This is a guide to all Armor and Armor Skills found in Monster Hunter World (MHW) and the Iceborne expansion. Learn everything you need to know about Armor here!

What is Armor?

A Hunter's Defensive Equipment

Armor is the primary form of defensive equipment for hunters in Monster Hunter World! They provide defensive bonuses for both Raw (Physical) and Elemental defense, that a hunter is going to need when fighting dangerous monsters.

Armor also contains Skills that you gain when equipped. Each piece has one or two Skills with varying number of levels for each Skill. Individual pieces may also have Decoration Slots on them for you to add additional Skills. Armor comes in 5 parts, Head, Torso, Arms, Waist, and Feet. These 5 pieces make up an Armor Set.

What are Skills?

Buffs or Abilities that Help with Hunting

Skills are buffs or abilities that help players in or out of combat when wearing either an Armor Piece, Charm, or Decoration that adds levels to a Skill. Unlike the past Monster Hunter games, you do not need a certain number of Skill points to activate the Skill. Instead, each Skill point provides a bonus that increases the more levels there are in the Skill.

Experienced Hunters use these Skills to help increase their chances of successfully hunting powerful monsters!

List of All Skills

What are Armor Sets?

A Group of Armor Pieces that Synergize

Specific Armor pieces that share the same Defense rating and Elemental Resistances which are mainly crafted from a single monster. There are times where equipping a certain number of Armor pieces in an Armor Set will give the player Set Bonuses.

List of All Armor Sets

What are Set Bonuses?

Special Skills of Armor Set

Set Bonuses are special Skills that are activated when wearing the required number of Armor pieces in a specific Armor Set. These bonuses can activate even when mixing Alpha , Beta, or Armor pieces which share the same Set Bonus.

List of All Set Bonuses

List of Armor

List of Armor by Rarity

Master Rank Armor By Rarity
Rarity 9	Rarity 10	Rarity 11	Rarity 12
Armor by Rarity
Rarity 5	Rarity 6	Rarity 7	Rarity 8
Rarity 1	Rarity 2	Rarity 3	Rarity 4

List of Monster Armor

Base Game Monsters

Great Jagras	Kulu-Ya-Ku	Pukei-Pukei
Barroth	Jyuratodus	Tobi-Kadachi
Anjanath	Rathian	Tzitzi-Ya-Ku
Paolumu	Great Girros	Radobaan
Legiana	Odogaron	Rathalos
Diablos	Kirin	Zorah Magdaros
Dodogama	Pink Rathian	Bazelgeuse
Deviljho	Lavasioth	Uragaan
Azure Rathalos	Black Diablos	Nergigante
Teostra	Lunastra	Kushala Daora
Vaal Hazak	Kulve Taroth	Xeno'jiiva

Iceborne Monsters

Beotodus	Banbaro	Viper Tobi-Kadachi
Nightshade Paolumu	Coral Pukei-Pukei	Barioth
Nargacuga	Glavenus	Tigrex
Brachydios	Shrieking Legiana	Fulgur Anjanath
Acidic Glavenus	Ebony Odogaron	Velkhana
Seething Bazelgeuse	Blackveil Vaal Hazak	Namielle
Savage Deviljho	Brute Tigrex	Ruiner Nergigante
Shara Ishvalda	Zinogre	Yian Garuga
Gold Rathian	Silver Rathalos	Rajang
Stygian Zinogre	Safi'jiiva	Furious Rajang
Raging Brachydios	Frostfang Barioth	Alatreon
Fatalis

Arch-Tempered Elder Dragons

Nergigante	Teostra	Lunastra
Kirin	Zorah Magdoros	Kushala Daora
Vaal Hazak	Kulve Taroth	Xeno'jiiva
Namielle	Velkhana

Collaboration Monsters

Behemoth

Leshen

Ancient Leshen

List of Monster Armors

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