Kushala Daora

General Notes

• After shedding its old skin, Kushala Daora's new skin glows pure white before becoming metallic grey, as seen in the Kushala Daora Ecology Video.
• Kushala Daora has two themes, although only one is heard in MHFU.
• Destroying its horn or cutting its tail will completely nullify its ability to create a wind barrier.
• The easiest way to attack the Kushala while it still has its wind aura up is to attack its head. However, attacking the head is very dangerous; if wind barrier strikes, you will be knocked down, and become completely vulnerable to any further attacks.
• You can break its horn, wings, and sever its tail for an extra carve.
• Kushala Daora's roar requires Earplugs to block.
• According to one of the Uniqlo Monster Hunter 10th Anniversary T-Shirts, the size of the foot of a Kushala Daora is 110 centimeters.

Monster Hunter Freedom 2

• Kushala Daora can be observed drinking water in the Jungle.
  • It can also be seen eating ore in area 7 of the Jungle.
• Damage accumulation will be separated into Elder quests, Guild 1-star to 5-stars (aka Guild Low Rank quests), Guild 6-stars to 8 stars (aka Guild High Rank quests) and Guild G-Lvl 3 Stars. So if a hunter fights Kushala in an Elder Quest, one must not expect the damage to carry into either the Guild Low or High Rank quests, and vice versa.
  • This principle applies to all Elder Dragon damage accumulation in the game.
• A shed Kushala Daora skin is found on top of Area 8 in the Snowy Mountains, which can be mined for Khezu Whelps and Decayed Dragon Scales.
• In order to make the Kushala Daora flee, you must decrease his health by 30% within 25 minutes.
• Kushala Daora's physical attacks, such as its claw swipes and charging rush, all inflict Dragon Damage.^[1]
  • This applies to all Elder Dragons in the Second Generation except Kirin and Yama Tsukami.

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate

• The Kushala Daora's skin is reflective to light. It will also make a metallic clinking sound effect as it moves around.
• When poisoned, Kushala Daora's wind barrier will turn from black to white.
  • The black wind barrier creates dragon wind, the white wind barrier creates high wind pressure.
• Breaking its horn or cutting its tail no longer completely nullifies its ability to generate a wind barrier; it will be weakened, however.
• Kushala Daora can enter a tired state in which its wind barrier disappears. It will also taunt more.
• There is a shed Kushala Daora skin in the Frozen Seaway on top of Area 4.

Monster Hunter: World

• Kushala Daora's wind barrier can be weakened or dispelled altogether by applying Elder Seal.
• Instead of launching a giant moving twister from its mouth like in the Fourth Generation, Kushala Daora will instead briefly pose before creating a massive stationary twister.
• Kushala's tornadoes can change in quality depending on environmental elements they come to interact with. Several examples include tornadoes with crystal shrapnel when coming into contact with crystal shards in Area 3 of Recess and flaming tornadoes when cast on lava or catching Teostra's fire breath.

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne

• In Iceborne's Master Rank, Kushala Daora's breath attack will sometimes create smaller twisters that will move towards a giant twister. When two twisters meet, the larger one will greatly expand in radius for a few seconds.
• While Kushala Daora does not spawn in Hoarfrost Reach, a shed skin of the dragon can be found in Area 13 of the locale. It can be mined for account items.
  • This shed skin is a a possible reference of the ecology video of Kushala Daora in second generation.

Monster Hunter Frontier

• Kushala Daora rests in Area 6 of the Jungle when weakened enough.
• Hardcore Kushala Daora's roar requires HG Earplugs to block.