How to get Artian Weapons and how Reinforcement works in Monster Hunter Wilds

Artian weapons are new to Monster Hunter Wilds, offering an endgame grind to keep players chipping away at drops with their desired bonus rolls.

For a game packed with weapon types and crafting trees for each, Artian weapons arguably sit at the top of the pile. That’s partially down to their high base stats, but also because they can roll with randomized perks through earning the right materials, meaning they’re more flexible than the standard weapons that you craft from specific monster parts.

On this page, we’ll cover what Artian weapons offer and how they can be upgraded with Reinforcement as you step into Monster Hunter Wilds’ endgame.

What are Artian Weapons in Monster Hunter Wilds?

While every weapon in Monster Hunter needs to be crafted, Artian ones require different materials — Blades, Discs, Devices, and Tubes — and once crafted, can offer greater customization and higher base stats than most of the more standard weapons you’ll piece together across High Rank.

While some weapons crafted from monster parts will do just as much or more damage, Artian weapons can open up new avenues for buildcrafting.

Artian weapons can also have elemental damage types you can’t get on some weapons in the standard trees, so it’s never a bad idea to craft a repertoire of weapons as you go.

The general consensus among the community within the first few weeks since launch is that elemental damage tends to be better with Artian weapons, but raw damage is less clear-cut, meaning it’ll be important to have plenty of tools for each hunt.

How to get Artian Weapons in Monster Hunter Wilds

To unlock the ability to craft Artian weapons in Monster Hunter Wilds, you’ll need to progress the main story until Chapter 4, for when you are in High Rank.

There, a quest called “Wyvern Sparks and Rose Thorns” will pit you against a Guardian Anjanath, and your first Tempered monster with the insect-like Lala Barina.

Completion of the mission rewards a Damaged Weapon Shard, allowing for crafting of Artian I tier gear, and also allows you to tackle other Tempered monsters.

Once that quest is complete, you’ll get a new option at Gemma’s Forge in camp to “Forge Artian Weapons”.

How to craft Artian weapons in Monster Hunter Wilds

Once you’ve completed the aforementioned “Wyvern Sparks and Rose Thorns” quest, you’ll be able to craft an Artian weapon of your choosing, but each weapon type requires a different set of materials.

• Great Sword: Blade x 2, Tube
• Long Sword: Blade, Tube x 2
• Sword and Shield: Blade, Tube, Disc
• Dual Blades: Blade x 2, Disc
• Hammer: Disc x 2, Tube
• Hunting Horn: Disc, Device x 2
• Lance: Blade, Disc x 2
• Gunlance: Disc x 2, Device
• Switch Axe: Blade x 2, Device
• Charge Blade: Blade, Disc, Device
• Insect Glaive: Blade, Tube, Device
• Light Bowgun: Tube, Device x 2
• Heavy Bowgun: Disc, Tube, Device
• Bow: Tube x 2, Device

The Blades, Discs, and Tubes used all have varying elemental types, and the crafted weapon will have whichever is dominant — so two out of three being Fire type will give you a Fire weapon, for example.

Forging isn’t reversible, but breaking down weapons instead yields Reinforcement materials, which we’ll explain more on in a later section.

How to get Discs, Blades, Tubes, and Devices

All of the items required for Artian weapons can be earned from slaying Tempered Monsters. Remember, these are tougher than HR hunts, so be sure to prepare accordingly.

There’s also a Melding Pot at Suja, Peaks of Accord. In Chapter 5, you’ll be able to unlock the ability to turn your Artian Materials into others you may need. At the lofty heights of HR 100, it opens up the ability to craft the weapon parts needed to build the top tier of Artian weapons.

How to upgrade / Reinforce Artian Weapons

While Artian Weapons already come with strong stats, they can be Reinforced to imprint additional bonuses, not unlike upgrading armor, since you “plug in” the required materials to do so.

These bonuses come in one of five categories, with boosts to Attack, Affinity, Defense, Elements or Sharpness. However, each reinforcement will yield a new upgrade in one of those five areas at random, meaning you’ll want to keep trying to get your perfect roll each time. For example, while you may increase your Defense stat the first time, your next reinforcement could improve your Attack.

The required materials for Reinforcement are Drearisite, Specklite, Argecite, and Oricalcite, which you’ll find from Festival Shares at the Smelting Foundry (or via Nata), or by dismantling your unwanted Artian Weapons.

Weapons aren’t necessarily upgraded with each tier, but as you get better materials from weapon shards, you’ll be able to craft more powerful weapons.

The ever-shifting nature of Artian weapons will mean you’ll want to keep crafting fresh versions as you play more of Monster Hunter Wilds’ endgame, rolling the dice to keep working toward the roll that you want.