Goss Harag - Monster Hunter Rise (Materials, Weaknesses and Strategies)
The Goss Harag will be delighted to face you in a sword duel in Monster Hunter Rise. This large monster turns its claws into ice blades and is not afraid to use them. In this guide, you will be introduced to his attacks, his weaknesses, as well as the novice and expert materials he can bring back to forge weapons and armour.
Goss Harag

Species : Beasts with fangs
Element : Ice
Threat: 7 stars
The weaknesses of the Goss Harag
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Head | 56 | 56 | 50 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Trunk | 24 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Front leg | 51 | 51 | 35 | 30 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Piece of ice | 66 | 66 | 45 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Back | 30 | 30 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Rear leg | 24 | 24 | 15 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
How to beat the Goss Harag
The advantage of Goss Harag is that he can only attack with his arms (or almost). The problem is that this is also the only weak point accessible, which makes you take risks to hit him.
At the beginning of the fight, Goss Harag will create an ice blade around one of his arms. When he has only half his HP left, he creates blades on both arms. His blades are very dangerous, as they combine power and range. You can therefore consider this monster as a swordsman. It is better to wait for it to attack and dodge, and to strike it in the time after its attack. Breaking its claws will make the fight much more obvious, but it can reform them every time it gets angry.
The only time the Goss Harag will not attack with its claws is when it becomes enraged. The Goss Harag turns red, leaps backwards and then spits a continuous beam of ice vertically in front of it, then a horizontal beam. Dodge the vertical beam with a simple step to the side while sheathing your weapon and prepare to use your filopter to leap over the horizontal beam.
The materials of Goss Harag
By fighting a monster, you can get different items and materials for making armour or weapons which we have listed in the following table. This is how the table works:
- Target - Represents your chance to get this material by completing a quest that involves this monster.
- Capture - Your chance to get this material at the end of the quest by capturing this monster, even if it was not the target of the quest.
- Damage - Your chance to get this extra material by completing a quest that involves this monster, if you damage it in a specific place
- Skinning - Your chances of obtaining this material by skinning the carcass or broken/severed element of the target.
- Recovered - Your chance to make this material fall to the ground by injuring the monster, throwing it against a wall, or making it fight another monster.
Novice Rank
Materials | Target | Seize | Damage | Cutting up | Recovered | |
Goss Harag fur | 19% | 14% | 80% | 32% | 60% | |
Goss Harag skin | 29% | 29% | 20% | 19% | 25% | |
Goss Harag forearm | 20% | 25% | 20% | 16% | -- | |
Ice block | 14% | 12% | -- | -- | 35% | |
Frost pocket | 10% | -- | -- | 12% | -- | |
Solid bone | 8% | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Goss Harag claw | -- | 20% | 80% | -- | 15% | |
Goss Harag horn | -- | -- | 80% | 21% | -- | |
Tear of a beast | -- | -- | -- | -- | 50% |
Expert Rank
Materials | Target | Seize | Damage | Cutting up | Recovered | |
Goss Harag Fur + | 18% | 12% | 80% | 29% | 60% | |
Goss Harag skin + | 27% | 25% | 12% | 18% | 25% | |
Goss Harag forearm + | 20% | 20% | 20% | 15% | -- | |
Block of ice + | 14% | 10% | -- | -- | 33% | |
Ice pocket | 10% | -- | -- | 9% | -- | |
Beastly Gem | 8% | 10% | 10% | 6% | 2% | |
Bile Goss Harag | 3% | 5% | 8% | 2% | 1% | |
Goss Harag + claw | -- | 18% | 80% | -- | 14% | |
Goss Harag horn + | -- | -- | 80% | 21% | -- | |
Tear of a beast | -- | -- | -- | -- | 15% | |
Big Tear of Beast | -- | -- | -- | -- | 35% |
Master Rank
Materials | Target | Seize | Damage | Cutting up | Recovered | |
Goss Harag frozen fur | 18% | 14% | 80% | 29% | 60% | |
Goss Harag thin skin | 27% | 27% | 15% | 18% | 25% | |
Procoxa Goss Harag | 20% | 22% | 20% | 15% | - | |
Dense ice block | 15% | 12% | - | - | 33% | |
Cryogenic bag | 12% | - | - | 9% | - | |
Great beastly gem | 5% | - | 5% | 6% | 2% | |
Bile Goss Harag + | 3% | 5% | 8% | 2% | 1% | |
Goss Harag greenhouse | - | 20% | 80% | - | 14% | |
Vouge Goss Harag | - | - | 80% | 21% | - | |
Tear of a beast | - | - | - | - | 10% | |
Big Tear of Beast | - | - | - | - | 40% | |
Distressed claw | - | - | 20% | 20% | - |