Monster Hunter: World – Armor Skills

Will be updated regularly for an easier look of current armor skills and the builds associated with it.

Welcome to the world of color armor skill icon which no specific rule or condition. So your best guess for an armor skill is mostly its name. As the icon’s color does not tell exactly what kind of armor skills you gonna get.

ARMOR SKILLS	DETAILS
Attack Boosts	Level 1 – Attack +3
	Level 2 – Attack +6
	Level 3 – Attack +9
	Level 4 – Attack +12 Affinity +5%
	Level 5 – Attack +15 Affinity +5%
	Level 6 – Attack +18 Affinity +5%
	Level 7 – Attack +21 Affinity +5%
Agitator	Level 1 – While active, grant attack +4 and increases affinity by 3%
	Level 2 – While active, grant attack +8 and increases affinity by 6%
	Level 3 – While active, grant attack +12 and increases affinity by 9%
	Level 4 – While active, grant attack +16 and increases affinity by 12%
	Level 5 – While active, grant attack +20 and increases affinity by 15%
Peak Performance	Level 1 – While Active, grant attack +5
	Level 2 – While Active, grant attack +10
	Level 3 – While Active, grant attack +20
Heroic	Level 1 – While Active, increase attack power by 5% and defense by 15
	Level 2 – While Active, increase attack power by 10% and defense by 20
	Level 3 – While Active, increase attack power by 15% and defense by 25
	Level 4 – While Active, increase attack power by 20% and defense by 30
	Level 5 – While Active, increase attack power by 30% and defense by 40
Fortify	Increases attack by 10% and defense by 15% each time you fall in battle.
Resentment	Level 1 – While Active, grant attack +5
	Level 2 – While Active, grant attack +10
	Level 3 – While Active, grant attack +15
	Level 4 – While Active, grant attack +20
	Level 5 – While Active, grant attack +25
Critical Eye	Level 1 – Affinity +3%
	Level 2 – Affinity +6%
	Level 3 – Affinity +10%
	Level 4 – Affinity +10%
	Level 5 – Affinity +20%
	Level 6 – Affinity +25%
	Level 7 – Affinity +30%
Critical Boost	Level 1 – Increase damage dealt with critical hits by 30%
	Level 2 – Increase damage dealt with critical hits by 35%
	Level 3 – Increase damage dealt with critical hits by 40%
Weakness Exploit	Level 1 – Attack that hit weak spots have 15% increased affinity
	Level 2 – Attack that hit weak spots have 30% increased affinity
	Level 3 – Attack that hit weak spots have 50% increased affinity
Critical Draw	Level 1 – Draw Attack affinity +30%
	Level 2 – Draw Attack affinity +60%
	Level 3 – Draw Attack affinity +100%
Latent Power	Level 1 – 10% increased affinity and 10% reduced stamina depletion
	Level 2 – 20% increased affinity and 20% reduced stamina depletion
	Level 3 – 30% increased affinity and 30% reduced stamina depletion
	Level 4 – 40% increased affinity and 40% reduced stamina depletion
	Level 5 – 50% increased affinity and 50% reduced stamina depletion
Maximum Might	Level 1 – When Stamina is full, increase Affinity by 10%
	Level 2 – When Stamina is full, increase Affinity by 20%
	Level 3 – When Stamina is full, increase Affinity by 30%
Affinity Sliding	Increase affinity by 30% for a short time after sliding
Defense Boost	Level 1 – Defense +5
	Level 2 – Defense +10
	Level 3 – Defense +15
	Level 4 – Defense +20 All Elemental Resistance + 3
	Level 5 – Defense +25 All Elemental Resistance + 4
	Level 6 – Defense +30 All Elemental Resistance + 5
	Level 7 – Defense +35 All Elemental Resistance + 6
Guard	Level 1 – Very slightly decreases the impact of attacks and reduces stamina depletionn
	Level 2 – Slightly decrease the impact of attacks and reduces stamina depletion by 15%
	Level 3 – Greatly decrease the impact of attacks and reduces stamina depletion by 15%
	Level 4 – Greatly decrease the impact of attacks and reduces stamina depletion by 30%
	Level 5 – Massively decrease the impact of attacks and reduces stamina depletion by 50%
Guard Up	Allows you to guard against ordinarily unblockable attacks
Evade Extender	Level 1 – Slightly extends evasion distance
	Level 2 – Extends evasion distance.
	Level 3 – Greatly extends evasion distance.
Evade Window	Level 1 – Very slightly increases invulnerability window
	Level 2 – Slightly increases invulnerability window
	Level 3 – Increases invulnerability window
	Level 4 – Greatly increases invulnerability window
	Level 5 – Massively increases invulnerability window
Divine Blessing	Level 1 – While Active, reduces damage taken by 15%
	Level 2 – While Active, reduces damage taken by 15%
	Level 3 – While Active, reduces damage taken by 15%
Resuscitate	Level 1 – Improves evasion and reduces stamina depletion when afflicted with abnormal status effects
Health Boost	Level 1 – Health +15
	Level 2 – Health +30
	Level 3 – Health +50
Recovery Up	Level 1 – Increases the amount restored when restoring Health 10%
	Level 2 – Increases the amount restored when restoring Health 20%
	Level 3 – Increases the amount restored when restoring Health 30%
Recovery Speed	Level 1 – Speeds healing of recoverable damage (the red portion of the health gauge (Double)
	Level 2 – Speeds healing of recoverable damage (the red portion of the health gauge (Triple)
	Level 3 – Speeds healing of recoverable damage (the red portion of the health gauge (Quadruple)
Hasten Recovery	Regenerates your health as you continuously attack a monster.
Super Recovery	Allows recovery to exceed the red portion of the health gauge
Stamina Cap Up	Increase Stamina Cap (200)
Guts	Above a certain health threshold, you withstand an attack that would normally cart you (once only)
Constitution	Level 1 – Reduces stamina depletion when performing stamina-draining moves such as evading -(10%)
	Level 2 – Reduces stamina depletion when performing stamina-draining moves such as evading – (20%)
	Level 3 – Reduces stamina depletion when performing stamina-draining moves such as evading – (30%)
	Level 4 – Reduces stamina depletion when performing stamina-draining moves such as evading – (40%)
	Level 5 – Reduces stamina depletion when performing stamina-draining moves such as evading – (50%)
Stamina Surge	Level 1 – Stamina recovery speed +10%
	Level 2 – Stamina recovery speed +20%
	Level 3 – Stamina recovery speed +30%
Hunger Resistance	Level 1 – Reduces the time before stamina cap is reduced during hunt (30%)
	Level 2- Reduces the time before stamina cap is reduced during hunt (60%)
	Level 3 – No more Reduction
Marathon Runner	Level 1 – Reduces stamina draining for actions that continuously use the stamina (dashing, climbing…) 15%
	Level 2 – Reduces stamina draining for actions that continuously use the stamina (dashing, climbing…) 30%
	Level 3 – Reduces stamina draining for actions that continuously use the stamina (dashing, climbing…) 50%
Adrenaline	Level 1 – Reduces Stamina depletion when HP drops below 40%
Handicraft	Level 1 – Weapon sharpness +10
	Level 1 – Weapon sharpness +11
	Level 1 – Weapon sharpness +12
Master’s Touch	Level 1 – Prevent Sharpness loss during critical hits
Razor Sharp/Spare Shot	Level 1 – Reduce Sharpness loss. For Ranged Weapons, shots have a chance to not using ammo
Protective Polish	Level 1 – After sharpening, weapons sharpness does not loss for 60 seconds
Wide-Range	Level 1 – Item Usage will affect nearby allies with 33% of effect
	Level 2 – Item Usage will affect nearby allies in a wider radius with 33% of the effect
	Level 3 – Item Usage will affect nearby allies in a wider radius with 66% of the effect
	Level 4 – Item Usage will affect nearby allies in a much wider radius with 66% of the effect
	Level 5 – Item Usage will affect nearby allies in a much wider radius with full effect
Item Prolonger	Level 1 – Extend the duration of item effects +10%
	Level 2 – Extend the duration of item effects +15%
	Level 3 – Extend the duration of item effects +50%
Free Meal	Level 1 – Occasionally consumes food or items for free (Activate 25% of the time)
Speed Eating	Level 1 – Consume items 20% Faster
	Level 2 – Consume items 84% Faster
	Level 3 – Consume items 180% Faster
Bombardier	Level 1 – Boost explosion damage +10%
	Level 2 – Boost explosion damage +20%
	Level 3 – Boost explosion damage +30%
Mushroomancer	Level 1 – Let you digest Blue Mushrooms and Toadstools to gain effects
	Level 2 – + Nitroshrooms and Parashrooms
	Level 3 – + Mandragoras, Devil’s Blight & Exciteshrooms
Dragon Resistance	Level 1 – Dragon Resistance + 6
	Level 2 – Dragon Resistance +12
	Level 3 – Dragon Resistance +20 Defense +10
Water Resistance	Level 1 – Water Resistance + 6
	Level 2 – Water Resistance +12
	Level 3 – Water Resistance +20 Defense +10
Ice Resistance	Level 1 – Ice Resistance + 6
	Level 2 – Ice Resistance +12
	Level 3 – Ice Resistance +20 Defense +10
Thunder Resistance	Level 1 – Thunder Resistance + 6
	Level 2 – Thunder Resistance +12
	Level 3 – Thunder Resistance +20 Defense +10
Blight Resistance	Level 1 – Reduces the duration of all elemental blights by 30%
	Level 2 – Reduces the duration of all elemental blights by 60%
	Level 3 – Nullifies effects of all elemental blights
Poison Resistance	Level 1 – Reduces poison durations by 30%
	Level 2 – Reduces poison durations by 60%
	Level 3 – Nullify poison
Paralysis Resistance	Level 1 – Reduces paralysis durations by 30%
	Level 2 – Reduces paralysis durations by 60%
	Level 3 – Nullify paralysis
Sleep Resistance	Level 1 – Reduces sleep durations by 30%
	Level 2 – Reduces sleep durations by 60%
	Level 3 – Nullify sleep
Stun Resistance	Level 1 – Reduces stun durations by 30%
	Level 2 – Reduces stun durations by 60%
	Level 3 – Nullify stun
Blast Resistance	Level 1 – Reduces blast durations by 30%
	Level 2 – Reduces blast durations by 60%
	Level 3 – Nullify blast
Bleeding Resistance	Level 1 – Decrease damage while Bleeding
	Level 2- Greatly Decrease damage while Bleeding
	Level 3- Nullify Bleeding
Muck Resistance	Level 1 – Reduces limitation when stuck in Monster’s muck
Iron Skin	Level 1 – Reduces Defense Down durations by 30%
	Level 2 – Reduces Defense Down durations by 60%
	Level 3 – Nullify Defense Down
Effluvia Resistance	Level 1 – Reduces Effluvial Buildup
	Level 2 – Greatly reduces Effluvial Buildup
	Level 3 – Prevents Effluvial Buildup
Earplugs	Level 1 – Slightly reduces the effect of weak monster roars
	Level 2 – Reduces the effect of weak monster roars
	Level 3 – Nullify weak monster roars
	Level 4 – Nullify weak monster roars and reduces effects of strong monster roars
	Level 5 – Nullify all monsters roar
Windproof	Level 1 – Slightly reduces the effect of minor wind pressure
	Level 2 – Reduces the effect of minor wind pressure
	Level 3 – Negate the effect of minor wind pressure
	Level 4 – Negate the effect of minor wind pressure and reduces the effects of major wind pressures
	Level 5 – Negate the effect of wind pressure
Tremor Resistance	Level 1 – Nullifies Minor Ground Tremors
	Level 2- Nullifies Minor Ground Tremors and reduces the effects of major ground tremors
	Level 3 – Nullifies Ground Tremor
Heat Guard	Level 1 – Nullifies Heat Damage
Effluvial Expert	Level 1 – Nullifies damage from Effluvia in Rotten Vale and reduces Damages from acid
Nullify Wind Pressure	Level 1 – Negates all wind pressure
Dragon Attack	Level 1 – Dragon Attack +30
	Level 2 – Dragon Attack +60
	Level 3 – Dragon Attack +100
	Level 4 – Dragon Attack +5% Bonus +100
	Level 5 – Dragon Attack +10% Bonus +100
Ice Attack	Level 1 – Ice Attack +30
	Level 2 – Ice Attack +60
	Level 3 – Ice Attack +100
	Level 4 – Ice Attack +5% Bonus +100
	Level 5 – Ice Attack +10% Bonus +100
Water Attack	Level 1 – Water Attack +30
	Level 2 – Water Attack +60
	Level 3 – Water Attack +100
	Level 4 – Water Attack +5% Bonus +100
	Level 5 – Water Attack +10% Bonus +100
Thunder Attack	Level 1 – Thunder Attack +30
	Level 2 – Thunder Attack +60
	Level 3 – Thunder Attack +100
	Level 4 – Thunder Attack +5% Bonus +100
	Level 5 – Thunder Attack +10% Bonus +100
Dragon Attack	Level 1 – Dragon Attack +30
	Level 2 – Dragon Attack +60
	Level 3 – Dragon Attack +100
	Level 4 – Dragon Attack +5% Bonus +100
	Level 5 – Dragon Attack +10% Bonus +100
Blast Attack	Level 1 – Blast Attack +30
	Level 2 – Blast Attack +60
	Level 3 – Blast Attack +100
	Level 4 – Blast Attack +5% Bonus +100
	Level 5 – Blast Attack +10% Bonus +100
Critical Element	Level 1 – Allow Elemental Damage when landing Critical hits
Poison Duration Up	Level 1 – Extends the duration of your poison’s effect on monsters
Poison Attack	Level 1 – Increase Poison buildup by 5%. Bonus +10
	Level 2 – Increase Poison buildup by 10%. Bonus +10
	Level 3 – Increase Poison buildup by 20%. Bonus +10
Paralysis Attack	Level 1 – Increase Paralysis buildup by 5%. Bonus +10
	Level 2 – Increase Paralysis buildup by 10%. Bonus +10
	Level 3 – Increase Paralysis buildup by 20%. Bonus +10
Sleep Attack	Level 1 – Increase Sleep buildup by 5%. Bonus +10
	Level 2 – Increase Sleep buildup by 10%. Bonus +10
	Level 3 – Increase Sleep buildup by 20%. Bonus +10
Blast Attack	Level 1 – Increase Blast buildup by 5%. Bonus +10
	Level 2 – Increase Blast buildup by 10%. Bonus +10
	Level 3 – Increase Blast buildup by 20%. Bonus +10
Critical Status	Level 1 – Increase abnormal status damage when landing critical hits
Normal Shots	Level 1 – Increase damage of normal ammo and normal arrows (stack with Power Coating)
Piercing Shots	Level 1 – Increase damage of piercing ammo and Dragon piercer
Spread/Power Shots	Level 1 – Increase damage of Spread Ammo and Power Shot Arrows
Free Element/Ammo Up	Level 1 – Draw out 33% of Hidden Element and expands clip size for certain types of ammo
	Level 2 – Draw out 66% of Hidden Element and expands clip size for more types of ammo
	Level 3 – Draw out 100% of Hidden Element and expands clip size for almost all ammo types (excluding Wyvern)
Focus	Level 1 – Increase gauge fill rates by 5% and reduce charge time by 5%
	Level 2 – Increase gauge fill rates by 10% and reduce charge time by 10%
	Level 3 – Increase gauge fill rates by 20% and reduce charge time by 15%
Power Prolonger	Level 1 – Increase power up duration for Long Sword, Charge Blade, Insect Glaives, Dual Blades & Switch Axe by 10% Level 2 – Increase power up duration for Long Sword, Charge Blade, Insect Glaives, Dual Blades & Switch Axe by 20% Level 3 – Increase power up duration for Long Sword, Charge Blade, Insect Glaives, Dual Blades & Switch Axe by 30%
Part Breaker	Level 1 – Increase the chance to break monster parts by 10%
	Level 2 – Increase the chance to break monster parts by 20%
	Level 3 – Increase the chance to break monster parts by 30%
Slugger	Level 1 – Increase stun power by 10%
	Level 2 – Increase stun power by 20%
	Level 3 – Increase stun power by 30%
Stamina Thief	Level 1 – Exhaust power +10%
	Level 2 – Exhaust power +20%
	Level 3 – Exhaust power +30%
Master Mounter	Level 1 – Increase the chance of mounting a monster
Airborne	Level 1 – Increase damage of jumping attacks by 10%
Horn Maestro	Level 1 – Extends Hunting horn buff durations and health recovery
Capacity Boost	Level 1 – Increase Gunlance shells, Charge Blade capacity by 1
Special Ammo Boost	Level 1 – Increase power of Bowgun special ammo and Dragon Piercer by 10%
Special Ammo Boost	Level 2 – Increase power of Bowgun special ammo and Dragon Piercer by 20%
Artillery	Level 1 – Increase Gunlance shells, Charge Blade Phial Attacks, Sticky Ammo, Wyvern’s Fire damage by 10%, also reduces Wyvern’s Fire cooldown by 15%
	Level 2 – Increase Gunlance shells, Charge Blade Phial Attacks, Sticky Ammo, Wyvern’s Fire damage by 20%, also reduces Wyvern’s Fire cooldown by 30%
	Level 3 – Increase Gunlance shells, Charge Blade Phial Attacks, Sticky Ammo, Wyvern’s Fire damage by 30%, also reduces Wyvern’s Fire cooldown by 50%
Heavy Artillery	Level 1 – Increase Power of Ballistae and cannons by 10%
Heavy Artillery	Level 2 – Increase Power of Ballistae and cannons by 20%
Mind’s Eye/Ballistics	Level 1 – Prevent attacks from being deflected. Shorten Ranged Weapon critical distance
Bludgeoner	Level 1 – Increase attacks when weapons lose sharpness. Increase ranged weapons melee attacks and stunning capability
Non-elemental Boost	Level 1 – Increase attack for the non-elemental weapon (Bowgun that cannot use elemental ammo)
Elemental Airborne	Level 1 – Increase elemental damage for Jumping attacks
Elderseal Boost	Level 1 – Boosts Elderseal one level
Bow Charge Plus	Level 1 – Increase Max Bow Charge (Normally 3)
Poison Functionality	Level 1 – Let you use poison coating
Para Functionality	Level 1 – Let you use Para coating
Sleep Functionality	Level 1 – Let you use Sleep coating
Blast Functionality	Level 1 – Let you use Blast coating
Slinger Capacity	Level 1 – Increase loading capacity for ammo from plants or ground
	Level 2 – Increase loading capacity for some ammo dropped from monsters
	Level 3 – Increase loading capacity for all ammo dropped from monsters
Dungmaster	Level 1 – Make dung pods more effective (causing monster runaway more easily)
Leap of Faith	Level 1 – Enable Dive-evade (Superman Dive) even when facing monsters
Stealth	Level 1 – Make monster loose sight of you easier
	Level 2 – Make monster loose sight of you moderately easier
	Level 3 – Make monster loose sight of you moderately much easier
Flinch Free	Level 1 – Prevents Knockback
	Level 2 – Prevent standard knockback, and reduce trip to a knockback
	Level 3 – Nullify knockback and trip
Scoutfly Range Up	Level 1 – Widen scoutfly range
Speed Crawler	Level 1 – Raise speed when crouching
Jump Master	Level 1 – Nullify knockback when jumping
Sporepuff Expert	Level 1 – Recover 20 Health with sporebuff
	Level 2 – Recover 35 Health with sporebuff
	Level 3 – Recover 60 Health with sporebuff
Aquatic Expert	Level 1 – Prevents water from slowing movement
	Level 2 – Prevents water from slowing movement and improves evasion while in water
	Level 3 – Prevents water from slowing movement and greatly improves evasion while in water
Cliffhanger	Level 1 – Reduces stamina drain while climbing by 25%
Blindsider	Level 1 – Increase the success rate of flash effects
Scholar	Level 1 – Speed up the progress of research level and special investigation
Detector	Level 1 – Marks rare sites on the map
Master Fisher	Level 1 – Increase reeling time while fishing, catch large fish easier
Pro Transporter	Level 1 – Increase movement speed while carrying items and reduces dropping chances
Master Gatherer	Level 1 – Increase gathering speed and prevent knockback while gathering
Honey Hunter	Level 1 – One more honey per gather
Carving Pro	Level 1 – Prevent small knockback while carving
Botanist	Level 1 – One extra consumable herb per gather
	Level 2 – One extra consumable herb, fruit, nut, or seed item per gather
	Level 3 – One extra consumable herb, fruit, nut, seed or insect item per gather
	Level 4 – One extra consumable herb, fruit, nut, seed, insect or mushroom item per gather
Geologist	Level 1 – One more gather for bone piles
	Level 2 – One more gather for bone piles, special items gathering points.
	Level 3 – One more gather for bone piles, special item gathering points, mining outcrops
Entomologist	Level 1 – Increases the chances of small insect corpse being left behind
	Level 2 – Greatly increases the chances of small insect corpse being left behind
	Level 3 – Small insect corpses will not be destroyed
Scenthound	Level 1 – Increase scoutflies gauge fill rates when investigating the monster’s track
Forager’s Luck	Level 1 – Increase change of respawning for gathering points
BBQ Master	Level 1 – Cook Well-done steak easier
Capture Master	Level 1 – High chance of increase capture rewards (no effect when joining mid-quest)
Good Luck	Level 1 – Good chance of increased quest rewards (no effect when joining mid-quest)

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