How to Craft Artian Weapons in Monster Hunter Wilds

Curious about Artian weapons in *Monster Hunter Wilds*? These brand-new weapons are a late-game feature that allows you to craft unique weapons with customizable stats and elements to suit your playstyle. Let's dive into everything you need to know about them.

How to Craft Artian Weapons in Monster Hunter Wilds

To unlock the Artian weapons feature, you first need to complete the main story and reach High Rank. After that, you'll need to defeat your first Tempered monster. The specific monster won't be spoiled here, but it'll be evident as the NPCs will remark on its toughness and numerous scars.

Once you've conquered this formidable foe, Gemma will approach you to discuss Artian weapons, triggering a tutorial on the subject. You'll learn that Gemma can now craft these weapons, each requiring three components. To craft a weapon, you need at least one of each component type. However, there's more to it than just gathering parts.

Each component comes with a rarity value, an element type, and an Artian bonus. To use components together, they must share the same rarity value. The elemental effect of your weapon depends on the dominant element among the components. For instance, using two water and one lightning component results in a water weapon. Using three water components enhances the water infusion, whereas using three different elements results in no elemental infusion at all.

The Artian bonus provides either an attack boost, which increases the general damage your weapon can deal, or an affinity boost, which enhances your critical hit chance. Your choice depends on your preferred playstyle. To craft these weapons, you'll need to gather Artian materials.

How to Get Artian Materials in Monster Hunter Wilds

Obtaining Artian materials is straightforward: hunt Tempered monsters in High Rank. After defeating your first Tempered monster, you'll start encountering one or two in each area. You'll receive notifications when they're nearby, and they're identifiable on the map with a blue outline.

Defeating or capturing a Tempered monster yields a few Artian parts, which you can find alongside the decorations in your mission rewards. As your hunter rank increases, the rarity of these parts will also increase, naturally progressing as you do. While there's no direct correlation between the monster you hunt and the type of Artian drops you receive, you can hunt the monsters you enjoy fighting or those you need parts from for other weapons or armor pieces.