Quest ← → Weapon. Search Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate. Mount and topple monster twice: 60HRP: Key. Sep 01, 2018 Village Key Quests. This page contains information on the Single Player portions of Monster Hunter Generations and Generations Ultimate. Monster Hunter Generations' single player quests aren't labeled as Low Rank or High Rank like in the Hunters' Hub, but they are labeled in Generations Ultimate and are labeled as such here. Jul 17, 2016  New to Monster Hunter, or just want to see what the Key Quests are? In this video I will walk through the village keys so you don't find yourself doing quests that aren't required for. Just check your hunter memo, do the quest that list with (village name) chief no.1 (if you finish, you will be prompted to do the request no.2, then 3, 4, and finally 5 for the.5 key quest) google translate 'headman of the village' (mura no soncho) if you want to see the kanji. 4★ Village Key Quests - Wrath of the Rathian - Hungry Eyes - Serpentine Samba - Lurkin' in the Murk - Crustacean Infatuation (BOLD because 'demmit the font made me do the Infestation Quest instead) - URGENT: The Dark Age - Royal Pains 5★ Village Key Quests - The Thunderclaw Wyvern - The Unwavering Colossus - The Entrancing Water Dancer - The Fisherman's Fiend.

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LATEST UPDATE: Just got my Japanese copy of Monster Hunter X so I've started a Monster Hunter X Key Quests Guide! As for previous updates, I posted a guide on how to unlock every guild quest monster from low rank to G-rank via the Everwood. Make sure to check it out if you haven't unlocked all the guild quest monsters yet! Now on to the Key Quest guide.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

A wise person once said, 'Haste makes waste.'

That is, unless you've played the Japanese version of the latest Monster Hunter game to death like I did and now need to blaze through your village/caravan and gathering hall quests to reach the endgame quickly in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. Maybe it's your first crack at the latest game in the series but you still want to progress in a jiffy.

Then it becomes 'He who strikes first, wins.' Just ask Charlie 'Tigrex Blood' Sheen.

For newcomers to the game, you don't have to finish every quest to unlock the next rank or batch of missions in Monster Hunter. Instead, you can finish what are called 'key quests' to unlock the next set of missions right away.

If you're in a rush to get to 10-star village/caravan quests or those tougher Gathering Hall missions to be able to craft better gear, here's a list of key quests to speed up your progress.

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CARAVAN AND VILLAGE QUESTS

These refer to the campaign mode of the game, which progresses the story. Monsters are not quite as tough as they are in online/multiplayer mode but you have to solo them.

LOW RANK

1-star

Steak Your Ground

Deliver 1 Well-done Steak or Rare Steak

A Winning Combination

Deliver 1 Mega Potion

Subquest: Slay 3 Jaggi

— Pretty basic stuff. Just talk to your caravan leader, the hat maniac to unlock. No, your goofy little hat ain't worth risking my life by jumping onto a Dah'ren Mohran. But, hey, I'll do it anyway.

2-star

Ancestral Steppe Fungus Run

Deliver 5 Unique Mushrooms

Sub: Deliver 1 Choice Mushroom

Den Mothers

Slay 5 Jaggia

Kelbi Cure-All

Deliver 3 Kelbi Horns

Sub: Slay 8 Kelbi

— These quests are unlocked once you finish 'A Winning Combination.'

Chip Off the Old Blockade

Slay 8 Konchu

— Unlocked by finishing any of the quests mentioned above.

The Stinking Seltas

Hunt a Seltas

Sub: Break the Seltas's horn

— Unlocked by finishing 'Chip Off the Old Blockade.' Finishing this mission upgrades your grain/bread and vegetable ingredients at the canteen. For the full scoop, check out my MH4U Canteen Food Ingredients Upgrade Guide. It also unlocks expeditions, which lets you do free hunts in the Everwood. To progress further, you'll need to do two expeditions: Kill Velocidrome and Kill Yian Kut Ku. These unlock:

Urgent Quest: Swing Into Action

Hunt a Kecha Wacha

Sub: Topple monster while mounted

— Finish this 3-star quest and you unlock the 3-star caravan/village quests.

3-star

Boulder-bash

Hunt a Tetsucabra

Sub: Wound the Tetsucabra's jaw

— Unlocked after finishing 'Swing Into Action.'

Shipshape Skin

/proshow-producer-6-registration-key-generator.html. Hunt a Gypceros

Sub: Wound the Gypceros's crest

— Unlocked after finishing 'Boulder Bash.'

Road Work

Capture a Gendrome (Village: 3 Star)

Sub: Slay 5 Genpreys

— Unlocked after finishing 'Shipshape Skin.' Finish this to trigger:

Urgent: Nerscylla Thrilla

Hunt a Nerscylla

Sub: Break Nerscylla's poison spikes.

— Finish this to unlock 4-star caravan/village quests.

Before going further, I also noticed one more urgent pop up while I was doing 3-star quests. I believe this appeared after I finished 'Kecha Wacha Wallop,' which is not considered a key quest.

Urgent: Research Basarios

Hunt a Basarios

Sub: Topple monster while mounted

— Makes Basarios show up in the Everwood.

4-star

Pink Stink

Hunt a Congalala

Sub: Wound the Congalala's comb

— Maybe I was just sleep-deprived, but I could've sworn this was called 'Wild Palico Panic' when I first tried it. Anyway, now it says 'Pink Stink' in my mission board so 'Pink Stink' it is.

An Ice Surprise

Hunt a Zamtrios

Sub: Wound the Zamtrios's top fin

— I could've sworn this one was named 'Meownster Hunt Havoc' the first time I did it, too. Seriously, I think I'm losing my mind. Maybe I already did.

Najarala Hunt

Hunt a Najarala

Sub: Wound the Najarala's back

— Take down this snake in the grass and you'll get an emergency Gore Magala expedition if I remember correctly. Repel that sucker and you should unlock:

Urgent: Tipping the Scales

Hunt Gore Magala

Sub: Wound Gore Magala's feelers

— Gore! Gore! Gore! With apologies to JR's Barbecue Sauce. Bring down the flagship monster and say hello to 5-star quests.

5-star

Major Miner Problem

Hunt a Gravios

Sub: Wound the Gravios' chest

— Hello, big guy. Just bring him down, baby

Advanced: Odd Ape Out

Hunt a Congalala

Sub: Break the Congalala's claw

Mhgen 3 Star Village Key Quests

— I was reading a Japanese forum once and some dude didn't even mention him by name and just said 'that filthy ape.' I don't know why but that made me laugh. Yes, I'm easy to please.

Now do two of the following quests:

Zinogre Zone

Hunt a Zinogre

Sub: Wound the Zinogre's head

The Royal Guard

Hunt a Seltas Queen

Sub: Hunt a Seltas

King of the Skies

Hunt a Rathalos

Sub: Sever the Rathalos' tail

This will unlock:

Advanced: Tigrex Terror

Hunt a Tigrex

Sub: Break the Tigrex's claw

— Tigrex, he's grrrreat. At unlocking the next quest:

6-star

Urgent: Advanced: Heaven's Wheel

Slay Shagaru Magala

Sub: Break Shagaru Magala's horns

— Finish Gore Magala's true form after shedding its skin and you're on the fast track to high rank questing.

HIGH RANK

7-star

Skiff Scuttler

Hunt a Daimyo Hermitaur

Sub: Break D. Hermitaur's claw

— I was in a rush to go through quests so I waltzed into this quest while still using a bone weapon. Can you say Bounce City?

Hot-air Buffoon

Hunt an Emerald Congalala

Sub: Deliver 1 Territorial Dung+

Facility Facilitation

Hunt a Cephadrome

Sub: Hunt 6 Cephalos

Hunt-a-thon: Nerscylla

Hunt 2 Nerscylla before time expires or deliver a Paw Pass ticket

Sub: Deliver 1 Queen Substance

These missions will unlock:

Urgent: Skiff Competition

Hunt a Monoblos

Sub: Break the Monoblos's horn.

— Charge! Have fun Guard Point masters. Oh yeah, welcome to 8-star quests

8-star

Finish one of the two following missions:

Hide-and-Freak

Hunt a Khezu

Sub: Wound the Khezu's head

— Man, this guy… A bonafide troll.

Take a Powderstone

Deliver 1 Powderstone

Sub: Hunt an Iodrome

Either of the previous missions will unlock:

In the Pink

Hunt a Pink Rathian

Sub: Wound the Pink Rathian's head

— One of my favorite monsters to hunt. I personally find her more challenging than Azure Rathalos. Whatever you do, stay away from her left cheek… Take her down and you get:

Ladykiller

Hunt a Seltas Queen

Sub: Wound the Seltas Queen's head

— Lets… volt… in! I still remember the first time my cousins saw the docking manuever while playing the Japanese version of the game. 'Wait, did they just combine? That's awesome!' Finishing this also unlocks the Wyceum research center, which will be key later when fighting frenzied and extreme monsters, especially those that make your weapons and bullets bounce.

Nocturnal Commission

Capture a Rathian

— This unlocks a pretty cool cut scene, plus your next urgent.

Urgent: Dance of a Thousand Blades

Hunt a Seregios

Sub: Topple monster while mounted

— Say hello to the flagship monster of Monster Hunter 4G. This, by the way, provides the earliest opportunity to craft those Seregios weapons, which was quite helpful when I started doing Guild Hall quests.

9-star

Say hello to key quests galore. Here's the order that I went through them:

Black Rock Down

Hunt a Black Gravios

Sub: Wound Black Gravios's back

An Omen in the Skies

Hunt an Azure Rathalos

Sub: Deliver 1 Large Wyvern Tear

The Echoing Roar

Hunt a Brute Tigrex

Wound the Brute Tigrex's head

Forge Ahead

Hunt a Stygian Zinogre

Sub: Wound Stygian Zinogre's back

Advanced: Glacier's Bane

Hunt a Brachydios

Sub: Suppress Brachydios's frenzy

Advanced: Tyrant's Maw

Hunt a Deviljho

Sub: Topple Monster While Mounted

These will unlock

Urgent: Death by a Thousand Cuts

Hunt an Apex Seregios

— Whee, apex monsters! Don't forget to use that Wystone.

Urgent: Kushala Kushowdown

Hunt a Rusted Kushala Daora

— This a siege-style battle in Dundorma with your NPC allies. Finish it and you level up your Wystone and unlock 10-star quests, which are the final batch of hunts for offline mode. Enjoy!

GATHERING HALL QUESTS

Say hello to the multiplayer part of MH4U. Yes, you can still solo missions if you want but keep in mind that the monsters will be tougher. For the bulk of these, I basically formed a two-man party with my cousin, which provides just the right balance difficulty-wise. Plus we only had to do the urgents twice as opposed to three or four times with a bigger team. Then again, feel free to do whatever works for you.

LOW RANK

Hunter Rank 1

Bug Burger

Hunt a Seltas

Sub: Break the Seltas's horn

Kecha Konundrum

Hunt a Kecha Wacha

Sub: Wound the Kecha Wacha's ears

Tackling a Tetsucabra

Hunt a Tetsucabra

Sub: Wound the Tetsucabra's jaw

The Gypceros Project

Capture a Gypceros

Sub: Slay 5 Konchu

2-star Urgent: Web Sighting

Hunt a Nerscylla

Sub: Break Nerscylla's poison spikes

HR2

Royal Assassination

Hunt a Rathian

Sub: Wound the Rathian's head

A Ghastly Gift

Capture a Khezu

Sub: Wound the Khezu's body

Zamtrios of the Deep

Hunt a Zamtrios

Sub: Wound the Zamtrios's head

Nix the Najarala

Hunt a Najarala

Sub: Wound the Najarala's back

3-star Urgent: Dark Wings, Dark Work

Hunt Gore Magala

Wound Gore Magala's wing

HR3

Tigrex Tough Love

Hunt a Tigrex

Sub: Break the Tigrex's Claw

Temper Tantrum

Hunt a Gravios

Sub: Wound the Gravios's back

Royal Audience

Capture a Rathalos

Sub: Wound the Rathalos's wings

Tuff Turf

Hunt a Zinogre

Sub: Wound the Zinogre's head

The Royal Guard

Hunt a Seltas Queen

Sub: Wound the Seltas Queen's tail

4-star Urgent: Sand Sailor

Slay a Dah'ren Mohran or repel it.

Sub: Btreak Dah'ren Mohran's horn

— Unlocks drinks at the canteen and High-Rank Expeditions

HIGH RANK

HR4

Face Two Face

Hunt 2 Kecha Wacha

Sub: Deliver 1 Large Beast tear

Purple People Eater

Hunt a Purple Gypceros

Sub: Wound Purple Gypceros's chest

Buffoonish Baboon

Hunt an Emerald Congalala

Sub: Wound Emerald Congalala's comb

Dastardly Duo

Hunt a Gendrome and Tetsucabra

Sub: Wound the Gendrome's head

5-star Urgent Quest: Rathian's Wrath

Hunt a Pink Rathian

Sub: Wound the Pink Rathians wings

HR5

Writer's Block

Hunt a Najarala and a Rathian

Sub: Deliver 1 Large Wyvern Tear

The Red Menace

Hunt a Red Khezu

Sub: Wound the Red Khezu's head.

Dread Locked

Hunt a Gore Magala

Sub: Wound Gore Magala's wingarm

Advanced: Frenzied Foe

Hunt a Tigrex

Sub: Break the Tigrex's claw

6-star Urgent Quest: Ore D'Ouvre

Hunt a Black Gravios

Sub: Wound Black Gravios's back

HR6

Bring Down the Sky King

Hunt an Azure Rathalos

Sub: Wound the Azure Rathalos's wing

Infernal Overlord

Hunt a Stygian Zinogre

Sub: Wound Stygian Zinogre's head

Ear Ache

Hunt a Brute Tigrex

Sub: Wound the Brute Tigrex's head

Brimstone and Brachydios

Hunt a Brachydios

Sub: Wound the Brachydios's head

7-star Urgent: Advanced: Stop the Wheel

Slay Shagara Magala

Sub: Break Shagaru Magala's horns

HR7

Advanced: Grim Tidings

Slay an Akantor

Sub: Wound Akantor's head

Advanced: Storm Front

Slay a Kushala Daora or repel it

Sub: Wound Kushala Daora's head

Advanced: Teostra Tangle

Slay a Teostra or repel it

Sub: Wound Tesotra's head

Advanced: Fleet Action

Slay Dah'ren Mohran or repel it

Sub: Break Dah'ren Mohran's horns

Urgent: Advanced: Speartip Menace

Slay a Dalamadur

Sub: Wound Dalamadur's head

— Finish this and you unlock the cap on your hunter rank, which should jump up pretty high. It also unlocks:

Urgent: Advanced: Glacial Grinder

Slay an Ukanlos

Sub: Topple monster while mounted

— This unlocks G-rank quests. Woot!

While I've sunk in a ton of time in the Japanese version of the game, I haven't gone through all the G-rank quests in the Western version so I don't know the English names of all the stuff yet. For such quests, I will name the monsters you need to hunt as part of G-rank key quests. I'm adding subquests, too, in case there are non-key quests that feature the same monster. I will update this section as I verify information in my U.S. copy:

G-Rank 1

Sculptural Seltas

Hunt a Desert Seltas

Seeing Spots

Hunt an Ash Kecha Wacha

Sub: Wound Ash Kecha Wacha's ears

— Apparently, someone in Monster Hunter's localization team is an Ash Ketchum fan..

Berserker Rage

Hunt a Berserk Tetsucabra

Sub: Wound the B. Tetsucabra's jaw

Line in the Sand

Hunt 2 Cephadrome x2

Sub: Wound the Cephadrome's tail

Fashion Victim

Hunt a Daimyo Hermitaur

Sub: Break D. Hermitaur's shell

— These missions will unlock…

Hit List: Plum Daimyo Hermitaur

Hunt a Plum Daimyo Hermitaur

Sub: Break P.D. Hermitaur's Claw

— The Diablos skull accessory always cracks me up

Grand Finals Confrontation

Hunt a Tigerstripe Zamtrios

Sub: Wound T.Zamtrios's dorsal fin

— This guy loves switching to Jabba the Hutt mode

Serpent Serenade

Hunt a Tidal Najarala

Sub: Wound Tidal Najarala's head

Hunter in Green and Red

Hunt a Rathian and a Red Khezu

Sub: Deliver 1 Large Wyvern Tear

— No matter the color, Khezu remains a cave-dwelling troll.

Urgent:Seer of the Swords

Hunt a Seregios

Sub: Sever the Seregios's tail

— Bring dung bombs just in case he grabs ya'.

G-Rank 2

Course Correction

Hunt a Shrouded Nerscylla

Sub: Wound S.Nerscylla's outer hide

The Azure King and the Tyrant

Hunt an Azure Rathalos and a Tigrex

Sub: Deliver 1 large Wyvern Tear

Temper Tantrum

Hunt a Gravios

Sub: Wound the Gravios's head

How to Zap your Zinogre

Hunt a Zinogre

Sub: Slay 5 Slagtoth

These quests will unlock:

Brute Force

Hunt a Brute Tigrex

Sub: Wound the Brute Tigrex's head

Pestering Pest

Hunt a Desert Seltas Queen

Sub: Wound D.Seltas Queen's tail

Hollow Promise

Hunt a Black Gravios

Sub: Wound the Black Gravios's chest

Fire Drill

Hunt a Brachydios and a Stygian Zinogre

Sub: Sever the Stygian Zinogre's tail

Showdown at High Noon

Hunt a Diablos

Sub: Sever the Diablos's tail

Then..

Hunt Black Diablos (Sub: break both horns)

Urgent: Chaos Gore Magala

G-Rank 3

Advanced Chameleos (Sub: break horns)

Advanced Kushala Daora (Sub: cut tail)

Advanced Teostra (Sub: wound wings)

Advanced Ukanlos (Sub: wound front feet)

Urgent: Gogmazios (Sub: destroy back)

Well, that's it for now. Make sure to check out the Technobubble hub for more of our guides for Monster Hunter Ultimate 4!

You've probably heard of a little action RPG game called Monster Hunter lately. That's because this year, they released Monster Hunter World on home consoles and PC, but they've also brought Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate to the Nintendo Switch after its initial release in Japan a year ago.

Monster Hunter is a game where players literally hunt large monsters (it's part of the ecology) and use parts from those monsters to craft armor and weapons to better prepare for the next hunt. You repeat this process over and over — it's a bit grindy, but worth the efforts to look like a badass.

While Monster Hunter's a great franchise, it's definitely overwhelming if you've never played before, or are still relatively new to the game. This is especially true for Generations Ultimate, as it introduces some new changes from previous Monster Hunter handheld titles. That's why we've rounded up some tips and tricks to help you get the most out of your time with Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate (MHGU).

Questing fundamentals

Everything that you do in Monster Hunter's done through quests. In each game, there's usually a girl around the middle of the village who handles quests. Quests may have a variety of different objectives, such as making deliveries, killing or capturing specific monster(s), or even making incredibly large and tough beasts retreat, saving villages from impending doom.

The one thing all newbies must understand before starting quests in Monster Hunter is the fact that the game does start a bit slow. The first couple of missions available are deliveries or something like killing 10 small monsters as the objective. These are a bit boring, but necessary to understand the fundamentals of the game before you tackle the larger beasts.

Choose where to take on quests from

There are two areas to complete quests in MHGU: Village and Hunter's Hub. Village quests are strictly single-player, advance the story, and unlock key parts of the villages that make your hunting life easier. Hunter's Hub allows for four hunters to hunt together and raise their Hunter Rank. Think of Hunter Rank like character level, since it gets unlocked after you hit G-Rank and the number increases as you earn HR points from hunts.

Village Low Rank quests go up to 5 stars, High Rank starts at 6, and G-Rank quests are the 10 Advanced missions that aren't for the faint-of-heart.

In Hunter's Hub, Low Rank is 1-3, High Rank is 4-7, and G-Rank is G1-4.

While you're free to do every quest that's available in each level, there are technically only certain ones that you need to complete in order to progress to the next set of quests. These are called Key Quests, and you can find a list of Village Key Quests and Hunter's Hub Key Quests on the MHGU Wiki. However, other non-key quests can unlock important things in the village, and even add more ingredients to your canteen's menu.

MHGU also makes things interesting with a new Hunt of the Day, which you can complete to earn extra rewards and zenny (currency).

Know the conditions of failure and success

In every quest, hunters get 50 minutes to complete the objective, unless otherwise stated. Once the objective's met, such as killing or capturing a monster, then it's complete and you return to the village in 60 seconds.

You'll fail the quest if you don't finish in time, or if you faint (lose all health) three times unless a mission says otherwise. That's why it's imperative to know your enemy and dodge their moves at the correct time! Less hits taken means less chance of failure.

Take advantage of the Supply Box

When you're in Low Rank, you start out at the beginning of each area, where there's a camp set up. A blue chest holds some useful freebies that you can grab for the hunt. If you don't use them, they get returned at the end of the quest.

In High and G-Rank, hunters get dropped off in random zones on the map. To make things more difficult, the supplies in the blue supply box get dropped off after a few minutes of the quest starting. So if you're in the higher level quests, you'll need to be patient and tough it out if you still want these freebies.

You may also notice a red chest at camp. This is where you drop off items for delivery, such as wyvern or herbivore eggs, and unique account items that net you more guild points.

Always remember to eat

Before setting off on your quest, always make sure you hit up the canteen for a hearty meal.

Why is eating so important? It's simple, you don't want to go out on a hunt with base stamina and health, right? Eating meals boosts your existing HP and Stamina bars so you can take more hits, or do more evasive maneuvers. Plus, some weapons have modes that deplete your stamina, such as Dual Blades' Archdemon mode, so you want to have as much as possible.

Meals in Monster Hunter also provide beneficial passive abilities that come in handy, such as Polisher that lets you sharpen your weapon faster, or Carver, where you can gain extra carves from a monster corpse. You may also get improvements to your defense and attack strength, which is always helpful.

Try out every weapon

The one thing that I often hear about newbies coming into Monster Hunter games is the fact that they don't like how 'slow' some weapons are, or how weapons must be sheathed to use items and whatnot. This does take some getting used to since Monster Hunter is not your typical hack-n-slash game. You must put thought into how you move, just as you would if you were actually hunting.

There are 14 different weapon types in MHGU:

1. Greatsword
2. Sword and Shield
3. Longsword
4. Dual Blades
5. Lance
6. Gunlance
7. Switch Axe
8. Hammer
9. Hunting Horn
10. Insect Glaive
11. Charge Blade
12. Bow
13. Heavy Bowgun
14. Light Bowgun

Every weapon type plays differently. Greatswords tend to make you move slow and require good timing to land hits, but deal heavy damage with each hit. Dual Blades are super fast and easy to chain into combos, but each individual hits don't do much damage on their own. Sword and Shield is the only weapon type that lets hunters use items while the weapon's unsheathed, and has fairly quick attacks like Dual Blades. Insect Glaive is a staff-like weapon that also has a 'kinsect' aspect, which is used to gather extracts from monsters to boost your own abilities.

If you prefer ranged, there's the Bows and Bowguns. Bows use arrows, while Bowguns require a different ammo that you must craft. Light Bowguns deal more in elemental and status damage and are more mobile, whereas Heavy Bowguns focus on raw damage and explosives.

There are a lot of options to choose from in Monster Hunter, and I recommend going into the training quest for each weapon type to find what you like using. For newcomers, Sword and Shield is always a good starting point —or even Dual Blades. If you don't mind slow movement using heavy hits, then Greatsword is a classic.

Experiment with Hunting Styles and Arts

A new addition in Generations were Hunting Styles, and this carries over into the Ultimate edition as well. There are six styles to learn: Guide, Striker, Aerial, Adept, Valor, and Alchemy.

Guild's the traditional style that you may be used to from older games. You get two slots for Hunter Arts. This is the best way to learn the game if you're a beginner.

Striker's another style that's good for beginners. You get three Arts to equip, and you build up your Arts by getting hit in addition to landing successful hits. However, you lose some fine distinctions for certain weapons in this style, such as Dual Blades' Archdemon mode.

Aerial allows players to hop around areas due to their movement. When you dodge with the B button, your hunter jumps. This turns into a large leap if you hit a monster in the air, or even hit another hunter or bomb. However, you only get one Art to equip with this style.

Adept is the hardest of them all and focuses heavily on countering your enemies. This one isn't for beginners, but veterans who know how to read the monster's movements and counter at the correct time. You also get only one Art with Adept style.

Valor relies on sheathing to fill up your gauge and enter the Valor State, which means you hit harder and move faster. This style involves canceling attacks by sheathing to fill up your Art gauges and avoid incoming attacks with a sheathing stance.

Alchemy is the support style. It allows for three Hunter Arts, and you can use Alchemy Barrels to create Alchemy Items, power up your SP State and Hunter Arts, and more.

Each style can completely change how a weapon plays, so there's a lot of experimenting involved with figuring out your own play style. Valor and Alchemy are new to Generations Ultimate, as they were not in the original base game.

Arts get unlocked as you progress through the story, and these are powerful moves you can perform once the gauge is full. Hunter Arts can be devasting attacks for specific weapons, general evasion or defensive maneuvers, and even counters to attacks.

Styles and Arts make up the meat of the game in terms of gameplay, so try out as many as you can! You'll definitely find something that you'll end up loving.

Gather everything

I know — you want to go out and take on the big monsters to get amazing gear. But that process takes time! You need to gather resources first to make items that help you survive out in the wilderness.

An important aspect of Monster Hunter is gathering. While you're out exploring the land, look for anything interesting on the ground or on walls. If something sparkles, that means you can gather it. Just walk over to it and press the A button until there's nothing more you can pick up.

Some gathering points require special tools. You'll need pickaxes to mine ore, and bug nets to catch insects. You'll also want to gather up honey as often as possible, as it's used in a lot of crafting recipes, specifically the important healing items.

If there's anything I learned from pouring hundreds of hours into several Monster Hunter games, it's the fact that you should pretty much pick up and gather everything.

Eventually, you'll unlock a small farming section in the village, where you can duplicate common resources.

Make item and equipment sets

In every Monster Hunter game, you'll end up going through a variety of different quests that take place in cold or even scorching environments, or you just need to relax and go out gathering resources for later hunts. You'll also do a lot of farming of monsters for parts, and every beast has their own set of weaknesses for you to exploit.

An essential tip that makes your hunting life easier is to create both item and equipment sets.

Item sets would be what you carry along in your pouch for each quest. This should always have Potions, Mega Potions, Honey (mix with Potions to create Mega Potions), Nulberries, Paintballs, Antidotes — you know, the essentials. However, you'll end up in hot or cold areas, which require cool or hot drinks respectively.

You can save item sets in your item box (located in your room or next to the departure gate), and when you are preparing to go out on a hunt, just select the item set you want, and swap it out with what you're carrying. Those items you just swapped out get stored in the item box, and you're good to go! It's also a great way to top off the necessities.

The same can be done for your equipment. Perhaps you like a certain armor set because of its skills, and prefer it with a certain weapon. Save it as an equipment set, and then change out your gear when you need it! As you build up a collection of armors and weapons, you'll be doing a lot of swapping out based on what monster you're hunting or even gathering runs.

Understand skill points on gear

When you craft armor, you'll see that each piece has a point value in a skill. But don't think that equipping this single piece of armor means you get that skill. That's not how that works at all, and it's a bit confusing for newcomers (this is all solved in Monster Hunter World, where each piece of armor has its own active armor skill).

In the standard Monster Hunter games, hunters need at least 10 points in a skill for it to be active. Anything below that means that the skill is dormant. Some skills can reach up to 15 points for maximum effect. Older games also had negative skills that needed to be gemmed out (equip a gem with a skill that counters the negative skill), but this was removed in Generations.

To create the perfect armor set with the best skills and looks cool is a task in itself. I'd recommend going for complete armor sets (one monster's set) first before venturing out and trying to create mixed sets for skills.

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Proper Hunter's Hub etiquette

While it's a ton of fun to hunt with others through either local or online multiplayer, there's definitely some issues with randoms joining you or even playing with friends who don't know proper etiquette.

Always support each other

When you're in multiplayer quests, it's usually scaled for the number of people that are in the group. Meaning that if you're hunting with anyone besides yourself, it's going to be more difficult than a solo hunt.

Monsters have more health and hit harder, but you still fail if your team winds up with three 'carts' (when you faint, Palicos wheel you back to camp in a wooden cart) or run out of time. That's why you should always try to keep an eye on your teammates' health bars, and always pop a Lifepowder when necessary.

I speak from experience — I've had numerous hunts in the past where the quest was a failure because someone didn't feel the need to use Lifepowder on a teammate who was near death. Guess what? That player tried to heal themselves but got hit (monsters tend to target those who are trying to heal), and everyone failed.

There are other ways to be more of a team player as well. Watch what your teammates are doing, such as setting up a trap to capture a sleeping monster, instead of waking it up with a weak attack. Or if the team is setting up bombs around a sleeping monster, let the hunter with the strongest attack set off the bombs, since sleeping beasts take triple damage. Oh, and don't hog up all of those Max and Ancient Potions in the Supply Box for yourself — sharing is caring.

It's imperative to cooperate with each other and help one another out when hunting! After all, you're in it together! Communication's key.

Happy hunting!

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is one of those games that's packed to the brim with things to do and collect. Again, while it starts off slow, things do pick up once you get a good set of gear, and you'll become hooked to the thrill of the hunt.

There's a lot to this game, but these tips and tricks should help you get going for a great hunting experience.

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