Yes, we all love hunting our big monsters.

There’s no thrill like chasing down a Rathalos and fighting it to the death.

ButMonster Hunter Wildswants you to admire the small creatures that make up the Forbidden Lands.

A sandstar standing on a dune hill at night in the windward plains in monster hunter wilds.

There is a seemingly endless amount of endemic life hiding in every nook and cranny.

Monster Hunter continues to be well and alive after almost two decades.

With so many titles, it can be confusing to know how to play them in order.

A hunter standing before a rathalos in monster hunter world, hunters battling magnamalo in monster hunter rise, and a rajang in monster hunter, left to right.

And now, after all our running around, we have reached the final Research Report.

Samin has promised this is the final one, for real this time.

The difficulty has fluctuated throughout these quests, with some creatures easier to find than others.

The field guide description of the sandstar in monster hunter wilds.

But he really has left the hardest for last.

And you’ll need it.

Where To Find A Sandstar

The Sandstar only appears in the Windward Plains at nighttime.

The map of the desert in the windward plains in monster hunter wilds.

ensure tostart your hunt early in the nightfor the highest chance of spotting them.

You canchange both the time-of-day and weather in your tenteither at Base Camp or in a Pop-Up Camp.

It also glows, making it a bit easier to see as it moves at night.

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It’s also blue, which makes for a sharp contrast against the sandy dunes it speeds across.

Climbing here then running back out to the desert seems to increase the chance of them spawning.

They can appear across any of the large desert, so give a good run around to spot them.

Gold Rathian and Silver Rathalos, rare species of the fire wyverns in Monster Hunter Stories.

Making the Sandstar spawn is just the first step.

Those weren’t just hollow words.Not only is the Sandstar incredibly fast, it is also hilariously perceptive.

Nothing you do will stop it from seeing ro hearing you.

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No matter how slow you walk, whether or not you wear the Ghillie Mantle.

Nothing.You cannot catch-up to the Sandstar, nor can you avoid it hearing you.

So how are you meant to catch it then?

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If you chase it on your Seikret, it will eventually burrow into the ground and disappear.

This is your opportunity to run in quick and pick them up in the Capture Net.

And that, finally, is the rarest of all the endemic life catalog.

Here are the best subspecies in the Monster Hunter series!