Throwing Knives?

[_andy]

So I saw in my crafting's list that I can make sleeping/paralysis knives but I have two questions in regards to it.

How does one obtain "throwing knives"? I tried to see if I can purchase it but I can't.

Are they effective against tempered elder dragons?

[prpl_mage]

They are random drops, mostly from gajalakkas and gastrodon tunas. Can also be found in the chest in some quests.

As for tempered, think they don't against kushala and teostra once their auras start

[Mhblis]

From what I could see they seem to be mission specific. As in you get knifes in the mission box and cant bring them out.

As for their effectiveness: it really varies by monsters but yes they can be.

[_andy]

ah okay. I was hoping to get some throwing knives/craft them but I guess it'll be a hassle to get. I'll just stick with my flash pods then.

[Mhblis]

Hr arena optional and the Gathering Hub
Arena quests tend to have them.

That's how I filled out my crafting list.

[LANman]

It makes no sense that you can get a buster sword forged for you but crafting or buying throwing daggers are out of the question.

[Greb]

They're mostly a novelty, although in some missions like HR Legiana they can quickly inflict poison and in some arena sets they're good for an easy sleep or paralysis. I'm also pretty sure they can't be used to flinch shot a monster, but I've never tested if they work with slinger burst and let you essentially multiply their status build up by a factor of 3 or whatever.

Crafting the plain ones you find in the field from defeating Gajalaka and such are almost not even worth the time and effort with. They're always supply items so you can't even store them in your item box anyway, so the time and effort involved to make them is almost always a complete waste.

Use 'em if you're given them in the supply chest but otherwise just don't think about them any other time, like bouncing bomb barrels, the BBQ pit, the boomerang or the binoculars now we have the surveyor set built in.

It's a shame because tranq knives and poison knives would have been so much cooler than tranq and poison bombs.

Originally posted by MakkDaddy:

It makes no sense that you can get a buster sword forged for you but crafting or buying throwing daggers are out of the question.

Even worse when you consider some armour sets like Bazelgeuse and such are covered in throwing knives in their own little satchels and straps. I guess only Gajalaka know how to make actual functional throwing knives (they certainly know how to use them, little bastards) and Gastronome Tuna eat Gajalaka or something, lol.