Breaking off, cutting, and collecting monster tails, claws, horns, and fangs is a quintessential part of the monster hunting experience in Monster Hunter Wilds. Not only will removing these parts from monsters net you some great loot, it can also help you in combat by taking away some of a monster’s most dangerous tools.
In this Monster Hunter Wilds guide, we’ll walk you through how to cut (or sever) monster tails and how to break their claws, fangs, and horns.
How to cut monster tails in Monster Hunter Wilds
If you’re a hammer or hunting horn user, you may find yourself in need of some tail pieces to craft armor or weapon upgrades that you want. To get these, you’ll typically need to cut (or sever) a monster’s tail using a slicing weapon.
While your Palico can use their own slicing weapon to help you, you’re likely going to need to do it yourself or roll with fellow hunters who have slicing weapons like the long sword, dual blades, or great sword. If you usually run with a blunt weapon, consider keeping an upgraded severing weapon as your secondary weapon on your Seikret.
To sever a tail, you’ll basically need to attack it constantly. Once it takes enough severing damage, it’ll fall off when you land a big hit. This will create a separate carving spot on the ground where the dead tail is sitting. Grab it after you’ve killed the monster or made it run away to get your special tail item.
Some tails are breakable instead of being severable, and will give you their loot pieces when you deal enough damage with a blunt weapon like the hammer or hunting horn. You can check whether a monster’s tail is breakable, severable, or both by visiting the hunter journal entry on the monster you’re going after.
Cutting tails can have additional benefits in-combat as well, like removing a Rathian’s ability to poison you with tail attacks. Removing tail attacks from the equation can make certain monsters far less lethal, especially as you climb the hunter ranks.
How to break monster fangs, claws, and horns in Monster Hunter Wilds
While building gear pieces from monsters, you may find that you’re missing fangs, claws, and horns. These items typically come from breaking the monster’s head and hands.
To do this effectively, you’ll need to inflict blunt damage to those areas, which weapons like the hammer and hunting horn excel at. If you typically use sharper weapons in Monster Hunter, consider bringing a hammer along with you as your secondary weapon in Wilds.
The more times you hit the head and hands with weapons like the hammer, the more you’ll build up damage on those areas of the monster. Eventually, you’ll cause the head or hands to break. Sometimes this will just net you bonus loot pieces at the end of the hunt, but other times it might cause a lootable part to fly off in the arena, so keep an eye out for glowing parts before they leave an area.
While you can use this method to break off horns or ridges and remove some monster’s attacks (or lessen their range), the real benefit of blunt weapons is causing a monster to stun. These big hits can disorient monsters, causing them to fall over for long periods of time, allowing you and your pals to get in a ton of damage with almost no threat of retaliation.
To get the most out of combat in Monster Hunter Wilds, learn how to mount, create wounds, capture monsters, and work around the “your item pouch is full” warning. Or learn how to get ores and bones.
