Monster Hunter Wilds: How to Catch Monsters

While slaying monsters delivers thrilling battles, capturing them becomes essential when hunting for rare materials. Here's your comprehensive guide to successfully subduing creatures in *Monster Hunter Wilds*.

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Capturing Monsters in Monster Hunter Wilds

How to Obtain Traps and Tranquilizers

The Monster Capture Process

Capturing in *Monster Hunter Wilds* follows a straightforward but strategic approach: weaken your target significantly, immobilize it with a trap, then administer tranquilizing items. While simple in concept, perfecting this technique requires careful observation.

Your Palico companion serves as an invaluable assistant, alerting you when monsters reach capture-ready status. Additional visual cues include:

• A skull icon appearing above the monster's minimap marker
• Visible exhaustion behaviors like limping or excessive drooling

Executing the Perfect Capture

When your target exhibits these signs, deploy either a Shock Trap or Pitfall Trap strategically along its path. Successful trap activation creates a brief immobilization window - your opportunity to administer tranquilizers. Most captures require:

• 1-2 Tranq Bombs
• Or equivalent tranquilizer ammunition/blades suited to your weapon type

Successful capture immediately completes your hunt, returning you to Base Camp with your prize.

Essential Capture Gear Acquisition

While Palicos occasionally assist with traps, prepared hunters always carry their own equipment. The game offers two primary trap types:

Trap Crafting Recipes

• Pitfall Trap: Combine Trap Tool with Netting (Spiderwebs or Ivy)
• Shock Trap: Merge Trap Tool with Thunderbug Capacitor

Tranquilizer Preparation

Create basic Tranq Bombs by mixing Sleep Herb and Parashroom. These can be enhanced:

• Tranq Bombs + Throwing Knives = Tranq Blades
• Tranq Bombs + Normal Ammo = Tranq Ammo

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