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InMonster Hunter Wilds, all weapon skills can be granted by specific decorations, talismans, and of course themany weapons available inMH Wilds. Your weapon’s raw damage, elemental damage, affinity, and other base stats matter a lot in combat, but weapon skills can grant powerful bonuses that benefit specific playstyles.
By stacking these weapon bonuses with talismans, decorations, orupgrading weapons to gain higher ranks,Monster Hunter Wildsplayers will gain huge buffs that synergize with the parent weapon type. This guide to all weapon skills inMonster Hunter Wildsdetails every skill in alphabetical order, including a basic description of each effect as provided in-game along with the empowered bonuses you’re able to get by stacking certain skills.
This list of every MH Wilds weapon skill does not include skills that are unique to specific decorations, talismans, armor, or other equipment aside from weapons.
Increases the damage caused by jumping attacks
Lv1: Jumping attack power +10%
Artillery
Strengthensexplosive attacks like shells, Wyvern’s Fire, charge blade phial attacks, and Sticky Ammo
Lv1: Moderately increases each attack and Wyvern’s Fire firing speed. Shelling fire attack +30
Lv2: Increases each attack and Wyvern’s Fire firing speed. Shelling fire attack +60
Lv3: Greatly increases each attack and Wyvern’s Fire firing speed. Shelling fire attack +90
Increases attack power
Lv5: Attack +4%, Bonus: +9
Ballistics
Extends the range in which ammo and arrows have maximum power
Lv1: Slightly extends range
Lv3: Greatly extends range
Charge Master
Increases element power and status buildup for charged attacks
Lv1: Slightly increases elemental damage and status buildup for charged attacks
Lv2: Increases elemental damage and status buildup for charged attacks
Lv3: Greatly increases elemental damage and status buildup for charged attacks
Charge Up
Increases your power to induce stun when youhit a monster with a hammer’s charged attack
Lv1: Activates skill effect
Increases the damage of critical hits
Lv1: Increases damage dealt by critical hits to 28%
L2: Increases damage dealt by critical hits to 31%
Lv3: Increases damage dealt by critical hits to 34%
Lv 4: Increases damage dealt by critical hits to 37%
Lv5: Increases damage dealt by critical hits to 40%
Increases affinity when performing draw attacks
Increases elemental damagewhen landing critical hits
Lv1: Slightly increases elemental damage while active
Lv2: Increases elemental damage while active
Lv3: Greatly increases elemental damage while active
Increases affinity
Increases abnormal status effects when landing critical hits
Lv1: Slightly increases abnormal status effects when landing critical hits
Lv2: Increases abnormal status effects when landing critical hits
Lv3: Greatly increases abnormal status effects when landing critical hits
Focus
Increases the fill rate for weapons with gauges and the charge rate for weapons with charge attacks
Lv1: Slightly increases gauge fill rate and reduces charge times by 5%
Lv2: Moderately increases gauge fill rate and reduces charge times by 10%
Lv3: Increases gauge fill rate and reduces charge times by 15%
Guard
Reduces knockbacks and stamina depletion when guarding
Lv1: Slightly decreases the impact of attacks and reduces stamina depletion by 15%
Lv2: Decreases the impact of attacks and reduces stamina depletion by 30%
Lv3: Greatly decreases the impact of attacks and reduces stamina depletion by 50%
Allows you toguard against ordinarily unblockable attacks
Lv1: Reduces damage taken by 30%
Lv2: Reduces damage taken by 50%
Lv3: Reduces damage taken by 80%
Horn Maestro
Increases the effect duration of hunting horn melodies
Lv1: Extends Melody Effect duration and increases the chance of larger heals from healing melodies
Lv2: Greatly increases the effect duration of hunting horn melodies
Load Shells
Improves reloading, and increases the gunlance’s shell capacity and charge blade’s phial capacity
Lv1: Increases shell and phial reloading speed
Lv2: Increases shell/phial reloading speed. Gunlance loading capacity +1. Charge blade charges 5 phials on the yellow gauge
Master’s Touch
Prevents your weapon from losing sharpness during critical hits
Lv1: Grants an 80% chance of no sharpness loss while active
Temporarily increases attack power after executing a perfectly-timed guard
Lv1: Attack +5% while active
Lv2: Attack +10% while active
Lv3: Attack +15% while active
Opening Shot
Increases the bowgun’s reload speed and increases the power of bullets when fully loaded
Lv1: Moderately increases bowgun reload speed and attack power of ammo when conditions are met
Lv2: Increases bowgun reload speed and attack power of ammo when conditions are met
Lv3: Greatly increases bowgun reload speed and attack power of ammo when conditions are met
Extends theduration of poison’s effect on monsters
Lv1: Extends the duration of your poison’s effect by 20%
Power Prolonger
Allows long swords, dual blades, insect glaives, switch axes, and charge blades to stay powered up longer
Lv1: Moderately boosts the duration weapons are powered up
Lv2: Boosts the duration weapons are powered up
Lv3: Greatly boosts the duration weapons are powered up
Protective Polish
Weapon sharpness does not decrease for a set time after sharpening
Lv1: Grants no sharpness loss for 30 seconds after activation
Lv2: Grants no sharpness loss for 60 seconds after activation
Lv3: Grants no sharpness loss for 90 seconds after activation
Punishing Draw
Adds a stun effect to draw attacks and slightly increases attack power
Lv1: Draw attacks deal a small amount of stun damage and gain attack +3
Lv2: Draw attacks deal a medium amount of stun damage and gain attack +5
Lv3: Draw attacks deal a large amount of stun damage and gain attack +7
Rapid Morph
Increases switch speed and power for switch axes and charge blades
Lv2: Speed +20% Morph attack damage +10%
Lv3: Speed +30% Morph attack damage +20%
Makes it easier to stun monsters
Lv1: Stun power +20%
Lv2: Stun power +30%
Lv3: Stun power +40%
Special Ammo Boost
Increases the power of the bowgun’s special ammo, and the bow’s Dragon Piercer, Thousand Dragons, and Tracer ammo
Lv1: Moderately increases the power of specified ammo and arrows
Lv 2: Increases the power of specified ammo and arrows
Speeds up weaponsharpening when using a whetstone
Lv1: Removes one cycle from the sharpening process
Lv2: Removes two cycles from the sharpening process
Increases certain attacks' ability to exhaust monsters
Lv1: Exhaust power +20%
Lv2: Exhaust power +30%
Lv3: Exhaust power +40%
Tetrad Shot
Increases affinity of bowgun ammo& coatings for the fourth shot, and attack power of the fourth and sixth shots
Lv1: Slightly increases the attack power and affinity of ammo after conditions are met
Lv2: Moderately increases attack power and affinity of ammo after conditions are met
Lv3: Increases the attack power and affinity of ammo after conditions are met
