MH3U - Goldbeard Ceadeus solo (G-rank)

[@titaniumursa]

I feel like the Ceadeus is one of the prime examples of how destructive Elder Dragons are. Mainly because it doesn't seem to be trying to cause harm like Alatreon or Lao-Shan Lung. It seems blissfully unaware that it causes earthquakes when trying to reach it's sanctum. Compared to most Elder Dragons it seems quite peaceful. When you enter it's lair, it is curled up as if it's taking a rest. The only reason it attacks is because you're intruding on it's territory.

[@haotongjiang6893]

Titanium Ursa yeah ceadeus is friendly just too big cuz it can cause earthquakes

[@MrStyleuser]

Lao isn't trying to cause harm though, it's running away from Fatalis and a fortress happens to be in the way.

[@Pascll]

alatreon isn't actually trying to cause harm, it's scales constantly generate energy, wich comes out as fire, dragon, thunder or ice element, and he has to release that energy. he just passively causes destruction. lao also doesn't try to destroy anything, it's just trying to get through, but there happens to be a village in it's path.

[@randomjunk555]

There’s a few elders that honestly don’t try to cause harm but are just elders so are powerful. Vaal hazak is a prime example seeing as you can just follow it around but due to it being intimidating it gets a bad rep.

[@punishedsneed]

Almost all Elders are relatively peaceful creatures. The exception to this is Nakarkos. Nakarkos destroys ecosystems much like Deviljho. It's not malicious, but it is incredibly destructive and it's part of its nature to be destructive. For reference, Nakarkos' primary prey is Ceadeus pups and its only known natural predator is a fully grown Ceadeus (aka Goldbeard) or a Ceadeus near full maturity. The Fatalis trio are also ultra destructive and are harbingers of doom as they destroy everything in their path. Kirin (evidenced in Monster Hunter World) is a relatively peaceful creature. It sees the Handler and Hunter and it intentionally splits its lightning bolts so as to not harm them when it tries to ward off the Rajang that is trying to hurt it. Lao is simply a fearful creature and is on the run from Fatalis. Chameleos is someone what benign but has a tendency to cause trouble because it's a curious creature. Kushala, like Lunastra and Teostra, is an ambivalent creature that only hurts you if you come near it. The same can be said for Yama Tsukami. Yama Tsukami has no concept of your retarded human problems, bro, he's just tryna vibe and do his thing. Amatsu is a natural harbinger of once of the forces of nature and as such is ambivalent. Dire Miralis could be considered malicious. It destroys everything in its path like the Fatalis siblings. Jhen Mohran is just a gigantic sand whale that's just trying to live, just like Dah'ren. Dalamadur can be considered much the same. Gogmazios, however, cannot. Same for Shagaru and Valstrax. I don't know much about the World elder dragons, really, because I hate the game.

[@alexandernewkirk6193]

Still helping people in 2023, almost 2024. Thank you

[@donnapower697]

0:31 hes just standing there, MENACINGLY!

[@esoteric404]

just wanted to let you know that this vid is still helping people out 2 and a half years after you posted it. i'm a gs user (not a fan of the poke poke poke lance or ranged weapons) and i suck at underwater combat, so the strat with the bounce bombs+ was really helpful also as other users have said it's refreshing to see a vid where someone doesn't throw on some sharp+1/awakening/focus/sheathing/hge set and man handle some LR or HR

[@SypherBladeRunner]

+LowKlassIntelekt That is awesome to hear! =) It's great to see that people are still interested in playing MH3U, so I hope I can help show off some practical ideas people can learn from and use themselves And yeah, I'm more fan of using level appropriate gear, instead of just using late-end gear for something like Goldbeard =)

[@SypherBladeRunner]

@@ilias8758 that is some awesome dedication =)

[@LearningInProgress10]

​@@SypherBladeRunnerthis is my urgent quest my current armor is Barroth S, weapon Zephyr LS. Thanks now i see the dragonator.

[@SypherBladeRunner]

@@LearningInProgress10 Nice, good luck with your urgent!

[@LearningInProgress10]

@@SypherBladeRunnerthanks but my Barroth S armor takes lot damage from ceadeus🤣 I Change my plan i just finish farming materials on volcano and tundra to complete Rathalos S armor set, then buy armor and power charm then craft power and armor talon. Btw im playing using citra emulator on android.

[@HaleyJean_Tho]

Hey man, I don’t know if you’ll see this, but this video encouraged me to do this solo! Thank you so much, excellent hunt! ❤️

[@DesertedToaster]

Well im glad i saw this, i was getting worried about how id solo this hunt

[@SypherBladeRunner]

Thanks +NingyoHimeDoll Ningyo! And as for your question: I can't really speak for others, but the reason I don't use the ballistas, is because of the time it takes to get there, firing them all, gather more ballistas when you've run out and then shoot them all again. There's a limited supply of them too, so you can't rely on them all the time. I personally don't think it's worth going for them. They're useful for breaking the horns off, because of the fixed amount damage they inflict on Ceadeus, but you're pretty much open to his attacks since you're stuck in place. I found bombs to be a fine substitute, aswell as Slime. All in all, I think it's up to personal preference whether you want to use them or not. I hope this helps! (And you see it, because YT won't let me properly respond for some reason...)

[@novablade4549]

can u do this fight with chacha and kayamba

[@SypherBladeRunner]

Sure can! I just didn't bring them along for the hunt.

[@novablade4549]

Thanks man

[@amirhaziq7247]

Hmm our character can literally hold breath underwater for hours, and doesn't do any damage at all when fell from the cliff or high places... Just how strong these monsters and bombs in monster hunter??🤔

[@SypherBladeRunner]

Strong enough that humanity has evolved to be tough enough to take them on :P It's a fantasy game. Don't expect realism in games like these.

[@amirhaziq7247]

SypherBladeRunner wow almost four years and you still reply! Thanks man I didn't expect a reply at all. Haha obviously. I'm just joking about that. I have psp version which is portable 3rd. With zinogre can generate lightning from his body i don't think logic can be applied in this game at all 😂

[@SypherBladeRunner]

I'm just as surprised sometimes that people still comment on these! XD Yeah, logic is nowhere to be found in Monster Hunter games :P

[@haotongjiang6893]

If games were logic they were very boring, thats why u play games :D

[@SypherBladeRunner]

Haha, I guess that's true XD

[@Atomokern77]

I did it with Jhen Armor and Dios Switch axe+, but still thank you very much with the bombs and techniques :)

[@SypherBladeRunner]

Nice work and no problem :)

[@Zolronak]

I have same armor lol but i made it with the blue wing

[@SypherBladeRunner]

Squirtle LP Everyone is free to use whatever works best for them, so nice work :)

[@megachorme123]

Jesus christ... This monster and the normal ceadeus caused me a shit ton of stress and problems xD Specially because it was really hard to kill him for me and i had to farm him SOLO T_T

[@SypherBladeRunner]

+Pootisman I would say that using a Adrenaline/Pierce HBG set was a good way of farming this guy, but that usually required some late-game gear to get the best and quickest result possible... But in the end, the Ceadeus monsters are just big punching bags :P

[@megachorme123]

SypherBladeRunner I'm playing MH4U now xD .. But yeah, when you reach an advanced rank on G Rank, ceadeus becomes a weapon testing dummy

[@Oggre]

I agree for the stress haha but that was epic

[@JanoyCresvaZero]

I'm about to go at Goldbeard solo on my 3DS in anticipation of MHGen... I have never bothered to get to G rank in 3U, but now that I have this quest, I wanna get to G rank before MHGen drops on Friday. Gonna use Agnaktor U (water/ice resistance, Guard +2, Guard Boost (good for the water cannon), Speed Sharpening and Negate Hunger) and Dios Gunlance+. Never even thought to use bounce bombs, or even bombs in general... Great starts! Thanks for the video!

[@SypherBladeRunner]

Seems like a good set for something like this. And bombs can be very effective to use at times, or just fun to mess around with like bounce bombs. Thanks, and you're welcome! Hope you had\have a good run!

[@greengotenks1584]

results?

[@JanoyCresvaZero]

green gotenks No problem took him out!

[@mr.cantillasz1912]

Ah yes, bounce bombs+ are effective in underwater fights,but not in rainy season....🙂

[@VPT2]

Thanks for posting this, the bomb tactic helped.

[@DemoniteBL]

I went into this thinking it would be even tougher than regular Caedeus, turns out it was MUCH easier. lol You don't have to chase this one around 2 other areas and you don't have a 30 minute time limit. I kinda overprepared, with bombs/Bombardier and stuff like in this video, but just using a regular build would've been fine, I didn't even end up using more than 2 LBB+.

[@carlosmigbarata6010]

Well idk if u will see this but i want to let u know that ur vid is still helping ppl over than 8 years later. I just recently restarted playing the game again, and honestly i was kinda worried that i would be able to experience the game at its fullest bc the servers are down already, but u gave me hope. So ty

[@timd4821]

I was a swaxe main but I had to use dualblades just so I can have the mobility I wanted when fighting this dude solo. Such an epic fight and it definitely felt like an accomplishment after beating it for the first time

[@soyposmo]

Amazing work! You have inspired me to kill the Ivory Lagiacrus in order to hunt this Ceadeus. Thanks!

[@SypherBladeRunner]

Thanks! Hope you succeed in making the Ivory Lagiacrus armour!

[@jasonrosario699]

you are amazing with long sword!!! and you does greatest combos

[@SypherBladeRunner]

Thanks! But I wasn't THAT amazing with it :P

[@raven6309]

Ah I remember having to come back over and over to get the full armor. Ah those days with my 3ds

[@MTKANAL4]

My Favorite Monster Hunter Game

[@lygoozman125]

It’s a real shame we’ll most likely never get to see Ceadeus again in an hd render since people didn’t like the underwater stuff too much for some reason

[@Machdude]

Lances are better suited for underwater combat. The damage is insane, you can guard the easily telegraphed attacks and provides the fastest means of directional travel.

[@SypherBladeRunner]

True, but I wanted to do something different.

[@riolulein5388]

I know this is really really late... But am I fine with full azure rath set? And my weapon is the so called Depotenbrecher (in German) that longsword from Zinogre

[@squidwardtentacles6123]

Hey, idk of you'll still see this, but I just got to this quest in the port and I'm a bit hesitant to do it. I basically have the entire brachydios set, but idk if that's good enough. The only skill I know I actively have is challenger.

[@IRelentlesSI]

is that a Dios Katana+ or a Demolition Katana??can i defeat with my equipments?? Dios Katana+ and I.Lagi set skills Destroyer, Attack Boost(M), Blight Res.?? Negate Stun??thanks for the video!

[@SypherBladeRunner]

At the end of the video, you can briefly see that I've been using the Dios Katana+. And sure, those skills are good enough for a fight like this. The fight would go a bit faster you could get Attack Boost(L), but it's not necessary. Good luck!

[@boshwa20]

I managed to solo this last night with the nargacuga sword and shield and the armor. Because of that I almost failed the quest due to my inability to figure out that its water cannon auto locks on to me.

[@SypherBladeRunner]

+Boshwa Yeah, that attack is pretty difficult to dodge. One could either use a farcaster once he starts going to the top or bottom of the cave to prepare his water blast and avoid it that way, or just make sure you're at full health before he fires it off. Of course, if you have a negative resistance to water, being at full health might not be enough.

[@jeanbryot6765]

Gold beard keep spurting Green goo, what was that???

[@SypherBladeRunner]

If it's a serious question, it's actually the Slime element of my weapon that causes ;) It deals explosive damage when enough Slime has been applied to a monster.

[@jeanbryot6765]

sory never play 3 before, only play one and Mhgen

[@SypherBladeRunner]

Don't worry about it! You've probably seen the new version of Slime then, which has been renamed to the Blast element in 4U and Gen. Still works the same way, too.

[@deadlylizzard8407]

Jean Bryot that is the slime weapon

[@diabloarmofhell6710]

Fight under water and big dragon...the water wave must be create why people can fight like that with out attack of water wave? (the wave can knock back any thing)

[@TonariNoEli]

Hi! Thanks for the video :) I really like that, 'cause a "true hunt", with no G-level armor or weapons. Thank you :D

[@SypherBladeRunner]

No problem :)

[@ameba21gd39]

I hope capcom overhaul underwater combat so we can see this guy again ( maybe in wilds?)

[@nightshadow-kun4798]

i still remember how I was always close to the 50 min time limit when i was 13. and now (started again after 5 years) it took me only 30 min on my first try

[@SimLi0n57]

YOOO how is this possible solo 6 or 7 years ago I played this game with friends, we were all so bad we struggled to beat this mob I'm playing the game again but solo this time and wow, I thought I would struggle or not even manage to beat it, but it seems not that hard with this bombs strat I'm still going through the village quest right now, but I sure will continue and hope to go beat Dire Miralis solo since we never managed to go that far in the game when we were playing all together LOL

[@lubbo5261]

Yes you can Solo him, i just beat him a few minutes ago. I used the Brachydios Dualblades and the full Sand Barioth armor. The Quest took me ~30 minutes.

[@idrinkyourmilkshake1882]

The easiest and fastest way to beat him is with heavy bowgun normal s3 and pierce shots straight down his beard into his body. You have to be really close but it ricochets through his body and does tons of damage.

[@frosty2029]

Can I use Deviljho's armor and weapon to do this easily ?

[@SypherBladeRunner]

+Gus Wisnu Sure you can, although you should look out for any rushing attacks, since those deal out Dragon damage, which you will be very vulnerable to with Deviljho armour. Also, if you're looking to use a weapon with elemental damage, most of the Deviljho weapons need the Awaken skill before they actually get the Dragon element. Otherwise they're just good for raw damage. You could also opt to use Zinogre or Lagiacrus weapons, if you want to have elemental damage as well.

[@SheepFreak2]

so its weak to slime? why cant i find this info ingame somehow. i bet its immune to dragon and i kept tickling it for 50 minutes :/

[@SypherBladeRunner]

Slime works against a lot of monsters. (Goldbeard) Ceadeus are (in terms of elements) weakest to Dragon and second to Thunder. And there isn't really any clear info on the elemental weaknesses of monsters, but you can look at their armours and look at the elemental resistances to see to what elements they're weak against.

[@SheepFreak2]

i did it :) dios slicers instead of a great sword and a water resistent armor did the trick. not messing around with the ballista might have helped as well. still took 43 minutes

[@SypherBladeRunner]

SheepFreak2 Good job :) Having skills that increase your damage output might help aswell in the future, like Attack Up Large or something.

[@SheepFreak2]

SypherBladeRunner i was running volvidon armor for max dmg, but it has -20 water. works great on land thou

[@NightFury77]

what is the differences to this one then the old one if you remember?

[@SypherBladeRunner]

If you're talking about the differences between regular and Goldbeard Ceadeus, it's mostly the visuals, some new move and attack patterns, more health and the fact that you can fight it in online mode with other players. And it's also done in an arena format, so there's no long hit and chase sequence like there is for the regular Ceadeus. In the end, it's still a Ceadeus though. So nothing really too exciting about it :P

[@markperez1375]

19:19 damnit no G-rank gem.

[@TheAtomicabsol]

You have inspired me to fight gold beard on my 3ds THANK YOU!!

[@SypherBladeRunner]

That's awesome! You're welcome :)

[@zeroTuca]

very impressive

[@SypherBladeRunner]

Thank you

[@PandqPvP]

I thought that this quest was a Online quest only, and since no one I know has a 3DS I thought I wouldn't be able to do it to get his heavy bowgun for a mark of a hero... You can fight this guy in village quests essentially?

[@SypherBladeRunner]

Hmm, I guess the "offline" bit can be a bit confusing. No, this quest cannot be done in the village. I did this in the offline port hub, where it's a urgent quest for getting into G-rank.

[@PandqPvP]

SypherBladeRunner Oooh, is it still scaled down for 1 player? Thanks for replying!

[@SypherBladeRunner]

AviatorGamez No, everything in the port scaled to 4 players, whether it's offline or online. Despite that, it is still possible to solo most of them. No problem!

[@PandqPvP]

SypherBladeRunner :D Thanks

[@McEezy94]

My favorite fight from the 3rd gen

[@cerperalpurpose]

Do you still check this? Anyway, got 3 darkgems using this method ;_;

[@SypherBladeRunner]

+Corporal Porpoise Sure I check it :) That must have taken a while solo... Nice work though :)

[@cerperalpurpose]

I killed it again in less than 15 mins :) Farming for his armour now.

[@SypherBladeRunner]

Nice, not bad at all :)

[@tibbar7459]

pls tell me what things you had to kill him

[@SypherBladeRunner]

Armor was the high rank Ivory Lagiacrus set, with the high rank Brachydios Long Sword. I gemmed in the Bombardier and Attack Up L skills for more power. Items were: Barrel Bombs+, Small Barrel Bombs+, Bounce bombs+, Tanzia Chips, Mega Potions, Max Potions, Mega Dash Juices, Mega Air Philters and of course whetstones.

[@FurnaxIkki]

As someone who's been using a bow, any advice?

[@SypherBladeRunner]

Either use Rapid or Pierce type Bows, with either Thunder or Dragon element. The two bows that would be great to use, would be the high rank Zinogre (for Rapid) or Alatreon (for Pierce) Bows. You can get the high rank Alatreon Bow by fighting him in the village. They also have Power Coatings, which is always a must-have. If you can use Rapid arrows against his head or Pierce arrows to shoot from the head, down the length of its body, that should be pretty effective. As for sets to use, either the Dober or Aelucanth/Rhopessa for Dragon attack up, or the Damascus or Zinogre set for Thunder attack up.

[@FurnaxIkki]

What about the Arko Du? I don't have the Alatreon Bow (because Mark of a Hero is kicking my ass) and comparing the two, Arko Du (Y) seems the stronger. And my current, trainwreck of a mixed set does let me manage to have Thunder Attack +1.

[@SypherBladeRunner]

Because you need to be really close for the Spread type arrows of the Arko Du (Y) to be effective, because of the shorter critical distance of arrows underwater. Pierce or Rapid type arrows can be used from a longer range and still be effective. And overall, it's better to have higher raw damage first, elemental damage second. Plus, Power coatings give a good boost to your damage output, which the Arko Du doesn't have naturally and the Alatreon (or Zinogre) bow does and it'll last you longer than (just) having Close range coatings. But, Arko Du is more flexible with slots, so if you feel like doing something creative with adding skills to your set, go for it :)

[@Aeshma194]

Name of Armor and which gems please?

[@SypherBladeRunner]

The armour is the full set of Lagiacrus U and the gems are from top to bottom: Helm slot - Bombardier jwl 1 Mail slot - Attack jwl 2 Braces slot - Bombardier jwl 1 Faulds slot - Attack jwl 1 Greaves slot - Attack jwl 2 The talisman has zero slots and gives 6 points towards Bomb boost.

[@Aeshma194]

SypherBladeRunner Thanks :)

[@SypherBladeRunner]

Wolflord1995 No problem :)

[@Frodudus]

The fact I will have to do this solo... T_T

[@SypherBladeRunner]

+Bubba You'll be fine :) Goldbeard is still pretty much a big punching bag, despite being G-rank

[@Frodudus]

SypherBladeRunner I guess. I'm just really bad at fighting underwater. XD

[@SypherBladeRunner]

It's not easy, that's for sure :)

[@Autistic-Bald-Creature]

To be honest breaking his horns pleases me. I always wonder how the thing knows where you are even though his horns cover his eyes🤔🤔🤔

[@neko281]

U mean....mAsTEr RANk Jk

[@haotongjiang6893]

Nice video

[@SypherBladeRunner]

Thank you

[@ManWamCam]

Where is this on the map?

[@SypherBladeRunner]

Under Moga Village.

[@Albert_Lecter03]

Actually if a lot of people liked the underwater mechanics this could’ve been in world sad.

[@user-pn8lh7fq3o]

I think mhw2 will be water themed since were getting thunder, ice and dragon monsters in the expansion and it’s the only map we lack now since were getting an ice map in iceborn also we are lacking water monsters in mhwi so they will likely introduce an underwater map in mhw2. I hope so because I will be disappointed if they indroduce a flooded forest that would be lazy

[@alanvasquez6923]

@@user-pn8lh7fq3o there's no mhw2 only mh6

[@aarontaglucop4147]

noice

[@AverageEldritchEntity]

Would this technically count as a final boss?

[@colehamrick6252]

I think it is that game’s final boss.

[@IRelentlesSI]

thanks! sorry for that.i can't clearly see the video >_< i can't read the words in it cuz i have bad internet connection! i just defeated him xD took me 40mins. to kill me haha xD

[@SypherBladeRunner]

Haha, don't worry about it! And good job :)

[@tankmh4468]

Did it in 15 mins solo

[@wpxextros3951]

Besser cedeus solo machen : agnaktorU Rüstung mit neoleichenbestatter eaaaasy 20 minuten

[@pranav_k__]

wow this fight is so boring

[@aarontaglucop4147]

noice