In the expansive world of Monster Hunter Wilds, understanding and utilizing decorations can significantly enhance your hunting experience. These small yet powerful items allow hunters to customize their gear, tailoring abilities to suit individual playstyles. This guide will walk you through the essentials of obtaining, crafting, and equipping decorations to maximize your effectiveness in the field.
Decorations become accessible after completing Chapter 2’s main story mission, “The Black Flame Quietly Manifests,” where you face the formidable Nu Udra. This pivotal quest introduces you to the concept of decorations, setting the stage for deeper gear customization.
Obtaining Decorations
Once unlocked, decorations can be acquired through several methods:
- Quest Rewards: Completing hunts often yields decorations as part of the quest rewards. These come in the form of appraisal items, such as Mystery Orbs, which are appraised post-quest to reveal the decorations received.
- Investigation Quests: Engaging in investigations, especially those featuring multiple monsters, can provide decorations as bonus rewards. Selecting monsters with the best bonus rewards from the map increases your chances of obtaining valuable decorations.
- Wyverian Melding: The Melding Pot in Suja offers a method to craft specific decorations. By using materials obtained from item trading or recycling unused decorations, you can meld new ones. This feature becomes available after completing Chapter 3-3, when you’re prompted to speak to Vio the Melder in Suja.
Understanding Decoration Levels
Decorations are categorized and ranked based on rarity and level, with levels indicated by dots on the jewel silhouette under the defense stat. They are also split into Weapon and Armor Decorations, each marked with a sword or helmet icon, respectively.
Equipping Decorations
To equip decorations:
- Access the Change Equipment Menu: Visit the Smithy or your Tent and select “Change Equipment.”
- Select Equipment with Available Slots: Choose a piece of equipment that has an available decoration slot, represented by a gray hourglass symbol indicating its decoration level.
- Equip the Decoration: Press the Right Button on your controller’s D-Pad, or the D key on PC, to bring up the decorations menu. Select a slot on your weapon or armor to bring up your list of available decorations, then choose one to slot into your gear.
Farming Decorations
Efficient farming methods include:
- Wyverian Melding: Using the Melding Pot’s Wyverian Melding feature allows you to craft decorations using materials obtained from item trading or recycling other decorations.
- Investigations with Decoration Rewards: Participating in investigation quests that feature multiple monsters can yield decorations as rewards. Avoid investigations with tempered monsters if you’re specifically farming for decorations, as these hunts reward Artian Weapon materials instead.
Tips for Effective Decoration Farming
- Start at Hunter Rank 40+: The best time to start farming decorations is upon reaching Hunter Rank 40, where Arkvelds can appear in investigations, yielding a lot of decorations as rewards.
- Hunt for Artian Weapons: Artian Weapons have multiple slots for decorations, allowing you to slot skills that complement your weapon and build.
