If you’re making your way through Monster Hunter World: Iceborne’s content, you’re familiar with the changes that Master Rank difficulty brings to the fold. Along with new moves and significantly increased health and damage for familiar foes, brand new monsters (and Elder Dragons) are sprinkled throughout.
Where to Find Namielle in Monster Hunter World
Namielle won’t appear until you’ve reached a certain Assigned Quest as part of Iceborne’s main story: A Light From the Abyss. It’s quite late in the Master Rank Assigned Quests, which you can see below (courtesy of Fextralife):
| MR Requirement | Quest Title | Objective |
| 1 | Baptism by Ice | Hunt a Beotodus |
| 2 | Banbaro Blockade | Hunt a Banbaro |
| 3 | Ready to Strike | Hunt a Viper Tobi-Kadachi |
| 4 | No Time for Naps | Hunt a Nightshade Paolumu |
| 4 | Play Both Ends | Hunt a Coral Pukei-Pukei |
| 6 | Blizzard Blitz | Hunt a Barioth |
| 7 | Ever-present Shadow | Hunt a Nargacuga |
| 7 | The Scorching Blade | Hunt a Glavenus |
| 9 | Absolute Power | Hunt a Tigrex |
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| 9 | A Smashing Cross Counter | Hunt a Brachydios |
| 11 | A Tale of Ice and Fire | Repel Velkhana |
| 12 | When the Mist Taketh You | Hunt a Shrieking Legiana |
| 13 | The Thunderous Troublemaker! | Hunt a Fulgur Anjanath |
| 14 | The Disintegrating Blade | Hunt an Acidic Glavenus |
| 14 | Bad Friends, Great Enemies | Hunt an Ebony Odogaron |
| 16 | The Defense of Seliana | Repel Velkhana |
| 17 | The Iceborne Wyvern | Slay Velkhana |
| 18 | The Second Coming | Hunt a Seething Bazelgeuse |
| 19 | Under the Veil of Death | Slay Blackveil Vaal Hazak |
| 20 | A Light From the Abyss | Slay Namielle |
As you can probably tell, you’ll have your work cut out for you before you can take down the watery Elder Dragon, Namielle. The fight itself isn’t too hard, particularly if you use poison or blast weapons (and plenty of patience). Waterblight can be an issue, so bring plenty of Nulberries to ward off stamina drain, as well as your trusty Baby Blanket… err, Temporal Mantle.
Watch out for her puddles, which she can remotely detonate. When she’s powered up with lightning, I typically keep my distance and let patience win out rather than tempting fate with a one-shot KO.
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