After defeating a monster for the first time inMonster Hunter Rise, players are likely to head to the forge to see what new armor and weapons they can make from the parts they just collected. While this is a key aspect of theMonster Hunterseries, there are also many unique items and pieces of gear that are not directly based on a specific monster. Shell-studded armor is one such gear set inMonster Hunter Rise.
Getting Dreamshells
The key item when making the shell studded armor set is the dreamshell item. To get this, players will want to go talk toRondine at the Buddy Plazaand then select “Order Items.” Here, players can select a buddy to send off to trade/collect certain items. Buddies will sometimes come back with other items in addition to the requested type of item. What type of bonus item is received depends on what the original item being asked for is.
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If players request mushrooms or bug related items (such as spider webs, honey, or flash bugs), then there are three types of bonus items that the buddy can come back with: dreamshells, blossom crickets, and butterfly beetles. Therefore, to get dreamshells, players simply need to send their buddy of to collect one of these types of materials and basically just kill time doing other quests.
Crafting Low Rank Shell-Studded Armor
Players can get the Shell-Studded armor in low rank and will need the follow materials to make the entire set:
The dreamshells can be found using the method described above. Tetranadon hides, as expected can be gained from hunting low rank Tetranadon. Sharp claws are thelow rank version of piercing clawsand can be obtained from Jagras, Ludroth, Uroktor, Rachnoid, and Izuchi. Aqua sacs can be obtained from low rank Tetranadon and Royal Ludroth.
Icium is an orethat can be found in the Frost Islands. Gajau skins and whiskers, as their name suggest, are carved from Gajau, the fish swimming around in areas such as, again, the Frost Islands. Great Izuchi hides are also pretty self explanatory and players likely have some already since Great Izuchi is an urgent quest. Finally, spongy hides are obtained from Royal Ludroth.
Once all the materials have been gathered and the armor has been forged, it will have these skills with the following descriptors from the game:
As can be seen from the skills, the Shell-Studded armor is verybowgun and bow friendlyand the same holds true for the High Rank version.
Crafting High Rank Shell-Studded S Armor
In order to craft the high rank version of the Shell-Studded armor, players will need the following in total:
The 5 dreamshells are exactly the same as the low rank version, so the same method applies. Somnacanth Talons+ are from high rank Somnacanth. Gajau Whiskers+ are from high rank Gajau. Monster hardbones are quest rewards and drops from high rank Somnacanth. Pearl hides are fromhigh rank Khezu. Novacrystals are rare drops from the uncommon ore nodes in the Flooded Forest. Tetranadon hides+ are from high rank Tetrandon, Mizutsune fins+ are from high rank Mizutsune, and Great Izuchi hides+ are from high rank Great Izuchi. Gracium is also a high rank ore from the Frost Islands. Both gracium and novacrystals can also be awarded for completing some subquests.
Oncethe high rank armoris crafted it has these skills, again, with the game’s descriptors of the skills:
The full high rank armor also has 8 level one decoration slots, 1 level 2 decoration slot, and 1 level 3 decoration slot.
Monster Hunter Riseis now available for the Nintendo Switch. A PC release is slated for 2022.
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