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key: mechanic/rpg-grind--respawn-windows
type: mechanic
id: rpg-grind--respawn-windows
lang: en
title: Source respawn windows
summary: >-
  A harvested source returns according to time or world-state rules, changing
  repeat availability.
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tags:
  - RPG grinding
  - Schedule and pacing
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sources:
  - id: source-b58fb3e9c95ffaf7
    title: 'Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak'
    url: 'https://game.capcom.com/manual/Multi-Platform/en/windows/page/6/8'
    verifiedAt: null
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  - catalogId: rpg-grind
    id: respawn-windows
    title: RPG grinding
    url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/rpg-grind/#respawn-windows'
    categoryIds:
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attributes:
  preview:
    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Source respawn windows
    description: >-
      A harvested source returns according to time or world-state rules,
      changing repeat availability.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/rpg-mhr-47.webp
      width: 512
      height: 256
      game: 'Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak'
      sourceUrl: 'https://game.capcom.com/manual/Multi-Platform/en/windows/page/6/8'
      originalUrl: 'https://game.capcom.com/manual/Multi-Platform/locale/page/68_4_1.jpg'
      credit: Capcom; official web manual screenshot
      rights: >-
        Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Official game guide or
        publisher-distributed screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT
        and CC BY 4.0.
      caption: A replenishing material gathering point
      alt: A replenishing material gathering point
      markers:
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          'y': 53
          label: The gathering point replenishes after harvesting
    tips:
      - Explain replenishment rules and offer useful alternatives while waiting.
    examples:
      - title: 'Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak'
        url: 'https://game.capcom.com/manual/Multi-Platform/en/windows/page/6/8'
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provenance: >-
  Original editorial RPG grind taxonomy authored for gamemechanics.pro on
  2026-10-20 and expanded to cover activities, progression goals, reward rules
  and constraints. All original thirty family/branch/variant identities are
  preserved. Official developer and publisher sources support only the
  specifically described released-game observations; design variants and
  scenarios are hypothetical.
license: CC-BY-4.0
codeLicense: MIT
attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors
catalogKey: catalog/rpg-grind
---
# Source respawn windows

id: rpg-grind--respawn-windows
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/rpg-grind--respawn-windows
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/rpg-grind--respawn-windows/

A harvested source returns according to time or world-state rules, changing repeat availability.

## At a glance

![A replenishing material gathering point](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/rpg-mhr-47.webp)

[Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak](https://game.capcom.com/manual/Multi-Platform/en/windows/page/6/8) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Official game guide or publisher-distributed screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. The gathering point replenishes after harvesting

- Explain replenishment rules and offer useful alternatives while waiting.

- [Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak](https://game.capcom.com/manual/Multi-Platform/en/windows/page/6/8)

## How it works

A harvested source returns according to time or world-state rules, changing repeat availability.

## Variants

### Variants

<a id="respawn-windows-options"></a>

- Respawn each source separately. <a id="respawn-windows-option-1"></a>
- Refresh an entire area on a shared cycle. <a id="respawn-windows-option-2"></a>
- Trigger restoration through world events. <a id="respawn-windows-option-3"></a>

## Design example

After mining ore, the player moves elsewhere until veins return.

## Context and limits

A systematic RPG grind reference: 110 mechanics and 330 variants in 18 sections. Four layers answer different questions: what the player repeats, what develops, how rewards arrive and what constrains the loop. It covers single-player RPGs, ARPGs, MMORPGs and adjacent management and accumulation systems. Every mechanic has an explanation, variants and a hypothetical example; coverage, combinations and verified game observations follow the catalog.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original editorial RPG grind taxonomy authored for gamemechanics.pro on 2026-10-20 and expanded to cover activities, progression goals, reward rules and constraints. All original thirty family/branch/variant identities are preserved. Official developer and publisher sources support only the specifically described released-game observations; design variants and scenarios are hypothetical.

- [Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak](https://game.capcom.com/manual/Multi-Platform/en/windows/page/6/8) (id: source-b58fb3e9c95ffaf7)

CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors