Gathering bones in Monster Hunter Wilds is essential to building the best weapons and armor for you and your Palico. If you want to survive in the wilds, you will need to bone up on monster parts.
However, as with ores, there is a huge variety of bones in Monster Hunter Wilds — from the old reliable Quality Bone, to biome-specific ones like the Frozen Icebone.
It doesn’t take a Researcher to point out that you won’t find a Frozen Icebone deep in the Oilwell Basin where everything is on fire… Additionally, the item description for these more obvious ones often calls out the biome they hail from.
However, some bones are more difficult to find than others, which is where this guide comes in. This page covers where to get each bone in Monster Hunter Wilds by location within Low Rank and High Rank.
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What are bones in Monster Hunter Wilds?
Unsurprisingly, bones are what’s left of monsters when they die. There are two ways to get these in Monster Hunter Wilds: find a Bonepile and pilfer it from a long-dead monster, or find a monster that is soon to be dead and exact swift justice on it for still being alive.
Bones are just one of several things you will need to build weapons and armor for you and your Palico. The other components to look out for are ores and, of course, monster parts. Naturally, there is some overlap between bones and monster parts.
Bonepiles all look the same, no matter your biome, so keep an eye on your mini map for the bone icon and the obvious piles of bones in the overworld.
As with previous games, you will get three bones per Bonepile provided you keep gathering. And, as with previous games, if you’re specifically after bones, you can use your map to locate Bonepiles. If you set them as a waypoint, you can hop on your trusty Seikret and autopilot your way there.
Low rank bone locations list
Everything in Monster Hunter Wilds can be split into Low Rank and High Rank. Low Rank Monsters are easier to subdue than High Rank Monsters, and Low Rank bones are, understandably, more common than those you can only find once you unlock High Rank.
Anything marked as Rarity 4 or 5 can be found at Low Rank.
Bonepiles, small monsters and as quest rewards at Low Rank
* Sturdy Bone – Rarity 4; Windward Plains and Scarlet Forest
* Brute Bone – Rarity 4; Quest reward. Conga (Small monster; 50%)
* Mystery Bone – Rarity 4; Ruins of Wyveria. Quest reward. Bulaqchi (Small monster; 20%), Pokeplume (Small monsters; 25%)
* Charred Oilbone – Rarity 4; Oilwell Basin. Kranodath (Small monster; 20%)
* Frozen Icebone – Rarity 4; Iceshard Cliffs. Comaqchi (Small monster; 20%)
Special Item locations at Low Rank
* Fossilized Opal – Rarity 4; Windward Plains, Oilwell Basin and Iceshard Cliffs
* Fossilized Fire Opal – Rarity 5; Windward Plains and Oilwell Basin
* Ancient Fossil – Rarity 5; Windward Plains and Oilwell Basin
* Hibarami Molting – Rarity 5; Iceshard Cliffs
Monster Parts at Low Rank
* Lala Barina Stinger – Rarity 4; Lala Barina (100% break petals, 8% target reward, 11% carving)
* Uth Duna Tentacle – Rarity 4; Uth Duna (100% break head, 8% target reward, 11% carving)
* Nerscylla Spike – Rarity 4; Nerscylla (100% break stinger, 8% target reward, 12% wound destroyed, 15% carving)
* Ajarakan Ridge – Rarity 4; Ajarakan (100% break back, 11% target reward, 13% carving)
* Ajarakan Marrow – Rarity 5; Ajarakan (5% target reward, 7% carving, 12% carving tail)
* Nu Udra Tentacle – Rarity 4; Nu Udra (11% target reward, 13% carving, 60% carving arm)
* Guardian Ebony Sinew – Rarity 4; Guardian Ebony Odogaron (100% break tail, 20% target reward, 35% wound destroyed, 23% carving)
* Xu Wu Tentacle – Rarity 4; Xu Wu (11% target reward, 11% carving, 93% carving arm)
* Tough Guardian Bone – Rarity 4; Ruins of Wyveria. Guardian Seikret (20% target reward), Guardian Arkveld (20% target reward), Zoh Shia (20% target reward)
High rank bone locations list
Once you unlock High Rank, the list of bones you can pick up expands significantly. However, since you can collect Rarity 4 and 5 bones amongst the High Rank bones, their rarity becomes much more noticeable.
Be aware that while some Low Rank and High Rank monsters share monster parts (particularly tails), most do not. If you are looking for a Ridge, for example, you will need to fight a Low Rank monster, not a High Rank one, which will drop a Ridge+.
[Ed. note: The follow section includes spoilers for names of the High Rank monsters in Monster Hunter Wilds.]
Bonepiles and as quest rewards at High Rank
* Quality Bone – Rarity 6; Any Bonepile, Reward for certain side missions (E.g. Aida’s Apprehensions)
* Colossal Bone – Rarity 6; Blango (Small monster; 50%)
* Dragonbone Relic – Rarity 7; Windward Plains, Reward for finishing Chapter 5-2.
Monster Bones at High Rank
* Monster Keenbone – Rarity 6; Quest reward, any large monster (E.g. Yian Kut Ku, High Rank Rompopolo etc)
* Stoutbone – Rarity 6; Quest reward (E.g. Chatacabra, Ajarakan etc)
* Monster Hardbone – Rarity 6; Very large monsters (E.g. Jin Dihaad, High Rank Rey Dau, Uth Duna, Arkveld)
Specific Monster Parts at High Rank
* Lala Barina Stinger+ – Rank 6; Lala Barina (100% break petals, 8% target reward, 11% carving)
* Uth Duna Tentacle+ – Rank 6 Uth Duna (100% break head, 8% target reward, 11% carving)
* Nerscylla Spike+ – Rank 6; Nerscylla (100% break stinger, 8% target reward, 25% wound destroyed, 15% carving)
* Ajarakan Ridge+ – Rank 6; Ajarakan (100% break stinger, 11% target reward, 13% wound destroyed, 15% carving)
* Ajarakan Medulla – Rank 7; Ajarakan (3% target reward, 5% carving, 7% carving tail)
* Nu Udra Tentacle+ – Rank 6; Nu Udra (11% target reward, 13% carving, 60% carving arm)
* Guardian Ebony Sinew+ – Rank 6; Guardian Ebony Odogaron (100% break tail, 18% target reward, 35% wound destroyed, 23% carving)
* Xu Wu Tentacle – Rank 6; Xu Wu (11% target rewards, 11% carving, 93% carving arm)
* Kut-Ku Ear – Rarity 6; Yian Kut-Ku (100% break head, 8% target rewards, 13% carving)
* Rathian Spike+ – Rarity 6; Rathian (8% target reward, 8% wound destroyed, 13% carving, 80% carving tail)
* Rath Medulla – Rarity 6; Rathian/Rathalos (8% target reward, 11% carving, 13% carving tail)
* Guardian Fulgar Nosebone+ – Rarity 6; Guardian Fulgar Anjanath (70% break head, 8% target rewards, 13% carving)
* Gravios Medulla — Rarity 7; Gravios (8% target reward, 11% carving, 22% carving tail)
* Blangonga Whisker – Rarity 6; Blangonga (27% target reward, 27% carving)
Good luck collecting piles of bones in Monster Hunter Wilds!
Our Monster Hunter Wilds guides can outline your progress with our main story walkthrough and monster list ahead of reaching High Rank, plus help you settle on an armament with our weapons list and best weapons explainers.
