Lunastra is a female Elder Dragon introduced in Monster Hunter 2.
Physiology
Lunastra is a dragon with leonine features and a cool coloration. She has a prominent mane, large fangs, and a distinct crest that resembles a sort of crown. Her wings are covered in fur. She is the female counterpart to Teostra.
Abilities
Lunastra, and her partner Teostra are unique monsters because they actually use their Flame Sac to produce a fire breathing effect, rather than just a beam or a fireball. Prior to Monster Hunter: World, Lunastra could produce a highly flammable powder and, by using her wings, spread it across the air. After this, she gnashes her teeth to create a spark, which then causes the powder around herself to ignite and explode. The explosions have random range; they can be either close, reasonably far away or very far away from where she's standing. If the sparks are red, then the explosions will be close, but if the sparks are yellow, then the explosions will be distant.
However, in Monster Hunter: World, Lunastra can no longer spread powder across the air to create explosions. Instead, she spreads blue powder across the ground which ignites when it comes in contact with fire, creating a blue flame that slowly damages whoever stands in it, and slowly drains the health of anyone near them who doesn't have protection against the heat, even in areas that don't normally require such protection, such as cool drinks. She often uses her wings to spread this powder, which creates a strong wind that immobilizes hunters for a moment. When a fire attack comes in contact with the blue flames, it will deal damage and create more strong wind. The blue flames can be extinguished with any water weapon. Lunastra can also create a massive heat wave that will quickly drain the health of anyone in it's range, it creates blue fire nearly everywhere within it's range, and it creates wind pressure to make it difficult for any hunter caught within it to escape.
Lunastra is the female counterpart to the Teostra, though the two are rarely seen alongside one another. But, when they are seen together in Monster Hunter: World, they can do a special bond attack. No other monster has this, and it's a combination of Lunastra's heat wave together with Teostra's supernova.
Like Teostra, prior to Monster Hunter: World her flame-producing abilities can be diminished if she is poisoned or her crown-like horn structure is destroyed.
Behavior
Like their male counterparts they are quite aggressive, although under typical circumstances Lunastra are known to be less quick to attack, this changes during their mating season however with them immediately attacking on sight.
Habitats
They are known to inhabit hot areas such as volcanoes and deserts, and are specially adapted to utilize the Fire Element.
Game Appearances
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Main Series
- Monster Hunter 2 (Introduced)
- Monster Hunter Freedom 2
- Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
- Monster Hunter: World
- Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
Frontier
- Monster Hunter Frontier
- Monster Hunter Frontier Season 2.0
- Monster Hunter Frontier Season 3.0
- Monster Hunter Frontier Season 4.0
- Monster Hunter Frontier Season 5.0
- Monster Hunter Frontier Season 6.0
- Monster Hunter Frontier Season 7.0
- Monster Hunter Frontier Season 8.0
- Monster Hunter Frontier Season 9.0
- Monster Hunter Frontier Season 10
- Monster Hunter Frontier Forward.1
- Monster Hunter Frontier Forward.2
- Monster Hunter Frontier Forward.3
- Monster Hunter Frontier Forward.4
- Monster Hunter Frontier Forward.5
- Monster Hunter Frontier G
- Monster Hunter Frontier G2
- Monster Hunter Frontier G3
- Monster Hunter Frontier G Genuine
- Monster Hunter Frontier G5
- Monster Hunter Frontier G6
- Monster Hunter Frontier G7
- Monster Hunter Frontier G8
- Monster Hunter Frontier G9
- Monster Hunter Frontier G10
- Monster Hunter Frontier Z
- Monster Hunter Frontier Z Zenith
Spin-offs
MHW Damage Effectiveness
Element | Effectiveness | Status | Effectiveness |
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Fire | ✖ | Poison | ★ |
Water | ★ | Sleep | ★ |
Thunder | ★ | Paralysis | ★ |
Ice | ★★★ | Blast | ★★ |
Dragon | ★★ | Stun | ★★ |
Materials
For carves and materials, see Lunastra Carves
Equipment
For more information, see Lunastra Equipment
In-Game Description
Other Non-Subspecies Forms
Hardcore (HC) Lunastra
Hardcore Lunastra is a HC Monster introduced in Monster Hunter Frontier G6. Her wings are much redder than her standard counterpart, her horns are longer and thinner, and her teeth and wingtalons are yellow.
Hardcore Lunastra is much faster than a regular Lunastra, and she now has a multi-charge attack similar to that of Duremudira.
Gallery
For more images, see Lunastra Photo Gallery
Music Themes
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MHF2: Lunastra & Teostra Music Theme |
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MHW: Lunastra Music Theme |
Notes
General Notes
- Like Teostra, when Lunastra is poisoned, its flame aura disappears.
- Dragon Element is needed to break Lunastra's horns.
- Lunastra uses largely the same moves as its male counterpart Teostra, but there are a few little differences; unlike the average Teostra, it can produce an explosion with its tail whip. It also has a different supernova
- Lunastra's roar requires Earplugs to block.
- A good armor skill to use when fighting Lunastra is the Terrain Skill, as it reduces or removes the effects of her health-sapping flame aura.
Monster Hunter Freedom 2
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
Monster Hunter: World
- The substance will burst when making contact with Teostra's flame breath attack.
- If Kushala Daora's tornado pass through it, it will become a tornado of blue flame.
- The blue substance will vanish if struck with Crystalburst or Water Element strikes.
- This enhanced mode has 4 stages which Lunastra can advance any time. Sustaining the final stage long enough will have her do a Supernova at the expense of exiting the mode itself.
- At the third and final stage of the mode, some of Lunastra's physical attack become capable of igniting and bursting the blue patches she set on the ground.
- The mode's heat aura can be countered with the effect of Cool Drink.
- Occasionally, Teostra and Lunastra will perform the other's nova attack during their bond, with Lunastra performing the Supernova and leaving the area, while Teostra stays in the area to finish the Hypernova.
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
- Lunastra is the only monster that existed in the base game that needs to be unlocked in the Guiding Lands.
Monster Hunter Frontier
Monster Hunter Online
- Despite this, Lunastra also possesses a few new moves exclusive to her, such as an exploding flying tail-whip, and the ability to use her wings mid-flight to gather explosive dust in front of her before igniting it.
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Lynian | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Herbivore | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Fanged Beast | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Lynian | ![]() ![]() |
Neopteron | ![]() |
Carapaceon | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Bird Wyvern | ![]() |
Piscine Wyvern | |
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Flying Wyvern | |
Elder Dragon | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Herbivore | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Fanged Beast | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Lynian | ![]() ![]() |
Neopteron | ![]() |
Carapaceon | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Bird Wyvern | ![]() |
Piscine Wyvern | |
Snake Wyvern | ![]() |
Flying Wyvern | |
Elder Dragon | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Fish | ![]() |
Lynian | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Neopteron | ![]() ![]() |
Bird Wyvern | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Brute Wyvern | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Fanged Wyvern | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Piscine Wyvern | ![]() ![]() |
Wingdrake | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Flying Wyvern | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Herbivore | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Fish | ![]() |
Lynian | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Fanged Beast | ![]() ![]() |
Neopteron | ![]() ![]() |
Bird Wyvern | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Brute Wyvern | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Fanged Wyvern | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Herbivore | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Fanged Beast | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Lynian | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Neopteron | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Carapaceon | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Bird Wyvern | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Brute Wyvern | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Piscine Wyvern | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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