The Official Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Topic

The software update for Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on Wii U will be available on April 16th, allowing you to play using the GamePad instead of the TV screen, as well as cross region matchmaking between US and EU players.

I'm now in high rank Village quest 6 stars quest. I only have a HR G.Jaggi set (upgraded from my LR one to get the Attack bonus and because I got the wyvern gem while doing the mission) but I have to admit that I'm pretty much stuck. Almost all my weapons are reflected by the HR Monsters, killing the C.Qurepeco was horrible and let's not talk about the Deviljho... I'm still stuck with the pink rathian, If I use my wroggi armor I get a lot of damage and If I use my HR G.Jaggi armor the posion kills me. Also not getting my supplies from the beginning disturbs me a little... I need to upgrade all my weapons and I'm thinking about using a Bow for the next few monsters because most of the time the shakalakas are a good distraction but I know nothing about bows...

Just did Rust Duramboros. Total plantain, but enough of a different monster that I'm not disappointed by him. He doesn't really have any new attacks, but he has a completely different behavior from regular.

Edit: Raging at Naruga Medullas at the moment. 5 kills, have 0, need 3. Ugh. Apparently capturing him doesn't really help either, but at least even solo Bow I can take his tail which has a 10% chance on carve.

Plus side, he's enjoyable to fight. Unlike Rathalos.

Farming Ivory Lagiacrus for the Neo Lagia Burst. Dem Sapphires.

Nebula Helm X
Agnaktor Mail X
Nebula Vambraces X
Nebula Faulds X
Artian Greaves X
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+5 Handicraft ---
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1x Disabler Jewel 2
3x Disabler Jewel 1
1 slot spare
578 Max Defence
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Element Atk Down

I don't know what Artian Greaves are, to be honest, I might have to do some asking later. Nebula is the old name for Giggi armor.
The set will have that negative skill as well as the positive skills I listed earlier. The negative is completely meaningless if you are making use of the Status Attack buff.

Wow, I feel dumb. I input this into the armor generator and set it to precisely as you described it, but it couldn't come up with anything. So I tried adding everything up myself, except I forgot I was using the old amount required for each skill from Tri, which is different than 3U, and then I finally realized my mistake. Regardless, nice set. I may use it myself cause yesterday I managed to get lucky and actually find a Handicraft +5 Charm (it even has the added bonus of Current Resistance +10, wooooooo).

Plesioth is the stupidest monster I have ever hunted. It did the same attack(animation?) for over one minute (the one that he does in the intro scene that he jumps out of water), Kayamba was just throwing bombs at him and I was shooting like no tomorrow, after that in the ground he suddenly started to use splash like magikarp or was just standing there for like 1 min without doing nothing, It didn't even take me 20 mins to kill it... My brother even asked why I was killing a retarded fish with legs...

In other news: I now have a couple bows and I'm slowly getting better with it, I still have problems with the aim, any tips would help. I also got a Deviljho talon while hunting a C.Qurepeco, the Deviljho dropped it while he was eating. Kayamba and Cha-Cha are lvl 27 and almost lvl 3 Chum-Chum. I'm still upgrading and making new weapons, right now I'm working on my Lagia DBs and my Ice and barabrian LS, I need to upgrade my lances and Gunlances too...

Any tips on killing Aggy? All my swords are bouncing off him.

Any tips on killing Aggy? All my swords are bouncing off him.

I'm assuming you're talking about Agnaktor, but I'm not sure which one, so I'll just detail both. For regular Agnaktor, his igneous rock armor melts every time he gets back into lava, this includes walking through it or digging down into the ground into the magma below. Attack him after he has done this and with enough hits, you can damage certain areas on his body and will no longer be able to form igneous armor on those parts--these parts include: his beak, all four of his legs, his tail, and his spinal fin. If the magma on his body cools and forms his armor, it's best to just focus on dodging and avoiding him until he melts it off again.

For Glacial Agnaktor, it's sort of the same deal but a little more difficult. Instead of armor forming over time on its body, the frozen ice armor is instantly on his body from the start of the fight or after anytime he dips himself into the ice below. You can break his parts to make it so he can't form armor on those parts, and they are the exact same as regular Agnaktor. The only thing is, you have to wait a few minutes for the ice armor to actually melt off his skin, OR there are two other ways: one way includes just hitting the armored parts and bouncing off over and over until it shatters, or if you bring a Fire elemental weapon (which you should, considering he's weak to it), hitting the ice armored areas with the Fire weapon will melt the ice faster.

Thanks. Now another questions. In terms of Free Hunt and quests, is it better to capture your monster rather than killing them?

Thanks. Now another questions. In terms of Free Hunt and quests, is it better to capture your monster rather than killing them?

It's generally almost always better to capture monsters, as it increases the rewards you get at the end of the quest, giving you more bang for your buck. However, there are some instances where the % of carving a certain item is better than the % of getting it in the end quest rewards, so obviously it'll be better to kill in those instances.

Thanks. Now another questions. In terms of Free Hunt and quests, is it better to capture your monster rather than killing them?

It's generally almost always better to capture monsters, as it increases the rewards you get at the end of the quest, giving you more bang for your buck. However, there are some instances where the % of carving a certain item is better than the % of getting it in the end quest rewards, so obviously it'll be better to kill in those instances.

Actually, as a general principle, usually: If you need something rare, you're usually better off capturing, but if you need something common, you're better off killing. You usually get less but rarer rewards for capturing, at least in my experience.

Any tips on killing Aggy? All my swords are bouncing off him.

I'm assuming you're talking about Agnaktor, but I'm not sure which one, so I'll just detail both. For regular Agnaktor, his igneous rock armor melts every time he gets back into lava, this includes walking through it or digging down into the ground into the magma below. Attack him after he has done this and with enough hits, you can damage certain areas on his body and will no longer be able to form igneous armor on those parts--these parts include: his beak, all four of his legs, his tail, and his spinal fin. If the magma on his body cools and forms his armor, it's best to just focus on dodging and avoiding him until he melts it off again.

For Glacial Agnaktor, it's sort of the same deal but a little more difficult. Instead of armor forming over time on its body, the frozen ice armor is instantly on his body from the start of the fight or after anytime he dips himself into the ice below. You can break his parts to make it so he can't form armor on those parts, and they are the exact same as regular Agnaktor. The only thing is, you have to wait a few minutes for the ice armor to actually melt off his skin, OR there are two other ways: one way includes just hitting the armored parts and bouncing off over and over until it shatters, or if you bring a Fire elemental weapon (which you should, considering he's weak to it), hitting the ice armored areas with the Fire weapon will melt the ice faster.

So what I noticed from P3rd was that Glacial Agnaktor's Ice is literally the reverse of regular Agnaktor's Lava.
Regular Agnaktor's Lava starts weak, but overtime hardens and becomes strong.
Glacial Agnaktor's Ice starts strong, but overtime softens and becomes weak.
Edit: Derp, that's what you said. My bad, I didn't notice that the first time I read it for some reason.

It's a lot harder to deal damage to Glacial because Glacial rarely stays above ground long enough for this to occur. It makes him far harder than he needs to be. Thankfully if you're a gunner you don't deal with bouncing, but as a Bow user myself I wouldn't really use many damage based coatings until you've broken some stuff or you're doing less damage than you need to. I personally use Exhaust, Para and Poison while he still has Ice and wait until its broken to use Close Range and Power, so that I can maximize my damage.

Agnaktor is basically Gravios without the weakspot that makes him a joke.

Wow, I feel dumb. I input this into the armor generator and set it to precisely as you described it, but it couldn't come up with anything. So I tried adding everything up myself, except I forgot I was using the old amount required for each skill from Tri, which is different than 3U, and then I finally realized my mistake. Regardless, nice set. I may use it myself cause yesterday I managed to get lucky and actually find a Handicraft +5 Charm (it even has the added bonus of Current Resistance +10, wooooooo).

Well there was also the possibility that you didn't have the right table, which would have sucked. That's why the new charm system is retarded.

Do you know whether or not it's still possible for people to join others who are already departed on a quest? I vaguely remember in Tri that you could join already active quests, even if you weren't there to sign up for it when it was started. Is that still possible in 3U?

Do you know whether or not it's still possible for people to join others who are already departed on a quest? I vaguely remember in Tri that you could join already active quests, even if you weren't there to sign up for it when it was started. Is that still possible in 3U?

I don't remember that ever being possible, to be honest.

I know you can join lobbies even though people are on runs, but not the actual run.

I don't remember that ever being possible, to be honest.

I know you can join lobbies even though people are on runs, but not the actual run.

Man, I could'a sworn you were able to do that in Tri. Must be mixing it up with another game that just isn't coming to mind...

Word of advice, always kill Qurupeco/Crimson Qurupeco in Moga Woods Free Hunt at Night.

Almost guaranteed Dust of Life~

To whoever was complaining about not getting Jho Fangs earlier: Should I feel bad that I just got 7 in 3 runs, only 1 of which was a cap?

April patch is live guys! Wii U Gamepad play should be enabled with the patch, as well as EU and US servers being merged, and possibly other changes although those are the two they advertised.

April patch is live guys! Wii U Gamepad play should be enabled with the patch, as well as EU and US servers being merged, and possibly other changes although those are the two they advertised.

Where can I download the patch?

Where can I download the patch?

Oughta update automatically when you start the game, as I understand it. If you're already playing, you'll have to manually close the software and start it again.

Oughta update automatically when you start the game, as I understand it. If you're already playing, you'll have to manually close the software and start it again.

I already patched it. Looks good