Sharpness Guide: How Does Sharpness Work? | Monster Hunter Rise | MHR (MH Rise)

This is a guide to weapon sharpness in Monster Hunter Rise (MH Rise). Find out about how sharpness works, sharpness level damage modifiers, all the skills related to sharpness, and ways to sharpen your weapon.

What is Sharpness?

Represents Strength of Weapon

Sharpness in Monster Hunter Rise is a gauge on the top left that represents your weapon's strength. It affects whether your attacks get deflected as well as how much damage your weapon does. The lower the sharpness of your level, the more likely it is your weapon gets deflected and the lower your damage is.

Only Melee Weapons Need To Be Sharpened

Ranged weapons, meaning the Light Bowgun, Heavy Bowgun, and Bow, all do not have sharpness gauges. Alternatively, all melee weapons, even those that deal blunt damage (Hammer and Hunting Horn), need to be sharpened.

Sharpness Levels

Sharpness Level	Damage Multiplier
Red	0.5
Orange	0.75
Yellow	1
Green	1.05
Blue	1.2
White	1.32

As you can see, red sharpness halves your damage, so keep your weapon nice and sharp to keep the damage up! In previous games, sharpness levels can go up to purple (even sky blue in a couple of games), but for now there is no weapon in the game with purple sharpness.

All Skills Related To Sharpness

List of Skills

How to Sharpen Your Weapon

Use a Whetstone, Whetfish, or Great Whetfish

There are three items in the game that can sharpen your weapon. The Whetstone is provided right from the start and doesn't run out, but it takes the most amount of cycles.

Meanwhile, you will have to fish for Whetfish and Great Whetfish. Also, the amount you can carry per hunt is limited to 5 and 3, respectively. But they are useful for when you need to quickly sharpen on the battlefield!

Sharpening Cycles

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