All about Crowns 👑

First things first, these trophies are what you will be slogging for:


Some good news! Not every monster will be necessary for getting these achievements.

Monsters that were added after title updates are not required:

• Deviljho*
  
• Lunastra*
  
• Stygian Zinogre
  
• Rajang
  
• Furious Rajang
  
• Frostfang Barioth and future released monsters, if any

*Note: Deviljho and Lunastra crowns are not needed for base game achievements; Giant and Miniature Crown Masters, but they will be required for Iceborne's True Large and Miniature Crown Collectors.

All monsters that have fixed sizes are also not needed:

• Zorah Magdaros
  
• Xeno'jiiva
  
• Behemoth
  
• Leshen
  
• Ancient Leshen
  
• Shara Ishvalda
  
• Kulve Taroth
  
• Raging Brachydios
  
• Safi'jiiva
  
• Alatreon
  
• Fatalis and future released monsters, if any

Crown monsters are the largest and smallest of each species. After completing Low Rank, these crowns can be found in almost any types of quest: Investigations, Optionals*, Expeditions, Arenas, SOSes, Guiding Lands and Events (except in Assigned quests, as they have a fixed size throughout the story's progression).
*Note: In the base game: World, optional quests do not spawn crowns.

Based on a fellow hunter's datamined research, HR investigations with at least 1 gold and 1 silver, 3 gold and 1 bronze, and tempered investigations with 3 purple boxes have a 6% chance for a mini crown and a 3% for a large crown.

Investigations with 4/5 gold or purple boxes have slightly better odds at spawning large crowns, with a 6% chance for a large crown and the same 6% for a mini crown.

I would recommend avoid doing regular quests like Optionals, as they have the lowest chance of crowns spawning: 2% for a mini and 1% for a large. Certain event quests are where you would want to put your zenny on. Some of these event quests have guaranteed chances of spawning crowns and many others have an increased 12% chance for both sizes.

More detailed information will be elaborated in the next few sections and other useful research and sources can be found in References.

Crown Sniping
These monsters are typically about 25% different in size from average. I highly recommend measuring monsters for crowns instead of just blindly farming them, which can burn you out quicker than Lunastra's supernova. Simply bring along a few shock traps and your Ghillie Mantle and you can start crown sniping.

With the back leg at a 90° angle, these points (the hock and tibialis anterior– animal anatomy 101) are commonly used as references in measurements against your player's head or chest. For a better visual, check out Youtuber Gaming with Abyss.

I often rely on his videos for size references.
Youtube Playlists:
World Large Gold Crown
Iceborne Large Gold Crown
World Miniature Crow
Iceborne Miniature Crown

Dry spells are fairly common, but just trust your instincts; you ought to be able to tell if the monster is larger or smaller than usual after 666 hours of gameplay. Also, you do not have to kill all the monsters in a quest. If the crown-sized monster is successfully hunted, the rest of the quest can be failed or withdrawn from (not abandoned) and you will still get the crown upon returning.

Additionally, depending on your gaming morals, sinners others might suggest save scumming to stretch out your finite quality investigations while you crown snipe. But fair warning, RNGesus would not be pleased.

In a quest, there are about 35-38 sizes that a monster can spawn in, and each size has its own probability. A monster from quality investigations and increased crown events has 6 crown sizes that it can spawn in; 3 miniature and 3 large, with the event quests having higher crown chances.

Monsters marked with ✨ have guaranteed giant/mini crown spawns in certain quests. Refer to the next section for more information.

Base game monsters


Iceborne monsters

Guaranteed crowns

*Note: Furious Rajang is not required for the achievements.
If you are playing on PS4, ★6 The Proving gives you an Anjanath large crown and ★9 The Heart of the Nora spawns both Deviljho large and mini crowns.

Increased crown chances

*Note: Rajang, Stygian Zinogre and Frostfang Barioth are not required for the achievements.

I have seen some possible misconceptions about quests like "★7 This is How Revolts Start" and "M★6 Muscle Monkey Madness" having increased chances of spawning Diablos/Black Diablos and Rajang crowns respectively. This information is false, and I would advise you to stick to investigations and the event quests listed above for crown hunting them.

Gotta Catch 'Em All!
If you are a completionist like me, make sure you record the remaining crowns even though they are not needed for the achievements!


There are also endemic life crowns to hunt for if you are still sane after all that :)

Now, this is the most important part of the guide: receiving blessings from the Lord.
A sacrificial male Kelbi will be needed for this religious ritual; held at the top of Elder's Recess. The Kelbi is to be slain when the sun hangs highest in the sky, with its horns and pelt offered up to Him on the centre rock platform. Pray and sing glorious praises to our King, RNGesus.

Originally posted by Demacian:

Holy God, we praise Thy Name,
Our Father, who art in Heaven, infinite Thy vast domain;
All on Earth Thy dice claim,
All in Heaven above, adore Thy everlasting reign;
Lord of RNG, we bow before Thee!
Giveth us gold crowns and never, Lord, abandon me;

In the name of Ukanlos, Akantor, and the Holy Shara Ishvalda,
Amen.

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Sources that helped

• Hunter Eric Abreu's reddit post on datamined crown chances
  ┖ Table of monster sizes [docs.google.com]
  ┖ Crown drop rates [docs.google.com]
  
  
• Gaming with Abyss Youtube channel
  
  
• One of the most comprehensive database available [mhworld.kiranico.com]
  
• Another extensive database [mhw.poedb.tw]
  
• Basic MH wiki [monsterhunterworld.wiki.fextralife.com]
  
• Achievements guide [www.trueachievements.com]
  
  
• My simple crowns checklist [docs.google.com]
  
  
• Hunter Pfeil's reddit post on endemic life crown sizes
  
  
• Holy Bible of RNGesus[imgur.com]