*This is a safe haven for gamers who value game mechanics and systems, because that’s what makes anything from 8-bit to 8k, equally enjoyable.* *Thanks for taking out some time to watch my stuff! I appreciate that!* - Alex Try sharing this with a friend or two that you are trying to bring into Monster Hunter, maybe this will make it seem less daunting. Also, a big WELCOME to all the new PC players coming in to Iceborne this month! Have fun!
This is a pretty good collection of tips! May I recommend you add time stamps to each section, in the video description; for players who want to review certain sections of this video?
@@Freedom-kl8rt Monster Hunter never makes you feel like you are "left behind", so I would say it is ALWAYS a great time to jump in. One of the most helpful and welcoming communities in all of gaming.
"I have 500 hours, he could not tell me anything I don't already know" You can open your menu and change the view distance to far and get a better view of the monster "YOU CAN WHAT?"
Hey so is MHW still pretty active? I absolutely loved it, but had to leave the country for work and haven't been able to play since a few months after launch. I had a greatsword character. They still pretty good?
Some tips i can give: - Your radial menu settings are tied to your item loadouts. - Monsters will drop 3 red pods based on how low their hp is. 1st(30%), 2nd(20%), 3rd(10%). Monsters can be captured at 25% health and lower, so when the 2nd pod is dropped it's a guaranteed capture. Pods dropped from clutch claw attacks do not count. - You can actually use tranq bombs before traps to capture. Tranq bomb effects linger for about a minute. - Enraged monsters(monster icon glowing red in minimap) will unrelentingly chase you everywhere until they are not enraged anymore. Scary, but this can be useful in certain cases where you want to lure them to a specific area where you can trigger environmental hazards(like falling rocks in ancient forest) to bring them down. - Turn off auto-sheathe in settings. - Slinger ammo can be fired while mounting. The damage contributes to the threshold for when the monster is ready for a mounting finisher. - Using the ping on your radial menu while stunned will alert your palico to help you out. Results may vary due to wonky cat A.I. - In Iceborne there is a new option in settings to turn on a silhouette of your hunter when a monster is in front of you blocking the camera. There's so many little things that the game does not tell you that I would say it's recommended to ask questions and look up guides.
Side note with monster health captures it's not always the same for every monster, eg Deviljjo needs to be around 10% if not a maybe a bit lower. Weaker monsters are around 30-35%
I’m sure someone mentioned this. But once you reach the rotten vale and already encountered Odogaron. You can then go on a expedition and try to encounter it again but hope for the monster to have a dead Legiana with it. It will drag it back to its den. You will see a wild cat (can’t spell it’s native name) anyways it will run and you will have to follow. Then once you follow it to where it’s going, you can lure it back from its hiding spot with a piece of raw meat. Put it down and a group of feral cats will dance around it and thank you. Then you will receive the Palico tool called plunderblade! In Icebourne, each palico tools can level to 15 and each has an additional support skill. Plunderblades is the tool which jumps on the monster and repeats a carving motion which drops lucrative scales that can be sold for money. A very good way to make millions when you’re fighting high end monsters. Hope this helps. Edit: excuse the typos! Late edit: Max rank for your feline friend is lvl 20.
"Side note, hold down the sprint button to speed up this opening book animation" After 800 hours not knowing this, all i have to say is YOU ABSOLUTE GOD!!
I started world with a bunch of friends, they settled upon rushing and get to iceborne. Looking back I am so happy I didn’t use the defender set, going through the process of painstakingly farming monsters was pretty fun. Iceborne might be fun but what comes before doesn’t fall short either, don’t rush it.
Some additional tips from the top of my head: - Nulberries nullify blights (water/fire/blast/thunder) - Lifepowder item heals all members in the hunting party within visible distance (all hunters must be in the same area) - Do not shoot a flashpod while a Monster is being mounted by another hunter. Especially, a flying one. - Cutting/Slicing weapons (Longsword/Dual blades/Greatsword etc.) - focus on the Monster's tail or legs (to trip it down). - Blunt/KO inducing weapons (Hammer/Hunting Horn etc.) - aim for the head. - While sleeping, its better to Clutch claw to the Monster's face and unload all of your Slinger ammo to KO force it into a wall (if the Monster is close to a wall) rather than the "Sleep-bomb" technique. - Cold drinks - carry in the Volcanic/Wasteland regions to prevent your Health depletion. - Hot drinks - carry in the Tundra/Snowy region to prevent your Stamina depletion. - Pressing Options button skips the eating food animation and cutscenes - You can shoot SOS signal to have hunters join your quest (sometimes not the brightest decision) - Monster Hunter has one of the best gaming communities so if you need help - ask! ~Happy Hunting to all the new hunters!
Lol this make me remember In MHGen/MHGU there are HotBlooded and ColdBlooded Skill, they increase your atk when you drink hot drink in hot area, and cold drink in cold are
Focus more on self-preservation then damage output. Seen too many new players swinging wildly at a monster and getting carted immediately. You can't deal damage from camp, so avoid carting at all costs.
Never knew seeing the skulls on the minimap was related to research level! That explains why sometimes me and my friends don't see them when the others do.
Current monster research levels are shown with yellow bars on the bottom left of the map screen. The bar has to be completely full for the skulls to show up. Gather the tracks! When the monster changes zone your scoutflies come back out, so doing research should be another step alongside the usual resharpening, healing, rebuffing, etc.
As a returning player (over 2 years of absence) for over a month now and I really missed this game and fell in love with it all over again, finally got to try all the DLC and most events (are the special events now permanent?) that I missed out on. Here’s a few tips for newer players: Play the game however you please too. It’s simple really theirs many optional builds you can try and yes try all the weapons! You do not need to stick to one main weapon, some are really fun, some take time to master. I have 4 different weapons I tend to use. Make sure you loot everything (unless you wanna attempt challenge runs). Probably the number one rule because you need loot to upgrade, craft items etc. Do not rush the game! I have 2 accounts one for my solo and one with friends and my friends all rushed the game and we’ve hit master rank with no farming, just basically going from boss to boss. And if you’re playing for story (honestly it ain’t that interesting to me) then yeah that’s fine but if you wanna play more tactical then farming is required especially on later weapons and equipment. Farming through investigation. If you’re planning on farming then do it through investigations, not through expeditions. Bosses drop more loot this way or small animals depending what you’re after. Take your time and have fun! Honestly paste yourself slowly through the game, get to know the area and environments. It’s a beautiful game to look at as well. You’ll learn what to bring and what to leave at base the more you know about the maps. Always look up guides online, theirs information about loot, each bosses. Research everything as well because even I didn’t know you can get random boss drops by researching tracks! Have fun guys!
I'm an MR 999 lance main with almost 2k hours, but I watched the entire thing. Great vid, totally gonna send this to my friends when they start the game.
I wish they didn't put the defender stuff in. I just got the game yesterday and I got to the first time you go on an expedition. I was just kind of exploring and that Anjanath monster attacked me. The game told me multiple times to run away. But I wanted to see if I could beat it. It took me FOREVER because I'm still a noob, but I killed it with the defender Lance because it was barely able to even hurt me. The defender gear makes everything so easy. I didn't realize until just now when watching this video that it wasn't originally in the game.
Jesse James Smith yeah it’s only useful if you want to breeze through world to get to the expansion quickly, but personally o wouldn’t recommend using it, maybe the weapons but the armour is too op, you don’t get to experience of fighting tough monsters and having to dodge attacks, master rank is gonna be extra difficult for people wo are used to a lower difficulty
I started playing MHW about 2 weeks ago. The first time I went after Anjanath I carted 3 times and wiped and was horribly flustered. Then I carted 2 more times with Fortify and just barely got him down to zero before I lost to tilt.
One thing I learned: Always carry flashpods when facing monster that are VERY keen on staying in the air for some free knockdowns. Also do NOT neglect the botanical gardens, it is an amazing source of materials!
Although this is still a useful tip, flash pods got a nerf in Master Rank. There is a pretty hefty cooldown before they will work on the same monster twice.
Also, when you're comfortable with your money situation, do your best to buy 9999 of everything you can from a hub vendor during a festival. Everything but Power/Armor charms will be half off, so you can stock up on potions, trap tools and ammo to the absolute maximum. I do this almost every fest... just one less thing to worry about, and you can save a ton of cash/cultivation time. Like buy 10k spread 1 ammo, 10k gunpowder 2, 10k gunpowder 3. Then craft all the spread 3 you can, up to 10k. Buy gunpowder 3 to 10k again. Buy spread 1 to 10k again, and craft spread 2 to 10k. Then buy gunpowder 2 to 10k again. Finally, buy spread 1 to 10k again, and you now have 9999 spread 1, 2 and 3. That's enough ammo to last months, considering you also have 9999 gunpowder 2/3 to make even more spread ammos. If you use guns with any kind of frequency, festivals should be your call to refill all your ammunition.
Some tips that I’ve acquired (PC player here, but likely applicable to PS4 as well): - At the provisions center, when you sell items, you don’t have to search for your trade-in items (the items that have no use outside of being sold). On PC, by default pressing R allows you to automatically sell all of your trade-in items at once. According to 5:37, it happens to be the triangle key for PS4. - On PC if you want to skip routine dialogue (for example, from the Handler or the Botanical Research Center), you can press Esc to skip to their last line of dialogue, which brings down the number of prompts you need to tap through to 2. Minor boost in convenience. Not certain if there’s a button for this on PS4. - At the Steamworks in Seliana (which you unlock early on into the Iceborne campaign), when you “Help the Steamworks”, you’ll get a prompt to “Auto-convert” items into fuel. Always accept this, as the items you convert on this particular screen can only be used as Steamworks fuel. This is not to be confused with the “Add Fuel” screen, which allows you to convert otherwise useful ores into fuel as well. - Multiplayer hunting etiquette. Performing attacks that hit other players won’t directly damage them, but could cause them to “flinch” and make them helpless. So be careful not to hit your teammates (this is especially true for me as a dual blades main). Typically you want blunt attacking folks like hammers to hit the head for KO’s, and severing attacking folks (anything that’s a blade) to try to cut off the monster’s tail (most monsters’ tails are severable). You can also upgrade the flinch free skill to prevent yourself from getting flinched by other players. I’ll keep updating this if I remember other stuff
Just wanted to say this is a very well put together video for new players. Been flicking through a bunch to pass onto my new Christmas hunter friends (so much misinformation out there) and this is definitely one I'll be sharing.
Because hunting horn(HH) is the most beloved teammate but the less played in the MH world. If you're a HH everyone will love you and you'll be accepted into any party. However. you also need to stock up on itens for healing since you're basically a buffer/healer guy with tremendous damage and knockout when played correctly.
New to this game, downloading it while I'm watching this, I was unsure of how popular it would still be, seems to be very active! thanks for the guide, I'm sure I'll be back to refer to different parts as I go through the adventure
gonna have to watch this about 9 more times before I understand it. This game is way complicated....for no reason. Thanks for taking the time to make the video!
One Tip i'd add for new players is pay attention to the environments. Some areas have breakable environment parts like boulder drops and these deal good damage and also make the monster fall, leaving them open for attacks. (:
I'm playing Monster hunter world now and I confess was DRAGGED through it in a rushed fashion by a mate aiding in missions and share play to get to Iceborne. This video was so very helpful now that I'm playing it again to have the information refreshed and reinstalled in my skull to actually play close to their level 😎 Subscribed and thank you for the effort you put into making it. Very informative. Edit: Thank you guys too for the informative comments! 😂 Very helpful. A great community.
5:32 you can go to your item box and choose sell items, there's a button to sell all useless trade items (mostly those mats drop by bandit mantle and Kulve Taroth)
Kind of a late post, but it is important to know the difference in rolls between sharp and blunt weapons. One is great for breaking faces, and armor, and the such, while sharp/bladed weapons are good for removing tails. And how some useful drops can only regularly be acquired through breaking certain parts
Ur gonna have so much fun. It's an RPG where instead of leveling up with XP, you level up by getting rare materials and using better armor and weapons. What weapon do you think you'll use?
Dale Adney i just finished that game with my buddy and it was my first monster hunter game ever. such a great game. The co-op system made me extremely mad but now that were through the story i have no issues with it. The insect glaive is my go to. I feel like a godly monk just bouncing around and also being able to fly up with wyverns is cool. This game is just cool and i wish i played it when i dropped.
Another tips to know if your monster is weak enough for capture is to notice if they start dropping pierce pod (the red slinger ammo). This gets complicated when you factor in the clutch claw but generally, if they drop them naturally, they are close to death.
I'm a returning player that played the first month of ps4 launch that has moved to PC. This was really helpful in learning some of the changes that have come in the last two years. I think a video that concentrates more on these changes would help others like myself.
I just started a week ago, working through the base game now with my switch axe. That and the hammer are my favorites so far. Feel like I don’t know what I’m doing, but I’m having fun and this video helped!
another easy way to tell if a monster is ready to be captured is by seeing if they drop two slinger (monster slinger is red) its hard to notice if you are new but it is a good way to tell if they are low enough.
Defender gear has been a timesaver. I recently lost my saved data on PS4 (it was my fault) and have been rushing through the og campaign so I can finally play Iceborne!!!
I'm a brand new player and love the defender armor and weapons! Just killed Pukei-Pukei. This was kind of a lot of information but I'll definitely refer back to it many times.
Here's a tip: - use only Guardian armor sets and 1-2 Guardian Weapons to plow through Low Rank and partial High Rank until Pink Rathian tracks gathering mission - Pink Rathian tracks gathering mission can be 'sped up' by completing basic quest (any high rank quest) - Try to gets yourself accustomed to the entire system in the game (weapon, armors, items, upgrades, etc) using only the Guardian Sets (the whole build may not the best tank, but it's the best option you got that have 0 drawsback to you now anyway). - Try to kill as many High Rank monster during expedition, you have practically infinite respawn anyway lol, and also it's an easy way to gets accustomed to a more difficult monster. The Pink Rathian tracks are purposedly made so, so that you may prepared for Elder Dragons and Master Rank anyway
Started playing Monster Hunter 2 weeks ago and loving it, and this is my third time watching the video. First time just to get some idea what to check out, second to actually do them and now a third watch in case I forgot one of these amazing tips. Started out with the hammer then switched to the lance which felt really solid, though once I started to get better the lance got kinda boring, now I'm back to the hammer with a heavy focus on aerial attacks and it's just a ton of fun looping them from ledges or slopes. Btw any one else struggling with remembering to unequip the dung pods after use? those really suck when going for a flinch shot - Aim the monster at the wall, fire, but then nothing happens and the monster runs away. Had a few facepalm moments when playing in random parties....though one turned out really good, I had a lesser facepalm moment right before that when I misplaced a shock trap, but thanks to the dung pod blast to the face the monster ended up fleeing straight into it, resulting in my most awesome capture yet.
Don't worry. I still do that with flash pods from time to time, and I've got over 5k hours in just THIS MH title. I have been actively working to correct that behavior over the last few hundred hours, though.
Not sure if I’d be considered a noob or a veteran to MH, since I did get into MH fairly recently (within the last year), but didn’t get into it through World. I just got World today after getting to HR break in Gen U. I also played a bit of 4U before that. So I’m not a complete newbie but certainly not a pro either. That’s nice that they gave new players good armor sets to power through the game. Makes me feel like I might actually be able to catch up.
I just started playing this like three days ago. I love it. It's perfectly right up my alley in terms of what kind of game I'm into. I wish I started it sooner but having it free on PS5 made it so easy to try it and I'm glad I did. I'll be watching a lot of guides though because there are so many mechanics and I dunno how half of them work 😂
As a new player, stun Resistance 3 has been a game changer for me. I can sit there and go toe to toe with the boss while learning it's moves instead of dying because of a stun
Another tip, specifically for Lunastra and one shot ultimate moves, it's better to dive and avoid it then try to take it on. Use dive, use it. Also, when you're on the ground after taking a hit, sometimes it's better to stay on the ground as long as you can as you're practically invulnerable while on it
I can definitely see why they made the Defender set to help newer players but to be honest it was a lot more entertaining taking me Dante/Wyvern Ignition/Dragonking Eyepatch build in blind. The first fight against the snow shark (I forget his name) was a GREAT wake up call to how the old meta wasn't going to cut it anymore. I eventually won but I immediately hunted it again to make the armor set and never looked back.
Played MH on PS4 when it first came out but haven't played since. Today I ended up picking Iceborne on PC and could not remember anything for the life of me. Thanks for the video and the tips. Liked and subbed. Keep up the great content!
Demondrug and Armor skin do stack but you have to use them in the right order with Demon drug first then demon powder then might seed same goes for the defence buffs
From start of Iceborne up to now in Guiding Lands I still use my defender CB and its so great. Since it has health and damage augmentation I survived mostly on my runs. Solo run most my assigned quest
seliana in iceborne is way more convenient for handling your quest preparations, every shop is put more closely together, and you dont need to go to your room anymore for your housekeeper or palico. really glad they did this
Just started 2 weeks ago, new to monster hunter completely. So many things I didn’t know and still so many to learn with this game but I am loving it so far.
Been playing generations for a few years now and finally was able to buy world some of the changes felt a bit overwhelming for me but your video helped alot thank you
Brand new player here from Japan! Just hit high rank but didn't use the Defender set because I didn't see it at first. You need to log in to PSN before you get it since if you buy the Iceborne game with base game included, you need to update it before Defender armor is available. It worked out better though since I think the game was more enjoyable in the beginning with the initial difficulty.
I only used it to blast through low rank on my new character (Beaten the main story like six times now on secondary characters while doing everything on my main). Once you get to high rank, it's obsolete almost immediately. Yes, it has good skills, but you are gonna wanna get mix sets for master rank.
Just started a few days ago and am HR 8 I’m so excited for the coming quests:)) Used to own M.H freedom but I totally had no idea how it worked. M.H. world does a great job introducing the game to newbies :))
Series vet here, but just got into Iceborne and I found so many good tips I didn't realize I could do, like sorting your item bar (thank gooood!) or speeding up the quest selection menu (you're a legend!) Thanks for the great info!
Recently bought this on sale (base game unfortunately) on PS4 and was having some difficulties along with my friend who also recently bought it, this will help a lot. Super informative and helpful and an incredible coincidence this popped up in my recommend feed
I have close to 600 hours in this game. Been playing mh since the ps2 days. If you and your friend need help, I'll be glad to help. D_struggle86 is my psn
So the biggest draw to me is geralt, witcher 3 is my favorite game, this game has a crossover and is focused on rpg and moster killing, thing is, where do i jump in? Should i buy the game? Is there a version where i can get the game and iceborn? I want to jump in but feel like i’ll be missing out if i dont buy the “right” version if you get me
Both is an option. Due to the release beeing so close Id just recommed getting the bundle since its cheaper afaik. Also: Take your time. Iceborne is nice, yes. But so is World so dont rush to the expansion. Youll hit the grind soon enough
Nuka cola Lover For the base game you can get a Gerald cosmetic armor set after finishing the main story w/ a short mission including him, and it is the second best armor to drachen. It’s a good game to have in your collection, but depends what kinda RPGs you like though.
Just subscribed as I know these tips will be invaluable for my son and I beginning in MHW . So I’ll be returning here a lot in the coming weeks/months .
I’ve never played a monster hunter game but this game seems really cool so I’m about to get it. As someone who knows zero things about this series this video definitely helped!
DONT USE THE GUARDIAN EQUIPMENT!!!!! There is NO RUSH going through the base game, and youll get to master rank not knowing how to craft gear correctly or how to navigate the weapon crafting trees, if you go through the game ONLY doing the main story missions and nothing else, youll have no canteen food, no mantles, no resource centre materials, barely ANY essential items such as mega potions or max potions (Unless you are willing to spend several hours at the Seliana mini game to get basic stuff) no materials needed to create 80% of the weapons in the game because you didnt stop to fight the lower tier monsters more than once, and you wont have any different palico equipment like the plunder blade or the meowlotov cocktail. Long story short, the Low rank and High rank stuff IS the game, why rush it? thats like going into an MMO for the first time and just spamming the same two random dungeons repeatedly and completely neglecting EVERYTHING else until maximum level just because you wanted to experience the end game content. If you rush the main story, youll be insanely gimped and be pathetically weak as a player by the time you hit master rank, sure you might hit stuff hard and have good gear, but youll be an inexperienced little scrublet that understands less than the bare basic things that everyone should know, a person that doesnt know how to use healing potions and just let their cats heal them with Vigor Wasps (Yes...those players exist, too many in fact, dont be one of them.)
100% agree. If monster hunter world is your first monster hunter, then avoid the defender armor and weapon. The essence of the game is the loop to kill monsters and craft grear. Master rank is just the last loop. Another tip is to play through the game solo or with a group of friends who are equally skilled at first. Don't get "carried", killing monsters-- especially new monster where you don't know their pattern-- is the core experience ... don't cheat yourself out of that monster hunter experience. Screaming about capcom's secret desire sensor is a monster hunter rite of passage.
@@jackrabbit1704 You say that, but ive seen things that would shock you :P trust me, most people will ALWAYS take the easy route if its available, they wont bother grinding monsters for armour sets, they wont bother with the optional stuff, and they wont learn extremely basic things that most of us take for granted. Ive seen people not upgrade their equipment and they are fighting AT monsters, not knowing to bring mega potions to hunts, not knowing how their weapons function like not knowing to gather kinsect extracts, and if they do then they FIRE the extract at the monster and wait a million years for the kinsect to gather it for them, or people not knowing about investigations so they grind monster parts from the normal optional hunts. My favourite kind of person are the kind that slowly run face first at monsters with their weapons drawn when they have almost no health, then they die once, and either immediately leave the hunt, or they wonder where their cats are, because they havent done multiplayer before and dont know that their cats arent there to auto-heal them, so they face roll stuff, and this is in END GAME high rank, they somehow got to end game high rank, not using mega potions, and havent developed the common sense to back off from a monster when at low health and drinking a healing potion, something that is not only basic in Monster Hunter, but in practically ANY game, so if they cant get that right, goodness knows what else they have neglected. The Guardian Equipment WILL encourage bad behaviour like this, with a super tanky armour set with a weapon that you need not use any other weapon from any tree, meaning you dont need to grind anything in the base game, i guarantee we will see triple the amount of inexperienced players on PC in the end game content, best we can do is help them, or laugh at them....or hell, even applaud them for getting as far as they did playing the way they do xD With over 5mill players on PC, you are bound to find bad players, but another million going through the game using this gear? oof, its gonna be a wild ride.
@@Laoruperteen18 1 million people going through the game with the same gear is better than 0 people going through the game with the same gear, it's their game that they bought. They'll take it as seriously as they want to, nothing in that will change whether they're long-term players or not.
@@jackrabbit1704 you are basically saying that diversity is a bad thing :P people can play how they want, sure, but the irony is that their playstyle and mindsets are all influenced in the same way simply by using tanky equipment, and if everyone does the same thing, they will behave the same, effectively turning them into gaming clones, and as such promotes a watered down experience, meaning the players are ignorant to what the game REALLY offers, and yet they dont find that experience because it literally offers them overpowered equipment right at the start of the game, and turning them into squishy sheep by the time the shit hits the fan late game, and they will have to go back and learn all the things they SHOULDVE learned playing the game normally. Single player, its not such a big deal, people can do what they like, but this game encourages you to play with friends and other people, so when we get those sheep in master rank, we ALL suffer for it, we dont need more bad players clogging up our lobbies than their already are, im all for helping new players, but when you have people that have played for hundreds of hours yet they dont know how their weapons or items work? thats a nono from me im afraid, kiddy gloves are off on the tutorials.
Dodging with your bow aiming active will automatically boost your charge level by one allowing you to move and do damage quicker then rolling then charging.
First time playing yesterday. Katana go “A, Y, A, Y. The right trigger combos are sick. Super fast poke to close distance, just to fling urself off the monster to do a heavy down slash. Although, I miss the second attack 80% of the time
Hey Alex thx for this. I only just hit the core game on PC and man is the whole menu system daunting. I found this really helpful though and will give it another go tonight. One thing I definitely learned is that I can practice with all the weapon types! The game doesn’t do a great job of telling you some stuff, or doesn’t make reading the blocks of text appealing at the start.
I bought this at launch on xbox and played it for hundreds of hours before hitting the wall, recently i decided to give it another chance on PC but pretty much had to relearn everything I used this video to refresh my memory, but I did learn something new
I started playing this game almost 2 weeks ago and I have to admit that this video is literally THE BEST updated newbie guide I've found yet. Thank you!!
*This is a safe haven for gamers who value game mechanics and systems, because that’s what makes anything from 8-bit to 8k, equally enjoyable.*
*Thanks for taking out some time to watch my stuff! I appreciate that!* - Alex
Try sharing this with a friend or two that you are trying to bring into Monster Hunter, maybe this will make it seem less daunting.
Also, a big WELCOME to all the new PC players coming in to Iceborne this month! Have fun!
Boomstick Gaming yo mate, returning vet here, this definitely gave me lovely information on how the game advanced so thanks for the info ;)
This is a pretty good collection of tips! May I recommend you add time stamps to each section, in the video description; for players who want to review certain sections of this video?
There's a easier way to sell all trade in items. Go to item box, sell items hit hot button to sell all trade-in items
I plan to start this game after I invested 2 thousand hours in destiny.. I wonder if it's to late????
@@Freedom-kl8rt Monster Hunter never makes you feel like you are "left behind", so I would say it is ALWAYS a great time to jump in. One of the most helpful and welcoming communities in all of gaming.
"I have 500 hours, he could not tell me anything I don't already know"
You can open your menu and change the view distance to far and get a better view of the monster
"YOU CAN WHAT?"
I have 550 - and my heart nearly stopped while hearing this xD. The customizable Itembar was also uknown to me - used radial menu all the time.
I’ve been playing MH for 15 years and they keep adding cool new stuff. I just wish it took me longer than 12 hours to finish one now
Exactly
Hey so is MHW still pretty active? I absolutely loved it, but had to leave the country for work and haven't been able to play since a few months after launch. I had a greatsword character. They still pretty good?
I have 1,000 hours some of it i dont even know 🤣
Some tips i can give:
- Your radial menu settings are tied to your item loadouts.
- Monsters will drop 3 red pods based on how low their hp is. 1st(30%), 2nd(20%), 3rd(10%). Monsters can be captured at 25% health and lower, so when the 2nd pod is dropped it's a guaranteed capture. Pods dropped from clutch claw attacks do not count.
- You can actually use tranq bombs before traps to capture. Tranq bomb effects linger for about a minute.
- Enraged monsters(monster icon glowing red in minimap) will unrelentingly chase you everywhere until they are not enraged anymore. Scary, but this can be useful in certain cases where you want to lure them to a specific area where you can trigger environmental hazards(like falling rocks in ancient forest) to bring them down.
- Turn off auto-sheathe in settings.
- Slinger ammo can be fired while mounting. The damage contributes to the threshold for when the monster is ready for a mounting finisher.
- Using the ping on your radial menu while stunned will alert your palico to help you out. Results may vary due to wonky cat A.I.
- In Iceborne there is a new option in settings to turn on a silhouette of your hunter when a monster is in front of you blocking the camera.
There's so many little things that the game does not tell you that I would say it's recommended to ask questions and look up guides.
Side note with monster health captures it's not always the same for every monster, eg Deviljjo needs to be around 10% if not a maybe a bit lower. Weaker monsters are around 30-35%
@@leemo142 ooh good to know. nice info
Why auto sheath?
I have 1000 hours in this game and I actually didn't know a few of these.
Whats wrong with auto sheating?
I’m sure someone mentioned this. But once you reach the rotten vale and already encountered Odogaron. You can then go on a expedition and try to encounter it again but hope for the monster to have a dead Legiana with it. It will drag it back to its den. You will see a wild cat (can’t spell it’s native name) anyways it will run and you will have to follow. Then once you follow it to where it’s going, you can lure it back from its hiding spot with a piece of raw meat. Put it down and a group of feral cats will dance around it and thank you. Then you will receive the Palico tool called plunderblade! In Icebourne, each palico tools can level to 15 and each has an additional support skill. Plunderblades is the tool which jumps on the monster and repeats a carving motion which drops lucrative scales that can be sold for money. A very good way to make millions when you’re fighting high end monsters. Hope this helps.
Edit: excuse the typos!
Late edit: Max rank for your feline friend is lvl 20.
Thank you for taking the time to explain the lucrative affects of using a plunderbade on the palico
Rompelstaump glad I can be a little helpful to those who needs a hand in the money business of monster hunter!
Kalib Barnes I’ll try and remember this.
Thx I just started so I have no idea what that means but it’s good I’m gonna screen shot it and use it later
Sweet
"Side note, hold down the sprint button to speed up this opening book animation"
After 800 hours not knowing this, all i have to say is YOU ABSOLUTE GOD!!
Lol me too
1100 hours and I did not know this until now
Over 2000 hours... goddamnit ^_^;
@@blank7602 you don't use a controller on pc? I play on pc and couldn't imagine not using my DS4.
I learned that back in world with probably 20hrs of gameplay was just holding the sprint button and I saw it go quicker lol
I started world with a bunch of friends, they settled upon rushing and get to iceborne. Looking back I am so happy I didn’t use the defender set, going through the process of painstakingly farming monsters was pretty fun. Iceborne might be fun but what comes before doesn’t fall short either, don’t rush it.
Honestly I think that's the way I want to go to is not diving in with the new armor I've never played the game so we'll see
Yeah, it also teaches you waay more about not dying/carting too. The defender set will teach you some really bad habits.
Some additional tips from the top of my head:
- Nulberries nullify blights (water/fire/blast/thunder)
- Lifepowder item heals all members in the hunting party within visible distance (all hunters must be in the same area)
- Do not shoot a flashpod while a Monster is being mounted by another hunter. Especially, a flying one.
- Cutting/Slicing weapons (Longsword/Dual blades/Greatsword etc.) - focus on the Monster's tail or legs (to trip it down).
- Blunt/KO inducing weapons (Hammer/Hunting Horn etc.) - aim for the head.
- While sleeping, its better to Clutch claw to the Monster's face and unload all of your Slinger ammo to KO force it into a wall (if the Monster is close to a wall) rather than the "Sleep-bomb" technique.
- Cold drinks - carry in the Volcanic/Wasteland regions to prevent your Health depletion.
- Hot drinks - carry in the Tundra/Snowy region to prevent your Stamina depletion.
- Pressing Options button skips the eating food animation and cutscenes
- You can shoot SOS signal to have hunters join your quest (sometimes not the brightest decision)
- Monster Hunter has one of the best gaming communities so if you need help - ask!
~Happy Hunting to all the new hunters!
You got your drinks mixed up
Lol this make me remember In MHGen/MHGU there are HotBlooded and ColdBlooded Skill, they increase your atk when you drink hot drink in hot area, and cold drink in cold are
@@MegaZero-X1 Thanks a lot! I've totally overlooked while typing it, stupid me.. Now it's fixed!
No problem just had to point it out
s6ef4enko life powder has a fixed range, that can be extended with the wide range skill. it doesn’t cover whole areas.
I actually just started yesterday. Killed my first monster. I got soooo far to go!!
Congratulations bud. What weapon(s) are u loving so far?
i’m starting tonight :D
@@wanloveph I'm using the defender shield right now.
@@PookKG just got back on
Johnathan Dewitt im on the first quest still lol so far it’s fun
Focus more on self-preservation then damage output. Seen too many new players swinging wildly at a monster and getting carted immediately. You can't deal damage from camp, so avoid carting at all costs.
I started with dual blades since I figured they would be mobile, and I am not disappointed!
Even worse: so many missions only let you cart a couple times before you fail automatically. Focus on staying alive!
Great point 😂
Never knew seeing the skulls on the minimap was related to research level! That explains why sometimes me and my friends don't see them when the others do.
Current monster research levels are shown with yellow bars on the bottom left of the map screen. The bar has to be completely full for the skulls to show up. Gather the tracks! When the monster changes zone your scoutflies come back out, so doing research should be another step alongside the usual resharpening, healing, rebuffing, etc.
As a returning player (over 2 years of absence) for over a month now and I really missed this game and fell in love with it all over again, finally got to try all the DLC and most events (are the special events now permanent?) that I missed out on. Here’s a few tips for newer players:
Play the game however you please too. It’s simple really theirs many optional builds you can try and yes try all the weapons! You do not need to stick to one main weapon, some are really fun, some take time to master. I have 4 different weapons I tend to use.
Make sure you loot everything (unless you wanna attempt challenge runs). Probably the number one rule because you need loot to upgrade, craft items etc.
Do not rush the game! I have 2 accounts one for my solo and one with friends and my friends all rushed the game and we’ve hit master rank with no farming, just basically going from boss to boss. And if you’re playing for story (honestly it ain’t that interesting to me) then yeah that’s fine but if you wanna play more tactical then farming is required especially on later weapons and equipment.
Farming through investigation. If you’re planning on farming then do it through investigations, not through expeditions. Bosses drop more loot this way or small animals depending what you’re after.
Take your time and have fun! Honestly paste yourself slowly through the game, get to know the area and environments. It’s a beautiful game to look at as well. You’ll learn what to bring and what to leave at base the more you know about the maps. Always look up guides online, theirs information about loot, each bosses. Research everything as well because even I didn’t know you can get random boss drops by researching tracks!
Have fun guys!
I'm an MR 999 lance main with almost 2k hours, but I watched the entire thing. Great vid, totally gonna send this to my friends when they start the game.
i miss the time when i was a new player in MHW and Iceborne. those feeling that i get when hunted Anjanath & Beotodus for the first time :O
that fish just wouldn’t die lol
I wish they didn't put the defender stuff in. I just got the game yesterday and I got to the first time you go on an expedition. I was just kind of exploring and that Anjanath monster attacked me. The game told me multiple times to run away. But I wanted to see if I could beat it. It took me FOREVER because I'm still a noob, but I killed it with the defender Lance because it was barely able to even hurt me.
The defender gear makes everything so easy. I didn't realize until just now when watching this video that it wasn't originally in the game.
Jesse James Smith yeah it’s only useful if you want to breeze through world to get to the expansion quickly, but personally o wouldn’t recommend using it, maybe the weapons but the armour is too op, you don’t get to experience of fighting tough monsters and having to dodge attacks, master rank is gonna be extra difficult for people wo are used to a lower difficulty
I started playing MHW about 2 weeks ago. The first time I went after Anjanath I carted 3 times and wiped and was horribly flustered.
Then I carted 2 more times with Fortify and just barely got him down to zero before I lost to tilt.
You can also access the Training Area straight from the world map like you suggested for getting to your Private Room. One less loading screen.
One thing I learned: Always carry flashpods when facing monster that are VERY keen on staying in the air for some free knockdowns.
Also do NOT neglect the botanical gardens, it is an amazing source of materials!
Although this is still a useful tip, flash pods got a nerf in Master Rank. There is a pretty hefty cooldown before they will work on the same monster twice.
Also, when you're comfortable with your money situation, do your best to buy 9999 of everything you can from a hub vendor during a festival. Everything but Power/Armor charms will be half off, so you can stock up on potions, trap tools and ammo to the absolute maximum.
I do this almost every fest... just one less thing to worry about, and you can save a ton of cash/cultivation time.
Like buy 10k spread 1 ammo, 10k gunpowder 2, 10k gunpowder 3. Then craft all the spread 3 you can, up to 10k. Buy gunpowder 3 to 10k again. Buy spread 1 to 10k again, and craft spread 2 to 10k. Then buy gunpowder 2 to 10k again. Finally, buy spread 1 to 10k again, and you now have 9999 spread 1, 2 and 3. That's enough ammo to last months, considering you also have 9999 gunpowder 2/3 to make even more spread ammos.
If you use guns with any kind of frequency, festivals should be your call to refill all your ammunition.
Ha
@@eelshark12345 b a r I o t h
That monster is so annoying but flash pods work well against it
Some tips that I’ve acquired (PC player here, but likely applicable to PS4 as well):
- At the provisions center, when you sell items, you don’t have to search for your trade-in items (the items that have no use outside of being sold). On PC, by default pressing R allows you to automatically sell all of your trade-in items at once. According to 5:37, it happens to be the triangle key for PS4.
- On PC if you want to skip routine dialogue (for example, from the Handler or the Botanical Research Center), you can press Esc to skip to their last line of dialogue, which brings down the number of prompts you need to tap through to 2. Minor boost in convenience. Not certain if there’s a button for this on PS4.
- At the Steamworks in Seliana (which you unlock early on into the Iceborne campaign), when you “Help the Steamworks”, you’ll get a prompt to “Auto-convert” items into fuel. Always accept this, as the items you convert on this particular screen can only be used as Steamworks fuel. This is not to be confused with the “Add Fuel” screen, which allows you to convert otherwise useful ores into fuel as well.
- Multiplayer hunting etiquette. Performing attacks that hit other players won’t directly damage them, but could cause them to “flinch” and make them helpless. So be careful not to hit your teammates (this is especially true for me as a dual blades main). Typically you want blunt attacking folks like hammers to hit the head for KO’s, and severing attacking folks (anything that’s a blade) to try to cut off the monster’s tail (most monsters’ tails are severable). You can also upgrade the flinch free skill to prevent yourself from getting flinched by other players.
I’ll keep updating this if I remember other stuff
Just wanted to say this is a very well put together video for new players. Been flicking through a bunch to pass onto my new Christmas hunter friends (so much misinformation out there) and this is definitely one I'll be sharing.
30 tips for beginners...
Step 1: become a hunting horn main.
Step 2-30: farm honey and blue mushroom.
And bitterbugs
Why
Why
TheDwarfishjoe why
Because hunting horn(HH) is the most beloved teammate but the less played in the MH world. If you're a HH everyone will love you and you'll be accepted into any party. However. you also need to stock up on itens for healing since you're basically a buffer/healer guy with tremendous damage and knockout when played correctly.
Played a ton when the game first came out, rejoining for iceborne and found this a great refresher. Thanks!
New to this game, downloading it while I'm watching this, I was unsure of how popular it would still be, seems to be very active! thanks for the guide, I'm sure I'll be back to refer to different parts as I go through the adventure
Have fun!
How do you like the game 2 months later?
Is the illuminati fun?
I'm new and glad people are still making content for this game
This was extremely helpful thank you
Welcome! Have fun!
Not exactly a noob, just a returning vet from before iceborne. Thanks for the refresher! This gunlance mains back in town, elder dragons beware!
Shoot that shit, man
Brand new player here, thanks a lot for this awesome guide! This level of detail for those little tricks is excellent 👍🏻
@Haime Tobias if you need a rescue, gimme a buzz. PSN: Virjunior
Literally just started on PC yesterday! Absolutely this gave some really helpful insight on where to even begin and how to get started. Thanks man!
gonna have to watch this about 9 more times before I understand it. This game is way complicated....for no reason. Thanks for taking the time to make the video!
One Tip i'd add for new players is pay attention to the environments.
Some areas have breakable environment parts like boulder drops and these deal good damage and also make the monster fall, leaving them open for attacks. (:
Downloading this game right now for the very first time. After watching this im even more excited to play it!
Have fun!
So I'm thinking about getting into Iceborne. Good to know that I need a new college degree XD.
I'm playing Monster hunter world now and I confess was DRAGGED through it in a rushed fashion by a mate aiding in missions and share play to get to Iceborne.
This video was so very helpful now that I'm playing it again to have the information refreshed and reinstalled in my skull to actually play close to their level 😎
Subscribed and thank you for the effort you put into making it.
Very informative.
Edit: Thank you guys too for the informative comments! 😂
Very helpful.
A great community.
5:32 you can go to your item box and choose sell items, there's a button to sell all useless trade items (mostly those mats drop by bandit mantle and Kulve Taroth)
Kind of a late post, but it is important to know the difference in rolls between sharp and blunt weapons. One is great for breaking faces, and armor, and the such, while sharp/bladed weapons are good for removing tails. And how some useful drops can only regularly be acquired through breaking certain parts
I just bought the game this week, first ever mh game. This Is too convenient
TOO convenient? Gotta un-try harder next time!
Ur gonna have so much fun. It's an RPG where instead of leveling up with XP, you level up by getting rare materials and using better armor and weapons. What weapon do you think you'll use?
Dale Adney i just finished that game with my buddy and it was my first monster hunter game ever. such a great game. The co-op system made me extremely mad but now that were through the story i have no issues with it. The insect glaive is my go to. I feel like a godly monk just bouncing around and also being able to fly up with wyverns is cool.
This game is just cool and i wish i played it when i dropped.
LUV. jpg Music yeah I’m doing story with my friend now and it’s rlly annoying having to find a cutscene leave then join my friend
Opposite of Mismatch just send an SOS signal when you’ve watched it instead of leaving bro
Another tips to know if your monster is weak enough for capture is to notice if they start dropping pierce pod (the red slinger ammo). This gets complicated when you factor in the clutch claw but generally, if they drop them naturally, they are close to death.
This video really was a throve of info I haven't ever heard anywhere else, well researched sir. 👍
0 research. I make all my content in a vacuume to make it original. For better or for worse.
I'm a returning player that played the first month of ps4 launch that has moved to PC. This was really helpful in learning some of the changes that have come in the last two years. I think a video that concentrates more on these changes would help others like myself.
I just started a week ago, working through the base game now with my switch axe. That and the hammer are my favorites so far. Feel like I don’t know what I’m doing, but I’m having fun and this video helped!
Both are super satisfying! Find some nice inclines to slide down with the hammer and get your spin on!
As a new player, thank you very much for this. It has helped me a lot. :)
Amazing tips! thank you! I'm getting started with Monster hunter world when iceborne comes out for PC
Good luck, man!
another easy way to tell if a monster is ready to be captured is by seeing if they drop two slinger (monster slinger is red) its hard to notice if you are new but it is a good way to tell if they are low enough.
Defender gear has been a timesaver. I recently lost my saved data on PS4 (it was my fault) and have been rushing through the og campaign so I can finally play Iceborne!!!
A perfect utilization of the Defender Gear. Enjoy!
@@BoomstickGaming you have no idea how happy I was when I found out I didn't have to fight Elder Kirin HR50 again. Finally maded to ICEBORNE !! 🤟
I'm a brand new player and love the defender armor and weapons! Just killed Pukei-Pukei. This was kind of a lot of information but I'll definitely refer back to it many times.
Super man diving!!!!! Sooooo important
Here's a tip:
- use only Guardian armor sets and 1-2 Guardian Weapons to plow through Low Rank and partial High Rank until Pink Rathian tracks gathering mission
- Pink Rathian tracks gathering mission can be 'sped up' by completing basic quest (any high rank quest)
- Try to gets yourself accustomed to the entire system in the game (weapon, armors, items, upgrades, etc) using only the Guardian Sets (the whole build may not the best tank, but it's the best option you got that have 0 drawsback to you now anyway).
- Try to kill as many High Rank monster during expedition, you have practically infinite respawn anyway lol, and also it's an easy way to gets accustomed to a more difficult monster. The Pink Rathian tracks are purposedly made so, so that you may prepared for Elder Dragons and Master Rank anyway
1. U can change ur loadout or palico equipment in the tent while on a quest.
2. Screamer pods work on Both Diablos and Beotodus
Thanks for this, I bought Iceborne after taking a break for over a year and was so lost amd frustrated.
I just started playing MHW and I’ve watched a lot of beginner guide videos. Yours is the best one.
Awesome!
Perfect.
Thanks a lot for this Video, just wanted to hop in again.
I wish you just the best for 2020 and a nice rest of the week :*
Thanks Paverick!
Started playing Monster Hunter 2 weeks ago and loving it, and this is my third time watching the video. First time just to get some idea what to check out, second to actually do them and now a third watch in case I forgot one of these amazing tips. Started out with the hammer then switched to the lance which felt really solid, though once I started to get better the lance got kinda boring, now I'm back to the hammer with a heavy focus on aerial attacks and it's just a ton of fun looping them from ledges or slopes.
Btw any one else struggling with remembering to unequip the dung pods after use? those really suck when going for a flinch shot - Aim the monster at the wall, fire, but then nothing happens and the monster runs away.
Had a few facepalm moments when playing in random parties....though one turned out really good, I had a lesser facepalm moment right before that when I misplaced a shock trap, but thanks to the dung pod blast to the face the monster ended up fleeing straight into it, resulting in my most awesome capture yet.
Don't worry. I still do that with flash pods from time to time, and I've got over 5k hours in just THIS MH title.
I have been actively working to correct that behavior over the last few hundred hours, though.
Returning player started iceborne yesterday. Great video for newcomers to the game.
Not sure if I’d be considered a noob or a veteran to MH, since I did get into MH fairly recently (within the last year), but didn’t get into it through World. I just got World today after getting to HR break in Gen U. I also played a bit of 4U before that. So I’m not a complete newbie but certainly not a pro either.
That’s nice that they gave new players good armor sets to power through the game. Makes me feel like I might actually be able to catch up.
New Hunter here. Thank you! This entire video was extremely helpful, especially the inventory and gear management
Watched this for my friend getting into mhw sucked at explaining it but you did great and taught me some things also great content
I just started playing this like three days ago. I love it. It's perfectly right up my alley in terms of what kind of game I'm into. I wish I started it sooner but having it free on PS5 made it so easy to try it and I'm glad I did. I'll be watching a lot of guides though because there are so many mechanics and I dunno how half of them work 😂
I’m a veteran but I’m trash so ... thanks
As a new player, stun Resistance 3 has been a game changer for me. I can sit there and go toe to toe with the boss while learning it's moves instead of dying because of a stun
Another tip, specifically for Lunastra and one shot ultimate moves, it's better to dive and avoid it then try to take it on.
Use dive, use it.
Also, when you're on the ground after taking a hit, sometimes it's better to stay on the ground as long as you can as you're practically invulnerable while on it
This really helped man keep up the good work. Earned a subscriber 🤟🏾
Great! Thanks
I can definitely see why they made the Defender set to help newer players but to be honest it was a lot more entertaining taking me Dante/Wyvern Ignition/Dragonking Eyepatch build in blind.
The first fight against the snow shark (I forget his name) was a GREAT wake up call to how the old meta wasn't going to cut it anymore.
I eventually won but I immediately hunted it again to make the armor set and never looked back.
I think the ideal use of the armor is for MHW players, who didn't finish world, to get to iceborne quickly.
Max Mairo Yea, even drachen will start to fall mid MR
I was waiting for a newer guide, this helped me a lot thx
Played MH on PS4 when it first came out but haven't played since. Today I ended up picking Iceborne on PC and could not remember anything for the life of me. Thanks for the video and the tips. Liked and subbed. Keep up the great content!
Demondrug and Armor skin do stack but you have to use them in the right order with
Demon drug first then demon powder then might seed same goes for the defence buffs
From start of Iceborne up to now in Guiding Lands I still use my defender CB and its so great. Since it has health and damage augmentation I survived mostly on my runs. Solo run most my assigned quest
seliana in iceborne is way more convenient for handling your quest preparations, every shop is put more closely together, and you dont need to go to your room anymore for your housekeeper or palico. really glad they did this
Loved the video, it’s so odd that the game itself doesn’t explain a lot of these things.
I've World on and off since it's release. NEW PLAYERS complete the campaign. You learn so much from it.
Just started 2 weeks ago, new to monster hunter completely. So many things I didn’t know and still so many to learn with this game but I am loving it so far.
Been waiting for one like this much thanks
Welcome
Been playing generations for a few years now and finally was able to buy world some of the changes felt a bit overwhelming for me but your video helped alot thank you
Started playing yesterday. 16h on record so far :D
How are you doing now?
Brand new player here from Japan! Just hit high rank but didn't use the Defender set because I didn't see it at first. You need to log in to PSN before you get it since if you buy the Iceborne game with base game included, you need to update it before Defender armor is available. It worked out better though since I think the game was more enjoyable in the beginning with the initial difficulty.
This video was very useful! I'm jumping back into World for the first time on PC after about 400 hours of Rise.
I actually did only start last month but im not a huge fan of the defender armor, almost feels a bit cheaty. I ended up just not using it whatsoever
RisingMooon respect
I did the same thing. Took too much away from the core loop of the game.
I only used it because i already done almost everything for monster hunter on ps4.
@@darkanite759 yeah that's fair, that seems pretty much like it's intended use
I only used it to blast through low rank on my new character (Beaten the main story like six times now on secondary characters while doing everything on my main). Once you get to high rank, it's obsolete almost immediately. Yes, it has good skills, but you are gonna wanna get mix sets for master rank.
Just started a few days ago and am HR 8 I’m so excited for the coming quests:)) Used to own M.H freedom but I totally had no idea how it worked. M.H. world does a great job introducing the game to newbies :))
Series vet here, but just got into Iceborne and I found so many good tips I didn't realize I could do, like sorting your item bar (thank gooood!) or speeding up the quest selection menu (you're a legend!)
Thanks for the great info!
Thank you
Thank YOU
Recently bought this on sale (base game unfortunately) on PS4 and was having some difficulties along with my friend who also recently bought it, this will help a lot. Super informative and helpful and an incredible coincidence this popped up in my recommend feed
I have close to 600 hours in this game. Been playing mh since the ps2 days. If you and your friend need help, I'll be glad to help. D_struggle86 is my psn
I just bought MHW from a holiday sale, and THIS HELPED ME SO MUCH!!!! Thanks, man. I'm loving the game so far.
So the biggest draw to me is geralt, witcher 3 is my favorite game, this game has a crossover and is focused on rpg and moster killing, thing is, where do i jump in? Should i buy the game? Is there a version where i can get the game and iceborn? I want to jump in but feel like i’ll be missing out if i dont buy the “right” version if you get me
Both is an option. Due to the release beeing so close Id just recommed getting the bundle since its cheaper afaik.
Also: Take your time. Iceborne is nice, yes. But so is World so dont rush to the expansion. Youll hit the grind soon enough
Nuka cola Lover For the base game you can get a Gerald cosmetic armor set after finishing the main story w/ a short mission including him, and it is the second best armor to drachen. It’s a good game to have in your collection, but depends what kinda RPGs you like though.
@@jackrabbit1704 sadly, the set is only high rank. And none of those pieces/sets are viable in mr for anyone other than a master.
Virjunior lots changed in 7 months yea
@@jackrabbit1704 not seven months. I've seen 12 years of change.
Just subscribed as I know these tips will be invaluable for my son and I beginning in MHW . So I’ll be returning here a lot in the coming weeks/months .
Awesome guide for a returning player like me! (PC) A couple of nice features I forgot were there and also some I had no idea about!
after 900 hours from this game I just realized that you can back hop with bow lol
Waaiiitt whaaaaat!?
Returning from a year plus hiatus to play iceborne and this really helped me catch back up to speed, great work.
This vid felt very informative but too short. "I, NEED, MORE!!!"
Go watch my Iceborne 'Weapons Explained'!
I’ve never played a monster hunter game but this game seems really cool so I’m about to get it. As someone who knows zero things about this series this video definitely helped!
restarted from PS4 to PC there was a few things i actually had forgot about over time good stuff
DONT USE THE GUARDIAN EQUIPMENT!!!!!
There is NO RUSH going through the base game, and youll get to master rank not knowing how to craft gear correctly or how to navigate the weapon crafting trees, if you go through the game ONLY doing the main story missions and nothing else, youll have no canteen food, no mantles, no resource centre materials, barely ANY essential items such as mega potions or max potions (Unless you are willing to spend several hours at the Seliana mini game to get basic stuff) no materials needed to create 80% of the weapons in the game because you didnt stop to fight the lower tier monsters more than once, and you wont have any different palico equipment like the plunder blade or the meowlotov cocktail.
Long story short, the Low rank and High rank stuff IS the game, why rush it? thats like going into an MMO for the first time and just spamming the same two random dungeons repeatedly and completely neglecting EVERYTHING else until maximum level just because you wanted to experience the end game content.
If you rush the main story, youll be insanely gimped and be pathetically weak as a player by the time you hit master rank, sure you might hit stuff hard and have good gear, but youll be an inexperienced little scrublet that understands less than the bare basic things that everyone should know, a person that doesnt know how to use healing potions and just let their cats heal them with Vigor Wasps (Yes...those players exist, too many in fact, dont be one of them.)
100% agree. If monster hunter world is your first monster hunter, then avoid the defender armor and weapon. The essence of the game is the loop to kill monsters and craft grear. Master rank is just the last loop.
Another tip is to play through the game solo or with a group of friends who are equally skilled at first. Don't get "carried", killing monsters-- especially new monster where you don't know their pattern-- is the core experience ... don't cheat yourself out of that monster hunter experience. Screaming about capcom's secret desire sensor is a monster hunter rite of passage.
Voldebutt 100% disagree. Anyone invested into the game will learn these tools with or without one armor set
@@jackrabbit1704 You say that, but ive seen things that would shock you :P trust me, most people will ALWAYS take the easy route if its available, they wont bother grinding monsters for armour sets, they wont bother with the optional stuff, and they wont learn extremely basic things that most of us take for granted.
Ive seen people not upgrade their equipment and they are fighting AT monsters, not knowing to bring mega potions to hunts, not knowing how their weapons function like not knowing to gather kinsect extracts, and if they do then they FIRE the extract at the monster and wait a million years for the kinsect to gather it for them, or people not knowing about investigations so they grind monster parts from the normal optional hunts.
My favourite kind of person are the kind that slowly run face first at monsters with their weapons drawn when they have almost no health, then they die once, and either immediately leave the hunt, or they wonder where their cats are, because they havent done multiplayer before and dont know that their cats arent there to auto-heal them, so they face roll stuff, and this is in END GAME high rank, they somehow got to end game high rank, not using mega potions, and havent developed the common sense to back off from a monster when at low health and drinking a healing potion, something that is not only basic in Monster Hunter, but in practically ANY game, so if they cant get that right, goodness knows what else they have neglected.
The Guardian Equipment WILL encourage bad behaviour like this, with a super tanky armour set with a weapon that you need not use any other weapon from any tree, meaning you dont need to grind anything in the base game, i guarantee we will see triple the amount of inexperienced players on PC in the end game content, best we can do is help them, or laugh at them....or hell, even applaud them for getting as far as they did playing the way they do xD
With over 5mill players on PC, you are bound to find bad players, but another million going through the game using this gear? oof, its gonna be a wild ride.
@@Laoruperteen18 1 million people going through the game with the same gear is better than 0 people going through the game with the same gear, it's their game that they bought. They'll take it as seriously as they want to, nothing in that will change whether they're long-term players or not.
@@jackrabbit1704 you are basically saying that diversity is a bad thing :P people can play how they want, sure, but the irony is that their playstyle and mindsets are all influenced in the same way simply by using tanky equipment, and if everyone does the same thing, they will behave the same, effectively turning them into gaming clones, and as such promotes a watered down experience, meaning the players are ignorant to what the game REALLY offers, and yet they dont find that experience because it literally offers them overpowered equipment right at the start of the game, and turning them into squishy sheep by the time the shit hits the fan late game, and they will have to go back and learn all the things they SHOULDVE learned playing the game normally.
Single player, its not such a big deal, people can do what they like, but this game encourages you to play with friends and other people, so when we get those sheep in master rank, we ALL suffer for it, we dont need more bad players clogging up our lobbies than their already are, im all for helping new players, but when you have people that have played for hundreds of hours yet they dont know how their weapons or items work? thats a nono from me im afraid, kiddy gloves are off on the tutorials.
Dodging with your bow aiming active will automatically boost your charge level by one allowing you to move and do damage quicker then rolling then charging.
For trade in item, just go to sell items option at item box and press triangle/Y to sell all trade in items at once.
Is that Ben Affleck in your thumbnail? 😊
Returned to monster hunter world after quite some time away, getting ready to start iceborne and grind all over again!
First time playing yesterday. Katana go “A, Y, A, Y. The right trigger combos are sick. Super fast poke to close distance, just to fling urself off the monster to do a heavy down slash. Although, I miss the second attack 80% of the time
Hey Alex thx for this. I only just hit the core game on PC and man is the whole menu system daunting. I found this really helpful though and will give it another go tonight.
One thing I definitely learned is that I can practice with all the weapon types! The game doesn’t do a great job of telling you some stuff, or doesn’t make reading the blocks of text appealing at the start.
This came out at the perfect time. Started playing yesterday , thank you
Welcome!
I bought this at launch on xbox and played it for hundreds of hours before hitting the wall, recently i decided to give it another chance on PC but pretty much had to relearn everything
I used this video to refresh my memory, but I did learn something new
Why is you character in the thumbnail so attractive 😂❤️😭
After he made it Alex was grump about that very thing saying the character looked a lot older in creation mode.
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@@zoe_gamer_girl Ye, he de aged like 20 years in the in game render. TOO HOT!
Just started like 3 days ago. Don't know why I have to started long before! But thanks for the tips!
I just got back to MHW: Ice Borne from a long hiatus and this has been super helpful. Now I feel like I can catch up to speed with others :D
Kinda needed this with pc release of iceborne coming. Thank you.
it is on pc.woops i read that all wrong. eyyy new hunter
@@joshuamedenilla17 No prob - let's enjoy,
I started playing this game almost 2 weeks ago and I have to admit that this video is literally THE BEST updated newbie guide I've found yet. Thank you!!
You have a new subscriber! I'm pretty much brand new to Monster Hunter and I'm loving it so far. This guide really helped, thank you!