Monster Hunter World armour: All armour skills and every armour set we've seen so far
When you're hunting huge beasties with giant claws and even bigger teeth, you're going to need some serious protection to shield your squishy human body from dismemberment. To help out, here's our round up of all the Monster Hunter World armour we've seen so far, along with every armour skill that we've encountered.
If you're looking to take the fight to the monsters, we also have a guide to all the Monster Hunter World weapons.
Monster Hunter World armour sets:
Here's the complete list of every armour set that's appeared in one of Monster Hunter World's beta tests or trailers. We haven't listed stats for now – since Monster Hunter's still a work in progress, it could all change at launch – but we'll have a full armour guide up when the game drops.
For a better idea of what these sets actually look like, there's a video from Arekkz embedded below as well.
- Alloy Armour Set
- Anja Armour Set
- Barroth Armour Set
- Bone Armour Set
- Chainmail Armour Set
- Gajau Armour Set – Legs only
- Hunter's Armour Set
- Ingot Armour Set
- Jagras Armour Set
- Jyura Armour Set
- Kadachi Armour Set
- Kestodon Armour Set – Arms only
- Kulu Armour Set
- Legiana Armour Set
- Leather Armour Set
- Origin Armour Set
- Paolumu Armour Set
- Pukei Armour Set
- Rathalos Armour Set
- Rathian Armour Set
- Tzitzi Armour Set
- Vault Armour
- Vespoid Armour Set
Monster Hunter World armour skills:
Armour skills in Monster Hunter World are powerful abilities that are part of your armour pieces, granting buffs to your character. There are tons in the game, and below is a complete list of all the ones we've seen so far. It won't exhaustive of everything in the final version, but this'll give you a good idea of the bonuses you can find.
- Attack Boost – increases attack power, improves affinity at higher levels (7 levels)
- Critical Eye – increases affinity (7 levels)
- Affinity Sliding – sliding increases your affinity for a short time (1 level)
- Water Attack – increases water element attack power (3 levels)
- Fire Attack – increases fire element attack power (3 levels)
- Thunder Attack – increases thunder element attack power (3 levels)
- Ice Attack – increases ice element attack power (3 levels)
- Poison Attack – increases the rate of poison build-up (3 levels)
- Paraylsis Attack – increases the duration of paralysis (3 levels)
- Artillery – strengthens explosive attacks like gunlance shells, Wyvern's Fire, charge blade phial attacks, and sticky ammo (3 levels)
- Special Ammo Boost – increases the power of bowgun special ammo and Dragon Piercer (2 levels)
- Defense boost – increases defense. Level up to improve resistances as well (7 levels)
- Water Resistance – increases water resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels. (3 levels)
- Thunder Resistance – increases thunder resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels. (3 levels)
- Fire Resistance – increases fire resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels. (3 levels)
- Ice Resistance – increases ice resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels. (3 levels)
- Poison Resistance – grants protection against the effects of poison (3 levels)
- Paralysis Resistance – reduces the duration of paralysis (3 levels)
- Stun Restistance – reduces stun duration (3 levels)
- Windproof – Grants protection against wind pressure (5 levels)
- Muck Resistance – Reduces impairment to mobility while stuck in monster muck (1 level)
- Evade Extender – increases evade distance (3 levels)
- Evade Window – extends the invulnerability period when evading (5 levels)
- Stealth – makes it easier for monsters to lose sight of you (3 levels)
- Constitution – reduces stamina depletion when performing stamina-draining moves such as evading, etc (5 levels)
- Marathon Runner – slows down stamina depletion for actions which continuously drain stamina (such as dashing) (1 level)
- Stamina Thief – increases certain attacks' ability to exhaust monsters (1 level)
- Hunger Resistance – reduces maximum stamina depletion over time (5 levels)
- Master Gatherer – allows you to gather more quickly, and also prevents attacks from knocking you back while gathering (1 level)
- Scoutfly Range Up – expands your scoutflies' detection range
- Slinger Capacity – increases the loading capacity for slinger ammo obtained in the field
- Scenthount – increases your scoutflies' gauge fill rate when you find tracks and other traces left by monsters
- BBQ Master – increases your skill at cooking meat
- Health Boost – increases health (3 levels)
- Slugger – makes it easier to dizzy monsters
- Horn Maestro – increases the effect duration of hunting horn melodies
- Entomologist – decreases the chances of destroying the bodies of small insect monsters, allowing them to be carved
- Quick Sheath – increases the speed of sheathing
- Honey Hunter – increases the quantity of honey you receive when gathering in the field
- Aquatic Expert – improves mobility in water
- Speed Eating – increases meat-eating and item-consumption speed
- Intimidator – reduces the chances small monsters will attack after spotting you
- Palico Rally – powers up palicos
- Fortify – increases your attack and defense every time you fall in battle, up to two times
- Speed Crawler – increases your movement speed while crouching
- Stamina Surge – speeds up stamina recovery
- Pro Transporter – increases your speed while transporting items and decreases the likelihood of dropping them
- Item Prolonger – extends the duration of some item effects
- Speed Sharpening – speeds up weapon sharpening when you use a Wheatstone
- Sporepuff Expert – recover health when using sporepuffs
- Botanist – increases the quantity of herbs and other consumable items you gather
- Guard – reduces knockbacks and stamina depletion when guarding
- Focus – increases the fill rate for weapons with gauges and the charge rate for weapons with charge attacks
- Jump Master – prevents attacks from knocking you back during a jump
- Master Mounter – makes it easier to mount monsters
- Cliffhanger – decreases stamina depletion when evading while clinging to walls or ivy
- Recovery Up – increases the amount recovered when restoring health
- Recovery Speed – speeds recovery from temporary damage (the red portion of the health gauge)
- Adrenaline – Temporarily reduces stamina depletion when health is at 40% or lower
Monster Hunter World is out on January 26, 2018 for PS4 and Xbox One, while the PC version is currently slated for the end of 2018.
