Rurikhan Hey, would you suggest making loadouts with different weapons for different monsters or just main a specific weapon? Im a beginner and would like to know what you think. Thanks!
Personally I tend to focus on a weapon type, like the Gunlance, then I craft a bunch of them and change depending on the weaknesses of the monster I'm fighting.
Sorry to point out some inaccuracies but I just want to clear something up. When melding worn, and glowing and mysterious stones there is a chance to get stones of different rarities. There are 4 tables regarding rarity of stones. C B A S Mysterious Feystone - C 85% B 15% Gleaning Feystone - C 65% B 34% A 1% Worn Feystone - C 10% B 82% A 6% S 2% Warped Feystone - B 77% A 18% S 5% So when appraising said stone you have a chance of going up or down in rarity of the jewel. Hope this helps
I had no idea that you only needed ONE streamstone to create the THREE gems it shows the empty boxes for! I assumed you would be using three streamstones for the transaction, but the game was just letting you do three at a time to save some time. Awesome tip, Rurikhan!
It is possible to find a first wyverian dude in the field while on expedition or a quest, and if you talk to him he may sometimes gift you a wyverian print. I've only ever gotten steel prints, but it is possible.
Yeah I had to give the video a thumbs down. I've been trying to explain to a friend the whole concept of the Elder melder trade mechanic, and he wanted to see it done visually. The beginning of this video simply confused the hell out of him. Found a different video that's not 20 fucking minutes with the first four wasting time. 5 minutes only and straight to the point.
Very helpful video, too bad the whole melding thing is way to stingy... yeah sure when you're 600 hours into the game and you're drowning in streamstones and useless decorations it might be worth to use. But by then you probably also have more than enough of every other gem you need (except Attack Boost most likely...). The exchange rate is a bit too ridiculous for my taste. You have to trade in anywhere from 14 to 27 decorations to get a chance of 3 random ones? Yeah nope... i'll just do one tempered quest with 3+ rewards instead... I know it's just "another option" and once you're over the treshhold for each skill you don't need the additional ones... but damn, they could've made it a "little" less wasteful as an alternative to grinding tempered quests all day long.
there's absolutely no value in "14-27" decorations when you have more than you need. absolutely no reason to keep them. the only thing you're really trading in is research points (cmon... basically nothing) and gleaming streamstones which are useless if you don't already have hero's streamstones for your desired rarity 8 weapon augment and for augmenting armor, again useless if you don't have enough armor spheres to level them up in the first place. at that point, i'd rather get rid of my wasted excess gems and gamble them for almost nothing of value lost for essentially free chances at more decorations. once you have enough of the other materials you need for an augment, it takes no effort to get gleaming streamstones since you get at least one guaranteed from any elder dragon tempered hunt. i'd rather trade in every duplicate i have for any non duplicate of a useful skill i still need a jewel for.
I think that unequipping your jewels is exactly what you shouldn't do, since you wouldn't want to meld them by mistake. Although you can use this to know which ones you can or not meld with the spreadsheet, I don't think it's worth the trouble to update the number on such a few gems.
I appreciate the video! I kinda think the cost of the Melder is still a little unbalanced for its output (especially in the sense of the amount of points required to do it, on top of the use of all the jewels needed and gambling aspect of the whole process, too). Either way, this video clarified a lot. So thanks again!
Fastest way to unequip all decorations is to use Set Decorations > Equipment Box > press start to remove all Decorations (that option may not have existed at the time of this video)
3:31 "i know, i open this up and there's a bunch of stuff onscreen and your like "Jeeesus CHrist! so many goddamn things"" yupp, recently started now with the PC release without playing monster hunter before and that's the first impression of most menus in this game xD
Just a tip, you can preview what you will get from melding decorations by uploading your save to online storage or storing it on a USB. Then, just meld a whole bunch of decorations cause you’re gonna reset your save. The RNG seed remains constant so when you reset your save just memorize how many melds you need until you reach the meld you want. Any ritual advances the seed by 1, and completing a quest advances it by a pattern of 1-1-2 (need to experiment to see which part of the pattern you’re currently on).
I'm a Monster Hunter veteran since the original, but I never progressed to the end of any of them because I lost patience. Your videos are helping me change that with this game and I appreciate it! Thank you for your great explanations!
Any of them after MHFU* I meant. But I put like 200 hours in that one and at least 50 in all the others. I just never had the patience or people to play with for the other ones. Like I loved Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate but didn't have Internet access at the time so I kind of hit a wall playing solo.
Jr Garibay Tbf, war veterans need not finish the war they participate in to be gain veteran status. As long as OP has a good grasp of the gameplay & mechanics, I don’t see why he can’t be a MH veteran.
Capcom really screwed me here I melded my only attack gem thinking that I was getting an attack gem. I have 300hours and am lvl 120 and have yet to get another one.
Seeing how rare this thing seems to be makes me wonder if it's really intended or a bug... I mean yeah, Attack Boost is a very potent skill for a level 1 gem. But i've seen tons and tons of people complaining they spent over 100-200h farming tempered monsters and not get a single one. That seems kind of ridiculous. >_< I've only recently started farming tempered quests and haven't gotten one either of course, and knowing my luck i probably never will if it's "that" rare.
Thank you for explaining this. The game's built-in tutorial ironically does not do nearly as good a job as you do at explaining the basics to a complete noob like me.
The mechanics of the Elder Melder are a very easy concept to grasp my friends; put good decorations in, get shit out. Conversely, if you put shit in, you'll still get shit out.(All joking aside, it's a good way to clean house on any useless decorations you may have, and potentially net you decent decorations like Maximum Might, Attack Boost, etc. Just don't rely on her to give you the highest tier decorations imaginable.)
Do UA-camrs all take speed-talking classes before starting to make videos? Almost every tip/trick vid in gaming is done by someone whose dinner is getting cold.
What happens if you traded and have excess points? I mean, I know you can just set it so it is exactly the amount you need. But just in case it happens
I got it the wrong way around thinking that the right side was the items I get and the right side was my inventory and ended up losing my attack gem... Something I wish I had known before hand lol
Thanx 4 this man. I didn't understand what the hell its was so i ignored it. Now i traded some stuff i was grinding for 4ever!! Why the F*UCK they call it melding not Just trading? Thanx again 👍🏿
Basically a recycle option if you get to a point were you have many spare jewels or if you dont want to grind a specific item and you manage to have some prints with you :)
The only reason I use the melding pot is for the different gems. Other than that, I rarely use it for decorations because who why get rid of decorations when you could just get more from some lousy tempered monster?
No, everyone gets 1 attack gem for "free" during the melding tutorial. It's just subsequent ones which are rare. Kinda like how in Iceborne now, everyone gets a Crit Eye+ gem, but past that freebie, it is a very rare 4 slot gem to get.
hi Thanks for this helpful video!! I just started playing MHW, i noticed the items available from the melder (left column) are really basic, i don't see any gems or rubies at all (i'm looking for Rathalos Ruby). How can i get my melder to offer the items i actually want/need? I've been having fun playing but i'm starting to get tired of grinding Rathalos without any sign of it dropping the Rathalos Ruby at all...
I have occasionally recieved prints from the 1st wyverians you can meet on expeditions...you know the ones that do the monthly weapon popularity report or something? But they give you things when you talk to them
You get low tier decos from low tier monsters, and high tier decos from high tier monsters. Or better gems from mid tier monsters that are tempered. Not that hard to comprehend. And what? Lvl 3 decos require lvl 3 slot, lvl 2 decos require lvl 2 or 3 slot, lvl 1 decos need 1-3 slot..?
Can you explain the augmenting stuff? I can’t figure it out. I think threat level 2 monsters can drop that one item, but idk. Also, do the double elder dragon invests have better drops or something?
Please don't buy Wyvern gems from the melder. Just hunt a Jyuratodus with a plunderblade palico and receive 3 almost everytime. One from the reward, one from the carve or ground, and one from the Palico. It's.. STUPIDLY easy to get these things.
quick question, a level 3 gem does that mean it will give you three nodes of that talent ( so equipping a level 3 jewel will give you 3x that talent, Attack/Poison etc
I have Melded a lot of objects into Ancient potions but when I have confirmed the items are not in my item box or item pouch. How do you collect the items?
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but essentially with the wyverian ritual, if you want A or S tear jewels only, the first two melding techniques (spire sorcery and coral concoction) are useless and a complete waste of jewels because it is not possible to get those high tear jewels?
➽ MuskratTuck's Decoration Spreadsheet
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ysj6c2boC6GarFvMah34e6VviZeaoKB6QWovWLSGlsY/htmlview?usp=sharing&sle=true#
Rurikhan Hey, would you suggest making loadouts with different weapons for different monsters or just main a specific weapon? Im a beginner and would like to know what you think. Thanks!
+YOUNGLZ36
he's streaming right now if you want to actually talk to him live :P
twitch.tv/rurikhan
This is extremely helpful. Thanks for sharing!
He explained this better than most UA-camrs I watched. Thank you.
Personally I tend to focus on a weapon type, like the Gunlance, then I craft a bunch of them and change depending on the weaknesses of the monster I'm fighting.
Almost a whole year after you made this video and its still useful.(just started playing a month ago on PC)
Yeah. The best explanation I could find.
2 years now. still great vid and explanation
It's still useful in 2021, timeless classic right here.
Still useful 3 years later lol
Lifesaver here in 2024
Sorry to point out some inaccuracies but I just want to clear something up. When melding worn, and glowing and mysterious stones there is a chance to get stones of different rarities. There are 4 tables regarding rarity of stones. C B A S
Mysterious Feystone - C 85% B 15%
Gleaning Feystone - C 65% B 34% A 1%
Worn Feystone - C 10% B 82% A 6% S 2%
Warped Feystone - B 77% A 18% S 5%
So when appraising said stone you have a chance of going up or down in rarity of the jewel. Hope this helps
Well that's good to know, and a little bit of a bummer; nothing's perfect, though, so it does make sense, he said rolling his eyes. lol Good tip
I had no idea that you only needed ONE streamstone to create the THREE gems it shows the empty boxes for! I assumed you would be using three streamstones for the transaction, but the game was just letting you do three at a time to save some time. Awesome tip, Rurikhan!
8:50 if you only care about decorations
It is possible to find a first wyverian dude in the field while on expedition or a quest, and if you talk to him he may sometimes gift you a wyverian print. I've only ever gotten steel prints, but it is possible.
First time palying through world after sinking 200+ hours to rise/sunbreak. Glad to see my man did guides for this
Big thank you for the explanation video from a new player that started few days ago. Really well explained.
Took a long break from world and getting back into it and realising I have forgot so much so good to watch these kinds of videos.
Man u always make things so simple to understand especially if u don't have grind time luv ur vids and presentations
4:25 the buildup of the explanation cracks me up
Yeah I had to give the video a thumbs down. I've been trying to explain to a friend the whole concept of the Elder melder trade mechanic, and he wanted to see it done visually. The beginning of this video simply confused the hell out of him.
Found a different video that's not 20 fucking minutes with the first four wasting time. 5 minutes only and straight to the point.
Still best explanation 5 years later
Elder Melder: less attractive than the handler and quickly approaching her usefulness.
And by usefullness i mean she has so little utility is laughable.
My palico is more of a handler
@@justrcd Maybe get coral orchestra gadget for your palico?
Very helpful video, too bad the whole melding thing is way to stingy... yeah sure when you're 600 hours into the game and you're drowning in streamstones and useless decorations it might be worth to use. But by then you probably also have more than enough of every other gem you need (except Attack Boost most likely...). The exchange rate is a bit too ridiculous for my taste. You have to trade in anywhere from 14 to 27 decorations to get a chance of 3 random ones? Yeah nope... i'll just do one tempered quest with 3+ rewards instead...
I know it's just "another option" and once you're over the treshhold for each skill you don't need the additional ones... but damn, they could've made it a "little" less wasteful as an alternative to grinding tempered quests all day long.
its a gold sink
there's absolutely no value in "14-27" decorations when you have more than you need. absolutely no reason to keep them. the only thing you're really trading in is research points (cmon... basically nothing) and gleaming streamstones which are useless if you don't already have hero's streamstones for your desired rarity 8 weapon augment and for augmenting armor, again useless if you don't have enough armor spheres to level them up in the first place. at that point, i'd rather get rid of my wasted excess gems and gamble them for almost nothing of value lost for essentially free chances at more decorations. once you have enough of the other materials you need for an augment, it takes no effort to get gleaming streamstones since you get at least one guaranteed from any elder dragon tempered hunt. i'd rather trade in every duplicate i have for any non duplicate of a useful skill i still need a jewel for.
@@icebarrage_iwc Surprisingly good argument, in my opinion. Kinda makes sense of it all.
I think that unequipping your jewels is exactly what you shouldn't do, since you wouldn't want to meld them by mistake. Although you can use this to know which ones you can or not meld with the spreadsheet, I don't think it's worth the trouble to update the number on such a few gems.
Now I finally understand the melding in this game!
I appreciate the video! I kinda think the cost of the Melder is still a little unbalanced for its output (especially in the sense of the amount of points required to do it, on top of the use of all the jewels needed and gambling aspect of the whole process, too). Either way, this video clarified a lot. So thanks again!
Great video,
The spreadsheet ALONE is worth a like
I know this isn't a combat guide but thanks to u I've started to go in sword and shield
This is the most useful guide I've found on Melding, thanks.
Thank you Rurikhan for all of your useful MHW videos.
Finally!! I've been waiting for this video for 2 weeks!
if you do all the missions from the fisherman and the researcher of wildlife you get 1 gold wyverian print from each
Fastest way to unequip all decorations is to use Set Decorations > Equipment Box > press start to remove all Decorations (that option may not have existed at the time of this video)
3:31 "i know, i open this up and there's a bunch of stuff onscreen and your like "Jeeesus CHrist! so many goddamn things"" yupp, recently started now with the PC release without playing monster hunter before and that's the first impression of most menus in this game xD
Shaderox Same here. Been playing MHW since close to launch & I only just started using the melder bc i didnt want to accidentally waste any gems
you're guilds are fantastic thanks for the help you provide
Just a tip, you can preview what you will get from melding decorations by uploading your save to online storage or storing it on a USB. Then, just meld a whole bunch of decorations cause you’re gonna reset your save. The RNG seed remains constant so when you reset your save just memorize how many melds you need until you reach the meld you want. Any ritual advances the seed by 1, and completing a quest advances it by a pattern of 1-1-2 (need to experiment to see which part of the pattern you’re currently on).
just an exploit would be more fitting
I'm a Monster Hunter veteran since the original, but I never progressed to the end of any of them because I lost patience. Your videos are helping me change that with this game and I appreciate it! Thank you for your great explanations!
Nigel Jordan if you never beat any of the games how does that make you a vet??
Any of them after MHFU* I meant. But I put like 200 hours in that one and at least 50 in all the others. I just never had the patience or people to play with for the other ones. Like I loved Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate but didn't have Internet access at the time so I kind of hit a wall playing solo.
Jr Garibay Tbf, war veterans need not finish the war they participate in to be gain veteran status.
As long as OP has a good grasp of the gameplay & mechanics, I don’t see why he can’t be a MH veteran.
You can get Prints randomly by talking to the First Wyverian in the wild. Thanks for vid man!
Capcom really screwed me here I melded my only attack gem thinking that I was getting an attack gem. I have 300hours and am lvl 120 and have yet to get another one.
🤭 that sucks
Seeing how rare this thing seems to be makes me wonder if it's really intended or a bug... I mean yeah, Attack Boost is a very potent skill for a level 1 gem. But i've seen tons and tons of people complaining they spent over 100-200h farming tempered monsters and not get a single one. That seems kind of ridiculous. >_<
I've only recently started farming tempered quests and haven't gotten one either of course, and knowing my luck i probably never will if it's "that" rare.
I’ve played 170 hours......only 1
😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵
well duh...obviously u need to spend 1000 hours to get another one
Attack jewel was my first one...
I just got into actually exploring every aspect of the game. I never bothered with jewels or charms until now
Before this the whole melding ting was Greek to me ... Thanks mate
Thank you for explaining this. The game's built-in tutorial ironically does not do nearly as good a job as you do at explaining the basics to a complete noob like me.
Thank you bro , I just got the game
Go to equipment box option press start and itll clear all gems on all gear in inventory
Wow this is pretty handy, I've just been ignoring this system, the safari system and the sailor system haha
This was incredibly helpful, thank you.
Fantastic video! Deserves way more likes
Holy crap! I could have just Melded Mutagens for the Witcher Layered Armors? I've been farming Ancient Leshen for weeks now without results.
I've been selling my extra decorations. Dang it
How do you get steel wyverian prints. I cannot find anything about getting these. please help?
Thanks for the well explained video.
Worn feystones can very rarely give Rarity 8 deco's. Really, that is what you want to work towards, and get some useful R7 as you go.
Elder Melder asks for a lot for so little return. I'll pass.
This was actually extremely helpful!
The mechanics of the Elder Melder are a very easy concept to grasp my friends; put good decorations in, get shit out. Conversely, if you put shit in, you'll still get shit out.(All joking aside, it's a good way to clean house on any useless decorations you may have, and potentially net you decent decorations like Maximum Might, Attack Boost, etc. Just don't rely on her to give you the highest tier decorations imaginable.)
MegaZX_ Unity747 The elder melder is a joke. Wasted over 30k research points and did my get anything useful
Thanks for the guide.
Very well explained. Ty
looking forward for those spred sheeks 😁
I’ve got most of those Warped Stones from killing Tempered large monsters, haven’t gotten high enough for Tempered Elder Dragons.
I had no idea that you could use that coatings decoration for Switch Axes.
You can equip it, but it doesn't do anything, I just equipped random things for the purpose of the video.
Rurikhan That's unfortunate. The possibilities could've been awesome.
Do UA-camrs all take speed-talking classes before starting to make videos? Almost every tip/trick vid in gaming is done by someone whose dinner is getting cold.
What happens if you traded and have excess points? I mean, I know you can just set it so it is exactly the amount you need. But just in case it happens
Very good explaination, thx man
Thank you my friend.
Thx a lot for this guide!
I got it the wrong way around thinking that the right side was the items I get and the right side was my inventory and ended up losing my attack gem... Something I wish I had known before hand lol
Thx for this vid gonna try it meself later!
So where do you see the melding points you've collected ?
Nice video new subscriber keep up the great videos
he's streaming right now if you want to actually talk to him live :P
twitch.tv/rurikhan
Thanx 4 this man. I didn't understand what the hell its was so i ignored it. Now i traded some stuff i was grinding for 4ever!! Why the F*UCK they call it melding not Just trading? Thanx again 👍🏿
thanks mate, will you be doing a video on augmenting aswell? I haven't played with that at all. Not realy sure whats worth investing in either tbh.
Good job with this video.
holy crap. Getting decorations is ridiculous
*accidentally uses prints for 3 wyvern gems
Basically a recycle option if you get to a point were you have many spare jewels or if you dont want to grind a specific item and you manage to have some prints with you :)
SLEEPCOAT ON A GUNLANCE. NEW META
So I thought left inventory was mine and right inventory was the melder's rip to all the stuff I gave away thinking I was receiving it.
is there an "up to date" version of the spreadsheet for iceborne?
At 9:16, That decoration list. Does it ever get better jewels on there?
How do you get the First Wyverian Ritual option?
Nice vid man
The only reason I use the melding pot is for the different gems. Other than that, I rarely use it for decorations because who why get rid of decorations when you could just get more from some lousy tempered monster?
I only got one option on the elder melder menu
Disaster Central same here, and ive got all the tickets etc - how to unlock all the options?
Apparently I was absurdly lucky to receive an attack gem as my very first gem lol
No, everyone gets 1 attack gem for "free" during the melding tutorial. It's just subsequent ones which are rare. Kinda like how in Iceborne now, everyone gets a Crit Eye+ gem, but past that freebie, it is a very rare 4 slot gem to get.
hi Thanks for this helpful video!! I just started playing MHW, i noticed the items available from the melder (left column) are really basic, i don't see any gems or rubies at all (i'm looking for Rathalos Ruby). How can i get my melder to offer the items i actually want/need? I've been having fun playing but i'm starting to get tired of grinding Rathalos without any sign of it dropping the Rathalos Ruby at all...
Wait you can augment your armour with the streamstones?! Well thats good to know
Ty,a perfect video.
Great vid keep it up
I have occasionally recieved prints from the 1st wyverians you can meet on expeditions...you know the ones that do the monthly weapon popularity report or something? But they give you things when you talk to them
What HR will u be able to farm for them?
Do you have video just about decorations? Like what monsters drop what or how to apply decorations to armor and how the slots work?
You get low tier decos from low tier monsters, and high tier decos from high tier monsters. Or better gems from mid tier monsters that are tempered. Not that hard to comprehend.
And what? Lvl 3 decos require lvl 3 slot, lvl 2 decos require lvl 2 or 3 slot, lvl 1 decos need 1-3 slot..?
Uh I kinda have some first Wyvern tickets but for some reason I don’t have that guy, how do u get him?
How do you get more attack gems? Do you only get one and that’s it?
im trying to get daora gem but it isnt showing up on my menu. why???
Can you explain the augmenting stuff? I can’t figure it out. I think threat level 2 monsters can drop that one item, but idk.
Also, do the double elder dragon invests have better drops or something?
Please don't buy Wyvern gems from the melder. Just hunt a Jyuratodus with a plunderblade palico and receive 3 almost everytime. One from the reward, one from the carve or ground, and one from the Palico. It's.. STUPIDLY easy to get these things.
quick question, a level 3 gem does that mean it will give you three nodes of that talent ( so equipping a level 3 jewel will give you 3x that talent, Attack/Poison etc
No. Only one point. The level is just relevant to the slot size
A few views. Seems like people are not interested in this end game system
I feel like Rurikhan thinks we're dumb af
There's a lot of newbies this time around, just making sure everyone is on the same page.
What's the purpose of unequipping your decos? Like what difference does it make??
So you can see your totals overall.
Me tryna unlock monster mantels on melder
You: how to unequip decorations
Me: :D
I hate that after you spend something on a item you want and then boom you ended up using it for something that you just got available.
I have Melded a lot of objects into Ancient potions but when I have confirmed the items are not in my item box or item pouch. How do you collect the items?
This game is a monument to no quality of life improvements.
It seems it's still way better at qol than the previous games
wow good info about removing ur dec ...👍👍
Thank you so much loved the video very informative :)
Someone correct me if I'm wrong but essentially with the wyverian ritual, if you want A or S tear jewels only, the first two melding techniques (spire sorcery and coral concoction) are useless and a complete waste of jewels because it is not possible to get those high tear jewels?
is there a free elem/ammo up decoration?
If people are really making spreadsheets for this game. what chance do I stand?