Monster Hunter Wilds Player Discovers Trick for Getting an Absurdly Fast Quest Clear Time

In Monster Hunter, some quests can be taken down pretty quick, and others take a bit more time. But at least one Monster Hunter Wilds player has discovered a trick for getting absurdly fast clear times, using one particular quirk of Wilds’ systems.

As spotted by VG247, one Monster Hunter Wilds player posted an incredibly fast clear time for a Tempered Chatacabra bout, thanks to what seems like a curious exploit of the poison system. The actual fight itself takes upwards of nine minutes, but the quest gets cleared in 00’01″53.

The trick, it seems, is how poison triggers the actual quest start in Monster Hunter Wilds. Though the hunter in the video pelts the Chatacabra with quite a significant amount of Poison Ammo, keeping the debuff running, it doesn’t actually start the quest until they stop the monster, launch the quest, and then deal the final blow.

Players have some theories, mostly around poison not triggering the start of a quest as a safeguard against unwanted hunts starting in the open world. I took my own Heavy Bowgun out into the world and spent quite a while slowly toxifying a Chatacabra, and can at least report that it didn’t automatically launch a quest until I started blasting it with other ammo.

Whatever the case, it’s an interesting little interaction. It doesn’t seem to be a huge problem, as a super-fast quest clear doesn’t mean much more than the actual quest clear at the end of the day. The Chatacabra dies either way, and honestly, this Poison Ammo seems both more arduous and resource-intensive than just bonking it with normal weapons.

Still, it proves that Monster Hunter Wilds players are still discovering weird, fun ways in which monsters can be hunted. With the open approach to the Forbidden Lands and more updates to come, there’s surely more to discover in this game as time goes on.

We’ve got plenty more on Monster Hunter Wilds, including a fun story about how players have discovered that captured monsters will eventually just exit stage left, and comments from the series producer on why Monster Hunter Wilds is so popular.

To help get your Monster Hunter Wilds adventure started, take a look at what Monster Hunter Wilds doesn’t tell you, and a guide to all 14 weapon types in the game. We’ve also got a detailed MH Wilds walkthrough in progress, a MH Wilds multiplayer guide to explain how to play with friends, and if you’ve played one of the open betas, here’s how to transfer your MH Wilds Beta character over.

Eric is a freelance writer for IGN.