You’ll need to capture them as part of an early side quest, “Dareel’s Research Report,” for the research team at the Windward Plains base camp.
Our Monster Hunter Wilds guide will tell you where to find tracktail lizard locations and how to catch them.
Update (March 13): Added an additional tracktail lizard location for those struggling to find them.
Where to find tracktail lizard locations in Monster Hunter Wilds
To find a tracktail lizard, you’ll have to head to the desert areas of the Windward Plains. A good place for tracktail lizard locations is the Oasis in Area 13, which has its own pop-up camp location.
Look around the outskirts of the oasis, and you should see some — they usually travel in pairs — or scale some of the nearby dunes and look around.
If you’re struggling, they are found throughout this region of the Windward Plains, so alternatively, search around Area 11, where we found some between the rock formations and the tunes. They seem to be more active during the daytime, but we also spotted them at night.
How to catch a tracktail lizard
Once you’ve spotted a (pair of) tracktail lizards, all that’s left is to capture them. Equip your capture net either from the item bar or from your Essential Items radial menu.
Make sure you approach slowly because tracktails are pretty skittish. Or you can just rush up quick and fire off the net. With the new rectangle reticle, approach the lizards slowly until the reticle turns yellow-orange and fire it. Just make sure you hit L2/LT and not the usual Square/X.
With the quest complete, you’ll receive another side quest, “Samin’s Research Report”, which has you track down a dapperwing.
