Learning how to capture monsters in Monster Hunter Wilds is a good way to end a fight quickly, and get more rewards in the process.Its only an option when the monster is nearly dead which just so happens to be when its at its most dangerous. To capture a monster, youll have to prepare with certain traps and bombs.You can also capture small monsters, known as endemic life the little bugs and lizards you see running around to earn some extra Guild Points and to complete certain side quests.Our Monster Hunter Wilds guide will tell you all about capturing monsters large and small, and how to craft the materials youll need for capturing them.When can you capture monsters in Monster Hunter Wilds?Technically, you can capture monsters at any time in Monster Hunter Wilds provided you have the necessary traps see a later section on how to craft these. As soon as you can wear a monster down, and can craft traps and tranq bombs, youre ready. You dont need to formally unlock anything.That said, you wont get an official quest that involves capturing a monster until after the credits roll in the main story and you enter High Rank, though. In that mission, Chapter 4-1 New Ecosystems, youll get the tutorial popup for how to capture.Again, you can still capture large monsters at any time if you prefer to get started ahead of then, as explained below.How to capture monsters in Monster Hunter WildsBefore you can capture a monster, youll need to make sure you have traps like shock traps or pitfall traps and tranq bombs in your item pouch. You dont have to add them to your radial menu(s), but you do have to be able to access them from the item bar.There are two steps to capturing a monster. The first step is to wear a monster down and reduce their health until theyre almost dead. Your palico might say something like, Its looking weak! Almost there! The more reliable clue is when a skull icon appears next to their icon on your minimap.When the monster is weak, its time to trap and capture it. There are a couple more steps now setting traps and hitting it with tranq bombs. If the monster is weak enough, one or the other might knock it out. If its still going strong, you might need to use both.Lay a trap and lead the monster into it. Once its ensnared, run up and drop a few tranq bombs on or near it. When the monster passes out, youll get several rewards for its capture, just like you would if you carved its corpse.How to craft traps and tranq bombsCrafting the items you need for capturing a monster will take a bit of work. For traps, youll need to buy trap tools from the provisioner in any base camp.The items youll need to craft include:Pitfall trap 1 trap tool and 1 net (made from 1 ivy and 1 spider web). You can find ivy in Windward Plains and Scarlet Forest. For spider webs, you need to look someplace where there are spiders. You can find some in Scarlet Forest, Oilwell Basin, and Iceshard Cliffs.Shock trap 1 trap tool and 1 thunderbug capacitor. Youll make thunderbug capacitors by collecting thunderbugs. Youll only find those in Windward Plains.Tranq bomb 1 sleep herb and 1 parashroom. Sleep herbs can be found in Windswept Plains, Scarlet Forest, and Iceshard Cliffs. For parashrooms, all four regions Windward Plains, Scarlet Forest, Oilwell Basin, and Iceshard Cliffs have them.When can you capture endemic life in Monster Hunter Wilds?You cant capture any endemic life in Monster Hunter Wilds until after you attempt to visit Ysais village and get turned away. On your way back to the base camp in Windward Plains, youll meet your first Doshaguma and gather some honey.When you drop off the honey at the provisions shop, hell give you your Essential Items: a portable BBQ grill (for cooking), fishing rod (for fishing), binoculars, capture net, throwing knife, paint pod, and ghillie mantle.The capture net is what youre after. To equip it on your bow caster, hold down L1/LB, hit down on the D-pad, and then move the right thumbstick to the upper right to highlight the net in your Essential Items.How to capture endemic life in Monster Hunter WildsOnce you have the capture net, capturing endemic life is just kind of point and click. When you spot an interesting bug or lizard, you just need to equip your capture net. Aim it at what you want to capture. If its something you can nab, the reticle will turn yellow-orange. Youll fire the capture net with R2/RT.Just make sure you dont fire the hook slinger with circle/B instead. That will collect the creature instead of capturing it.Capturing endemic life this way doesnt get you any materials, but it does earn you Guild Points that youll use for things like building pop-up camps and increasing your hunter rank on your way to High Rank.Our Monster Hunter Wilds guides can outline your progress with our main story walkthrough and monster list ahead of reaching High Rank, help you settle on an armament with our weapons list and best weapons explainers, and show you how to get ores, bones, and monster tails.