Monster Hunter Wilds Uth Duna: What Is It and How to Slay It?🐠
As the third monster you will encounter in the storyline of Monster Hunter Wilds, Uth Duna is certainly a tough one. This monster has a massive body build, with fish fins and tails, as well as four claws to move around on the land. Not only does it flop and hit you with its claws, but it also jumps into the lake and deals water wave attacks. This post will lead you through the ins and outs of Uth Duna, including its story, weaknesses, drops, and an effective attack strategy against it!
What is Uth Duna?
Uth Duna is a leviathan in Monster Hunter Wilds. Your expedition members will bring up Uth Duna’s name several times in the cutscenes, as well as a leviathan.
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Basic Information
The name Uth Duna is mainly from the Japanese. “Uzu” in Japanese means the whirlpool, while “tuna” means the eel. While the monster is not as slender as an eel, it is capable of stirring up water as its unique attacks.
The monster has the appearance of a fish with four claws. In the settings of the Monster Hunter series, a leviathan belongs to a class of monsters that are wyverns with serpentine bodies and flexibility in the water. Indeed, Uth Duna in the game has the look of a fish-and-dragon combination, allowing it to adapt to both the water and the land but not the sky like other flying wyverns.
The monster inhabits near the waterfall and the lake in the Scarlet Forest. During the fight, it moves between the forest and the lake as well, making the fight more time-consuming.
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Weakness
Uth Duna’s weak spot is its head and mouth. Although the tail and the forelegs are also breakable, the damage on these spots will not be as high as on the head or the mouth.
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Effective Elements
The effective element against Uth Duna is the thunder element. Disappointingly, when you first encounter this monster in the game, you will not have any thunder element weapon available. In this case, the only viable way is through light/heavy bowguns with thunder ammo. You can check the Ammo Info of the gun from the “Change Equipment” from your tent or the “Forge/Upgrade Weapons” from Gemma.
Here is the list of heavy/light bowguns with the thunder ammo slot:
| Light Bowgun | Hope Rifle |
| Heavy Bowgun | Hope Cannon |
You can collect thunder ammo from the thunderbugs or purchase it from Jack, the provision provider.
The first thunder-element weapon will only be forgeable after you defeat Rey Dau, a monster that appears later in the game. With the weapons forged from Rey Dau’s drops, your repeated hunts on Uth Duna will become easier.
The following is a list of thunder-element weapons from Rey Dau:
| Long Sword | Rey Tonitrus 1 |
| Sword & Shield | Rey Kuara 1 |
| Hammer | Rey Perun 1 |
| Lance | Rey Indra 1 |
| Charge Blade | Rey Astrapi 1 |
| Insect Glaive | Rey Halilintar 1 |
| Light Bowgun (Thunder Ammo) | Rey Szelatya 1 |
| Bow | Rey Perkonis 1 |
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Drops
Uth Duna’s drops include:
- Uth Duna Claw: 80% chance
- Uth Duna Scale: 60% chance
- Uth Duna Cilia: 60% chance
- Uth Duna Tentacle: 60% chance
- Uth Duna Hide: 40% chance
- Aqua Sac: 40% chance
- Uth Duna Certificate: 10% chance
- Uth Duna Plate: 10% chance
You can use these drops to forge a new set of Uth Duna armor and weapons.
The armor carries high water resistance and can be used to hunt down Uth Duna or other water-element monsters repeatedly.
The water-element weapons counter the thunder-element monsters, which will come in handy later when you need to fight Rey Dau or other thunder-related monsters.
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When Will I Hunt This Monster in the Story?
The monster appears later in your adventure in the Scarlet Forest. It is the last monster you are going to hunt down in the forest since it is the apex predator in this territory. The fight happens after Lala Barina and Congalala. After defeating Uth Duna, you will be ushered into a new chapter in the story, heading towards the Oilwell Basin.
How to Slay Uth Duna?
To slay Uth Duna effectively, you need to make good use of the thunder ammo and rely on close-range attacks with in-time dodging. But first, let us go through the preparations for your first time hunting the monster.
Weapon
Prepare a heavy/light bowgun (Hope Cannon/Hope Rifle) with a full pouch of thunder ammo. You can go through the filter of the map to easily find the location of thunderbugs, and craft the thunder ammo at your tent. Or, you can also buy thunder ammo directly from Jack.
Prepare your close-range weapon with the highest damage. Considering that at this point of the game, you have not unlocked any thunder-element weapons yet. You can equip any close-ranged weapon with high damage as a secondary weapon. After running out of thunder ammo, we will need to rely on the melee weapons to deal a large amount of damage.
However, if you are going for Uth Duna again after Rey Dau, you can refer to the previous table and equip a thunder-element weapon.
Armor
Uth Duna deals water-element attacks, so you need to equip yourself with armor with high water resistance.
When you first encounter Uth Duna, the armor suitable for this quest is the Lala Barina set with the Water Charm talisman. A full set of Lala Barina armor and the Water Charm 1 will bring your water resistance stats to 21, which is a pretty high and decent number to help you with the fight.
If you want to hunt the monster again, you can go to Gemma to forge the Uth Duna set, which is a water-resistance set with higher stats compared to the Lala Barina set.
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Other Preparations
- Don’t forget to collect or purchase a good amount of potions, mega-potions, and life powder.
- Grill a meal for yourself either from the BBQ grill or the tent to give your character some extra buffs.
- Prepare a full Lala Barina set for your palico as well!
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Attack Strategy
Uth Duna has the following attacks:
- Water waves (range damage)
- Strike you with claws (either to slap you with the forelegs or step on you with the hindlegs)
- Swirling around to hit anyone close to it
- Jumping high and smashing onto the ground
Other than the water-wave attack, it is not hard to avoid the other attacks using melee weapons. Because of the massive body build and the slow movements, it is generally easier and more efficient to use close-range weapons to deal fast damage.
The monster likes moving between the jungle and the lake as well. It will take a bit more patience to deal with Uth Duna compared to other monsters, considering the time it spends moving and in the water.
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Uth Duna’s Veil
The monster is also protected by a veil of its body fluids at first when you just start the fight. As you can see, your damage number on Uth Duna will be in blue color with a little shield icon next to it. However, as the fight goes on, you can wear off the monster’s veil and expose it to your attack completely.
It is important to aim your thunder ammo well at the head and the mouth and not to waste to many of them on the body, which will be covered by the veil at the early stage.
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Water Wave Attack
When Uth Duna is in shallow water, it will incur water waves as a range attack. The game has designed the wedge beetles in the air around the area for you to latch on using the slinger to avoid the attack. You can also check the blue wedge beetle icon on the minimap. Mounting on your Seikret can reduce the damage of the attack on you as well.
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Make Use of the Environment
At the highest point of the waterfall is the lake where Uth Duna will move to. The game doesn’t allow you to jump into the lake with the monster. However, there is a rock in the lake that you can use the slinger to destroy and smash onto the monster. It is only for one-time use, so the right timing is quite important.
All in all, the general guideline for attacking Uth Duna is to use all the thunder ammo on its weak spots: the mouth and the head. After using up the thunder ammo, we need to use melee weapons to deal the rest of the damage and dodge its attacks to the best of our ability. Have some patience when it is moving to a new area and when it hides in the deep water, and wait for the moment that it returns back to the platform.
FAQs
1. What is the title of the Uth Duna?
Uth Duna is the apex predator of the Scarlet Forest. It certainly lives up to this title with its dune-like body size and the damage it can cause to any enemies.
2. Where can I find Uth Duna?
You can find Uth Duna either in the forest near the waterfall, on the halfway platform on the waterfall, or at the lake, the highest spot of the waterfall.
When you encounter Uth Duna for the first time, the storyline will lead you directly to Uth Duna’s location. Later, you can open the map and find its icon on the map, which is its current location. A more convenient way to find it is to talk to Alma and start a quest on Uth Duna, and the game will mark its location for you directly.
3. What does Uth Duna mean?
Uth Duna is a name coming from the Japanese. “Uzu” means the whirlpool, while “tuna” is the eel. Combining the connotations from these two translations, you will get both the shape and the attack features of Uth Duna. The monster has a fish-shape appearance with the capability of stirring up water to deal damage to its enemies.
Conclusion
As the apex monster of the Scarlet Forest, Uth Duna poses great difficulties to players who encounter it for the first time. Its protective veil, the water waves, and frequent movements into the water all make the quest even harder, not to mention that at this stage of the game, the player does not have any thunder-element weapons other than the thunder ammo.
Hunting down this monster requires thorough preparations, including thunder ammo, melee weapons, healing potions, etc. With the proper preparations, you can deal with Uth Duna more effectively, and have more time to be able to spend on the monster with your potions and food buffs.
It is definitely worth hunting it down several times to collect the water-element weapon materials and armor materials. Later in the game, the Uth Duna weapons and armor will be of great help in hunting down Rey Dau, the apex predator of the plain.
