Monster Hunter Now: Weapons Guide

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Monster Hunter Now features six different weapon types for you to use. The game starts you off with the Sword & Shield. As you progress through the story quests, you’ll unlock more weapons.

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All weapons have a distinct playstyle. The Great Sword, Bow, Hammer, and Long Sword are slower weapons and require you to learn the timing of your hits and monster attacks. The Sword & Shield and Light Bowgun are faster weapons and desirable if you’re a button masher.

The Sword & Shield is the first and only weapon you can use until you complete the first portion of Chapter 2: Shimmering Swamp. Upon completion, you’ll unlock the Great Sword.

Once you complete all of Chapter 2, you’ll unlock the Bow, Hammer, Light Bowgun, and Long Sword. You’ll be at or around HR15 when you unlock these.

After that, you’ll unlock weapon sets from different monsters. For example, if you fought the Tobi-Kadachi for the first time over the weekend, you’ll unlock the Thunder Edge set.

In addition to the regular attack stat, some weapons also deal elemental damage. Most Large Monsters have an elemental weakness, allowing you to defeat them faster for a higher rank and better rewards.

There are 6 different elements: Water, Fire, Poison, Paralysis, Ice, and Thunder. Sometimes, you’ll receive quests requiring you to defeat monsters with effective weapons – basically, you need to defeat Large Monsters with a weapon containing their elemental weakness.

Other weapons will only have the attack stat. These weapons typically have higher attack damage to balance them out with elemental weapons. Generally, elemental weapons are best