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Monster Hunter: World is all about gear. You character’s strength and skill does not come from levelling up, but from the equipment they wear. Build flexibility is core to the Monster Hunter experience, so smart hunters will tailor their loadout to the specific target they’re tracking – there’s no single correct armour build here.

Mixing and matching armour from different sets can help give you the different moves and resistances needed to take down certain foe, but there are a lot of sets that provide bonus abilities if you wear enough pieces, too. Fashion hunting is another reason to don a full matching set – it just feels good to put on every bit of Uragaan armor in order to look like a Mega Man robot master.

With all that in mind, we’ve picked seven great full sets of armour, chosen for their base skills, looks, and bonus skills.

The best Monster Hunter: World armour sets are:

Vaal Hazak

Stats & bonuses

• Base skillsDragon Attack, Peak Performance, Recovery Speed, Effluvia Resistance
• BonusVaal Hazak Vitality
• Three piecesSuper Recovery - allows recovery to exceed red portion of the health gauge

Vaal Hazak isn’t the toughest of the Elder Dragons, but the armour you can build from its parts is exceptional. Not only does it make your hunter look like a force to be reckoned with, it also comes with a very useful set bonus.

By wearing three pieces of this armour, you’ll gain the benefit of Super Recovery, meaning you don’t have to worry about your health as much, which will let you focus on the hunt. It’s also one of the few armour sets that increases the damage of dragon element weapons, which means Vaal Hazak should probably be your first Elder Dragon target after Nergigante.

Rathalos

Stats & bonuses

• Base skillsAttack Boost, Fire Attack, Weakness Exploit, Fire Resistance, Focus, Jump Master
• BonusRathalos Mastery
• Two piecesCritical Element - increases elemental damage when landing crits
• Four piecesMind’s Eye/Ballistics - prevents attacks from being deflected, shortens amount of time before arrows reach full power

Rathalos is easily one of the hardest hunts in the game. It serves as a major skill check before taking on High Rank quests, and its combination of fire and poison attacks require some serious pre-hunt preparation. Getting that sweet, sweet armour set makes the trial worth the effort, though.

This set pairs great with fire element weapons, and the set bonuses only sweeten the deal. At two pieces of Rathalos armour, your critical hits will be powered up if you’re using an elemental weapon. At four pieces, your attacks will no longer bounce off monsters. Both bonuses are very useful, making that Rathalos hunt more than worthwhile.

Nergigante

Stats & bonuses

• Base skillsMaximum Might, Stamina Surge, Agitator, Attack Boost
• BonusNergigante Hunger
• Three piecesHasten Recovery - regenerate health while attacking

Nergigante spends much of Monster Hunter: World’s story taunting you by dropping in on the Zorah Magdaros missions. That’s why it feels so good to finally slay the beast near the end of the game. That the armour you can craft from its corpse looks awesome and has an incredibly useful set bonus skill in Hasten Recovery is just icing on the cake.

The base skills are very useful, too: Agitator, one of the best skills in the game, boosts your attack whenever a monster becomes enraged, which is almost always. Wear that mantle proud, hunter.

Odogaron

Stats & bonuses

• Base skillsMaximum Might, Stamina Surge, Agitator, Attack Boost
• BonusNergigante Hunger
• Three piecesHasten Recovery - regenerate health while attacking

If quick weapons are your speciality, the Odogaron armour set is calling your name. Odogaron Mastery provides skills that greatly benefit fast weapons like the sword and shield or dual blades.

At two pieces of Odogaron armour, you’ll get Punishing Draw, which buffs the damage you’ll do with attacks that unsheathe your weapon. Faster weapons blow through sharpness very quickly, so Protective Polish, the four-piece skill, is very important, even in many mixed-set builds.

Kirin

Stats & bonuses

• Base skillsMarathon Runner, Divine Blessing, Thunder Attack, Blight Resistance, Free Elem Ammo Up
• BonusKirin Favor
• Three piecesCapture Master - high chance of increased capture rewards

You won’t encounter the Kirin until late in the game, and farming this lithe and nimble beast can be difficult, but the rewards are worth it. Gather enough materials to make three pieces of Kirin armour and you’ll gain the Capture Master skill which increases the number of rewards you earn from capturing monsters. Considering capturing is already more lucrative than killing the monsters, Capture Master is an ideal choice for endgame farming.

Diablos

Stats & bonuses

• Base skillsCritical Draw, Slugger, Heroics, Marathon Runner, Tremor Resistance
• BonusDiablos Mastery
• Two piecesBludgeoner - raises attack as weapon loses sharpness
• Four piecesNon-Elemental Boost - powers up non-elemental weapons

Diablos is a Monster Hunter classic, a first-generation beast that demands respect and a careful approach. This armour set is the perfect trophy to show off your monster hunting chops. The bonus skills are good, but not great unless you favour non-elemental weapons, and bludgeoner isn’t a bad skill for weapons that lose their sharpness quickly, but it’s not game changing.

The base skills are good for weapons that are good at stunning like the hammer and the hunting horn. The set is spectacular when worn, too, which is easily the most important part of any armour.

Underwear

Stats & bonuses

• Base skillsNone
• BonusFreedom
• One pieceLiberation - cast off the shackles of society’s concept of modesty

Sometimes you just want to run free – free as the wind blows, and to hell with the enormously dangerous monsters roaming about. No Anjanath can stop you, nor proximity to deadly lava. Underwear runs are about being untethered by man-made restraints, about proving that you don’t need armour to take down an Elder Dragon. What monster is waiting just around the corner? Who cares when you’re this free?

Read this Monster Hunter World: Iceborne guide on Equipment Augmentation, how to unlock it, how to augment weapons and armor, requirements, & more!

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What Is Augmenting Equipment?

Upgrading Weapons & Armor to Full Potential

Augmenting is a form of upgrade that allows you to further upgrade weapons & armor past their limits, further improving their stats.

Weapon Augments Adds Stat Boosts & Other Bonuses

For Weapon Augments, you can choose to boost stats such as Attack, Affinity & Defense or add an extra slot to the weapon. You can also add a Health Regen stat to your weapon.

Augmenting Armor Allows You To Upgrade More

Augmenting Armor removes the upgrade level cap, increasing the number of times you can upgrade the armor. This allows you to raise the defense stat past its default cap.

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How To Unlock Equipment Augmentation

How To Unlock Augmentation Procedure

Raise Your HR to At Least Level 30

Raising your HR to level 30 will unlock encounters with Tempered Monsters. The required item 'Streamstones' can only be found from Tempered Monsters.

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Hunt & Defeat a Threat Level 2-3 Tempered Monster

After raising your HR, launch a Tempered Investigation quest to hunt a monster with at least Threat Level 2. Streamstones will only drop from these types of monsters, & will be appraised to a 'Warrior Streamstone' or 'Hero Streamstone' after completing the quest.

Why You Should Augment Equipment

Make Your Weapons Much More Powerful

At the end-game, you will fight far stronger monsters than before, and you'll need higher damaging weapons to quickly take them down. Augmentation greatly improves end-game viability of high rarity weapons!

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Strengthen Armor To Take On Challenging Hunts

At the end-game, monsters, especially Tempered & Arch Tempered forms, will hit harder, and are vastly more challenging than normal hunts. You'll need the best equipment as possible to take on these hunts.

How To Augment Weapons

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Only Rarity Level 6 to 8 Can Be Augmented

Only Level 6 and above weapons can be augmented. As the weapon rarity increases, the less augmentation slots you get.

Available Weapon Augment Options

Materials Needed For Weapon Augments

Augmentation requires rare materials & a lot of zenny to equip. Although Augmentations are not permanent and can be changed, the materials are rare and costly.

Streamstones Required

Monster Material Required

How To Augment Armor

Augment Armor To Raise Upgrade Limit

Armor Augmentation allows you to raise the upgrade limit of your armor, further boosting its defense stat. At the Smithy, select an armor to Augment, and select 'Upgrade Limit Removal'.

Effect of Augmenting Armor

Removing the upgrade limit allows you to raise the armor level further. Unlike weapons, even low rarity armor can be augmented.

Materials Needed For Armor Augmentation