Tag: Monster Hunter World
Guide Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Guiding Lands Endgame Explained - How It Works
The Guiding Lands
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne's endgame is all about hunting. Hunting, hunting, and more hunting. Hunting until your thumbs hurt. Hunting until you've got the biggest, baddest weapon of them all. In this guide, we're going to go over what Monster Hunter World: Iceborne's endgame asks of you. What it is, how it works, and how best...
Guide Monster Hunter World: Iceborne - How to Craft the Best Weapons
Where to find materials for Rarity 12 weapons
How do you get the best weapons in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne? The expansion's highest ranked weapons are also the hardest to craft. Many Rarity 12 weapons in particular require extremely rare materials from some of the game's most powerful monsters. This guide does not contain story-related Monster...
Guide Monster Hunter World: Iceborne - How to Augment Weapons
Health Regen, Affinity Boost, and more
How do you augment weapons in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne? Augmenting your favourite weapons in Iceborne doesn't work like it did in Monster Hunter World. You no longer grind for weapon-specific stones in order to add passive skills to your weapons such as health regen. Instead, you have to make use of...
Guide How to Play as Aloy from Horizon: Zero Dawn in Monster Hunter: World
Aloy-ha!
Monster Hunter: World officially launches tomorrow, and an event will kick off that allows you to don Aloy's armour from Horizon: Zero Dawn. You can even make your little Palico pet look exactly like a machine as well. You have to be quick, though, because the event will only run for a limited time and it's unclear whether or not it...
Guide Monster Hunter: World Weapons - All Hunting Horns, Upgrade Trees, and How to Craft them
Blow your own horn
Wish you could play Guitar Hero instead of Monster Hunter: World? Why not both? It's not really the same thing, but the Hunting Horn plays a lot like a rhythm action game. It's a weapon designed for multiplayer, and rather than focus on attacking the monsters, you'll remain at the back playing songs to buff and heal the party...
Guide Monster Hunter: World Weapons - All Lances, Upgrade Trees, and How to Craft them
Lance a lot
Welcome to the latest instalment in our Monster Hunter: World weapons crafting guide. This one focuses on the Lance, the weapon of choice for those of you that favour defense above all else. With the Lance you'll generally keep your guard up at all times, prodding the monster with your big stick whenever the opportunity presents...
Guide Monster Hunter: World Weapons - All Light Bowguns, Upgrade Trees, and How to Craft Them
Updated with all light bowguns
Welcome to the latest instalment in our Monster Hunter: World weapons crafting guide. This one focuses on the Light Bowgun, the weapon of choice for those that want to fight with a Bowgun, but doesn't want to sacrifice on mobility. While the Heavy Bowgun does deal more damage, and generally has more...
Guide Monster Hunter: World Weapons - All Sword & Shields, Upgrade Trees, and How to Craft Them
Updated with all swords & shields
The Sword & Shield is the quintessential beginner's weapon in Monster Hunter: World, but that's not to say it's no good later in the game. The weapon has a lot going for it. You get a defensive boost thanks to the shield, can move while guarding, and you can even use items without unequipping your weapon...
Guide Monster Hunter: World Weapons - All Switch Axes, Upgrade Trees, and How to Craft them
Updated with all switch axes
Welcome to the latest instalment in our Monster Hunter: World weapons crafting guide. This one focuses on the Switch Axe, the weapon of choice for those that think the best defense is a ridiculously good offense. Seriously, this weapon deals out insane damage at a considerable pace. You'll start off chopping away...
Guide Monster Hunter: World Weapons - All Long Swords, Upgrade Trees, and How to Craft Them
Updated with all long swords
Monster Hunter: World's Long Sword is designed for those that wish they were Samurai. Not only do most designs resemble a katana, but the move set favours swift movement and deadly attacks. If you like to remain on the frontline, dealing solid damage while evading enemy attacks, this is the weapon for you. So read on to...
Guide Monster Hunter: World Weapons - All Charge Blades, Upgrade Trees, and How to Craft Them
Updated with all charge blades
Welcome to the latest instalment in our Monster Hunter: World weapons crafting guide. This one focuses on the Charge Blade, an intriguing blend of the Sword & Shield and Switch Axe. If you like playing it safe while you wait for an opportunity to stun the monster, then unleash a multitude of deadly...
Guide Monster Hunter: World Weapons - All Bows, Upgrade Trees, and How to Craft them
Updated with all bows
Welcome to the latest instalment in our Monster Hunter: World weapons crafting guide. This one focuses on the Bow, the weapon of choice for those that like to fight from range while keeping on the move. The Bow may not do an awful lot of damage with each arrow, but the sheer number of them you can fire off at...
Guide Monster Hunter: World Weapons - All Dual Blades, Upgrade Trees, and How to Craft Them
Updated with all dual blades
Monster Hunter: World is all about hunting, and as such you won't make it very far without having something pointy to stick in those nasty monsters. How about two instead of just one? If one sword is 100, surely two swords is 200? Well, if that's your mentality, the Dual Blades are for you. These vicious weapons...
Guide Monster Hunter: World Armor Sets - All Low Rank Armor Sets and How to Craft Them
Fight to the end(game)
Crafting armor sets is the bread and butter of Monster Hunter: World. From your very first excursion into the dangerous lands of the Ancient Forest, you'll gather materials that you can use to craft bigger and better sets. We want to help you plan your journey from the very beginning right up until your epic fight with Zorah...
Guide Monster Hunter: World - All Monsters, Locations, and Materials
Updated with all monsters and locations!
The whole point of Monster Hunter: World is to hunt and kill monsters. Sure, there's plenty more to do like fishing, capturing wildlife, and crafting nice new weapons and armour, but you'll spend the bulk of your time whacking big monsters with even bigger swords. To help you do that, we've documented the...
Guide Monster Hunter: World Armor Sets - All High Rank Armor Sets and How to Craft Them
Updated with even more sets
Without armour crafting, there is no Monster Hunter. It's such an integral part of the experience, and your primary motivation for killing large monsters. To help you get all of the high rank sets faster, we've created this enormous list of all of the armor sets in the game, what you need to craft them, and how they will...
Guide Monster Hunter: World Tobi-Kadachi - How to Beat It, Weaknesses, and Strategies
Bringing the thunder
Tobi-Kadachi from Monster Hunter: World is thunder and lightning in a monster form. This one will terrorise you from above, flying from treetop to treetop, raining thunder down on unsuspecting victims like you. Follow our strategies below, and pay attention to our tips and you'll walk away alive every single time. Here's how to...
Guide Monster Hunter: World Jyuratodus - How to Beat It, Weaknesses, and Strategies
What lurks beneath
Monster Hunter: World's Jyuratodus is a pretty intimidating monster, as it forces you to fight in water. This slows your movement and affects your ability to dodge, which kind of sucks given how hard it hits. Not only that, but like Barroth, Jyuratodus covers itself in hardened mud that protects it from your attacks. ...
Guide Monster Hunter: World Barroth - How to Beat It, Weaknesses, and Strategies
Barroth of laughs
Monster Hunter: World's Barroth isn't a particularly tricky monster to beat. While it does have one particularly powerful attack, the biggest trouble you'll have with it is knocking off the hardened mud that it uses as armor. But that's exactly what this guide is for – to help you do just that so you can beat it. We'll also...
Guide Monster Hunter: World Pukei-Pukei - How to Beat It, Weaknesses, and Strategies
The Pu-key to defeating it
Pukei-Pukei is an early monster you'll face in Monster Hunter: World. This particular beast stalks the northern zones of the Ancient Forest, and loves a little bit of poison. So much so that many of its attacks use it, and its den is surrounded by poisonous plants. But that's not even the most dangerous aspect of...
Guide Monster Hunter: World Kulu-Ya-Ku - How to Beat It, Weaknesses, and Strategies
Kulu-YUCK-Ku
Kulu-Ya-Ku is one of the first large monsters you'll face in Monster Hunter: World, and it'll keep cropping up throughout your adventure due to having two natural habitats. It's not a particularly tough monster to bring down, but there are a few attacks that you'll definitely want to avoid. There are also specific areas worth targeting...
Guide Monster Hunter: World Great Jagras - How to Beat It, Weaknesses, and Strategies
Not so great anymore
Great Jagras is the first large monster you'll face in Monster Hunter: World, and while it doesn't pose an awful lot of threat, it will still challenge those fresh to the hunt. To help you tackle this scaly nightmare, we've written a few tips below to help you plan your attack, and avoid the Great Jagras' most powerful moves...
Guide Monster Hunter: World - How to Mount Large Monsters and Aim for Specific Body Parts
Come out on top in battle
Did you know you could mount large monsters in Monster Hunter: World in order to deal a ton of damage to a specific body part without fear of attack? Thought not. Unless you're already familiar with the franchise, you'll probably completely overlook this, and a bunch more features. In fact, the only way you can really...
Pali-go!
Palico partners are hands down the most adorable addition to Monster Hunter: World. Not only do they fight alongside you in combat and use various different equipment to help you and hinder monsters, but you can also play dress up with them. In fact, there's almost as many Palico armor sets and weapons as there are for your main character...
Guide Monster Hunter: World - How to Get Your 5 Million Celebration Item Pack
Let's celebrate
Monster Hunter: World hasn't even been out for a week yet, and it's already sold a whopping five million copies. That's hardly surprising given how great it is, but it's still an impressive feat. To celebrate, Capcom is showering early adopters with gifts that will give you a serious boost while out hunting monsters. But, as is...
Guide Monster Hunter: World Armor Skills, What They Do, and Upgrade Levels
Get good
When you first start playing Monster Hunter: World, you'll likely be tempted to focus on crafting armor with a higher defense rating. We recommend that you don't do that, because the skills on them are far more important. That's because you can upgrade most armor sets to the max defense rating, but you can't change the skills on the vast...
A problem shared
Chances are, you've bought Monster Hunter: World for multiplayer. After all, the enormous world and even bigger monsters are way more fun to tackle as a group than by your lonesome. The only problem is, Capcom hasn't made it very easy to play with your friends. Nor is it exactly straightforward to join a squad, or create a...
Guide Monster Hunter: World Weapons - All Gunlances, Upgrade Trees, and How to Craft them
Updated with all gunlances!
Welcome to the latest instalment in our Monster Hunter: World weapons crafting guide. This one focuses on the Gunlance, the weapon of choice for those that fancy having a little bit of everything. The Gunlance has decent damage, a ranged option, and yet still plenty of the same defensive options as the Lance. If you...
Guide Monster Hunter: World – All Items, Ammo & Coatings, and How to Craft Them
You're a crafty one
As the name suggests, Monster Hunter: World is an experience made up of mostly hunting massive monsters with even bigger weapons. As is often the case, though, preparation is key, and you won't get very far at all without bringing the necessary equipment. That's where this guide comes in. We want to help you find all of the...
Guide Monster Hunter: World Beginners Tips and Tricks - Everything You Need to Know
A world of adventure
Monster Hunter: World revolves around a fleet of expert hunters as they journey to the new world, seeking the truth about an event known as the Elder Crossing. This is where dragons periodically travel to this new land for an unknown purpose. In many ways, this echoes what's happening to the franchise itself. Since the...
Review Monster Hunter: World (PS4)
A whole new world
Monster Hunter: World is a departure for the franchise – and we're not just talking the new location. This is the first main entry to launch away from Nintendo since 2006, when Monster Hunter 2 found its feet on the PlayStation 2. It's a bit of a leap going from the technologically limited platforms of Nintendo to the PlayStation...
News Monster Hunter: World Has Plenty of Trophies to Hunt Down
Make some space in your cabinet
Not only will Monster Hunter: World feature lots of fearsome beasts to hunt, there will also be a decent list of Trophies to tackle. The full Trophy list has hit the web, and it contains 50 trinkets for you to collect. It's more or less the kind of challenges you'd expect from the release: progress through the story,...
Guide Monster Hunter: World - All 14 Weapons and How to Use Them
Gear up
Monster Hunter: World marks a return to PlayStation for Capcom's addictive franchise, after releasing almost exclusively on Nintendo platforms for a near decade. Boy, has it made its presence known. Not only does it use the full grunt of the PS4 (and Pro) to create the most visually impressive Monster Hunter to date, it also introduces an...
Guide Monster Hunter: World Weapons - All Heavy Bowguns, Upgrade Trees, and How to Craft them
Updated with all heavy bowguns!
Welcome to the latest instalment in our Monster Hunter: World weapons crafting guide. This one focuses on the Heavy Bowguns, the weapon of choice for those that think a machine gun is the way to go. Well, that's the special ability of the Heavy Bowgun. Once a monster is stunned, you can rain down havoc...
Guide Monster Hunter: World Weapons - All Great Swords, Upgrade Trees, and How to Craft Them
Updated with all great swords!
So you like swords big enough to break someone's back when they try to lift them? Fair enough. Monster Hunter: World's monsters are pretty big themselves, so you're going to need a weapon that can put them down for good. How about a Great Sword? But there are an absolute ton of great swords in the game, all with...
Guide Monster Hunter: World Weapons - All Insect Glaives, Upgrade Trees, and How to Craft Them
Updated with all insect glaives!
Welcome to the latest instalment in our Monster Hunter: World weapons crafting guide. This one focuses on the Insect Glaive, the weapon of choice for those that like to spend a ton of time airborne. It's kind of like a staff from martial arts movies, crossed with some of the Horn's functionality. You...
