Style Rank

Upon reaching HR5, you can unlock Style Rank. This process is initiated automatically when you approach the Guild Master after achieving HR5.

Style Rank grants several benefits, including special SR Skills, two new movesets per weapon type (three in total at G Rank with Extreme Style), and access to Hardcore (HC) monsters. You can test various weapons' SR movesets at the bed in .

Weapon Styles

To enable the new movesets, use any large box that allows you to change gear, such as the one in the . Go to the section where you normally choose equipment and select the newly added final option.

This will bring up a new menu where you should select your weapon type, followed by the second option, and then your preferred style.

At HR5, you will have access to Heaven Style and Storm Style. For most weapons at this rank, Storm Style is the best, though there may be some variations. You can swap styles at any time and are not locked into any of the three initially available options.

Weapon Styles Usability Ratings

For more specific information about all weapon styles, refer to the weapons category page.

Upon reaching G Rank, interact with the Guild Master again to unlock Extreme Style. This style significantly alters weapons compared to Storm or Heaven styles and is generally the best-in-slot for every weapon class at high-level play. You should switch all weapons to this style upon reaching G Rank and unlocking it.

To use any alternative movesets, your Book of Secrets must be equipped. If it is disabled, go to the SR menu and choose the first option, followed by the first option again, to toggle it back on.

Hardcore Mode

Hardcore (HC) is a toggleable option for SR quests that transforms the large monsters into HC monsters. If a quest can be made hardcore, it is indicated by a flame icon in the quest list at the top right of its name.

You can toggle the HC option on the final screen after selecting a quest, where you confirm player numbers, passwords, etc.

Keep in mind that Newbie and Return worlds do not have the HC feature. If you do not see any red flame icons, first check if you have interacted with the Guild Master and then check your SR menu in your Equipment Box, you may have SR disabled.

Hardcore Monsters

If you spend a significant amount of time at HR5, you will likely need and Hardcore Carves for certain upgrades. These are obtained by fighting monsters within a specific rank band with the HC option enabled. Enabling HC transforms a monster into its Hardcore variant, which adds a new 5% carve item to the monster and provides a based on the type of monster.

Low Soul: HR1-2
Mid Soul: HR3-4
High Soul: HR5
Top Soul: Gou HR5

Hardcore monsters are more powerful versions with new skills, abilities, and appearances. Many HC monsters have enhanced levels of Roars, Wind, or Quake, requiring , , and for protection.

Completing an HC quest grants SR (a ticket item), used for crafting specific weapons and armor. Using a weapon within the Rarity Limit stated in your Book of Secrets provides a multiplier for HRP (3x), SRP (4x), Zeny (1.5x), and GCP (1.5x), making HC quests an excellent way to gain ranks. As of , most of these multipliers are less relevant and mainly affect your Partner's Rank and Weapon Rank.

The only difference in a quest set to Hardcore is the monsters themselves. If a quest has multiple large monsters, they will all become their Hardcore variants.

G Rank quests receive the same effects as normal Hunter Rank HC quests, with different multipliers applying to G Rank points and currency (GRP, GSRP, Gzeny).

Hardcore Carves

Hardcore (HC) Carves are an additional type of carve available from HC monsters. Generally, each type of monster has one HC carve per tier (HR1-2, HR3-4, HR5-6, G Rank).

The standard way to obtain HC Carves is by killing and carving a monster. However, some event quests also reward them as normal rewards. The standard rate for an HC Carve is 5%, and for a GHC Carve, it is 2%.

HC Carves are commonly used across gear, serving a similar role to low-percentage carves like or introduced since Hardcore Monsters were added.

When you carve an HC Carve, you will hear a special jingle distinct from the normal carving success sound. HC Carves can also be carved by your Partner and will appear in the rewards after a quest (without the jingle). While on Premium, the Legendary Pugi can also obtain them similarly to your Partner.

N Points and Festival Points can be spent on HC Carves, typically costing around 100 N Points or 500 Festival Points minimum. The event occasionally allows you to buy carves with standard GCP if you have the relevant Prayer active. See the Events section for more details on and .

HC Carves are unique because they are outside the normal carve pool. When you carve a monster, you first roll for the pool from which you get an item and then for the item itself.

HR2 Lavasioth Carve Tables


Lavasioth Scale	48%	Normal Carves (95%)
Lavasioth Shell	38%	Normal Carves (95%)
Lavasioth Fang	14%	Normal Carves (95%)
Lavasioth Scale	48%	Normal Carves (95%)
Lavasioth Rotary Fin	100%	Hardcore Carves (5%)

For anything that can cause you to reroll carves, such as Caravan Gem skills, you will also roll for the table on the second attempt. For example, if you initially carved a and got a reroll, you would have a 5% chance of the new carve being an HC item and a 95% chance of it being either a (73%) or a (27%).

Weapon Souls

Weapon are per-weapon ticket types rewarded for killing any HC monster. Each weapon has four different levels of based on the rank of the monster fought. For example, fighting a with would grant a .

Weapon are used to craft and upgrade certain weapons and armors. A lot of gear during and most decent gear past HR5 will require at least one of these to be upgraded or crafted.

Weapon Ribbons & Merits

At GSR1, you gain access to , and at GR500, you gain access to . These function nearly identically to the aforementioned but are gained from GHC and normal G Rank quests respectively. Both are covered in depth in the Hiden section below.

Style Rank Skills

After achieving Style Rank, you gain access to select a Style Rank Skill. These are permanently active buffs similar to armor skills but do not occupy any slots. The skills and instructions on how to equip them are detailed below.

You can equip your first skill by going into a weapon's Book of Secrets menu, selecting one of the Special effects options, and then choosing one of the skills. After reaching GSR100, you will be able to equip two skills; until then, you can equip one.

At HR5, you gain the basic Defense Skill. At HR6, you gain various Elemental Resistance skills and the first version of Sharpening Up. At HR7, you get access to Affinity Up and max Sharpening Up. All the Resistance and Defense skills progress naturally as you rank up in G Style Rank, with some requiring GSR999 in one or multiple weapons to be unlocked or maxed out.

At G Rank, we recommend using Affinity Up, which increases the affinity by +20% to +26%, similar to the skill.

GSR in , , and each add +2% affinity, reaching a maximum of +26%.

Ranking up in GSR unlocks the Conquest Attack and Conquest Defense skills.

Achieving GSR999 grants the Passive Master and Secret Technique skills.

Having 11 weapons at GSR999 unlocks the Soul Revival skill.

GSR100 in each weapon unlocks a second SR skill slot, allowing for two skills simultaneously.


Defense Up	SR to GSR Skills	Up to +180 Defense, +10 for each weapon unlocked: Tonfa, Switch Axe F, Magnet Spike.
Water Res Up	SR to GSR Skills	Up to +35 Resistance, +2 for each weapon unlocked: Tonfa, Switch Axe F. Magnet Spike gives +1.
Thunder Res Up	SR to GSR Skills	Up to +35 Resistance, +2 for each weapon unlocked: Tonfa, Switch Axe F. Magnet Spike gives +1.
Ice Res Up	SR to GSR Skills	Up to +35 Resistance, +2 for each weapon unlocked: Tonfa, Switch Axe F. Magnet Spike gives +1.
Dragon Res Up	SR to GSR Skills	Up to +35 Resistance, +2 for each weapon unlocked: Tonfa, Switch Axe F. Magnet Spike gives +1.
Fire Res Up	SR to GSR Skills	Up to +35 Resistance, +2 for each weapon unlocked: Tonfa, Switch Axe F. Magnet Spike gives +1.
All Res Up	SR to GSR Skills	Up to +20 to all Resistances, +2 for each weapon unlocked: Tonfa, Switch Axe F. Magnet Spike gives +1.
	SR to GSR Skills	+50/MAX Sharpness from sharpening. Takes only 1 sharpen motion to complete the action.
Affinity Up	SR to GSR Skills	Up to +26% Affinity. Tonfa, Switch Axe F and Magnet Spike add +2% each.
Conquest Defense	GSR Skills	Up to +330 Defense on Conquests. Does not apply on Shiten quests. Tonfa, Switch Axe F and Magnet Spike add +10 each.
Conquest Attack	GSR Skills	Up to +115 Attack on Conquests. Does not apply on Shiten quests. Tonfa, Switch Axe F and Magnet Spike add +5 each.
	Every GSR999	Causes any monster attacks that would normally knock you down to leave you partially recovered, allowing you to land on your feet instead of lying down and slowly getting up.
	Every GSR999	A Hunter Knife attack that can be used once a day after 12:00. It deals massive damage after a long wind-up animation and is bound to the Kick action. After use, it increases your attack by 320 (flat addition) for the rest of the quest's duration (shown as a red particle effect during the animation). The initial attack does a portion of the monster's Max HP. You can increase how much Max HP is taken by increasing the GSR of weapons to 999; with all weapons at GSR999 it deals 38% of the monster's Max HP, meaning that a group of 3 hunters can oneshot most monsters this way. Quests where the initial attack deals very little damage include most musou quests, but it can be useful against Arrogant Duremudira due to being able to activate it at the entrance, where quest time hasn't started yet, thus keeping the attack increase portion of the skill without drawbacks. You can also cancel the initial attack portion of the skill by being near an area transition zone and transitioning via the Secret Tech animation; this makes you invulnerable to Damage Over Time effects (works even after carting), also keeping the attack increase bonus, although you lose on the benefits of hitting the initial attack. You gain invulnerability frames during the animation after the red particle effect. Due to this skill being very versatile, there is a separate speedrun category for it.
	11x GSR999	An ability that can be triggered once per quest. It revives you after hitting 0 HP once and fully restores your health bar. This ability is disabled with Determination and is unlocked on GSR999 weapons after you have 11 GSR999 weapons in total.

GSR Effects


0	Def+100, Ele Res+20, All Res+10, Affinity+20
10	Def+1
20	Fire Res+2
30	Conquest Def+10
40	Water Res+2
50	Conquest Atk+2
60	Def+1
70	Conquest Def+10
80	Thunder Res+2
90	Def+1
100	Conquest Atk+2, 2 special effects can be set
110	Def+1
120	Ice Res+2
130	Conquest Def+10
140	Dragon Res+2
150	Conquest Atk+2
160	Def+1
170	Conquest Def+10
180	All Res+1
190	Def+1
200	Conquest Atk+2
210	Def+1
220	Fire Res+2
230	Conquest Def+10
240	Water Res+2
250	Conquest Atk+2
260	Def+1
270	Conquest Def+10
280	Thunder Res+2
290	Def+1
300	Conquest Atk+2
310	Def+1
320	Ice Res+2
330	Conquest Def+10
340	Dragon Res+2
350	Conquest Atk+2
360	Def+2
370	Conquest Def+10
380	All Res+1
390	Def+2
400	Conquest Atk+2
410	Def+2
420	Fire Res+2
430	Conquest Def+10
440	Water Res+2
450	Conquest Atk+2
460	Def+2
470	Conquest Def+10
480	Thunder Res+2
490	Def+2
500	Conquest Atk+2
510	Def+2
520	Ice Res+2
530	Conquest Def+10
540	Dragon Res+2
550	Conquest Atk+2
560	Def+2
570	Conquest Def+10
580	All Res+1
590	Def+2
600	Conquest Atk+2
610	Def+2
620	Fire Res+2
630	Conquest Def+10
640	Water Res+2
650	Conquest Atk+2
660	Def+2
670	Conquest Def+10
680	Thunder Res+2
690	Def+2
700	Conquest Atk+2
710	Def+2
720	Ice Res+2
730	Conquest Def+10
740	Ice Res+2
750	Conquest Atk+2
760	Def+2
770	Conquest Def+10
780	All Res+1
790	Def+2
800	Conquest Atk+4
810	Def+2
820	Fire Res+2
830	Conquest Def+10
840	Water Res+2
850	Conquest Atk+4
860	Def+2
870	Conquest Def+10
880	Thunder Res+2
890	Def+2
900	Conquest Atk+4
910	Def+2
920	Ice Res+2
930	Conquest Defense+10
940	Dragon Res+2
950	Conquest Atk+4
960	Def+2
970	Conquest Def+10
980	All Res+1
990	Def+2
999	Passive Master, Conquest Atk+4
x11 GSR999	Soul Revival, Conquest Atk Base 100, Conquest Def Base 300, G Rank Weapon unlock bonuses for conquest skills (+10 Def, +5 Atk each)

GSR Weapon Unlock Bonuses


11	None
12	Affinity+2, Ele Res+2, All Res+2, Def+10, Conquest Atk Base 100+5, Conquest Def Base 300+10
13	Affinity+2, Ele Res+2, All Res+2, Def+10, Conquest Atk Base 100+5, Conquest Def Base 300+10
14	Affinity+2, Ele Res+1, All Res+1, Def+10, Conquest Atk Base 100+5, Conquest Def Base 300+10

Style Rank Stats

The Book of Secrets status page shows everything related to Style Rank. It can be accessed through the Equipment Box. The most notable of these stats are the Attack Up and Attack Ceiling skills.


HC Rarity Suitability	Determines the maximum rarity of a weapon that gets additional multipliers on an HC quest. Rare-11 is applicable at HR5, and Rare-12 from HR6 onwards. This does not apply to GSR weapons. Primarily significant for AI Companion ranks as HR and SR are removed. Rarity Sigils on G Rank weapons are considered in these checks.	Fixed based on Rank
Attack Up	Provides a flat increase to attack. Each level adds +1 true raw, with a maximum of +100 at GSR999, equivalent to the Lone Wolf skill. At HR5, it provides 17, at HR6 it’s 45, and at HR7 it’s 50. It progresses gradually up to 100 at GSR999.	Fixed based on Rank
SR Status	Indicates the status of your SR, either Enabled or Disabled.	Fixed based on Rank
Weapon Style	Shows which of the three styles you have equipped on the weapon.	Fixed based on Rank
SR Skill	Displays the SR skill you have equipped. Only one can be equipped during SR, with the ability to equip two after GSR100.	Fixed based on Rank
Twin Hiden	Grants Sharpness+1 to maxed Weapon Tech skills and multiplies attack by 1.1 if you have multiple FX level Hiden Sets. Can be increased with My Missions, but it's not recommended to use.	Fixed based on Rank
Reduced Damage	Has 20 levels. Reduces damage taken by a percentage equal to (LV / 2)% with a maximum of 10% reduction.	Increased with My Missions
Attack Ceiling	Has 180 levels. Increases the maximum attack value beyond the 800 True Raw limit. Each level adds +40, with a maximum cap of 8000 potential True Raw. Any factor that increases the attack value on the guild card counts towards this limit, such as the LS Spirit Bar, the Tonfa combo meters, DS Sharpens, Demon Drugs, Food Buffs, and SR Attack Increase levels. Critical Hits and Weapon Sharpness do not count as they do not modify the value on the guild card.	Increased with My Missions
Partial HP	Has 25 levels. Increases the amount of Red Health retained after attacks. Each level adds 1%, with a maximum of 25% additional Red Health.	Increased with My Missions
Status Recovery	Has 25 levels. Reduces the duration of statuses by 1.5 frames per level, with a maximum reduction of 1.25 seconds.	Increased with My Missions

Attack Ceiling

The Attack Ceiling does not directly buff your Attack but instead allows you to have higher values of attack without hitting a ceiling.

It is incredibly important that you raise the Attack Ceiling while you progress through G Rank, the default limit of 800 is incredibly easy to reach in recent updates. especially adds a lot of skills that stack attack and considering Zenith Weapons have up to 580 base True Raw and that GSR1 already adds +50 True Raw and skills can instantly add +150 True Raw you will find yourself going past 800 easily.

Each weapon in Monster Hunter has its own internal multiplier that is applied to its True Raw value, you can divide the displayed attack on a weapon to see their True Raw but every weapon has the same limits based upon your Attack Ceiling level.


1.4	1120	11200
1.4	1120	11200
4.8	3840	38400
4.8	3840	38400
5.2	4160	41600
5.2	4160	41600
2.3	1840	18400
2.3	1840	18400
1.8	1440	14400
5.4	4320	43200
5.4	4320	43200
1.2	960	9600
1.2	960	9600
1.2	960	9600

For example, if you had no Attack Ceiling levels while using a that was pushed to 3,080 Attack (2,200 True Raw) by your skills, you would only ever have 1,120 Attack or 800 True Raw. This is because it hits the default 800 True Raw cap causing you to lose 1,960 Attack or 1,400 True Raw.

If you had 22 levels your ceiling 2,352 Attack or 1,680 True Raw which means that in this case you would be actively losing 728 Attack or 520 True Raw.

Finally if you had 35 levels your ceiling would be 3,080 Attack or 2,200 True Raw, as this covers your 3,080 Attack perfectly you would get all of it. Of course if you then used a or were affected by a Demon Horn you would suddenly be over your ceiling and would again be losing some of your attack power.

A good starting number to aim at is around 50 levels, this will cover most skills before Hiden including being buffed by and having active. Later game you will want to push much higher and should grind it up to around 190 to cover most use cases with late game skill sets. The Damage Calculator

automatically calculates your required number of My Missions and Attack Ceiling level based on values and skills you might want to utilise if you want an exact number.

Increasing the value of the Attack Ceiling is done by completing My Missions, these are detailed in the next section below.

My Mission

My Mission is a series of objectives that are unlocked after you hit HR6 and unlock Style Rank. There are two types of these missions, the first are the Medal Series that are purely optional and do not have any notable effects.

The second series is the Weapon Series which are used to enhance four different skills on all weapon types.

Medal Series

The Medal Series are the purely optional challenges that have an associated Hunter Navigation Task that gives 30x that allows you to skip the Weapon Series tasks. These tasks can be taken in your house in the which has a bullseye icon next to it, this unlocks at HR5.

Weapon Series

As mentioned the Weapon Series are global across all your weapons, you can view your active My Mission by looking at your Book of Secrets. This will display the task number you are on, the target and any progress towards the goal. This progess is saved even if you log out.

Both the standard Hunter Rank and G Rank quest NPCs have options dedicated towards these missions, selecting it will automatically search for relevant quests that meet the requirements. But you will still need to toggle HC manually if it is required by the mission you are on.

The number of My Missions you should realistically take varies massively depending on your level of progression, the following are some estimates to aim for that give you wiggle room and should cover most skill sets used at that point and most play styles:

Recommended Attack Ceilings


Basic G Rank Set	25
Basic Hiden Set	70
Good Hiden Set	110
Determination Set	80
Determination Hiden Set	130

Using the Damage Calculator

will provide an accurate rating based on the entered skills. The previous broad estimates cover all possible scenarios to prevent losing raw damage.

Each mission given can be skipped using certain items. Specifically, you can use , which are fairly rare, or spend lottery coins.

Premium days will give you 40 , and you can trade junk weapon tickets obtained from the lottery system for them with the combination NPC.

Hiden

All weapons in the game have several associated Hiden Armors and Decorations. These provide points in their weapon's specific Weapon Tech Skill, which is tailored to each weapon type. This skill always grants and an attack multiplier of at least 1.2x for Blademaster and 1.3x for Gunner.

Having one of these skills is commonly referred to as having 'Hiden' for that weapon. Achieving Hiden means equipping at least 5 decorations for that specific Hiden type. These decorations are made by converting maxed-out Hiden Armors into Decorations.

Weapon Tech Skills

All weapon types have an associated Weapon Tech skill, which significantly buffs its corresponding weapon type. These skills are detailed below.


	SnS Tech 【Sword Saint】	Gives Super High-Grade Earplugs, Attack x1.3 when wielding a One-handed Sword, All Elemental Sword Stone Skills +3, All Status Sword Stone Skills +2, Bomb Sword +2, Faster movement with SnS unsheathed, and Fencing+1. +3 versions of Crystal skills will overwrite the +2 versions included in this skill if active.
	DS Tech 【Dual Dragon】	Gives Super High-Grade Earplugs, Attack x1.2 when wielding Dual Swords, Fencing+1 and Always recover 3 units of stamina per hit while attacking in either Demon Mode. Faster activation of Demon Modes.
	GS Tech 【Sword King】	Gives Super High-Grade Earplugs, Attack x1.2 when wielding a Great Sword, Fencing +1 and Guard slash counter block recovers half the sharpness that would be lost. Also grants Faster charging (stacks with Focus), charge remains at level 4 longer before dropping to level 2 charge (Storm Style). Perfectly timed blocks cause no knockback, can be evaded out of, drain no stamina, and recover half the sharpness that would be lost. Sharpness recovery effect works while using Sharp Sword and allows you to recover sharpness with +2.
	LS Tech 【Katana God】	Gives Super High-Grade Earplugs, Attack x1.2 when wielding a Long Sword, Fencing+1 and Spirit Bar consumption halved. Also grants Sharp Sword +2 while Spirit Bar is full and Attack x1.25 (originally x1.15) while the Spirit Bar is glowing (after being filled completely).
	Hammer Tech 【Blunt Beast】	Gives Super High-Grade Earplugs, Attack x1.2 when wielding a Hammer, Fencing+1 and Attack x1.3 when releasing a perfectly timed charge attack for that entire combo (includes infinite).
	HH Tech 【Flamboyant Emperor】	Gives Super High-Grade Earplugs, Attack x1.2 when wielding a Hunting Horn and Fencing+1. Performance mode note color decision is made 34% faster.
	Lance Tech 【Heavenly Spear】	Gives Super High-Grade Earplugs, Attack x1.2 when wielding a Lance and Fencing+1. No damage taken when successfully blocking attacks. Able to perform 4 hops instead of 3. Motion Value +10 for final (3rd or 4th) Normal, Diagonal, and Sky-Stabs.
	GL Tech 【Cannon Ruler】	Gives Super High-Grade Earplugs, Attack x1.2 when wielding a Gunlance and Fencing+1. Wyvern Fire and Heat Blade cooldown-time is halved and Heat Blade activation time reduced to 3 seconds. Also grants Normal Shells +2, Long Shells +1 and Wide Shells +1 (stackable with Load Up or Gentle Shot).
	Tonfa Tech 【Piercing Phoenix】	Gives Super High-Grade Earplugs, Attack x1.2 when wielding Tonfa and Fencing+1. Adds one bar to each gauge in the Tonfa Meter.
	Swaxe Tech 【Edge Marshal】	Gives Super High-Grade Earplugs, Attack x1.2 when wielding a Switch Axe and Fencing+1. Successfully using certain actions increases attack by 1.05x for a short time (Morphing in Earth Style, Sword Attacks in Heaven Style, and Guarding in Storm Style). Stamina consumption for infinite swing combo is halved. Attacking in axe mode increases phial gauge by x1.2 (from 6 units to 7 units of energy regained). Attacks utilizing the phial consume less meter (around 20% less).
	Magspike Tech 【Magnetic Star】	Grants Attack x1.2, Fencing, and Super High-Grade Earplugs when using a Magnet Spike. Successful evasive maneuvers boost attack by x1.03 and gauge recovery by x1.5 for 30 seconds. Increases movement speed by x1.2. The magnetic target marker remains active.
	LBG Tech 【Gun Prodigy】	Gives Super High-Grade Earplugs and Attack x1.3 when wielding a Light Bowgun. Probability of ammo bouncing off monsters is reduced. Can consume items while the weapon is unsheathed. Perfect Shot added to Just Shot meter that deals additional damage.
	HBG Tech 【Gun Sage】	Gives Super High-Grade Earplugs, Attack x1.3 when wielding a Heavy Bowgun, Power (value) of Element/Status ammo x1.2 and Evade Distance Up. Melee attacks and Crag/Clust shots all do 15 KO damage, while Heat Beam does x1.2 damage. Perfectly-timed compression will result in more attack power for that one salvo.
	Bow Tech 【Bow Demon】	Gives Super High-Grade Earplugs and Attack x1.3 when wielding a Bow. Arrows cannot be deflected. Power Coating modifier increased by an extra 0.2x. Arc-Shot can be executed at Charge Lv2.

Hiden Armor granting these skills becomes available at HR6 but cannot be completed until GR500.

Hiden Decorations

Hiden Decorations are per-weapon enhancements that grant a specific weapon type's associated Hiden Skill (e.g., Great Sword Tech). These decorations are refined from Hiden Armor in the same manner as other GX decorations.

Hiden Skills provide at least a 20% increase in flat Attack along with other weapon-specific buffs. Having Hiden is practically compulsory for tackling endgame content, such as or solo runs of Z4 Zeniths. Dedicated players often have multiple sets of decorations for different scenarios.

To upgrade armor into Hiden Decorations, you can choose between White (which upgrades into either White or Black) or Red (which upgrades into either Red or Blue) pieces. All pieces convert into the same final decorations, so a full Black set or five maxed Black Helmets will result in identical decorations. The primary difference is the materials needed for upgrading each piece.

There are four colors of Hiden Decorations for each weapon: , , , and . Each color grants different additional skill points and is refined from its corresponding armor type.

Creating Hiden Decorations lasts until late G Rank. You can start working on Hiden Armor from HR5 but cannot finish it until GR500. Hiden Armor requires multiple HC, GHC, and G1% carves, along with Weapon , and . These function nearly identically to the aforementioned obtained from hunting HC, GHC, and standard G Rank monsters.

Each of the four colored sets converts into different gem types: White Tiger, Military Black, Crimson Bird, and Azure Dragon. There are two varieties of Hiden decorations: standard Hiden and True Hiden.

True Hiden gems are upgraded versions of the original Hiden Decorations, featuring G Rank Skill Points. Crafting a True Hiden gem requires one of each of the four colors of standard Hiden Decorations, making the process equivalent to creating four full sets of Hiden decorations.

Despite being superior to standard Hiden decorations, True Hiden gems should not be your primary focus. They are beneficial for optimizing a set, but it is recommended to have a complete Hiden set before grinding for True Hiden gems.

With the introduction of , it is now possible to gain extra Skill Slots. This makes having relevant skills on your Hiden decorations more valuable, as a set of decorations can effectively provide two fixed skills for any set. If you use , consider these gems, as Decorations take up five slots, leaving only five slots for Hiden and sets.

To determine the best decoration for your weapon, check the gear of leaderboard runs and compare.

For most weapons, avoid Hiden Gems that grant a specific skill outright. Some skills may push out more desirable skills or overlap. For instance, multiple skills can grant Affinity or , so you don't want to accumulate enough points to trigger those alone. Certain weapons, like , , , or , may always benefit from a single skill (, , ), making True Hiden decorations less crucial for them.

Although is desirable for , it is not essential, unlike for a . If crafting decorations, consider making six instead of five to achieve optimal min-maxing.

If your weapon doesn't come with a specific skill and you're planning ahead, it is sensible to obtain at least one of each of the four colors. This allows you to create a True Hiden decoration when needed and avoids issues with fixed skills interfering with sets. Alternatively, committing to three and two or similar combinations can also help prevent unwanted skills.

When crafting True Hiden Decorations and considering , avoid including or on True Hiden decorations. is acceptable since the auto-reload part still applies, but is entirely negated by and becomes useless.

Grind Process: Souls, Ribbons, and Merits

Whenever you hunt an HC monster, you will gain a for the weapon used in that quest (e.g., LS on Gou HC grants a . These are used to create the base Hiden sets.

To fully upgrade a Hiden set, you must reach G Rank to get and G Rank 500 to start getting .

Hunter Rank:

HR1-2 HC: Low Souls
HR3-4 HC: Mid Souls
HR5 HC: High Souls
Gou HC: Top Souls

G Style Rank:

1-2 HC: Low Ribbons
3-4 HC: Mid Ribbons
5-8 HC: High Ribbons

G Rank 500:

1-2: Low Merits
3-4: Mid Merits
5-8: High Merits

Large numbers of , , , HC carves from monsters of all ranks, and 1% carves from G Rank monsters are required to completely finish a Hiden set.

The progression can be demonstrated below:

Having a Guuku allows you to convert extra HC or GHC carves into additional or . This is particularly beneficial for Soul Grinding, as you'll frequently obtain HC carves while on premium due to the 10% drop rate and the additional 8 rolls provided by Rastas and Legendary Pugi carve slots. Carves can be converted into up to 5x Weapon or up to 3x Weapon . You can also convert Conquest Gems into at a 1:1 rate, which is very expensive until late-game. With the rate of 8 per quest, this should be considered only if you have an excess of gems.

Even if you don't use the Guuku for your first Hiden set, you can still use it to quickly gather and for your second set. If you've used Lottery Coins to obtain Hiden-related items, you may also have Raw Soul Stones, which can be converted into 5 of the corresponding rank.

Before starting the Hiden grind, it's important to note that there are daily quests for each weapon type that reward Weapon . These quests provide 5 Low, 10 Mid, 15 High, and 10 Top . While this may not seem like a significant amount, it is equivalent to one piece every 19 days, which adds up over time.

Occasionally, there are also daily quests for and . The Ribbon daily quest gives 6 Low, 10 Mid, and 10 High , while the Merit daily quest gives 5 Low, 10 Mid, and 5 High . The Ribbon daily quest is more beneficial than the Merit one, but both are equivalent to 3 quests while on premium.

Although the quests might not seem great, they still amount to one piece every 10 days. This makes them valuable during rare occasions when 5 dailies are given out each day.

Hiden Stones

Since , you can convert , , or into cookable stones at the Combiner NPC. The conversion rate is 10:5, and the resulting items need to be Guuku Cooked in your house. As this is effectively a 2:1 ratio, you should only do this with materials you have in great excess for a single weapon class.

are premium items that provide a large number of , , or . There is a stone for each type, and they each give exactly one piece worth of their respective items.

To cash in these stones, you must either take a map delivery quest or deliver the stone itself. These quests are always solo and disable any benefits such as .

You can have up to three characters on an account in Frontier. Each character can get a daily quest, allowing you to do the daily quest, which gives 5 Low, 10 Mid, 15 High, and 10 Top . Without additional characters, this daily quest is equivalent to one every 19 days if done daily. With two characters, it becomes every 10 days, and with three characters, it's every 7 days.

At 100 points per character, this option is naturally much cheaper than gambling with lottery coins or buying with them, but it requires logging into multiple accounts daily to reap the benefits.

Since your character slots will never disappear, you can use these indefinitely for any relevant dailies. During rare events where 5 dailies are available each day, you can get 15 dailies per day, enough to complete the Soul grind for five pieces of any single weapon.

SR My Mission Stats

At the bottom of the Book of Secrets, there are four stats that do not level up naturally. These stats are leveled up by completing assigned targets from the My Mission system. To max out these stats, you need to complete a total of 180 missions: 110 levels in Attack Ceiling, 20 in Damage Reduction, 25 in Partial HP, and 25 in Status Recovery. These stats are upgraded per weapon, so you will need to complete 180 missions per weapon type to fully optimize them.

As of , these stats are no longer per weapon but are instead global across all weapons, making it a less daunting task.

Damage Reduction: 20 levels. Reduces all damage taken by 10% at maximum level (0.5% per level).
Attack Ceiling: It's easy to hit the maximum attack at G Rank, so raising this stat is crucial for all G Rank players. There are 180 levels, each raising the limit by 40 true raw. For example, completing 50 missions increases the base from 800 to 2800 true raw, allowing 3920 Attack with an or (2800 * 1.4). Any factor that increases the attack value on the guild card counts towards this limit, such as the LS Spirit Bar, the Tonfa combo meters, DS Sharpens, Demon Drugs, Food Buffs, and SR Attack Increase levels. Critical Hits and Weapon Sharpness do not count as they do not modify the value on the guild card. You can verify which factors contribute to the Attack Ceiling on the Damage Calculator
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Partial HP on Hit: 25 levels. Increases the amount of red HP left after taking a hit, with each level providing an extra 1% health.
Status Recovery: 25 levels. Reduces the duration of status effects by up to 1 second, with each level reducing time by 1.5 frames (up to 30 frames at 30fps).

SR My Mission Challenges

My Mission tasks provide passive buffs and increase the maximum attack ceiling beyond the default limit of 800 True Raw. With G Rank weapons capable of reaching True Raw values of over 600 without any skills or additions, these missions become essential. For example, the G Rank Akantor has 2548 Raw without any skills. Adding pushes it over 3840 Raw. Therefore, aiming for at least 20 levels in the Attack Ceiling is recommended after starting G Rank, and eventually pushing for around 80 to 100 total levels. See Attack Ceiling table for more details.

Viewing Missions

You can view your active My Mission by checking your Book of Secrets, which displays the task number, target, and progress towards the goal. Both standard HR1-999 and G Rank quest NPCs have options dedicated to these missions, automatically searching for relevant quests that meet the requirements. You will need to manually toggle HC if required.

Level Recommendations

For endgame play, these challenges are essential. The game constantly adds new skills that raise attack, making the original 800 True Raw limit increasingly irrelevant in G Rank play. To determine your specific level requirements, use the Damage Calculator

. Enter your skills and weapon values in the left column to get an accurate calculation. For estimates, enter around 500-600 as base true raw for typical late to endgame numbers.

Vanity Challenges

Upon reaching HR5 and starting Style Rank, you gain access to the SR Self Challenge Room, which displays all the weapons you have SR in and the Hiden Sets you have crafted.

There are two NPCs in this room, R and S:

R: Gives challenges that grant medals for completion. These are mostly vanity quests, but completing them all grants 30 to skip S's stat quests.
S: Gives challenges similar to R's and quests that improve the stats on your Book of Secrets. These quests will appear on the main Quest Giver NPCs when relevant, so you won't need to visit this room just for stats.

NPC Menus

Talking to either S or R produces a menu with the following options:

Select Challenge: Choose one of ten challenges from your current set.
Change Challenge Set: Swap challenges with another set. Each set has its own decorative disc, which gets decorations added as you complete the challenges.
SR Stat Mission: Missions to complete to rank up the bottom four stats on your Book of Secrets. Available with S and standard Quest NPCs.
Manual: Opens the online manual in your browser.

Missions and Challenges

Both Missions and Challenges have a menu listing a target to kill a certain number of. After taking an SR Stat mission from S, you will be asked if you want to skip it using items, accessible through the Guild Master in the main town square. You will be prompted to use tickets or Lottery G coins, followed by confirming your choice. Quests are persistent across sessions and automatically marked as completed once their goal is achieved.

Hiden Cuffs

From the , new cuffs have been introduced that grant Hiden points and prevent your Hiden from using a skill slot. These cuffs are separate from normal skill cuffs and do not take up any actual slots in an outfit. You can equip a single Hiden cuff alongside any other cuff. come in three levels: Basic, G, and True.

Basic Cuffs: Provide +6 points in a Hiden and prevent Hiden from using a skill slot.
G Cuffs: Provide +12 points in a Hiden and prevent Hiden from using a skill slot.
True Cuffs: Provide +12 points in a Hiden, +2 points in a Meta Skill, and prevent Hiden from using a skill slot. Text colored cyan in menus.

The first two levels of these cuffs use standard Hiden materials, and you cannot exchange HL Hiden tickets to obtain them. The True Cuff requires a single True Hiden decoration. There are 8 versions of these cuffs for each weapon type, and any True Hiden decoration can be used to create any of the cuffs.

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