The Rangers’ expedition towards the Sacrosanctum continues in our Monster Hunter Stories 3 walkthrough part 10. Traversing through the snowy paths, the group eventually reaches the Sacrosanctum’s gate. However, they’re suddenly ambushed by Malzeno, a rare Silver Dragon who is the region’s king.
Continuing from where we left off in my previous MHS 3 walkthrough, let us take down this Silver Dragon. Additionally, this walkthrough covers three story quests.
Table of contents
To the Sacrosanctum – Malzeno Boss Fight
According to Leia, Malzeno can even go against another Elder Dragon, as it radiates a red, powerful energy from its body. If you don’t have any Vital Essence and Potions, return to a city and buy them from Melnyx Emporiums; they are a must for this battle.
This Silver Dragon comes with three battle states:
- Normal: Speed attacks
- Blood Rite Active: Technical attacks
- Exposed: Speed attacks
Warning: Malzeno is an extremely powerful being and will one-shot you if underlevelled. I would recommend beating monsters in the wild until you reach level 55. Additionally, forge more powerful weapons/armor to stand a chance against it. Lastly, use Eleanor as your battle ally since the monster is weak against electric ailment.
In the first three turns, attack this monstrosity’s head and weaken it with a blunt weapon. Additionally, conserve your Kinship bar to later use a skill to deliver devastating damage.
Wait for Eleanor to attack it, and if she’s lucky, her weapon will inflict an electric ailment. This will stop the monster from attacking for one turn.
However, Malzeno reveals his Blood Rite power by turn four, a give-and-take system that reduces the infected player/monster’s health every turn. But in return, their damage is increased, and they will heal relative to the damage they deal to the monster.
Neither riding your monstie nor an item can heal this debuff; get through the battle head-on and try to defeat the monster as soon as possible.
When the monster enters Blood Rite Active state, attack its chest with a Greatsword (slice damage) to deal Wyversoul Gauge damage. At turn seven, if the Kinship Skill is ready, execute a Double Kinship Skill with the battle ally to immediately put Malzeno in a stagger state.
With the next attack, its chest will be destroyed. Shift your focus to its tail, which is also weak to Greatsword, and keep attacking it until it breaks. If Malzeno hits its Cradle attack, just remember that it one-shots everyone despite having the recommended level.
Use Vital Essence to heal the depleted hearts, and then continue attacking it. The monster will return to its normal state after the Cradle attack and then focus on the head again. As soon as Malzeno is staggered again, that’s the cue for your Kinship Skill. Hit it with a Double Kinship Skill again to deliver significant damage.
After the monster’s head breaks, attack the chest repeatedly until it staggers for the third time. Third time’s the charm: immediately execute a syncro rush when it is toppled.
Attack Malezno once or twice again to end this battle.
Post Malzeno Boss Fight
Corbin and the Egg Ministry from Galyad arrive at the Sacrosanctum to deliver urgent news to the Rangers. According to Ena, the Azuria and Vermeil kingdoms have decided to revise the covenant; Ena will oversee the process. While Corbin’s Palico thinks of it optimistically, Rudy and Eleanor believe this rabbit hole is deeper than they can imagine.
Suddenly, the Rangers and the Ministry of Eggs feel an overpowering presence from Sacrosanctum’s centre. So, they decide to move forward with their expedition.
The Sacrosanctum – Quest Walkthrough
Go through the crystal-covered entrance. Reach the centre of Sacrosanctum’s massive central area, covered in ice and surrounded by crystals.
After the Rangers and the Ministry of Egg Research team step foot on the ice, Leia converses with the Research Team’s leader. Despite the area’s danger, the research team’s thirst for knowledge is unquenchable.
Leia notices Arkveld isn’t crystallized like all the other monsters nearby. Suddenly, Arkveld ambushes everyone, and now, get ready to take down the boss of this area.
Arkveld Boss Fight
Note: If you don't have a Demondrug or Mega Demondrug, then you won't be able to complete this battle. Use the Catavan stand to travel to Glacial Caps' camp. There, interact with the Melnyx Emporium and buy the items required for this fight. To unlock Mega Demondrug, combine a Demondrug and a Nourishment Extract in the Combine menu to craft it.
When Arkveld steps into the field, four of its Wyversoul Gauges are already destroyed; it will give you an advantage. But before attacking the monster, take a look at its battle states:
- Normal: Technical attacks
- Dragon Mantle: Power attacks
Power beats Technical, Technical beats Speed, and Speed beats Power.
Just like any other dragon boss, attack Arkveld’s head first with a blunt weapon while the battle ally focuses on its tail. Breaking its part will give you an advantage of receiving lower damage from the monster’s attacks.
In turn 3, Arkveld will enter its Dragon Mantle state, which gives it an extra pair of chainblades. Attack them before the monster initiates another devastating attack; its chainblades are weak to Iron Bow.
If you are not fast enough, the monster will execute its ‘Berserk Blades’ attack that can literally one-shot everyone on the field. Make sure you’re leveled enough and have enough items to recover from it. Arkveld only uses Berserk Blade in its Dragon Mantle state. As soon as the state changes, consume items to increase your defense to survive the attack; something is better than nothing.
Ogden will suggest a strategy in turn five to overwhelm Arkveld with energy, as it absorbs the damage taken to execute a stronger attack. Push the monstie and yourself to the absolute limit against Arkveld, and wait for Ogden’s help. In one or two turns, Leia gives a cue to use Rathalos’s Savage Fireball attack.
However, it’s not strong enough to overwhelm Arkveld’s damage-absorbing ability. Use either a Demondrug or a Mega Demondrug to increase Rathalos’s attack power, and then attack the monster with Savage Fireball to stagger it.
As soon as the monster is temporarily staggered, hit it as hard as you can. You should have enough Mega Demondrug to get through all the gimmick attacks easily. The rest of the fight follows the normal format: Attack and break the monster’s parts, heal, and don’t hold back when it’s staggered.
When the Kinship Skill is ready, execute it with the battle ally to deliver significant damage. And don’t forget using Synchro Rush after the monster is toppled.
In three or four more turns, Arkveld will die, ending this drastic battle successfully.
Post Arkveld Boss Fight
Before the Rangers can process Arkveld, Kris, or his fake name, Simon, shows up and confronts the group. Kris reveals that Aenshin killed Amara, making Leia reject his request to take down the Elder Dragon because she believes monsters should be free.
After a dramatic sequence of both Leia and Kris riding their Rathalos, they stand down when the twin dragons sense each other’s energy. Later, Kris retreats to Vermeil, and the Rangers decide to return to Azuria as Leia has learned what she desired.
With this cutscene, ‘The Sacrosanctum‘ story arc comes to an end, and we now enter the final area: Lazlion.
Reunion – Quest Walkthrough
The Rangers return to Azuria, and nobody bats an eye since they don’t know about their journey across the Meridian except Arken and his council. Leia decides to meet Arken and report everything the Rangers have discovered, but due to the peace talks with Vermeil, he decides to stay away, according to the council member Glazer.
When the conversation ends, talk to Rudy at the base to continue the story. Suddenly, Glazer returns to report that Eleanor and Leia’s presence is required at the peace talks on Ena’s request. However, Eleanor believes that Vermeil will corner Azuria regardless of the agreement they reach.
And here, the Reunion quest and our Monster Hunter Stories 3 walkthrough part 10 come to an end. It is a segment of our complete MHS 3 Walkthrough Hub; check it out right here.
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