Transcend

Transcend , introduced in and which becomes available at HR3, is a customizable, time-based buff that enhances your hunter's abilities. Similar to Wystones in 4U, appears as a usable item among your other consumables. However, unlike Wystones, the state starts with little charge and must be powered up over time during quests.

Buffs


10	Increases fire damage by a set percentage.	Offensive
10	Increases water damage by a set percentage.	Offensive
10	Increases thunder damage by a set percentage.	Offensive
10	Increases ice damage by a set percentage.	Offensive
10	Increases dragon damage by a set percentage.	Offensive
10	Increases raw damage by a set percentage.	Offensive
10	Increases defense and element resistance.	Defensive
10	Start the quest with Transcend being partially charged to a set percentage.	Defensive
10	Transcend duration increased.	Defensive
1	During transcend, become immune to knockback attacks.	Defensive
1	Grants Movement Speed Up during transcend.	Defensive
5	Heal by a certain amount to all nearby Hunters and NPCs.	Defensive

Buffs Effects


0	110% / 101% Elemental and Raw damage for Blademaster. 101% Damage for Gunner.	0	Offensive
1	115% / 102% Elemental and Raw damage for Blademaster. 102% Damage for Gunner.	1500	Offensive
2	120% / 103% Elemental and Raw damage for Blademaster. 103% Damage for Gunner.	2500	Offensive
3	125% / 104% Elemental and Raw damage for Blademaster. 104% Damage for Gunner.	4000	Offensive
4	130% / 105% Elemental and Raw damage for Blademaster. 105% Damage for Gunner.	5500	Offensive
5	150% / 106% Elemental and Raw damage for Blademaster. 106% Damage for Gunner.	8000	Offensive
6	155% / 107% Elemental and Raw damage for Blademaster. 107% Damage for Gunner.	9500	Offensive
7	160% / 108% Elemental and Raw damage for Blademaster. 108% Damage for Gunner.	11000	Offensive
8	175% / 109% Elemental and Raw damage for Blademaster. 109% Damage for Gunner.	12500	Offensive
9	180% / 110% Elemental and Raw damage for Blademaster. 110% Damage for Gunner.	14000	Offensive
10	200% / 113% Elemental and Raw damage for Blademaster. 113% Damage for Gunner.	15500	Offensive
0	+50 defense and +10 elemental resistance.	0	Defensive
1	+100 defense and +20 elemental resistance.	1500	Defensive
2	+150 defense and +30 elemental resistance.	2500	Defensive
3	+200 defense and +40 elemental resistance.	4000	Defensive
4	+250 defense and +50 elemental resistance.	5500	Defensive
5	+400 defense and +60 elemental resistance.	8000	Defensive
6	+450 defense and +65 elemental resistance.	9500	Defensive
7	+500 defense and +70 elemental resistance.	11000	Defensive
8	+550 defense and +85 elemental resistance.	12500	Defensive
9	+600 defense and +90 elemental resistance.	14000	Defensive
10	+800 defense and +100 elemental resistance.	15500	Defensive
0	Initial Transcend charged to 0%.	0	Defensive
1	Initial Transcend charged to 4%.	1500	Defensive
2	Initial Transcend charged to 6%.	2500	Defensive
3	Initial Transcend charged to 8%.	4000	Defensive
4	Initial Transcend charged to 10%.	5500	Defensive
5	Initial Transcend charged to 13%.	8000	Defensive
6	Initial Transcend charged to 15%.	9500	Defensive
7	Initial Transcend charged to 17%.	11000	Defensive
8	Initial Transcend charged to 19%.	12500	Defensive
9	Initial Transcend charged to 21%.	14000	Defensive
10	Initial Transcend charged to 25%.	15500	Defensive
0	60 seconds transcend duration.	0	Defensive
1	65 seconds transcend duration.	1500	Defensive
2	70 seconds transcend duration.	2500	Defensive
3	75 seconds transcend duration.	4000	Defensive
4	80 seconds transcend duration.	5500	Defensive
5	90 seconds transcend duration.	8000	Defensive
6	95 seconds transcend duration.	9500	Defensive
7	100 seconds transcend duration.	11000	Defensive
8	105 seconds transcend duration.	12500	Defensive
9	110 seconds transcend duration.	14000	Defensive
10	120 seconds transcend duration.	15500	Defensive
1	+50 defense and +10 elemental resistance.	10000	Defensive
1	Knockback immunity.	10000	Defensive
0	Movement Speed UP.	0	Defensive
1	Heal all nearby Players and NPCs (Small).	2000	Defensive
2	Heal all nearby Players and NPCs (Medium).	3500	Defensive
3	Heal all nearby Players and NPCs (Large).	5000	Defensive
4	Heal all nearby Players and NPCs (XL).	6500	Defensive
5	Heal all nearby Players and NPCs (XXL).	8000	Defensive

Upgrading

You can upgrade the various buffs in two ways: by using Ancient Hunting Books or by taking weapons of the appropriate elemental type on quests (Fire, Water, Ice, Thunder, Dragon, Raw, and Hybrid Elements).

Ancient Hunting Books are obtained by participating in various cycling events (Conquests, Tower, Festival, Caravan, Road). These events reward different books based on their type, and each book provides varying amounts of points.

Transcend Upgrade Materials


	Upgrades offensive buffs.	500
	Upgrades offensive buffs.	1000
	Upgrades offensive buffs.	3000
	Upgrades defensive buffs.	500
	Upgrades defensive buffs.	1000
	Upgrades defensive buffs.	3000

Ancient Hunting Books are rewarded upon reaching certain milestones during these events.

Usage

When you enter a quest with

Transcend active, you'll have a new item icon resembling a hunter, which starts out light grey. Over time, the light grey area will recede, and the icon will change to a yellow hunter on a flashing white background, indicating it is ready to use. This flashing icon remains visible behind all items, even if you have something other than the Transcend option selected.

Using the "item" activates the

Transcend state, marked by a special animation and your character gaining an aura. While this aura is active, you'll benefit from any activated abilities, and attacking with weapons will cause new hit animations depending on the element used.

After landing enough hits, the monster is surrounded by an aura, a sound will play, and the icon will change to a carving knife, indicating that you can perform an "Elemental Burst." Using this, your character will rush forward with the carving knife and, upon hitting the enemy, trigger an Elemental Burst appropriate to the weapon's element and the monster hit. Weapons with a combination element will either choose an effect based on the monster's most damaged element or randomly. If a monster is immune to the elemental damage dealt, the burst will default to Raw.

It is unclear how many variables exactly influence the charging time for the

Transcend state. Taking damage can slightly speed up the charge time.

The times listed for the

Transcend State to charge in the table below are based on tests where no damage was taken.

Transcend Charging Time


Idle	14 minutes and 58 seconds (898 seconds)	11 minutes and 14 seconds (674 seconds)
Monster spotted	5 minutes and 58 seconds (358 seconds)	4 minutes and 29 seconds (269 seconds)

Elemental Bursts

Elemental Bursts can be triggered on monsters after they have taken enough hits with

Transcend active. When ready, the item icon for the state will change to a knife, allowing you to activate one of the following bursts based on your weapon's element.

The burst will default to raw if the monster takes no damage from the element used. Hybrid elements, such as

Light , have a hierarchy for choosing the burst type. For example, Shantien weapons deal 30% , 100% , and 70% (from combo element) but will always choose as the burst type if damage has been dealt.

Status effects will only occur if the monster can normally be afflicted by them and if the burst is used during frames when the monster is staggerable. For example, performing an Ice element burst during an uninterruptible attack animation will not freeze the monster, and using a Thunder element burst on a monster that cannot be paralyzed will not paralyze it. If you want to see which monsters are immune to certain ailments, check our Ailments page.


	Deals fire damage. Flame bursts can force most monsters to stagger (4 staggers maximum).	25 seconds.
	Deals low water damage and increases hitzones on monsters.	60 seconds.
	Deals thunder damage and paralyzes monsters. Does not work on monsters that are immune to paralysis. The paralysis effect can be delayed.	10 seconds (12s with recovery).
	Freezes a monster, restricting their movement for a period. Tails cannot be cut during this state, and some monsters may resist freezing even if they take ice damage.	12 seconds (14s with recovery).
	Deals dragon and stun damage, capable of KO'ing monsters.	8 seconds (10s with recovery).
	Deals a large amount of raw damage and causes a Flash Bomb effect.	6 seconds (8s with recovery).

The burst can be canceled by mistake if you barely fall off a ledge, as shown below.

Locking Buffs

You can lock certain
Buff
Transcend buffs, like Vigor, in the Transcend Menu. This prevents the buff from being active during a quest.
Locking an element and using a weapon that includes it does not deactivate that element's burst.
Locking a buff that is applied outside the active duration, like Focus, does not deactivate that buff.

Multiplayer

In multiplayer, you can extend the duration of

Transcend . Example: player A activates their transcend while player B doesn't, later on player B activates their transcend while player A is still in transcend, player A transcend duration will be extended.

Getting Started: Ailments

Monsters