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Monster Hunter Wilds

How to Get Water Gun Gesture

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The Water Gun gesture is obtainable during the Flamefete event in Monster Hunter Wilds. Check out how to get the Water Gun gesture and its uses here!

How to Get Water Gun

Claim Login Bonus During the Flamefete Event

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You can get the Water Gun gesture for free by claiming a login bonus during the Festival of Accord: Flamefete Event, which is available from July 22 until August 12, 2025 (ET). Do note that you can only claim this gesture while the festival is active. If you haven't claimed it after the event is over, you'll have to wait for the next run of the festival in the future.

Festival of Accord: Flamefete Event Guide

How to Use Water Gun

Found in Gestures Tab in Communication Menu

The Water Gun gesture can be accessed in the Gestures tab of the Communication menu. You can also slot this gesture in your Radial Menu for faster access.

List of Gestures

Water Gun Uses

Interact with Other Hunters

This gesture is a fun way to interact with your fellow hunters. Just make sure not to get constantly blasted with water as it does stagger you!

Multiplayer Hunting Board

Using the Water Gun Can Activate Swimmer Meal

While it's a funny effect of the geture to give hunters a wet appearance, this can actually trigger the the Swimmer Meal food skill! Utilize it if you'd like an attack boost of +3 while wet!

Swimmer Meal Skill Effects

Interact with Palicos

Using the gesture on your Palico shows fun reactions from your Felyne friend. You can also do this to other hunters' Palicos as well!

Palico Guide

Interact with NPCs

This gesture can also cause some NPCs like Gemma and Nata to react in fun ways. Try it out on your favorite characters and see how they react!

List of Characters and All Voice Actors

Water Gun Deals Damage to Monsters

While we don't recommend fighting any Large Monster with this gesture alone, it's amusing to note that the Water Gun gesture does deal minimal damage to monsters! However it's still advised to use regular weapons in hunts to avoid complications.

List of All Weapons

Water Gun Can Activate Wylk Crystals

When used on Wylk Crystals, the white crystals that protude from the ground in the Ruins of Wyveria, the Water Gun gesture activates a Water blast from them. You can use this to deal decent damage to monsters!

How to Set and Activate Traps

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4 Anonymous Anonymous@Game8 4 months

Thank you very much for the feedback! We've updated the page to add that the Water Gun gesture can indeed activate Wylk Crystals.

3 Anonymous Anonymous 4 months

Also while this "Gesture" has no considerable damage like the Hadouken from Akuma it can activate the icicles left by Zoh Shia

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