Farming "plate"

[Winter]

i need help and suggestion to farm plate ( anja, duo rath ) and which higher rate to get between capture and looting dead body

[Suzaku]

Capture and kill offer the same rewards (disregard what the hunter manual says). Since capturing results in a faster hunt and more rewards, capture is best. If you want materials, then the best way is to run an investigation.

[Winter]

Originally posted by Suzaku:

Capture and kill offer the same rewards (disregard what the hunter manual says). Since capturing results in a faster hunt and more rewards, capture is best. If you want materials, then the best way is to run an investigation.

Single target or multiple target investigation?

[Suzaku]

Whichever you need. If you need both monsters in a multi-target investigation, then run that. If you just need one, then go for single target.

[Popcorn]

Also, aim for the ones with gold boxes

[Jethro]

Originally posted by Valstrax:

i need help and suggestion to farm plate ( anja, duo rath ) and which higher rate to get between capture and looting dead body

Also exactly that information is given in the Hunter manual. It's only stars and no exact % but still

[Polaris]

Investigations are the way to go :)

Not only do you get the quest rewards, those boxes offer additional rewards, gold boxes have (I think) usually around a 16% chance to be a plate

It may still take a few tries, but be careful, a lot of investigations have special rules, like you can only faint once, a stricter time limit etc.

If you need a rathian plate specifically, I would avoid investigations with multiple monsters, as those gold reward boxes might just give parts from other monsters, but if that's all you have, go for it :)

And finally, if you don't have investigations, or run out, just hunt rathians in optional quests, and be sure to pick up tracks, and break parts, the higher your research level, the higher chance you have of unlocking an investigation by collecting tracks or breaking parts


Good luck!!! :D

[RedViper]

Capturing will always be better when farming for materials, you only get three carves out of a monster, but if you capture it you get more rewards, (I think it is 5 per capture).

If you are farming plates on LR, gems on HR or mantles on MR, you get an extra drop chance if you break their heads and carve their tails (if you can sever them). Also some monsters can drop them if you break another body part, so check your hunter notes on that monster to see if breaking any part can drop the plate.

[Winter]

Thanks for respond guys, gonna run this farm again

If i still have trouble with this thing, im gonna be back

[cruste]

simply playing as mr rank with hr player grants another option to get these things pretty quick by simply earning the gold tickets to use them for melding hr gems or plates

if you want to get a chance on them without focusing on these monsters