One of the earliest monsters you find inMonster Hunter Wilds' story is Lala Barina, a massive rose-themed spider you can beat for new gear. Once you discover this large arachnid’s location, you can exploit its various weaknesses to take it down with your preferred weapon. Those looking to farm vital materials from this creature should learn different strategies to make farming Lala Barina easy.
Many elements you bring into battle against Lala Barina will damage it normally, with some notable exceptions.Lala Barina uses Paralysis as its main element, so it stands to reason that this element has little to no effect on the monster in return. Don’t make themistake inMonster Hunter Wildsof using Water or Dragon against this creature either while hunting its Tempered version later in the game.
Lala Barina Location
Search For The Spider’s Lair Through Environmental Clues
Lala Barina always spawns in the Scarlet Forest map, one of the major locations you’re able to visit within the game. From your Base Camp, you can explore the world to find Lala Barina marked on your map alongside other Large monsters in the area. The signature rose symbol on your map displays an active Lala Barina, which you can use your Seikret’s auto-travel to reach before it despawns.
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Another way to find Lala Barina is toactivate certain queststhat take place within the Scarlet Forest. As you progress through the main story, you can encounter a Lala Barina through these quests:
Each of these takes place in the Scarlet Forest, whereyou can look for the red petals dropped by Lala Barina that turn the water redin the environment. These paralyzing petals dot the landscape, leading to eventual large red web formations. By following these webs to their source, you may enter a Lala Barina’s lair to challenge it during exploration or a quest hunt.
Lala Barina Strengths & Weaknesses
Quick Movements With Exposed Vulnerable Spots
Hunting a Lala Barina is very different from other monsters, mainly due to the arachnid’s extremely quick movements.Lala Barina’s attacks are hard to predict, as it makes very precise movements like a real spider would. The graceful mobility of Lala Barina also give it an elusiveness not shared by the Quematrice, Doshaguma, or even some winged creatures like theRey Dau inMonster Hunter Wilds.
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However, this does not mean the Lala Barina doesn’t have its fair share of weaknesses.This monster has multiple weak points, including these specific areas of its body:
The large, narrow legs of the Lala Barian are vulnerable spots you’re able to target with your weapon to deal decent damage. Similarly,the extended stinger tail of this creature can be severedfrom the Lala Barina’s body, giving you more material rewards and removing a part of the monster that attacks you. The front claw mandibles near Lala Barina’s mouth are also breakable, giving you more weak points to attack.
While some monsters are weak to specific elemental damage,Lala Barina only takes normal damage from most elements, including Fire, Thunder, and Ice. The same holds true for Cut, Blunt, and Ammo damage from most tools.
The largest part of the Lala Barina is its large Petals, also seen as a huge rose growing out of the monster’s back.The Petal part of Lala Barina occasionally releases Paralysis sporesthat can stun your character if they touch too many. While this is a great strength of the monster, it is also a big weakness, as you may attack the exposed rose as it spews spores to break it and deal incredible damage.
How To Defeat Lala Barina
Recognize Patterns And Strike Certain Areas
One of the best strategies I used for defeating Lala Barina was toconsistently strike the legs, back, or tailof the monster. This will yield high damage and create Open Wounds, which can be destroyed to possibly stagger the monster. With the manyweapon changes inMonster Hunter Wilds, you can universally use your weapon’s Focus Strike attack to target a monster’s wound to destroy parts and topple a creature.
Don’t forget to use parts of the environment to your advantage against Lala Barina. Getting the monster into turf wars with Dogashuma, using natural traps, and using Barrel Bombs while the creature is asleep are great ways of dealing massive damage.
The tail of Lala Barina takes the most damage compared to all other parts of the monster. As you attempt to target specific areas, you need torecognize attack patterns so you don’t get hit as oftenwhile hunting this creature. Below are tables outlining Lala Barina’s most common attacks, as well as how you’re able to counter them:
How To Counter
Claw Slam
Lala Barina rises on its back legs before slamming onto a target.
Dodge forward to dive past the creature’s front limbs to get past this attack. Alternatively, you could block or parry this attack if your weapon allows it.
Mandible Swipe
Raising a claw into the air, Lala Barina makes a quick swipe at a target in front of it.
Block or dodge to one horizontal side away from the attacking claw to avoid taking damage.
Stinger Strike
Lala Barina ejects a large stinger tail from its rose hindquarters to stab at a target directly behind it.
Dodge to one side, then attack the tail while it remains exposed to deal big damage.
Petal Swarm
Lala Barina spins around before scratching at its rose abdomen, releasing a large amount of petal spores around itself.
Move either far away or very close to the monster to avoid the AoE of paralyzing petal spores.
Petal Dance
While spinning around multiple times, Lala Barina releases a rain of bright red petals that can paralyze targets.
Avoid the falling petals, as getting hit by too many of them will Paralyze your character.
Rose Impact
Lala Barina turns around and raises its rose abdomen in the air before slamming down its body twice. On each impact, paralyzing petals are released around the monster.
Block, parry, or dodge forward to the front of the monster. Getting near its head will help you avoid both slams and subsequent falling petals.
When the Lala Barina returns to its nest after taking damage, it will perform a stronger version of the Petal Dance, this time using the natural webbing of its lair to spread more paralyzing spores.Knock down the Lala Barina while it dances to easily stagger the monster, giving your hunter the perfect opportunity to land their weapon’s strongest attacks against it.
All Rewards For Beating Lala Barina
Gain Unique Parts To Craft Gear
Depending on which parts you broke and what Rank you’re hunting Lala Barina on,you gain different materials from the monster to craft various gear. For example, High Rank gear associated with Lala Barina can only be crafted with parts farmed from defeating a High Rank Lala Barina. Here are some of the parts you can get from thismonster inMonster Hunter Wilds, including their drop rates:
Low Rank Rewards
High Rank Rewards
Some of these parts are guaranteed to drop if you break certain parts, such as the Lala Barina Claw and Stinger materials. However, those looking to get the most gear from this monster should be prepared to beat it multiple times to get its rarer rewards inMonster Hunter Wilds.
