Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is a game packed with systems, nuance, and layered complexity that can be difficult to grasp all at once. Whether you’re pushing for G-Rank or refining your gameplay efficiency, this guide offers 25 carefully selected tips to help streamline your journey and sharpen your skill set. Let’s get into it.

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1. Don’t Just Stick to Key Quests While key quests advance you through the village and hub ranks, don’t ignore non-key quests. Some of the best Hunter Arts, like Absolute Readiness, are only unlocked through specific quests like Wyan Sand Runners—which is not a key quest. You’ll miss out if you skip too much.

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2. Use the Palico Farm Religiously After every hunt, visit the farm and especially the trader. Use it to build up essential materials like honey (for Mega Potions), combo ingredients, and rare trade items. Pair this with saved item sets and you’ll be fully restocked with a single click.

3. Prepare Before High Rank Don’t walk into high rank undergeared or underprepared. Take a little extra time in low rank to gather armor and weapons suitable for early high-rank fights.

4. Use Kiranico Drop rates, carve odds, gathering locations—it’s all there on mh.kiranico.com. Stop guessing and search with precision when looking for specific monster parts or materials.

5. Do Observation Hunts If a monster keeps giving you trouble, hunt it with the goal of studying. Learn its tells, phases, enrage patterns, and evasion timing. Fighting with knowledge beats brute force.

6. Sharpen Early, Not Late When sharpness drops a level, or you know it’s about to, sharpen before you bounce. Bouncing can cost you the hunt, especially later in the game.

7. Use the Bnahabra (Bja Bu) Starter Set The Bnahabra + Jaggi combo (often called the Bja Bu set) offers Attack Up Land is easy to build early on. Great for new players needing an efficient and powerful starter build.

8. Carves vs Captures vs Wounds Different parts drop in different ways. Sometimes capturing is better, other times you need a specific part break. Use Kiranico to plan your strategy accordingly.

9. Support Your Team Group healing items, flash bombs, traps—your toolkit can keep everyone alive. Support isn’t just for Palicos.

10. Claim Your Free DLC Items Go to your housekeeper and claim the free item packs. These offer a large stock of useful consumables and can completely skip early gathering grinds.

11. Use Elder Weapons for G-Rank Entry After unlocking them via ore gathering, Elder weapons offer strong damage and are easy to craft, making them great for entering G-Rank confidently.

12. Alloy Armor – The G2 Lifesaver Once you reach G2, mine Eltalite Ore in the Deserted Island to make the Alloy set—strong early G-rank defense and very accessible.

13. Mount and Trap Frequently Each time a monster is trapped or mounted is free DPS for the whole team. Don’t wait until it’s required—do it whenever you can.

14. Upgrade Gear With Every Star Level Each time you rank up in the village or hub, check new quests, gather new ores, and upgrade your gear. Staying ahead prevents walls.

15. Never Drop Below 50% HP Unless you’re highly confident with a monster’s moveset, always stay above 50% HP. Some attacks can easily kill you from half-health.

16. Use Map Shortcuts Shortcuts between zones can save you time, especially in quests with strict timers or multi-monster objectives. Learn and use them.

17. Power/Armor Charms & Talons Buy power and armor charms in high rank, and upgrade to Talons later with Deviljho parts. Stack both for permanent stat boosts.

18. Capture for Faster Clears Even when not required, capturing shortens the fight. For difficult monsters, this can be a lifesaver.

19. Use Hunters for Hire Recruit from Guild Cards and send them on gathering missions. Best for farming small monster materials like Babas.

20. Gathering? Go Prowler Mode Prowlers don’t need pickaxes, bug nets, or resist climate conditions. Perfect for fast gathering trips.

21. Switch Styles for Problem Hunts If a monster is shutting you down, don’t just switch weapons—switch hunting styles. Adept and Valor can trivialize what Guild struggles with.

22. Optimize Palico Loadouts Use the Palico board to tweak support skills. Traps, heals, and flashes all help more than you might think. There’s a deep system worth exploring.

23. Only Key Quests Progress Rank Remember: Only key quests progress your rank. Check reliable guides to avoid wasting time on filler.

24. Understand Skill Activation Skills don’t activate until you hit the 10/15/20 point threshold. Don’t stack +5 skills thinking they’ll help—they do nothing.

25. Use Supply Drops Later in the game, you’ll unlock lab-based supply drops. Use the provision division to call for extra resources when you’re low mid-hunt.

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These 25 tips may seem like small pieces individually, but together they form a solid strategy foundation that will not only make your journey to G-Rank smoother, but also more enjoyable. Apply these consistently and you’ll spend less time farming, more time hunting—and far fewer hours carting.

Good luck out there, hunter. You’ve got this.