Kirin |
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| Enemy Type | Elder Dragon |
| Elements |  Thunder |
| Ailments | Thunderblight |
| Weakness |
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| 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 legend.
- 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 |  |
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| Weakness Level | ⭐ | ⭐⭐ | χ | ⭐⭐ | ⭐ |
Each ⭐star shown below represents more weakness to each damage type
| Weak Point |  |
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| 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
Kirin Thundersword
Fulminator
Indigo Flash
Quickcaster
Armor
Kirin Armor Set
Set Bonus: Kirin Blessing
Kirin Alpha Armor Set (α)
Set Bonus: Kirin Favor
Kirin Beta Armor Set (β)
Set Bonus: Kirin Favor
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
| Large Monsters |
Anjanath ♦ Azure Rathalos ♦ Barroth ♦ Bazelgeuse ♦ Behemoth ♦ Black Diablos ♦ Deviljho ♦ Diablos ♦ Dodogama ♦ Great Girros ♦ Great Jagras ♦ Jyuratodus ♦ Kulu-Ya-Ku ♦ Kulve Taroth ♦ Kushala Daora ♦ Lavasioth ♦ Legiana ♦ Lunastra ♦ Nergigante ♦ Odogaron ♦ Paolumu ♦ Pink Rathian ♦ Pukei-Pukei ♦ Radobaan ♦ Rathalos ♦ Rathian ♦ Teostra ♦ Tobi-Kadachi ♦ Tzitzi-Ya-Ku ♦ Uragaan ♦ Vaal Hazak ♦ Xeno'jiiva ♦ Zorah Magdaros |
Anonymous
03 Jan 2019 22:14
My first tempered kirin fight was pretty easy as bows make him look like a great jagras in the right hand. But the fight took way too long as his head's hitbox was far too small.
- Anonymous
19 Dec 2018 00:52
For anyone having trouble with him, try anjanath bow and after the first time thunderproof mantle and down the road evade extender and dash juice
- Anonymous
16 Dec 2018 13:38
idk what all of you are bragging about,just killed 2 kirins in that event,with my humble aerial insect glaive I and high metal armor,used potions and max potions thats all lmfao.
- Anonymous
29 Nov 2018 06:45
I kid you not... had someone join me for a Kirin fight.... he tried using a shock trap.... they do exist...
- Anonymous
04 Nov 2018 15:29
Hey guys, I have an amazing tip for this beast. You ready? Okay, here goes... you see what you want to do, is just not hunt him at all because of how much of a little sh!t head he is. And that's how you beat Kirin.
- Anonymous
02 Oct 2018 11:22
People actually made me afraid of tempered Kirin. I went in with max stun resist,max paralysis resist, and max thunder resist with the thunder proof and temporal mantle. I beat him first try. On top of that I’m new to the MH series. So either everyone’s been under prepping for the first tempered elder dragon fight of the game or y’all are talking about arch-tempered Kirin
- Anonymous
18 Sep 2018 17:28
Few people know this, but if you manage to mount the Kirin and stay on for long enough without attacking it'll very slowly begin thrashing and running around less and less and after a variable period of time will eventually come to accept you riding it the same way a wild horse might. At this point you can ride the Kirin around like the majestic lightning unicorn it is firing your bow from its back like a cooler version of Link riding Epona. Should you then collect your palico, another cat friend tailraider, and a small monster tailraider you'll unlock the hidden "Beastmaster" achievement with the added bonus of being able to call on your Kirin at any time to help you fight. And also you'll never be lonely again. Or...or maybe I just dreamed all that :(
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
16 Sep 2018 00:22
Ohhhh so this is an actual Elder dragon? So my game actually wasn’t glitching out with the quest info? So they decided to make a horse and slap it under the “Elder Dragon” Category? Huh, yeah I get it, that makes sense.
- Anonymous
08 Sep 2018 19:26
Kirin is the first, and i feel only, large monster that FORCES you to play smart. You can't jump in with low thunder resistance, you HAVE to eat the correct food for elemental resistance. You have to use gear that counters him (Mantle) and you need to equip your palico with the horn for thunder and paralysis resist for when the mantle runs out. Often times players have an issue with tempered kirin because they run in with little or no buffs trying to take him on. Here's a list of what you should be bringing: Mega Potion Ancient Potion Max Potion Might seed Demon Drug Flash pods(? always have them) Mega Bombs x 4 (zzz) Power charm & talon Armor charm & talon Thunder resistance deco x 3 (Go to the melder) (I fight kirin with NERG armor. i get to +10 with 3) Thunder mantle. REQUIRED Coral Orchestra. REQUIRED Vitality mantle. Optional Before setting out, eat a fish meal for Elemental Resistance (L), then when you get to camp eat a max potion or drink your vitamins to top off health. When you get out of camp force your palico to sing for you and get a stun resistance. Wait for kirins stupidly predictable path, drop 2 mega bombs in it and wait for him to walk over them and start. Then drop 2 more at his resting face. Thunder mantle should be saved for enrage, if you need to learn his moves then use it at the beginning. and lastly, PLAY DEFENSIVELY. Kirin does massive hits. If you have less than 3/4th health HEAL. if not you are risking a 1 shot. Mega potions are stupid easy to come by, don't worry about burning them for half their effectiveness if it keeps you alive.
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
01 Sep 2018 19:33
*Smithy hands you the kirin armour* … "What is this?" "That cool Kirin armour you asked for! Looks great, right?" "... Gee, thanks."
- Anonymous
01 Sep 2018 19:30
*first fight, beat it 0 faints* hey, that wasn't so hard. *next fight, it's tempered, gets one shot immedietly*… ohhhhhhh
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- Anonymous
18 Aug 2018 04:46
I learnt that the reason kirin tracks dont show on the progress bar is due to you not doing the LR kirin quest first. You have to do a few capture quests first, starting with Kulu Yaku, then barroth, then paolumu and finally odogaron. Only then you will unlock an optional quest for a 5* LR Kirin. Only from there, your scoutflies will then be able to collect and process Kirin tracks in the coral highlands for HR Kirin
- Anonymous
11 Aug 2018 07:10
Why bother having an SOS system in place if nobody ever answers? I sent up 5 today asking for help with Kirin and NOBODY *****ING ANSWERED!!! Why have this? WHY!!??? When I ask for help I expect *****ing help! Immediately! This is the*****tiest, most unfair monster in the entire *****ing game and I'm sick of attempting! I just want to get it over with once, just ONCE!!! *****!
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
22 Jun 2018 20:28
You want to feel salt? Search the record on YouTube. Someone kills a tempered arc Kirin w a bow in 3 min 6 seconds.
- Anonymous
10 Jun 2018 20:54
Can't figure out how to get to harder lvl of Kirin,only reg lvl...
Any idea wat I missed,haven't finished gm yet, on 1st fight against XoJiva,is it after that
- Anonymous
10 Jun 2018 08:24
Here's a idea.
When the Kirin is dying, everyone in the party places bombs at the base of the climbable walls. Specifically at the wall underneath the wedge beetle that's one floor above where the Legianna lands, or at the base/top of the long climb before the high nest. The 2nd option is likely more viable, because the wedge beetles in the area will allow us to reach those spots faster than the Kirin.
Since it always takes that route when it's dying, it would be a good opportunity to intercept it at those points and possibly knock it down. Not only that, but it's a guarantee that it goes to sleep once it reaches the nest which will allow us to set bombs down anyway. So using bombs as it's running away will maximize resources and likely kill it faster.
05 Jan 2019 08:49
Difficult fight with nearly worthless armor (only good trait is the thunder attack, which doesn't help against him) Yeah, think I'm going to shelf this game and wait for more content. Literally all of the high rank armor sucks for just about everything and it's difficult to obtain. Still wearing Vaal Hazak for the regen, if the reqard equipment is trash what's the point in even continuing playing?
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