• There are no 'levels' in Monster Hunter. You unlock additional content by "ranking up" by completing specific missions, which are generally increasingly more difficult hunts.
  
• Hunting a monster is not limited to just killing it dead, you can also capture it when it is weak by using a trap and tranquilizers. This will usually result in even more parts obtained.
  
• Equipment is crafted by using monster parts that you gather by hunting them or finding them in the field.
  
• Increasing your Defense is done by making higher rank armors, however this will not stop you from dying often against the later monsters.
  
• Armor Skills. Each piece of armor has a few points of specific skills, once you get enough points from your armor, they will activate. These are the real tools of the hunt. They vary from anything simple like "attack up" to incredibly useful utilities like "auto tracker" or "speed sharpening".
  
• There are 14 different weapon classes to hunt with. All of the melee weapons have a "sharpness" rating, which degrades as you use it. It must be restored by stopping to sharpen the weapon. Ranged weapons use ammunition.
  
• There is a kitchen that is important to utilize. Combining certain foods/drinks will result in different buffs that will carry over into the missions. You can also acquire specific skills through this method that you usually couldn't otherwise (such as a skill that causes bombs to get bigger, or a skill that makes you able to fall from infinite height and not flinch).
  
• Missions are timed. The general limit is 50 minutes, however special instances have a shorter limit. If you don't complete your objective in this time, you fail.
  
• You have limited knockouts. If you die 3 times, you fail the mission. In very special instances, you are only allowed a single death.
  

HOW DO I MOVE THE CAMERA WHILE ALSO MOVING MY DUDE?!

Monster Hunter Wikia

Emalde fucked around with this message at 12:22 on Feb 16, 2017

• Hunting Styles! Guild, Aerial, Adept, Striker. Really get deep in there and tweak your playstyle down to the moveset.
  
• Hunting Arts! Bigass anime wind slashes, darkness transformations, and more dakka than you can shake an insect glaive at.
  
• FOUR whole flagship monsters!
  
• Prowler Mode. You like cats? PLAY AS THE CATS.
  
• HOLD THE BUTTON FOR CONTINUOUS GATHERING/CARVING
  
• Je suis monte! You can now attack the monster while it's being mounted and not worry about interrupting it.
  
• Variant Monsters! Instead of G rank, there are now 12 different "hardcore" versions of specific monsters with their own associated swag.
  
• Yet more!
  

PALICO/PROWLERS

Fireblight
Effect: Health loss over time
Remedy: Roll three times, roll once in water

Waterblight
Effect: Lowers stamina recovery
Remedy: Nulberry

Iceblight
Effect: Increases stamina cost of actions
Remedy: Nulberry

Thunderblight
Effect: Increases chance of being stunned
Remedy: Nulberry

Dragonblight
Effect: Lowers weapon affinity in MH3 and removes the element/status from the player's weapon
Remedy: Nulberry

Blastblight
Effect: Eventually explodes, dealing large damage
Remedy: Roll three times, or use Deodorant

Soiled
Effect: Disables the ability to use any consumable items such as Potions, Steaks, Hot/Cool Drinks, etc.
Remedy: Deodorant

Stun
Effect: Unable to move or take action
Remedy: rotate the left analog stick

Frenzy Virus
Effect: Nullifies passive healing (red health)
Remedy: Deal enough damage to monsters while afflicted to turn it into a 10% Affinity Boost

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