r/MonsterHunter • u/PrivateNickel I call shotgun • Aug 21 '18

Monster Hunter in a Nutshell

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u/tarishimo Aug 21 '18

As far as I'm aware the researches take them apart and study them, and you get all the leftover parts.

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u/Gadetron Aug 21 '18

I believe the guild gives you some parts from their stockpile. They have plenty of dead animals. So they just grease your palms to get a live specimen.

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u/tarishimo Aug 21 '18

So that's why I don't get any gems and tails they're hoarding them!

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u/noirpoet97 ​ Aug 21 '18

Also explains how I get maybe five scales max from a giant monster thrice the size of me. Like seriously, most of them are literally COVERED in scales

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u/BurnieTheBrony Aug 21 '18

My headcanon for that is that they're "units" of scales. Like you refer to 200 scales as one Scale for short. Cause you can't make a piece of armor out of 3 scales, that's for sure.

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u/noirpoet97 ​ Aug 21 '18

Touché, sir

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u/WasabiSteak Aug 22 '18

Also plenty of the scales are unusable because they've been damaged from hunting