"Guide to Crafting Artian Weapons in Monster Hunter Wilds"

Curious about the new Artian weapons in *Monster Hunter Wilds*? These innovative weapons are a late-game feature that lets you craft unique weapons tailored to your preferred stats and elements. Here's everything you need to know about unlocking and crafting these powerful tools.

How to Craft Artian Weapons in Monster Hunter Wilds

To unlock the ability to craft Artian weapons, you'll first need to complete the main story and reach High Rank. Continue your journey until you successfully defeat your first Tempered monster. You'll recognize this monster by its distinctive scars and the comments from NPCs about its toughness.

After defeating this formidable foe, Gemma will approach you to discuss Artian weapons, initiating a tutorial that introduces you to their crafting process. Each Artian weapon requires three components, and you must have at least one of each type to craft a weapon. However, the crafting system goes deeper than just having the right components.

Each component comes with a rarity value, an element type, and an Artian bonus. For components to be compatible, they must share the same rarity value. The elemental effect of your weapon is determined by the element that appears most frequently among your components. For example, using two water and one lightning component will result in a water weapon. Using three water components will enhance the water infusion, but using three different elements will result in no elemental infusion at all.

The Artian bonus can either boost your attack, which increases your weapon's damage output, or your affinity, which enhances your critical hit chance. Your choice depends on your preferred playstyle. To craft these weapons, you'll need to gather Artian materials.

How to Get Artian Materials in Monster Hunter Wilds

Obtaining Artian materials involves 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 by their blue outlines.

Defeating or capturing a Tempered monster will reward you with Artian parts, which you can find among your main mission rewards and decorations. As your hunter rank increases, the rarity of these parts will also improve, naturally progressing with your gameplay. While there isn't a direct link between the monster you hunt and the specific Artian drops, focus on hunting monsters you enjoy fighting or those you need parts from for other weapons or armor pieces.