

If you want those special items that are exclusive to keeping that monster alive, you'll want to ensure it's captured rather than killed.Īnother benefit is that you'll unlock special arena based missions for each captured monster. Generally speaking, there are some monsters that only give certain rewards upon capturing rather than slaying them, so you'll want to ensure what you want before capturing. That largely depends on what you're going after. Is capturing monsters in Monster Hunter: World better than killing them? Finally, if Bazelgeuse and/or Deviljho are in the same area and you don't want one or both to interfere with your capture attempt, consider bringing dung pods. Another way is to herd the monster into a Pitfall Trap before using Tranq Bombs, though this requires the monster to play ball. Some monsters however have a resistance to Shock Traps, so in order to combat this resistance you may need to throw down one Tranq Bomb beforehand, then try to Shock Trap it, then throw the two additional Tranq Bombs to capture. Do keep in mind that there are some surfaces that you can't lay down traps, mostly water and netting, as well as certain pink terrain in the Coral Highlands. This will wake it up, but if you then throw down two Tranq Bombs next to its head, this should capture it. If it's asleep, walk up to it and throw down a Shock Trap. Usually what will happen is the monster will either head back to its hideout or to the next area, attempting to recover health by sleeping. You can also tell this is the case if the monster is limping heavily away from you, though this relies on the monster trying to flee from you rather than desperately attacking to kill you.Ī monster that has entered this state can then be captured, so back off and follow from a distance. If you see this, don't attack the monster and instead get ready to capture it. Once you have them, you'll need to find the monster and attack it. If you maximise your Scout Level for that hunt by using all of the monster's tracks and traceable markings during the fight, there will be a marker shown in the mini-map for when a monster is about to be killed. Certain quests come with EZ variants of the two items, so make sure you pick them up from the supply crate in the base camp, but always bring some normal versions as spares in case it all goes south.

#Pitfall trap if you kill one of two creatures how to#
To find out how to make these and every other item in the crafting menu, have a look at our Monster Hunter: World crafting guide. However for all the other monsters, you'll need at the very least one Shock Trap or Pitfall Trap depending on the and two Tranq Bombs. Since you can't capture Elder Dragons, attempting to do so is pointless.


