Despawn times on severed tail?

[Lars]

Just cut of Nergigante tail and died right after that i ran back and it was gone

[DaveJK]

Think it's 1 minute

[Lars]

hope they change that buII ♥♥♥♥

[TVMAN]

Originally posted by Lars:

hope they change that buII ♥♥♥♥

They won't. Next time, dung pod the tailless monster and carve to your hearts content.

[Sovereigndrake]

While i haven't severed nergi's tail yet, i've had others on the ground for several minutes. Seems like they are never where i severed the tail -- maybe they roll? -- but they do show up on the map.

[Grottowalker]

Originally posted by Lars:

hope they change that buII ♥♥♥♥

i wish so as well.
did a diablos and b.diablos hunt with my mates...
killed the first one and the second one showed up right when it died...
all ended up missin out on the carves off the first one.

i don't recal the tail or monsters despawning in gen or 4U....

[Endymion Gainer]

Definitely longer than one minute. My boyfriend and I chased down a Rathalos after cutting off its tail, and spent a good three minutes fighting it as it tried to run. It died before reaching its nest. XD

We ran back during the 60 second timer, and reached the tail just in time to not be able to carve due to only having three seconds left. That's at LEAST four minutes, so I suspect it's a default of five minutes.

[teravisor]

Never had tail disappear, like at all. Only materials (those small shinies from plunderblade) do.

[Lerchs]

I thought it was 4 minutes.

[Lars]

Originally posted by TVMAN:

Originally posted by Lars:

hope they change that buII ♥♥♥♥

They won't. Next time, dung pod the tailless monster and carve to your hearts content.

Kinda hard when you sever it then get hit with oneshot charge attack and have to run back just but ill try next time

[TVMAN]

Originally posted by Lars:

Kinda hard when you sever it then get hit with oneshot charge attack and have to run back just but ill try next time

He doesn't insta-charge you whenever you sever his tail tho. I farmed nergigante and I know how he behaves. You're compressing the sequence of events too much, because there's always a moment after severing where he recoils in pain and you can use that opening to reposition yourself.

edit: Realized the tone may seem like I'm downplaying how dangerous he is. I'm not trying to, because he's definitely one of the deadlier monsters in the game and you need to be really careful when dealing with him. Never take your eyes off him and always give yourself an avenue of escape after attacking.