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  • Anti-Cold寒さ無効

Anti-Cold寒さ無効

Eliminate the maximum Stamina-reducing effects of cold zones.

  • Anti-Heat暑さ無効

Anti-Heat暑さ無効

Eliminate the Hitpoint-depleting effects of hot zones.

  • Anti-Theft盗み無効

Anti-Theft盗み無効

Prevent anyone from stealing your items. Works against Melynxes and Gypceroses.

  • Anti-Wind風圧無効

Anti-Wind風圧無効

Resist the effects of wind created by monsters beating their wings, kicking up dust, etc.

  • Attack Up [S]攻撃力UP【小】(+3)
  • Attack Up [L]攻撃力UP【大】(+5)

Attack Up攻撃

Increase your weapon's Attack. Adds the amount in parentheses to the weapon's True Damage Value before its Bloat Value.

  • Auto-Map地図

Auto-Map地図

Display the full locale map even without the Map supply item.

  • Automatic Marking自動マーキング

Automatic Marking自動マーキング

Display monsters on the map at all times.

  • Defense + 5防御+5
  • Defense + 10防御+10

Defense防御

Increase your total Defense.

  • Dragon Res - 10龍耐性-10
  • Dragon Res + 25龍耐性+25

Dragon Resistance龍耐性

Reduce, or increase, your Dragon Element Resistance by the given amount.

  • Fire Res - 10火耐性-10
  • Fire Res + 25火耐性+25

Fire Resistance火耐性

Reduce, or increase, your Fire Element Resistance by the given amount.

  • Gathering採取

Gathering採取

The hunter's knowledge of botany and geology ensures bountiful gathering.

  • Health + 10体力+10
  • Health + 20体力+20
  • Health + 30体力+30

Health体力

Add to your maximum Health.

  • Health Recovery Items Improved体力回復アイテム強化

Health Recovery Items Improved体力回復アイテム強化

Recover more Hitpoints when using healing items. (This effect is not applied when healing other hunters healed with the Wide Area skills or Lifepowder.)

  • High Speed Damage Recoveryダメージ高速回復

High Speed Damage Recoveryダメージ高速回復

Recover temporary damage (red bar) more quickly.

  • Hunger Doubled (Hunger x 1.5)はらへり倍加
  • Hunger Halvedはらへり半減
  • Hunger Negatedはらへり無効

Hungerはらへり

Lose maximum Stamina over time twice as quickly, half as quickly, or not at all. (Mistakenly labelled as "Hunger x 1.5" in-game.)

  • KO Duration Doubled気絶倍加
  • KO Duration Halved気絶半減
  • KO Negated気絶無効

Knockout (Faint)気絶

Suffer the effects of Knockout for twice as long, half as long, or not at all. (May be called "Faint" in-game.)

  • Bad Luck不運
  • Good Fortune幸運

Luck運気

Worsen/improve chances to receive additional items in quest rewards. (See "How quest rewards work" on the Quests page.)

  • Paralysis Duration Doubled麻痺倍加
  • Paralysis Duration Halved麻痺半減
  • Paralysis Negated麻痺無効

Paralysis (Stun)麻痺

Suffer the effects of Paralysis for twice as long, half as long, or not at all. (May be called "Stun" in-game.)

  • Poison Duration Doubled毒倍加
  • Poison Duration Halved毒半減
  • Poison Negated毒無効

Poison

Suffer the effects of Poison for twice as long, half as long, or not at all.

  • Provocation挑発

Provocation挑発

Draw the aggression of monsters more often than other hunters in the zone. This does not impact how a monster first detects you.

  • Reload + 1装填+1
  • Reload + 2装填+2

Reloading Speed装填

Reduces reload speed by one, or two, points. (See the Reload section under About Weapons in the Weapons page.)

  • Sharpness Restoration + 25%斬れ味回復+25%
  • Sharpness Restoration + 50%斬れ味回復+50%

Sharpness Restoration斬れ味回復

Restore more hits when sharpening your weapon. A Whetstone or Knife Mackerel normally restore 150 hits, and a Mini-Whetstone 100 hits. +25% increases these to 187 and 125 respectively, +50% increases to 225 and 150. (See the Sharpness section under About Weapons in the Weapons page.)

  • Sleep Duration Doubled睡眠倍加
  • Sleep Duration Halved睡眠半減
  • Sleep Negated睡眠無効

Sleep睡眠

Suffer from monster-induced sleep for double the time, half the time, or totally negate such sleep effects.

  • Stealth隠密

Stealth隠密

Draw the aggression of monsters less often than other hunters in the zone. This does not impact how a monster first detects you.

  • Thunder Res - 10雷耐性-10
  • Thunder Res + 25雷耐性+25

Thunder Resistance雷耐性

Reduce, or increase, your Thunder Element Resistance by the given amount.

  • Toolsaver精霊のぎまぐれ(25%)
  • Divine Toolsaver神のぎまぐれ(50%)

Toolsaver精霊のぎまぐれ

Reduce the likeliness that your tools will break on use. This includes Pickaxes, Bugnets, and Flutes.

  • Water Res - 10水耐性-10
  • Water Res + 25水耐性+25

Water Resistance水耐性

Reduce, or increase, your Water Element Resistance by the given amount.

  • Wide Area PotionWide Area Potion
  • Wide Area AntidoteWide Area Antidote
  • Wide Area Power SeedWide Area Power Seed
  • Wide Area Armor SeedWide Area Armor Seed

Wide Area広域化

Share the effects of the given item with all hunters in the same zone. Wide Area Potion only applies for Potions, not for Mega Potions, First-Aid Meds, or any other healing items.

  • +10 Alchemy 錬金術

Alchemy錬金術

Allow special item combinations without the Alchemy Book.

  • +10 Ammo Mixer 最大数弾生産

Ammo Mixer弾調合

Always make the maximum possible amount of ammunition when combining.

  • +10 Anti-Theft 盗み無効

Anti-Theft盗み無効

Prevent anyone from stealing your items. Works against Melynxes, Gypceroses, and Purple Gypceroses.

  • +10 Attack Up [S] 攻撃力UP【小】 (+3)
  • +15 Attack Up [M] 攻撃力UP【中】 (+5)
  • +25 Attack Up [L] 攻撃力UP【大】 (+10)

Attack攻撃

Increase your weapon's Attack. Adds the amount in parentheses to the weapon's True Damage Value before its Bloat Value.

  • +10 Auto-Guard オートガード

Auto-Guard自動防御

Block attacks automatically if your weapon is drawn. You must also be facing the direction of the incoming attack (within 180 degrees in front of you), and be free to block it (that is, not be in the middle of dodging or attacking.)

  • +10 Backpacking Expert 運搬の達人

Backpacking運搬

Move faster while carrying an egg or other delivery item, and drop from a greater height without breaking or dropping it.

  • +10 Bomber ボマー

Bomber爆弾強化

Increases the yield of barrel bombs, dealing 1.5x damage. See the Explosive Damage section under About Weapons in the Weapons page.

  • +10 Clust S Add 1 拡散弾LV1追加
  • +15 Clust S Add 2 拡散弾LV1&2追加
  • +25 Clust S Add 3 拡散弾全レベル追加

Clust S Add拡散弾追加

Load Cluster Shot of increasing levels in bowguns that cannot normally use it. Each level includes the shot(s) from previous levels (see the Weapons page for which weapons have what ammo by default.)

  • -25 Cold Effect Doubled 寒さ倍加【×2】
  • -10 Cold Effect x1.5 寒さ倍加【×1.5】
  • +10 Cold Effect Halved 寒さ半減
  • +15 Cold Negated 寒さ無効

Cold Res耐寒

Hasten, reduce, or totally negate the maximum Stamina-reducing effects of cold zones.

  • -25 Combine Success -15% 調合成功率-15%
  • -15 Combine Success -10% 調合成功率-10%
  • -10 Combine Success -5% 調合成功率-5%
  • +10 Combine Success +5% 調合成功率+5%
  • +15 Combine Success +10% 調合成功率+10%
  • +25 Combine Success +20% 調合成功率+20%

Combine Success調合成功率

Increase, or reduce, your chances to successfully combine items.

  • +10 Crag S Add 1 徹甲榴弾LV1追加
  • +15 Crag S Add 2 徹甲榴弾LV1&2追加
  • +25 Crag S Add 3 徹甲榴弾全レベル追加

Crag S Add榴弾追加

Load Crag Shot of increasing levels in bowguns that cannot normally use it. Each level includes the shot(s) from previous levels (see the Weapons page for which weapons have what ammo by default.)

  • -25 Defense -20 防御-20
  • -15 Defense -15 防御-15
  • -10 Defense -10 防御-10
  • +10 Defense +10 防御+10
  • +15 Defense +15 防御+15
  • +25 Defense +20 防御+20

Defense防御

Reduce, or increase, your total Defense.

  • -25 Dragon Res -10 龍耐性-10
  • -15 Dragon Res -5 龍耐性-5
  • -10 Dragon Res -3 龍耐性-3
  • +10 Dragon Res +3 龍耐性+3
  • +15 Dragon Res +5 龍耐性+5
  • +25 Dragon Res +10 龍耐性+10

Dragon Resistance龍耐性

Reduce, or increase, your Dragon Element Resistance.

  • +10 Earplugs 聴覚保護
  • +15 High Grade Earplugs 高級耳栓

Earplugs耳栓

Negate the staggering effect of monster roars. Some monsters roar so loudly, only High Grade Earplugs can block them out. Diablos and Fatalis roars require High Grade Earplugs.

  • -25 Element Res -10 各耐性-10
  • -15 Element Res -5 各耐性-5
  • -10 Element Res -3 各耐性-3
  • +10 Element Res +3 各耐性+3
  • +15 Element Res +5 各耐性+5
  • +25 Element Res +10 各耐性+10

Element Resistance全耐性UP

Reduce, or increase, all of your Element Resistances.

  • -25 Disaster 災難
  • -10 Bad Luck 不運
  • +10 Good Luck 幸運
  • +15 Very Good Luck 激運

Fate運気

Worsen/improve chances to receive additional items in quest rewards (see "How quest rewards work" on the Quests page.)

  • -25 Fire Res -10 火耐性-10
  • -15 Fire Res -5 火耐性-5
  • -10 Fire Res -3 火耐性-3
  • +10 Fire Res +3 火耐性+3
  • +15 Fire Res +5 火耐性+5
  • +25 Fire Res +10 火耐性+10

Fire Resistance火耐性

Reduce, or increase, your Fire Element Resistance.

  • +10 Fishing Master 釣り名人

Fishing釣り

Increase the timing window to reel in a fish, and make the lure appear to be much bigger.

  • +10 Flute Master 笛吹き名人

Flute

Reduce the chance a flute will break when played by 25%. Flutes with effects are 1.1x more potent and their effects last 1.1x longer.

  • -15 Gathering -2 採取-2 (59%)
  • -10 Gathering -1 採取-1 (72%)
  • +10 Gathering +1 採取+1 (91%)
  • +15 Gathering +2 採取+2 (97%)

Gathering採取

Worsen, or improve, your chance to gather additional items. One item is guaranteed and each successive attempt has a chance to have another item or the gathering point will be depleted. Normally this chance is 84%, and changes to the value in parentheses for the given level of this skill.

  • +10 Eating +1 まんぷく+1 (+25)
  • +15 Eating +2 まんぷく+2 (+50)
  • +25 Speed Eater 拾い食い (+50)

Gluttony食いしん坊

Increase the amount of maximum Stamina gained when eating cooked meat by the amount in parentheses. Additionally, the Speed Eater skill will occasionally increase maximum Stamina when using a recovery item. Specifically, it provides a 1/3 chance to gain 25 Maximum Stamina when using a recovery item.

  • -15 Guard -2 ガード性能-2
  • -10 Guard -1 ガード性能-1
  • +10 Guard +1 ガード性能+1
  • +15 Guard +2 ガード性能+2

Guardガード性能

Reduce, or improve, your shield's effectiveness while blocking. You'll get knocked back farther and take more chip damage with the negative skills, less knockback and chip damage from the positive skills. This also affects the blocking animation, based on monster attack and weapon class.

  • +10 Guard Up ガード強化

Guard Upガード強化

Block any attack with your shield, no matter how powerful.

  • -10 Sharpness Down 斬れ味レベル-1
  • +10 Sharpness Up 斬れ味レベル+1

Handicraft

Reduce, or increase, the maximum sharpness of your weapon (normal and increased sharpness are included on the Weapons page per weapon.)

  • -25 Health -30 体力-30
  • -15 Health -20 体力-20
  • -10 Health -10 体力-10
  • +10 Health +10 体力+10
  • +15 Health +20 体力+20
  • +25 Health +30 体力+30

Health体力

Reduce, or increase, your maximum Hitpoints by the given amount.

  • -25 Heat Effect Doubled 暑さ倍加【×2】
  • -10 Heat Effect x1.5 暑さ倍加【×1.5】
  • +10 Heat Effect Halved 暑さ半減
  • +15 Heat Negated 暑さ無効

Heat Res耐暑

Hasten, reduce, or totally negate the Hitpoint-depleting effects of hot zones.

  • -25 Double Hunger はらへり倍加×2
  • -10 Hunger x1.5 はらへり倍加×1.5
  • +10 Hunger Halved はらへり半減
  • +15 Hunger Negated はらへり無効

Hungerはらへり

Hasten, reduce, or totally negate the maximum Stamina-reducing effects of hunger.

  • -10 No Map 地図無効
  • +10 Farsight 地図常備

Map地図

Hide most of the map even with the Map supply item, or display the full locale map at all times.

  • +10 Normal S Add 1 通常弾LV1追加
  • +15 Normal S Add All 通常弾全レベル追加

Normal S Add通常弾追加

Load Normal Shot of increasing levels in bowguns that cannot normally use it. Each level includes the shot(s) from previous levels (see the Weapons page for which weapons have what ammo by default.)

  • +10 Normal S Up 通常弾攻撃力UP

Normal S Up通常弾強化

Deal increased 1.1x damage with Normal Shot.

  • -10 Paralysis Doubled 麻痺倍加
  • +10 Paralysis Halved 麻痺半減
  • +15 Paralysis Negated 麻痺無効

Paralysis麻痺

Suffer the effects of Paralysis for twice as long, half as long, or not at all.

  • +10 Pellet S Add 1 散弾LV1追加
  • +15 Pellet S Add 2 散弾LV1&2追加
  • +25 Pellet S Add 3 散弾全レベル追加

Pellet S Add散弾追加

Load Pellet Shot of increasing levels in bowguns that cannot normally use it. Each level includes the shot(s) from previous levels (see the Weapons page for which weapons have what ammo by default.)

  • +10 Pellet S Up 散弾攻撃力UP

Pellet S Up散弾強化

Deal increased 1.3x damage with Pellet Shot.

  • +10 Pierce S Add 1 貫通弾LV1追加
  • +15 Pierce S Add 2 貫通弾LV1&2追加
  • +25 Pierce S Add 3 貫通弾全レベル追加

Pierce S Add貫通弾追加

Load Pierce Shot of increasing levels in bowguns that cannot normally use it. Each level includes the shot(s) from previous levels (see the Weapons page for which weapons have what ammo by default.)

  • +10 Pierce S Up 貫通弾攻撃力UP

Pierce S Up貫通弾強化

Deal increased 1.1x damage with Pierce Shot.

  • -25 Poison Quadrupled 毒倍加【×4】
  • -15 Poison Tripled 毒倍加【×3】
  • -10 Poison Doubled 毒倍加【×2】
  • +10 Poison Halved 毒半減
  • +15 Poison Negated 毒無効

Poison

Suffer Poison for four times as long, three times, twice, half as long, or not at all.

  • -10 Demonic Protection 悪霊の加護 (1.3x)
  • +10 Divine Protection 精霊の加護 (0.7x)

Protection加護

Take more 1.3x damage, on occasion 25% of the time; or take less 0.7x damage, on occasion 25% of the time.

  • +10 Detect 探知
  • +15 Autotracker 自動マーキング

Psychic千里眼

Detect will show a detailed monster icon on the map, as long as the monster is being tracked(if it is Paintballed or the hunter is using Psychoserum); Autotracker will additionally show monster icons on the map at all times.

  • +10 Rapid Fire 連射

Rapid Fire連射

Fire bowgun shots without having to reload, except when changing ammo type. This also increases recoil (see the Recoil section under About Weapons in the Weapons page for more details.)

  • +10 Recoil +1 反動軽減+1
  • +15 Recoil +2 反動軽減+2

Recoil反動

Reduce bowgun Recoil by one, or two, points. (see the Recoil section under About Weapons in the Weapons page for more details.)

  • -10 Recovery Items Weakened 体力回復アイテム弱化 (0.75x)
  • +10 Recovery Items Strengthened 体力回復アイテム強化 (1.5x)

Recovery Items回復

Reduce, or increase, the amount of Hitpoints recovered from healing items. (This effect is not applied to other hunters when using Lifepowder or recovery items with the Wide Area skills.)

  • -25 Recovery Speed -2 ダメージ回復速度-2 (1/4x)
  • -10 Recovery Speed -1 ダメージ回復速度-1 (1/3x)
  • +10 Recovery Speed +1 ダメージ回復速度+1 (3x)
  • +25 Recovery Speed +2 ダメージ回復速度+2 (4x)

Recovery Speed回復速度

Recover temporary damage (red bar) more slowly, or quickly, per the multipliers in parentheses.

  • -25 Reload Speed -3 装填速度-3
  • -15 Reload Speed -2 装填速度-2
  • -10 Reload Speed -1 装填速度-1
  • +10 Reload Speed +1 装填速度+1
  • +15 Reload Speed +2 装填速度+2
  • +25 Reload Speed +3 装填速度+3

Reload Speed装填

Increase, or reduce, the time it takes to reload bowgun shots (see the Reload section under About Weapons in the Weapons page for more details.)

  • -10 Provocation 挑発
  • +10 Stealth 隠密

Sense気配

Draw the aggression of monsters more, or less, often than other hunters in the zone. This does not impact how a monster first detects you.

  • -10 Sharpening Halved 砥石性能半減
  • +10 Sharpening Doubled 砥石使用高速化

Sharpener研ぎ師

Take twice, or half, as long to sharpen your weapon.

  • -10 Blunt なまくら
  • +10 Sharp Sword 業物

Sharpness斬れ味

Occasionally lose more, or less, sharpness when attacking with a Blademaster weapon. This also applies to sharpness lost when blocking with the Great Sword.

  • -10 Sleep Doubled 睡眠倍加
  • +10 Sleep Halved 睡眠半減
  • +15 Sleep Negated 睡眠無効

Sleep睡眠

Sleep for twice as long, half as long, or not at all when inflicted by Sleep from a monster.

  • +10 Speed Gathering 高速剥ぎ取り&採取

Speed Gathering高速収集

Gather items in the field and carve monsters 1.3 times more quickly.

  • +10 Status Attack Up 状態異常攻撃強化

Status特殊攻撃

Apply more 1.125x status with every hit. This applies to all Blademaster weapons that have status, Poison S, Stun S, and Sleep S.

  • -10 Stun Doubled 気絶倍加
  • +10 Stun Halved 気絶確率半減
  • +15 Stun Negated 気絶無効

Stun気絶

Suffer the effects of being Stunned by a monster for twice as long, half as long, or not at all.

  • +10 ESP 心眼

Swordsmanship剣術

This skill is bugged and has no actual effect. If it were working properly, it would eliminate the late timing sourspot during attack animations if your weapon is in white sharpness, which reduces your damage and potentially makes your attack bounce.

  • +10 Throw 投擲技術UP

Throw投擲

Throw items such as Paintballs and Throwing Knives farther.

  • -25 Thunder Res -10 雷耐性-10
  • -15 Thunder Res -5 雷耐性-5
  • -10 Thunder Res -3 雷耐性-3
  • +10 Thunder Res +3 雷耐性+3
  • +15 Thunder Res +5 雷耐性+5
  • +25 Thunder Res +10 雷耐性+10

Thunder Resistance雷耐性

Reduce, or increase, your Thunder Element Resistance.

  • Torso Up 胴系統倍加

Torso Up胴系統倍加

Increases all skill points on your torso armor. Each piece of armor with Torso Up adds all the skill points for the torso armor an additional time, as if that armor had all the same skill points (positive and negative.) E.G. one piece doubles the points, two pieces triple, etc.

  • Torso +1 胴系統+1
  • Torso +2 胴系統+2

Torso +胴系統+

Improve all skill points on your torso armor. Increases the skill points by one, or two, of each armor skill. E.G. Torso +1 turns a -10 skill into -9, or a +14 skill into a +15. This is done after applying the Torso Up skill, if present.

  • -25 Water Res -10 水耐性-10
  • -15 Water Res -5 水耐性-5
  • -10 Water Res -3 水耐性-3
  • +10 Water Res +3 水耐性+3
  • +15 Water Res +5 水耐性+5
  • +25 Water Res +10 水耐性+10

Water Resistance水耐性

Reduce, or increase, your Water Element Resistance.

  • -15 Devil's Whim 悪魔の気まぐれ (+50%)
  • -10 Spectre's Whim 悪霊の気まぐれ (+25%)
  • +10 Spirit's Whim 精霊の気まぐれ (-25%)
  • +15 Divine Whim 神の気まぐれ (-50%)

Whim気まぐれ

Increase, or reduce, the chance that a tool will break when used. The chance the tool will break is in parentheses.

  • +10 Wide Area Antidote 【解毒薬】広域化

Wide Area Antidote広域解毒

Cure all hunters in the zone of Poison if you use an Antidote.

  • +10 Wide Area Drugs 怪力・忍耐の種広域化

Wide Area Drugs種広域化

Share the effects of a Power or Armor Seed with all hunters in the zone.

  • +10 Herb Wide Area 【薬草】広域化
  • +15 Potion Wide Area 【回復薬】広域化

Wide Area Recovery広域回復

Restore Hitpoints to all hunters in the zone when using an Herb or a Potion. (this only applies for regular Potions and no other recovery items.)

  • +10 Low Wind Pressure 風圧【小】無効
  • +15 High Wind Pressure 風圧【大】無効

Wind Pressure風圧

Resist the effects of wind created by monsters beating their wings, kicking up dust, etc. Some monsters apply stronger Wind Pressure than others, and can only be resisted by the High Wind Pressure skill.

Much thanks to mmPotato for creating their wiki, whose information has been invaluable. Thanks to the many data extracted from the games themselves by 2Tie and Yuzucchi. Thanks to Amaillo for translation info. Thanks to Sammy for some very informative Bowgun meta. Thanks to Lutyrannus for video footage of monsters not listed in the official guide book. And many thanks to the very helpful members of the Monster Hunter Oldschool Discord!