One of the first monsters you come across while exploring the Windward Plains in Monster Hunter Wilds is the Quematrice. This giant chicken can set cause large explosions and set the ground on fire. The Quematrice can be found in low-rank, high-rank, and in Tempered form. It is one of the rarer low level threats, only coming out during strong Fallow periods.

This guide takes you through the Quematrice’s Ecology, its key weaknesses, rewards you can get from it in low and high rank, and a strategy for how to beat it.

Quematrice Ecology¶

Brute Wyverns with disproportionately long tails. They spread a flammable substance which vaporizes quickly, then ignite it by dragging their tales along the ground. By nature, Quematrice rarely hunt their own prey, and instead scavenge herbivore carrion left behind by other predators.

In addition to hunting Quematrice in the open Windward Plains and Ruins of Wyveria map, you can also accept the following quests to hunt one:

• Hot On Their Tails - 1 Star Assignment (Low Rank)
• Fire Starter - 1 Star Optional Quest (Low Rank)
• The Pursued and the Pursuer - 4 Star Optional Quest (High Rank)
• Quematrice Investigation (High Rank)
• Tempered Quematrice Investigation (High Rank)

There are several unlockable titles for the Quematrice:

• Quematrice - Finish hunt 20
• Tattered - Finish hunt 30
• Ignition - Finish hunt 40
• Match - Finish hunt 50

Quematrice Weaknesses and Breakable Parts¶

The Quematrice is particularly weak to Water elemental attacks from any weapons. Quematrice can take huge amounts of damage from water elemental attacks and you can shred wounds and do a lot of damage to its core body parts. Additionally, the most effective status effects are Poison and Paralysis. The full breakdown of weaknesses and resistances is:

The higher the number of stars, the stronger and more effective the status effect is. Poison is by far the optimal effect to use because it can real drain the monsters stamina quickly. The next best options is Paralysis are by far the easiest to inflict due to the amount of items and weapons that deal the status effect.

You can also use a Shock Trap, Pitfall Trap, and Flash Pod to trap and blind the Quematrice easily.

The key breakable parts of a Quematrice are its head and tail, with its tail also being severable. You can also target the weak spot on the monster which is its neck. Cutting, blunt, and shot damage are strongest against its head with damage weakening as you move further down its body.

Quematrice Materials & Rewards¶

There are seven different rewards you can obtain from the Quematrice in Low Rank and High Rank, either by carving its corpse, breaking its skull, or as a mission reward at the end of a hunt:

How to defeat Quematrice¶

The Quematrice isn’t particularly complex as a monster. It only has a few attacks, but they can hit hard. Any pecks or swipes with its head can be easily dodged to the side, away from it, or towards it so you are underneath its body.

More often that not, the Quematrice will mix up those attacks with tail swipes or a slam, easily telegraphed by the slight wiggle or movement in the tail. These most often happen when you are to its side or behind it. They can just be dodged by rolling away in the direction of the tail’s movement, so you go out of its reach. Slams can be dodged by simply rolling to the side.

Most of these attacks and pecks can also be blocked easily or countered with an Offset Attack. Additionally, when using these swipes you may see some embers sprinkle out as Quematrice moves to prepare an attack it signals that the attack will be followed up by a fire explosion, leaving the ground burning. For the most part, you can just avoid these in the same way, but keep an eye on the burning ground. Ideally, you want to be on the opposite side of where the embers was sprayed to avoid getting clipped by the attack or fire.

The only major attack Quematrice has is a large fire attack around itself as it spins twice. This is clearly signaled by a screech and a red glow from the monster briefly to show it is a powerful attack. Ideally roll away as much as possible, or towards it and keep going until you are out of the explosion radius. If you can stay as far away as possible during this attack, you shouldn’t have too many problems.

Beyond that, simply target the tail or head to deal the most damage at all times, only going for limbs and wings when you want to expose a wound.