Crafting Artisan Weapons in Monster Hunter Wilds: A Guide

Curious about the new Artian weapons in *Monster Hunter Wilds*? These innovative weapons are a late-game feature that allow players to craft unique weapons tailored to their preferred stats and elements. Let's dive deep into everything you need to know about Artian weapons and how to get started with them.

How to Craft Artian Weapons in Monster Hunter Wilds

Unlocking the ability to craft Artian weapons is your first step. You'll need to complete the main storyline and reach High Rank. From there, you must defeat your first Tempered monster. Don't worry about spoilers; you'll recognize this formidable foe by the NPCs' comments on its toughness and numerous scars.

After triumphing over this beast, Gemma will initiate a conversation about Artian weapons, kicking off a tutorial that will guide you through the process. You'll learn that each weapon type requires three components to craft, and you must have at least one of each component type. But there's more to it.

Each component comes with a rarity value, an element type, and an Artian bonus. To craft a weapon, components must share the same rarity value. The weapon's elemental effect is determined by the element most prevalent among your components. For example, using two water and one lightning component results in a water-element weapon. If all three components are water, you'll get a stronger water infusion. However, using three different elements will yield a weapon without any elemental infusion.

The Artian bonus provides either an attack boost or an affinity boost. Attack enhances the overall damage your weapon can deal, while affinity increases your critical hit chance. Choose based on your playstyle. To craft these powerful weapons, you'll need Artian materials.

How to Get Artian Materials in Monster Hunter Wilds

Acquiring Artian materials is straightforward but requires hunting 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 easily identifiable on the map with a blue outline.

Defeating or capturing these Tempered monsters will reward you with Artian parts, which you can find among your main mission rewards and decorations. As your hunter rank increases, so does the rarity of these parts, naturally progressing with your gameplay. There's no strict correlation between the monster you hunt and the types of Artian drops you receive, so feel free to hunt the monsters you enjoy fighting or need parts from for other weapons or armor pieces.