Most come from monsters, many come from roaming the world.

Some are even a little random.

Yet none of them are as hard as the ones that make you realise the moon is important.

A hunter and palico sitting beside a nightflower pollen waiting for it to bloom in monster hunter wilds.

Sinister Cloth lets you make Monster Hunter Wilds' Death Stench armor.

Now where do you find it?

Monster Hunter Wildsputs a renewed focus on exploration, really making you be immersed in this world.

A hunter and their palico looking out over the windward plains at night in monster hunter wilds.

And that means paying attention to the season you’re in and the time of day.

Here’s the complicated process of finding it.

Nightflower Pollen, which is acquired fromEphemeral Bloom gathering points, is only available during a Full Moon.

a hunter standing beside an unbloomed ephemeral bloom in monster hunter wilds.

This means you have to wait until a full moon is in the sky for it to even appear.

This is where it gets slightly complicated.

Instead, you have torest until the moon is a single phase before a full moon.

a view of wyveria as seen from suja in monster hunter wilds.

Do this by resting at camp in the Windward Plains.

Then, as evening turns to night, the Ephemeral Blooms will appear on the map.

Run to their locations now and gather from them.

A hunter running from a guardian rathalos breathing fire while Alma stands to the side on her Seikret in monster hunter wilds.

The opposite is true in the Scarlet Forest.

Best to be careful with this one.

Instead,it is used for trading with Sekka from Suja.

Triple-A Games

Sekka, like Gawdygog from the Wudwud Hideout, tends to trade for very rare items.

Therefore, farming Nightflower Pollen in turn becomes a means to farm Decorations.

Nourishing Extract is needed to make some of the strongest buffs in Monster Hunter Wilds.

Monster Hunter Wilds

Here’s where to find it.