Monster Hunter Now - Personal Notes

These are just my personal notes for the game. Information may be inaccurate, out of date, or personalized for my needs only. Feel free to use my notes as a template for your own notes!

Resources

• mhn.quest: I use it for gear planning, checking material costs, comparing weapon damage, and monster hitzone/break tables.
• MHN Discord: Find meta builds here.

Melee Cut Damage Guide

Unless otherwise stated, assume: No use of gyro (so can’t hit the wings).

	Default Tail		Default Head		Default Cutting damage
Monster	r6 Break	Bonus Breaks	Kill-Only	Special Farm	Tail Break
Great Jagras	Forelegs	Head → Stomach			Unbreakable
Kulu-Ya-Ku	Head	Forelegs			Unbreakable
Pukei-Pukei Coral Pukei-Pukei		Head
Barroth		Forelegs → Hindlegs	Forelegs
Great Girros	Head	Tail → Forelegs
Tobi-Kadachi		Head → Forelegs			Any damage
Paolumu Nightshade Paolumu		“Head”			Any damage
Jyuratodus	Head	Body → Tail		r2: Head	Any damage
Anjanath		Head → Hindlegs (2x)		r2: Tail
Rathian Pink Rathian		Head
Legiana	(Wings)	Tail → Head			Any damage
Diablos Black Diablos	Horns (2x)	Tail	Body / Tail
Rathalos Azure Rathalos		Head		r2: Tail
Radobaan	Head	Tail → Hindlegs (2x) → Body	Hindlegs
Banbaro	Horns (2x)	Tail → Hindlegs (2x)	Hindleg
Barioth		“Forearms” (2x) → Head
Zinogre		Forelegs → Head		r2: Tail
Tzitzi-Ya-Ku	Head (2x)				Unbreakable
Odogaron	Forelegs	Tail → Head → Hindlegs	Forelegs
Deviljho	Head	Tail → Body	Hindlegs / Head
Basarios	Head	Tail → Stomach	Stomach
Khezu	Head	Hindlegs (2x)			Unbreakable
Mizutsune		Head → Forearms (2x)
Kushala Daora	Head	Tail		r5: Tail

• Paolumu
  • *Can you only break Neck Pouch during flight phase? I’m not sure.
• Legiana
  • Bonus rewards are terrible for melee. Prefer to use ranged. Break both wings.

Builds and Materials I Need

My wishlist:

• (Common Pieces)
  • Head: Coral Pukei
  • Chest: Odogaron
  • Waist: Pink Rathian
  • Legs: Kulu
• Water
  • SnS: Jyura
  • Arms: Jyura
  • Legs: Jagras
• Thunder
  • SnS: Zinogre
  • Arms: Zinogre
  • Waist: Tobi
• Fire
  • SnS: Rathalos
  • Arms: Anja
  • Waist: Basarios
• Ice
  • SnS: Legiana
  • Arms: Barioth
  • Waist: Legiana
• Partbreaker
  • Head: Black Diablos
  • Chest: Banbaro
  • Arms: Rathian
  • Waist: Diablos
  • Legs: Diablos

I just enter my wishlist into https://mhn.quest/ and I delete according to the trash list, but I tend to keep all r2+ materials and most rare monster materials that I anticipate needing (such as Coral Pukei scales).