In Monster Hunter World’s expansive Guiding Lands, hunters can discover special monster tracks while engaging in various activities such as battling monsters, breaking their parts, and observing turf wars. These tracks, indicated by a progress bar on the screen, are key to luring out specific monsters at your convenience. The progress bar, labeled with a monster category like “Fanged Wyvern,” fills up as you gather more information. Each dot on the bar represents a stage of analysis progress towards unlocking the ability to lure a monster of that category.
The length of this progress bar often hints at the rarity of the monster associated with the track. For instance, a common monster like Great Jagras might have a shorter bar with fewer dots, while an Elder Dragon’s track could be significantly longer, requiring more analysis. Here’s a breakdown of how to effectively increase your analysis level and lure out your desired monsters in the Guiding Lands:
Understanding Special Monster Tracks in the Guiding Lands
These special tracks are your gateway to controlling which monsters appear in the Guiding Lands. By focusing on analyzing specific monster categories, you gain the power to call upon them when needed. The progress bar you see is directly tied to your efforts in gathering information about a particular monster type within this region.
How to Increase Analysis Progress for Monster Lures
There are several effective methods to accelerate the analysis of these special monster tracks, allowing you to lure monsters faster:
Breaking Monster Parts for Track Progress
The most reliable way to boost your analysis progress is by breaking monster parts during hunts in the Guiding Lands. This action guarantees an increase in your current analysis level. Importantly, this bonus applies only once per individual monster. Therefore, for efficient progress, it’s advisable to move from monster to monster, focusing on breaking parts.
For maximum efficiency, target monsters that belong to the same category as the track you are currently analyzing. For example, if you’re analyzing Flying Wyvern tracks, breaking a part from Rathalos, a Flying Wyvern, will yield double the progress compared to breaking a part from a monster of a different category. Even better, breaking a part from the very monster whose track you are analyzing will instantly complete the analysis, allowing you to lure that monster immediately!
Collecting Signs of a Turf War
Keep an eye out for “Signs of a Turf War” in the Guiding Lands. These special tracks are often visually distinct, appearing as larger piles of monster remains or goo on walls. Collecting these signs guarantees progress on at least one track. You might either discover an entirely new track to analyze or advance the progress of a track you’re already working on, depending on the monster type that left the sign. These Turf War signs respawn in fixed locations, making it beneficial to learn their positions for repeated collection.
Hunting Monsters in the Guiding Lands
Killing or capturing monsters within the Guiding Lands also contributes to track analysis. While not as guaranteed as breaking parts or collecting Turf War signs, defeating or capturing monsters offers a chance to unlock new special tracks for analysis or increase the analysis level of your current tracks. The specific type of monster you hunt doesn’t influence the type of track progress you receive, making any hunt beneficial.
Defeating Tempered Monsters for Instant Track Completion
For a significant boost, focus on defeating Tempered Monsters in the Guiding Lands. Successfully defeating a Tempered Monster guarantees one of two outcomes: either one of your current analysis bars will be instantly completed, or you will immediately receive a pre-completed analysis track. This makes hunting Tempered Monsters a highly efficient way to quickly unlock monster lures.
While less effective, gathering materials from resource points and picking up regular monster tracks in the Guiding Lands can also occasionally contribute to special track analysis progress. However, these instances are less frequent compared to the methods outlined above.
Luring and Utilizing Analyzed Monster Tracks
Once you have fully analyzed a monster’s special tracks, indicated by a completed progress bar, you can then speak to your Handler in Seliana or Astera. By talking to the Handler, you can use pheromones to lure the analyzed monster into the Guiding Lands. It’s important to note that luring a monster is a one-time use option per analysis. After you lure and hunt a monster, you’ll need to analyze a new set of tracks to lure another. The good news is that you can accumulate and bank as many of these monster “lures” as you wish, allowing you to strategically plan your hunts.
You can easily check your analyzed monsters and your current analysis progress at any time. Simply navigate to the info tab within the options menu in Monster Hunter World. This will display a list of all monsters you’ve analyzed so far and the progress you’ve made on your current tracks, helping you manage your monster luring strategy in the Guiding Lands effectively.
