Kirin - Monster Hunter World

Kirin
Enemy Type	Elder Dragon
Elements	Thunder
Ailments	Thunderblight
Weakness	Fire (⭐⭐⭐) Water (⭐⭐) Ice (⭐⭐)
Resistances	Thunder Paralysis
Locations	Coral Highlands
Tempered Lv.	3

Kirin is an Elder Dragon in Monster Hunter World (MHW).キリン in Japanese.

Kirin are so rarely sighted that little is known of their ecology. It's been said they envelop themselves in pure electricity when they are provoked.

The lightning a Kirin cloaks itself with has been confirmed to toughen its skin. The key to hunting a Kirin lies in staggering it, using Elderseal weapons, and protecting yourself from and avoiding its lightning attacks.

Kirin Details & Locations

• Found in: Coral Highlands
• Target of Quest: Gone in a Flash, Lightning Strikes Twice, Thunderous Rumble in the Highlands, A Whisper Of White Mane, Kirin the myth.
• Becomes hostile when standing directly in its path for too long.
• Attacks other monsters: No
• Small Monsters version: N/A
• Sizes: ♕ 471.91~ ♕ 670.33
• Species: Elder Dragon
• *Kirin may not spawn for some players due to a bug in the game.

Kirin Combat Info

• Elemental damages: Thunder
• Weaknesses: Fire
• Weakness sign: Limping
• Combat tactics: Attacks using Thunder Strikes
• Somewhat susceptible to Sleep and Blast attacks
• Resistances: Thunder, Paralysis
• Kinsect Extract:
  • Red: Head
  • Orange: Body, Body (Electricity)
  • White: Lower Body, Lower Body (Electricity)
• Enraged by calling lightning from the sky, its body then deflects attacks; its attack pattern become more unpredictable and widespread. Only the horn is vulnerable.

Kirin Weaknesses

Each ⭐star shown below represents more weakness to each ailment

Ailment
Weakness Level	⭐	⭐⭐	χ	⭐⭐	⭐

 

Each ⭐star shown below represents more weakness to each damage type

Weak Point
Head (Breakable)	⭐⭐⭐	⭐⭐⭐	⭐⭐

 

In-game weakness information

 

Kirin Low and High Rank Carves

Defeating this monster allows the player to carve the following items:

Kirin Carves

Carves	Frequency
Kirin Thunderhorn (break horn)	⭐⭐⭐
Kirin Hide	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Kirin Mane (dropped)	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Kirin Tail	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Kirin Azure Horn (break horn)	High Rank⭐⭐⭐
Kirin Hide + (dropped)	High Rank⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Kirin Mane	High Rank⭐⭐⭐⭐
Kirin Thundertail	High Rank⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

Kirin Rewards

Rewards	Frequency
Kirin Hide	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Kirin Thunderhorn	⭐⭐⭐
Kirin Mane	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Kirin Tail	⭐⭐⭐⭐
Lightcrystal	⭐⭐
Kirin Hide +	High Rank⭐⭐⭐⭐
Kirin Mane	High Rank⭐⭐⭐⭐
Kirin Thundertail	High Rank⭐⭐⭐
Novacrystal	High Rank⭐⭐
Elder Dragon Bone	High Rank⭐⭐⭐
Elder Dragon Blood	High Rank⭐⭐⭐

Kirin Weapons & Armor

Armor and Weapons related to the Kirin Monster.

Weapons

Armor

Notes & Trivia

• The high rank quest can be acquired by collecting tracks in the coral highlands. (NOTE: the progress bar does not show progress; unsure if this is a bug)
•  It is possible to acquire the High Rank Kirin quest by joining someody that has it.
•  These monsters are from the Elder Dragon species
• These monsters are reasonably small
• Can be lured with ??
• Camouflage works until ?? range
• Kirin is known as the "Phantom Beast"
• Kirin has the most variations of any monster in the game with 4 variations, low rank, high rank, tempered, and arch-tempered
• Kirin is likely based on the mystical beast Qilin (or "Kirin" in Japanese), which commonly appears in East Asian mythology.