10 Things You Didn't Know About in Stories 2 - Super Mode + Egg Tricks - Monster Hunter Stories 2!

[@JeffTheChiller]

You can use the Sticker Menu by pressing - instead of opening the menu. That way you can still see the Monster.

[@torygraves7416]

One Thing I missed till a little in is that you can fast travel from anywhere in the game just pull up your map and pick one of the fast travel locations. I must of misread the original message on it as I figured you could only fast travel from the catavan points

[@arnauzer]

Just so you guys know, and without spoiling anything. Trading bottle cap for talisman is REALLY bad. You can easily find talisman in the wild, and they are as viable and good as the ones you get from the exchange.

[@tbaggins5349]

I kind of disagree here as a couple of them are pretty solid honestly. Its also not really bad especially considering bottle caps are easy to come by.

[@skitzer5195]

@@tbaggins5349 Yeah but getting sr tickets outweighs that

[@arnauzer]

@@tbaggins5349 I'm not saying that they are bad. But you can get a lot more by farming at Terga on Gold Mineral piles. It takes less times, for more charms, and you can use your bottle caps for Exploration tickets or Stimulants, since those are limited to the bottle cap vendor.

[@hithaermirashes5699]

I mean cotton did make an entire video of the best farming spot for talismans in the game. i might have spent 8 hours there and now i have too many... and none of them are good enough so i have more farming to do T.T good spot to farm for armor and weapon spheres too, and loads of zenny from trade in and commodities

[@ForestofCicadas]

It helps early in the game

[@dylanmorris5352]

Another fun fact: If you have a Monstie that has an aura or glow when their monster counterpart would become enraged, like Tigrex's veins and eyes for example, they will also show on your monstie if they are given an attack boost.

[@philippebeauchemin8119]

Bloodbath Diablos with Pump Up from Deviljho allows him to glow red in some area of its body

[@Stories-ji7lz]

So dose using cheer.

[@nergiganterage]

Use pump up and hellish heavyweight and u got big damage numbers

[@shagarumedic]

Also happens if he has an attack buff from a hunting horn

[@Standdividedfalltogether]

You can also do this with grimclaw

[@dominikschlogl5938]

every elder dragon and deviant except dreadqueen have a super mode I think

[@klissattack]

I was looking for the info provided as number 2. Thank u!! Super Saiyan monkey time.
New tip: you can buy N and R tickets from the item vendor for cash. Save your bottle caps for the SR ones

[@bossnass9319]

And use the ones you buy at the item vendor for bottle cap farming

[@AghiTron]

About expeditions: Armor and Weapon spheres are counted as normal items. Item Finder (or whatever it's called) expeditions will therefore find more of them. Thorough takes longer, but will get a good spread of items

[@susieswope6359]

For the power up party we also can't forget Anjinath! I love the fiery nose horn so much and realized it can be an in battle thing just recently!

[@ES-dp6tw]

I remember during a cutscene with Yoomlana, you see two Wyverian children singing songs. The kids look identical and wear white-and-red garbs, bringing to mind the Kamura maidens. Highly unlikely, but would make a pretty neat reference if that actually was Hinoa and Minoto as children.

[@Shadgeta]

About the "super modes" or enrage state, your monster will actually enter it if u simply buff them(strangely if it's by hunting horn it doesn't work) but cheer does, so while there's no non-elemental clad u can still get enraged bloodbath or nargacuga.

[@femthingevelyn]

don't Sharpen Blades and Pump Up count for the super mode?

[@Shadgeta]

@@femthingevelyn it will trigger the "super mode" since it's a buff, as I said buffs in general(minus some hunting horn buffs like the kinship buff for some reason)trigger the super modes.

[@femthingevelyn]

@@Shadgeta yeah but those are the non-elemental clad moves, they do the same thing as the thunderclad or Iceland moves

[@Shadgeta]

@@femthingevelyn actually no they are not, they don't boost non elemental damage, sharpen blades boosts crit and pump up is a dragon move, but it just buffs attack and lowers defense.
The thunder and ice clad moves are just that element buff(so thunder clad buffs thunder attack). The super modes or the enraged state are trigger just when your monster is buffed(minus some of the hunting horn skills oddly). Let's say I have Astalos and use cheer he'll still get his "super mode" just like when he uses High Voltage. Another example Nargacuga if he uses sharpen blades, or if I the hunter cheer to buff him, he still gets his enraged red eyes(aka his super mode).
Sorry if this sounds like an attack, not trying to attack at all just clearing things up is all.

[@EskChan19]

Cheer actually doesn't work for Rajang, nor do any other buffs that don't expressly buff Thunder Damage. Not even it's own "Buffs all Element damage" buff that it comes with work.

[@dogwithsunglasses4051]

I used the Nutriments first on myself, since it made the most sense to first finish buffing the charakter you cant replace.

[@cybertramon0012]

Something I think I've found, similar to stacking limits, is stacking rider abilities. When I was hunting for parts and I decided to stack a talisman with partbreaker and an armour set with partbreaker, I'm fairly certain they boosted it until it looped back around, because they didn't seem to actually work.

[@TJ10611]

Astalos can also be charged with the Thunderclad gene

[@SolarianStrike]

Exactly what I did to get that glorious green glow.

[@crypticscrutiny1153]

DOOOOOOOOOD! The armors/weapons and monstie color schemes/forms are so dope. Maybe I'm a simpleton but skins and such just keep me so enthralled.

[@tehwicked1]

VERY helpful video. Didn't know charm and prayer didn't stack. Been wasting my prayer this whole time. Also didn't know S and L etc genes didn't stack either. Thank you very much for the fantastic info.

[@nickcampbell3812]

When you said Lunar Luck Random Roll, I was really confused. I think on Switch, it just let's you use amibo.

[@jochengrentz3941]

Yes Lunar Random Roll is PC only on Switch its the Amiibo Lunar Roll

[@ravenbane7781]

@@jochengrentz3941 poor switch. neeed to buy amibos, need to pay for online service...
pc masterrace ahou :D

[@GiblixStudio]

@@jochengrentz3941 on switch its only random roll, but you can also use the amibo to try and get something specific

[@comptonjoker]

You don't need to buy amiibos, and you already pay for your online service lmao

[@dfre102]

@@ravenbane7781 true, though I still prefer this game on Switch than to PC. Having the ability to just plop down on my lovesac, grab a controller, and play on my TV is much more meaningful and enjoyable to me than having to set up my computer to play it and playing on the small screen there with a keyboard and mouse. I know you could make the argument that I could just HDMI my computer to my TV, or connect a controller to my PC. But I use my laptop for other things too, not just gaming. So when it comes to games I want to play on TV, Switch wins every time.

[@impcityangel3245]

Nergigante is able to have grown out spikes that pierce his saddle.

[@rattings9121]

How?

[@NovaFlare93]

If they can let us ride him why can't we ride agnaktor!? I'm sure the have thermal saddles!

[@StargazerYo]

Is it a gene? Where do you get it?

[@agentmsyoutubechannelofsho7705]

@@StargazerYo it isn’t a gene, otherwise it would’ve been weird and glitchy for other monsties

[@StargazerYo]

@@agentmsyoutubechannelofsho7705 it could be like the Rajang's super form where it needs the Zinogre gene couldn't it?

[@ChompDude]

You can make not only Monstie sets but equipment sets as well. Some people might not notice the prompts for them.

[@zuzannam3936]

i've been calling them "nutrients" this whole time 💀

[@Rurike]

From what ive tested, the prayers of the prayer pot doesnt seem to be active when you have a charm going, even if your using different types.
Also of note when in coop, both your charms are active but the same ones wont stack, so mix it up

[@robertparker9404]

Yeah I did mines with mizutune he literally changed red in combat.

[@LokiToxtrocity]

Saw mine turn red once.

[@Kynos98]

Confirmed: Aptonoth is the best monstie of the game

[@Panda-hp1zh]

He actually is though his kinship can be charged incredibly fast and it’s a guaranteed knockdown which means free crits. I found this out from weissgaming

[@Kynos98]

@@Panda-hp1zh i know, I follow his channel too.

[@Panda-hp1zh]

@@Kynos98 coolio

[@cikguhidashorts]

@@Kynos98 yes the most powerful monstie aptonoth

[@Jirodyne]

Lies, Mizutsune is the best Monstie as he is the cutest fox to exist.

[@leviosdraekion6993]

Has anyone else found the duo kinship where you and your ally's flying wyvern go into the sky to launch a giant energy ball? I have been getting it with yian garuga and I believe either Azurelos or Pinkthian. Also that Aptonoth one is more beywheels than beyblades.

[@smileyklock]

you dont need a friend for the first tip instead of opening the menu just press the - button to bring up the sticker menu it doesn't take up the full screen and it still works

[@apersoncalledme378]

+ pulls up the map and it has a red dot for the monster, stickers probably works better though.

[@lonewolfnergiganos4000]

Thanks for the video, I'm over here grinding my way through the story.

[@cascadingwaterfalls5830]

For me I am loving the endgame! this game has me hooked with no end in sight :)

[@valorwing4652]

Good luck

[@leviosdraekion6993]

I recommend to get a good dragon element setup for the final boss.

[@Nijonibi]

from what i can tell while using the prayer pot. if youre using a charm, than prays wont activate at all. you can see for yourself if you use any charm excluding the Lucky charm, and the Lucky Prayer at the same time. then get into any battle you can use the Quick Finish on and use the quick finish. and youll see you dont get the extra points ontop of your 1000 from the prayer.

[@Riolunator]

Been trying to change the element of many monsters before the update drops that removes coloring monsties via elements. Really want to see thunder nergi but his base non-element attack is too high to override

[@noasphere6869]

Avoiding waking up monsters is really easy though..?
As soon as they start waking up, just run behind them. They don't actually exist until they have finished their waking up animation. Just run behind them and then walk up to the exit when they turn another direction. They usually walk forward a few steps and then turn.

[@saifulkoh]

Can also use stickers for i frames

[@KaliTakumi]

Layered armour is "something you didn't know"? The Smithy literally tells you to go to the guy that makes layered armour

[@BetaNights]

Some people seem to despise dialogue in games, and will button mash anything.

[@GiblixStudio]

@@BetaNights sounds like a them problem then

[@philman401]

was about to say this. I usually mash the shit out of the a button to skip dialogue yet even I managed to catch the smithy say it.

[@Jirodyne]

@@philman401 Some people might not know what Layered Armor are if new to Monster Hunter, and he gives very bad directlys. Like literally he says 'And if you go to the right', and yet, he is the only NPC in the area, and even with the Map open you have to notice there is a SECOND Smithy across the entire town, and slowly run your way all they way over to him, who is all by himself, before and actually click on him without assuming he's just another armor forging NPC to notice he does Layered armor. Doesn't help that, that town is the only town where they add an extra NPC with Extra effect only. The only other town that chances things is the Cat Shelter which removes the 2 venders, tho that makes sense in context of the story, but Lulucion or whatever is the only town to ADD an extra NPC, not tied to the story, and only 1 small throwaway flaver text from an NPC even hints to his existence.
I rarely open the map in town, relying on the minimap, and took visiting the town 4 times, and searching every inch by hand before opening the map and checking and noticing there is a section slightly obscured to the south away from everything else I never needed to go visit and found him down there. And that's from listen to the NPC and actively searching the location for this brother that does Layered armor. Thought it was a throw away line for a few hours before finding them.

[@EskChan19]

@@Jirodyne Again, that's entirely a you problem. He expressly tells you to go to the other smith, there is another smith, and who gets to a new town and doesn't take a look around? If you are so obsessed with rushing through the story that you literally don't even see what a town has to offer, ignore all dialoge AND the map before rushing past it to the next quest then that is 100% on you and noone else. Stop blaming developers for you playing the game blindfolded.

[@d.sogeking8249]

Nergigante can gain his spiky form by using a all elemental buff like cheer for the rest of the fight I don’t know if it works with monsters buffs like pump up though

[@Skull_E_Duggery]

High voltage makes astalos charge up and pump up does infact make nergi spiky

[@cyrusvile6622]

For expeditions you can skip the time. Simply go into system and be OFFLINE. Then change time ahead by 20 min etc. Then you will see it is complete. Strange but it works

[@Krysten_Sullivan]

I only found out about the layered armor dude when doing the elder dragon quest line. It was when I passed him to turn in the 4* quest and saw his speech bubble.

[@Qguardian]

I literally just figured out you can use nutriments on yourself so it isn’t just you Hollow! Got that Pokemon-thought process in my head lol

[@zequi007]

Some monster also can enter their super mode when using the attack up music in the hunting horn. As of now I have seen Nergigante (he get fully grown black spikes) and Mizutsune (his fins turns red)

[@CreepyCoconuts]

I learned you could use the nutriments on yourself in the demo. I found one of the hidden kinship attacks by accident last night. My Ratha and the npc's azure rathalos did a combined giant fireball attack.

[@thepaladinpup2272]

I grabbed Icy Armor off a Zamtrios and stuck it onto a Barioth. I didn't notice any change at first, but Bari's eyes turned from blue to red! Not the most amazing effect, but it's a pretty neat detail

[@mindashy8030]

On this super mode thing: I haven't done a whole lot of testing, but I can say that Nergigante will gain his black spikes and Bloodbath Diablos will gain its blood red veins exposing themselves through ANY BUFF. Immunizer, cheer, awakening, anything. Simply buffing them will trigger the transformation for the duration of the buff. It doesn't do anything, it simply just seems to be a visual representation that X monster has been buffed. I can only assume it is the same for other monsters, though I'm only building those two currently and haven't tried many of the others.

[@derpyandnegagames465]

Non elemental buffs like Merciless roar gives all nargacuga red eyes, as well as red veins for all tigrex. It also gives bloodbath diablos it’s rage steam effect and mizutsune’s weird dorsal fins. High voltage also gives an effect on Kirin’s mane, as well as Astalos’s wings and head. Fireclad coats Teostra in flames, as well as blazes glavenus’s tail. Iceclad gives Gammoth it’s snow coating on legs and trunk. These effects will most likely apply to the upcoming deviants and variations.

[@foullily8325]

some of these aer pertty dope xP
i forgot what my bazelgeuse uses but when he uses a boosting move he has on him, he gains the glowing fire effects

[@TenshizakiN008]

I have been gorging myself on nutriments since the start. Until I settle on a direct team, the monsties are ephemeral, fleeting... And they all get cute names until they eventually become fodder for their replacements.

[@darbyhunter2944]

Hey thank it was very informative I didn’t know a lot of those things oh and tell Cotton that it was fun playing with him Honestly best partner I could’ve had in a SR den and tell him I say thank you for helping me get dread queen and I hope we can play againAll of you guys are awesome as well and you bring me the brightest day is watching you guys with all your contacts it’s awesome soon as I get the time I’m definitely going to be a patron and pay what I can so see you guys when I can

[@lordpikmin1679]

I want more of this kind of content...Also thanks for the self nutriment tip

[@H4P2O7]

About "super modes" i recently made a post on MHStories subreddit about all possible alterate visual states like charged / armored / heated / rage so that there's no need to guess until future updates.

[@bossnass9319]

Do you have a link to it I'm having trouble finding it 😅

[@H4P2O7]

@@bossnass9319 www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunterStories/comments/oq5gtx/ive_tested_every_potential_aesthetic_change_from/
Hopefully youtube doesn't butcher the link

[@thatoneguy2k01]

There's a lot of monsters that you can get to enter their super mode, a few examples off the top of my head are Bloodbath's superheated state, Nergi's spikes, Astalos being fully charged, and Narga and Tigrex looking visually enraged

[@michaelgil990]

Major tip for anyone using non elemental monsties like bloodbath and Nergi. Using Seregios’ merciless roar (or Bellow Gene L) and putting it on them gives all your allies a moderate buff to ALL elemental attack for 3 turns (5 turns when maxed) and it puts any non elemental monster into its super mode. This applies to all Tigrex, all Nargacuga, bloodbath, Nergi, and I believe Seregios. There may be some more but those I know for sure. Have fun :) (Remember, this is the best elemental attack boost gene that boosts all attack and the best for getting non elemental monstie super modes)

[@Jurby]

Zinorge is one that obviously has his super mode, Tobi-Kadachi is another, Zamtrios has his ice armor. Barroth and Jade Barroth have their mud and snow armor. It’s all the same concept I suppose.
Edit: Also for the creatures that have these abilities, remember to channel level them up to increase how long the effect lasts! For example Zinorge’s lightning charge mode lasts 3 turns but the ability last 4 turns when leveled up once and 5 turns when leveled up twice. Genes can only be leveled twice to a two star rank but it’s a good idea to do this on the monsters that you really love or use a lot.

[@Ray-ek4pf]

duo kinship: Astalos & Velkhana, don't know why but it's there and they do beams together and it's cool just try it

[@srzgaming2408]

I tried using the skills cheer and I was shocked to see my tigrex become super mode 🤣

[@mistedscript2722]

Tip #2: you can use any fire boosting move on Glavenous, and have his tail looking like a 1000° knife

[@connor_lockwood]

does that work for hellblade?

[@mistedscript2722]

@@connor_lockwood I mean. Hellblade always looks like a 1000° knife. Lol

[@connor_lockwood]

@@mistedscript2722 i only wish to attain a blade that is 9001 degrees because then i can say its over 9000 lol

[@mistedscript2722]

@@connor_lockwood damn that meme XD

[@connor_lockwood]

@@mistedscript2722 im just waiting till i can hatch a kulve taroth so i an run around like im bling bling boy

[@mrzeviel324]

If haven’t watched someone killed Fatalis with a aptonoth in mhstories the first one. It’s pretty damn interesting to watch

[@ShinyScarfy]

I got a secret kinship with ratha and a local npc rider's rathian, I didn't expect it and I was freaking out at how cool it was

[@Devil_Joe]

While putting the boost gene of deviljho on a bloodbath diablos you can make the bloodbath be in historique very angry and steamy state, which is, like the others, super satisfying-

[@CassusDeus]

I noticed tigrex goes into an enraged mode when you give it hunting horn buffs.

[@lapizune6233]

The effects at the prayer pot does stack now to playery who want eggs with good genes or nuke dmg

[@Netherwolf6100]

I had no idea you could buff yourself with those nutrients

[@charicole105]

I had no clue what Nutriments did in the first place. I didn't even read them!

[@krislee3155]

I know that after you use his kinship attack Anjanath's nose cartilage is up and his flame sack in his throat glows. Also after buffing Nargacuga, don't know if it has to be crit buffs, his eyes start glowing.

[@luissilveira7057]

Also, if you use the move Cheer or any Attack Up skill, your Nergigante will grow the black spikes he's famous for.

[@tripledreigon6417]

nergigante ever so slightly grows his spikes when he uses sharpen blades, or when you are using charge ahead on hunting horn it makes every monstie activate their powered up mode. also why can nergigante fly during joint kinship but nowhere else

[@Reyd0r]

Nergigante can enter his full spike mode simply by applying a damage increasing skill.
You can ebem simply achieve this by using cheer but i also opted to give mine the skills: Sharpen Blades (Nargacuga) and Onslaught Roar (Monoblos) so he has a way to not only go e himself a boost but also my Rider and potential Hunting Buddies.

[@TheMidnightEffy]

I haven't finished the story yet and I had a few nutrients, thanks!

[@thegreatlagi9974]

Saw a duo ratha attack that was kinda like silver rath's kinship from stories 1. Pretty cool

[@CruisinDelusion]

I believe you get an attack/defense boost from whatever weapon/armor you're wearing if it matches the species of your active monstie in battle. Idk if that's completely true. I just read that online somewhere. Pls correct me if I'm wrong. 😅

[@primordialsun]

"I don't know who would kick Ena front heir party"
Me who just kicked Ena minutes before opening the video: yeah who would do such a thing....

[@schlexhtermeuch5325]

First thing also works with a bot, because you can open map, and see where the monster is

[@The_Jho]

Bloodbath can go into his glow mode just by you cheering, it’s amazing

[@Polopollo75]

Velkhana with Zamtios' Ice Armor will have its ice armor :)

[@lordfangar5671]

Thunder clad (Thanks thunder lord for ultra voltage) on astalos makes him go green mode, fire clad (thanks pink rathian for valiant flare) on glavenus makes throat glow and sword on fire

[@dinodan1214]

Anything on Brachy? I tried it With Glavenus's clad gene, but nothing happened. Maybe it will work with pink rath?

[@lordfangar5671]

@@dinodan1214 yeah, I havent found a way to get brachy to go into his rage state yet

[@SilverTwinkle]

For the first one you can also use the sticker menu.
For the second one you just need to buff their elemental attack (HH Awakening is my pick there)

[@KylesCorner96]

I’m just wrapping up my weapon building and deco creation in Rise then eagerly jumping into Stories 2

[@fluqueen3926]

You can get Nergigante in his super mode as well if you use the Ability Cheer. His spikes will grow bigger and he will make way more damage😍

[@allison9093]

Oml I've been calling nutriments nutrients this whole time, I had no idea 😑

[@bankaiwarrior1]

something i've overlooked till just yesterday is being able to make preset teams while editing monster party

[@dolan-duk]

Apparently the sticker menu (-) works for the monster dodging too and you can see the monster yourself.

[@sadeknight9112]

Didn’t know about the I-frames on pausing but I just found out you get the same effect by bringing up the Navirou stickers, upside of this is you can see for yourself when you can move again

[@microslavery]

I kicked her from the party because I felt bad for the poor Palamute to have to carry 3 people - while running, jumping, and climbing.

[@themeow-sician1664]

#1 all kinship attacks are canon
And I knew about the nergi duo kinship attack

[@impcityangel3245]

So did I.

[@GoldenLigerZero]

Yo I found a secret kinship between the razewing and an azure liolaeus, even posted it to twitter

[@knox2740]

Nergigante with pump up makes the spikes grow

[@joetheturtle7768]

Oh by the way: for those of you like me who didn’t know, you can use nutrients on yourself too

[@WelshGiraffa]

I’ve had the duo attack with double Astalos

[@schlexhtermeuch5325]

I found out the first trick by my self, I was scared of an elder dragon and pressed x randomly, so first I was thinking that this was a bug, but it wasn´t really helpful

[@mewoo9019]

Sharpen blades makes Nargacuga's tail open and eyes glow red. Works on all its versions.

[@Austin555661]

I've occasionally had a tigrex get all veiny and redder, kinda like the super mode you explained
No idea what causes it, just happens in longer fights I find

[@eat_mymcbob6211]

it happens when it gets a damage boost to every monster that can rage.Wild tigrex gets veins and red eyes when enraged,and the monstie tigrex gets veins and red eyes when u boost him.

[@evil2454]

You can open the map or sticker menu, that way you can see the monster, thats what I do when I go solo in co-op quests.

[@wilsonmai4327]

I didn't kno what those Nutrients were I guess I gotta use em then

[@kory_misun]

Hollow, I have forgotten to buff myself with Nutriments... Jeez.

[@bmprojects3235]

Thank you Hollow. Many and useful tips

[@Kemzter]

For tip 1, you can actually just pull up the stickers menu so you will see where the monster is yourself

[@baritonamekian3639]

Both Hollow and I named our Nergigante Brutus lmao

[@cameronsmith1229]

These were all interesting and useful. Thank you.

[@alihamadqabazard2857]

I genuinely didn’t know that the Nutriments are actually this important thank god I checked. And also from now I should choose Treasure hunter instead of the other options got my Monstie expeditions?

[@AizenJabberwock]

Dude that "same kind genes don't stack" tip really killed a lot of ideas/builds I had in mind, wtf.. thanks though!

[@KorilD]

Same. Really disappointing, but good to know now rather than later!

[@Saphira3441]

Me and my bf way to avoid a fight is one of us, mostly me, grabs the first egg and steals it then runs decoy for the other when the monster shows up so they can get out.

[@astralguardian5930]

Prayer Pot now is a legit thing to use in Stories 2 compared to Stories 1. The fact it gets stronger with more use and of course there also best charm for grinding eggs. Allowing you to find more platinum glow eggs and thus rare genes for best builds

[@CrunchyMew]

I managed to pull off one of the secret double kinships with a Pink Rathian it was some flying one where they made an orb and shot it

[@PrancingPanda_]

Azure Rathalos and Astalos have a duo kinship attack

[@arrayando]

2 and 3 I didn't know. Thank you!

[@sther1349]

Love the tips!

[@Life-dv6lo]

Instead of using eggs and menu use the map you can see the monster on the map and it will also work