Armor skills in Monster Hunter World Monster Hunter World Guide

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

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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.

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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.

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Scoutfly Range Up

Expands your scoutflies detection range.

Lv 1 - Expands your scoutflies' detection range.

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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.

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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

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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%.

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BBQ Master

Improves your skil lat cooking meat.

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

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Health Boost

Increases health.

Lv 1 - Health +15

Lv 2 - Health +30

Lv 3 - Health +50

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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%

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Slugger

Makes it easier to stun mosters.

Lv 1 - Stun power +10%

Lv 2 - Stun power +20%

Lv 3 - Stun Power +30%

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Horn Maestro

Increases the effect duration of hunting horn melodies.

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

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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.

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Quick Sheath

Speeds up weapon sheathing.

Lv 1 - Slighty increases sheathing speed

Lv 2 - Moderately increases sheathig speed

Lv 3 - Greatly increases sheathing speed

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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.

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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

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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.

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Honey Hunter

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

Lv 1 - One extra honey per gather.

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Affinity Sliding

Sliding increases your affinity for a short time.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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%.

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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.

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Speed Crawler

Increases movement speed while crouching.

Lv 1 - Increases movement speed while crouching.

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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

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Stamina Surge

Speeds up stamina recovery.

Lv 1 - Stamina recovery speed +10%

Lv 2 - Stamina recovery speed +20%

Lv 3 - Stamina recovery speed +30%

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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.

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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%

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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%

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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%.

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Stamina Thief

Increases certain attacks' ability to exhaust monsters.

Lv 1 - Exhaust power +10%

Lv 2 - Exhaust power +20%

Lv 3 - Exhaust power +30%

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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%.

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Muck Resistance

Reduces impairments to mobility while stuck in monster muck.

Lv 1 - Deduces limits on movement speed and evasion.

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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.

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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

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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

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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%.

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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%

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Jump Master

Prevents attacks from knocking you back during a jump.

Lv 1 - Negates knockback during jumps.

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Evade extender

Increases evade distance.

Lv 1 - Eslighty extends evasion distance.

Lv 2 - Extends evasion distance.

Lv 3 - Greatly extends evasion distance.

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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

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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

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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.

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Capacity Boost

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

Lv 1 - Loading capacity +1

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Heavy Artillery

Increases the firepower of ballistae and cannons.

Lv 1 - Firepower +10%

Lv 2 - Firepower +20%

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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.

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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.

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Forager's Luck

Increases the Chance of finding rare gathering points.

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

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Detector

Shows rare gathering points on the Wildlife Map.

Lv 1 - Marks rare sites on the wildlife map.

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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.

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Effluvial Expert

Nullifies or reduces environmental damage in the Rotten Vale.

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

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Free Meal

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

Lv 1 - Activates 25% of the time.

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Carving Pro

Prevents knockbacks from attacks while carving.

Lv 1 - Prevents knockback while carving.

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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

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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

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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%.

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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%.

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Recovery Up

Increases the amount recovered when restoring health.

Lv 1 - Recovery +10%

Lv 2 - Recovery +20%

Lv 3 - Recovery +30%

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Blindsider

Improves the effectiveness of flash attacks and items.

Lv 1 - Increases the success rate of flash effects.

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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

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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.

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Master Mounter

Makes it easier to mount monsters.

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

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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%

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Bleeding Resistance

Grants protection against bleeding.

Lv 1 - Reduces damage while bleeding

Lv 2 - Greatly reduces damage while bleeding

Lv 3 - Prevents bleeding

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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.

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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.

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Airborne

Increases the damage caused by jumping attacks.

Lv 1 - Jumping attack power +10%

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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.

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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.

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Cliffhanger

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

Lv 1 - Reduced stamina depletion while climbing by 25%

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Bombardier

Increases damage dealt by explosive items.

Lv 1 - Blast damage +10%

Lv 2 - Blast damage +20%

Lv 3 - Blast damage +30%

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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.

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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%