User blog comment:Maimer1882/Metal.../@comment-3310184-20110930231319/@comment-3146930-20111001230917

Sure it does. Hunters like to keep trophies. If monsters turn into dust when they take enough damage or are attacked with C. Bronze/I. Gold/ S. Iron, then Artemis would attack them with weapons that didnt turn them to dust so she could keep a trophy.