Complete Egg Pattern List For Monster Hunter Stories 3

In Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, you’ll find yourself searching for Monstie eggs within Monster Dens. These Dens are simpler than in previous games – they’re now single, small areas – but they can sometimes have unusual events happening inside.

When you first find monster eggs, it’s hard to tell what creature is inside. Luckily, each egg has a unique design, and we’ve created a guide to help you identify which Monstie is in each one and where to locate them.

This article contains spoilers as it lists all monsters, you’ve been warned!

How Monster Dens Work

Monster Dens are caves you can find on the map. Inside each one, you’ll discover a nest of eggs and some items you can collect.

You’re only allowed to take one egg per nest, and you must bring it back to the entrance without getting defeated. Each time you collect an egg, Rudy will remark on its powerful genetic qualities.

No glow means it’s a normal, fairly potent egg.
A golden glow means it’s a very potent egg.
A prism glow means it’s a highly potent egg.

As a player, I’ve learned that if I don’t like the egg I get, I can try gathering from the nest again to get a different one. But it’s good to know that in most dens, you can only swap the egg a limited number of times, so you have to make those swaps count!

After you get it, you can go back and fight any monsters without worrying about losing the egg.

There might be a monster sleeping or already awake in the den. Moving eggs from a nest increases the likelihood of a monster appearing or waking up and attacking you. Rudy will give you a heads-up if this is about to happen.

You can carry 12 eggs at a time, and you can return any to the den at any time from your inventory.

Strange Phenomena

Sometimes, my buddy Rudy will chime in when I enter a den and let me know something weird is going on. Basically, he’ll point out one of the strange things happening there.

Two nests with unlimited gathering attempts.
Barrel Felynes are running around (they disappear quickly, so act fast!).
More gathering spots appear (and often, rarer spots).

There’s a higher chance of strange phenomena occurring at night.

Monster Den Rarity And Types

Grey Rock (White Cave Map Icon)	Default Monster Den Standard Monster Den.
Gold Rock (Gold With Sparkle Map Icon)	Rare Monster Den Slightly higher chance of rare Monstie eggs and/or extremely valuable genes in the egg.
Platinum Rock (Blue With Sparkle Map Icon)	Super Rare Monster Den Higher chance of rare Monstie eggs and/or extremely valuable genes in the egg.
Grey Pillar Rock (Grey With Sparkle Map Icon)	Endangered Den Appears after you have defeated an Invasive Species, after which it retreats to this den, where you can find a specific endangered Monstie egg.
Grey Rock With Eggs Atop (Green Cave Map Icon)	Retreat Den Appears when a monster retreats from battle, the eggs in this den will only ever be of the monster that retreated.

Complete Monstie Egg Pattern List

When you first find an egg, it will give you a clue about what kind of Monster it is, but you won’t know the exact species until it hatches. That’s where our list of patterns can help!

We’ll update as we find more eggs!

Bird Wyvern Eggs
	Velocidrome Blue egg with uneven orange splotches. Azuria: Sunpetal Plains Azuria: Ashen Pass
	Great Izuchi Brown egg with uneven cream splotches. Canalta Timberland: Howlinyowl Forest Canalta Timberland: Blessing Hill
	Kulu-Ya-Ku Cream egg with uneven dusty pink splotches. Tarkuan: Colossal Dragon’s Remains
	Yian Kut-Ku Pink with uneven blue splotches. Azuria: Sunpetal Plains Azuria: Mirror Lake
	Blue Yian Kut-Ku Green with uneven yellow splotches. Azuria: Sunpetal Broadleaf Basin Azuria: Blightstone Woods
	Gypceros Blue with uneven red splotches. Azuria: Sunpetal Plains Azuria: Blightstone Woods
	Purple Gypceros Purple with uneven green splotches. Azuria: Broadleaf Basin
	Aknosom Dark cream with uneven orange splotches. Canalta Timberland: Howlinyowl Forest Canalta Timberland: Mt. Canalta
	Pukei-Pukei Green with uneven cream splotches. Canalta Timberland: Howlinyowl Forest Canalta Timberland: Cataracts
	Yian Garuga Dark purple with uneven pink splotches. Canalta Timberland: Howlinyowl Forest
	Deadeye Yian Garuga Purple with uneven red splotches. (Once you reach Ecosystem Rank S with Yian Garuga and have it reside in a habitat with “many ferocious monsters” and three or more monsters of equal or greater rank than the Yian Garuga. We personally managed to achieve this in Canalta Timberland: Frozen Grotto.)
Fanged Beast
	Arzuros Blue egg with spikey green splotches. Canalta Timberland: Cataracts Canalta Timberland: Blessing Hill
	Bishaten Dark blue egg with spikey dark green splotches. Canalta Timberland: Howlinyowl Forest Canalta Timberland: Blessing Hill
	Blood Orange Bishaten Dusty black egg with spikey dusty red splotches. Tarkuan: Bountiful Dunes
	Blangonga Pale blue egg with spikey orange splotches. Serathis: Glacial Caps
	Garangolm Brown egg with spikey dusty yellow splotches. Canalta Timberland: Broadleaf Basin Canalta Timberland: Blightstone Woods Tarkuan: Colossal Dragon’s Remains
	Ajarakan Reddish brown egg with spikey reddish orange splotches. Tarkuan: Bountiful Dunes
	Goss Harag Baby blue egg with spikey black splotches. Serathis: Old Capital Road
	Canyne Purple egg with spikey cream splotches. Canalta Timberland: Blessing Hill (Only available once you have defeated the Invasive Arzuros and reintroduced it via Habitat Restoration.)
Amphibian
	Chatacabra Dusty turquoise egg with dark green vertical line splotches. Azuria: Broadleaf Basin Azuria: Blightstone Woods
	Tetranadon Lime green egg with darker green vertical line splotches. Azuria: Catraracts Azuria: Frozen Grotto
Carapaceon
	Tetranadon Light grey egg with blue vertical bubbly lines. Tarkuan: Colossal Dragon’s Remains
Temnoceran
	Nerscylla Purple egg with orange vertical lines. Azuria: Sunpetal Plains Azuria: Blightstonewoods
	Nerscylla Light grey egg with yellow vertical lines. Tarkuan: Rococo Rocks
	Rakna-Kadaki Purple egg with white vertical lines. Tarkuan: Death’s Maw
Brute Wyvern
	Barroth Brown egg with dusty yellow horizontal zigzag stripes. Tarkuan: Colossal Dragon’s Remains
	Jade Barroth Blue egg with neon blue horizontal zigzag stripes. Serathis: Old Capital Road
	Anjanath Pink egg with dark purple horizontal zigzag stripes. Azuria: Broadleaf Basin
	Fulgur Anjanath Grey egg with orange horizontal zigzag stripes. Serathis: Old Capital Road
	Glavenus Dark blue egg with dark red horizontal zigzag stripes. Tarkuan: Rococo Rocks
	Hellblade Glavenus Black egg with dark red horizontal zigzag stripes. (Once you reach Ecosystem Rank S with Glavenus, and in a habitat where many monsters with razor-sharp appendages reside.)
	Brachydios Dark blue egg with neon green horizontal zigzag stripes. Serathis: Glacial Caps
Piscine Wyvern
	Plesioth Dusky blue with round yellow splotches. Azuria: Mirror Lake
	Green Plesioth Green with round yellow splotches. Azuria: Mirror Lake Tarkuan: Bountiful Dunes
Leviathan
	Royal Ludroth Green and yellow wavy horizontal stripes. Azuria: Sunpetal Plains Azuria: Mirror Lake
	Purple Ludroth Baby pink and dark pink wavy horizontal stripes. Canalta Timberland: Cataracts Canalta Timberland: Blessing Hill
	Lagiacrus Orange and blue wavy horizontal stripes. Azuria: Mirror Lake (Only available once you have defeated the Invasive Plesioth and restored it via Habitat Restoration.)
	Ivory Lagiacrus Blue and white wavy horizontal stripes. Azuria: Mirror Lake (Once you reach Ecosystem Rank A with Lagiacrus.)
	Mizutsune Dusty pink and cream wavy horizontal stripes. (Only available once you have defeated the Invasive Shogun Ceanataur and restored it via Habitat Restoration.)
	Soulseer Mizutsune Dark pink and very pale pink wavy horizontal stripes. (Only available once you reach Ecosystem Rank S with Mizutsune, is in a habitat containing one or more Endangered monsters that charge the ground in their wake with electricity-imbued bodies.)
	Almudron Black and orange wavy horizontal stripes. Tarkuan: Colossal Dragon’s Remains
Fanged Wyvern
	Tobi-Kadachi Pale blue egg with dark blue vertical zigzag stripes. Azuria: Broadleaf Basin
	Odogaron Dusty red egg with dark red vertical zigzag stripes. Tarkuan: Death’s Maw
	Ebony Odogaron Purple egg with black vertical zigzag stripes. Serathis: Old Capital Road
	Magnamalo Purple egg with red vertical zigzag stripes. Serathis: Old Capital Road
Flying Wyvern
	Paolumu White egg with dusty pink horizontal tiger stripes. Azuria: Blightstone Woods
	Khezu Dusty baby blue egg with baby pink horizontal tiger stripes. Canalta Timberland: Frozen Grotto
	Red Khezu Dusty red egg with red horizontal tiger stripes. Canalta Timberland: Frozen Grotto Serathis: Glacial Caps
	Rathian Green egg with cream horizontal tiger stripes. Azuria: Sunpetal Plains (After it has been introduced via Habitat Restoration after defeating the Invasive Yian Garuga.)
	Pink Rathian Dusky pink egg with pink horizontal tiger stripes. Azuria (Once you reach Ecosystem Rank B with Rathian.)
	Dreadqueen Rathian Lime green egg with purple horizontal tiger stripes. Azuria (Once you reach Ecosystem Rank S with Rathian, and there are three or more poisonous monsters in the habitat.)
	Legiana Cream egg with navy blue horizontal tiger stripes. Serathis: Glacial Caps
	Barioth Creamy grey egg with dusty orange horizontal tiger stripes. Serathis: Glacial Caps (Only available once you have defeated the Invasive Barioth, and it has been restored via Habitat Restoration.)
	Sand Barioth Bright orange egg with dusty red horizontal tiger stripes. (Only available once you once you reach Ecosystem Rank A with Barioth.)
	Nargacuga Magenta egg with navy blue horizontal tiger stripes. Canalta Timberland (Only available once you have defeated the Invasive Nerscylla, and it has been restored via Habitat Restoration.)
	Green Nargacuga Lime green egg with darker green horizontal tiger stripes. (Once you reach Ecosystem Rank A with Nargacuga)
	Silverwind Nargacuga Pale blue egg with navy blue horizontal tiger stripes. (Once you reach Ecosystem Rank S with Nargacuga or Silverwind Nargacuga and in an environment where there are two or more monsters that “control the winds”, such as the Great Izuchi, Legiana, and Paolumu)
	Astalos Green egg with black horizontal tiger stripes. Azuria (Only available once you have defeated the Invasive Seregios, and it has been restored via Habitat Restoration.)
	Boltreaver Astalos Neon green egg with black horizontal tiger stripes. Azuria (Once you reach Ecosystem Rank S with Astalos, and only in areas with Thunderous power and where there are three or more Thunder element monsters.)
	Rathalos Orange egg with black horizontal tiger stripes. Serathis: Sacrosanctum/Lazlion
	Azure Rathalos Royal blue egg with dark blue horizontal tiger stripes. (Once you reach Ecosystem Rank A with Rathalos.)
	Dreadking Rathalos Dark magenta egg with black horizontal tiger stripes. (Once you reach Ecosystem Rank S with Rathalos or Azure Rathalos, and in habitats that contain four or more Flying Wyverns.)
	Tigrex Orange egg with bright blue horizontal tiger stripes. Tarkuan: Colossal Dragon’s Remains (Only available once you have defeated the Invasive Diablos, and it has been restored via Habitat Restoration.)
	Brute Tigrex Orange egg with black horizontal tiger stripes. Only available once you reach Ecosystem Rank A with Tigrex.)
	Grimclaw Tigrex Yellow egg with dark blue horizontal tiger stripes. (Only available once you have Ecosystem Rank S with Tigrex or Brute Tigrex, and only occurs in habitats with four or more Power Type monsters.)
	Gravios Light brown egg with dark brown horizontal tiger stripes. Tarkuan: Rococo Rocks
	Black Gravios Brown egg with tan horizontal tiger stripes. Tarkuan: Rococo Rocks
	Diablos Light brown egg with darker brown horizontal tiger stripes. Tarkuan: Bountiful Dunes Tarkuan: Death’s Maw
	Diablos Dark grey egg with black horizontal tiger stripes. Tarkuan: Rococo Rocks Tarkuan: Death’s Maw
	Bloodbath Diablos Dark grey egg with navy blue horizontal tiger stripes. (Once you reach Ecosystem Rank S with Diablos or Black Diablos, and in Tarkuan’s Bountiful Dunes, a habitat with “many Hunters”, and either Diablos or Black Diablos must reside there.)
	Seregios Yellow egg with red horizontal tiger stripes. Canalta Timberland: Mt. Canalta
	Espinas Dusty lime green egg with magenta horizontal tiger stripes. Canalta Timberland: Mt. Canalta
	Rey Dau Yellow egg with black horizontal tiger stripes. Tarkuan: Death’s Maw
	Arkveld Grey egg with darker grey horizontal tiger stripes. Serathis: Sacrosanctum/Lazlion
Elder Dragon
	Namielle Orange egg with a purple star pattern. Azuria: Mirror Lake (after you have defeated Namielle)
	Velkhana Pale blue egg with a purple star pattern. Serathis: Glacial Caps (after you have defeated Velkhana)
	Malzeno White egg with a pink star pattern. Serathis: Sacrosanctum/Lazlion (after you have defeated Malzeno)