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Updated 18/06/09

Intro

Having now played MHF2 for about 150+ hours (which isn’t that long in MHF2), I thought I would share some of the things I’ve learnt for the benefit other new players.  I’ve read many guides for MHF2 that go into great detail about item combos and weapon trees, so for this guide I thought I’d make it clear and simple. The information contained in this guide is based on observations and info I’ve read in other guides, it might be incorrect as I am still learning the in’s and outs of MHF2. This guide will focus on items,weapons and armour etc. I’m currently working on a monster strategy guide also. If you have any questions about any MHF2 info that I haven’t listed here, please leave a comment and I’ll do my best to provide you with a helpful answer.

Weapons

There are a total of eleven weapons to choose from in MHF2. They all have their advantages and disadvantages. Just remember staying alive to finish the fight is the most important thing, so thing’s like damage might not always be that important.

• Sword and Shield (SnS) – Doesn’t do that much damage, but you have the advantage of blocking whilst being highly mobile.
• Dual Swords (Ds) – Have the ability go into a “demonization mode” which constantly drains your stamina. The upside is that wind pressure doesn’t effect you, you striker quicker and your attacks won’t bounce. These are supposed to be hard to use effectively.
• Great Swords (Gs) – A huge slow sword. It does some great damage and a lot of hunters seem to prefer this as their main weapon of choice. Since its a cutting weapon (All swords are) you can do things like cut monsters tails off and the reach of the weapon is a big plus.
• Long Swords (Ls) – is a jack of all trades weapon. It has good speed, raw power and elemental power. Ls will be out classed by a weapon and specialises in any of these fields however.
• Hammers (H) – My favorite weapon. Hammers are impact weapons that do great amounts of damage. They are slow to hit however, but you can charge up attacks and release them when your ready. Unlike the Gs where you have to release the charge once its at 100%.
• Hunting Horns (Hh) – Another type of impact weapon. It’s like a hammer that can play music. The music can do things like giving you an attack or defence boost. Hh are much weaker than hammers because of their ability to give stat boots to the player and his/her group. Hh’s are great for solo and groups.
• Lances (L) – Are the only defensive style weapon in the game. They do both cutting and impact damage. They also have the strongest guard in the game. Sounds like the best weapon right? Only if you an experienced MH player, otherwise you will end up being pretty frustrated at how slow you are.
• Gunlances (GL) – A  very limited ranged weapon that does cutting damage. The advantage of this weapon is that you can do combos while you block with it. Which is great for turtling!
• Light Bowguns (Lbg) – More mobile than a Hbg but at the cost of damage. These bowgun weapons are great because you can use different types of status ammo such as poison etc.
• Heavy Bowguns (Hbg) – Pretty much what I said before but slower and does more damage. You should note that both of the bowguns need ammo to be brought for them and that ammo does take up room in your back pack.
• Bows (B) – My second favorite weapon. Bows have unlimited ammo and are highly mobile. They might not do as much damage as a Gs or a H but if you want to avoid a fast moving enemy bows are great.

Items

Items can make the difference between finishing a quest or failing it. You can’t just go out on a quest without proper planning and preparation. Here’s what I suggest you take out on your quests:

• Potions – Pretty obvious. Bring 10 normal potions and some mega potions wouldn’t hurt either. If you’re having trouble with a monster bring 10 normal pots and 10 mega pots with 10 herbs, blue mushrooms and honey so you can make more.
• Well Done Steaks – four or more. Anything else that boosts your stamina would suit also. Trying to fight with red stamina is pretty dam hard, so don’t put yourself in that position by bringing some nom worthy steaks.
• Paintballs – Five or more. I usually keep 40+ in my inventory and just make some more when I get low. Remember to keep marking the monster your fighting as it does wear off after about ten minutes.
• Pitfall/Shock Trap – Bring two of these in case you mess up.  Some monsters can’t be captured at all and some traps only work on some monsters. Also some traps won’t work in things such as snow etc. Try to read up about the monster you’re fighting so you know what trap to bring. You can also use traps to hold monsters while you attack them.
• Tranq Bomb – Three should do it, once you have trapped your monster. Capturing monsters is always more rewarding than just killing them.
• Psychoserum – I’d suggest one of these if you haven’t done the quest before. These let you see the location of the monster you are hunting on screen for a few seconds. They basically save time finding the monster.
• Whetstones – If you have a weapon that requires sharping, these are a must. You don’t want to be attacking a monster with a dull weapon for the next forty minutes.
• Ammo/Coatings – If you are using a ranged weapon that requires ammo or a bow that use coatings.
• Hot/Cool Drinks – If you’re going to the snow have some hot drinks etc. I’d take at least four as you can drink these by accident sometimes.
• Power/Armour Charm – You buy these from the guild vendor once you hit 4 star elder quests (might be wrong about this). These will boost your armour and attack power so long as you keep them in your inventory. You can purchase these from the vendor in the gathering hall.

You can find a guide here that will show you every possible item combination in the game. Combining items is a lot cheaper than buying an item from the vendors. Books you buy from vendors will record what items you can make after you make a combo once.

Pokke Farm

This is a small farm near the village. The farm is used to well farm items such as different ores, bugs, fish, mushrooms,herbs and you also send a feylne out on his own quest to find rare items. You can upgrade the farm via account items. Upgrading will let you get more and rarer items from the farm such as dragonite ore. Account items can be found during quests by doing such things as mining, gather and hunting animals such as popo. The items will be found randomly such as when you’re mining and you mine a goldstone piece you will get 200 pokke farm points at the end of the quest. You can find a guide here that will show you how much certain account items are worth.

You should visit the Pokke Farm between every quest as you will build up a nice selection of items that you can use to make items, weapons and armour now and later in the game. Just remember not to sell your items as they are worth more too you as resources rather than just cash. If you’re strapped for cash repeat some quests a few times such as Yian Kut-Ku which pays out around 2000 zenni. If you need to farm pokke farm points there’s a nice strategy right here.

Feylne Kitchen

You can hire Feylnes to cook your raw meats between missions. The number of Feylne’s depends on how far you have progressed through the game. The Feylnes will also make you meals between quests that you can eat in the kitchen. Depending on what dishes you choose you will either get a boost, nothing at all or a negative effect on your character on your next mission. You can find a guide for all effects here. Eating meals between quests is well worth taking advantage of.

Armour and Weapon Building

This is a area that usually confuses a new player. Weapons and armour can be made from items found in the pokke farm and from killing monsters. You can also put decorations into certain weapons and armour, I’ll talk about decorations in more detail later.

Some new players will kill a monster such as Yian-Kut-Ku and wonder why only certain parts of the armour set can be made via the armour/weapons creation vendor. Some parts of an armour set require to break certain parts on a monster or get a rare item from that monster. In the case of Yian to make the helmet you need to shred his ears. This can be done hitting his head or shooting his head with a ranged weapon, these items don’t always drop when the area is broken however.

This is similar for weapons, you won’t see a weapon on the vendor creation screen until you have at least one of most of the required parts. Weapons can be upgraded via new monster parts and pokke farm items. Each weapon has a different upgrade path. The Hammer for example has a long bone and metal path in which you can take your starter hammer made of either bone or metal and upgrade it to a end game hammer. You have to be careful to pick the right path though. You can find all the upgrade paths for every weapon here.

Decorations and Skills

Once you have a armour set you usually get a bonus such as “Attack up (Small)”. This is because every item in that armour set will be putting you attack skill up. The attack skill itself doesn’t do anything its when you reach a certain number of points in that skill that you gain the effect. Such as “Attack up (Small)”. You can also boost your skills via decorations that fit into slots on your armour and weapons. The number of slots varies can differ from each piece of weapon and armour, even if they are in the same set.

Skills can made a big difference in a fight. The skill earplug skill which gives you High Grade Earplug at 15 points makes you invulnerable to monster screams which would be great for fighting a wyvern such as Tigerx.

A list of Skills can be found here

A list of Decorations can be here