There are, ultimately, no bad weapons in Monster Hunter. Any weapon can tackle the toughest wyverns with a little know-how. But there are unlucky weapons, and in Wilds, the Light Bowgun feels like it got the shortest stick.

The world of Monster Hunter Wilds is big, and also pretty connected. One player set out to show just that, with a long journey from a starting zone to the peaks of its later areas. Over on the Monster Hunter subreddit,

Gillopods are a larger version of pillopods, and those only show up at one location in the Ruins of Wyveria that we’ve been able to find. Head to the pop-up camp at Area 2: Crumbling Structures. Head out through the tunnel and you’ll be facing a carved stone wall that will most likely have several pillopods on it.