The hairy gorilla-like Congalala is one of the first Large Monsters you’ll encounter in the Forests region inMonster Hunter Wilds. The Congalala is the first creature you’ll come across with the Stench mechanic, so let’s go over how to beat and break all the parts on the Congalala inMonster Hunter Wildsas well as how to deal with its Stench.
Monster Hunter Wilds Congalala guide
The key to dealing with the Congalala inMonster Hunter Wildsis to be cautious of his Stench mechanic and his brutally bad breath. The beast consumes the various mushrooms around the Forests region, which in turn affects the type of volatility his breath will excrete when he roars and expels it in your direction.
His primary attacks include a thrash of melee swipes, jumping into the air and belly flopping at your location, hurling a foul-smelling ball (I don’t want to know what this is) at you that inflicts Stench, attempting to fart on you, and attempting to harm you with his breath.
The breath attack in particular can be troublesome, because there are several different types including one that inflicts Stench, one that inflicts Poison, one that inflicts Paralysis, and one that explodes dealing blast damage.
Throughout the encounter with the Congalala, be sure to stay out of any of the brown cloud-like odor that will emit from Congalala. He will spew it out in his breath occasionally, as well as sometimes randomly emit little clouds of it, and even via a putrid fart attack that leaves a big cloud of it. Stepping into this brown cloud will inflict you with Stench.
How to deal with Stench
When you are inflicted with Stench you will be unable to use any items including Healing Potions and Antidotes. Stench does last for a set duration of around 60 seconds. If you look at the debuff in the top left, you will see it counting down to when it will fall off and you are no longer plagued by Stench.
Thankfully, there are two other ways to deal with and cure the Stench debuff. The first is to use the Deodorant item. This can be crafted very easily by combining one Smokenut and one Bitterbug Broth via the Crafting menu. When used, the Deodorant item is actually a small blue AoE around your character that immediately cures Stench on anyone nearby, so it can be used to cure friends of Stench as well.
The other way of curing Stench is to simply submerge yourself completely in water. This can be the bigger lake-like bodies of water, or even a river running through the Forests, as long as you are able to submerge your character, it will cure the Stench debuff.
Both forelegs, the tail, and the head of the Congalala are all breakable parts, and his weak spot is his rear. Congalala is also weak to Fire and Ice Elemental Attacks, and can be affected by Flash Pods, Shock Traps, and Pitfall Traps. The Sonic Bomb, however, is not effective.
Congalala Loot Table
The Congalala features five different low rank materials when defeating, carving, and breaking specific parts off the beast. You can guarantee yourself a Congalala Pelt by damaging wounds or breaking the tail of the beast, and can guarantee a Congalala Claw by breaking either (or both) of its two forelegs. Most of these items are used to craft the handy Congalala armor set that increases your Stench resistance.
