Pukei-Pukei - Monster Hunter Rise (Materials, Weaknesses and Strategies)
The Pukei-Pukei is probably the most colourful monster in Monster Hunter Rise. Don't let his jovial appearance fool you though, he has more than one trick up his sleeve and clearly doesn't have a tongue in cheek. 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.
Pukei-Pukei

Species : Raptor wyvern
Element : None
Threat: 4 stars
The weaknesses of Pukei-Pukei
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Head | 75 | 80 | 70 | 15 | 0 | 30 | 20 | 10 |
Language | 95 | 90 | 85 | 15 | 0 | 30 | 20 | 10 |
Neck | 40 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 5 |
Trunk | 35 | 35 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 5 |
Wing | 50 | 45 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 5 |
Paw | 45 | 45 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 0 |
Tail | 55 | 50 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 5 |
How to beat the Pukei-Pukei
To come
The materials of Pukei-Pukei
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 | |
Pukei Scale | 20% | 19% | 25% | 42% | 60% | |
Pukei shell | 27% | 31% | 80% | 32% | 40% | |
Pukei Feather | 11% | 16% | 80% | 10% | -- | |
Pukei tail | 7% | 12% | -- | 80% | -- | |
Pukei pocket | 14% | 22% | 75% | 16% | -- | |
Poison bag | 11% | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Monster bone (G) | 10% | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Tear of wyvern | -- | -- | -- | -- | 50% |
Expert Rank
Materials | Target | Seize | Damage | Cutting up | Recovered | |
Pukei Scale + | 21% | 19% | 22% | 42% | 60% | |
Pukei armour | 28% | 34% | 80% | 32% | 40% | |
Pukei-Pukei Wing | 12% | 15% | 80% | 10% | -- | |
Pukei Pocket + | 15% | 18% | 75% | 16% | -- | |
Toxin pocket | 11% | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Aceros bones | 10% | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Raptor wyvern gem | 3% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 1% | |
Pukei tail | -- | 9% | -- | 70% | -- | |
Tear of wyvern | -- | -- | -- | -- | 25% | |
Large wyvern tear | -- | -- | -- | -- | 25% |
Master Rank
Materials | Target | Seize | Damage | Cutting up | Recovered | |
Pukei-Pukei Shard | 18% | 19% | 22% | 42% | 60% | |
Pukei-Pukei Cortex | 26% | 33% | 80% | 32% | 40% | |
Egide Pukei-Pukei | 11% | 15% | 45% | 10% | - | |
Large Pukei-Pukei pocket | 14% | 16% | 75% | 16% | - | |
Pukei-Pukei Whip | 7% | 9% | - | 80% | - | |
Venom pouch | 11% | - | - | - | - | |
Os rigidos | 10% | - | - | - | - | |
Mythical Bird Gem | 3% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 1% | |
Raptor wyvern gem | - | 5% | - | - | - | |
Tear wyvern | - | - | - | - | 15% | |
Large wyvern tear | - | - | - | - | 35% | |
Distressed scale | - | - | 20% | 20% | - |