Wingdrake Hide is fairly important inMonster Hunter Wilds. It helps you craft things from Insect Glaives to Talismans. There are a lot of uses for the crafting material. Because of that importance, you may find yourself farming for it more often than other resources.

While Wingdrake Hide is easy to find, it only drops from defeating certain monsters in certain areas. There’s also a higher-quality variant that might confuse some about how to acquire it. If you’re struggling to find Wingdrake Hide, this guide will outline what you need to do.

Monster Hunter Wilds Player and Palico looking at monster thats about to hit the ground. There is also a rock in background The games UI is active.

How To Get Wingdrake Hide

You may come across Wingdrake Hide early on in Monster Hunters Wilds, as the creatures you need to hunt appear in the early sections of the game.

The two monsters that hold the resource areBaunos and Harpios. Both of these creatures fallinto the small monster category, which makes them easier to hunt. Plus,you won’t need a partywhen fighting these monsters.

Monster Hunter Wilds character looking at a slain Harpios.

Both of these monsters appear in different areas. you’re able to findBanous typically flying in Areas 16 and 17 of the Plains region. For Harpios, you’ll need to look in theForest or Oilwell Basin (Basin).

In the Forest region, there seems to be no fixed area where Harpios appear. On the other hand, they seem to appear often inAreas 8 and 10 on the second level of the Oilwell Basin regionthat you unlock inChapter 2.

Monster Hunter Wilds the Optional Quest tab open with Doshaguma selected. On the Right there is the information of the quest.

Neither creature seems to have optional quests at Alma’s Quest Counter. Because of that, you’ll need tohunt for them in the wildin their respective regions.

Both these monsters will be in the air when you find them in the wild. To bring them down, aim at one, and aprompt allowing you to yank it downwith your slinger will pop up. When you bring the beast down,hit it a few times,and it should die. After that,you can loot it for Wingdrake Hide.

How To Get Wingdrake Hide+

The base tier of Wingdrake Hide can onlybe found in Low Rank. However, you can find the higher-tried counterpart simply calledWingdrake Hide+in High Rank.

For the high-rank version,you must have beaten Monster Hunter Wilds and made it to the end-game.

All you need to do ishunt either Baunos or Harpios in the same regions: Forest, Basin, or Plains. When you slay these creaturesin High Rank, they drop the higher-tier variant of the hide.

Grounding them is done the same way as it is in Low Rank.Close the gap between you and the monster by pulling it down, and then attack it.

If you’re in High Rank and need the base version of Wingdrake Hide, you can still get it. You just need to bein Low Rank.To do this, head toAlma’s Quest Counterand pick a monster from theOptional Quest tabto hunt that is 3 Stars or lower.

But make sure you select a monsterthatroams the areas mentioned above.

For example, if you hunt the one-star Doshaguma, you’ll end up in the Forest. Then, when you start this quest,you may search for and fight a Harpios.

You don’t have to kill the main monsteryou’re supposed to be hunting. Once you have enough Wingdrake Hide, you can cancel the missionby talking to Almaand get sent back to the base camp. At theBase Camp Menu, the hide should be located in the Transfer Items menu.

Since Wingdrake Hide and Wingdrake Hide+make different items, double-checkwhat you’re crafting to seeif there’s a plus sign on the label. Doing so will save you the headache of finding out you got the wrong version of the Wingdrake Hide.