Monster Hunter Origins - Mechanics

Monster Hunter Origins - Mechanics

Normal Elements[]

Name	Icon	About
Fire		Fire (Japanese 火) is a common element found in the world. Many species of wyverns are imbued with it. Using Flame Sacs or other flammable materials, hunters can forge weapons with fire element, as well as armor.Being hit by a fire attributed attack (like a Rathalos's fire blast, or an Agnaktor's fire beam) inflicts a secondary effect called Fireblight, which slowly lowers the red part of the health bar before reducing the green section of health. This can be removed by rolling three times, or just once into water Monsters: Vuldra, Yian Kut-Ku, Blue Yian Kut-Ku, Yian Garuga, Rathian, Pink Rathian, Gold Rathian, Rathalos, Azure Rathalos, Silver Rathalos, Basarios, Gravios, Black Gravios, Vulmandra, Phoradius, Torukados, Cabal Sadora, Fatalis
Water		Water (Japanese 水) is an element that is extremely abundant in the world. Weapons and armor can be imbued with the element of water. Being hit by a water attributed attack will inflict Waterblight, which lowers the rate at which stamina recovers. Monsters: Arutaku, Cetadroth, Trasuros, Plesioth, Green Plesioth, Calshiro, Matsutakos, Phoradius, Konxusakan, Edo Katumataur, Chaunumakara, Ensepronantus, Malakuma
Ice		Ice (Japanese 氷) is an element that is found in the world. Every ice attributed attack induces Iceblight, which causes the hunter's Stamina to be depleted rapidly while sprinting or other similar actions. Some ice attacks may also inflict the Snowman status, which encases the hunter in a chunk of snow. Monsters: Furoshida, Torukados, Chaunumakara, Cerulean Fatalis
Thunder		Thunder (Japanese 雷) is an element that is uncommonly found in the world. Being hit by a thunder attributed attack induces a status called Thunderblight, which causes hunters to become stunned more easily. Monsters: Khezu, Red Khezu, Astalos, Kirin, Pozo'garia, Dendastroth
Earth		Earth Element (Japanese 土) as the name suggests, is based on earth being launched towards the target. When hit by a monster's Earth attack, players may experience Earthblight. It causes the hunter's weapon's sharpness to decrease and causes their attacks to bounce off from monsters more often. Monsters: Cephadrome, Gnollidos, Monoblos, White Monoblos, Caricorax, Kharotosa, Apavitavar
Dragon		Dragon (Japanese 龍) is a special element in the sense that it can be devastating only to monsters that are dragons or have dragon lineage. As with other elements, the damage dealt varies with each monster. Dragon attacks dealt by monsters have the ability to inflict Dragonblight, it will drastically reduce a weapon's elemental attribute. It will also lower special ratings such as poison, paralysis, slime etc. Some Dragon elemental weapons are able to temporarily disable Elder Dragon special abilities. Monsters: Warudakos, Pozo'garia, Cabal Sadora, Lao-Shan Lung, Amoshi Varanai, Fatalis, Crimson Fatalis, Malakuma

Irregular Elements[]

Note: Irregular Elements are a collection of elements that are irregular within the roster of the standard elements the games have always been familiar with, there are generally multiple aspects about Irregular Elements:

1: They're much rarer in weapon trees and used by monsters that are also rarer (these kind of monsters mostly only appear through endgame or at-least post-story).

2: Most of these are a hybridization of the standard elements that apply the effects of all the standard elements that is mixed to form the irregular element.

3: They all have very distinct and unique blight effects that are generally far more devastating than the average fireblight or thunderblight.

Normal Elements[]

Name	Icon	About
Inferno		The Inferno Element is a combination of Fire (120%) and Wind (80%). Infernoblight combines both Fireblight and Windblight and increases the blur effect in an area under a heat effect. Monsters: Cabal Sadora
Thunder Pole		The Thunder Pole Element (Japanese 雷極) is a combination of Thunder (70%), and Dragon (70%). The Fanon Thunder Poleblight combines the effects of Thunderblight and Dragonblight and increases the chance that a hunter will be targeted by Thunder Element attacks. Monsters: Dendastroth
Kanade		The Kanade Element (Japanese 奏) is a combination of Water (100%), and Ice (100%). The Fanon Kanadeblight combines the effects of Waterblight and Iceblight and will also make any Water Element attacks also do Ice Element damage. Monsters: Chaunumakara
Eternal Ice		The Eternal Ice Element is a combination of Ice (150%) and Dragon (50%). This can inflict a combined blight of Severe Iceblight and Dragonblight. It will also make hunters take more damage from Ice Element attacks and take longer to escape from the Snowman Ailment. It normally lasts for 40 seconds, but can be made higher or lower lasting under certain circumstances. Monsters: Cerulean Fatalis
Magma		The Magma Element is a combination of Earth(40%) and Fire(80%). Magmablight combines the effects of Fireblight and Earthblight and also immobilises a hunter in stone if they roll or jump into a watery surface. Monsters: Vatroblos
Plasma		The Plasma Element is a combination of Fire (100%), Thunder (100%), and Dragon (20%). Plasmablight combines the effects of Fireblight, Thunderblight and Dragonblight and makes a hunter more vulnerable to the Anti-Grav status effect and causes Plasma Elemental attacks to do more damage. Monsters: Pozo'garia

Status Effects[]

Name	Icon	About
Poison		Poison (Japanese 毒) is a common status effect that causes a gradual loss of health over a period of time. Once the Poison has worn off, the red portion of the health bar will recover slowly. Depending on the monster and the rank of the quest, the Poison can drain the health bar at a faster rate than normal. The duration of Poison can be increased, decreased, or negated altogether with an appropriate skill. Poison is indicated visually by purple bubbles emitted by the victim. Methods of remedy are Antidotes, Bitterbugs (50%), Antidote Herbs (50%), Herbal Medicines or waiting it out. Monsters: Poisontoad, Poisonous Plants (Interacting with these plants will inflict the effect), Ioprey, Shakalaka, Iodrome, Gypceros, Purple Gypceros, Basarios, Rathian, Rathalos, Azure Rathalos, Gosstalessa, Apavitavar
Venom		Noxious Poison (Japanese 猛毒) is a stronger version of Poison that reduces health at a faster rate. Methods of remedy are Antidotes, Bitterbugs (50%), Antidote Herbs (50%), Herbal Medicines or waiting it out. Monsters: Latrogadaki, Pink Rathian, Gold Rathian, Yian Garuga
Hydrotoxin		Hydrotoxin is an ailment that drains the health of hunters at a rate like that of Noxious Poison while also causing the maximum stamina of hunters to decrease every 5 seconds. Additionally, a hunter's oxygen will decrease faster when they have this ailment underwater. Methods of remedy is a special drink known as the Remedy Drink that is the combined result of a Nulberry and Antidote. Monsters: Akko-Akko, Edo Katumataur
Paralysis		Paralysis (Japanese 麻痺) is a dreaded status effect that completely immobilizes for a certain period of time, leaving the victim helpless. Upon being Paralyzed, the Hunter will fall down on their face (or remain motionless in an arched position underwater) and yellow sparks of lightning will be seen passing through their body. The duration of Paralysis can be increased, decreased, or negated altogether with an appropriate skill. There is nothing a Hunter can do but to wait for the Paralysis to wear off or for certain attacks to send them flying. This status effect had been previously known as "Stun" in the early Monster Hunter games, but has recently been referred to as "Paralysis" to better differentiate it from the ailment caused by Flash Bombs and Impact-type attacks. Methods of remedy are attacks that cause knockback or waiting it out. Monsters: Paraplegia Vines (Interacting with these results in the effects), Paratoad, Vespoid, Genprey, Cephalos, Gendrome, Vespoid Queen, Khezu, Red Khezu, Cephadrome, Konxusakan, Astalos, Kirin, Dendastroth, Apavitavar
Sleep		Sleep (Japanese 睡眠) is an effect similar to Paralysis in that it leaves the Hunter unable to do anything. However, damage taken when asleep is greatly increased and will end the status after one hit. The duration of Sleep can be increased, decreased, or negated altogether with an appropriate skill. One does not immediately fall asleep when Sleep is inflicted. Instead, the Hunter will become drowsy allowing an Energy Drink to be used if the player is fast enough, negating the effect before falling asleep. Any non-Sleep inducing monster attack will wake up the Hunter again, and also those from fellow Hunters or Felyne/Shakalaka comrades. Leaving the area also appears to rid the Hunter of the status, but it's uncommon to receive this whilst close enough to an exit. Method of remedy are getting hit once (by monster or comrade), Energy Drinks or waiting it out. Monsters: Sleeptoad, Basarios, Latrogadaki, Calshiro, Plesioth, Green Plesioth, Gravios, Edo Katumataur, Gosstalessa, Chaunumakara, Apavitavar, Cerulean Fatalis
Stun		Stun (Japanese 気絶) occurs when a Hunter receives many attacks in a short period of time. When Stunned/Knocked Out, movement, attacking and items are completely disabled. The visual indication is a ring of yellow stars spinning above the affected target's head. All monsters can inflict Stun by means of repeated physical attacks, but some can inflict it immediately by emitting an extremely bright flash of light, or another special technique. When a monster is inflicted with it by use of a Flash Bomb, it attacks randomly until the effect wears off and if inflicted by repeated Impact-type attacks (such as Hammer or Hunting Horn), the monster is completely immobilized for a short while. If a Flash Bomb is used then the monster is KO'd by an Impact hit, more stars circle around its head than normal but the effect duration is the same. The duration of the stun can be increased, decreased, or negated altogether with an appropriate skill. By rotating the analog stick used for movement in a circular motion and tapping the evasion button, the player can snap out of it on their own. Method of remedy is repeatedly rotating the left analog stick. Monsters: Repeated attacks from all monsters has a medium chance to inflict the effect, Gypceros, Purple Gypceros, Rathalos, Azure Rathalos, White Monoblos
Blastblight		Blastblight (Japanese 睡眠) is a status will cover the Hunter in explosive powder. Movement isn't hindered, but Hunters affected by it suffer a damaging explosion if struck by a monster, or if the status isn't rid of quickly by rolling a few times. Even blocked attacks can inflict this status. When affected, all blocking attempts will fail so it is advised to pay attention to the status icons next to the Hunter's name. Method of remedy is rolling multiple times or using a Deodorant. Monsters: Nitrotoad, Radaku, Bamoliba, Rakuthanos, Matsutakos, Blue Yian Kut-Ku, Black Gravios, Cabal Sadora, Apavitavar
Blastsoot		Blastsoot (formally known as Hellfireblight) is a status similar to Blastblight except it builds up as the hunter moves around and also leaves being lingering hellfire dust as the hunter moves around. The lingering hellfire dust that is left as the hunter moves around will eventually detonate alongside the standard explosion; resulting in a mass array of explosions. Method of remedy is rolling multiple times or using a Deodorant. Monsters: Rakuthanos, Crimson Fatalis
Blastscourge		Blastscourge (Japanese N/A) is a more potent form of Blastblight that comes physically as an explosive slime or liquid instead of powder and is more difficult to remove with the damage upon detonation increasing the longer the status stays active. Essentially, it is Severe Blastblight. Method of remedy is rolling five times, rolling in water or using a Deodorant. Monsters: Phoradius, Amoshi Varanai, Crimson Fatalis
Bleeding		Bleeding (Japanese 裂傷) is an effect when the Hunter takes damage when performing certain actions. Running, rolling, and attacking will all cause the affected Hunter to take damage due to bleeding. Hunters won't take damage when walking. Method of remedy is consuming a Well-Done Steak, Mosswine Jerky or staying crouched for several seconds. Monsters: Thorn Bushes (Being present in the radius of these for too long will grant the effect), Velocidrome (High Rank Only), Monoblos, White Monoblos, Caricorax, Cabal Sadora, Ensepronantus
Bloodied		The status effect, Blood, makes the affected hunter aggressively targeted by monsters, mostly of predatory nature, either generally like the Taunt skill or more likely to have the monster use pin attacks that result in the hunter being eaten for stamina regain and attracts any meat eaters to the area. Once in the area, they will attack any hunter with this status on them. This status also decreases natural health regeneration and health regained from health restoring items Monsters: Zarog Shikami
Defense Down		Defense Down (Japanese 防御力低下) is a status that lowers a Hunter's overall Defense. Lasts for a certain period of time but can also be cured with Defense-increasing items. Method of remedy is consuming Armor Seeds, Armorskins, Mega Armorskins, using the Armor Horn or waiting it out. Monsters: Vespoid Queen
Resistance Down		Resistance Down (Japanese N/A) is a status that lowers a Hunter's Elemental Resistance Stats. Lasts for a certain period of time but can also be cured with Defense-increasing items. Method of remedy is consuming Armor Seeds, Armorskins, Mega Armorskins, using the Armor Horn or waiting it out. Monsters: Vespoid Queen
Fatigue		Fatigue (Japanese N/A) An extremely rare status effect where a Hunter's Stamina is dropped to its lowest level and they become unable to use most Stamina restoring items for a small period of time. Fatigue is indicated visually by green clouds rising from the Hunter. This effect is in two stages with the first stage only dropping the stamina bar to zero but still able to gradually recover while the second stage completely eradicates your stamina bar; dropping it to the lowest point. Method of remedy is consuming an Energy Drink or an Ancient Potion. Monsters: Apavitavar
Vocal Cord Paralysis		Vocal Cord Paralysis (Japanese N/A) The Hunter becomes unable to use voice-chat or the keyboard chat while the in-game chat will occasionally glitch out with fake messages that attempt to lure the hunter. Method of remedy is waiting for it to wear off or killing the monster responsible for the effect. Monsters: Warudakos, Gosstalessa
Suppression		Suppression (Japanese N/A) is a dangerous status that has two stages. What suppression does in the first stage is cancel out any buffs the hunter currently has, and prevents them from gaining new ones. Ranging from attack and defense buffs to even dash juice effects. Note that if the hunter have increased attack from an armor skill such as Peak Performance, the hunter will still gain that increased attack. However, in the second stage suppression will cancel out all armor skills as well. This includes negative armor skills. Getting hit by an attack that causes it will start out on the first stage. But if the hunter gets hit by another attack that causes it, that's when it will enter the second stage. Method of remedy is consuming a Nulberry or Hunting Horn Buffs during the first stage. For the second stage, the hunter has to wait for it to wear off. Monsters: Warudakos, Gosstalessa
Blindness		Blindness (Japanese N/A) is an effect where the Hunter becomes blinded, making the screen almost completely dark. The status will also cause hunters to damage themselves every time they use an item, because they cannot see what they're doing, like smashing potions into their face and cutting themselves using a Whetstone. Every consecutive inflicting attack will worsen the effects of this ailment, and if not cured it can potentially completely black-out the screen. Method of remedy is waiting for it to wear off or consuming an Energy Drink. Monsters: Konxusakan
Webbed		Webbed (Japanese 糸拘束状態) is an effect that immobilizes the Hunter and covers them in a sticky film which prevents movement. It is possible to break free relatively easily just by rotating the analog pad. Methods of remedy are consuming a Cleanser, rotating the left analog stick or getting hit by a teammate or monster. Monsters: Latrogadaki, Amoshi Varanai
Tangled		A status that is identical to the webbed status but takes the appearance of vines instead, This status can work underwater where it functions the same but separated from the ground. Monsters: Apavitavar
Salty		Salty (Japanese N/A) is a very rare status effect that causes hunters to lose health and feel as if they are in a hot environment. Method of remedy is consuming a Cool Drink. Monsters: Vatroblos
Confusion		Confusion (Japanese 混乱状態) is an extremely uncommon status that will force the hunter to perform a random gesture and then reverse the Hunter's movement controls. Method of remedy is consuming a Bitterbug, waiting it out or getting hit by a teammate or a monster. Monsters: Nimbus Flowers (Interacting with these uncommon flowers will have unfortunate side-effects), Calshiro, Gosstalessa
Corrosion		Corrosion (Japanese N/A) is a debilitating ailment that lowers a hunters defense and elemental resistances by half. This ailment also gradually drains the red portion of the health bar when hunters become injured. Hunters suffering from this ailment will be surrounded by a reddish orange haze. This affliction can be considered Severe Defense Down/Resistance Down. Methods of remedy are consuming Armorskins, Mega Armorskins, using an Armor Horn or waiting it out. Monsters: Caricorax
Frostbind		The hunters footing is bound in a player of ice, which will trap them to that spot and make movement next to impossible. Monsters: Cerulean Fatalis
Fear		Fear (Japanese N/A) is an extremely rare effect that causes the hunter to crouch downwards with their hands on the backs of their heads as they hallucinate things. This effect has two stages, the first being the hallucinating of the environment and creatures around the hunter; the second is when your hunter forcibly crouches down while covering their head with their hands, the hunter is still able to move around but only at walking speeds. The hunter can be broken out of this trance by attacking the monster and rotating the analog stick repeatedly when the hunter is in the cowering stage. Monsters: Dreadflowers (Interacting with these plants grant the effects), Gosstalessa, Malakuma

Physical Effects[]

Tremors: When monsters either stomp the ground or cause some kind of physical ground effect, hunters will be affected by the impact from the tremors caused by the effect with the hunter spinning around awkwardly for a few seconds; leaving them vulnerable. Although rare, there are some environmental effects that also cause Tremors such as falling boulders.

Supreme Tremors: An enhanced version of Tremors where the hunter is sent almost flying into the air from the attacks tremors; the hunter is left vulnerable for a longer period of time than standard Tremors. (This is based on the same enhanced Tremors effect in Frontier)

Roars: Most monsters roar so loud that hunters will cover ears as the sound-waves from the roar hits their ears; this generally leaves hunters vulnerable to attacks as they're recovering from the roar.

Supreme Roars: Very few monsters will have roars that are so loud that hunters will drop to their knees as they cover their ears to protect their eardrums from the loud roar; this leaves hunters more vulnerable to attacks than standard Roars. (This is based on the same enhanced Roar effect in Frontier)

Slipperiness: An uncommon effect caused by the aftermath of the Frostbind status. When the ground is slippery, the hunter has to be very careful not to sprint, otherwise the hunter will repeatedly slip and slide akin to the effects of Bubbleblight. It is important to note that repeatedly sprinting through slippery terrain will result in the hunter falling to the floor and taking minimal damage from the fall.

Temperature: A relatively common effect that is mostly dependent on the temperature of the surrounding environment, an example would be the open dunes sections of the Searing Dunes during the day or the lava sections of the Magma Belt requiring Cool Drinks to deal with the heat or utilizing Hot Drinks for the cold caves of the Ruined Wetlands and the frigid sections of the Sacred Shores.

Unlike in Monster Hunter Rise, it is now possible to inflict elemental blights on monsters with elemental weapons although this requires a minimum threshold of 500 of the element on the weapon in order for there to be a chance to apply the fore-mentioned effects. Note: Some monsters are immune to various element effects.

Elements

Applies a 'burning' effect upon the monster that rapidly drains their health.
Applies a 'drenching' effect that softens the breakable parts on a monster which makes that body part easier to break.
Applies a 'frigid' effect upon the monster that slows down their movement speed.
Applies a 'sparking' effect that makes the monster much more susceptible to stun.
Applies a 'gruelling' effect that makes the monster much more susceptible to flinching.
Applies a unique effect where it temporarily eviscerates the elements in the monster's elemental attacks.

Ailments

Knocks the monster down to the ground and leaves them vulnerable to attacks as they struggle to get back up.
Applies a 'poison' effect upon the monster that gradually drains their health.
Applies an effect upon the monster that completely immobilizes them.
Applies a 'tranquilizing' effect upon the monster that puts them to sleep.
Applies a 'concussive build-up' effect upon the monster that eventually explodes and deals additional damage to the monster.

Applies a 'corrosive' effect that softens all of the body parts on a monster which makes the body part much weaker to raw/non-elemental damage.

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Expeditions return and function similarly to how they function in Monster Hunter World although they have been merged with investigations; meaning that the rewards normally acquired through investigations is now granted upon completing them in Expeditions. There is also a vast array of distinct features dedicated to each locale when visited on an Expedition compared to visits on standard quests.

WIP

Treasure Hunts have a rare phenomena known as 'Obscure Species' which are rare recolours of monsters that grant rewards upon photographing or hunting; some can also lead the player to special treasure they wouldn't find normally.

Note: Obscure Species are not counted as new/separate monsters as they do not offer any separate materials/carves nor any equipment and they act the exact same as their base counterparts.