
You can craft jewels to supplement skills you already have. These skills will provide additional buff strength if brought to those levels.

If you hit Y to show details on the skill list screen, some skills will be listed as having additional benefits (in blue font) at level 15 or 20. Most skills need to have over 10 points to actually do anything. Hit right on the D-pad twice and you will see a list of skills from armour you have equipped. To see your skills, hit START and go to Status. After you defeat a very difficult boss, don’t forget to run back to the blacksmith and see what kind of weapons or armour you can turn him into. Try to pick armour with skills that compliment your preferred weapon and play style. Instead, killing and carving monsters unlocks new armour sets that unlock new skills.

You don’t “Level Up” your character as you do in other RPGs. In Monster Hunter, skills are tied to your armour choices.
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This means less free damage for everyone, since it's better to wait for the riding player to knock the beast down so everyone gets extra hits on the helpless monster.

This will cause the monster to buck more and the player will be more likely to fall off. In multiplayer, do NOT attack the monster when another player is on top of it. Wait a few minutes and repeat for easy solo hunting. Once the gauge is filled by the blue bar, the monster will topple over, temporarily helpless. When the monster head turns green, spam X again. Remember, though, that this drains your stamina, and you cannot continue holding on to a monster if you run out of stamina. When the monster head is Red or Orange, hold on tight by pressing the R button down. When the monster head is Green, spam the X button to stab the beast – this will fill up the bar with blue. Once you are on its back, a gauge will appear at the bottom of the screen with a monster head and a blue bar. You can also use the environment to climb up and drop down onto a monster. The easiest way to do this is to use an Insect Glaive to vault onto the monster’s back. The ability to mount monsters is new to Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. You’ll notice over time, the gauge depletes in maximum size. The easiest way to make sure you don’t let your stamina get in the red is to increase the gauge. So don’t run around too much if you think you might need to make a sudden dodge roll.Įating rations or cooked meats will increase your stamina gauge.

Certain actions, like rolling, vaulting, holding on to monsters, or charging, will deplete your stamina gauge a fixed amount. Running holding R will deplete your stamina, and letting go of R will give it time to recharge. If you run out of stamina, your character will stumble slower, and be helpless in front of a monster. Stamina is the yellow bar beneath your health bar during a quest. See our Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Item Crafting Guide for details about item recipes. You can avoid getting failed combinations and wasting precious ingredients by combining mainly at your Item Box and buying the “Book of Combos” 1-5 books and keeping them in the Item Box. Occasionally, a combination will fail and you’ll have garbage in your pouch as a result. If you have the materials, you will create that item. To open your Combining Pouch, tap the pouch icon on the screen during a quest, and tap the item you want to combine. Combining items is essential in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, as this is your main way to craft powerful healing potions and utility items. Items can be combined on the fly, or at the player’s blue Item Box.
