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Ever since the firstMonster Huntergame, players have been able toattack a monster’s tail(most of them) and work their way to eventuallyslicing it off, allowing them to carve the severed part for special crafting materials. This remains a feature to this day, as hunters can indeedcut off the tails of certain monsters inMonster Hunter Wilds.
How to Cut Monster Tails in Monster Hunter Wilds
In order to cut off tails of a monster inMonster Hunter Wilds(sever one of its parts) , you’re going to need to use a weapon with a sharp edge, like a Sword and Shield, Great Sword, Dual Blades, etc.
While you’re able to technicallysever a monster’s parts with a Bowgun, you’re going to have to useSlicing Ammo; however, even if you aim right at the monster’s tip of the tail, using a gun just doesn’t work as well, –plus, using a cutting weapon doesn’t require ammo!
In previousMonster Huntergames, players could useall types of different weaponson a monster’s tail, but as long as it took at least one hit from a sharp weapon, the part would come off. However, that’s not the case with more modernMonster Hunterentries, includingWilds. You have to keep dishing out sharp weapon-type damage to the monster’s parts for it to eventually come off.
Why Should You Cut Tails off in Monster Hunter Wilds?
The more parts of a monster that you can wound or sever during a hunt will give you and your hunting squadmore materials at the end of the day. There are also some unique pieces of armor and weapons that will require you to hunt down a specific material that can only be obtained bysevering a monster part. If you find yourself in a position where you’re using a primary and secondary weapon that’s not meant for slicing tails, you might need to just upgrade one andkeep it as an optional weaponspecifically for severing monster parts. Otherwise, you might just need to team up with a buddy that can cut the tail off for you.
Once the monster’s part has been severed, just verify the monster isn’t actively battling with you before carving for resources. If you’re having trouble getting a specific part off, attempt to use methods to get the monster to stay still. You can mount it to attack its weak points; you can use Shock andPitfall Trap; you can use explosive bombs; you can paralyze the monster or use Flash Bombs –there’s a wide variety of ways to keep monsters at bay. If you deal too much damage before slicing the tail, the quest will end, and the monster will fall, which means you’ll have to repeat the process.
Monsters in Monster Hunter Wilds With Tails (or Parts) to Sever
As of writing, we’ve only encountered 24 large monsters inMonster Hunter Wilds. A majority of these creatures do not have parts that can be severed or tails that can be cut off.
Here aresome of the monsters inMH Wildsthat indeed have severable parts:
There’s also a small chance ofgetting a monster’s tail through Quest and Capture rewards, but your chance is much higher if you physically slice the tail (or tentacles) off.
How to Check A Monster’s Weak Points and Severable Parts in Monster Hunter Wilds
If you hit the pause menu inMonster Hunter Wilds, tab over to the Info section, and then you’ll see theMonster Field Guide. you’re able to see the list of Large Monsters that you’ve encountered so far.
Each monster has five pages of additional info to peruse. If you head over to the second page, you can see a detailed image of the monster and itsbreakable parts, weak points, and severable parts.
