Kill vs capture?

[Nova]

What's the benefit of capturing a monster vs killing it?

[Zymesh]

for MHW none. you get to finish the quest faster. On older MH games there are certain droprates when capturing. some parts have higher drop/chance rate when you capture a monster.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Nova:

Kill vs capture?
What's the benefit of capturing a monster vs killing it?

Capturing is for the lazy

[NeoX]

Originally posted by Nova:

What's the benefit of capturing a monster vs killing it?

Different drop-chances depending on the monster and parts, also when you capture you get more guild points.

[GunRunner89X]

Kill = carves
Capture = a few more rewards

It has slighly changed in Wilds, so there isn't really much difference, unless you want the chance for more Artian shard things or decorations from rewards. Capturing is also quicker as the monster still has 20% (I think) health left, so if you're farming parts capturing is generally better.

[Balalexikon]

Since i don't know if capturing roll on the "target" or "break" table i can say only the following:
If capturing rolls on the "target" table, some items can not be obtained from capturing like the "Gravios Skull".

Edit: And if you have the food buff from Oilwell Basin you have more carves and if you have the food buff from sild you get more items from capturing.

[Jaasrg]

One is the default behavior and other shaves some seconds off the hunt&timer.

[StarExile]

Slay

[<//𝖅𝖊𝖆𝖑𝖔𝖙𝖙/]

I capture when I'm playing multiplayer and 2 other players have fainted already

[『LITERALLY ME』]

Originally posted by Nova:

What's the benefit of capturing a monster vs killing it?

Benefit of killing: I get to murder the monster
Benefit of capturing: The hunt takes like 30 seconds less

Negative of killing: It takes a bit longer
Negative of capturing: I can't spam fireworks as long lame zzzzzz

[Xaelon]

Capturing makes for faster hunts since you skip the last 15%(?) of a monsters HP.

Carving gives a slightly better chance for the rarest rewards.

You can check the drop rate on parts via the in-game monster guide and see for yourself. What you get from capturing monsters are "target rewards".

If you need all kinds of mats from a monster then capturing is probably better because faster hunts mean more mats. If you only need specific rare drops like gems, then carving is probably better.

Not ending a hunt early by capturing also gives you more time to break or sever parts too.

One really isn't better than the other. They both have situations where they're useful.

[Aoitenshi]

here we go all over again https://steamcommunity.com/app/2246340/discussions/0/596270978061882884/?tscn=1743548750

[Aoitenshi]

If we're talking about the rewards, both capture and kill have the exact same reward pool in Wilds, so one has no advantage over the other. With the exception being having Carver Pro Meal gives extra reward if you kill and carve, while Capture Pro Meal gives extra reward if you capture.

If we're talking about speed, capture is faster because you're essentially ignoring 20% of the monster's total HP. So capture is recommended if you want a faster time and skip the carving process entirely (the game automatically carves 3 times for you).

[Gamefever]

There is also the benefit of being able to keep talking about it everyday on the forum over an over an over again.

Reality is this, you will hunt loads of monsters and the time spent on the forum discussing this is time not spent getting to 50-100 hunts on each monster.

Carving and Capturing dont really matter in the long run because you will have to do so many hunts anyway an niether will shave off significant amounts of time, you will still hunt down more than dozens again, we are talking 50-100 hunt range for each one anyway.

[Ultraviper]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

Originally posted by Nova:

Kill vs capture?
What's the benefit of capturing a monster vs killing it?

Capturing is for the lazy

*efficient

also lots of misinformation in this thread. capturing and killing give the EXACT. SAME. REWARDS. there is no difference. killing = you get the target rewards, then you get to carve 3 times. capturing = you get the target rewards, and it gives you 3 instant carve rewards.

[Meow]

If there are 2 faints, it is better to do a capture, so as not to lose all the rewards - because if someone dies for the third time, there will be no rewards. And so it is better to kill the monster, because for this you get titles and you can fight the monster longer. Catch for those who are in a hurry and do not enjoy the game. Also, for the 20% of the monster's remaining health, I can make wounds and knock out additional parts of the monster from them. It is especially annoying when in my session other hunters do a catch without my permission.