One of the main premises of Monster Hunter Stories 2 is to acquire eggs from Monster Dens so that you can hatch them a make a bond. With this bond, they fight for you against other monsters as loyal companions.
There are monster dens on the map, you can see when roaming the land, and you may even encounter the golden rare dens. Sometimes, you want a particular monster to add to your crew instead of the random chance it's in the next egg you find.
MHS2 has mechanics in place where you can force a monster to retreat. Though this depends on many variables and is not guaranteed to work. This will create a monster den of that monster that you can enter and steal an egg from. Raising the chances significantly of you obtaining an egg of that species.
Though if you use these methods with a skill called Nesting, either on your Talisman or Armor, it will increase the retreat likelihood even more.
Here are are all of the ways to increase the chances of making all hatchable monsters retreat. To find a specific monster, Ctrl + F and type in the monster's name.
This guide is a work in progress.
| Monster | How to increase chances of retreat |
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| Anjanath | Break the nose with a water element attack. |
| Apercos | Hit it with a Paintball and defeat it swiftly. |
| Aptonoth | Hit it with a Paintball and defeat it swiftly. |
| Arzuros | Frighten it with a Sonic Bomb. |
| Ash Kecha Wacha | Break the head with a water element great sword. |
| Astalos | Defeat with a Gammoth Kinship Skill. |
| Barioth | Break the spikes with a fire attack. |
| Basarios/Ruby Basarios | Break each part. |
| Blue/Yian Kut-Ku | Break the head with a pierce-type weapon. (Bow/Gunlance) |
| Brachydios | Break its fist with a water element hammer. |
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| Brute Tigrex | Break the head with a sword & shield after it steps on a Shock Trap |
| Bulldrome | Hit it with a Paintball and defeat it swiftly. |
| Cephadrome | Make it emerge from underground using a Sonic Bomb. |
| Congalala | Break the head with a hammer. |
| Crimson Quruoeco | Break the head with a hammer. |
| Deviljho | Defeat with a dragon element attack while it is poisoned. |
| Diablos/Black Diablos | Make it merge from underground using a Sonic Bomb, then destroy its horns while it is downed. |
| Gendrome | Hit it with a Paintball and defeat it swiftly. |
| Gravios/Black Gravios | Break each part with a Big Barrel Bomb. |
| Great Baggi | Hit it with a Paintball and defeat it swiftly. |
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| Great Jaggi | Hit it with a Paintball and defeat it swiftly. |
| Green Nargacuga | Attack it while it is in a Pitfall Trap |
| Glavenus | Defeat with a Mizutsune Kinship Skill |
| Gypceros | Attack with a Nerscylla Kinship Skill |
| Jade Barroth | Shake off its snow cover by using a thunder element attack. |
| Kecha Wacha | Break the head with a sword & shield to boost. |
| Khezu | Attack with a Shrouded Nerscylla Skill |
| Kula-Ya-Ku | Break the rocks it holds with a blunt-type weapon. (Hammer/Hunting Horn) |
| Lagombi | Break the stomach with a great sword. |
| Lagiacrus/Ivory Lagiacrus | Defeat with a Rathalos Kinship Skill. |
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| Legiana | Stop it from gliding using a Flash Bomb, then attack it with a thunder element attack. |
| Mizutsune | Defeat with an Astalos Kinship Skill |
| Nargacuga | Attack it after it falls into a Pitfall Trap |
| Nerscylla | Break the needles with a fire element attack. |
| Paolumu | Use a Flash Bomb to stop it from gliding. |
| Pink Rathian | Attack with an Azure Rathalos Kinship Skill |
| Purple Gypceros | Break the head with a gunlance. |
| Purple Ludroth | Break the head with a fire element gunlance |
| Popo | Hit it with a Paintball and defeat it swiftly. |
| Pukei-Pukei | Break the tail with a slash-type weapon. (Sword and Shield/Great Sword |
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| Qurupeco | Break the head with a blunt-type weapon. (Hammer/Hunting Horn) |
| Rathian | Attack with a Ratholos Kinship Skill |
| Rathalos/Azure Rathalos | Defeat with a Lagiacrus Kinship Skill |
| Red Khezu | Break the head with a bow. |
| Royal Ludroth | Break the stomach with a slash-type weapon. (Sword and Shield/Great Sword |
| Sand Barioth | Break the spikes with an ice element hunting horn. |
| Seregios | Break the head with a thunder element gunlance. |
| Stygian Zinogre | Defeat with a thunder element attack while it is afflicted with Blastblight. |
| Tobi-Kadachi | Break the tail with a hunting horn. |
| Uragaan | Defeat while it is poisoned. |
| Velocidrome | Hit it with a Paintball and defeat it swiftly. |
| Yian Garuga | Break the head when enraged. |
| Yian Kut-Ku | Break the head with a pierce-type weapon. (Bow/Gunlance) |
| Zamtrios | Break the stomach while it is swollen. |
| Zinogre | Defeat with an ice element attack while it is afflicted with Blastblight. |
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Published: Jul 17, 2021 06:37 am