Monster Hunter Generations: COMPLETE Beginner's Guide! 

ive played over 2000+ hours of the monster hunter games, and i can say without a doubt that this video covers practically all the basic essentials for understanding the beginning of the game, and its basic mechanics. fantastic video, this gets the veterans seal of approval!

As someone who has 500 hours in MH, this is a really great video that I can show my friends. MH is such a great series, but it can be impenetrable and that turns off so many people.

I'm new to the Monster Hunter series. I just bought Generations yesterday so it's my first MH game. I'm probably gonna keep coming back to this video because this is clearly the work of a veteran. From a noob to a vet, thank you.

aha.. aha.. *slowly closes 3ds and curls up in a corner*

don't forget the free dlc

No lie, the tutorial nearly made me sold this game. This video saved me.

here's my advice, pick aerial style and mount the shit out of monsters

"It's hard to give general boss fighting tips" Nonsense! * Hit it till it dies and don't get hit. * any gamefaq's user know this gem

This video is EXCELLENT for beginner hunters. Very detailed & thoughtful, I wish there was a video like this when I was a noob in MH3U 4 years ago. I'm still grateful for the beginners guide that Projared made and his review too. 2200+ Hours of playing MH3U & MH4U, I'm still not tired of playing it. It's a little hard at first, but once you get the hang of things.........Dude......You'll be having so much fun, that it's insane. Just keep hunting. :)

helpful hint if your on a large monster hunt when you start off at camp look around the sky and if theirs a air balloon give them a wave with the gestures in the start menu and they will mark the monster on your map for a bit.

Okay i just got this game yesterday and im having trying to get used to it. Yes this is my first MH game but im not giving up its a little different but i like it so far. The Longsword and Striker seems like my style so thanks for suggesting it for new comers i'll get on it once my N3DS i done charging. Thanks alot man this guide was so good

LOL, I love that my favorite podcasting brother also happens to be the person giving my tips for the new game I just bought.

For a video from a big site, this is incredible. You obviously know you're stuff and aren't just making a video about something you don't understand.

The veggie elder is a Wyverian, Griffin, not a palico. you silly boy

I love the insect glaive, such an amazing weapon!

Here 2 years later and wow hearing Griffin's voice like this makes me emotional

i played tons of the mh4u but i must say This video should be watch by everyone who starts any of the MH games. Great and Helpfull video. Quick and on point.

I just picked this game up for switch, crazy how much your still helping people like me 4 years later

Small tip from a vet for anyone wishing to play long sword: watch out for your massive reach when performing the spirit blade combo when playing with friends. I’ve pissed off a lot of people by being careless of where I was standing when performing some combos. This is because you can trip your buddies. Stick to the edge of the tail at all times and make a habit to be responsible for getting it to come off. Leave the head for the hammer player. For all new players: In Gen this may be fine, I’ve heard, but in other games... A player mounting a monster is NOT a free opportunity to hit it as you can mess up the mount sequence.

A brilliant tutorial to an incredibly overwhelming game for newcomers. Nice work Griffin the tutorial boy!

Thank you so much for this! I'm new to MH but have loved the demos that I've played, and can't wait to play this game! I'll be getting it later today!

FYI after downloading the DLC's sell 5 golden eggs to give you an advantageous cash funding of 100,000.

I just got the game today from GameStop for 24.99 and as a new comer to the series as a whole, I'm very surprised at the depth of this hand held game. It's got core mechanics from your typical MMO like WoW, combat similar to a Souls game, and crafting / loot upgrades like D3 and the other 2 mentioned games. I'm happy that gear is essential to getting stronger, and not your level. It's nice not having to manage stat distribution as a newcomer. But, I made a mistake not mentioned in the video, if you have quest items for both sub and main quests, make sure you send the sub quest items first BEFORE main quest items since doing the opposite results in the quest ending and your sub quest items not getting cashed in. Also, if you manage to get quest items from a quest you're not currently working on you're able to turn in non quest items for some extra cash. So from the return item box work your way from the bottom to the top basically. But I've been glued to the screen since I got home from work and it's 3:30 AM lol. How u haven't played this game before is beyond me since I have a lengthy background with 7 years of WoW under my belt, plenty of D3 characters that are min / maxed, and several Dark Souls 3 / Bloodborne characters with end game builds. Can't wait to stop doing these fetch / gathering quests and slay some awesome looking monsters to create an absurdly large great sword to decimate even bigger monsters to get items to craft an EVEN bigger great swords the size of skyscrapers to fight monsters the size of Godzilla 😁 something tells me I'm gonna dump a lot of hours into this game with my addictive personality...

You definitely need to be commended for this video! Great pacing and straight to the point. Definitely a must watch for any Monster Hunter begginers.

Definitely a learning curve

This video is perfect. 10/10

correction: when monsters are weak thier attacks will stay the same, monsters attacks WILL NOT weaken when theya re enar death, and monsters can still be very deadly. monsters attacks weaken only when they are tired, and they will go eat so they are deadly again and have more stamina. blunt weapons like the hammer can make monsters tired more quickly. a monster also doesnt get tired when its weak. sorry I just had to correct you, as saying monsters attacks are weaker and are les dangerous when there weak is false information, but you definitly did not give false information on purpose. everyone makes mistakes, but try not to confuse limping with monsters getting tired

I've never played any Monster Hunter game before but I really want to give it a go. Thanks so much for this video. It really helped me a lot!

As a veteran of the Monster Hunter franchise I really like the way this video is done. Short yet sweet enough to get people started, without leaving out critically important information. We really need new players to fill in the gap between experts and self proclaimed experts...

holy fuck...looking at starting monster hunter. I feel like I need to take a college class on this games mechanics. I just want to play a video game.

Great guide thanks!! I really wanna get this game but I still haven't had the time to play MH4U properly yet :( Hopefully the online community there is still active

I'm completely new to the series. And my God. There is so...much...to learn.

This video helped alot because I spent over 300 hours in monster hunter 4 ultimate and never got into Generations and this helped me get into this game after a few months of not playing it.

makes beginner guide... attacks gypceros with a lightning weapon XD

Great video. It wasn’t too hard for me to get into but it doesn’t hurt learning more. Can’t wait to hope into monster hunter world.

Just got this game for my 3ds since ive played MHW on PC, and it's a lot different. This guide helped a lot for my first HR.

You are a life saver man, this is the first game of the franchise that I play and I did all the training but still was super lost, anyway thank you and you got a new subscriber

I just got this game because I've always been interested in the series and I'm excited for the new game. I'm so glad Griffin McElroy was the boy to guide me. Very helpful baby brother.

Thanks for this. The last monster hunter game that i played is monster hunter 3rd portable and Im having hard time learning the new battle arts styles and mechanics of the new game.

Great beginners guide Griffin! Brand new to the hunt,your vid convinced me to buy this. Going with dual blades as I love speed and maneuverability.

Mh is one of those games where you feel rewarded for doing hard work. I started out with MHF2 on psp, it was quite hard and unforgiving at times but I felt rewarded. I now have Generations Ultimate, it brings back some memories and includes new hunter mechanics like mounting and styles which make hunting stylish and more fun.

Hammer is by no means slow! It's medium-to-fast and can KO monsters. However, you cannot cut tails with it.

For those who are strugglin gathering items, just do what i do. Buy 5 pickaxes and bugnets and while you're out doing a quest gather resources while you look for the monster. This helped me alot in mh3 ultimate and mh4 ultimate.

Thank you for doing this. I've played for a while, and I wish that I'd had this back when I started. Keep up the good work.

I've been trying to get my friends into Monster Hunter, cuz more firends= more fun. I've been trying to explain to them all of this to them, and it seems daunting at first. This is such a better way to show them want they need to know so they can have more fun.

this a great video im experienced monster hunter and i approve of this tutorial

arekkz and gaijin should be employed by capcom

I told my friend i had ordered mhg, and he sent me this. This is so helpful, thank you do much.

I don't need this video because I've been playing MHGen for a while. I just watched to see how well you explained things. I'm a person who needs very specific details to understand things. But If I was a beginner, I would understand this completely! Nice job! Liking the Tigrex in the thumbnail, too. I love that monster (Not my favorite monster, but it's in the top 3.)

Terrific quick guide! Sharing with newer to the series friends.

This is a great video. Just got Monster Hunter Generations since Capcom was having a sale for $20, and this looks perfect to start with. Thank you very much!

I just noticed Gaijin's Buja buja bu set.It helped me with half of low rank.

monster: has a tail me: it’s free real estate

For anyone watching this I recommend Aerial glaive. It's fun and may even be faster than guild dual blades.

3 years later i picked up this game as my First monster hunter. Playing on Nintendo switch and its fcking amazing i think in switch version tutorial get some overhal cuz most of the things you mentioned Here i know from tutorial.. But rly improtant thing iv lerned Here is how stats are working thanks rly much m8.

One tip here, go do hub quests first, that’s what I did, I went to hub before touching the village quest, and got a good equipment set, now I started doing village, every quests were like under 5 minuets now

Thanks for the info, downloading MH Generations while I'm watching this video. Just beat all the quests in MH Rise what a great game. Getting a Monster Hunter fix because I am addicted this looks great and at 70% off, I can't wait to dive in. I'm starting with the long-sword because of your recommendation and it was my favorite weapon in rise.

Thank you so much this video helped a lot, i bought monster hunter 2 weeks ago and I'm still very confused when playing it so this has defiantly helped me out a bit more

This should apply to MHGU right?

Who is here after english version was announced for switch.

This is a great refresher video, I haven't played MH since the PSP era but most of it is the same.

Very useful and very informative for any Monster Hunter newcomer and veteran alike! Thank you so much for posting this video!

My only complaint with the guide is the description of the Hunting Horn. The buffs are an additional gimmick of the weapon to boost the HORN’S dps and gameplay. It just so happens to also give them to teammates. Hunting Horn applies the most exhaustion damage of any weapon, and the second most stun. Depending on your style it does massive dps. Also its faster than dual blades once you do the self-improvement buff.

Dude I been playing since 2 and I still found this helpful. Thank you.

Great video, really informative, well-written and thus easy to watch through. Although it might be a little bit too much information spoken too fast for a player that never touched a MH game before in his life, so it might require several watch-throughs to fully take in all the information that is provided. Aside that this comes very close to perfect for a beginners guide i'd say.

hunting horn isn't for just playing music to boost friends stats the way he said send like he doesn't exactly use it or understand it that well. boosting stats is a big thing but boosting friends or teammates is just a bonus is mostly about what boosts fit the build you want for yourself mostly

i might add to read hunter's notes / monster info. it has some good tips for hunting big guys.

This is my first Monster Hunter game. Thanks for teaching me things i didnt know.

I love watching these videos even though I'm an experienced hunter because it brings me back to my beginner days were I wasn't all that good but everything was super cool

Checking in from the future... Would pay a subscription fee for a podcast that is just Griffin talking about Monster Hunter.

very informative video. this should help most new players and will definitely recommend this video to anyone new i find. nice job

Very well done video for newcomers. It really explains most of the basics. Good job.

As a lancer, I disagree that you keep your distance with a lance :p

Thank you! I'm new to monster hunter and decided to grab this game and was lost. I've been doing level 1 missions so far.

Great video, this is my first time playing a MH game, it was extremely useful. Thanks!

all experts need (or at least me) is a sns with adept. speed, counters, mounts, spc. buffs, and versitile all in one weapon.

You should also study the morning monster's attack patterns.

Planning to buy this after i finish monster hunter 4 ultimate

I'm here to remind myself of the basics

This looks awesome, great vid man. Planning on getting this tomorrow morning, haven't played since MHFU, put over 2,000 hrs into that game lmao

actually the sword and shield has much less end lag on all of it's attacks then the dual blades, so there is MUCH less risk when jumping up to a monster, attacking it, and getting out of harms way. The DB has loads of end lag on it's attacks especially when in demon mode.

man I wish they would just bring this to consoles. I would love to dive in but I don't want to on a 3ds

Don't forget if you are a gunner you can use a paint coating/ammo as opposed to paintballs

Just started the game rage for about the 11th time already thanks for the guide :)

I played moster hunter 2 freedom I really enjoyed that one but I don't play it for more than a year but after this game I'm thinking of picking it up again

Great tutorial. Using it to get started. Have always wanted to play this game.

Haven't played in over a year so I have to watch this

Actually the guild girl does leave plenty of hints about what the key quests are. You just need to read them carefully, but as far as I see this only applies to the solo campaign.

Thank you. I got the monster hunter generation and when I first played. I didn't understand how to play at all. I just played training quests and did nothing else.

A really good video, one of if not the best help video there is👌🏻.

I always loved the monsters' design and always wanted to try MH since the Wii game, but never understood the gameplay :c

I'll be sure to watch this video again when I get the game. I understand the game a little more after this video so yeah, good video!

Anybody has a video where only the differences between MH:Generations and MH4U are shown?

im a bit late to the latest MonHun games but i will buy this and get a new 2ds xl so i can warm up for Monster Hunter world next year.

that was a good video for beginners! thanks!

I like the hammer a lot and main it. However I do use the long sword and some other weapons. I might try dual blades and I definitely will use the long sword even more.

I wish that this video exited when I started playing MH. Congratulations, this is an amazing tutorial :D .

Does it have a "remove particle effects option"? Also great video Polygon. You've outdone each video game media channel covering MHG with this beginner's guide. 3000+hrs veteran approved.

was using dual blades before watching this video. I am now a long sword user for life

idk,after watching Arlo get addicted to monster hunter it made me think "wow this seems like a really fun series "but after 10 hrs of generations i just keep getting frustrated with some item gathering or hunts hopefully this video will help inspire me to keep playing edit:didnt realise armor was so important