Tzitzi-Ya-Ku

Learn Tzitzi-Ya-Ku's weaknesses, strengths, and attacks in Monster Hunter: World. Discover strategies and rewards for this Bird Wyvern.

Tzitzi-Ya-Ku is a rare Bird Wyvern in Monster Hunter: World, notable for its blinding head fins. While not directly part of an assignment, it's required for the delivery request Setting Up Camp: Coral Highlands. You can hunt it in quests like A Tzitzi for Science (4 extit{), Troubled Troupers (4 extit{), and Say Cheese! (6 extit{).

Stats / Weaknesses:

• Weak Spot: Head (also the only breakable part)
• Elemental Weaknesses: Thunder (3 extit{}), Ice (3 extit{})
• Elemental Resistances: Fire (2 extit{}), Water (2 extit{}), Dragon (2 extit{})
• Ailment Weaknesses: Poison (2 extit{}), Sleep (2 extit{}), Paralysis (2 extit{}), Blast (2 extit{}), Stun (2 extit{})
• General Notes: Vulnerable to Thunder and Ice. Not particularly strong against any ailments. Its head fins flash bright light, stunning unprepared hunters. Block with a shield or dodge the effect.

Phases:

1. Aggressive Movement: Tzitzi-Ya-Ku leaps, hops, and darts constantly. It often pounces back before lunging forward with a leap attack. Stay mobile and attack its flanks during recovery. Use light attacks and save heavy attacks for when it's exhausted.
2. Standard Attacks: Performs bites, kicks, and tail swipes. A tail swipe can follow a leap attack.
3. Blinding Flash: Its most iconic attack involves its head organs emitting a blinding flash of light with a wide, long range. Only safe spots are behind the head. A shield can block it, or a well-timed dodge can evade it. If hit, you'll be stunned. The Tzitzi-Ya-Ku flashes its head organs three times during this attack, leaving it vulnerable.

Strategy:

• Tzitzi-Ya-Ku is agile and ground-based, making it hard to hit with slow weapons.
• Stay on the move to match its agility.
• Exploit the recovery time after its attacks to strike its flanks.
• Wear it down with multiple light attacks.
• Save powerful attacks for when it is exhausted (out of Stamina).
• Be prepared to block or dodge its blinding flash attack.
• Target the head for breaks and maximum damage.

• Low Rank Carves: Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Scale (5 extit{}), Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Hide (4 extit{}), Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Claw (3 extit{}), Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Photophore (4 extit{})
• Low Rank Rewards: Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Hide (4 extit{}), Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Scale (4 extit{}), Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Claw (3 extit{}), Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Photophore (2 extit{}), Monster Bone L (3 extit{}), Dash Extract (3 extit{})
• High Rank Carves: Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Scale+ (5 extit{}), Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Hide+ (4 extit{}), Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Claw+ (3 extit{}), Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Photophore+ (4 extit{}), Bird Wyvern Gem (1 extit{})
• High Rank Rewards: Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Hide+ (4 extit{}), Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Scale+ (4 extit{}), Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Claw+ (3 extit{}), Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Photophore+ (2 extit{}), Monster Bone+ (3 extit{}), Dash Extract (3 extit{}), Bird Wyvern Gem (1 extit{})
• Rare Drop: Bird Wyvern Gem (from Tzitzi-Ya-Ku, Kulu-Ya-Ku, Pukei-Pukei). No specific part breaks guarantee this drop; it requires grinding.