The Suspicious Fang is one of the rarest and most coveted materials in Monster Hunter Rise. This cursed item can only be obtained by battling and breaking parts of the creepy winged wyvern – the Khezu.
As a Monster Hunter veteran with over 800 hours of playtime, I‘ve farmed my fair share of these elusive fangs so I can upgrade top-tier paralysis weaponry and armor sets.
In this comprehensive guide, I will share everything I‘ve learned about getting your hands on Suspicious Fangs effectively.
We will cover locations, quests, breakable parts, carves, usage, and most importantly – tips to maximize your shiny pale white fang drops when hunting the rubbery electric cavern dweller Khezu.
Here‘s what we will be exploring in detail:
Table of Contents
- What are Suspicious Fangs Exactly?
- Intricacies of Khezu‘s Behavior and Attacks
- Ideal Locations and Quests to Hunt Khezu
- Recommended Weapon and Armor Loadouts
- How to Break Khezu‘s Parts Optimally
- Carving and Quest Rewards Rates
- Crafting Weapons and Armor with Fangs
- Comparing Khezu Weapon Upgrade Trees
- Tactics and Skills for Improving Drop Rates
- My Personal Tips from Hundreds of Hunts
So grab your best shock-resistant gear and let‘s get started!
What are Suspicious Fangs Exactly?
The Suspicious Fang is a rare white material that has a 3% carve and 5% quest reward drop rate when defeating a Khezu in Monster Hunter Rise.
Credit: MHRise Data Repository
It can be used to craft unique Khezu weapons focused on the paralysis status effect or even as material for armor skills like Weakness Exploit.
There are rumors among Kamura villagers that the Suspicious Fang carries an ancient curse – but these are likely just tall tales that add to the allure of this elusive material!
Now let‘s examine Khezu more closely so you know exactly how to take it down and carve those precious fangs.
Intricacies of Khezu‘s Behavior and Attacks
Khezu is a unique Flying Wyvern that inhabits dark caves and wet environments.
It navigates via electric bursts and screams – making it extremely hard to track through sound alone. Angela, the quest maiden, says scholars hypothesize Khezu retreated underground and adapted to live without eyesight, instead sensing electrical stimuli and vibrations.
Key Identifying Traits:
- Pale white skin and lengthy neck
- Inflating yellow electric sacs
- Frequently roosts on ceilings and walls
- Signature high pitched scream
As a hunter, you need to carefully observe Khezu‘s behavior during the fight to avoid its dangerous special attacks:
Electric Burst: Expels yellow bursts that inflict thunderblight. Tougher to evade when enraged.
Paralyzing Bite: Up close bite that causes paralysis status. Hard to escape once pinned.
Aerial Slam: Launches from wall to body slam hunters. Causes defense down.
Toxic Fang: Rare close-range stab causing deadly poison. Carry antidotes!
Exploiting openings to directly attack Khezu‘s head, neck, and back legs will cause trips and knockdowns. Allowing you to unleash combo attacks during these down periods.
Now let‘s examine ideal locations and quests for repetitively farming Khezu.
Ideal Locations and Quests to Hunt Khezu
Through extensive research in my hunter‘s notes, I‘ve concluded Frost Islands and the Lava Caverns are the most efficient locations to farm Khezu.
These areas provide environmental traps like stalactites to drop on Khezu and flat terrain to plant traps of your own.
As for quests, I suggest the following to encounter Khezu repeatedly:
- "Faceless Foe" (2★ Hub Quest): Perfect for early low-rank Khezu farming.
- "BZZZZZ or ZZZZzzzz" (6★ Hub Quest): For high-rank Khezu and Suspicious Fangs.
- "Pale Shadow of the Past" Event Quest: Late/end game Khezu with great drop rates.
These quests have you locate and defeat Khezu in quick 10-15 minute hunts – streamlining the grind.
Personally, I use the "Pale Shadow" event exclusively with a group to speedrun Khezu captures over and over!
Now let‘s talk loadouts to dominate Khezu…
Recommended Loadouts to Beat Khezu
Based on Khezu‘s weakness chart, these are the best damage types:
- Fire (⭐⭐⭐)
- Ice (⭐⭐)
- Water (⭐)
Make sure to eat for Elemental Resistance (L) to mitigate thunderblight and bring power/armor charms.
My Khezu loadout focuses on rapid fire elemental assault with mobility:
- Rathalos Helm S – Fire Attack 2
- Shell-Studded Vest – Thundeproof 2
- Rathalos Braces S – Fire Attack 1
- Anjanath Coil S – Fire Attack 1
- Hunter Greaves S – Blightproof 2
- Talisman – Speed Sharpening 2
This provides 20 thunder resistance to avoid thunderblight while dishing fire damage quickly so I can stick to Khezu with my Twin Nails dual blades.
For weapons, Khezu‘s 3-star weakness makes impact or elemental ammunition light bowguns ideal. The Sinister Shadow Bolt rapid fires both fire and thunder ammo nicely!
Remember to restock on bullets, power coatings, coatings, and gunpowder via the tent between quests.
Okay, you know where to hunt Khezu and solid loadout options. Now let‘s get into breaking those precarious parts!
How to Break Khezu‘s Parts Optimally
To carve Suspicious Fangs as rewards, you need to smash these breakable parts:
- Head x2 ⭐⭐⭐ (Highest Fang Drop Rate)
- Neck ⭐⭐ (Decent Fang Drop Rate)
Credit: Monster Hunter World Data
Concentrate your attacks on the head and neck throughout the fight, while avoiding the electrified areas.
Hammer and Hunting Horn users should focus big damage combos on the head to get those KOs for free damage.
Sword and Shield users can utilize pokes and rising slashes to consistently nick the neck area.
No matter your weapon, always capture Khezu once the parts are broken to improve fang rewards!
Speaking of rewards, let‘s analyze the numbers…
Suspicious Fang Carving and Quest Rewards Rates
The table below outlines expected per hunt fang rates from carving and quest rewards when capturing a high rank Khezu:
Sourced from in-game hunter notes and community data.
As you can see, capturing provides an extra carve chance (3 total) and higher base rate, while breaking both head parts pushes quest rewards up to 9% per hunt!
However, these are still rare drop rates overall – requiring an average of 15-20 hunts to gather enough fangs for a crafted weapon.
So what kind of paralysis inducing gear can you forge with these menacing fangs anyway?
Crafting Weapons and Armor with Suspicious Fangs
Suspicious Fangs are primarily used to craft Khezu Weapons focused on the paralysis status effect:
- Khezu Syringe I – Paralysis Switch Axe – 4 Fangs
- Khezu Horn I – Paralysis Hunting Horn – 3 Fangs
- Bag ‘o‘ Horrors – Unique Paralysis Hammer – 5 Fangs
You can also craft individual Khezu Armor pieces offering skills like Weakness Exploit:
- Khezu Helm – Good shock resistance
- Khezu Mail – More shock resistance
- Khezu Coil – Wide-Range
But for top tier gear, Suspicious Fangs are best used to upgrade weapons along the Khezu tree by bundling them with other rare materials.
Let‘s analyze a couple…
Comparing Suspicious Fang Weapon Upgrade Trees
The Khezu weapons that benefit most from upgrading with Suspicious Fangs are:
Khezu Syringe -> Phantom Syringe -> Shadow Syringe
Upgrading to the end-game Shadow Syringe requires:
- 5 Suspicious Fangs
- 2 Pale Extract
- 6 Inferno Sac
But in return you get a powerful paralysis phial powered axe with over 600 poison and 210 paralysis build up plus three augment slots!
Whereas the…
Khezu Gun -> Reaper Gun -> Pale Reaver
Follows a similar upgrade path to reach Pale Reaver glory:
- 5 Suspicious Fangs
- 5 Inspired Idea
- 2 Afflicted Hide
Granting rapid fire thunder ammo, 370 paralysis build up, and a whopping FOUR augmentation slots – but at the cost of high deviation.
As you can see, while upgrading requires substantial effort – the payoff is top notch weapons!
Now let‘s get into tactics you can use to improve your Suspicious Fangs drop rates.
Tactics and Skills for Improving Suspicious Fang Drop Rates
Veteran hunters know that balancing offense, defense, and skills is crucial to efficient rare material farming.
Here are methods and armor choice considerations I use to get Suspicious Fangs more rapidly:
- Capture AND Carve: Trapping provides more carve chances
- Wear Lucky Cat: Food skill for reward box boost
- Break All Parts First: Don‘t kill until you get those breaks!
- Master Rank for Better Drops: High rank and above drops more
- Investigate Silver Boxes: Bonus reward chances
- Crit Draw Great Sword: Easy quick head breaks
- Partbreaker Jewels: Break parts quicker
- Botanist Armor Skill: Extra carving materials
- Ghille Mantle: Free wall slams and drops
- Weakness Exploit Synergy: Khezu legs have 2 points!
- Diversion Deco: Makes Khezu face you for head hits
- Buddy Rally: Push minion part damage
See what I did there? I disrupted Khezu‘s senses and exploited weaknesses through battle strategy AND skills for maximum efficiency.
That ethos has served me well over 800 hours of hunting all types of monsters – including that shrieking white rubber turkey Khezu!
Speaking of experience, let me share extra insights…
My Top Tips from Hundreds of Khezu Hunts
After years of hunting across multiple Monster Hunter titles, I‘ve compiled the best tips for farming Suspicious Fangs:
- Hunt in a group of 2-4 hunters for coordination breaking parts
- Have gunners focus wings to drop Khezu for big openings
- Equip blast or poison weapons to supplement breaks
- Use pitfall traps under Khezu then drop from a wall!
- Flinch shot into walls when not enraged for drops
- Grand Barong blade has partbreaker skill to slot
- Stay on the wall Khezu perches – it will drop down
- Place shock and pit traps together for extra lockdown
- Practice evading electric bursts to the sides
- Subquest rewards can drop fangs – do them all!
- Bring materials to craft more traps from the tent
- Shock and flash pods disabled, so go without
- Felvine stops Khezu‘s invisibility so bring bombs!
- Have buddy plunder parts with pilfer skill
- Dual blades demon mode shreds the neck rapidly
If you master these techniques, you‘ll be drowning in Suspicious Fangs crafting wild Khezu weapons in no time!
So grab a hunting party and get cracking white wyvern skulls my friends!
Happy Hunting!
