NieR: Automata boasts a diverse arsenal of weapons, allowing players to experiment across multiple playthroughs. Each weapon offers multiple upgrade levels, extending their viability and enabling completion of the game with a single preferred weapon, if desired.
Weapon upgrades are readily available at the Resistance Camp, though they require specific resources. Beast Hides are a crucial, yet less common, crafting material. This guide details efficient farming strategies.
Obtaining Beast Hides in NieR: Automata
Beast Hides are obtained by defeating wildlife, such as moose and boar. These creatures randomly appear in designated map areas, generally avoiding players and nearby robots. Their white icons on the mini-map distinguish them from machines (black icons). However, unlike machines, wildlife respawns are less frequent, requiring strategic searching.
Moose and boar exclusively inhabit the game's ruined city and forest environments. Their behavior (flight or attack) depends on the player's level relative to theirs. Higher-level animals may become aggressive even at a distance. Wildlife possesses substantial health, making early-game encounters challenging, especially against similarly leveled or stronger opponents.
Animal Bait can lure wildlife, simplifying their defeat.
Since wildlife doesn't continuously respawn during the main storyline, players must actively hunt them while exploring. Respawn mechanics for wildlife mirror those of machines:
- Fast traveling resets all enemies and wildlife.
- Traveling a sufficient distance triggers respawns in previously visited areas.
- Key story events can also trigger respawns in the vicinity.
Efficient Beast Hide farming lacks a straightforward method. Consistently eliminating encountered wildlife in forest and city ruin areas usually provides sufficient hides. The drop rate is relatively high, ensuring that stockpiling excessive hides is unnecessary, unless upgrading more weapons than currently equipped.
