The latest entry in the Monster Hunter series, Monster Hunter: World, introduced a bunch of powerful new monsters for players to fight.
After defeating or capturing these monsters, players can carve parts off of these powerful beasts to make better weapons and armor. Armor sets can be crucial against certain monsters, as they provide huge elemental defensive properties and abilities that can keep you alive in a fight.
Armor is complemented by Charms.High rank armor comes in two forms, Alpha and Beta sets which vary from one another aesthetically. Alpha sets come with less jewel slots but with bonus Skills or a higher level skill. Beta sets typically lack a second skill but have jewel slots allowing them to be decorated with jewels. The armor sets mentioned may not be best to be worn in full set, because Monster Hunter World simply just doesn’t work that way. The game is designed for you to experiment and mix armor pieces altogether to get a better and stronger build, hence, farming for the complete sets will simply grant you more versatility and wider range of choices. Without armour crafting, there is no Monster Hunter. It's such an integral part of the experience, and your primary motivation for killing large monsters.
Some armor sets, however, are stronger than others.
You can mix and match armor pieces from different sets, but using a full set of armor offers unique abilities that otherwise can't be unlocked. These traits and abilities can sometimes be vital to surviving a tough fight or help you grind items for more powerful armor and weapons.
Low Rank armor
Jagras
Jagras is the ideal first armor set to collect when starting the game. It has few weaknesses across the board against multiple creatures, but it'll keep you alive longer than the starting armor ever could.
Slaying the Great Jagras is easy and the armor can be made after a couple of fights, giving you enough time to get used to the game's controls and find the playstyle that best suits you.
Bone
Another great starting armor set is bone, just because of how easy it is to create and how many resistances it has. You could technically use this armor set for the entirety of low rank quests if you were skilled enough—that is how good it is.
It also has no weaknesses and makes it ideal for tackling some of the first bosses so long as you upgrade the armor with armor spheres. Just don't get too attached to it, its an early game armor at best.
Kadachi
The Kadachi armor set can get you through the later portions of the game. It's only major weakness is against water-type enemies, which hardly appear in the game. The only monster that would cause you any grief is the Jyuratodus at Wildspire Wastes, so don't fight against that beast with this armor.
The +15 defense against lightning enemies might also help you when going up against a Kirin.
Legiana
Legiana's armor might not look that great at first glance, but it has one of the best abilities in the game—Good Luck.
This ability increases your chance of earning better quest rewards. So when you get closer to High Rank and want a Rathalos Plate item, for example, you'll have a slightly better chance of getting it when you wear this armor.
High Rank armor
High Rank breaks armor into two different sets. The alpha armor set has an extra skill for your hunter and can be useful if you don't have any good gems. Beta armor, on the other hand, gives you an extra slot for a decoration, which lets you put jewels and other collected abilities into the armor to mix and match.
This section combines alpha and beta armor, so it'll be up to you to decide which armor best suits your playstyle in Monster Hunter: World's late game.
Kulu
The Kulu set is possibly one of the easiest High Rank armor sets you can get. It's a good armor set to get at the beginning of the story because, once again, you're unlikely to fight against any water elemental monsters.
Having a sliver of ice elemental defense is a bonus, but the armor serves as a good starting point when going up against the Pink Rathian.
Pukei
This armor gives you a poison resistance, which is great to have against monsters like the Rathalos and Rathian. It also offers something great for when you're going up against those pesky Elder Dragons—dragon elemental resistance.
The fact that it's mainly weak against thunder damage, which is only used by a handful of monsters in the game, is a bonus.
Elder Dragon Armor (Nergigante, Teostra, Kushla, Vaal Hazak, Xeno'Jiiva)
The Elder Dragon armor is the ultimate way of showing off in-game. Not only is it insanely difficult to complete an entire set, but they each provide varying abilities and stats that make them the most highly-coveted armor in the game.
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Nergigante's armor, for example, will give you an attack boost when a monster enters a frenzy state. But it can sometimes be hard to craft the head piece due to the rarity of Elder Dragon gems—which is why our next option might be a good alternative.
Dragonking Head
The Dragonking Head armor is one of the highest base defense items in the game. It has no weaknesses and it's definitely worth picking up—if you can afford it.
After months of waiting Monster Hunter World has hit PC. But for new players, regardless of platform, one the most important things in is to keep a constant supply of crucial crafting and consumable materials flowing into Astera. To help keep the coffers full, here’s how to unlock more farming and cultivating slots at the Botanical Research Center.
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Items and materials not only provide you with health, stamina and other buffs while you’re out on a hunt, but also form the foundation of Monster Hunter World’s armor system. The Botanical Research Center will let you find new rare items as well as duplicate ones you already have, so it’s vital to keep it stocked and check back regularly.
How to unlock more farming slots at the Botanical Research Center:
To open up the second and third slots at the center, you have to complete two quests.
The first one is a four star optional quest called “Persistent Pests” which is available if you have a Hunter Rank of eight or higher. This quest has you kill 14 Horetaurs in the Rotten Vale. Hornetaurs usually go down in one or two hits, and you can find some right next to the default camp in that area.
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Once you’ve completed Persistent Pests, you’ll get a short cutscene when you return to Astera, and the second slot will open.
The second quest opens up later in the game when you’re granted access to seven star optional quests. This time the quest is called “Talons of Ire and Ice”, and is rather a lot tougher than the last one. Here, you have to hunt a high-rank Legiana and Odogaron in the same quest.
Completing this hunt will earn you the last farming slot in the Botanical Research Center.
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