The Monster Hunter World Iceborne Expansion adds many new bone locations. This guide contains a list of all bones found from bone piles in the Iceborne DLC (Master Rank difficulty).
These bone piles are found in the open world and can be used for crafting new weapons, armor and upgrades. Each bone piles gives you 3 bones. Every map has specific types of bones tied to it. Every bone pile can give you any of the available bones on that map. To search a bone pile, press 
or 
. You can do this 3 times in a row for more bones.
This is what a bone pile looks like:
For all Main Game Bones, refer to this page instead:
» Monster Hunter World (Main Game) Bone Pile Locations
Bone List:
The following bones are from bone piles:
These bones are dropped by monsters:
- Dragonvein Solidbone (dropped by large monsters in Guiding Lands)
- Elder Dragonvein Bone (dropped by Elder Dragons in Guiding Lands)
- Fierce Dragonvein Bone (dropped by large monsters in Guiding Lands)
- Heavy Dragonvein Bone (dropped by large monsters in Guiding Lands)
- Monster Slogbone (Tigrex)
- Monster Solidbone (Brute Tigrex is most reliable to drop it, but it can also drop as quest reward or from Tailraider Safari)
- Large Elder Dragon Bone (Shara Ishvalda)
- Spiritvein Slogbone (dropped by tempered monsters in Guiding Lands)
- Spiritvein Solidbone (dropped by tempered monsters in Guiding Lands)
- Tempered Cragbone (dropped by tempered monsters in Guiding Lands Wildspire Waste section)
Ancient Forest (Master Rank) – Bone Pile Locations:
Found from Bone Piles:
- Thick Bone
- Dragonbone Artifact (*rare)
- Ancient Bone
Wildspire Waste (Master Rank) – Bone Pile Locations:
Found from Bone Piles:
- Thick Bone
- Boulder Bone
- Dragonbone Artifact (*rare)
Coral Highlands (Master Rank) – Bone Pile Locations:
Found from Bone Piles:
- Coral Bone
- Thick Bone
Rotten Vale (Master Rank) – Bone Pile Locations:
Found from Bone Piles:
- Thick Bone
- Warped Bone
- Dragonbone Relic (*rare)
Elder’s Recess (Master Rank) – Bone Pile Locations:
Found from Bone Piles:
- Dragonbone Artifact (*rare)
- Thick Bone
- Brutal Bone
Hoarfrost Reach (Master Rank) – Bone Pile Locations:
Found from Bone Piles:
- Frozen Bone
- Thick Bone
- Dragonbone Artifact (*rare)
Guiding Lands – Ancient Forest Area
Found from Bone Piles (Red Circles):
- Mossy Greatbone
- Crystalized Bone Shard
- Woodland Greatbone (*level 2 rarity – yellow)
- Slumbering Greatbone
- Guiding Forest Dragonbone (*rare, from large gathering point)
Guiding Lands – Wildspire Waste Area
Found from Bone Piles (Red Circles):
- Weathered Cragbone
- Wasteland Cragbone
- (*some are missing here – if you discover a new one please leave a comment)
Guiding Lands – Coral Highlands Area
Found from Bone Piles (Red Circles):
- Coral Crimsonbone
- Vivid Crimsonbone
- Vibrant Crimsonbone
- Crystalized Bone Shard
Guiding Lands – Rotten Vale Area
Found from Bone Piles (Red Circles):
- Malformed Frenzybone
- Crystalized Bone Shard
- Effluvial Frenzybone
- Afflicted Frenzybone
- Guiding Rotted Dragonbone
For all ore, metals and other guides, check out our full Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Wiki.
Mögar says
There’s a bone pile in area 9 near the doubled arrow furthest to the
Barioth says
You’re missing something here Pyx, ive gotten a few solidbones before and i havent met brute tigrex yet so other things drop it.
PowerPyx says
I think they can come randomly from quest rewards too. But Brute Tigrex is the only monster that lists it as a dropped monster part and is the reliable way to farm it repeatedly.
Barioth says
I’ve found it Pyx, Acidic glavenus can drop solidbones too! And you can even get it from tailrider safaris if you go after it.
PowerPyx says
Interesting, it’s not listed under the Acidic Glavenus rewards in monster field guide (after fully researching it). I think it may have been a quest reward or random reward or Palico found it somewhere.
Tailraider Safaris are definitely a good tip, they can bring home all sorts of stuff. Will add that as an alternative. Thank you for the feedback, helps a lot =)
Spitefire46 says
Guide is helpful, just didn’t help me. Looking for a bone to upgrade the Empress Cane Styx, and absolutely cannot find it anywhere.
PowerPyx says
Do you know which bone it needs or does it shows as “???” in the crafting list?
I’m currently working on Borderlands 3 but will try to get it a look after that.
Styxx says
Its called “Elder Spiritvein Bone”… should be dropped by tempered elder dragons in guiding lands i guess (Rank 7 required)
Spitefire46 says
Bone shows as a ???, but if it helps the picture color is a purple, like the Elder Dragon bones.
Spitefire46 says
Oh wow. That sucks. 40 more levels to grind. Thanks for the help though, best guide I have seen yet
Styxx says
Ok i can confirm that the bones to upgrade the empress stuff (like styx) is dropped by tempered elder dragons
Conkris says
Which monsters specifically drop the Spiritvein solidbone?
Rei says
At Area 10, right opposite of the mining place, there’s a bone pile
Bella says
Pyx, where to find Guilding Wasteland Dragonbone?
Louis says
There is a tempered ccragbone. From the guiding lands wildspire region.
PowerPyx says
Added, thanks!
ddogg4l2l0 says
Dragonvein solidbones are shiny drops dropped by certain large monsters in the guiding lands.