It's just that I can never seem to tell when a monster is weak enough for me to trap it. I can see that it's drooling or limping, but each time I try to capture it it manages to break free. Then I try weakening it some more but I end up accidentally killing it.
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It's just that I can never seem to tell when a monster is weak enough for me to trap it. I can see that it's drooling or limping, but each time I try to capture it it manages to break free. Then I try weakening it some more but I end up accidentally killing it.
PotionBleue
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Drooling (aka Fatigue mode) doesn't have anything to do with being capturable or not; only limping does.
Could you detail the process you use when capturing? Something may be wrong.
This is what happened last time I tried to capture a Qurupeco:
1. I keep attacking the Qurupeco until I see it limping.
2. I plant a trap and try to lure it but the Qurupeco flies away instead.
3. I follow it to where it landed but it doesn't seem to be limping anymore. I can't tell for sure because it keeps hopping and flying around.
4. The Qurupeco does what I believe is a heal roar so I think I need to attack it some more.
5. I attack it too much and accidentally kill it.
PotionBleue
Member
I think it is better for you to wait for the Qurupeco to exit the area so that you don't waste traps especially if you're at the beginning of the game where they are sort of expensive.
It's okay, it should still be capturable. Most of the time, monsters will only limp when they escape an area or when they just walk casually (such as when they haven't noticed you). If they have noticed you in the new area, they'll attack you as usual and the attack animations don't show signs of limping.
If Qurupeco does its healing song or goes to sleep, it will only regain a small amount of HP. If unfortunately this small healing is enough to put it from capturable back to non-capturable state, it's not a problem, just hit it while it's trapped until it gets captured (Tranq Bombs are in effect for a few seconds).
So basically just capture it at step #3.
Thanks for the advice. I have a question about tranq bombs though. Is there a certain number of tranq bombs you have to throw at a monster before it can be captured and does that number vary between monsters? My previous method was just to throw all the tranq bombs I have at a monster until it gets captured, but maybe that's not ideal.
Thanks for the help everyone!
I made the Anvil Hammer with some Eltatite Ore, and it has white sharpness, which seems like it might be useful. I might try using that in combination with the Dios Axe+.
I guess Azure Rathalos is a later HR armor, so I'll try just upgrading that until I can forge some G-rank gear.
I don't have online. I do have the necessary rare materials to get the armor, so it's all just a manner of grinding out fur, luminous organs, etc. Grinding Ceadeus doesn't sound like much fun, though.
Thanks. I did a Tundra Harvest Mission and got a few Heavy Armor Spheres, but the DLC method sounds much more convenient.
I made the Anvil Hammer with some Eltatite Ore, and it has white sharpness, which seems like it might be useful. I might try using that in combination with the Dios Axe+.
Two seemed to be standard, with three very rarely being necessary. I've even captured a monster with one before. It seems to depend more on the percentage of health left than the type of monster.
PotionBleue
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It's always 2 Tranq Bombs except if you've got Status Atk Up / Down armor skill (with Down you need to throw 3 Tranq Bombs). Doesn't have anything to do with the monster, the body part the bomb hits, etc.
However with lag in online mode you may need to throw more if you're not hosting the monster.
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
Just went online for the first time. Made a room, got my brachy gem on the 3rd run.
I'm fucking hooked.
Dat blue sharpness
I'm fucking hooked.
Dat blue sharpness
Sammy Samusu
Member
Here I go for another round of Gold Crown hunt. >__________<
Please RNG gods, please!
Please RNG gods, please!
SporeCrawler
Member
finally got to hunter rank 2. lagiacrus isnt unbeatable anymore and thats a great feeling
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
Gamble
Member
lol wish the 3ds version wasn't just local play only
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
Hope that changes for the next edition. Will buy both again but want 3ds online play.
Remove the weights and go for Dual Blades? You can DASH with the DB.
Hammer is a lot of fun.
Sword and Shield plays very differently from either of those. It's a lot of fast hits with good movement speed and rolling evasion, and you can use items at any time (which removes the normal dynamic of sheathed and unsheathed). You also have a ton of choices, although you're have to use them thanks to SnS's low raw and high elemental.
Also, GREEN PLESIOTH IS HUGE. It turns out I got a gold crown Green Plesioth on my very first go. I checked my log and the largest Plesioth I have killed so far was 2304.32 cm. The Green Plesioth I faced? 2751.76 centimeters. I felt like I could never run far away enough to avoid its tail swipes on land because it was so gigantic. Carted me twice and I was cautious as hell the third time I faced it. I am never facing another one of those assholes again.
Also, GREEN PLESIOTH IS HUGE. It turns out I got a gold crown Green Plesioth on my very first go. I checked my log and the largest Plesioth I have killed so far was 2304.32 cm. The Green Plesioth I faced? 2751.76 centimeters. I felt like I could never run far away enough to avoid its tail swipes on land because it was so gigantic. Carted me twice and I was cautious as hell the third time I faced it. I am never facing another one of those assholes again.
You'll always find rooms for MH. People would still be playing Tri if the servers were still up.
Do it! It will make you invincible (⌐■ω■
what skills do you recommend?
Hearplugs (because you have to grab most occasions to do damage with the DB and hearplugs give you opportunities to get free hits)
Stuff that helps with sharpness and charging times for the demon mode bar.
Evade+1 or 2, and the staples sharpness+1 and razor sharp
Once you get used to it you can dash through most roars so earplugs aren't worth the extra slots. If you plan to play without juices then the runner skill for slowing stamina drain is great too in combination with felyne blackbelt.
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
Just found that out today. Hit G rank. GGGGGGG Gunit. Sounds like that's a move for me. Evasion 1, Handicraft. I'm a GS user and love that extra sharpness.
Anyone with a good early G rank armor? Something I can handle farming now. Still just have decent HR armor.
I finally took this advice and crafted Ceadeus Z armor and then I got a sharpness +3 talisman from Tundra mining with two gem slots.
So I have ten gem slots (two groups of three slots and one pair!), HGE, Water Attack+1, and Sharpness+1.
Best advice I've received, and I didn't even mind killing Goldilocks all those times. Thanks so much.
Yeah it's an amazing set! Glad I could help.I finally took this advice and crafted Ceadeus Z armor and then I got a sharpness +3 talisman from Tundra mining with two gem slots.
So I have ten gem slots (two groups of three slots and one pair!), HGE, Water Attack+1, and Sharpness+1.
Best advice I've received, and I didn't even mind killing Goldilocks all those times. Thanks so much.
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
How many times? Just got carted twice by brachy within 10 minutes.I finally took this advice and crafted Ceadeus Z armor and then I got a sharpness +3 talisman from Tundra mining with two gem slots.
So I have ten gem slots (two groups of three slots and one pair!), HGE, Water Attack+1, and Sharpness+1.
Best advice I've received, and I didn't even mind killing Goldilocks all those times. Thanks so much.
Might need some better armor. I know I need to hit and run more with my great sword but I'm impatient.
Yeah in G rank you just get to a point where you know deep down that you could do it with what you have, it will only take you a gajillion more minutes. Really what's the point, just upgrade and get hit to your heart's content.
Though I say that, by that point in the game I was already after completing LR and HR with minimum armor, so I was burnt out on the whole playing really good thing (it may be different for you). Funnily enough G rank is my unwind rank, it's all reversed. Lots of fun though, I'll probably do it the same way for 4.
Hope to play with you guys next week maybe, I wanna show off my para sets.
My hunter's guide says I killed Goldbeard seven times, but I was lucky enough to get two Dark Dragongems early on, so the rest were just fur and luminous organs. Helios Z seems much preferable to the normal Ceadeus Helios X set, which requires two Lagia Sapphires and five Earth Dragongems (Assuming those come from Jhen Mohran).
The main issue with Ceadeus Z armor is that it gives Blunt Edge, which reduces sharpness really fast and is a bad skill to have. You can't gem out Blunt Edge with Sharpness Gems because that removes the Sharpness+1 bonus (Which is a different skill, Handicraft... The translation team really muddled things up there). I got lucky with my talismans and got one that got rid of Blunt Edge, so you should check out if any give a bonus to sharpness or handicraft before you try farming Goldbeard Ceadeus.
GS user? Anything with crit draw and sharp +1.
If anyone is having trouble with this part you should just make the X waist part instead of the Z one. With the X waist and the rest being Z you lose water attack +1 but still have HG ears and sharpness+1 without blunt edge muddling it up. The X waist is also 2 slots where the Z is three so I guess you lose a slot too.
do you know how to fish it out? Grabbing a frog at zone 2 you can fish it out by the lillies and fight it on land for a majority of the battle. When I learned this I stopped hating the Gobul fight
I don't get how I'm supposed to fish him out. Do I have to lure him to zone 4 and then use the frog?
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
He should be on zone 4 already and you just cast the frog in that one spot next to the water. But you may have to wait for him to come over. I usually call chaka and karamba so he's not distracted.
Yeah he starts in zone 4 as long as you get there quickly enough you can fish him out with a frog press 'Y' while the frog is highlighted in your item bar to fish with that bait, then just wait and he will swim over
I'm doing the 3 star Urgent Quest so I have to go to area 6 to trigger the cutscene before it'll show up. Since there's no fishing spot in that area I can't fish it out, and I don't know how to lure it to area 4 besides waiting until it goes there on it's own.
PotionBleue
Member
And also in G-Rank it will spawn in area 1. So yeah you can only fish Gobul from the start in low/high rank quests with exceptions.
Hmm I did not expect to see the ending credits so soon (oh hi 8-4), I really thought G Rank was included with the Village Quests but apparently I was wrong. High Rank was way too easy though, I don't remember failing a single quest. Well, I guess G Rank / Port Quests is where the game actually starts
I thought High Rank is a pretty good step up. Stuff takes a lot longer to kill at the start and the new attacks/sub species can be pretty dangerous.Hmm I did not expect to see the ending credits so soon (oh hi 8-4), I really thought G Rank was included with the Village Quests but apparently I was wrong. High Rank was way too easy though, I don't remember failing a single quest. Well, I guess G Rank / Port Quests is where the game actually starts
NekoToshiro
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So I found a hammer that isn't mentioned on Kiranico nor the Wiki. Its called the Galasp and upgrades to the galarch.
Are you sure its not spelled Gaiasp and Gaiarch?