“Whoppers” are a subset of aquatic life in Monster Hunter Wilds, and also you’ll have to fish for them as a part of a aspect quest, “Catch of a Lifetime!,” for Kanya on the Scarlet Forest base camp.
That is her fourth aspect quest after you’ve caught your first fish, a goldenfish, and a gravid bowfin.
Our Monster Hunter Wilds information will inform you the place to seek out whopper places, and tips on how to catch them.
What’s a ‘whopper’ in Monster Hunter Wilds?
Whoppers are actually large fish that require a (irritating) minigame to reel in. There are (at the very least) 4 sorts of fish that qualify as a whopper: gajau, gastronome tuna, nice trevally, and speartuna.
The place to discover a ‘whopper’ location in Monster Hunter Wilds
Recognizing a whopper is the simple half. They’re much greater than the fish you often see and look much more like small monsters than fish. You’ll be able to often spot their fins breaking the floor of the water.
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Each kind of whopper can solely be discovered within the Scarlet Forest. They (often) solely present up in deep water, so there’s two locations to look — Space 17: Nice Lake Shore and Space 12: Northeast (within the deep water by the waterfall between Areas 12 and 13).
- Gajau might be present in each Space 12 and 17 through the from morning to night
- Nice trevally might be present in each locations, however appear extra frequent in Space 17
- Gastronome tuna are solely present in Space 17 and we’ve solely seen them throughout a lots
- Speartuna might be present in each areas (however they appear extra frequent in Space 12) and are solely seen throughout a fallow
Find out how to catch a whopper in Monster Hunter Wilds
In a phrase, reeling in a whopper sucks. You need to delicately handle the road’s rigidity, take note of how the fish is transferring, management the fish when it jumps, and ensure to keep away from obstacles, all whereas nonetheless manually reeling it in. You don’t get any redos and failing at any level will make you lose the fish.
Fishing for a whopper begins out the identical as fishing for anything. Choose your tuff joint bait and solid in out previous and in entrance of them. Begin reeling the lure in slowly by transferring the left thumbstick up and down. Pause periodically and blend in a jerk with down on the thumbstick to catch their consideration.
When the whopper takes the bait, hit R2/RT like regular.
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Now could be when it will get sophisticated (and annoying). The fish goes to begin swimming forwards and backwards. Don’t reel it in when it’s transferring, simply transfer the left thumbstick within the identical course it’s swimming. The sport calls this “management the drag.” It can swim forwards and backwards — and sometimes change instructions — for some time. Then, it is going to cease and provides a bit of buck. That’s your cue to begin reeling by transferring the left thumbstick up and down.
As quickly because the fish begins swimming left and proper once more, cease reeling instantly. Return to transferring in the identical course because the fish is swimming.
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If there’s a rock or one thing within the water and the fish approaches it, you’ll get a warning to hold the fish away from obstacles. When this occurs (and solely when this occurs) it’s okay to maneuver the left thumbstick in the other way because the fish is transferring. As quickly because the fish adjustments course, return to transferring the identical course.
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Relying on the fish (and its temper), it would soar. When it does this, hit R2/RT proper on the prime of the fish’s soar. This can sort of slam it again into the water, after which it is going to begin swimming left or proper once more.
Simply hold tiring it out and reeling it in till you land it.
As soon as that’s achieved, there’s then one remaining fish to land as a part of Kanya’s questline — the grand escunite.
To additionally allow you to perceive Monster Hunter Wilds, we clarify tips on how to seize monsters, tips on how to change weapons, present some Seikret suggestions, and train you the way layered armor works.
