Zorah Magdaros and Xeno'Jiiva are like special monsters in this game as you cannot normally hunt them via usual quests like the other monsters. They are Elder Dragons part of the main story and upon completing their initial quest under Assigned Quests (story mode), they will randomly appear in your Optional quests randomly (you need to do them right away as they disappear after some time).
They can also be included on Event Quests from time to time. So why should you start farming their materials? It's only been almost two months after Monster Hunter World's release and a lot of people are doing these quests. Some will do them solo but a lot of people will be using the S.O.S. feature and will grant you the opportunity to get what you need without waiting for it to pop out on your optional quests. The thing is as time pass by, the number of people hosting these quests will also diminish compared to the first few months of the game. I may be wrong but it wouldn't hurt to stock up on materials you have and do as them as much as you can especially the Xeno'Jiiva quest as its materials are widely used not just for its own set but for various weapons and charms. Most final version of weapons in their corresponding trees need the Xeno'Jiiva gem. So if you're in need of these materials or simply want to stock up on them, just go to the Respond to SOS feature and select the monster on the target preference and join the optional or assigned quests (some will be asking for help when they first encounter it). Before charging in however, make sure you know what you're up against as you might be a burden to the team if you faint multiple times as a lot of stuff in the environment goes kaboom and can one shot you.Zorah Magdaros
After completing the quest "A Colossal Task", you are now officially promoted to high rank (HR11). The Zorah Magdaros optional quest "Left Quite the Impression" will appear from time to time. Now, hunter rank 11, during this stage of your life as a hunter, you might find it hard to get by some high rank versions of the monsters you have faced before because of your low rank armor. The quickest and easiest way to make up for this is by farming for Zorah Magdaros materials to complete the whole set. This is a decent set for early high rank. At this point, I am also pretty sure that you have a shortage of jewels to slot into your equip so you might as well craft the Alpha versions for more skills. Your raw damage might also be not high enough and the weapons from the Zorah tree can help with that, the blast status is also a good bonus. The advantage in going for these equipment is that you do not need to fight the monster head-on unlike the other monsters. You simply need to do the same thing when you first met it that is destroying its cores and then eventually using the cannons, ballistas and dragonator (always had fun saying this, but it reminds me of food) to deal damage while also breaking its parts in the process.Now for this quest, initially you would want to destroy all 3 cores as much as possible. This is not a requirement but more parts destroyed more chance rewards in the end. Start with the one in the middle as the nearest, then the one on the lower part. Watch out for the explosions, you can see the lava building up before it goes off. Just visually confirm it or stay at the side of the core with no cracks, lava will not come out from that spot. Deal with the last one while also destroying parts such as these along the way. You might want to farm the minecrops as well. Eventually Nergigante will come but you don't really need to face him, he'll fly away after a certain time. There is a time limit to these, if you were able to destroy all 3 cores before that just wait it out until you get transported via Wingdrake to the barrier.
Now on to the final phase of the operation. Just load up the cannons (up to five balls) and shoot at Zorah Magdaros. Keep in mind you can adjust the angle by moving the cannons on either of its sides. Aim at the breakable parts until they get destroyed. Just watch out for the small flying monsters, they are there to annoy and distract you. You can also use the ballistas here, one ammo for shooting and one for restricting the Zorah Magdaros' movement for a short time. Also always watch out for meteorites from time to time. You're probably too busy doing something though to be able to notice this so just be ready with your potions and stay at close to full health all the time. When the quest prompts you to use the dragonator, go to the leftmost portion of the barrier and jump down to use the switch and poke Godzilla's ass for some awesome damage. Use the cannons here as well to make the most out of the distance you traveled. Do this until you finally draw the Zorah Magdaros to see. Oh, by the way, apart from the faint count the quest fails if the barrier gets destroyed which happens if you weren't able to do enough damage in due time. You may use the video below for your reference. Enjoy your Zorah Magdaros set, you'll eventually replace it with your armor of choice once you are comfortable enough to take down those monsters.
Xeno'Jiiva
Spoiler alert! This is your last chance to turn back. No? Okay, this is the final boss. This is one huge ass elder dragon that you need to cross out in your long list of victims. Don't get intimidated, he is fairly easy if you know what you are doing. The attacks are slow and the animation is enough to see what's coming. Upon completing the first quest "Land of Converrgence", the optional quest "A Light Upon The River's Gloom" will appear from time to time. Don't miss out on the opportunity as this will disappear after some time. Unlike Zorah Magdaros, you will have to engage this one in actual battle.
This guy is really slow but do not underestimate it as it has a lot of attacks that can one shot you. What you want to do is stay below it or near the front legs. Take not of the weakpoints and breakable parts. I usually start by severing the tail first and try to carve it twice when I find an opening as you might not have enough time to carve everything without the right skills.
Watch out for the tail attack, this may take a chunk of your health or if not one shot you with a clean hit. After this, I try to break the front legs and get a good whack at the head when there is an opportunity to break the horn. My last priority are the wings. If this is hard for you depending on your weapon, you may use the slinger pod ammos that drop from time to time. If you maintain close distance away as mentioned above and away from it's face you probably won't have to worry about its multiple breath attacks. Although you might want to watch out for that one breath attack when it charges up to fire it in a straight line kind of like a Kamehameha. That thing can one shot you. Watch out when it screams and moves a bit backward. He is going to charge forward and getting caught in this may trample and make you faint instantly, again. When it stands on its hind legs, take a closer look, if it remains standing then it will fire its breath attack in arc in front of him. This is easy to avoid but it puts your surroundings on fire. Watch out for fireblight. If you don't have good fire resistances just simply dodge roll on the ground 3 times to remove it. If he stands on its hind legs and starts to lean forward, stay away. It will try to smash you from above, that alone is a strong attack but what happens afterwards is far more deadly. Once its front legs hit the ground, a delayed huge explosion will follow. I see a lot of people carting because they get tempted to attack it as soon as the legs hit the ground. Just wait for the explosion to finish and then attack. If at some point you are hit with the various explosions and get dragonblight, use a nulberry to remove the status ailment. When Xeno'Jiiva gets airborne, your attacks might not be able to hit it at all so look around for the dropped slinger pod ammos and hit it. It will eventually fall down and will be open to your attacks. The bigger they are the harder they fall. You won't be able to mount this creature and like other elders traps will not work. Flashpods won't also work on it. Despite being slow, it moves around so much. So just play it safe, do not be greedy with your attacks and watch out for its deadliest moves.
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