Fatalis has descended upon Monster Hunter World: Iceborne. Although the Special Assignment quest will stay up forever, the ‘Fade to Black’ Iceborne Fatalis Event Quest won’t. Considering the Seliana Fun Fright Fest goes from October 15 through November 5, we can assume the Event Quest will be out for a while after that date. It is one of the hardest fights in Iceborne, so I’ve created a guide on beating it with a peek at both alpha and beta armor sets.

Tips For Fighting the Monster

  • When Clutch Clawing to the head, take note of whether it’s using a fire breath or fireball attack. Fire breath won’t damage and knock you away, but fireball does.
  • Using Ghillie Mantle and the cannons at the start of the fight will guarantee a free knockdown, even in co-op.
  • You can use Dragon Pods to flinch Fatalis. Useful when it’s focusing on a teammate or preparing the huge fire breath attack.
  • Use Smoke Bombs and Ghillie Mantle to take a breather, force Fatalis to stop flying, or set up for a hard-hitting attack.
  • There are two One-Shot Binders in the arena. One near the first supernova hiding spot and the other is just behind the left-side/cannon platforms ballista. Saving them for Phase Two is usually your best option.
  • To roll out of ballista faster, press the X/A/Dodge button.
  • Fatalis has two pin attacks. One where it stands up and slowly slams its body. The second one is completely unblockable and will drain your health to around 3/4 or 4/5. It’s survivable if you have full health or your teammates keep healing you.

Other than that, just remember that double head breaks when in Phase Two will significantly neuter Fatalis’ fire attacks (and give 100% drop of Fatalis Evil Eye). As a Gunlance user, I’m having a hard time breaking its head. Unfortunately, because of that, I can’t measure the differences and didn’t put it in the video. Also, 20+ Fire Resistance to further reduce damage and remove Fireblight’s tick damage is a no-brainer choice for this fight. Try to get your Defense to above 1,000. Survival is your number one priority — but stay aggressive, because the time limit is only 30 minutes.

Iceborne Fatalis Armor

The set will give you a pretty overpowered Inheritance skill that unlocks all available skill Secrets for just two pieces of armor. Meanwhile, the four-pieces will give you Transcendence, which grants True Razor Sharp/Shot and 100 bonus Health/Stamina when starting a quest or fainting. Below is the list of armor skills and materials needed for each piece.

Fatalis Alpha Set:

  • Dragonhead α+: Fatalis Cortex 3x, Fatalis Hardhorn x1, Fatalis Evil Eye x1, Stygian Zinogre Skymerald x1.
  • Skills: Stun Resistance Level 3, Guard Level 3; Deco Level 3 + Level 2 + Level 2.
  • Dragonhide α+: Fatalis Cortex x3, Fatalis Pectus x3, Fatalis Evil Eye x2, Azure Dragonsphire x1.
  • Skills: Weakness Exploit Level 1, Evade Window Level 2; Deco Level 4 + Level 4 + Level 3.
  • Dragonclaws α+: Fatalis Cortex x3, Fatalis Shard x3, Fatalis Hardhorn x2, Rajang Heart x1.
  • Skills: Weakness Exploit Level 1, Evade Window Level 2; Deco Level 4 + Level 4 + Level 3.
  • Dragonbarbs α+: Fatalis Cortex x3, Fatalis Fellwing x2, Fatalis Pectus x2, Immortal Reactor x1.
  • Skills: Critical Eye Level 3, Weakness Exploit Level 1; Deco Level 4 + Level 3 + Level 3.
  • Dragonfeet α+: Fatalis Cortex x3, Fatalis Shard x4, Fatalis Fellwing x2, Large Elder Dragon Gem x1.
  • Skills: Evade Window Level 1, Handicraft Level 2; Deco Level 4 + Level 4.

Fatalis Beta Set (all pieces have three Deco Level 4 slots):

  • Skills: Stun Resistance Level 3, Guard Level 3; Deco Level 3 + Level 2 + Level 2.

  • Skills: Weakness Exploit Level 1, Evade Window Level 2; Deco Level 4 + Level 4 + Level 3.

  • Skills: Critical Eye Level 3, Weakness Exploit Level 1; Deco Level 4 + Level 3 + Level 3.

  • Skills: Evade Window Level 1, Handicraft Level 2; Deco Level 4 + Level 4.

  • Dragonhead β+: Fatalis Cortex 3x, Fatalis Hardhorn x1, Fatalis Evil Eye x1, Stygian Zinogre Skymerald x1.

  • Skills: Stun Resistance Level 3.

  • Dragonhide β+: Fatalis Cortex x3, Fatalis Pectus x3, Fatalis Evil Eye x2, Azure Dragonsphire x1.

  • Skills: Weakness Exploit Level 1, Evade Window Level 1.

  • Dragonclaws β+: Fatalis Cortex x3, Fatalis Shard x3, Fatalis Hardhorn x2, Rajang Heart x1.

  • Skills: Weakness Exploit Level 1.

  • Dragonbarbs β+: Fatalis Cortex x3, Fatalis Fellwing x2, Fatalis Pectus x2, Immortal Reactor x1.

  • Skills: Critical Eye Level 2.

  • Dragonfeet β+: Fatalis Cortex x3, Fatalis Shard x4, Fatalis Fellwing x2, Large Elder Dragon Gem x1.

  • Skills: Evade Window Level 1.

  • Skills: Stun Resistance Level 3.

  • Skills: Weakness Exploit Level 1, Evade Window Level 1.

  • Skills: Weakness Exploit Level 1.

  • Skills: Critical Eye Level 2.

  • Skills: Evade Window Level 1.