Monster Hunter Now: Paintball Guide

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Paintballs are a unique mechanic in Monster Hunter Now and one of the most well-received among players. Other augmented reality games haven’t put something similar into practice, so this may open the door to more save-for-later mechanics.

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There are two types of Paintballs: Palico and regular. Palico Paintballs are blue while regular Paintballs are pink. Both function in the same way, they will mark Large Monsters for you to fight later. Between both Paintballs, you can mark up to 8 Large Monsters at once. You will have 48 hours to hunt them.

When exploring, your Palico has its own stock of Paintballs that it can use to mark any Large Monsters you come across while the game is idle. If your Adventure Sync is on, your Palico will automatically mark Large Monsters even if the game is closed. To take advantage of this feature, you will need to give the app permission to access your location.

The Palico Paintball can be used up to three times per day. You can carry a maximum of three Palico Paintballs at once. When your game performs its daily reset, the Palico Paintballs will restock.

These are use-it-or-lose-it items. For example, if you only use 1 Palico Paintball in a day, you will still be restocked to 3 Palico Paintballs the next day. You won’t have 5 (2 leftovers from the day before plus the 3 from the daily automatic restock).

However, you can pay for increased Palico Paintball inventory by buying the Release Celebration Pass. This increases your Palico Paintball stock to 5 and your Paintball List to 10. However, this will only last for 30 days. After that, your Palico Paintball stock and Paintball List will