Skills /203
| Icon | Name | Skill Info | Level | Set Bonus Skills |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison Resistance | Reduces damage while poisoned. | 3 | ||
| Paralysis Resistance | Reduces the duration of paralysis. | 3 | ||
| Sleep Resistance | Reduces the duration of sleep. | 3 | ||
| Stun Resistance | Reduces stun duration. | 3 | ||
| Muck Resistance | Reduces impairments to mobility while stuck in monster muck. | 1 | ||
| Blast Resistance | Grants protection against blastblight. | 3 | ||
| Bleeding Resistance | Grants protection against bleeding. | 3 | ||
| Iron Skin | Grants protection against Defense Down. | 3 | ||
| Earplugs | Grants protection from large monsters' roars. | 5 | ||
| Windproof | Grants protection against wind pressure. | 5 | ||
| Tremor Resistance | Grants protection against ground tremors. | 3 | ||
| Dungmaster | Makes monsters hit with slinger dung pods more likely to run. | 1 | ||
| Effluvial Expert | Nullifies or reduces environmental damage in the Rotten Vale. | 1 | ||
| Heat Guard | Nullifies damage from heat. | 1 | ||
| Attack Boost | Increases attack power. Also improves affinity at higher levels. | 7 | ||
| Defense Boost | Increases defense. Level up to improve resistances as well. | 7 | ||
| Health Boost | Increases health. | 3 | ||
| Recovery Up | Increases the amount recovered when restoring health. | 3 | ||
| Recovery Speed | Speeds healing of recoverable damage (the red portion of the health gauge). | 3 | ||
| Fire Resistance | Increases fire resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels. | 3 | ||
| Water Resistance | Increases water resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels. | 3 | ||
| Ice Resistance | Increases ice resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels. | 3 | ||
| Thunder Resistance | Increases thunder resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels. | 3 | ||
| Dragon Resistance | Increases dragon resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels. | 3 | ||
| Blight Resistance | Grants protection against all elemental blights. | 3 | ||
| Fire Attack | Increases fire element attack power.
| 6 | ||
| Water Attack | Increases water element attack power.
| 6 | ||
| Ice Attack | Increases ice element attack power.
| 6 | ||
| Thunder Attack | Increases thunder element attack power.
| 6 | ||
| Dragon Attack | Increases dragon element attack power.
| 6 | ||
| Poison Attack | Increases the rate of poison buildup.
| 4 | ||
| Paralysis Attack | Increases the rate of paralysis buildup.
| 4 | ||
| Sleep Attack | Increases the rate of sleep buildup.
| 4 | ||
| Blast Attack | Increases the rate of blast buildup.
| 4 | ||
| Normal Shots | Increases the attack power of normal ammo and normal arrows. | 2 | ||
| Piercing Shots | Increases the attack power of piercing ammo and Dragon Piercer. | 2 | ||
| Spread/Power Shots | Increases the attack power of spread ammo, power shot arrows, and Thousand Dragons. | 2 | ||
| Poison Functionality | Allows you to apply poison coatings. | 1 | ||
| Para Functionality | Allows you to apply paralysis coatings. | 1 | ||
| Sleep Functionality | Allows you to apply sleep coatings. | 1 | ||
| Blast Functionality | Allows you to apply blast coatings. | 1 | ||
| Free Elem/Ammo Up | Unlocks your weapon's hidden element.
Also increases bowgun loading capacity.
| 3 | ||
| Critical Eye | Increases affinity. | 7 | ||
| Critical Boost | Increases the damage of critical hits. | 3 | ||
| Weakness Exploit | Increases the affinity of attacks that exploit a monster weak spot. | 3 | ||
| Focus | Increases the fill rate for weapons with gauges and the charge rate for weapons with charge attacks. | 3 | ||
| Power Prolonger | Allows long swords, dual blades, insect glaives, switch axes, and charge blades to stay powered up longer. | 3 | ||
| Handicraft | Extends the weapon sharpness gauge. However, it will not increase the gauge past its maximum. | 5 | ||
| Critical Draw | Increases affinity when performing draw attacks. | 3 | ||
| Partbreaker | Makes it easier to break or sever parts of large monsters. | 3 | ||
| Slugger | Makes it easier to stun monsters. | 5 | ||
| Stamina Thief | Increases certain attacks' ability to exhaust monsters. | 5 | ||
| Master Mounter | Makes it easier to mount monsters. | 1 | ||
| Airborne | Increases the damage caused by jumping attacks. | 1 | ||
| Latent Power | Temporarily increases affinity and reduces stamina depletion when certain conditions are met. | 7 | ||
| Agitator | Increases attack power and affinity when large monsters become enraged. | 7 | ||
| Peak Performance | Increases attack when your health is full. | 3 | ||
| Heroics | Increases attack power and defense when health drops to 35% or lower. | 7 | ||
| Fortify | Temporarily increases your attack
and defense every time you faint
| 1 | ||
| Resentment | Increases attack when you have recoverable damage (the red portion of your health gauge). | 5 | ||
| Resuscitate | Improves evasion and reduces stamina depletion when afflicted with abnormal status effects. | 1 | ||
| Horn Maestro | Increases the effect duration of hunting horn melodies. | 2 | ||
| Capacity Boost | Increases the gunlance's shell capacity and charge blade's phial capacity. | 1 | ||
| Special Ammo Boost | Increases the power of bowgun special ammo, Dragon Piercer, and Thousand Dragons. | 2 | ||
| Artillery | Strengthens explosive attacks like gunlance shells, Wyvern's Fire, charge blade phial attacks, and sticky ammo. | 5 | ||
| Heavy Artillery | Increases the firepower of ballistae and cannons. | 2 | ||
| Marathon Runner | Slows down stamina depletion for actions which continuously drain stamina (such as dashing). | 3 | ||
| Constitution | Reduces stamina depletion when performing stamina-draining moves such as evading, etc. | 5 | ||
| Leap of Faith | Allows you to do a dive-evade when facing towards large monsters, and extends the dive-evade distance. | 1 | ||
| Stamina Surge | Speeds up stamina recovery. | 3 | ||
| Hunger Resistance | Reduces maximum stamina depletion over time. However, does not work against cold environments that reduce stamina. | 3 | ||
| Evade Window | Extends the invulnerability period when evading. | 5 | ||
| Evade Extender | Increases evade distance. | 3 | ||
| Guard | Reduces knockbacks and stamina depletion when guarding. | 5 | ||
| Quick Sheath | Speeds up weapon sheathing. | 3 | ||
| Wide-Range | Allows the effects of certain items to also affect nearby allies. | 5 | ||
| Item Prolonger | Extends the duration of some item effects. | 3 | ||
| Free Meal | Gives you a predetermined chance of consuming a food or drink item for free. | 3 | ||
| Speed Eating | Increases meat-eating and item-consumption speed. | 3 | ||
| Speed Sharpening | Speeds up weapon sharpening when using a whetstone. | 3 | ||
| Bombardier | Increases the damage of explosive items. | 5 | ||
| Mushroomancer | Lets you digest mushrooms that would otherwise be inedible and gain their advantageous effects. | 3 | ||
| Master Fisher | Improves your skill at fishing. | 1 | ||
| BBQ Master | Improves your skill at cooking meat. | 1 | ||
| Pro Transporter | Increases your speed while transporting items and decreases the likelihood of dropping them. | 1 | ||
| Master Gatherer | Allows you to gather more quickly, and also prevents attacks from knocking you back while gathering. | 1 | ||
| Honey Hunter | Increases the quantity of honey you receive when gathering in the field. | 1 | ||
| Carving Pro | Prevents knockback from attacks while carving. | 1 | ||
| Divine Blessing | Has a predetermined chance of reducing the damage you take. | 5 | ||
| Palico Rally | Powers up Palicoes. | 5 | ||
| Botanist | Increases the quantity of herbs and other consumable items you gather. | 4 | ||
| Geologist | Increases the number of times you can use a gathering point. | 3 | ||
| Maximum Might | Increases affinity as long as stamina is kept full for a period of time. | 5 | ||
| Slinger Capacity | Increases loading capacity for slinger ammo obtained in the field. Limits the amount of ammo used when firing certain shots. | 5 | ||
| Stealth | Makes it easier for monsters to lose sight of you. | 3 | ||
| Flinch Free | Prevents knockbacks and other reactions to small damage. | 3 | ||
| Scoutfly Range Up | Expands your scoutflies' detection range. | 1 | ||
| Speed Crawler | Increases movement speed while crouching. | 1 | ||
| Jump Master | Prevents attacks from knocking you back during a jump. | 1 | ||
| Survival Expert | Extra health is recovered from environmental interactables like Sporepuffs or Wiggly Litchi. | 3 | ||
| Aquatic/Polar Mobility | Lets you move more freely in water. Also prevents you from being slowed down by terrain effects, such as deep snow. | 3 | ||
| Cliffhanger | Decreases stamina depletion when evading while clinging to walls or ivy, or when moving while grappling onto an enemy. | 1 | ||
| Blindsider | Improves the effectiveness of flash attacks and items. | 1 | ||
| Scholar | Speeds up progress on research levels
and special investigations. | 1 | ||
| Entomologist | Decreases the chances of destroying the bodies of small insect monsters, allowing them to be carved. | 3 | ||
| Effluvia Resistance | Gain a resistance to effluvial buildup. | 3 | ||
| Scenthound | Increases your scoutflies' gauge fill rate when you find tracks and other traces left by monsters. | 1 | ||
| Forager's Luck | Increases the chance of finding rare gathering points. | 1 | ||
| Detector | Shows rare gathering points on the Wildlife Map. | 1 | ||
| Tool Specialist | Reduces the recharge time for specialized tools. | 5 | ||
| Affinity Sliding | Sliding increases your affinity for a short time. | 1 | ||
| Elderseal Boost | Increases the Elderseal of weapons and dragon ammo. | 1 | ||
| Intimidator | Reduces the chances small monsters
will attack after spotting you.
| 3 | ||
| Anjanath Power | Lv3 Adrenaline Temporarily reduces stamina
depletion when health is at 40%
or lower. | 3 | 1 | |
| Nergigante Hunger | Lv3 Hasten Recovery Regenerates your health as you
continually attack a monster.
Recovery varies by weapon. | 3 | 1 | |
| Vaal Hazak Vitality | Lv3 Super Recovery Allows recovery to exceed the
red portion of the health gauge. | 3 | 1 | |
| Rathalos Power | Lv3 Critical Element Increases elemental damage
(fire, water, thunder, ice, dragon)
when landing critical hits. | 3 | 1 | |
| Diablos Power | Lv3 Bludgeoner Raises attack as your weapon loses
sharpness. Also boosts ranged weapon
melee attacks and odds of stunning. | 3 | 1 | |
| Kirin Blessing | Lv4 Capture Master High chance of increased
capture rewards. | 4 | 1 | |
| Pink Rathian Mastery | Lv3 Poison Duration Up Extends the duration of your
poison's effect on monsters. | 3 | 1 | |
| Anjanath Will | Lv2 Adrenaline Temporarily reduces stamina
depletion when health is at 40%
or lower. Lv4 Stamina Cap Up Increases stamina cap. | 4 | 1 | |
| Rathalos Mastery | Lv4 Mind's Eye/Ballistics Prevents attacks from being deflected.
Also shortens the distance before ammo
and arrows reach maximum power. Lv2 Critical Element Increases elemental damage (fire, water, thunder, ice, dragon) when landing critical hits. | 4 | 1 | |
| Diablos Mastery | Lv2 Bludgeoner Raises attack as your weapon loses
sharpness. Also boosts ranged weapon
melee attacks and odds of stunning. Lv4 Non-elemental Boost Powers up non-elemental weapons you have equipped. | 4 | 1 | |
| Kirin Favor | Lv3 Capture Master High chance of increased
capture rewards. | 3 | 1 | |
| Uragaan Protection | Lv3 Guard Up Allows you to guard against
ordinarily unblockable attacks. | 3 | 1 | |
| Bazelgeuse Protection | Lv3 Guts Above a certain health threshold,
you withstand an attack that would
normally cart you (once only). | 3 | 1 | |
| Teostra Technique | Lv3 Master's Touch Prevents your weapon from losing
sharpness during critical hits. | 3 | 1 | |
| Kushala Daora Flight | Lv3 Nullify Wind Pressure Negates all wind pressure. | 3 | 1 | |
| Xeno'jiiva Divinity | Lv3 Razor Sharp/Spare Shot Halves sharpness loss. For bows
and bowguns, shots have a chance
not to expend coatings or ammo. | 3 | 1 | |
| Zorah Magdaros Mastery | Lv3 Critical Status Increases abnormal status effect
damage (paralysis, poison, sleep,
blast) when landing critical hits. | 3 | 1 | |
| Guild Guidance | Lv4 Great Luck High chance of increased
quest rewards. | 4 | 1 | |
| Commission Guidance | Lv4 Carving Master Lets you carve one additional
time. | 4 | 1 | |
| Legiana Blessing | Lv3 Good Luck Good chance of increased
quest rewards. | 3 | 1 | |
| Legiana Favor | Lv2 Good Luck Good chance of increased
quest rewards. Lv4 Bow Charge Plus Increases max bow charge level by one. | 4 | 1 | |
| Odogaron Power | Lv3 Punishing Draw Adds a stun effect to draw
attacks and slightly increases
attack power. | 3 | 1 | |
| Odogaron Mastery | Lv2 Punishing Draw Adds a stun effect to draw
attacks and slightly increases
attack power. Lv4 Protective Polish Weapon sharpness does not decrease for a set time after sharpening. | 4 | 1 | |
| Bow Charge Plus | Increases max bow charge level by one. | 1 | ||
| Mind's Eye/Ballistics | Prevents attacks from being deflected. Also shortens the distance before ammo and arrows reach maximum power. | 1 | ||
| Guard Up | Allows you to guard against ordinarily unblockable attacks. | 1 | ||
| Protective Polish | Weapon sharpness does not decrease for a set time after sharpening. | 1 | ||
| Non-elemental Boost | Powers up non-elemental weapons you have equipped. | 1 | ||
| Guts | Above a certain health threshold, you withstand an attack that would normally cart you (once only). | 1 | ||
| Hasten Recovery | Regenerates your health as you continually attack a monster. Recovery varies by weapon. | 1 | ||
| Razor Sharp/Spare Shot | Halves sharpness loss. For bows and bowguns, shots have a chance not to expend coatings or ammo. | 1 | ||
| Lunastra Favor | Lv2 Stamina Cap Up Increases stamina cap. Lv4 Mind's Eye/Ballistics Prevents attacks from being deflected. Also shortens the distance before ammo and arrows reach maximum power. | 4 | 1 | |
| Soul of the Dragoon | Lv2 Elemental Airborne Elemental damage increased for
jumping attacks. Lv4 Master's Touch Prevents your weapon from losing sharpness during critical hits. | 4 | 1 | |
| Critical Element | Increases elemental damage (fire, water, thunder, ice, dragon) when landing critical hits. | 1 | ||
| Critical Status | Increases abnormal status effect damage (paralysis, poison, sleep, blast) when landing critical hits. | 1 | ||
| Witcher's Knowledge | Lv2 Igni Intensity Only those who complete the rigorous
witcher training are allowed to use
the powerful magic of the Igni Sign. Lv4 Super Recovery Allows recovery to exceed the red portion of the health gauge. | 4 | 1 | |
| Astera Blessing | Lv5 Great Luck Often increases the number of rewards
received at the end of a quest. | 5 | 1 | |
| Zinogre Essence | Lv3 Latent Power Secret Raises the maximum level
of the Latent Power skill. | 3 | 1 | |
| Tigrex Essence | Lv3 Free Meal Secret Raises the maximum level
of the Free Meal skill. | 3 | 1 | |
| Nargacuga Essence | Lv3 True Razor Sharp/Spare Shot Greatly reduces sharpness loss.
Bows and bowguns have a chance
not to expend coatings or ammo. | 3 | 1 | |
| Brachydios Essence | Lv3 Agitator Secret Raises the maximum level
of the Agitator skill. | 3 | 1 | |
| Glavenus Essence | Lv3 Maximum Might Secret Raises the maximum level
of the Maximum Might skill. | 3 | 1 | |
| Silver Rathalos Essence | Lv2 Slinger Ammo Secret Raises the maximum level
of the Slinger Capacity skill. Lv4 True Critical Element Greatly increases elemental damage (fire, water, thunder, ice, dragon) when landing critical hits. | 4 | 1 | |
| Gold Rathian Essence | Lv2 Divine Blessing Secret Raises the maximum level
of the Divine Blessing skill. Lv4 True Critical Status Greatly increases status effect damage (paralysis, poison, sleep, blast) when landing critical hits. | 4 | 1 | |
| Shara Ishvalda Divinity | Lv4 Gaia's Veil While wearing a mantle, gain
Windproof Lv3, Earplugs Lv3,
Tremor Res Lv3, and Flinch Free. Lv5 True Gaia's Veil While wearing a mantle, gain Tremor Resistance Lv3, Earplugs Lv5, max Windproof, and Flinch Free. | 5 | 1 | |
| Namielle Divinity | Lv2 Element Acceleration Continually attacking a monster
activates Free Element/Ammo Up Lv2
and increases elemental damage. Lv4 True Element Acceleration Continually attacking a monster activates Free Element/Ammo Up Lv3 and increases elemental damage. | 4 | 1 | |
| Velkhana Divinity | Lv4 Frostcraft An aura of frost builds when your
weapon is sheathed, raising attack.
Wanes each melee hit or shot fired. Lv2 Critical Element Increases elemental damage (fire, water, thunder, ice, dragon) when landing critical hits. | 4 | 1 | |
| Ancient Divinity | Lv2 Critical Status Increases abnormal status effect
damage (paralysis, poison, sleep,
blast) when landing critical hits. | 2 | 1 | |
| Commission Alchemy | Lv3 Bombardier Secret Raises the maximum level
of the Bombardier skill. | 3 | 1 | |
| Instructor's Guidance | Lv2 Capture Master High chance of increased
capture rewards. | 2 | 1 | |
| Anjanath Dominance | Lv2 Stamina Cap Up Increases stamina cap. | 2 | 1 | |
| Rathian Essence | Lv2 Poison Duration Up Extends the duration of your
poison's effect on monsters. | 2 | 1 | |
| Provoker | Increases the attention drawn when attacking a monster. | 1 | ||
| Offensive Guard | Temporarily increases attack power after executing a perfectly-timed guard. | 3 | ||
| Coalescence | Temporarily enhances attacks after recovering from blights or abnormal status. | 3 | ||
| Safe Landing | Allows you to quickly recover from heavy attacks that blow you back when you have your weapon unsheathed. | 1 | ||
| Barioth Hidden Art | Lv2 Punishing Draw Adds a stun effect to draw
attacks and slightly increases
attack power. | 2 | 1 | |
| Rathalos Essence | Lv3 Mind's Eye/Ballistics Prevents attacks from being deflected.
Also shortens the distance before ammo
and arrows reach maximum power. | 3 | 1 | |
| Diablos Ambition | Lv3 Slugger Secret Raises the maximum level
of the Slugger skill. | 3 | 1 | |
| Legiana Ambition | Lv3 Bow Charge Plus Increases max bow charge
level by one. | 3 | 1 | |
| Odogaron Essence | Lv3 Protective Polish Weapon sharpness does not
decrease for a set time after
sharpening. | 3 | 1 | |
| Uragaan Ambition | Lv2 Guard Up Allows you to guard against
ordinarily unblockable attacks. | 2 | 1 | |
| Bazelgeuse Ambition | Lv2 Guts Above a certain health threshold,
you withstand an attack that would
normally cart you (once only). | 2 | 1 | |
| Deviljho Essence | Lv3 Stamina Thief Secret Raises the maximum level
of the Stamina Thief skill. | 3 | 1 | |
| Vaal Soulvein | Lv2 Super Recovery Allows recovery to exceed the
red portion of the health gauge. | 2 | 1 | |
| Kirin Divinity | Lv3 Great Luck High chance of increased
quest rewards. | 3 | 1 | |
| Guild Pride | Lv2 Good Luck Good chance of increased
quest rewards. Lv4 Carving Master Lets you carve one additional time. | 4 | 1 | |
| Zorah Magdaros Essence | Lv3 Artillery Secret Raises the maximum level
of the Artillery skill. | 3 | 1 | |
| Lunastra Essence | Lv3 Tool Specialist Secret Raises the maximum level
of the Tool Specialist skill. | 3 | 1 | |
| Nergigante Ambition | Lv2 Hasten Recovery Regenerates your health as you
continually attack a monster.
Recovery varies by weapon. | 2 | 1 | |
| Bludgeoner | Raises attack as your weapon loses sharpness. Also boosts ranged weapon melee attacks and odds of stunning. | 1 | ||
| Adrenaline | Temporarily reduces stamina depletion when health is at 40% or lower. | 1 | ||
| Coldproof | Nullifies the effects of cold weather. | 1 | ||
| Rajang's Rage | Lv2 Mind's Eye/Ballistics Prevents attacks from being deflected.
Also shortens the distance before ammo
and arrows reach maximum power. Lv4 Protective Polish Weapon sharpness does not decrease for a set amount of time after sharpening. | 4 | 1 | |
| Power Cell | Lv5 Ancient Armory Increases defense and eliminates
damage reactions. Taking several hits
knocks it out, but reactivates over time. | 5 | 1 | |
| Survivor | Lv2 Zombie & Effluvia Res Prevents zombie and effluvial
buildup. Lv4 Agitator Secret Raises the maximum level of the Agitator skill. | 4 | 1 | |
| Safi'jiiva Seal | Lv3 Dragonvein Awakening Elem., abnormal status, & affinity up with
weapon drawn. Take damage when attacking,
but can be recovered by continually attacking. Lv5 True Dragonvein Awakening Enhances attacks even more with weapon drawn. Take damage when attacking, but can be recovered by continually attacking. | 5 | 1 | |
| Joyful Blessing | Lv3 Joy's Gift Increases odds of getting special
Holiday Joy rewards.
Lv5 Joy's Gratitude Greatly increases odds of getting special Holiday Joy rewards. | 5 | 1 | |
| Appreciation Blessing | Lv3 Gratitude's Gift Increases odds of getting special
Grand Appreciation rewards.
Lv5 Gratitude's Blessing Greatly increases odds of getting special Grand Appreciation rewards. | 5 | 1 | |
| Full Bloom Blessing | Lv3 Full Bloom's Gift Increases odds of getting special
Full Bloom rewards.
Lv5 Full Bloom Gratitude Greatly increases odds of getting special Full Bloom rewards. | 5 | 1 | |
| Sizzling Blessing | Lv3 Sizzling Gift Increases odds of getting special
Sizzling Spice rewards.
Lv5 Sizzling Gratitude Greatly increases odds of getting special Sizzling Spice rewards. | 5 | 1 | |
| Fun Fright Blessing | Lv3 Fun Fright's Gift Increases odds of getting special
Fun Fright rewards.
Lv5 Fun Fright's Gratitude Greatly increases odds of getting special Fun Fright rewards. | 5 | 1 | |
| Rajang Will | Lv2 Maximum Might Secret Raises the maximum level
of the Maximum Might skill. Lv4 Heroics Secret Raises the maximum level of the Heroics skill. | 4 | 1 | |
| Brachydios Will | Lv4 Artillery Secret Raises the maximum level of the
Artillery skill. Lv2 Agitator Secret Raises the maximum level of the Agitator skill. | 4 | 1 | |
| Kulve Taroth Essence | Lv2 Guts Above a certain health threshold,
you withstand an attack that would
normally cart you (once only). Lv4 Free Meal Secret Raises the maximum level of the Free Meal skill. | 4 | 1 | |
| Frostfang Absolute Art | Lv1 Punishing Draw Adds a stun effect to draw
attacks and slightly increases
attack power. Lv3 Slugger Secret Raises the maximum level of the Slugger skill. | 3 | 1 | |
| Alatreon Divinity | Lv2 Element Conversion Equipped weapon's elemental power
increases as your armor's elemental
resistance increases. Lv3 All Elemental Resistance Increases all elemental resistances +20%. | 3 | 1 | |
| Fatalis Legend | Lv2 Inheritance Removes the skill level cap for
the skill secrets. Lv4 Transcendence Grants True Razor Sharp/Spare Shot. Health/Stamina +100 at the start of a quest or after fainting. | 4 | 1 | |
| Clutch Claw Boost | Clutch claw weapon attacks wound monsters easier, and have a better chance of dropping slinger ammo. | 1 | ||
| New World | 1 | 1 |