Monster Hunter Wilds

Balanced Meal Skill Effects

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Balanced Meal is a food skill in Monster Hunter Wilds. Learn the effects of the Balanced Meal skill and how to activate it.

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Balanced Meal Skill Effect

Prevents Knockdowns

Hunter Knocked Down.png

Having the Balanced Meal food skill active will make you immune to knockdowns. Being knocked down will leave you open to more attacks and could lead to more faints while taking on a quest.

What Happens When You Faint

How to Get Balanced Meal Skill

Random Effect From Cooking

MH Wilds - Cooking Food-min

Balanced Meal is a random food skill you can get when consuming a meal made from cooking inside your tent or with the Portable BBQ Grill. You must at least add an Additional Ingredient for a chance to get the Balanced Meal. Random food skills cannot be obtained when eating meals cooked only with rations.

How to Cook and Eat Meals

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Black Belt Meal (Lo) ImageBlack Belt Meal (Lo) Tumbler Meal (Lo) ImageTumbler Meal (Lo) Immunizer Meal ImageImmunizer Meal
Medic Meal ImageMedic Meal Sizzling Meal ImageSizzling Meal Defender Meal (Lo) ImageDefender Meal (Lo)
Defender Meal (Hi) ImageDefender Meal (Hi) Black Belt Meal (Hi) ImageBlack Belt Meal (Hi) Tumbler Meal (Hi) ImageTumbler Meal (Hi)
Gatherer Meal ImageGatherer Meal Caprice Meal (Lo) ImageCaprice Meal (Lo) Moxie Meal (Lo) ImageMoxie Meal (Lo)
Specialist Meal ImageSpecialist Meal Moxie Meal (Hi) ImageMoxie Meal (Hi) Swimmer Meal ImageSwimmer Meal
Caprice Meal (Hi) ImageCaprice Meal (Hi) Insurance Meal ImageInsurance Meal Carver Meal ImageCarver Meal
Capture Pro Meal ImageCapture Pro Meal Exploiter Meal ImageExploiter Meal Riser Meal ImageRiser Meal
Trainer Meal ImageTrainer Meal Break-time Meal ImageBreak-time Meal Piping-Hot Meal ImagePiping-Hot Meal
Lucky Meal ImageLucky Meal Bulldozer Meal ImageBulldozer Meal Rider Meal ImageRider Meal
Iron Carver Meal ImageIron Carver Meal Escape Artist Meal ImageEscape Artist Meal Balanced Meal ImageBalanced Meal
Fisher Meal ImageFisher Meal Fortune Hunter Meal ImageFortune Hunter Meal Hardy Meal ImageHardy Meal
Top Cat Meal ImageTop Cat Meal

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