Velkhana

Velkhana
イヴェルカーナ (Iverukāna)
English Name	Velkhana
English Title	Ice Dragon The Iceborne Wyvern Ice Dragon that Freezes All Lord of the Tundra Lord of Ice
Japanese Title	冰龍 冷気を統べる者
Chinese Name	冰呪龙 (Simplified Chinese) 冰呪龍 (Traditional Chinese)
General Information
Monster Class	Elder Dragon
Elements	Ice
Ailments	Iceblight Frostblight
Weakest to	Thunder Dragon Fire
Habitat	Ancient Forest Wildspire Waste Coral Highlands Rotten Vale Elder's Recess Hoarfrost Reach Seliana Supply Cache Guiding Lands Shrine Ruins Frost Islands Flooded Forest (MHRise) Sandy Plains (MHRise) Lava Caverns Jungle (MHRS) Citadel Forlorn Arena (MHRS)
Size	3245.06 2336.45
Related Monsters	None
Generation	Fifth

“	An elder dragon said to freeze all in its path. According to legend, it can control the cold, and use its freezing breath to conjure massive spires of ice out of nowhere.	„
- MHWI Description

Velkhana is an Elder Dragon first introduced in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne.

Physiology

Velkhana is a traditional dragon with the slim, upright body structure of Elder Dragons like Kushala Daora. Its scales and shell are a unique crystalline blue. Its head has a tiara-like crown of small horns. It summons ice to cover its wings, limbs, and tail. Its thin, lance-like tail is highly flexible and can jab at enemies.

Abilities

Velkhana can control cold using its ore-infused scales, and can use this in a variety of ways. It primarily attacks foes by breathing supercooled fluid that will flash-freeze on impact, which also allows it to create walls and exploding spikes of ice. It can also use this to create icy armor to protect itself, and disperse freezing clouds that can snare enemies. These clouds will spontaneously freeze when Velkhana hits them with its breath attacks, allowing it to rain chunks of ice upon its foes. Velkhana is also highly agile and evasive, swiftly maneuvering around its enemies while using its lithe, spear-like tail to strike from multiple angles. Notably, if its tail is cut off during battle, it can create a prosthetic using its ice.

Behavior

Like many Elder Dragons, Velkhana are highly territorial and will viciously attack any intruders. They are also known to freeze smaller creatures and leave their frozen corpses around its domain as a warning to would-be trespassers.

Habitat

Strange enough for an ice monster, Velkhana is known to roam around all over the New and Old World, appearing in forests, tundras, jungles, even the intense heat of deserts and volcanoes, without its ice armor melting.

Game Appearances

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Main Series

• Monster Hunter World: Iceborne (Introduced)
• Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak

Spin-offs

• Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin

Crossovers

• TEPPEN

MHWI Damage Effectiveness

Element	Effectiveness
Fire	★★★
Water	★
Thunder	★★
Ice	✖
Dragon	★★

Status	Effectiveness
Poison	★★
Sleep	★
Paralysis	★
Blast	★★★
Stun	★

Materials

Item Name	Rarity	Value	Description
Crystal Shard 冰龍の厚龍鱗	11	4340z	Very rare Velkhana material. Mostly obtained by carving. Broadly used for many purposes.
Velkhana Cortex 冰龍の重殻	11	6640z	Very rare Velkhana material. Mostly obtained as a reward. Solid, used to craft gear.
Velkhana Fellwing 冰龍の剛翼	11	8940z	Very rare Velkhana material. Obtained by breaking its wings. Supple, used to craft gear.
Velkhana Crownhorn 冰龍の冠角	11	9640z	Very rare Velkhana material. Obtained by breaking its head. Stout, used in many weapons.
Velkhana Lash 冰龍の靭尾	11	9220z	Very rare Velkhana material. Obtained by carving its severed tail. Stiff, used to craft gear.
Velkhana Hardclaw 冰龍の剛爪	11	9080z	Very rare Velkhana material. Obtained by collecting rare drops. Sharp, used in many weapons.
Velkhana Crystal 冰龍の零玉	12	21000z	Very rare Velkhana material. Used to craft weapons powerful enough to take over the world.
Guiding Lands Only
Aurora Crownhorn 極光の冠角	11	4000z	Very rare Velkhana material. The Guiding Lands' energy fortifies the monsters living there.
Tempered Crownhorn 歴戦の冠角	11	6000z	Very rare Tempered Velkhana material. A product of the brutal power struggle in the Guiding Lands.

Equipment

For more information, see Velkhana Equipment

In-Game Description

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne An elder dragon said to freeze all in its path. According to legend, it can control the cold, and use its freezing breath to conjure massive spires of ice out of nowhere. Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Known as the "Ice Dragons that Freeze All" or the "Iceborne Wyvern," few records of Velkhana exist, as such, they remain shrouded in mystery. Their icy breath is so cold that it can form massive spires and walls of ice out of nowhere, and it is even powerful enough to freeze other monsters. Some reports indicate that Velkhana will freeze their rivals in order to establish their domain. Threat Level (危険度): ★★★★★★★★★ Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin Elder Dragons said to freeze all in their path. According to legend, they can control the cold, and use its freezing breath to conjure massive spires of ice out of nowhere.

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Notes

• General
• MHW
• MHRise

General Notes

• Velkhana's head and wings can be broken and its tail can be severed.
  • The tail will stick in the ground when severed, like Glavenus.
  • When performing tail attacks after the sever, it will "regrow" its tail out of ice just like its ice armor.
• When fully powered up, the air around Velkhana will have a bluish tint, and it starts snowing.
• Velkhana is initially referred to as the "Old Everwyrm" by characters in the game, believing it to be the dragon mentioned by that name in ancient texts; however, it is revealed that the Old Everwyrm is not Velkhana, but Shara Ishvalda.
• Velkhana's theme is a medley rendition of "Trepak" by Pyotr Iliych Tchaikovsky and "William Tell Overture" by Gioachino Rossini.
• Velkahana is the flagship monster of Monster Hunter World: Iceborne.
• Velkhana was voted 6th place in the Hunters' Choice for Top Monster during Monster Hunter's 20th Anniversary.
• Velkhana's theme; Splendiferous Sliver Sovereign - Velkhana was voted among the top 10 music themes in the Hunters' Choice: Top 10 Monster Themes - Monster Hunter 20th Anniversary

Monster Hunter: World

Velkhana's combat revolves around it advancing its "Ice Armor" mode and ultimately executing a powerful attack which involves many of its Ice-based attack simultaneously happening, reverting to a normal state shortly afterwards.

• The Ice Armor mode has 2 stages, the first in which Velkhana encases itself in the armor, and a second stage in which the lighting of the area it is in turns an icy blue. In both stages, Velkhana's attack power and speed are improved accordingly and its moveset is either changed or improved.
• Hunters can cancel this mode prematurely by breaking 2 or 3 of Velkhana’s armor components, which are separated on four body parts: head , body, legs, and wings.
• Velkhana does not regrow lost armor by advancing to the second stage of its mode.
• When near death, Velkhana will go straight into the second stage and can execute its ultimate move without reverting back to a normal state.

Velkhana has a special status effect named Frostblight. It is dealt to the player when they enter the freezing spots that Velkhana emits, which drastically reduces movement speed to a crawl, making it impossible to move.

• Frostblight isn't directly referenced in game, only being officially named in Sunbreak.

During the Velkhana investigation phase of the Iceborne storyline (at the M3 quest level), Velkhana can be found in any zone except the Hoarfrost Reach during expeditions and may invade during quests. When Velkhana invades during a quest, two monsters will suddenly leave simultaneously. Velkhana will fight for a short while after noticing the hunter, then leave. By slamming Velkhana into a wall, hunters can get Crystal Shards from it; however, it is not possible to obtain any other Velkhana materials during this stage of the expansion.

After slaying Velkhana, you learn that its crystal scales are made out of rapidly cooled magma. This means that Velkhana was indeed molting in the Elder's Recess.

Monster Hunter Rise

Velkhana was added to Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak in the fourth Title Update, along with Risen Crimson Glow Valstrax on Febuary 07, 2023.

Velkhana is unlocked at MR 10, alongside Amatsu, Chaotic Gore Magala, Flaming Espinas, Gold Rathian, Primordial Malzeno, Seething Bazelgeuse, Silver Rathalos, Violet Mizutsune, and Anomaly Quests. The player must speak to Selva the Chevalier to accept the quest.

• Some of these additions specifically require other quest completions to unlock, Primordial Malzeno requiring Amatsu to be defeated, both Rath Rare Species requiring Seething Bazelgeuse's defeat, and Violet Mizutsune requring Flaming Espinas' defeat.

Velkhana can now use moves from its Arch-Tempered moveset in Iceborne.

When in a zone with Remobra, Velkhana will freeze them solid, similar to when it freezes the Cortos. They cannot be carved.

Unlike in Iceborne, if Velkhana's tail is severed, it will no longer regrow unless it's covered in ice. This new tail will remain until the ice armor covering it is removed.

Velkhana's parts can only be broken when the ice armor on them is removed.

Velkhana gains a new Ultimate attack where it cools the air around it before covering the zone its in with spires of ice before using its ice breath to cause a massive explosion that target hunters.

Uniquely, when defeated, the Iceborne Victory song will play instead of normal victory song. It is the only Monster in game to have it.

• This only occurs in its Urgent Quest "Clashing Swords Upon the Rime". If Velkhana is slain as the final monster in any other quest, the standard victory theme will play.

While not in combat, sometimes it'll spread and flap its wings and drop a shiny.

Aside from being secondary targets in Anomaly Investigations, it is one of the few monsters, alongside Violet Mizutsune and Lucent Nargacuga, to not be affected by the Qurios in anyway.

Unlike most monsters, Velkhana has two different turf wars with a species of monsters, being Malzeno and its primordial variant.