Biome Leveling Route In terms of what your biomes will end up looking like depends on the level of effort your patient enough to put in. Below is the most ideal biome leveling up route in terms of the total number monsters (including all elders) you'll be able to hunt in the end, but it involves leveling up one biome to level 6 and two biomes to level 7 in order to gain access to materials.

Monster Hunter: World - Extra NPCs in Astera Gathering Hub (Iceborne) v0.8 Mod by MHVuze Adds the following NPCs to the gathering hub: Vendor Smithy, Resource Center, Sailor (Botanist + Argosy), Tailraider Safari, Elder Melder, Researcher.
Rarity 6 weapons will have 3 augmentation slots and will require 1 Warrior's Streamstone for each, along with some other materials. Rarity 7 has 2 slots and requires 2 Warrior's Streamstones per slot.
Nov 20, 2019 4th Defense Augment takes 2 sockets and provides 15 extra defense along with a% chance to lessen damage taken (Decoration) Slot. 1st (Decoration) Slot Augment takes 3 sockets and provides 1 level 1 Decoration slot. 2nd (Decoration) Slot Augment takes 3 sockets and upgrades the previous level 1 Decoration slot into a level 2 Decoration slot.

Here are some tips for players who are stuck mid-game with certain challenges proving them a hard time or returning hunters getting ready for Iceborne.

Cultivate!

The Botanical Research NPC in Astera can grow useful items for you to use in your journey.

Some of the useful items we have found so far:

Herb (for crafting Potions)
Honey (for crafting Mega Potions)
Might Seed (for attack boost or sell for instant money)
Flashbugs (for crafting Flash Pods)
Thunderbugs (foo crafting Shock Traps)

Craft Thunder and Fire Weapons

We are heading into the frozen wilds, and a number of the monsters are weak to Thunder and Fire.

For example, the Piscine Wyvern, Beotodus, is weak to Fire and Thunder, while Tigrex is weak to Thunder. Barioth is weak to Fire.

The Anjanath Weapon Tree has high raw plus fire element at the cost of negative affinity, while Rathalos weapons have great raw and decent fire element, with positive affinity to boot.

Get Those Tools

Tools consist of Mantles and Boosters. Mantles are wearable cloaks that bestow hunters with bonuses and resistances useful against certain monsters. Boosters provide you and your team helpful buffs and heals. These tools offer great utility to the squad.

The Iceproof Mantle is invaluable as we head into Iceborne, providing extra Ice resistance and deep snow mobility.

Here are all the tools:

Mantles:

Ghillie Mantle
- Makes you temporarily invisible to monsters
Vitality Mantle
- Negates a Fixed Amount of Damage
Glider Mantle
- Allows gliding, grants the power to ride strong winds. Also makes it easier to mount monsters.
Apothecary Mantle
- Increases Status Buildup
Bandit Mantle
- Causes Rare Trade-In Item Drops
Challenger Mantle
- Aggros monsters
Evasion Mantle
- Increases evasion window, grants increased attack when evading at the last second.
Fireproof Mantle
- Increased Fire Res, immune to Fire Blight and Blast Blight
Iceproof Mantle
- Increased Ice Res, immune to Ice Blight, improves deep snow mobility
Thunderproof Mantle
- Increased Thunder Res, immune to Thunder Blight
Waterproof Mantle
- Increased Water Res, immune to Water Blight, improves deep water mobility
Dragronproof Mantle
- Increased Dragon Res, immune to Dragon Blight
Immunity Mantle
- Removes & Nullifies abnormal status effects
Impact Mantle
- Adds or improves exhaust/stun with attacks.
Rocksteady Mantle
- Eliminates flinching, provides Windproof, Earplugs, and Tremor Resistance. Reduces incoming damage.
Temporal Mantle
- Auto-dodge huge attacks, effectively being almost invincible. Think Ultra Instinct Goku.

Boosters:

Health Booster
- Places a smoker that gradually restores your health.
Affinity Booster
- Places a smoker that increases affinity.
Cleanser Booster
- Places a smoker that removes any abnormal status effects and elemental blights

Arekkz has compiled a video on how to unlock all of the tools stated above.

Finish Those Optional Quests

As you can see above, completing optional quests net you a boatload of utility items as well as certain items for deliveries. This helps you considerably for the final push later in the game.

Get All Palico Gadgets

Your cat partner is your invaluable ally, often helping you in ways you could not imagine. Provide your Palico with more tools to diversify its usefulness.

If you’re planning on hunting alone in Iceborne, the Palico’s Coral Orchestra will help a lot. It works like a Hunting Horn, and it buffs your hunter in all sorts of ways that make the fights less punishing.

Palico Gadgets also get buffs in Iceborne. For example, the Vigorwasp Spray at Level 11 can save you from a cart once with the Vigorwasp Revival.

Subsequently, completing these will also provide you with the Tailraider Rides. This is quite useful everywhere in the game. Think Uber rides, but with lizards and skunks as your drivers.

Stock Up On Items

Gather as many consumables that you can, the Tempered Elder Dragons will burn through your potion collections faster than a drunk wizard.

Flash Pods and Dung Pods are useful to change the flow of the fight.

Dung Pods will be useful to deter monsters as invaders such as Bazelgeuse and Deviljho will start to interrupt fights at higher ranks.

Unlock The Augments

Once you hit HR29, you’ll have a chance to receive an illusive Warrior Streamstone by completing a Threat Level 2 Tempered Monster investigation. This will allow you to augment your weapon, bestowing it with special bonuses such as follows:

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Attack Increase (+5 True Attack Value) – Increases Attack. Stacks with other upgrades.
Affinity Increase (+10% Affinity) – Increases Affinity. Stacks with other upgrades.
Defense Increase (+10 Defense) – Increases Defense and has a chance to reduce damage taken each time you receive damage. Stacks with other upgrades.
Slot Upgrade – Adds an extra jewel slot. Stack with other upgrades to increase slots level.
Health Regen – Regain Health as you land attacks. Stack with other upgrades to increase the amount of health regained.

Only Warrior and Hero Streamstones can unlock augments for your weapons.

Rarity 6 weapons will have 3 augmentation slots and require 1 Warrior Streamstone for each, along with some other materials. Rarity 7 weapons have 2 slots and require 2 Warrior Streamstones per slot. Rarity 8 weapons have only 1 slot that requires one Hero’s Streamstone.

Armour can also be augmented. However, augmenting armour allows for only one type of Augment, Upgrade Limit Removal. This removes the limit and allows further upgrading through the standard method to increase the pieces defence.

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Read this Monster Hunter World: Iceborne guide to learn how to augment Master Rank weapons. Including changes, new features and augment skills, and more.

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How To Augment Master Rank Weapons

Fill Up Master Rank Weapon Augment Slots

The way you can augment weapons & armor has been changed in Iceborne. It will now cost a number of slot & will fill these up when you augment your weapon.

Augmentation Slots Per Weapon Rarity

Rarity	No. Of Slots
Rarity 10	5 Slots
Rarity 11	4 Slots
Rarity 12	3 Slots

Only Fully Upgraded Weapons Can Be Augmented

The same way it works in MHW, augmentation on weapons can only be done when they are fully upgraded. This means having the weapon at the end of its weapon tree.

Augmentations Now Have Augment Slot Cost

In Iceborne, all available augmentations will now have slot costs. The more augment slots your weapons have, the more augmentations you can put into it.

Master Rank Weapon Augment Slot Costs

Augment	Effects	Cost
Extra Slots	Adds more augment slots on weapon	-
Attack Increase	Slightly increases attack power of weapon	3
Health Regen	Slightly recovers health when damaging monsters	3
Slot Upgrade	Adds a Level 1 slot into weapon	3
Affinity Increase	Slightly increases affinity rate of weapon	2
Defense Increase	Defense is slightly increased with chance of reducing damage	1
Element/Status Effect Up	Slightly increases power of elements & status effects	1

Extra Slots Adds 2 More Augment Slots

When you augment your weapon with Extra Slots, you'll get 2 additional augment slots. This doesn't fill up any augment slot but costs rare materials & some Research Points.

Strengthen Master Rank Weapons With Custom Upgrades

Another new feature of Iceborne, weapons now have custom upgrades. Using specific mods, you can slightly increase specific stats of your weapon & also change their appearance. More mods are unlocked when you keep upgrading a weapon.

Custom Upgrades List

Mod	Effect
Kulu-Ya-Ku Mod	Slightly increases affinity
Pukei-Pukei Mod	Slightly increases elemental or status effect damage
Barroth Mod	Slightly increase attack
Hornetaur Mod	Slightly increases defense

Recommended Master Rank Weapon Augments

Best Master Rank Weapon Augment Chart

Elements	Description
Health Regen	★★★- Recovers health when damaging monsters - Reduces need to use recovery items, therefore increasing time to attack monsters
Affinity Increase	★★・- Increases affinity by 10% - 2nd augment increases by 5% - Best for weapons with low affinity
Attack Increase	★★・- Increases weapon attack power - Increase depends on weapon type - Recommended for weapons with high affinity
Slot Upgrade	★・・- Adds 1 decoration slot - Best for weapons lacking slots
Defense Increase	★・・- Increases defense and has chance to reduce damage - Low priority augment as defense should be armor-focused

Focus On Health & Affinity Augments

It's best to augment weapons with Health Regen & Affinity Increase as these work make hunting more efficient. If your chosen weapon already has a high affinity rate, it's best to use Attack Increase instead.

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Choosing Between Attack Or Affinity Increase

Prioritize Weapons With Low Affinity

Having a weapon with high affinity will increase your chance of dealing critical hits & doing heavy damage so it's best to raise the affinity rate of your weapons. However, note that Affinity Increase augments have diminishing returns.

Use Attack Increase With High Affinity Weapons

If your weapon of choice already has a high affinity or cannot be augmented with Health Regen, you can opt to augment it with Attack Increase. This will strengthen your raw attack stat, making each hit more powerful!

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About Iceborne Master Rank Weapon Augmentation

Unlocks After Main Story Of Iceborne

Augmenting Master Rank weapons will be unlocked when you complete Iceborne's main story quests. You'll gain access to the Guiding Lands after, the area where you can find most of the materials for Master Rank weapon upgrading.

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WARNING! High Rank Augments Will Disappear

If you've already augmented your weapon in Monster Hunter World and decide to upgrade and augment in Master Rank, your augments will disappear. You'll get your materials back, however, augments from High Rank may be crucial in early game Master Rank.

Augments Use Monster Materials From Guiding Lands

Master Rank weapon augments don't use Streamstones anymore, however, they do cost valuable Research Points and need rare materials from the Guiding Lands - the end-game endless hunting area in Iceborne.

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