Frontier guide
A picture guide to Monster Hunter Frontier Z: town and menus, gear, monsters, ranks, events and the Hunting Road. Pick a section below, or start at the beginning.
Written from the Monster Hunter Frontier guide by Fist, which describes Capcom's old official servers. Every section has "On Hunsterverse" notes saying where our server works the same and where it differs; the short version is on Hunsterverse vs the old servers.
New here? Install the game first with the Play page, then read Basics and getting started and follow the Next link at the bottom of each page. Every section has its own contents list, so you can also jump straight to what you need.
Getting started
01Basics and Getting StartedWhat Frontier is, your first steps from HR1, and where to read next.
02English Guild and Guild HallJoining a guild, and the Guild Hall's food, Pugi buffs, treasure hunts and boat.
03House and AI CompanionsGook Farm, Pugi Farm and Pugi cuffs, Halks, Partnyaas, Rastas and Partners.
04Menus and Town NPCsStart menu, options, chat commands, the Guild Card and what each town NPC does.
Gear and items
05Items and MaterialsWhere materials come from, combination recipes, tickets, charms and special items.
06Equipment and Item BoxesChanging gear, item and gear presets, and growing your box to 41 pages.
07Weapons and SigilsWeapon families, elements, Active Feature and every G Rank sigil explained.
08Armour, Decorations and SkillsArmour families, decorations, transmog and the full armour skill reference.
09TranscendThe Transcend buff: upgrade tables, upgrade points and Elemental Bursts.
Monsters and references
Progression
12Hunter Rank and Style RankFrom HR1 to HR7, then Style Rank, Hardcore hunts and the Hiden weapon skills.
13Starting G RankYour first steps in G Rank: Hunter Navigation tasks, first sets, easy weapons and Pugi.
14G RankG Rank in depth: sigils, G gear, Conquests, the Diva and the Hiden decoration grind.
15Zenith (GR200+)Zenith monsters, materials, new blights, and Zenith armour, cuffs and weapons.
Things to do
16Quests, Food Buffs and BentosBentos and food buffs, quest menus, quest cards, searching and advertising quests.
17Regular EventsHunter Festival, Diva Defense, Caravan gems and skills, and Raviente runs and gear.
18Hunter's RoadBranching huntathon with stores, Road skills, Tower gear, Duremudira and White Fatalis.
Our own guides and tools
- Play: checklists to install the client, the Hunsterverse patch and the Mezeporta launcher, or to bring a character from another server.
- Roads guide: pick which Hunting Road your quest party plays with
!road; vote on the next Road; every Road we have run. - Monsters: hitzones, HP, stagger limits and carves for every monster.
- Set builder, item and equipment catalog and quest list.
- Events: what is running now and the Hunter Festival prize table.
- Hunsterverse vs the old servers: what works the same here, what differs and what is not built yet.
- Stuck? Ask in our Discord.
Written from the Monster Hunter Frontier guide by Fist (as saved in January 2022). That guide describes Capcom's old official servers; we reworded it, laid it out for Hunsterverse and added the "On Hunsterverse" notes (all of them: Hunsterverse vs the old servers). The pictures are from the original guide.