Gold Rathian

The Gold Rathian are the strongest subspecies of the Rathian species and female counterpart of the Silver Rathalos. Gold Rathian have some of the most sought after parts of all monsters. Their bodies are covered in a hard golden shell, making it hard to attack without the weapon bouncing off it.

Gold Rathians are physically different from the other Rathian in that they have a shiny gold color to their scales and shells. They also take damage differently than the others. Instead of their weak spot being their head, their weak spot is their wings. The only exception to this is when using a Hammer or Hunting Horn, the impact damage is still more effective on the head area. The Gold Rathian is weakest to thunder elemental weapons on the wings. Like the other Rathian, the Gold Rathian can poison hunters and damage them with searing fireballs.

Unlocking Gold Rathian

 * Debate rages as to the correct way to unlock Gold Rathian and Silver Rathalos. There seems to be a lot of contradictory anecdotal evidence.
 * In MHF2 she, along with Silver Rathalos, can be unlocked by killing 100 Flying Wyverns (Bird Wyverns and Piscine do not count).
 * Remobras may or may not count towards that Wyvern total.
 * In MHFU, players can also unlock the Gold Rathian and Silver Rathalos by clearing Nekoht's 8* Quests.

Changes in MHFU

 * Regular Earplugs do not work any more; in MHFU players need High Grade Earplug to block her scream.
 * She is now able to link her backflip attack from a charge or from shooting fireballs.
 * If she is knocked off her feet, she can do a surprise backflip while getting up.

MHFU Armor Skills - Golden Moon Series
=See Also=
 * Rathian
 * Pink Rathian
 * Silver Rathalos