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Once a name for your hunter and palico has been created and finalized, it cannot be changed.

The game cannot be paused, regardless of whether one is playing online or offline.

While characters shown in cutscenes will generally have fully-voiced dialogue, many NPCs scattered throughout the world of Monster Hunter: World may only have partially-voiced audio, with a majority of their dialogue being written instead. This is by design and is reminiscent of previous Monster Hunter titles.

Item / material drops and drop rates in Monster Hunter: World vary significantly. In the event you were unable to receive a certain item or material drop in a Quest, or receive an undesired item, the Quest will need to be replayed until the desired item / material is gained.

The daily log-in bonus must be claimed by pressing the Triangle (DirectInput) / Y (XInput / Steam) / Spacebar within the time period of its availability. Once the time period expires, it can no longer be claimed. Please keep in mind that most log-in bonus rewards include items / materials that can be gained through normal gameplay.

Some specialized items, tools, and various equipment pieces, as well as additional features from the various NPCs in the Astera Hub require several prerequisites to be met in order for them to be made available. This may include your current Hunter Rank (HR), current inventory, completed quests, natural story progression, etc.

If you seem to be stuck, try talking to all the NPCs within the Astera Hub, particularly ones with exclamation marks over their heads. Try completing additional Assigned Quests, Optional Quests, Investigations, and Expeditions as well.

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Special Arena quests are unlocked by capturing a Monster first. Once captured, the Arena Quest will appear on your Quest Board. After completion of this Special Arena Quest, the Monster will need to be captured again in order to re-access the Special Arena Quest.

Monster Hunter: World on PC / Steam supports two different styles of item shortcuts: Keyboard and Gamepad. This setting can be changed via Options > Radial Menu Type.

The default setting is the Keyboard style, which allows you to map items / tools to a bar. Pressing F1 – F4 will give you access to different item menus. The items within these menus can then be accessed by pressing 1 – 9 on your keyboard. Please ensure you are using your correct menu preset prior to starting a quest.

Using a controller / gamepad, pressing Up / Down / Left / Right on the D-pad will give you access to different radial menus. These menus can then be accessed by holding L1/LT and using the right analog stick to make a selection. Please ensure you are using your correct radial menu preset prior to starting a quest.

“Equipment / Gear Loadouts” are tied to Weapon, Armor, Charm, Specialized Tools, and Decorations. This type of loadout is not associated with the item shortcut / radial menu.
“Item Loadouts” are tied to item organization within your item inventory, as well as item shortcut / radial menu assignments.

When an Item Loadout is saved, the settings of the item shortcuts / radial menu shortcuts are saved with it, so if an Item Loadout preset is loaded, whatever shortcuts assigned to the item shortcuts / radial menus are replaced with what was set when the preset was saved.

The game will automatically save prior to the generation of the gem / jewel at the Elder Melder. In the event the game is exited after receiving the item and the game wasn’t manually saved by the user after the item’s creation, the generated item and the materials used to create it will be lost and cannot be restored. Please ensure the game is manually saved after receiving the item to be on the safe side. The loss of materials and items due to improper saving cannot be undone.

All decorations attached to equipment will add one point to a skill, up to the maximum amount, which varies depending on the skill.

Decorations in Monster Hunter: World follow a specific naming scheme to tell you what kind of socket they fit; for example, a Handicraft 3 jewel will require a 3-slot socket, and provide 1 point to the Handicraft skill. Meanwhile, a Defense 1 jewel requires a 1-socket slot and will add 1 point to the Defense Boost skill, but can be equipped to 1, 2, or 3-socket slots. Each type of jewel comes in a specific size; for example, there is no Handicraft 1 or Defense 2.

You can customize your hunter by using charms as well; combining equipment decorations and charms are a great way to tailor your hunter to your style of gameplay or to combat a particular monster.

In order to access multiplayer for a story-based Assigned Quest in Monster Hunter: World, players must have already viewed the cutscene that appears during the quest. If a player has not seen the cutscene yet, they will have to progress through the quest until SOS Flares become available for use. Once the SOS Flare is available, you can fire it off by going into the Options menu > Quest options > “Fire SOS flare”. Other players can then join the story quest after they’ve begun via the Quest board, and players can send out SOS flares to call for backup during a quest – that way another player can join to aid in your Quest.

Squads in the PC / Steam version of Monster Hunter: World operate a little differently from the console version. By default, your Squad in the game is defined by what you’ve set your “Primary Group” as in your Steam profile. You can change your group from within the in-game menu, under Options > Info > Primary Group. To see who’s online from your group, select “View Steam Group Information” and go to the Steam page for the group.

User whose accounts are set to limited privacy cannot send invites to friends. Please change your user profile to "Public" or "Friend Only" then send an invite to your friend(s).

To modify your privacy settings:

1. Log into your Steam account
   
2. Click on the top of your profile (right next to 'Community') and select 'Profile'
   
3. Edit profile > Choose "Privacy Setting"
   
4. Modify your private settings

Monster Hunter: World does not feature cross-platform play across the PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 versions of the game, however for the first time in the series' history, each version of the game has cross-region global servers for multiplayer.

Face Paint / Hairstyles

1. Ensure the Face Paint / Hairstyle DLC is checkmarked and downloaded via your Steam DLC tab.
   
2. Launch the game;
   
3. Go into your room, in Astera;
   
4. Talk to the Housekeeper;
   
5. Select “Claim Add-on & Bonuses”;
   
6. Select and accept the add-ons / bonuses
   
7. Access the Item Box in your room in Astera
   
8. Select “Change Appearance” > “Change Appearance”
   
9. Look for your desired Face Paint / Hairstyle

Cosmetic Armor

1. Ensure the Cosmetic Armor DLC is checkmarked and downloaded via your Steam DLC tab.
   
2. Launch the game;
   
3. Go into your room, in Astera;
   
4. Talk to the Housekeeper;
   
5. Select “Claim Add-on & Bonuses”;
   
6. Select and accept the add-ons / bonuses
   
7. Access the Item Box in your room in Astera
   
8. Select “Change Appearance” > “Layered Armor Settings”
   
9. Look for your desired armor

Gestures & Stickers

1. Ensure the Gesture / Sticker DLC is checkmarked and downloaded via your Steam DLC tab.
   
2. Launch the game;
   
3. For Gestures, press ‘Options’ > Communication > Gestures > Newly added gestures will appear on the last page
   
4. For Stickers, press ‘Options’ > Communication > Stickers > Newly added stickers will appear on the last page