One of the rarest materials you may get inMonster Hunter Wildsis one of three different kinds of Hunter Symbols, which allow you to craft extremely strong gear. As you beat the story of the game and start encountering even more challenging monsters, Hunter Symbols are crucial items for making better equipment. Arguably the best armor in the game can only be made when you use valuable Hunter Symbols.

There arethree different types of Hunter Symbols - Hunter Symbol I, Hunter Symbol II, and Hunter Symbol III​​​​​​. Each of these Symbols can be rewarded to you for completingcertain quests available inMonster HunterWildsduring the endgame. You have to climb your way through the game’s story and unlock several high-level missions to start seeing these items appear.

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What Are Hunter Symbols For In MH Wilds

Make Far Stronger Weapons And Armor

Every type of Hunter Symbol isused in crafting recipes for powerful weapons and armor, similar to monster parts. These items act like monster Certificates, acting as materials to build completely new armor pieces orupgrade your weapon inMonster Hunter Wilds. When you try to craft endgame armor sets or a weapon from the end of a crafting tree, they will usually require at least one type of Hunter Symbol.

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Weapons of Rarity 8 or higher will always demand a Hunter Symbolfor you to craft them. The same holds for armor pieces of the same Rarity once you unlock them in the endgame. When you talk to Gemma back at any base Camp you’ve established, you’ll be able to see Hunter Symbols are part of a gear’s crafting requirements ahead of time.

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Hunter Symbols are proof that you defeated monsters from quests with a high Star value. The more difficult a quest, the more likely it is to have a Hunter Symbol included in its rewards.

When you get Hunter Symbols, you should always keep them as part of your quest rewards.Do not sell Hunter Symbols, as they are fairly rare crafting materials compared to most monster parts in the game. Any Hunter Symbols you aren’t using will be stored in your Item Box alongside other resources used to create new gear.

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How To Get Every Hunter Symbol

Track Down Tempered Monsters In Different Quests

Hunter Symbols are given out as quest rewardsrather than being something you can pick up from a monster. Unlike Plates or Gems, you cannot target a monster’s weakness or destroy a monster’s body parts to guarantee a Hunter Symbol to appear in your rewards. Succeeding on hunts against high-level monsters will likely earn you some form of Hunter Symbol.

The only way to always receive a Hunter Symbol is tocomplete successful Tempered huntsagainst some of the game’s most powerful monsters. For example, completing a hunt against the Tempered version ofGuardian Arkveld inMonster Hunter Wildsgives you a high chance of getting a Hunter Symbol. The Star difficulty rating of a quest determines which type of Symbol you get.

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Here are the quests you need to complete to earn each type of Hunter Symbol:

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The more challenging a monster is to fight, the less likely it will drop a lower-tier Hunter Symbol. Make sure to pick and choose your hunts carefully to farm the right item you need.

Hunting monsters of the right Star level will help you start farming Hunter Symbols quickly. However,Hunter Symbols are not a guaranteed drop as quest rewards every time, so it may take you multiple attempts to get rarer Symbols. I’ve always found that gathering friends to join me inMonster Hunter Wilds' online multiplayermakes hunts much faster to complete and cut through some of the grind.

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Once you get some Hunter Symbols, you may progress easily through a weapon’s upgrade tree or build extremely strong armor meant for the endgame. Crafting any new gear using Hunter Symbols makes it far easier to keep farming more Symbols for even better equipment, forming the core loop ofMonster Hunter Wilds' addicting gameplay.

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