How to Make All Monsters Retreat in Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin

In Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, your main goal throughout the game is not only to complete the main quest but also to find as many Monsties as you can. To do so, you need to find eggs, which can only be found in randomly generated dens found on all of the field maps. As such, there’s no telling which den will spawn at any given time.

Thankfully, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin features a special gameplay mechanic that allows you to somewhat control which den can be spawned on the map. Here’s everything you need to know about this mechanic to take full advantage of it during the course of your adventure.

How to Make All Monsters Retreat in Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin

Making monsters retreat in Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin can be used to increase the chance of their dens appearing on the map. All you need to do is make them retreat, and then follow them as they run: if you are lucky, a den will appear, letting you obtain an egg for that particular monster species. The Nesting skill increases chances of dens appearing, so make sure to have it equipped on your Talisman or Armor if you are farming for eggs.

Below, you will find what you need to do specifically to make all of the game’s monsters retreat.

• Anjanath – Break its nose with a water elemental attack.
• Apercos – Hit it with a Paintball and defeat it as quickly as possible.
• Aptonoth – Hit it with a Paintball and defeat it as quickly as possible.
• Arzuros – Scare it off with a Sonic Bomb.
• Ash Kecha Wacha – Break its head with a water element great sword.
• Astalos – Defeat it with a Gammoth Kinship Skill.
• Barioth – Break its spikes with a fire elemental attack.
• Basarios/Ruby Basarios – Break all parts.
• Blue/Yian Kut-Ku – Break its head with a Bow or Gunlance attack.
• Brachydios – Break its fist with a water element hammer.
• Brute Tigrex – Use a Shock Trap, wait for the monster to step on it and break its head with a sword & shield attack.
• Bulldrome – Hit it with a Paintball and defeat it as quickly as possible.
• Cephadrome – Use a Sonic Bomb to make it emerge from underground.
• Congalala – Break its head with a hammer attack.
• Crimson Quruoeco – Break its head with a hammer attack.
• Deviljho – Defeat it with a dragon elemental attack while it’s poisoned.
• Diablos/Black Diablos – Use a Sonic Bomb to make it merge from the underground, and then destroy its head.
• Gendrome – Hit it with a Paintball and defeat it as quickly as possible.
• Gravios/Black Gravios – Break all of its parts with a Big Barrel Bomb.
• Great Baggi – Hit it with a Paintball and defeat it as quickly as possible.
• Great Jaggi – Hit it with a Paintball and defeat it as quickly as possible.
• Green Nargacuga – Use a Pitfall Trap and attack it while trapped.
• Glavenus – Defeat with a Mizutsune Kinship Skill
• Gypceros – Attack with a Nerscylla Kinship Skill
• Jade Barroth – Use a thunder elemental attack to remove the snow cover.
• Kecha Wacha – Break its head with a sword & shield attack.
• Khezu – Attack with a Shrouded Nerscylla Skill
• Kula-Ya-Ku – Break the rocks with a Hammer or Hunting Horn attack.
• Lagombi – Break its stomach with a great sword attack.
• Lagiacrus/Ivory Lagiacrus – Defeat it with a Rathalos Kinship Skill.
• Legiana – Use a Flash Bomb to stop it from gliding, then attack it with a thunder elemental attack.
• Mizutsune – Defeat with an Astalos Kinship Skill
• Nargacuga – Use a Pitfall Trap, then attack it after it falls into it.
• Nerscylla – Break its needles with a fire elemental attack.
• Paolumu – Use a Flash Bomb
• Pink Rathian – Attack with an Azure Rathalos Kinship Skill
• Purple Gypceros – Break its head with a Gunlance attack
• Purple Ludroth – Break its head with a fire elemental Gunlance attack.
• Popo – Hit it with a Paintball and defeat it as quicly as possible.
• Pukei-Pukei – Break its tail with a Sword and Shield or Great Sword attack.
• Qurupeco – Break its head with a Hammer or Hunting Horn attack.
• Rathian – Attack with a Ratholos Kinship Skill
• Rathalos/Azure Rathalos – Defeat it with a Lagiacrus Kinship Skill
• Red Khezu – Break its head with a bow.
• Royal Ludroth – Break its stomach with a Sword and Shield or Great Sword attack.
• Sand Barioth – Break its spikes with an ice elemental Hunting Horn attack.
• Seregios – Break the head with a thunder elemental Gunlance attack
• Stygian Zinogre – Defeat it with a thunder elemental attack while it is afflicted with Blastblight.
• Tobi-Kadachi – Break its tail with a Hunting Horn attack.
• Uragaan – Defeat it while it is poisoned.
• Velocidrome – Hit it with a Paintball and defeat it as quickly as possible.
• Yian Garuga – Break its head while enraged.
• Yian Kut-Ku – Break its head with a Bow or Gunlance attack.
• Zamtrios – Break its stomach while it is swollen.
• Zinogre – Defeat it with an ice element attack while it is afflicted with Blastblight.