Can Elder Dragons be captured in Rise?

[BOWSER]

I read Elder Dragons are treated as normal monsters in Rise so it seems like they can be captured, but I want to confirm this.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by BOWSER:

I read Elder Dragons are treated as normal monsters in Rise so it seems like they can be captured, but I want to confirm this.

No. They cannot be captured.

[BOWSER]

Thanks. Killing is the only option for some of the monsters then.

[❤ Atlas Neptune ❤ ◢ ◤]

Elder Dragons and Apex Monsters cannot be captured.

Other than that, rest of the Monsters can be captured.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by BOWSER:

Thanks. Killing is the only option for some of the monsters then.

Yeah... I want to respect people who have a bad feeling about killing stuff. So I would try to explain it like: Elder Dragons are sort of mystic beings like Santa Clause. Even if you "kill" them they are not really dead... something like that...

I am guessing what you read is a misunderstanding based on the cover monster. For Monster Hunter: World the cover monster was indeed an Elder Dragon while for Monster Hunter Rise it is not. With people thinking it is an Elder Dragon - but it can be captured - they probably end up confused and make a mistake in their statement.

Long story short: Elder Dragons still cannot be captured, as everyone is used to it since like forever.

[Metaspark]

Originally posted by ❤ Atlas ❤ ◢ ◤:

Elder Dragons and Apex Monsters cannot be captured but Apex Monsters can be trapped used for extra damage.

Other than that, rest of the Monsters can be captured.

Apex monsters cannot be trapped. Unless the one time someone tried to trap Arzuros the game bugged out

[❤ Atlas Neptune ❤ ◢ ◤]

Originally posted by Metaspark:

Originally posted by ❤ Atlas ❤ ◢ ◤:

Elder Dragons and Apex Monsters cannot be captured but Apex Monsters can be trapped used for extra damage.

Other than that, rest of the Monsters can be captured.

Apex monsters cannot be trapped. Unless the one time someone tried to trap Arzuros the game bugged out

Oh my bad. I've never tried trap one. My friend who played it on the Switch told me that I could trap it.

[アンジェル]

Could be a mistake as well ~

I am playing the game on the Nintendo Switch too, still. It is as Metaspark wrote ~ Apex monsters are somewhat like Elder Dragons in that regards. Weird, if I think about it... I mean, they are just Apex...

[Codester]

You don't want to Capture in this game anyway. ALWAYS kill.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Codester:

You don't want to Capture in this game anyway. ALWAYS kill.

Is that a meme now with all those threads on the forums?