How to get Gracium Ore in Monster Hunter Wilds

Gracium Ore is a material in Monster Hunter Wilds. It’s only found after you finish main campaign, hit High Rank, and can travel into the more difficult versions of its environments. You’ll need it if you want to upgrade some of your metal items to their higher tier versions.

In this Monster Hunter Wilds guide, we’ll walk you through how to get Gracium Ore and what kinds of items you can build with it.

Where to mine Gracium Ore in Monster Hunter Wilds

Once you’ve defeated the game’s flagship monster and finished the Low Rank campaign, you’ll be able to visit (most) of the game’s environments to get new, better materials. Gracium Ore is one of those new materials, and you can find it in the High Rank Iceshard Cliffs.

Load into the Iceshard Cliffs and set a marker on one of the Mining Outcrops — there are three in Area 8, near your base camp. Your mount should automatically take you to the ore.

Mine the rock and you’ll have a chance to get Gracium Ore. This ore is actually quite rare, so not every Mining Outcrop is going to have some. Ride your mount from Mining Outcrop to Mining Outcrop until you eventually find some.

If you exhaust all the Mining Outcrops in the Iceshard Cliffs and still need more Gracium Ore, wait for the Mining Outcrops to respawn, load into a new area and come back later, or just restart your game. If you’re looking for a specific amount of Gracium Ore to build an upgrade (more on that below), try wishlisting the item so the game will tell you when you’ve gathered enough.

What to use Gracium Ore for in Monster Hunter Wilds

Gracium Ore is mostly used for upgrading non-monster weapons and crafting non-monster armor pieces — similarly to Fucium Ore, another High Rank resource. Some pieces in the High Rank Artian armor set, for example, require Gracium Ore.

Gracium Ore is also required for upgrades to your metal weapons. You’ll need to craft many of these metal weapons (and their upgrades) if you want to build the monster-based weapons that build off of them. For example, you need to use Gracium Ore to craft the Metal Bagpipe 3 if you want to eventually craft the Jin Dhaang 1 Hunting Horn. Other weapons have similar upgrade pipelines that require Gracium Ore.

Need help navigating the Forbidden Lands? Our Monster Hunter Wilds guides can outline your progress with our main story walkthrough and monster list ahead of reaching High Rank, help you settle on an armament with our weapons list and best weapons explainers, and teach you how to uncover ores, bones, and get monster tails.