Things I Wish I Knew Earlier In Monster Hunter Rise (Tips & Tricks) 

As a beginner, first time player in this franchise, 12 hours into the game, mind blown at every tip lol

Something I never hear veterans tell newbies, "Find your weapon." I feel like new people get super overwhelmed hearing that there is 15 weapons but I only use Dual Blades.

1 tip I just discovered today that I wish I knew would absolutely change my quality of life in this game. Hidden in the options and control you can change the function of (-) button to type 2 which swaps the functions. Press (-) for detail map/village quick travel Hold (-) for chat menu.

when fighting bosses and you have a palico, use your dpad and look for the felvine. what this does is that it encourages your cat/palico to support more and activate its active abilities more.

tips for a new players, make use of auto craft and item loadout. Make sure you don't bring items to their limit so that you can gather and it will auto craft a lot of useful items with just one click. For example by collecting herb and honey, it will craft mega potion for you. Then make sure to use item loadout to transfer all the item and you can start over again.

Don't worry about the wait at the end of a hunt, see it as a challenge to gather as many things as you can before you get kicked out of the map. It makes the wait much easier to handle and adds a lot of materials.

Another thing with the Meowcenaries and how important they actually are outside of just bringing you more materials from monsters you need is that there are items that can only be gotten through them going out on expeditions. Sinister cloth which is used some of the rarer armor pieces can only be gotten through the Meowcenaries. Just another reason to be using them constantly.

PSA if you're being carried for a strong monster and you die twice just hang back. I'd rather finish off the monster one man short than to fail the quest. It's ok that you aren't strong enough yet you'll get there

"you can't just go in botton mashin" >.> *hides my dual blades*

Power charm and armor charm can be upgraded to power talon and armor talon respectively. You can also have both base charms and upgraded versions in your inventory at the same time to get a little extra oomph!!

*IMPORTANT FOR CAPTURING* in Rise they made it so sometimes carving is actually better for certain drops, so make sure to check your hunter notes if you’ve capped a monster 3 times and not getting the material you want.

bonus tip : eat meal every start of the quest or everytime you die = longer hp and stamina bar

I think a good tip would be to quickly use and personalize the "item wheel" so that you don't search for the one item you need by spamming LY and LA while the monster gonna get you, I found it very useful in tense situations

He forgot a nice little tip when your in battle and if you need to sharpen your weapon and don't want to stand in one place get on your dog and sharpen good way to stay in battle and move around so you don't get hit. And another extra tip if your dog doesn't come when you hold (A) that means your too far away just run closer it the dog the it will come to you, also you don't have to let go of (A) while getting closer.

5:25 tip for first playthrough players: when you get your first kamura tickets, DO NOT use them to craft the low rank versions of the armor because you will soon reach high rank and these tickets are SO HARD to come by. I've finished the story and have only enough tickets to craft 3 out of 5 armor pieces of the while set (and they are the low rank ones...)

Me, working two jobs and going to school full time: "I used to enjoy videogames. I should budget a little bit of time to play videogames. I'll get the new Monster Hunter. I can play that super casually." Monster Hunter: "You do not play me super casually."

Even better than holding down the a button to call your palamute is using the radial quick menu. Hold Left Bumper and then move the stick straight down. This will call your Palamute even if they're in combat.

You should turn auto sheath off for more control. Also I’d advise turning as much of the HUD off as you can stand so that you pay attention to the monster movements and tells more then your HUD.

there is a way to tell if the nest is full , it's if u see two golden eggs on it, do not search it unless u see those... max rewards guaranteed , each 5 quests or so ... i didn't found out if petting the dog , palico and own had any effect though....

Tip for capturing- Don't use the trap first. Tranq bomb the monster in combat. If you do that, when it goes in the trap it'll instantly be captured I've had it happen multiple times where I've been stunned by an attack that put the monster in the trap, or something else happens and I couldn't tranq it which wasted a trap

In the camera settings, you can zoom out your camera a little bit more to see your surroundings better

To expand on the charms thing at the end you can upgrade the charms with crafting and the upgraded and normal charms DO stack with each other. It is a bit expensive but the extra free stats at the cost of 4 inventory slots is usually worth it.

A couple of movement tips that don't really get explained in the Game: 1) You have to hold the R Bumper in order to keep wall running, otherwise, you'll run a few steps and then jump off. 2) If you press A while in midair with your weapon sheathed, you'll hang in place on a wirebug for several seconds. It doesn't cost a wirebug to use and gives you time to reposition your camera or check an area out.

Since you have to manually aim your melee attacks, using the snap focus on monster orients you much faster than the focus camera setting. I dunno maybe it’s just me but since your character isn’t strafing around the monster like you would in a souls game, having a bit more control over your camera compliments the fact that you are aiming the direction of your attacks. I guess if you just jumped on this game from botw or dark souls, the focus camera may be helpful at first, but getting used to “camera management” will be beneficial in the long run.

I strongly recommend personalizing and using the radial menu. It can be a lot faster than scroleing through with the dpad depending on what you're doing

Focus camera is great when you're learning the game... But when you've gotten a hang of it. Having the freedom of the camera is incredibly handy because you know to be using your environment.. it allows you to focus on what you need to be doing instead of blindly running for it hoping no khezu is in your way. But it's a personal choice and so long as you're having fun you can do whatever ya like :D

Specifically thank you for letting me know that you can press B to cancel the overhead camera view. And the dangling trick, a few precious seconds are always worth it

Another tip. When you're in the training room, use the D-pad and click "Wait" so you're buddies will stop attacking the training dummy and you can see your hunter's damage.

Use the D-Pad Action bar to ride palamute. Is the worse way? Its the MOST effective. Because it also calls them to you and assumes auto ride. While holding "A" ONLY works if they are in range.

Amazing tips bro! You gained my sub! A lot of other channels just repeat easy tips, I actually learned a lot from this video. Thanks man!

This video should have way more views. I watched a bunch of these and only yours actually showed where the cahoot nest was specifically. Excellent video, well done. My only criticism: I actually think the d pad command is better for calling your palimute because you don’t have to be near it like you do with hold the a button

If you think your transition was rough; I'm gonna be using this as my first serious game on my Switch after retiring from PC! I am going to have to completely retrain my muscle memory for this but I think it is worth it.

I have 60 hours in this game and I had no idea about the coohoo nest. I also had no idea you could hold - for the map

Forgot to mention you can upgrade the power charm and armor charm later in the game to the talon versions. Best part is that they stack so you can rebuy the charms and have all 4 in your loadouts for juicy bonuses.

This genuinely helped me so much I had no idea how to play and on my first quest I lost horribly so thank you

At the 9:32 mark, one thing that should be known is that sometimes the best materials from a monster is EXCLUSIVELY obtained via carving. Example of this the plates from specific monsters like Rathalos and the final boss of solo story mode. Carve over capture for quality. Capture over carve is for quantity over quality.

Some parts for some monsters cannot be obtained by capturing the monsters. So it’s not always a good idea to capture the monsters every time.

Thanks a lot for the tips, fellow hunter - I learned some stuff here that will make my game flow so much better. Game doesn't tell us a lot of things (it's part of MH series' charm I guess), and many of them aren't always that obvious. P.S.: you got a nice voice but you talk REALLY fast, man!

OK about the carting 3 times, speaking as somebody who has played since freedom, no we don't care, everybody was new once, however jumping into a quest 2 or 3 levels above your rank hopelessly under geared is frustrating for everybody, just my two cents.

I hate using the A button for the Palamute, the range on it is way too short, I’d much rather call him from the actions menu, as not only does it call him in from further, but he will continue to try to chase and attempt to get you to mount for a while, instead of with A if you don’t make the first mount (due to gathering, carving, running, etc.) he just gives up immediately.

Monster Riding TIp: Sometimes you will see monsters with bugs around them, if you hit this monster with another monster those bugs will explode dealing extra damage...

One year later and this video has more info for beginners like me than every other video I have seen so far ??

I felt the combat was really slow and clunky when I played the demo, and didn't plan on purchasing. I bought it just bcuz I got it on a black friday sale, and I am super addicted. Such a deep game, and so much cool customization

I'm going from never having played a monster hunter game to having 380 hours in rise and currently playing through generations ultimate, and honestly I love it all

I just got started and the first tip alone floored me! Been playing this game wrong right from the get go. Lol

World was good but different. This is different and a great game as well but feels more OG PSP MH , maybe it's cause I'm playing handheld idk shat it is but it feels more like what i remember from the past than world did. I'm happy they kept the base of what the series is without taking away or changing too too much outside the more frantic combat. I wws just playing MGS PeaceWalker Monster Hunter DLC and it reminded me my love for the series [minus it being 1976 and hunting with a Ruger M4] while still adding a lot of little things to it. Thanks for the vieeo man i know it takes time and its work. So much appreciated. Resoect , be safe.

i know it's not really a popular tip because many people say that low rank armor isn't worth it and you should go through with like one armor set and wait until high rank to craft more - that's bad advice, honestly. especially for players that are new to monster hunter, take the time and experiment! farm some monsters, get used to fighting them (this will prepare you for high rank too!) and get some nice armor to experiment with skills. take it slow, there's a lot to low rank too, and you'd miss out if you just push through to high rank! also, in low rank you can just fashion hunt if you want because while there are some nice armor sets already you can definitely go without good skills at that point, so enjoy that part of the game! also, don't save up items or monster parts. i know that some stuff is rare and you might feel like keeping it for later but at some point you can always get it back, no need to save anything. if you want to make a cool weapon or armor do it, it's more fun to play like that :)

Just in case.. one thing not said here is that there are items that you won’t actually get if you just capture them.

THANK YOU!!! I was like what blue icon???? Where???

I kinda wish I knew I could use ZL to go faster on my Palamute before my 60th hour of play X'D. (and ZR = Palamute jump)

Omg, thanks for this!!! In 80 hours in and learnt a lot here

I just got onto this one. Good thing is i played World for awhile some small changes to get used to. But thankfully the combat is almost identical. Tyvm for the tips.

Has anyone found “Fukashigi the informant”, the Palico that hides behind your room’s scroll.

Good stuff! This is my first MH game. It's sooo much fun.

My man started the video talking about a cohoot nest and 23 hours into the game I'm like "When the f*** did that get there?!" Lol

Thx so much. I’ve bought the game 4 days ago and couldn’t find any normal guides. Thx again

Thanks for the tips dude! I started with Monster Hunter World. Got it for maybe like $15. Did some training and went to my first mission and idk. It was imo at the time probably the most information to take in. I didn’t remember a quarter of the stuff the game told me about. So I dropped it. I feel like Rise does kinda bombard you but not as much as World, it’s a newer game and it does seem a little better in terms of being newbie friendly. After about 5 or 6 hours last night. I’m enjoying it. Maybe I’ll get back to world even tho most people are gonna have everything max already.

When I first started Monster Hunter World I was so freakin bad and kept dying and I felt like I wasn’t getting it but just had to stick to it and eventually I was able to solo elder dragons with a mighty hunting horn

The only monster hunter game I ever played was generations base game on the 3ds and I can say that monster hunter rise has way better features and overall learning the mechanics is way easier also i love the open world hunting map instead of having to rush back and forth between load zones I wish all of you luck!!

As someone who is 15 hours in…this was amazing! Thank you so much, just learned so freaking much

Now what is the little yellow double box on the material rewards screen? I’ve seen them next to a few different materials on each monster, what’s it mean?

FYI, you did not mention the significant tradeoffs to capturing. When capturing, you receive one fewer reward item (3 carves vs 2 cap rewards) and there are some monster parts you cannot receive from capturing: Rathian Spikes, for example.

I'm about 13 hours in and feel like I learned a lot and always learning, honestly don't get overwhelmed by the content, you can easily get by and enjoy the game just doing the basics! Also press start and read the hunter info section, theres some useful info in there!

These tips are incredibly helpful! Thank you!

Using the DPAD to get on a palumute is actually better than holding A. If you have actually spent some time in the game you’d realize holding A while chasing a monster doesn’t always grab the dog as sometimes its screwing around. Using the DPAD for it and its way better to use while in quests because it will ALLWAYS call the dog to you to mount. That being said, you should learn to just use cats over the dogs. Dogs really only serve the purpose of mobility. Cats have access to amazing skills that can trap monsters and buff you, way more impactful. Dogs only serve the purpose of transportation. Just unlock the sub camps and learn the maps and travel time won’t be an issue. Source: Myself I wouldn’t call myself an expert by any means but I’ve got around 150 hours in the game and beat the game. Just farming for talisman melds at this point to try and get good talismans.

100hrs in an I had NO IDEA about to Cahoot nest

Dude, awesome. Thanks for putting in the time to explain this

This game's training room is the best training room in any game. Lets you use items without wasting them to try them out. Can customise how the training dummy acts for how you wanna practice, and can even use infinite wirebugs to practice wirebug moves without waiting for them to recharge. You can even use the room with multiple players. Its just fun to mess about with all the weapons till you find what your comfortable with

Monster Hunter World was awesome. MHRise is probably not the most amazing upgrade but... it is!

I'm a beginner myself. Trying to use dual blades. Got the magnamalo ones. They pretty good. Didn't even know about capturing em tho lol ty

Take the armor charm and power charm and craft them with Ibushi Claw+ to get armor/power talons. Then go buy new charms, they stack.

I did not know this game had so much too it.. its overwhelming to say the least lol

Most confusing game I’ve ever started. Feels rude the way they throw all this info at you before you’ve even had any fun yet haha

Do ALL the village quests and side quests given from people too don't just immediately jump into hub quests

Correction: Buy 2 of the power and armor charm, because you will want to craft 1 set into its upgrade (power/armor talon) later on. If you can only afford 1 set then buy that set instead of 2 of either power or armor charms, because 2 of a type of charm don't stack. On the other hand the power/armor talon, and power/armor charm do stack.

Dude that was awesome and so helpful! Got my sub!

"how many of you actually done the training missions" Well its funny you say that, friend of mine who got me into playing this is a veteran at these games and went straight into the action. Meanwhile, myself, a complete noob, did the training missions and listen to all the beginning dialoged. can tell you how many times my friend tried explaining something and I was like, dude, all you got to do is this. Did you do the training missions?!

Another tip for starters. Try to master 2-3 types of weapon, as some weapons can be really difficult to use against certain monsters, like Charge Blade for Rajang.

most vets don't use lock on, it can be pretty limiting

you can also block roars.

Good video but still, it is so so complicated. I just wanted to enter a real time monster hunter and smash some monsters (played only mhs2 up until now). I entered the game, was hit with a shite ton of info I was too bored to read then got killed the first time in my first mission cuz my character kept hitting the ground the opposite direction the monster was in. I know I am bad at this but come on, I even played half Sekiro, my character was not so stiff in combat, it was not this clanky. Plus all the features this game has omg, it is overwhelming to say the least.

Don't be afraid to die Also, don't be afraid to don't die

Super helpful bro. Thanks. :)

Why in my weapons blacksmith I have unlocked the areas....but when I go over the individual boxes it’s black with “???”

I just got this game and have only played 2 hours 🤣 This is awesome. Thank you!

Use focus camera if you are a beginner. Pro: yeeaaah right, a beginner... I assume everyone will use the focus camera setting

Thank you very much this was a great video. Helped me alot. That nest I had NO idea. I played wold but this one feels alittle different. I didn't know when to trap the mob that icon is a huge help with thanks

I feel so stuped so I even forgot you could go to a brige and there is more village in there like I even forgot about that I was like where is this guy why does his lobby looks different xd

Great Video, love it

How do you access the Data files ? Can you save multiple saves ? I see you have 2. How do you save on the Data files? Turn off auto save?

don forget the power charm can be upgraded later into the game

Just wondering why you don't stack power charm, power talon etc... in your inventory.

LOL after never playing a monster hunter game and playing wow for the last almost 20 years at a very high-level I thought I would come into this game and just earn it but then after watching your guide I think that once I start playing I am going to get my ass kicked for a while before I actually get to understand this game because it is totally different whereas I originally thought it would be somewhat similar

Ok big thing: you CAN NOT get ALL materials by capturing. I know you said something like this by checking the journal first, but I see a lot of people online capturing as soon as they can. There are certain materials you CAN'T get by capturing, and only by carving (slaying the monster) Edit: you will also get LESS materials by capturing. This makes sense, because it is easier to capture than to kill

Did he say meowcenaries?? 😂 I'm thinking I'll get this game... Looks way better than freedom unite

Lies!!! I went in button mashing in my first MH game!.. slowly after started learning how to actually use the weapons though lol will admit when i got rise its been a while so started out sluggish then got back in the groove of it! Loving rise so far!!

You also might want to kill the monster in rise, as there are drops that only are obtainable as carves Edit: also power charm and talon stack as does armor charm& armor talon

Incredible tip and trick you covered way more unique and useful information.

Radial item menu is king. Don't use the side bar items.

In mhr you actually can get more materials by killing the monsters now