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Monster Hunter Wilds

List of Armor Skills

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Armor Skills are skills tied to different armor pieces that give your character buffs in Monster Hunter Wilds. View all the available Armor Skills, as well as their effects in this page.

List of Armor Skills

Armor Skill Effects

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Stun Resistance IconStun Resistance Reduces stun duration.
Divine Blessing IconDivine Blessing Has a predetermined chance of reducing the damage you take.
Stamina Surge IconStamina Surge Speeds up stamina recovery.
Free Meal IconFree Meal Gives you a predetermined chance of consuming a food or drink item for free.
Bombardier IconBombardier Increases the damage of explosive items.
Speed Eating IconSpeed Eating Increases meat-eating and item-consumption speed.
Recovery Speed IconRecovery Speed Speeds healing of recoverable damage (the red portion of the Health Gauge).
Mushroomancer IconMushroomancer Lets you digest mushrooms that would otherwise be inedible and gain their advantageous effects.
Stench Resistance IconStench Resistance Grants protection against stench.
Fire Resistance IconFire Resistance Increases fire resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels.
Flinch Free IconFlinch Free Prevents knockbacks and other reactions to small damage.
Recovery Up IconRecovery Up Increases the amount recovered when restoring health.
Paralysis Resistance IconParalysis Resistance Reduces the duration of paralysis.
Tremor Resistance IconTremor Resistance Grants protection against ground tremors.
Quick Sheathe IconQuick Sheathe Speeds up weapon sheathing.
Resentment IconResentment Increases attack when you have recoverable damage (the red portion of your Health Gauge).
Jump Master IconJump Master Prevents attacks from knocking you back during a jump.
Botanist IconBotanist Increases the quantity of herbs and other consumable items you gather
Hunger Resistance IconHunger Resistance Reduces maximum stamina depetion over time.
Geologist IconGeologist Increases the number of times you gain at gathering points.
Marathon Runner IconMarathon Runner Slows down stamina depletion for actions that continuously drain stamina (such as dashing).
Entomologist IconEntomologist The bodies of small insect monsters won't be destroyed, allowing them to be carved.
Leap of Faith IconLeap of Faith Allows you to do a dive-evade when facing towards large monsters and extends the dive-evade distance.
Item Prolonger IconItem Prolonger Extends the duration of some item effects.
Water Resistance IconWater Resistance Increases water resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels.
Survival Expert IconSurvival Expert Extra health is recovered from environmental interactables.
Evade Extender IconEvade Extender Increases evade distance.
Windproof IconWindproof Grants protection against wind pressure.
Sleep Resistance IconSleep Resistance Reduces the duration of sleep.
Wide-Range IconWide-Range Allows the effects of certain items to also affect nearby allies.
Poison Resistance IconPoison Resistance Reduces damage while poisoned.
Ambush IconAmbush Temporarily increases the damage to large monsters with a successful Sneak Attack.
Bind Resistance IconBind Resistance Grants protection against webbed status and frostblight.
Evade Window IconEvade Window Extends the invulnerability period when evading.
Ice Resistance IconIce Resistance Increases ice resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels.
Partbreaker IconPartbreaker Makes it easier to break large monster parts, and increases damage dealt when destroying a wound with a Focus Strike.
Cliffhanger IconCliffhanger Decrease stamina depletion when climbing on vines.
Peak Performance IconPeak Performance Increases attack when your health is full.
Tool Specialist IconTool Specialist Reduces the recharge time for specialized tools.
Aquatic/Oilsilt Mobility IconAquatic/Oilsilt Mobility Grants resistance against impairments to mobility while in water, oilsilt, or streams.
Latent Power IconLatent Power Temporarily increases affinity and reduces stamina depletion when certain conditions are met.
Constitution IconConstitution Reduces stamina depletion when evading, blocking, or doing certain other actions.
Heroics IconHeroics Increases attack power and defense when health drops to 35% or lower.
Iron Skin IconIron Skin Grants protection against defense down.
Weakness Exploit IconWeakness Exploit Increases the affinity of attacks that exploit a monster's weak points and wounds.
Intimidator IconIntimidator Reduces the chance small monsters will attack after spotting you. (Has no effect on certain monsters.)
Burst IconBurst Continuously landing hits gradually increases attack and elemental attack. (Amount increased depends on weapon.)
Bleeding Resistance IconBleeding Resistance Grants protection against bleeding.
Maximum Might IconMaximum Might Increases affinity if stamina is kept full for a period of time.
Flayer IconFlayer Makes it easier to inflict wounds. Upon inflicting enough damage, also deals additional non-elemental damage,
Blight Resistance IconBlight Resistance Grants protection against all elemental blights.
Defense Boost IconDefense Boost Increases defense. Also improves resistances at higher levels.
Blast Resistance IconBlast Resistance Grants protection against blastblight.
Thunder Resistance IconThunder Resistance Increases thunder resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels.
Dragon Resistance IconDragon Resistance Increases dragon resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels.
Foray IconForay Increases attack power and affinity against large monsters affected by poison or paralysis.
Adaptability IconAdaptability Grants protection against environmental damage, such as from heat or cold.
Shock Absorber IconShock Absorber Disables damage reactions when you hit a friend or when a friend hits you.
Blindsider IconBlindsider Improves the effectiveness of flash attacks and items.
Agitator IconAgitator Increases attack power and affinity when large monsters become enraged.
Earplugs IconEarplugs Grants protection from large monsters' roars.
Counterstrike IconCounterstrike Temporarily increases attack power after being knocked back.
Coalescence IconCoalescence Temporarily increases elemental attack power and status effects after recovering from blights or abnormal status.
Adrenaline Rush IconAdrenaline Rush Temporarily increases attack power after executing a perfectly-timed evade just as a monster attacks.
Outdoorsman IconOutdoorsman Improves fishing, grilling, and transporting abilities.
Palico Rally IconPalico Rally Powers up Palicoes.
Self-Improvement IconSelf-Improvement Attack and defense increase as time passes while on a quest. (The maximum is reached after 30 minutes.)
Elemental Absorption IconElemental Absorption After taking elemental damage, temporarily grants you element effects. (Cooldown after effect ends)
Convert Element IconConvert Element After taking elemental damage, temporarily grants you dragon element effects. (Cooldown after effect ends.)
Antivirus IconAntivirus Once infected, makes it easier to overcome the Frenzy and increases affinity if cured.
Rice Ball IconRice Ball Increases the attack power of Akuma actions and stun damage.

What are Armor Skills?

Skills Obtained from Armor Pieces

Equipment Skill

Equipping armor or weapons can provide you different skills. Each weapon and armor have differing skills, and it's up to you to choose which skills fit your playstyle.

Skills that affect weapons, such as Speed Sharpening or Critical Eye, are considered Weapon Skills and will be found on weapons, while skills that provide other passive effects, such as Speed Eating, will remain as Armor Skills.

Upgrading Does Not Lose Skills

Additionally, you will not lose skills whenever you upgrade weapons in the same Weapon Tree. Skills can only be upgraded or added as you go down a weapon's upgrade path.

You can view your current equipped skills inside tent or by pressing the Start button, then selecting Equipment Info > Skill Info and then pressing the L1 or R1 button to switch between Skill Info pages.

Monster Hunter Wilds Related Guides

Skill Partial

List of All Skills

List of Skill Types
Weapon Skills Armor Skills
Group Skills Set Bonus Skills
Food Skills

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