third limited bounty this week, but there are also limited event missions that expire at the same time. (You can check a schedule of these on the official MHW site.) I care about this a bit more, but I think I'm unlikely to reach HR 6 and be able to do the "Ya-Ku With That" event in time. Again, I think we shouldn't worry. If you look into the event schedule for PS4 you'll find that this mission has come back around again every month or so. It doesn't seem to reward anything but money; it's just a cool fight, and you'll get to experience it next time it shows up. So take your time and don't stress!

[InstableMonster]

You can have diablos/rathian on the quest where you escort scientist and protect them from a baroth in the 2nd map

[Mhblis]

As soon as you can do expeditions in the Wildspire Wastes you can kill Rathian.

Bring Antidotes and and a Lightnining weapon. Watch out for her tail and it should be easy.

You will find her in area 2 or 3 regularly. And should have seen her during that escort quest.

She shares a spawn with Diablos I believe so wont always be present on expeditions.

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Alternatively you can wait till you unlock the 3rd area and then get the quest Royal Relocation from the Botanist in the Teade area of Asteris. This garantuees that she spawns.

Or push a little further with the main quests and get Poaloma