2 monsters in wounded hollow?

[Yoisaki Kanaaaaaa]

I was hunting an Arkveld in wounded hollow when a Rathian suddenly appeared and messed up the hunt. The two refused to fight each other, targetting only me, and dung pods are useless. Essentially it was a multi monster hunt in closed space all of a sudden.

Is this normal behavior, especially for a place as closed off as the hollow? It was an incredibly annoying thing to experience and I was simply thankful that at least the Rathian came in when the Arkveld has already been weakened.

[Cryemore]

Time is passing as you fight. If you use your map to see the "schedule" for monster appearances, you will see what monsters are set to appear.

I can only assume you had the bad luck of starting a fight relatively close to when a new monster was set to spawn.

[tag545]

it is rare but it can happen there. also it is tied to that specific monster (when it happens) so that rathian will reappear every time if you have that arkveld saved as an investigation.

[Yoisaki Kanaaaaaa]

Originally posted by Cryemore:

Time is passing as you fight. If you use your map to see the "schedule" for monster appearances, you will see what monsters are set to appear.

I can only assume you had the bad luck of starting a fight relatively close to when a new monster was set to spawn.

I guess it is relatively bad luck. Does this still count when the said monster doesn't appear in the world map (not detailed map) when I return to base camp? Upon finishing the field hunt (which was what I did for the Ark), I returned to camp, checked the world map, and Rathian isnt counted in despite being in the detailed map.

[Yoisaki Kanaaaaaa]

Originally posted by tag545:

it is rare but it can happen there. also it is tied to that specific monster (when it happens) so that rathian will reappear every time if you have that arkveld saved as an investigation.

Considering that it's the hollow where there's nowhere to run off to, I guess this makes it the perfect accidental double hunt. Might as well keep it saved, might be useful in the future.