Guide: Acquire Beast Hide in NieR: Automata

NieR: Automata boasts a diverse arsenal, with numerous weapons in each category, allowing for extensive experimentation across multiple playthroughs. Each weapon offers multiple upgrade levels, extending their viability and enabling players to utilize their favorites throughout the game.

Weapon upgrades are readily available at the Resistance Camp, though they require specific resources. One less common, yet crucial, material is Beast Hides. This guide details efficient farming strategies.

Acquiring 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 both the player 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 are exclusively found in the game's ruined city and forest environments. Their reaction to player attacks depends on the level disparity: lower-level animals flee, while higher-level ones may attack or become aggressive upon proximity. Wildlife possesses substantial health, making early-game encounters with similarly leveled or higher-level animals challenging.

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

Due to the non-continuous spawning of animals during the main storyline, players must actively hunt them during exploration. Wildlife and machine respawning follows these patterns:

• Fast traveling resets all enemies and wildlife.
• Sufficient distance from an area triggers respawning.
• Story progression can also trigger respawning of nearby creatures.

Efficient Beast Hide farming lacks a straightforward method. Consistently eliminating encountered wildlife in forest and city ruin areas generally yields sufficient hides. The drop rate is relatively high, ensuring players rarely require excessive quantities, especially if avoiding simultaneous upgrades of more weapons than they can equip.