NieR: Automata - Where To Get Beast Hide

NieR: Automata boasts a diverse arsenal of weapons, allowing players to experiment across multiple playthroughs. Each weapon offers multiple upgrade opportunities, extending their viability and enabling players to utilize their favorites throughout the entire game.

Weapon upgrades are readily available at the Resistance Camp, though specific resources are required. One particularly challenging material to obtain is Beast Hides; this guide details efficient farming strategies.

Obtaining Beast Hides in NieR: Automata

Beast Hides are potential drops from 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 the black icons of machines. However, unlike machines, wildlife respawns are less predictable, requiring strategic searching.

Moose and boar exclusively inhabit the ruined city and forest zones. Their behavior (flight or attack) depends on the player's level relative to theirs; higher-level animals might become aggressive even at a distance. Wildlife possesses substantial health, making early-game encounters with similarly leveled or higher-level animals challenging.

Using Animal Bait can lure wildlife closer, simplifying the hunting process.

Because wildlife doesn't continuously respawn during the main storyline, players must actively hunt them while exploring. Wildlife and machine respawns share similar mechanics:

• Fast traveling resets all enemies and wildlife.
• Traveling a sufficient distance triggers respawns in previously visited areas.
• Story progression can also trigger respawns of nearby enemies and wildlife.

Efficient Beast Hide farming lacks a straightforward method. Consistently eliminating encountered wildlife in forest and city ruin areas usually yields sufficient hides. The relatively high drop rate ensures that accumulating excessive Beast Hides is unlikely, provided you avoid upgrading more weapons than you can equip simultaneously.