Tempered Monsters - Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Guide - IGN (2024)

Tempered monsters in Monster Hunter World are even more powerful versions of high-rank monsters.

Tempered Monsters Quick Details:

• Theircarves are the same as their high-rank counterparts
• They must be unlocked with investigations
• You can tell an investigation is for a Tempered monster by the purple outline
• The extra investigation rewards, marked by the purple? in the screenshot above,will always be Decorations or Streamstones, used for Augmentation.

Defeating Tempered Monsters is the best way to acquire Decorations, and is the only way to find Streamstones which can Augment your armor.

How to Unlock Tempered Monsters

Once you begin searching for Elder Dragon tracks, you may come across odd tracks that also turn your scoutfliesblue. The monster in question will be outlined in purple. Collect enough of these tracks, and you will unlock an investigation for a Tempered monster at the Resource Center. Breaking parts and hunting tempered monsters will also proc chances to unlock more investigations as well.

Collecting Tempered Rathian tracks does not gaurantee a Tempered Rathian Investigation. Each Tempered track has a threat level associated with it. You can receive investigations for any monster within that threat level from the tracks. See chart below.

There is one Assigned Quest against two Tempered Bazelgeuseunlocked at HR 29, and another Assigned Quest against a Tempered Kirin unlocked at HR 49. Once completed, you will then unlock and be able to join quests against Tempered Elder Dragons.

Threat Levels

Each Tempered monster is allocated into Threat Level as seen here:

How to Find Tempered Monster Tracks

Before setting out to collect Tempered Monster Tracks, it's best to craft Hunter's Headgear Alpha, for its skills, Scholar and Scoutfly Range Up. These will help you find tracks faster, and unlock investigations faster as well.

Some tempered monster tracks will always spawn in certain places, however, only half can spawn at a time. There are simple paths to follow in the Wildspire Waste to collect Threat Level 1 tracks, and a path to follow in the Coral Highlands for Threat Level 2.

Here's a video explaining the paths to follow for Threat Level 1 Tracks provided by Orsus Gaming:

Here's the map provided by Orsus Gamingto find Threat Level 1 Tracks:

Basically, head to the first red spot marked on the map. If it's there, continue along the red path. If that Tempered Rathian track isn't there, go north to the blue track, and follow that path instead.

Here's a final video by Orsus Gamingexplaining the same method, but for Threat Level 2 monsters in the Coral Highlands:

How to Find Tempered Elder Dragon Tracks

Unlocking tempered elder dragon investigations is similar to unlocking other monsters, but these are more rare.

The easiest way to unlock many of these at a time is by taking advantage of your first assigned quest against a Tempered Kirin, unlocked at HR 49.

Because Kirin are docile, you can simply stalk the Kirin around the map and pick up the tempered tracks it leaves behind. These will provide you randomly with investigations for a random Elder Dragon, which includes:

• Nergigante
• Teostra
• Kushala Daora
• Vaal Hazak
• Kirin

Tempered Elder Dragon tracks will also spawn in set places around the different Locations as well, but these are much less numerous than Threat Level 1 and Threat Level 2 tempered monster tracks. On average you'll find one tempered elder dragon track each time you go to a map.

You'll also unlock tempered elder dragon investigations when fighting tempered elder dragons. Each time you break a part, or pick up a track left behind by the monster you're hunting, you'll have a chance to unlock a new tempered investigation.