Of course, the armor isn’t merely for vanity.

Here’s a rundown of Wildss different skill types and how they interact with one another.

However,equipment skills have levels attached to them, meaning you canenhance them for additional effects.

A hunter and a Palico sitting atop a mount in Monster Hunter Wilds.

Creating your ideal skill loadout through strategic armor craftinggives you a lot of flexibility.

For example, there aremultiple armor setsthat fall under theFlexible Leathercraft umbrella.

Butterfly Leathercraft

Affinity Sliding

Increases your affinity while sliding.

A hunter posing with a sword and shield in Monster Hunter Wilds.

Flexible Leathercraft

Hunter Gatherer

Prevents knockback and increases speed when carving and gathering.

Fortifying Pelt

Fortify

Buffs attack and defense after fainting.

Can be used up to twice.

The Hunter Gatherer group skill activated in Monster Hunter Wilds.

Guardian’s Protection

Ward of Wyveria

Elemental and unique damage are reduced in the Ruins of Wyveria.

Guardian’s Pulse

Wylk Burst

Recovery speed of stamina and red gauge are buffed when near Wylkrystals.

Imparted Wisdom

Forager’s Luck

Increases the odds of finding rare gathering points.

Monster Hunter Wilds Elemental Weapons

Lord’s Favor

Inspiration

Increases attack when using Melody Effects or other area-of-effect abilities.

Lord’s Fury

Resuscitate

Increases attack when dealing with ailments.

Neopteron Alert

Honey Hunter

Increases the amount of honey you will gather.

Triple-A Games

Neopteron Camouflage

Fleetfoot

Buffs movement speed while crouching and makes it easier to escape monster aggro.

Scale Layering

Adrenaline

Reduces stamina depletion when health is below 40%.

Scaling Prowess

Master Mounter

Makes mounting and wounding monsters while mounted easier.

Monster Hunter

All group skillsrequire three armor pieces to be equippedin order to activate their effects.

Set Bonuses, Explained

Set bonuses operate similarly to group skills, but area bit more restrictive.

They require you touse armor from specific monstersto reap their benefits.

Interestingly, youdon’t actually need to have a full armor setin order to activate their abilities.

The first level activates when you havetwo pieces equipped, and the secondwhen you have four.