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Armor skills in Monster Hunter World Monster Hunter World Guide

Here you'll find skills for various armor types to make you undefeated in Monster Hunter World

Last update: 06 February 2018

Here you can read about all armor skills in Monster Hunter World:

Defense Boost

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Defense Boost

Increase defense. Level up to improve resistances as well.

Lv 1 - Defense +5

Lv 2 - Defense +10

Lv 3 - Defense +15

Lv 4 - Defense +20, All Elemental Resistances +3

Lv 5 - Defense +25, All Elemental Resistances +3

Lv 6- Defense +30, All Elemental Resistances +3

Lv 7- Defense +35, All Elemental Resistances +3

Hunger Resistance

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Hunger Resistance

Reduces maximum stamina depletion over time.

Lv 1 - Extends the time until your stamina cap decreases by 30%.

Lv 2 - Extends the time until your stamina cap decreases by 60%.

Lv 3 - Prevents your stamina cap from decreasing.

 

Master Gatherer

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Master Gatherer

Allows you to gather more quickly, and also prevents attacks from knocking you back while gathering.

Lv 1 - Speeds up gathering and prevents knockbacks while gathering.

Scoutfly Range Up

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Scoutfly Range Up

Expands your scoutflies detection range.

Lv 1 - Expands your scoutflies' detection range.

Slinger Capacity

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Slinger Capacity

Increases the loading capacity for slinger ammo obtained in the field.

Lv 1 - Increases the loading capacity for slinger ammo collected from the ground or plants.

Stealth

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Stealth

Makes it easier for monsters to lose sight of you.

Lv 1 - Makes it slighty easier for monsters to lose sight of you.

Lv 2 - Makes it moderately easier for monsters to lose sight of you.

Lv 3 - Makes it much easier for monsters to lose sight of you

Scenthound

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Scenthound

Increases your scoutflies gauge fill rate when you find tracks and other traces left by monsters.

Lv 1 - Increases gauge fill rate by 50%.

 

BBQ Master

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

BBQ Master

Improves your skil lat cooking meat.

Lv 1 - Makes it easier to cook well-done steaks.

 

Health Boost

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Health Boost

Increases health.

Lv 1 - Health +15

Lv 2 - Health +30

Lv 3 - Health +50

Attack Boost

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Attack Boost

Increases attack power. Also improves affinity at higher levels.

Lv 1 - Attack +3

Lv 2 - Attack +5

Lv 3 - Attack +9

Lv 4 - Attack +12, Affinity +5%

Lv 5 - Attack +15, Affinity +5%

Lv 6 - Attack +18, Affinity +5%

Lv 7 - Attack +21, Affinity +5%

Slugger

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Slugger

Makes it easier to stun mosters.

Lv 1 - Stun power +10%

Lv 2 - Stun power +20%

Lv 3 - Stun Power +30%

 

Horn Maestro

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Horn Maestro

Increases the effect duration of hunting horn melodies.

Lv 1 - Extends melody effect duration and increases health recovery.

 

Entomologist

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Entomologist

Decreases the chances of destroying the bodies of small insect monsters, allowing them to be carved.

Lv 1 - Increases the chances of a corpse being left behind.

Lv 2 - greatly increases the chances of a corpse being left behind.

Lv 3 - makes it so corpses will always be left behind.

Quick Sheath

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Quick Sheath

Speeds up weapon sheathing.

Lv 1 - Slighty increases sheathing speed

Lv 2 - Moderately increases sheathig speed

Lv 3 - Greatly increases sheathing speed

 

Windproof

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Windproof

Grants protection against wind pressure.

Lv 1 - Slighty reduces the effects of minor wind pressure.

Lv 2 - Reduces the effects of minor wind pressure.

Lv 3 - Negates minor wind pressure

Lv 4 - Negates minor wind pressure and reduces the effects of major wind pressure.

Lv 5 - Negates minor and major wind pressure.

Paralysis Attack

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Paralysis Attack

Increases the rate of paralysis buildup. (Elemental buildup has a maximum limit.)

Lv 1 - Paralysis buildup +5%, Bonus +10

Lv 2 - Paralysis buildup +10%, Bonus +10

Lv 3 - Paralysis buildup +20%, Bonus +10

Paralysis Resistance

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Paralysis Resistance

Reduces the duration of paralysis.

Lv 1 - Reduces the duration of paralysis by 30%

Lv 2 - Reduces the duration of paralysis by 60%

Lv 3 - Prevents paralysis.

 

Honey Hunter

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Honey Hunter

Increases the quantity of honey you receive when gathering in the field.

Lv 1 - One extra honey per gather.

 

Affinity Sliding

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Affinity Sliding

Sliding increases your affinity for a short time.

Lv 1 - Increases affinity by 30% for a short time after sliding.

 

Aquatic Expert

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Aquatic Expert

Improves mobility in water.

Lv 1 - Prevents water from slowing movement.

Lv 2 - Prevents water from sloving moevement and improves evasion while in water.

Lv 3 - Prevents water from sloving moevement and greatly improves evasion while in water.

Speed Eating

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Speed Eating

Increases meat-eating and item-consumption speed.

Lv 1 - Slighty increases item use speed.

Lv 2 - Moderately increases item use speed.

Lv 3 - Greatly increases item use speed.

Intimidator

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Intimidator

Reduces the chances small monsters will attack after spotting you. (No effect on certain monsters.)

Lv 1 - Discourages monsters from engaging you even if you've been spotted.

Lv 2 - Highly discourages monsters from engaging you even if you've been spotted.

Lv 3 - Prevent monsters from engaging you even if you've been spotted.

Palico Rally

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Palico Rally

Power up Palicoes.

Lv 1 - Increases Palico attack power and defense by 5%.

Lv 2 - Increases Palico attack power and defense by 10%.

Lv 3 - Increases Palico attack power and defense by 15%.

Lv 4 - Increases Palico attack power and defense by 20%.

Lv 5 - Increases Palico attack power and defense by 25%.

Fortify

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Fortify

Increases your attack and defense every time you fall in battle. (This effect can stack twice.)

Lv 1 - Increases attack by 10% and defense by 15% with each use.

Speed Crawler

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Speed Crawler

Increases movement speed while crouching.

Lv 1 - Increases movement speed while crouching.

Fire Resistance

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Fire Resistance

Increasees defense. Level up to improve resistances as well.

Lv 1 - Defense +5

Lv 2 - Defense +10

Lv 3 - Defense +15

Lv 4 - Defense +20, All Elemental Resistances +3

Lv 5 - Defense +25, All Elemental Resistances +3

Lv 6 - Defense +30, All Elemental Resistances +3

Lv 7 - Defense +35, All Elemental Resistances +3

Stamina Surge

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Stamina Surge

Speeds up stamina recovery.

Lv 1 - Stamina recovery speed +10%

Lv 2 - Stamina recovery speed +20%

Lv 3 - Stamina recovery speed +30%

Pro Transporter

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Pro Transporter

Increases your speed while transporting items and decreases the likelihood of dropping them.

Lv 1 - Increases movement speed while transporting and reduces downtime on landings.

 

Item Prolonger

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Item Prolonger

Extends the duration of some item effects.

Lv 1 - Item effect duration +10%

Lv 2 - Item effect duration +25%

Lv 3 - Item effect duration +50%

Critical Eye

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Critical Eye

Increases affinity.

Lv 1 - Affinity +3%

Lv 2 - Affinity +6%

Lv 3 - Affinity +10%

Lv 4 - Affinity +15%

Lv 5 - Affinity +20%

Lv 6 - Affinity +25%

Lv 7 - Affinity +30%

Water Resistance

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Water Resistance

Increases water resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels.

Lv 1 - Water resistance +6

Lv 2 - Water resistance +12

Lv 3 - Water resistance +20, Defense +10

Poison Resistance

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Poison Resistance

Grants protection against the effects of poison.

Lv 1 - Reduces the duration of poison by 30%

Lv 2 - Reduces the duration of poison by 60%

Lv 3 - Prevents poison.

Speed Sharpening

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Speed Sharpening

Speeds up weapon sharpening whien using a whetstone.

Lv 1 - Removes one cycle from the sharpening proces.

Lv 2 - Removes two cycles from the sharpening proces.

Lv 3 - Removes three cycles from the harpening proces.

Sporepuff Expert

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Sporepuff Expert

Recover health when using sporepuffs.

Lv 1 - Sporepuffs resotre 20 health

Lv 2 - Sporepuffs resotre 35 health

Lv 3 - Sporepuffs resotre 60 health

Poison Attack

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Poison Attack

Increases the rate of poison buildup. (Elemental buildup has a maximum limit.)

Lv 1 - Poison buildup +5%, bonus +10

Lv 2 - Poison buildup +10%, bonus +10

Lv 3 - Poison buildup +20%, bonus +10

Botanist

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Botanist

Increases the quantity of herbs and other consumable items you gather.

Lv 1 - One extra consumable herb item per gather.

Lv 2 - One extra consumable herb, fruit, nut, or seed item per gather.

Lv 3 - One extra consumable herb, fruit, nut, seed, or insect item per gather.

Lv 4 - One extra consumable herb, fruit, nut, seed, insect or mushroom item per gather.

Guard

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Guard

Reduces knockbacks and stamina depletion when guarding.

Lv 1 - Very slightly decreases the impact of attacks.

Lv 2 - slightly decreases the impact of attacks and reduces stamina depletion by 15%.

Lv 3 - Greatly decreases the impact of attacks and reduces stamina depletion by 15%.

Lv 4 - Greatly decreases the impact of attacks and reduces stamina depletion by 30%.

Lv 5 - Massively decreases the impact of attacks and reduces stamina depletion by 50%.

Stamina Thief

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Stamina Thief

Increases certain attacks' ability to exhaust monsters.

Lv 1 - Exhaust power +10%

Lv 2 - Exhaust power +20%

Lv 3 - Exhaust power +30%

Marathon Runner

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Marathon Runner

Slows down stamina depletion for actions which continously drain stamina (such as dashing).

Lv 1 - Reduces continuous stamina depletion by 15%.

Lv 2 - Reduces continuous stamina depletion by 30%.

Lv 3 - Reduces continuous stamina depletion by 50%.

Muck Resistance

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Muck Resistance

Reduces impairments to mobility while stuck in monster muck.

Lv 1 - Deduces limits on movement speed and evasion.

 

Stun Resistance

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Stun Resistance

Reduces stun duration

Lv 1 - Reduces the duration of stun by 30%.

Lv 2 - Reduces the duration of stun by 60%.

Lv 3 - Prevens stun.

Water Attack

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Water Attack

Increases water element attack power. (Elemental attack power has a maximum limit.)

Lv 1 - Water attack +30

Lv 2 - Water attack +60

Lv 3 - Water attack +100

Lv 4 - Water attack +5%, Bonus: +100

Lv 5 - Water attack +10%, Bonus: +100

Ice Resistance

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Ice Resistance

Increases ice resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels.

Lv 1 - Ice resistance +6

Lv 2 - Ice resistance +12

Lv 3 - Ice resistance +20, Defense +10

Focus

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Focus

Increases the fill rate for weapons with gauges and the chargé rate for weapons with chargé attacks.

Lv 1 - Increases gauge fill rate by 5% and reduces chargé Times by 5%.

Lv 2 - Increases gauge fill rate by 10% and reduces charge Times by 10%.

Lv 3 - Increases gauge fill rate by 20% and reduces charge Times by 20%.

Constituation

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Constituation

Reduces stamina depletion when performing stamina-draining moves such as evading, etc.

Lv 1 - reduces fixed stamina depletion by 10%

Lv 2 - reduces fixed stamina depletion by 20%

Lv 3 - reduces fixed stamina depletion by 30%

Lv 4 - reduces fixed stamina depletion by 40%

Lv 5 - reduces fixed stamina depletion by 50%

Jump Master

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Jump Master

Prevents attacks from knocking you back during a jump.

Lv 1 - Negates knockback during jumps.

Evade extender

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Evade extender

Increases evade distance.

Lv 1 - Eslighty extends evasion distance.

Lv 2 - Extends evasion distance.

Lv 3 - Greatly extends evasion distance.

Thunder Attack

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Thunder Attack

Increases thunder element attack power.

Lv 1 - Thunder attack +30

Lv 2 - Thunder attack +60

Lv 3 - Thunder attack +100

Lv 4 - Thunder attack +5%, Bonus: +100

Lv 1 - Thunder attack +10%, Bonus: +100

Thunder Resistance

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Thunder Resistance

Increases thunder resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels.

Lv 1 - Thunder resistance +6

Lv 2 - Thunder resistance +12

Lv 3 - Thunder resistance +20, Defense +10

Earplugs

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Earplugs

Grants protecion from large monsters' roars.

Lv 1 - Slighty reduces the effects of weak monster roars.

Lv 2 - reduces the effects of weak monster roars.

Lv 3 - Nullifies weak monster roars.

Lv 4 - Nullifies weak monster roar and reduces the effects of strong monster roars.

Lv 5 - Nullifies weak and strong monster roars.

Capacity Boost

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Capacity Boost

Increases the gunlance's shell capacity and chargé blade's phial capacity.

Lv 1 - Loading capacity +1

Heavy Artillery

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Heavy Artillery

Increases the firepower of ballistae and cannons.

Lv 1 - Firepower +10%

Lv 2 - Firepower +20%

Evade Window

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Evade Window

Extends the invulnerability period when evading.

Lv 1 - Very slighty increases invulnerability window.

Lv 2 - slighty increases invulnerability window.

Lv 3 - increases invulnerability window.

Lv 4 - greatly increases invulnerability window.

Lv 5 - Massively increases invulnerability window.

Leap of Faith

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Leap of Faith

Allows you to do a dive-evade when facing towards large monsters, and extends the dive-evade distance.

Lv 1 - Enables Leap of Faith.

 

Foragers Luck

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Forager's Luck

Increases the Chance of finding rare gathering points.

Lv 1 - Increases the likelihood of rare gathering points respawning.

 

Detector

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Detector

Shows rare gathering points on the Wildlife Map.

Lv 1 - Marks rare sites on the wildlife map.

 

Dungmaster

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Dungmaster

Makes monsters hit with slinger dung pods more likely to run.

Lv 1 - Makes slinger dung pods more effective at making monsters run away.

 

Effluvial Expert

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Effluvial Expert

Nullifies or reduces environmental damage in the Rotten Vale.

Lv 1 - Nullifies damage from effluvia and reduces damage from acids.

 

Free Meal

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Free Meal

Gives you a predetermined Chance of consuming a food or drink item for free.

Lv 1 - Activates 25% of the time.

 

Carving Pro

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Carving Pro

Prevents knockbacks from attacks while carving.

Lv 1 - Prevents knockback while carving.

 

Handicraft

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Handicraft

Extends the weapong sharpness gauge. Hovever, it will not increase the gauge past its maximum.

Lv 1 - Weapon sharpness +10

Lv 2 - Weapon sharpness +20

Lv 3 - Weapon sharpness +30

Lv 4 - Weapon sharpness +40

Lv 5 - Weapon sharpness +50

Fire Attack

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Fire Attack

Increases fire element attack power.

Lv 1 - Fire attack +30

Lv 2 - Fire attack +60

Lv 3 - Fire attack +100

Lv 4 - Fire attack +5%, Bonus: +100

Lv 5 - Fire attack +10%, Bonus: +100

Special Ammo Boost

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Special Ammo Boost

Increases the power of bowgun special ammo and Dragon Piercer.

Lv 1 - Increases the power of bowgun special ammo and Dragon Piercer by 10%.

Lv 2 - Increases the power of bowgun special ammo and Dragon Piercer by 20%.

Artillery

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Artillery

Strengthens explosive attacks like gunlance shells, Wyvern's Fire, charge blade phial attacks, and sticky ammo.

Lv 1 - Increases power of each attack by 10% and reduces Wyvern's Fire cooldown by 15%.

Lv 2 - Increases power of each attack by 20% and reduces Wyvern's Fire cooldown by 30%.

Lv 3 - Increases power of each attack by 30% and reduces Wyvern's Fire cooldown by 50%.

Recovery Up

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Recovery Up

Increases the amount recovered when restoring health.

Lv 1 - Recovery +10%

Lv 2 - Recovery +20%

Lv 3 - Recovery +30%

Blindsider

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Blindsider

Improves the effectiveness of flash attacks and items.

Lv 1 - Increases the success rate of flash effects.

Wide-Range

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Wide-Range

Allows the effects of certain items to also affect nearby allies.

Lv 1 - Item affect nearby allies with 33% of their efficacy.

Lv 2 - Item affect nearby allies in a wider radius with 33% of their efficacy

Lv 3 - Item affect nearby allies in a wider radius with 66% of their efficacy

Lv 4 - Item affect nearby allies in a much wider radius with 66% of their efficacy

Lv 5 - Item affect nearby allies in a much wider radius with full efficacy

Sleep Resistance

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Sleep Resistance

Reduces the duration of sleep.

Lv 1 - Reduces the duration of sleep by 30%

Lv 2 - Reduces the duration of sleep by 60%

Lv 3 - Prevents sleep.

Master Mounter

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Master Mounter

Makes it easier to mount monsters.

Lv 1 - Makes it easier to mount monsters and down mounted monsters.

Divine Blessing

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Divine Blessing

Has a predeterminated Chance of reducing the damage you take.

Lv 1 - While active, reduces damage taken by 15%

Lv 2 - While active, reduces damage taken by 30%

Lv 3 - While active, reduces damage taken by 50%

Bleeding Resistance

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Bleeding Resistance

Grants protection against bleeding.

Lv 1 - Reduces damage while bleeding

Lv 2 - Greatly reduces damage while bleeding

Lv 3 - Prevents bleeding

Geologist

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Geologist

Increases the numer of Times you can use a gathering point.

Lv 1 - Allows you to gather one extra time from bonepiles.

Lv 2 - Allows you to gather one extra time from bonepiles and special item gathering points.

Lv 3 - Allows you to gather one extra time from bonepiles, gathering points, and mining outcrops.

Scholar

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Scholar

Speeds up progres on research levels and special investigations. (Effect is applied at the quest results screen.)

Lv 1 - Speeds up progres on research levels and special investigations.

 

Airborne

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Airborne

Increases the damage caused by jumping attacks.

Lv 1 - Jumping attack power +10%

 

Tremor Resistance

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Grants protection against ground tremors.

Grants protecion against ground tremors.

Lv 1 - Nullifies minor ground tremors.

Lv 2 - Nullifies minor ground tremors and reduces the effects of major ground tremors.

Lv 3 - Nullifies minor and major ground tremors.

Weakness Exploit

Skill

Desciption

Skill level

Weakness exploit

Increases the affinity of attacks that exploit a monster weak spot.

Lv 1 - Attacks that hit weak spots have 15% increased affinity.

Lv 2 - Attacks that hit weak spots have 30% increased affinity.

Lv 3 - Attacks that hit weak spots have 50% increased affinity.

Cliffhanger

Skill

Description

Skill level

Cliffhanger

Reduced stamina depletion when evading while climbing a wall or a vine.

Lv 1 - Reduced stamina depletion while climbing by 25%

Recovery Speed

Skill

Description

Skill level

Recovery Speed

Increases recovery health speed from temporary damage (the red part of your health bar).

Lv 1 - Health regeneration speed is doubled.

Lv 2 - Health regeneration speed is triplicated.

Lv 3 - Health regeneration speed is fourfold.

Meat Fisher

Skill

Description

Skill level

Meat Fisher

Improves your fishing skills.

Lv 1 - gives you more time to get a fish out of water and lets you catch bigger fish with greater ease.

Mushroomancer

Skill

Description

Skill level

Mushroomancer

Allows you to digest mushrooms that would otherwise be inedible and get bonus effects.

Lv 1 - You can digest blue mushrooms and toadstools.

Lv 2 - You can also digest nitroshrooms and parashrooms.

Lv 3 - You can also digest mandragora, devil's blight and exciteshrooms.

Blast Attack

Skill

Description

Skill level

Blast Attack

Increases the rate of blast buildup.

Lv 1 - Blast buildup +5%, Bonus: +10.

Lv 2 - Blast buildup +10%, Bonus: +10.

Lv 3 - Blast buildup +20%, Bonus: +10.

Bombardier

Skill

Description

Skill level

Bombardier

Increases damage dealt by explosive items.

Lv 1 - Blast damage +10%

Lv 2 - Blast damage +20%

Lv 3 - Blast damage +30%

Free Elem/Ammo Up

Skill

Description

Skill level

Free Elem/Ammo Up

Unlocks your weapon's hidden element. Also increases bowgun loading capacity.

Lv 1 - Releases 33% of the hidden element and increases loading capacity for a few types of ammo.

Lv 2 - Releases 66% of the hidden element and increases loading capacity for many types of ammo.

Lv 3 - Releases 100% of the hidden element and increases loading capacity for most of the types of ammo.

Critical Draw

Skill

Description

Skill level

Critical Draw

Increases affinity when using a draw attack.

Lv 1 - Affinity when using a draw attack +30%

Lv 2 - Affinity when using a draw attack +60%

Lv 3 - Affinity when using a draw attack +100%

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