All armors in Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflections and how to unlock them

Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflections allows you to make plenty of tweaks to your character, and you can equip different armors to withstand the fights.

While you’re no longer playing as a Hunter, there’s a fair amount of monsties to defeat. You’ll need proper protection when you go up against the tougher creatures. This guide will provide you with complete information about every piece of armor you can find in the game.

How to unlock every armor in Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflections

The tables below are separated according to the different elements that are present in Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflections.

Normal Element

Name	How to Unlock	Defense Value	Skills
Arzuros	Defeat an Arzuros	82	All-Elem Def Boost (M) Item Saver (S)
Alloy	Receive as a recipe from a Teasure Chest	68	Critical (S) Water Atk Boost (S)
Barroth	Defeat a Barroth	122	Potential (M) Instigator (M)
Gravios U	Defeat a Black Gravios	170	Potential (L) Antiburn (L) Dragon Buster (M)

Fire Element

Name	How to Unlock	Defense Value	Skills
Arkvulcan	Defeat an Arkveld outside the one you encounter during the story	170	Synchronize (XL) Stamina Surge (L) Tenacity (M)
Ajakaran	Defeat an Ajakaran	128	Bombardier (M) Blightproof (M) Partbreaker (S
Azure	Gain as a recipe from Treasure Chest	116	All-Elem Def Boost (M) Panacea (M) Potential (M)
Aknosom	Defeat an Aknosom	100	Fire Atk Boost (M) Dancer (S)
Anja	Defeat an Anjanth	82	Fire Def Boost (M) Vicious (S)
Brachydios	Defeat a Brachydios	150	Bombardier (L) Vicious (M) Tenacity (S)
Barioth U	Defeat a Sand Barioth	164	Darkness Resistance (L) Evasion Instinct (L) Evasion Ability (L)
Bishaten U	Defeat a Blood Orange Bishaten	138	Fire Def Boost (M) Antiburn (M) Vigilance (M)
Diablos	Defeat a Diablos	140	Potential (L) Heroics (M) Vigilance (M)
Diablos Nero	Defeat a Black Diablos	162	Slugger (L) Partbreaker (M) Dragon Buster (M)
Espinas	Defeat an Espinas	150	Inflict Rate Up (L) Salt In Wound (M) Partbreaker (S)
Gravios	Defeat a Gravios	144	All-Elem Def Boost (L) Insomniac (L) Instigator (L)
Glavenus	Defeat a Glavenus (Horned variant doesn’t qualify)	148	Elemental Breaker (L) Elemental Assault (M)
Garuga	Defeat a Yian Garuga	132	Vicious (M) Inflict Rate Up (M) Antivenom (S)
Izuchi	Defeat a Great Izuchi	N/A	Critical (S) Stamina Boost (S) Quick (S)
Kut-Kn U	Defeat a Blue Yian Kut-Kn	68	Fire Atk Boost (S) Critical (S)
Kut-Kn	Defeat a Yian Kut-Kn	62	Fire Def Boost (S) Antiburn (S)
Odogaron	Defeat an Odogaron	124	Antibleed (L) Stamina Boost (S) Stamina Surge (S)
Rath Soul	Defeat a Pink Rathian	168	Critical (XL) Critical Kinship (L) All-Out (L)
Rathalos	Defeat a Rathalos	150	Partbreaker (L) Fire ATk Boost (L) Soul Kinship (M)
Rakna	Defeat a Rakna-Kadaki	132	Stamina Boost (M) Stamina Surge (M)Rath Heart
Rath Heart	Defeat an Azure Rathalos	108	Self-Heal (M) Crit-Heal (M)
Ranger	Default	52	Den Protector (S)
Rathian	Defeat a Rathian	N/A	Den Protector (S) Health Boost (S)
Regios	Defeat a Seregios	164	Critical (L) Antibleed (L) Evasion Ability (M)
Sinister	Defeat a Magnamalo apart from the story boss fight	162	HtH Master (XL) Blightproof (L) Fortify (M)
Tigrex	Defeat a Tigrex	136	HtH Master (M) Potential (M) Dragon Buster (S)
Tigrex U	Defeat a Bruite Tigrex	168	Non-Elem Atk Boost (L) Kinship Skill+ (L) Fortify (L)

Water Element

Name	How to Unlock	Defense Value	Skills
Almudron	Defeat an Almudron outside the one in the story	118	Elemental Assault (M) Elemental Breaker (M)
Damascus	Can be found in a Treasure Chest	164	All-Elem Def Boost (L) Panacea (M) Tenacity (S)
Edel	Can be found in a Treasure Chest	82	Antivenom (M) Item Saver (M) Elemental Assault (XL)
Golm	Defeat a Garangolm	134	All-Out (L) All-Elem Def Boost (M)
Ludroth U	Defeat a Purple Royal Ludroth	108	Antivenom (L) Salt In Wound (M) Water Atk Boost (S)
Lumu	Defeat a Paolumu	62	Divine Blessing (S) Stamina Surge (S)
Leather	Available by default	54	Synchronize (S)
Ludroth	Defeat a Ludroth	62	Water Def Boost (S) Sealbreaker (S)
Malzeno	Defeat a Malzeno	170	Self-Heal (XL) Weak Point (L) Crit-Heal (M)
Mizutsune	Defeat a Mizutsune	138	Dancer (M) Evasion Ability (M) Water AtkBoost (M)
Plesioth	Defeat a Plesioth	102	All-Out (M) Water Def Boost (M) Den Protector (S)
Pukei-Pukei	Defeat a Pukei-Pukei	82	Antivenom (M) Inflict Rate Up (M) Item Saver (S)
Plesioth U	Defeat a Green Plesioth	132	Water Atk Boost (M) Synchronize (M) Stamina Boost (S)
Somnacanth	Defeat a Somnacanth	100	Inflict Rate Up (M) Insoniac (M) Salt In Wound (S)
Tentacle	Acquire any Namielle material	174	All-Out (XL) Stamina Boost (L) Stamina Surge (L)
Tetranadon	Defeat a Tetranadon	82	Stamina Boost (M) Stamina Surge (S) Water Atk Boost (S)

Ice Element

Name	How to Unlock	Defense Value	Skills
Barroth U	Defeat a Jade Barroth	154	Anti 1-Hit KO (L) Slugger (M) Potential (M)
Blango	Defeat a Blango	138	Ice Def Boost (L) Elemental Breaker (M)
Barioth	Defeat a Barioth	160	Sealbreaker (L) Critical (L) Partbreaker (M)
Goss Harag	Defeat a Goss Harag	164	Heroics (L) Dragon Buster (L) Health Boost (M)
High Metal	Can be obtained from a Treasure Chest	138	Health Boost (L) Anti 1-Hit KO (M)
Hunter	Available by default	54	Non-ElemDef Boost (S)
Kululu	Defeat a Kulu-Ya-Ku	118	Slugger (M) Critical (S)
Lunagaron	Defeat a Lunagaron	162	Vigilance (L) Evasion Instinct (L) Heroics (M)
Legiana	Defeat a Legiana	160	Quick (L) Ice Atk Boost (L) Divine Blessing (M)
Nargacuga	Defeat a Nargacuga	132	Evasion Ability (L) Critical (M) Quick (S)
Nargacuga U	Defeat a Nargacuga	154	Evasion Instinct (L) Quick (L) Stamina Surge (M)
Rimeguard	Defeat a Velkhana and obtain any material	174	Kinship Skill+ (XL) Panacea (L) Divine Blessing (L)
Somnacanth U	Defeat a Somancanth	108	Ice Atk Boost (M) Soul Kinship (M) Elemental Assault (S)

Thunder Element

Name	How to Unlock	Defense Value	Skills
Astalos	Defeat an Astalos	150	Elemental Assault (L) Stamina Surge (M) Antiparalysis (M)
Bone	Available by default	54	Non-Elem Atk Boost (S)
Fulgur Anja	Defeat an Anjanth	150	Item Saver (L) Thunder Atk Boost (L) Weak Point (M)
Gypceros U	Defeat a Gypceros	68	Vigilance (S) Fortify (S)
Gypceros	Defeat Gypceros	62	Antivenom (S) Darkness Resistance (S) Thunder Def Boost (S)
Khezu U	Defeat a Khezu	108	Amtiparalysis (M) Crit-Heal (M)
Khezu	Defeat a Khezu	100	Thunder Def Boost (M) Self-Heal (M) Anitparalysis (S)
Kadachi	Defeat a Tobi-Kadachi	64	Thunder Atk Boost (M) Evasion Ability (S)
Lagiacrus	Defeat a Lagiacrus	110	Thunder Def Boost (M) Soul Kinship (M) Kinship SKill+ (M)
Lagiacrus U	Defeat a Lagiacrus	150	Thunder AtkBoost (L) All-ElemDef Boost (M) Partbreaker (M)
Rey Dau	Defeat a Rey Dau	150	Vicious (L) All-Out (M) Elemental Assault (M)
Zinogre	Defeat a Zinogre	150	Partner (L) Vigilance (M) Wea Point (S)

Dragon Element

Name	How to Unlock	Defense Value	Skills
Bnahabra	Defeat a Bnahabra	62	Inflict Rate Up (S) Dragon Def Boost (S)
Bishaten	Defeat a Bishaten	82	Item Saver (M) All-Out (S)
Chatacabra	Defeat a Chatacabra	62	Health Boost (S) Item Saver (S) Instigator (S)
Ceanataur	Defeat a Ceanataur	118	Dancer (M) Partner (M)
Nescylla	Defeat a Nerscylla	64	Insomniac (S) Inflict Rate Up (M) Anti 1-Hit KO (S)
Nerscylla U	Defeat a Nerscylla	138	Panacea (M) Evasion Ability (S) Critical (S)
Zinogre U	Defeat a Zinogre	168	Dragon Atk Boost (XL) Dancer (L) Partner (M)

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Setting up an amazing squad in Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection is easier said than done, as you’ll need to look for monsties with the best possible stats.

This task is easier said than done. While you can always hatch the best of eggs, that doesn’t guarantee a perfect monstie. Instead, you’ll need to look for something called genes and master the concept.

How do genes work in Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection

Every monstie has a dedicated set of Active and Passive skills. The number and types of skills of a monstie are determined by genes. If you refer to the image below, you’ll find a young Rathalos that’s available for all of us at the start of a journey.

Notice the bottom right corner, and you’ll find nine slots in a 3×3 grid. This grid is applicable for every monstie when they hatch. Some of the slots will be filled, and some will be empty. To get your perfect mostie, you’ll need to fill these empty slots. Having nine filled slots will give the mostie the best set of skills.

While not all their slots might be filled at the start, you can inherit additional genes from other creatures. To do so, you need to understand how Bingo and Rite of Channeling work.

How does Rite of Channeling and Bingo work in Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection

Rite of Channeling allows you to switch the genes from one monstie to another. You can do so in different ways.

• Directly swap the genes from one monstie to another.
• Manually select which gene/genes you want to swap.
• Select the monsties and the genes you want to swap.

Once the swap is complete, you can continue to modify the genes of your selected monstie until you’ve filled all nine slots. However, randomly filling the slots is not the most optimal thing to do.

When you use Rite of Channeling, you should match up genes to get the maximum possible bonus. If you manage to do so, your monstie will have an extra 5% damage as a bonus for all Power attacks. To do so, you need to match three Power genes in a row. You can match them vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.

You’ll get the bonus damage for a Bingo even if the associated element and attack type don’t match. If they do, however, then you can get multiple Bingos in a single row.

To build up your perfect monstie, Excursions are important as well.

How do Excursions work in Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection

You can send your monstie on an Excursion to make it gain different stat bonuses and Environment Skills. To do so, you’ll need Training Talisman, which can be purchased from the Melynx Emporium. They’re expensive, so you should ration them properly. Additionally, only one monstie can be sent on an Excursion at any time.

To gain Environmental Skills, you’ll need to pay attention to whether the monstie was present in that region. If you add a monstie to a habitat and then send it on an Excursion at the same place, it will be able to learn new skills based on their Environment Rank.

The ultimate aim is to have three S-rank Environment Skills active on your monstie at once. Three is the maximum number of Environment Skills any monstie can have. If you send them to a region they’re unfamiliar with, your monstie will only learn the stat bonuses.

Every Environment Skill has three ranks for each region: B, A, and S. Your monstie can access the Skill if their Ecosystem Rank matches the region’s grade. Additionally, you can also Awaken every Environment Skill if your monstie has the required genes.

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