Skills


Attack Boost	Attack Jewel 2	Increases attack power. 1: Attack +3 2: Attack +6 3: Attack +9 4: Attack +5% Bonus: +7 5: Attack +6% Bonus: +8 6: Attack +8% Bonus: +9 7: Attack +10% Bonus: +10
Agitator		Increases attack power and affinity when large monsters become enraged. 1: Attack +4 and affinity +3% while active. 2: Attack +8 and affinity +5% while active. 3: Attack +12 and affinity +7% while active. 4: Attack +16 and affinity +10% while active. 5: Attack +20 and affinity +15% while active.
Peak Performance		Increases attack when your health is full. 1: Attack +5 while active. 2: Attack +10 while active. 3: Attack +20 while active.
Resentment		Increases attack when you have recoverable damage (the red portion of your health gauge). 1: Attack +5 while active. 2: Attack +10 while active. 3: Attack +15 while active. 4: Attack +20 while active. 5: Attack +25 while active.
Resuscitate		Increases attack power when you are suffering from an abnormal status. 1: Attack +5 while active. 2: Attack +10 while active. 3: Attack +20 while active.
Critical Eye	Expert Jewel 2	Increases affinity. 1: Affinity +5% 2: Affinity +10% 3: Affinity +15% 4: Affinity +20% 5: Affinity +25% 6: Affinity +30% 7: Affinity +40%
Critical Boost		Increases the damage of critical hits. 1: Increases damage dealt by critical hits to 30%. 2: Increases damage dealt by critical hits to 35%. 3: Increases damage dealt by critical hits to 40%.
Weakness Exploit		Increases the affinity of attacks that exploit a monster weak spot. 1: Attacks that hit weak spots have 15% increased affinity. 2: Attacks that hit weak spots have 30% increased affinity. 3: Attacks that hit weak spots have 50% increased affinity.
Latent Power		Temporarily increases affinity and reduces stamina depletion when certain conditions are met. 1: While active, increases affinity by 10% and reduces stamina depletion by 30%. 2: While active, increases affinity by 20% and reduces stamina depletion by 30%. 3: While active, increases affinity by 30% and reduces stamina depletion by 50%. 4: While active, increases affinity by 40% and reduces stamina depletion by 50%. 5: While active, increases affinity by 50% and reduces stamina depletion by 50%.
Maximum Might	Mighty Jewel 2	Increases affinity if stamina is kept full for a period of time. 1: While active, increases affinity by 10%. 2: While active, increases affinity by 20%. 3: While active, increases affinity by 30%.
Critical Element	Crit Element Jewel 2	Increases elemental damage (fire, water, thunder, ice, dragon) when landing critical hits. 1: Grants elemental damage +5% while active. 2: Grants elemental damage +10% while active. 3: Grants elemental damage +15% while active.
Fire Attack	Blaze Jewel 1	Increases fire element attack power. (Elemental attack power has a maximum limit.) 1: Fire attack +2 2: Fire attack +3 3: Fire attack +5% Bonus: +4 4: Fire attack +10% Bonus: +4 5: Fire attack +20% Bonus: +4
Water Attack	Stream Jewel 1	Increases water element attack power. (Elemental attack power has a maximum limit.) 1: Water attack +2 2: Water attack +3 3: Water attack +5% Bonus: +4 4: Water attack +10% Bonus: +4 5: Water attack +20% Bonus: +4
Ice Attack	Frost Jewel 1	Increases ice element attack power. (Elemental attack power has a maximum limit.) 1: Ice attack +2 2: Ice attack +3 3: Ice attack +5% Bonus: +4 4: Ice attack +10% Bonus: +4 5: Ice attack +20% Bonus: +4
Thunder Attack	Bolt Jewel 1	Increases thunder element attack power. (Elemental attack power has a maximum limit.) 1: Thunder attack +2 2: Thunder attack +3 3: Thunder attack +5% Bonus: +4 4: Thunder attack +10% Bonus: +4 5: Thunder attack +20% Bonus: +4
Dragon Attack	Dragon Jewel 1	Increases dragon element attack power. (Elemental attack power has a maximum limit.) 1: Dragon attack +2 2: Dragon attack +3 3: Dragon attack +5% Bonus: +4 4: Dragon attack +10% Bonus: +4 5: Dragon attack +20% Bonus: +4
Poison Attack	Venom Jewel 1	Increases poison element attack power. (Elemental attack power has a maximum limit.) 1: Poison buildup +5% Bonus: +1 2: Poison buildup +10% Bonus: +2 3: Poison buildup +20% Bonus: +5
Paralysis Attack		Increases paralysis element attack power. (Elemental attack power has a maximum limit.) 1: Paralysis buildup +5% Bonus: +1 2: Paralysis buildup +10% Bonus: +2 3: Paralysis buildup +20% Bonus: +5
Sleep Attack		Increases sleep element attack power. (Elemental attack power has a maximum limit.) 1: Sleep buildup +5% Bonus: +1 2: Sleep buildup +10% Bonus: +2 3: Sleep buildup +20% Bonus: +5
Blast Attack		Increases blast element attack power. (Elemental attack power has a maximum limit.) 1: Blast buildup +5% Bonus: +1 2: Blast buildup +10% Bonus: +2 3: Blast buildup +20% Bonus: +5
Handicraft		Extends the weapon sharpness gauge. However, it will not increase the gauge past its maximum. 1: Weapon sharpness +10 2: Weapon sharpness +20 3: Weapon sharpness +30 4: Weapon sharpness +40 5: Weapon sharpness +50
Razor Sharp		Prevents your weapon from losing sharpness. 1: Activates 10% of the time. 2: Activates 25% of the time. 3: Activates 50% of the time.
Spare Shot		Bow and bowgun shots have a chance not to expend coatings or ammo. 1: Activates 3% of the time. 2: Activates 10% of the time. 3: Activates 20% of the time.
Protective Polish		Weapon sharpness does not decrease for a set time after sharpening. 1: Effect lasts 30 seconds. 2: Effect lasts 60 seconds. 3: Effect lasts 90 seconds.
Mind's Eye	Mind's Eye Jewel 2	Your attacks are deflected less and deal more damage to hard targets. 1: +10% damage to hard targets and a 50% reduction to your attacks being deflected. 2: +15% damage to hard targets and a 100% reduction to your attacks being deflected. 3: +30% damage to hard targets and a 100% reduction to your attacks being deflected.
Aim Booster	Precise Jewel 2	Shortens the distance before ammo and arrows reach maximum power. 1: Slightly extends range. 2: Extends range. 3: Greatly extends range.
Bludgeoner	Blunt Jewel 2	Increases attack power when your weapon sharpness is low. 1: +5% attack power when your weapon sharpness gauge is yellow or lower. 2: +10% attack power when your sharpness gauge is yellow or lower. 3: +10% attack power when your sharpness gauge is green or lower.
Bow Charge Plus		Increases max bow charge level by one. 1: Activates skill effect.
Focus	Charger Jewel 2	Increases the fill rate for weapons with gauges and the charge rate for weapons with charge attacks. 1: 5% faster gauge fill rate and 5% faster charge times. 2: 10% faster gauge fill rate and 10% faster charge times. 3: 20% faster gauge fill rate and 15% faster charge times.
Power Prolonger	Enhancer Jewel 2	Long swords, dual blades, insect glaives, switch axes, and charge blades stay powered up longer. 1: Slightly boosts the duration weapons are powered up. 2: Boosts the duration weapons are powered up. 3: Greatly boosts the duration weapons are powered up.
Marathon Runner	Sprinter Jewel 2	Slows down stamina depletion for actions which continuously drain stamina (such as dashing). 1: Reduces continuous stamina depletion by 15%. 2: Reduces continuous stamina depletion by 30%. 3: Reduces continuous stamina depletion by 50%.
Constitution	Physique Jewel 2	Reduces stamina depletion when evading, blocking, or doing certain other actions. 1: Reduces fixed stamina depletion by 10%. 2: Reduces fixed stamina depletion by 20%. 3: Reduces fixed stamina depletion by 30%. 4: Reduces fixed stamina depletion by 40%. 5: Reduces fixed stamina depletion by 50%.
Stamina Surge	Refresh Jewel 2	Speeds up stamina recovery. 1: Stamina recovery speed +10% 2: Stamina recovery speed +20% 3: Stamina recovery speed +40%
Guard	Ironwall Jewel 2	Reduces knockbacks and stamina depletion when guarding. 1: Very slightly decreases the impact of attacks. 2: Slightly decreases the impact of attacks and reduces stamina depletion by 15%. 3: Decreases the impact of attacks and reduces stamina depletion by 15%. 4: Decreases the impact of attacks and reduces stamina depletion by 30%. 5: Greatly decreases the impact of attacks and reduces stamina depletion by 30%.
Guard Up	Shield Jewel 2	Allows you to guard against ordinarily unblockable attacks. 1: Reduces damage taken by 30%. 2: Reduces damage taken by 50%. 3: Reduces damage taken by 80%.
Offensive Guard	Guardian Jewel 3	Temporarily increases attack power after executing a perfectly-timed guard. 1: Attack +5% while active. 2: Attack +10% while active. 3: Attack +15% while active.
Critical Draw	Draw Jewel 3	Increases affinity for a short time after performing a draw attack. (Does not include Silkbind attacks.) 1: Affinity +10% 2: Affinity +20% 3: Affinity +40%
Punishing Draw	Gambit Jewel 2	Adds a stun effect to draw attacks and slightly increases attack power. (Does not include Silkbind attacks.) 1: Applies a minor chance to stun. Attack power of draw attacks +3 2: Applies a chance to stun. Attack power of draw attacks +5 3: Applies a great chance to stun. Attack power of draw attacks +7
Quick Sheath	Sheath Jewel 2	Speeds up weapon sheathing. 1: Slightly increases sheathing speed. 2: Moderately increases sheathing speed. 3: Greatly increases sheathing speed.
Slugger	KO Jewel 2	Makes it easier to stun monsters. 1: Stun power +20% 2: Stun power +30% 3: Stun power +40%
Stamina Thief	Drain Jewel 1	Increases certain attacks' ability to exhaust monsters. 1: Exhaust power +20% 2: Exhaust power +30% 3: Exhaust power +40%
Affinity Sliding	Slider Jewel 1	Sliding increases your affinity for a short time. 1: Enables skill use.
Horn Maestro	Sonorous Jewel 1	Increases overall performance speed and shockwave damage. 1: Activates skill effect.
Artillery	Artillery Jewel 2	Strengthens explosive attacks like shells, Wyvern's Fire, charge blade phial attacks, and Sticky Ammo. 1: Increases power of each attack by 10% and reduces Wyvern's Fire cooldown by 15%. 2: Increases power of each attack by 20% and reduces Wyvern's Fire cooldown by 30%. 3: Increases power of each attack by 30% and reduces Wyvern's Fire cooldown by 50%.
Load Shells	Magazine Jewel 2	Improves reloading, and increases the gunlance's shell capacity and charge blade's phial capacity. 1: Increases ammo and coating reloading speed. 2: Gunlance loading capacity +1 Increases charge blade phials
Special Ammo Boost	Trueshot Jewel 2	Increases the power of bowgun special ammo and Dragon Piercer. 1: Increases power of bowgun special ammo and Dragon Piercer by 10%. 2: Increases power of bowgun special ammo and Dragon Piercer by 20%.
Normal/Rapid Up		Increases the attack power of Normal Ammo and Rapid-type arrows. 1: Slightly increases the power of Normal Ammo and Rapid-type arrows. 2: Increases the power of Normal Ammo and Rapid-type arrows. 3: Greatly increases the power of Normal Ammo and Rapid-type arrows.
Pierce Up		Increases the attack power of Piercing Ammo and Piercing-type arrows. 1: Slightly increases the power of Piercing Ammo and Piercing-type arrows. 2: Increases the power of Piercing Ammo and Piercing-type arrows. 3: Greatly increases the power of Piercing Ammo and Piercing-type arrows.
Spread Up		Increases the attack power of Spread Ammo and Spread- type arrows 1: Slightly increases the power of Spread Ammo, Shrapnel Ammo, and Spread-type arrows. 2: Increases the power of Spread Ammo, Shrapnel Ammo, and Spread-type arrows. 3: Greatly increases the power of Spread Ammo, Shrapnel Ammo, and Spread-type arrows.
Ammo Up	Capacity Jewel 3	Increases bowgun loading capacity. (There is a cap to loading capacity.) 1: Expands clip size for some ammo types. 2: Expands clip size for many ammo types. 3: Expands clip size for most ammo types.
Reload Speed	Quickload Jewel 1	Increases bowgun reloading and bow coating loading speed. 1: Bowgun speed +1. Improves bow handling. 2: Bowgun speed +2. Loads bow coating automatically. 3: Bowgun speed +3.
Recoil Down	Absorber Jewel 1	Reduces recoil when firing bowgun ammo. 1: Recoil -1 2: Recoil -2 3: Recoil -3
Steadiness	Sniper Jewel 1	Suppresses the deviation of bowgun shots. 1: Deviation -1 2: Deviation -2
Rapid Fire Up		Improves light bowgun rapid fire. 1: Rapid fire damage +5% 2: Rapid fire damage +10% 3: Rapid fire damage +20%
Defense Boost	Defense Jewel 1	Increases defense. Resistances will also improve as the level increases. 1: Defense +5 2: Defense +10 3: Defense +5% Bonus: +10 4: Defense +5% Bonus: +20 All elemental resistances +3 5: Defense +8% Bonus: +20 All elemental resistances +3 6: Defense +8% Bonus: +35 All elemental resistances +5 7: Defense +10% Bonus: +35 All elemental resistances +5
Divine Blessing	Protection Jewel 2	Has a predetermined chance of reducing the damage you take. 1: While active, reduces damage taken by 15%. 2: While active, reduces damage taken by 30%. 3: While active, reduces damage taken by 50%.
Recovery Up	Medicine Jewel 2	Increases the amount recovered when restoring health. 1: Slightly increases recovery. 2: Increases recovery. 3: Greatly increases recovery.
Recovery Speed	Recovery Jewel 1	Speeds healing of recoverable damage (the red portion of the health gauge). 1: Doubles the speed at which you heal recoverable damage. 2: Triples the speed at which you heal recoverable damage. 3: Quadruples the speed at which you heal recoverable damage.
Speed Eating	Gobbler Jewel 2	Increases meat-eating and item-consumption speed. 1: Slightly increases eating speed. 2: Increases eating speed. 3: Greatly increases eating speed.
Earplugs	Earplug Jewel 3	Grants protection from large monsters' roars. 1: Reduces the effects of weak monster roars. 2: Nullifies weak monster roars. 3: Nullifies weak monster roars and reduces the effects of strong monster roars. 4: Nullifies weak and strong monster roars. 5: Nullifies weak and strong monster roars. Reduces the effects of powerful monster roars.
Windproof	Wind Res Jewel 1	Grants protection against wind pressure. 1: Negates minor wind pressure. 2: Negates minor and major wind pressure. 3: Negates minor and major wind pressure and reduces the effects of dragon wind pressure.
Tremor Resistance	Footing Jewel 2	Grants protection against ground tremors. 1: Nullifies minor ground tremors. 2: Nullifies minor ground tremors and reduces the effects of major ground tremors. 3: Nullifies minor and major ground tremors.
Bubbly Dance	Bubble Jewel 2	Reduces bubbleblight and grants increased evasion when afflicted. 1: Reduces the effects of weak bubbleblight. 2: Nullifies major and minor bubbleblight and increases evasiveness while afflicted with bubbleblight. 3: Evading further attacks will inflicts bubbleblight.
Evade Window	Evasion Jewel 2	Extends the invulnerability period when evading. 1: Very slightly increases invulnerability window. 2: Slightly increases invulnerability window. 3: Increases invulnerability window. 4: Greatly increases invulnerability window. 5: Massively increases invulnerability window.
Evade Extender	Jumping Jewel 2	Increases evade distance. 1: Slightly extends evasion distance. 2: Extends evasion distance. 3: Greatly extends evasion distance.
Fire Resistance	Fire Res Jewel 1	Increases fire resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels. 1: Fire resistance +6 2: Fire resistance +12 3: Fire resistance +20 Defense +10
Water Resistance	Water Res Jewel 1	Increases water resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels. 1: Water resistance +6 2: Water resistance +12 3: Water resistance +20 Defense +10
Ice Resistance	Ice Res Jewel 1	Increases ice resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels. 1: Ice resistance +6 2: Ice resistance +12 3: Ice resistance +20 Defense +10
Thunder Resistance	Thunder Res Jewel 1	Increases thunder resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels. 1: Thunder resistance +6 2: Thunder resistance +12 3: Thunder resistance +20 Defense +10
Dragon Resistance	Dragon Res Jewel 1	Increases dragon resistance. Also improves defense at higher levels. 1: Dragon resistance +6 2: Dragon resistance +12 3: Dragon resistance +20 Defense +10
Blight Resistance	Resistor Jewel 2	Grants protection against all elemental blights. 1: Reduces the duration of all elemental blights by 50%. 2: Reduces the duration of all elemental blights by 75%. 3: Nullifies all elemental blights.
Poison Resistance	Antidote Jewel 1	Reduces damage while poisoned. 1: Reduces the number of times you take poison damage. 2: Greatly reduces the number of times you take poison damage. 3: Prevents poison and reduces venom.
Paralysis Resistance	Antipara Jewel 1	Reduces the duration of paralysis. 1: Reduces the duration of paralysis by 30%. 2: Reduces the duration of paralysis by 60%. 3: Prevents paralysis.
Sleep Resistance	Pep Jewel 1	Reduces the duration of sleep. 1: Reduces the duration of sleep by 30%. 2: Reduces the duration of sleep by 60%. 3: Prevents sleep.
Stun Resistance	Steadfast Jewel 1	Reduces stun duration. 1: Reduces the duration of stun by 60%. 2: Reduces the duration of stun by 90%. 3: Prevents stun.
Muck Resistance	Muck Jewel 1	Reduces impairments to mobility while stuck in monster muck or deep snow. 1: Reduces limits on movement speed. 2: Negates limits to movement speed.
Blast Resistance	Antiblast Jewel 1	Grants protection against blastblight. 1: Delays blastblight and reduces blast damage. 2: Greatly delays blastblight and greatly reduces blast damage. 3: Prevents blastblight.
Botanist	Botany Jewel 1	Increases the quantity of herbs and other consumable items you gather. 1: One extra consumable herb item per gather. 2: One extra consumable herb, fruit, nut, or seed item per gather. 3: One extra consumable herb, fruit, nut, seed, or insect item per gather. 4: One extra consumable herb, fruit, nut, seed, insect, or mushroom item per gather.
Geologist	Geology Jewel 1	Increases the number of times you can use a gathering point. 1: Allows you to gather one extra time from bonepiles. 2: Allows you to gather one extra time from gathering points. 3: Allows you to gather one extra time from mining outcrops.
Partbreaker	Destroyer Jewel 2	Makes it easier to break or sever parts of large monsters. 1: Part damage +10% 2: Part damage +20% 3: Part damage +30%
Capture Master		High chance of increased capture rewards. (No effect when joining mid-quest.) 1: Activates skill effect.
Good Luck		Good chance of increased quest rewards. (No effect when joining mid-quest.) 1: Slightly increases luck. 2: Increases luck. 3: Greatly increases luck.
Speed Sharpening	Grinder Jewel 1	Speeds up weapon sharpening when using a whetstone. 1: Removes one cycle from the sharpening process. 2: Removes two cycles from the sharpening process. 3: Removes three cycles from the sharpening process.
Bombardier	Bomber Jewel 1	Increases the damage of explosive items. 1: Explosive power +10% 2: Explosive power +20% 3: Explosive power +30%
Mushroomancer	Fungiform Jewel 3	Lets you digest mushrooms that would otherwise be inedible and gain their advantageous effects. 1: Lets you digest blue mushrooms and toadstools. 2: Additionally lets you digest nitroshrooms and parashrooms. 3: Additionally lets you digest mandragoras and exciteshrooms.
Item Prolonger	Enduring Jewel 2	Extends the duration of some item effects. 1: Item effect duration +10% 2: Item effect duration +25% 3: Item effect duration +50%
Wide-Range	Friendship Jewel 2	Allows the effects of certain items to also affect nearby allies. 1: Items affect nearby allies with 33% of their efficacy. 2: Items affect nearby allies in a wider radius with 33% of their efficacy. 3: Items affect nearby allies in a wider radius with 66% of their efficacy. 4: Items affect nearby allies in a much wider radius with 66% of their efficacy. 5: Items affect nearby allies in a much wider radius with full efficacy.
Free Meal	Satiated Jewel 1	Gives you a predetermined chance of consuming a food or drink item for free. 1: Activates 10% of the time. 2: Activates 25% of the time. 3: Activates 45% of the time.
Heroics	Potential Jewel 2	Increases attack power and defense when health drops to 35% or lower. 1: While active, increases defense by 50 points. 2: Attack +5% and defense +50 while active. 3: Attack +5% and defense +100 while active. 4: Attack +10% and defense +100 while active. 5: While active, attack power +30% and defense-increasing effects are negated.
Fortify	Fortitude Jewel 2	Increases your attack and defense when you fall in battle. (Disabled for some quests. Can stack twice.) 1: Increases attack by 10% and defense by 15% with each use.
Flinch Free	Brace Jewel 1	Prevents knockbacks and other reactions to small damage. 1: Prevents knockbacks. 2: Prevents knockbacks. Tripping is reduced to a knockback instead. 3: Prevents knockbacks and tripping.
Jump Master		Prevents attacks from knocking you back during a jump. 1: Negates knockback during jumps.
Carving Pro	Carver Jewel 1	Prevents knockback from attacks while carving. 1: Activates skill effect.
Hunger Resistance	Hungerless Jewel 1	Reduces maximum stamina depletion over time. 1: Extends the time until your stamina cap reduces by 50%. 2: Extends the time until your stamina cap reduces by 100%. 3: Prevents your stamina cap from decreasing.
Leap of Faith	Dive Jewel 1	Allows you to do a dive-evade when facing towards large monsters, and extends the dive-evade distance. 1: Enables skill use.
Diversion	Diversion Jewel 1	Increases the attention drawn when attacking a monster. 1: Activates skill effect.
Master Mounter	Rodeo Jewel 2	Improves your Wyvern Riding skills. 1: Makes filling the Riding Gauge easier and increases ease of parrying.
Wirebug Whisperer	Wirebug Jewel 2	Improves your handling of Wirebugs. 1: Extends the duration you can keep a Wirebug by 30%. 2: Further increases passive Wirebug recovery rate. 3: Further increases passive recovery rate while on the ground.
Wall Runner	Wall Run Jewel 2	Reduces stamina consumption when running on walls. 1: Reduces stamina consumption by 25% while wall running. 2: Reduces stamina consumption by 50% while wall running. 3: Wall running temporarily increases attack power.
Counterstrike	Counter Jewel 2	Temporarily increases attack power after being thrown off. 1: Attack +10 after activation. 2: Attack +15 after activation. 3: Attack +25 after activation.
Rapid Morph	Quickswitch Jewel 2	Increases switch speed and power for switch axes and charge blades. 1: Speed +10% 2: Speed +20% Morph attack damage +10% 3: Speed +30% Morph attack damage +20%
Hellfire Cloak		Grants hellfire resistance and confers explosive hellfire power to your attacks. 1: Reduces damage from hellfire. 2: Increases damage from hellfire blasts. 3: Inflicts hellfireblight when monsters are enraged. 4: Effect persists for one minute after a monster's rage has subsided.
Wind Alignment		Gain the power of the elder dragon Wind Serpent Ibushi. 1: Dragon resistance +1 2: Dragon resistance +2 3: Dragon resistance +3 4: Dragon resistance +4 5: Also grants the effect Fortunate.
Thunder Alignment		Gain the power of the elder dragon Thunder Serpent Narwa. 1: Thunder resistance +1 2: Thunder resistance +2 3: Thunder resistance +3 4: Thunder resistance +4 5: Also grants the effect Fortunate.