MH Wilds Jin Dahaad Guide

In Monster Hunter Wilds, Jin Dahaad is one of the game’s few Apex Predators – and one of the hardest monsters to beat. Jin Dahaad is the pinnacle boss of the Iceshard Cliffs area and even has a unique arena. Hunters should expect to spend much more time fighting this monster than others thanks to its extremely high defenses.

To beat Jin Dahaad, MH Wilds players must pay attention to their positioning and stay out of the way of its most powerful moves, including an explosive attack that can just about one-shot any Hunter.

This Jin Dahaad guide explains how to unlock and find this monster, the Jin Dahaad weaknesses, attacks you should avoid (including its ice explosion), and what Jin Dahaad rewards you will get by slaying this leviathan.

Where To Find Jin Dahaad Location In MH Wilds

The Jin Dahaad is one of the most difficult monsters to beat in Monster Hunter Wilds, and can only be found in one location: Iceshard Cliffs. This late-game zone is home to a variety of monsters, and you’ll first encounter Jin Dahaad during the earlier mission Chapter 3-2: Nothing Frozen, Nothing Gained. But you won’t be able to find Jin Dahaad in the open world until you complete Chapter 5-1: Storm Cold Vortex in High Rank.

The Jin Dahaad is not like other monsters and does not patrol the Iceshard Cliffs zone. Instead, Jin Dahaad spawns almost exclusively at the pinnacle of Iceshard Cliffs in a special frozen boss arena.

Though Jin Dahaad is more likely to appear during Frostwinds weather, it can appear in any condition at any time of day. To see if Jin Dahaad has appeared, open up your world map and scroll over the Iceshard Cliffs icon.

Rest at the Iceshard Cliffs Base Camp until you get a notification that Jin Dahaad has appeared, then start the quest by selecting the monster from the Environment Overview of the region. This will allow you to create a quest and teleport to the Makeshift Camp just outside of the arena.

How To Beat Jin Dahaad: Weaknesses & Weak Spots

A leviathan that sits at the peak of the Iceshard Cliff’s ecosystem.

It surrounds its massive form in cold temperatures via ridge-like cooling organs across its body.

The frost its limbs produce doubles as a potent weapon and a way to travel along walls and floating rocks.

MH Wilds Jin Dahaad Weaknesses & Resistances

The Jin Dahaad is an enormous beast with many parts, all of which are resistant to Ice damage. In fact, the monster hardly has any weaknesses except for normal weapon damage types and Fire damage, but only against its head. In general, the monster does not have many elemental weaknesses that you can take advantage of, but if you must choose one, go with Fire damage.

The Jin Dahaad is a gargantuan monster, but it can still be affected by all status effects, especially Blastblight and Exhaust. Bring weapons that can trigger these effects to take advantage of this relative weakness. You can inflict Sleep, Paralysis, and other effects too, but it will take longer than your average monster.

In terms of tools, the Jin Dahaad is only weak to Flash Pod and Shock Trap. It’s too large to be contained in a Pitfall Trap or be affected by a Sonic Bomb slinger shot, but Shock Traps will root it in place, and Flash Pods can interrupt all but its strongest move (the charge-up ice blast that you must hide from).

MH Wilds Jin Dahaad Weak Spots & Breakable Parts

The Jin Dahaad has several notable weak spots, but they are hard to reach with the beast’s protective plating in the way. Though its tail can be severed, your attacks will bounce off of the Jin Dahaad protective plates until you break the Iceplate associated with each part. In total, there are five places you can break Jin Dahaad:

• Cranial Iceplate (head)
• Forelegs
• Lg. Iceplate Exposed (Torso)
• Abdominal Iceplate (back torso)
• Hind Legs

To break these Iceplates, you will have to knock Jin Dahaad onto its side by breaking wounds, or jump onto its back to mount it. Unless you have a ranged weapon, it’s extremely difficult to target each Iceplate and break through its hard defenses while it is standing up.

How To Beat Jin Dahaad: Attacks & Strategies

Jin Dahaad Attacks To Watch Out For

The main Jin Dahaad attack that players must absolutely avoid is its arena-spanning ice explosion. Throughout the battle, the Jin Dahaad will curl up and draw in ice around itself to create a hard shell, which will then explode across the entire arena for an absolutely enormous amount of damage – usually enough to one-shot unprepared hunters.

To avoid the Jin Dahaad’s most deadly move, you must find cover. Every time the monster uses this move a small ice block will form somewhere around the arena. You must hop on your Seikret and make it behind this ice block before the explosion happens. As the ice radiates out from the boss, the cover will slowly be destroyed, but you’ll be safe from harm.

Jin Dahaad is a terrifying, huge monster with a lot more attacks to avoid. At any time it can rear back and blast you with Ice breath, no matter where you are (under the boss, at its tail, by its leg, etc). You have a few seconds once it starts charging its ice breath to get out of the area.

• If you are by its tail, run to its front.
• If you are by its side, dodge underneath to the opposite side.
• If you are underneath the monster, sprint to the rear or side of the monster to get out of the blast zone.
• If you are standing in front of Jin Dahaad, dodge underneath and behind the boss to avoid its frontal charged ice beam.

While underneath Jin Dahaad, it may stomp on you with its fore and hind legs and deal an explosion of Ice damage. If you see it lift its leg, quickly evade to the opposite leg to avoid taking damage.

When the boss moves to other locations within Iceshard Cliffs, it will climb atop large environmental objects and blast down horizontal lines of ice breath. Mount your Seikret to avoid these attacks easily, then pull the Giant Frozen Pillar it is standing on after the third breath attack. You cannot drop the boss with this trap before its third breath attack.

Quick Tips To Beat Jin Dahaad

• This is one of the highest-health, largest, most intimidating monsters in Monster Hunter Wilds and can be tough to take on alone. Consider sending out an S.O.S. or joining another player’s expedition to make the fight a bit easier to handle – and be patient, because the fight can go on for quite some time.
• Attack the boss’ Iceplates to get rid of its most defensive layer. Jin Dahaad doesn’t take much damage on its body (aside from its head and tail) until these ice plates are broken.
• Attack the monster’s legs first to bring it to the ground, then focus on slicing off its tail and breaking its Iceplates. The tail is a major source of damage, and getting rid of it means you can stay at the monster’s rear more safely. Breaking iceplates is required to deal damage to certain parts of its body.
• Keep your head on a swivel and watch for the boss to start charging ice attacks. These can be devastating, but a Nullberry will free you from being frozen in place.
• Despite being such a gargantuan beast, this monster is still weak to Shock Traps and Flash Pods. Aim Flash Pods at its head for maximum effectiveness, and coordinate with your group to place Shock Traps down throughout the fight and create more attack opportunity windows.
• You need to be behind the ice block during the massive explosion attack when the attack goes off, but you have a bit more time than you think. After the monster finishes charging, you have about two more seconds before the explosion and shock wave destroy the ice block (and any players caught outside).

MH Wilds Jin Dahaad Drops & Rewards

By hunting a Jin Dahaad, Monster Hunter Wilds players have a chance to get specific Jin Dahaad monster materials. These can be used to craft a variety of high quality armors, weapons, and other equipment pieces, but depending on which material you need to craft a specific piece of gear, you may need to hunt several Jin Dahaad.

Like all monster materials, all Jin Dahaad materials are not guaranteed to drop from skinning or Target Rewards at the end of a quest (which includes captured monster materials). Instead, you have a chance to get these materials, some of which become more likely to drop depending on which parts you break:

All MH Wilds Jin Dahaad Titles

All monsters in Monster Hunter Wilds will reward the Hunter with different Titles after you hunt a certain number of them. The Jin Dahaad titles in MH Wilds include:

• Hunt 10x Jin Dahaad: Jin Dahaad
• Hunt 15x Jin Dahaad: Chill
• Hunt 20x Jin Dahaad: Hoarfrost
• Hunt 30x Jin Dahaad: Ice-bound