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Monster Hunter Wilds
Game Mechanics
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Monster Hunter Wilds offers deep mechanics aside from non-stop action from hunts. Learn more about the systems and mechanics revolving around the game and more!
Hunting Mechanics
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How Quests Work
The entirety of Monster Hunter Wilds revolves around the game's quest system. You can select various quests from Alma, your Handler, or from quests boards, where you can also check the possible rewards you can get from each quest.
You can also check if the map that the quest is situated in has any weather or climate systems, which you need to prepare for.
| How to Start Quests | How Do Quest Rewards Work? |
| Weather System Explained | Climate Effects Guide |
HP and Stamina
Health and stamina are one of the main resources that you need to actively look out for when hunting. Your health will dictate how many hits you can take before you faint, and your stamina will determine how many times you can attack with your weapon or how long you can sprint or dodge roll.
| How to Heal and Increase HP | How to Restore and Increase Stamina | What Happens When You Faint? |
Movement and Fast Travel
Your main way of travelling around the map will be with your Seikret, which can help carry you across great distances and even scale some walls.
You can also set up Pop-up Camps across each locale, which can act as a mini-base, and can also be used as a fast travel point.
| Seikret Mount Features and Abilities | Pop-up Camps and Best Locations |
| How to Fast Travel | How to Climb Walls |
All About Items
Items are essential in every hunt, as you can heal up, restore stamina, and remove status ailments with these, among other uses. You can craft items before and during any hunt, and you can also use extra supply items which are given to your for free every quest.
| How to Craft Items | How to Get Supply Items |
Hunting with Other Players
You don't need to solo hunts, as you can send out SOS Flares to call on other hunters or summon NPC Support Hunters if you are playing offline.
Hunting Assistants can also show up in certain maps, wherein they can give you a little help during hunts.
| How to Use the SOS Flare | How to Use Hunting Assistants |
Weapons and Armor
Your weapon and armor are vital in hunting, as these dictate the skills and how much damage you can deal or how much damage you can take from a monster's attack.
As you go through the game, you will be forging various weapons and armor to keep up with tougher monsters. During hunts, it's also important to keep your weapons sharpened or switch to a second weapon if you need to change tactics.
Make it a habit to visit Gemma at the Smithy to check for new weapons and armor!
| How to Sharpen Weapons | How to Forge Weapons and Armor | How to Switch and Change Weapons |
Hunting Monsters
There are various mechanics that are related to hunting monsters. It is very useful to be familiar with these as these can help you fight tougher monsters.
Status Effects and Blights
Some monsters are able to inflict elemental blights which can easily debilitate your hunt as these have various effects when you are afflicted with it.
You can cure these blights with Nulberries, so try to recover from these as early as you can!
Underwater Combat
Underwater combat is available during the Lagiacrus hunt which was added in Title Update 2. Your offensive options will be limited while swimming underwater, which makes it challenging while facing the Lord of the Seas!
Weapon and Armor Mechanics
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Player Stat Explanations
You weapon and armor's stats define how well you can perform during hunts, whether by dealing as much damage as possible or mitigating damage when hit by an attack.
| Explanation of Player Stats | How Does Attack Work? |
| Defense Stat Guide | What Does Elemental Resistance Do? |
| Weapon Sharpness Explained | What is Affinity? |
All About Damage
Monster Hunter Wilds' combat goes deeper than what it may seem. It looks complex at first, but it can change the way you look at your weapons and builds once you understand them.
Try to delve into damage values to gain full understanding of your loadouts!
| Damage Formula Explanations | Damage Number Colors Explained |
| Weapon Elemental Damage | Dragon Element Explained |
| What are Motion Values? | What are Hitzone Values? |
| What is Critical Distance? | - |
Weapon Moves and Combat
Apart from standard weapon attacks, you have a variety of special moves which you can use to deal more damage against monsters.
There are also defensive options available for some weapons to give you more survivability.
| All Offset Attacks and How to Use | Wounding Mechanic Explained |
| Focus Mode and Focus Strike | How to Trigger a Power Clash |
| Moves with Super and Hyper Armor | How to Block and Perfect Guard |
Weapon Guides
Several weapons have underlying mechanics which are useful to know in order to maximize their effectiveness.
| Hunting Horn Songs and Effects | Bowgun Mods Explained |
| Gunlance Shelling Explained | Bowgun Special Ammo Guide |
| Phial Types Explained | Blunt, Sever, and Shot |
Facility Guides
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Material Retrieval
Material Retrieval is Monster Hunter Wilds' farm system. NPCs can help you gather various materials passively while you go on hunts.
Material Retrieval Guide: How to Unlock the Farm
Item Trading
Item Trading are available from certain NPCs in various locales. They will sometimes offer rare items that you can get without heading out in the wild to gather them.
Smelting
Smelting at the Oilwell Basin lets you recycle materials into Armor Spheres and Artian Weapon ores, which you can use to upgrade armor and Artian Weapons.
Melding Pot
The Melding Pot in Suja, Peaks of Accord allows you to get various decorations and Artian Weapon shards. You will unlock more melding options as you progress through High Rank.
Support Ship
The Support Ship is an item shop that appears at the base camp every few days. You can get various items, materials, and even some weapons here in exchange for Guild Points.
Monster Hunter Wilds Related Guides
Monster Hunter Wilds Walkthrough Wiki
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 Weapons |
 Armor Sets |
 Monsters |
 Builds |
 Story Walkthrough |
 Artian Weapons
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 Maps and Locations |
 Items and Materials |
 Tips and Tricks |
 Game Mechanics |
 Endemic Life |
 Skills |
 Decorations |
 Talismans |
 Characters |
 Quests |
 Palico |
 Trophies |
 Cosmetics |
 Furniture |
 Festivals
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 News and Game Info |
 Message Boards |
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