Every Weapon Skill In Monster Hunter Wilds

In Monster Hunter Wilds, all weapon skills can be granted by specific decorations, talismans, and of course the many weapons available in MH Wilds. Your weapon's raw damage, elemental damage, affinity, and other base stats matter a lot in combat, but weapon skills can grant powerful bonuses that benefit specific playstyles.

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By stacking these weapon bonuses with talismans, decorations, or upgrading weapons to gain higher ranks, Monster Hunter Wilds players will gain huge buffs that synergize with the parent weapon type. This guide to all weapon skills in Monster Hunter Wilds details every skill in alphabetical order, including a basic description of each effect as provided in-game along with the empowered bonuses you can get by stacking certain skills.

This list of every MH Wilds weapon skill does not include skills that are unique to specific decorations, talismans, armor, or other equipment aside from weapons.

All MH Wilds Weapon Skills

Every Weapon Skill & Effect In MH Wilds

Weapon Skill Name	Basic Description	Scaling Per Level
Airborne	Increases the damage caused by jumping attacks	Lv1: Jumping attack power +10%
Artillery	Strengthens explosive attacks like shells, Wyvern's Fire, charge blade phial attacks, and Sticky Ammo	Lv1: Moderately increases each attack and Wyvern's Fire firing speed. Shelling fire attack +30 Lv2: Increases each attack and Wyvern's Fire firing speed. Shelling fire attack +60 Lv3: Greatly increases each attack and Wyvern's Fire firing speed. Shelling fire attack +90
Attack Boost	Increases attack power	Lv1: Attack +3 Lv2: Attack +5 Lv3: Attack +7 Lv4: Attack +2%, Bonus: +8 Lv5: Attack +4%, Bonus: +9
Ballistics	Extends the range in which ammo and arrows have maximum power	Lv1: Slightly extends range Lv2: Extends range Lv3: Greatly extends range
Charge Master	Increases element power and status buildup for charged attacks	Lv1: Slightly increases elemental damage and status buildup for charged attacks Lv2: Increases elemental damage and status buildup for charged attacks Lv3: Greatly increases elemental damage and status buildup for charged attacks
Charge Up	Increases your power to induce stun when you hit a monster with a hammer's charged attack	Lv1: Activates skill effect
Critical Boost	Increases the damage of critical hits	Lv1: Increases damage dealt by critical hits to 28% L2: Increases damage dealt by critical hits to 31% Lv3: Increases damage dealt by critical hits to 34% Lv 4: Increases damage dealt by critical hits to 37% Lv5: Increases damage dealt by critical hits to 40%
Critical Draw	Increases affinity when performing draw attacks	Lv1: Affinity +50% Lv2: Affinity +75% Lv3: Affinity +100%
Critical Element	Increases elemental damage when landing critical hits	Lv1: Slightly increases elemental damage while active Lv2: Increases elemental damage while active Lv3: Greatly increases elemental damage while active
Critical Eye	Increases affinity	Lv1: Affinity +4% Lv2: Affinity +8% Lv3: Affinity +12% Lv4: Affinity +16% Lv 5: Affinity +20%
Critical Status	Increases abnormal status effects when landing critical hits	Lv1: Slightly increases abnormal status effects when landing critical hits Lv2: Increases abnormal status effects when landing critical hits Lv3: Greatly increases abnormal status effects when landing critical hits
Focus	Increases the fill rate for weapons with gauges and the charge rate for weapons with charge attacks	Lv1: Slightly increases gauge fill rate and reduces charge times by 5% Lv2: Moderately increases gauge fill rate and reduces charge times by 10% Lv3: Increases gauge fill rate and reduces charge times by 15%
Guard	Reduces knockbacks and stamina depletion when guarding	Lv1: Slightly decreases the impact of attacks and reduces stamina depletion by 15% Lv2: Decreases the impact of attacks and reduces stamina depletion by 30% Lv3: Greatly decreases the impact of attacks and reduces stamina depletion by 50%
Guard Up	Allows you to guard against ordinarily unblockable attacks	Lv1: Reduces damage taken by 30% Lv2: Reduces damage taken by 50% Lv3: Reduces damage taken by 80%
Horn Maestro	Increases the effect duration of hunting horn melodies	Lv1: Extends Melody Effect duration and increases the chance of larger heals from healing melodies Lv2: Greatly increases the effect duration of hunting horn melodies
Load Shells	Improves reloading, and increases the gunlance's shell capacity and charge blade's phial capacity	Lv1: Increases shell and phial reloading speed Lv2: Increases shell/phial reloading speed. Gunlance loading capacity +1. Charge blade charges 5 phials on the yellow gauge
Master's Touch	Prevents your weapon from losing sharpness during critical hits	Lv1: Grants an 80% chance of no sharpness loss while active
Offensive Guard	Temporarily increases attack power after executing a perfectly-timed guard	Lv1: Attack +5% while active Lv2: Attack +10% while active Lv3: Attack +15% while active
Opening Shot	Increases the bowgun's reload speed and increases the power of bullets when fully loaded	Lv1: Moderately increases bowgun reload speed and attack power of ammo when conditions are met Lv2: Increases bowgun reload speed and attack power of ammo when conditions are met Lv3: Greatly increases bowgun reload speed and attack power of ammo when conditions are met
Poison Duration Up	Extends the duration of poison's effect on monsters	Lv1: Extends the duration of your poison's effect by 20%
Power Prolonger	Allows long swords, dual blades, insect glaives, switch axes, and charge blades to stay powered up longer	Lv1: Moderately boosts the duration weapons are powered up Lv2: Boosts the duration weapons are powered up Lv3: Greatly boosts the duration weapons are powered up
Protective Polish	Weapon sharpness does not decrease for a set time after sharpening	Lv1: Grants no sharpness loss for 30 seconds after activation Lv2: Grants no sharpness loss for 60 seconds after activation Lv3: Grants no sharpness loss for 90 seconds after activation
Punishing Draw	Adds a stun effect to draw attacks and slightly increases attack power	Lv1: Draw attacks deal a small amount of stun damage and gain attack +3 Lv2: Draw attacks deal a medium amount of stun damage and gain attack +5 Lv3: Draw attacks deal a large amount of stun damage and gain attack +7
Rapid Morph	Increases switch speed and power for switch axes and charge blades	Lv1: Speed +10% Lv2: Speed +20% Morph attack damage +10% Lv3: Speed +30% Morph attack damage +20%
Slugger	Makes it easier to stun monsters	Lv1: Stun power +20% Lv2: Stun power +30% Lv3: Stun power +40%
Special Ammo Boost	Increases the power of the bowgun's special ammo, and the bow's Dragon Piercer, Thousand Dragons, and Tracer ammo	Lv1: Moderately increases the power of specified ammo and arrows Lv 2: Increases the power of specified ammo and arrows
Speed Sharpening	Speeds up weapon sharpening when using a whetstone	Lv1: Removes one cycle from the sharpening process Lv2: Removes two cycles from the sharpening process
Stamina Thief	Increases certain attacks' ability to exhaust monsters	Lv1: Exhaust power +20% Lv2: Exhaust power +30% Lv3: Exhaust power +40%
Tetrad Shot	Increases affinity of bowgun ammo & coatings for the fourth shot, and attack power of the fourth and sixth shots	Lv1: Slightly increases the attack power and affinity of ammo after conditions are met Lv2: Moderately increases attack power and affinity of ammo after conditions are met Lv3: Increases the attack power and affinity of ammo after conditions are met