Armor in Monster Hunter: World (MHW) is comprised of Sets, Unique Pieces, Accessories and enhanced via Decorations. They usually have the look and feel of the Monsters utilized to craft each piece or set. Players may also outfit their Palicoes with specific equipment.
See Master Rank Armor to see only Iceborne Expansion content.
Armor is complemented by Charms. High rank armor comes in two forms, Alpha and Beta sets which vary from one another aesthetically. Alpha sets come with less jewel slots but with bonus Skills or a higher level skill. Beta sets typically lack a second skill but have jewel slots allowing them to be decorated with jewels. There are five different slots of armor: Head Armor, Chest Armor, Arms Armor, Waist Armor and Leg Armor.
Please see the Layered Armor page for cosmetic armors that only change your appearance.
For information on mechanics related to surviving combat with Monsters, see Defense and Elemental Resistance
For information on configuring your Hunter arsenal, see Loadouts
For information on improving Armor, see Augmentations and Upgrades
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some of these comments about the female armor sets are concerning
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Make the female armor more like the male armor. Its gross how over sexulized the women are in this game
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Im playing Monster Hunter for the first time. What are some good armors? I have beaten the Odogaron but i dont understand the game well yet.
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can we pls get the same armor for girls like boys have? Cuz in my opinion boys have 100% cooler loking armor then girls. like come on
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I'm ok with the grind since I hunt monsters in 10-15 mins max with my long sword. LS GANG RISE UP!
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Is it possible to achieve level 99 armor. I'm wondering because I'm looking at a hunter with over 1800 defense?
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So if I play as a male I'm a walking bundle of leather and metal that no regular mortal could walk in and if I play as a female I look like I wanna hunt *****s, not monsters. Great.
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pink rathian needs rathain essence below it, it says it does not have one until you click on it
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Is it just me, or do the women’s armor look like they ALWAYS have at least one part of the women exposed?
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sigh, no Seltas armor... It's probably just me, but the armors graphics combined with the realism design takes away from the charm for me. Like, the overall color on most of these armors sway towards brown and red.
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So frfr imma keep it real, I love the ododgaron armor and, Val , and xeno
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We have created a Layered Armor page - it's a work in progress but it will get there! https://monsterhunterworld.wiki.fextralife.com/Layered+Armor
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I wish there is a way to sort by rarity in the table, that would help a ton.
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I agree there must be a specific section for layered armors. Why die if no t in style?
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There needs to be a section dedicated to layered armor sets
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Why do the majority of the female helmets show their face? Whats the point of it being a helmet then? How am I supposed to fashion souls it when the designs are inconsistent between genders :l
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Most of the female armor is shown using white or another color instead of its default color. Could this be fixed?
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lowkey salty because the guys get all the better armor designs
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I wish there were more armor sets that looked the same for men and women. The men's armor pretty much always looks way cooler than the women's.
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coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
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nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo why is the xeno set for girls with no wings its waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay coller with wings
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COOL I looooooooove xeno'jiivas armor it is so cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
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So quick note here, I believe a lot of the images are messed up. My page shows that set like the Anja are actually the Barros or the butterfly is the bone. Maybe get that looked at?
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hey can you guys fix your Charms section. i think someone hacked it to show a guy eating peen
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There is a Death armor set, made from Sinister Cloth found from HR safari missions.
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There is also the Guild Cross Armor set and Brigade Armor Set, I unlocked both of them after completing most of the Arena quests
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There is another armor that is not listed here... Brigade Armor Set.. I'm not yet 100% sure how to get it... my friend has it... he told me to do some Arena battles in the 4th floor of Astera... seems to be after you kill 4 Rathian and 2 pukei-pukei.. to be confirmed
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Added new formatting and images to the page. We are working on cropping all set images, please be patient a little longer!
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you need azure rathalos set and the real name of it is rath soul set.
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Alright. I have looked and looked and looked some more. Yet no one explains when you get the Higher Tier Armor. I see it but I do not know how to access it in my game. Is it story related or do I have to do some special quest to unlock it? I just like a clear answer. As nowhere I have looked even answers it.
How do you tell which status effects a particular monster will put on you? I understand that if you look in your Monster Field Guide and a monster has a three star Thunder Element you should use a weapon that does thunder damage to deal the maximum amount of damage. But I don’t see anywhere that shows what style of damage a particular monster does to really point out which Damage Status boost I should choose when choosing the armor to wear on a particular hunt.
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Would be nice if all variants of the armor (low rank / alpha / beta) have images provided. Otherwise, very helpful
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INFORMATION ABOUT ARMOR SKILLS:
Hello, hunter captain here to help: Each armor has a bonus ie: adrenaline. In order to level this up, you must equip diferent items that have that same bonus ie: a helmet and boot that have the same "adrenaline lvl1 bonus: that would give you lvl2 adrenaline. Each bonus has a cap, some cap a lvl1 like mud resistance, and some others like adrenaline cap at lvl7. I recomend not focusing on this until higher ranks (8 or mnore), as to survive, right now, you only need raw defense. My in-game name is Hermes_IX on PS4, feel free to kick me up to hunt some things or ask for any help. Good luck fellow hunters, may the blood be with you.
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Hey guys, i really don't understand how the armor skills work... All of my skills are LVL 1, even if i upgrade my armor to max? And all the peaces i have equipped is from the same set. Does anyone know how i can increase this LVL's?
THX for answers :)
"In addition, armor can be a cosmetic choice for hunters who chose to mix up different pieces of different sets."
I'm not really familiar with this game, but this statement incredibly vague, so I'm wondering if anyone could clarify some things for me?
Specifically what does "a cosmetic choice" mean? Is there like a cosmetic slot(s) where you can put any piece in there that serves as a visual overlay for current your equipment (think of like those cosmetic slots you see in MMO's), or is this just flavour text? What I mean is that I "could" hypothetically where low-rank armor, but all I'm doing is essentially gimping myself (basically asking for a death-wish) in higher level content because I'm using extremely low armor?
Thank you very much if anyone can help!~
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there should be the female picture too, some armors look different for them.
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This might seem like a stupid question, but what happens when the three pages of armor and weapon storage fills up? Do you have to sell stuff or can you put it some place else? I can't find anything about it online.
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personally i like the zorrah set because it reminds me of dark souls 3. and the girros set, just cause. and odogarron set beccause it reminds me of the tetsucabra, which was the first big challenge i faced in previous games.
Tons of new armor sets, including Alpha and Beta versions added! I'm working on making them all pages. Also, we now have an Armor Comparison Table for everybody's ease of browsing: https://monsterhunterworld.wiki.fextralife.com/Armor+Set+Defense+Bonus+Skill+Comparison
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To the right of the Kadachi Armour set is the Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Armour set, yet it is also referred to as 'Kadachi.'
Legiana armor set is the 5th one to the last and I think it one of the best looking ones so far.
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All known Monster Hunter World Armor sets added to the list! What's the best looking armor?
why cant the men's armor be more like the women's armor
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