How to Get Large Scales in Wild Hearts

Large Scales are a forging material in Wild Hearts that players can use to craft and upgrade certain weapons and make the Kemono hunt a little easier. 

When reaching Chapter 2, you can see certain weapons and upgrades that require Large Scales and a few other items to forge. Because there is no clear description of how to get such materials and since their drop is tied to game progression, you may struggle to proceed. 

After struggling with it myself, I put together this handy guide that explains how you can get Large Scales in Wild Hearts. 

Large Scales material guide in Wild Hearts

You can get Large Scales from two different types of Small Kemono. The first one is Springwatch Monitor, whom you can find relatively early in the game in Harugasumi Way. The other is the Sparkshower Monitor, whom you encounter in Akikure Canyon and Natsukodachi Isle. 

If the Kemono are available to hunt in early game locations, why is it hard to obtain Large Scales in Wild Hearts? The issue is that Small Kemono don’t drop Large Scales as a drop loot until you reach Chapter 3. 

So if you hunt them before reaching Chapter 3, they will have a different item drop. That aside, the Springwatch Monitor has two drops, each with a 50% drop rate. These are:

• Lizard Blooms 
• Large Scales

And that is why I recommend players hunt Sparkshower Monitor, whose location you can sort out by opening the in-game map and filtering Small Kemono in the Akikure Canyon or Natsukodachi Isle. Remember to use a good weapon to make farming easier.