Enhancing Your Progression in Monster Hunter Wilds
Monster Hunter Wilds offers a variety of upgrade systems for High Rank, including Armor Spheres, weapon tree upgrades, and Artian weapon reinforcement. These systems are crucial for advancing in the game and improving your equipment. This guide will help you navigate through these upgrade systems and provide the best strategies for maximizing their benefits.
Obtaining and Using Armor Spheres
Armor Spheres are essential for upgrading your armor in Monster Hunter Wilds. You can acquire Armor Spheres by visiting Azuz, the Everforge in the Oilwell Basin, and interacting with the Smithing Foundry. Gemma can help you use these Armor Spheres to enhance your armor in the crafting menu.
Additionally, you can refine monster materials at the Smithing Foundry to obtain Armor Spheres. Each monster part contributes a specific amount of points, with rarer parts granting more points. Here is a breakdown of the different types of Armor Spheres and their costs:
- Armor Sphere (10 Smelting Points)
- Armor Sphere+ (50 Smelting Points)
- Advanced Armor Sphere (200 points)
- Hard Armor Sphere (1000 points)
You can earn Armor Spheres by completing quests that involve slaying or capturing monsters. Higher-quality spheres are rewarded as you progress through more challenging quests. Alternatively, you can trade valuable items with certain villagers or Nata to receive Armor Spheres.
Progressing Through the Weapon Crafting Tree
Unlike the Armor Sphere system, weapon upgrades in Monster Hunter Wilds follow a crafting tree progression. Most weapons, excluding Artian weapons, can be upgraded by advancing through the crafting tree. To upgrade a weapon from Low to High Rank, you need to unlock more monsters by completing main quests.
For instance, upgrading the Lala Barina Dual Blades from level I to II requires obtaining materials from monsters like Nerscylla. Each weapon upgrade is tied to specific monster materials, so you’ll need to hunt down the required monsters to enhance your weapons.
Reinforcing Artian Weapons
Artian weapons in Monster Hunter Wilds can be further enhanced through weapon reinforcement, which provides randomized boosts for raw damage, Affinity, elemental damage, or Sharpness. To upgrade Artian weapons, you’ll need special ores from Azuz, obtained by clearing your first Tempered Monster quest.
These ores, such as Drearisite, Specklite, Argecite, and Oricalcite, can be obtained through Festival Shares or by smelting other materials at the Smithing Foundry. Similar to Armor Spheres, smelting various materials can help you create these valuable ores for reinforcing Artian weapons.
Optimizing Your Farming Method for Armor Spheres and Ores
When farming for Armor Spheres and ores, consider the smelting point values of monster parts. Parts from Low Rank monsters have lower smelting point values, while those from High Rank monsters are more valuable. Focus on hunting monsters like the High-Rank Arkveld, whose parts can be smelted for a high number of points.
For example, the Arkveld Gem yields a significant 1000 smelting points, making it an excellent choice for farming valuable materials. By targeting specific monsters with high-value parts, you can efficiently gather the resources needed for upgrading your equipment in Monster Hunter Wilds.