Broke off tail, didn't get it?

[Hex: Onii-Chan]

Okay, so, I broke off the tail off of the 2nd boss in the story, it flopped on the ground, I killed the mob, back at the camp - no tail in my inventory. Do I have to pick up the broken parts or did I do something else wrong? New to the game.

[Bind0fGod]

Carve the tail.

[PharaohGrim]

you have to carve the tail that fell to the ground. sometimes you gotta do it mid fight or remember to do it before you chase the monster to a new location.

[tekias]

To expand on the above, certain monsters have a severable tail that offers a unique carve once it is off. If it actually flops onto the ground after breaking it, then you have to carve it, preferably after the Monster runs off or dies, as carving it in front of its face will tend to draw aggro.

[Black Captain]

Anyone remember killing melynx to get fur rubies? Shout of to mhfu

[sirco]

You need to carve the tail but its not a sure drop its only around 88% chance you have the tail.

[Sigs]

some monsters have a tail 'break' and some monsters have a tail cut. Some have both. Breaking the tail just gets you an item and a stagger to take advantage of. It *will* give you a popup saying you 'broke the tail' when you do this.

You have to keep hitting it enough that a piece flies off (usually very noticeable and marked on the map) to get a carve. I think it just says you broke the tail again on the right when this happens. This popup isn't super intuitive, I guess.

**edit- if you go into your hunter notes pages and look at the monsters, it should tell you which will actually give a tail cut and a carveable portion.

**edit edit- just to be as clear as possible, the tail cut carves aren't going to get you a tail 100% of the time. It's just a random box. The tail carves usually have the rarest item on the list, some common item, and the tail at like 80% chance.

Breaking every breakable part is still worth doing, as usually completely breaking a part gives you the initial item on break, the carve chance, and an additional reward box at the end of the mission- usually all with better odds for rarer stuff than just killing/capturing the monster.

[Captain Camper]

Seems like the way to fight monsters in this game is to take lots of breaks and not fight, like ride around and heal on a bird mount, carve stuff up after the monster leaves instead of chase it, and then spend a minute chasing monster while playing the minigame of grappling hook and F to pick everything up in sight. Oh and if you see a mining node or bone pile, jump off and have a smoke while digging.

[TheUnknown]

I got a plate instead.