How to Show Damage Numbers

Adjust your settings in Monster Hunter Wilds (MH Wilds) to display your damage numbers! Read on to learn the benefits and the meanings behind each color of the damage number!

How to Display Damage Numbers

Change from Options Menu

In Monster Hunter Wilds, damage display can be adjusted from the Start Menu > Options (leftmost tab) > Game Settings > Display Damage Numbers. By default, it is set to display damage without decimal points.

Choose from 3 Display Settings

You can choose one of three damage number display settings: "Display (With Decimals)", "Display (Whole Values Only)", and "Do not display".

Best Damage Display Settings

Showing Damage is Recommended

For Monster Hunter Wilds, it is recommended to set damage numbers to display. This can help you improve your playstyle, such as by checking if you are attacking the monster's weakspots. Special damage displays for some monsters are also shown, so the numbers can be used to understand the situation better.

Damage Colors Explained

Details of Damage Indicators

White Numbers	Normal/Raw Damage Non-Critical, Non-Weak Spot
Orange Numbers	Weak Spot Damage
Arrows in Corners	Wound Damage
Pink Line Above	Critical Damage - Damage is multiplied by 1.25x (without skills) - Achieved with a positive affinity value
Blue Line Below	Weakened Damage - Damage is multiplied by 0.75x (without skills) - Achieved with a negative affinity value
Blue Numbers	Dragonblight - Afflicted with the Dragonblight status effect - Elemental damage is negated
Blue Shield	Reduced Damage vs. Uth Duna's Water Veil
Yellow Numbers	Skill Damage - Extra damage from skills like Whiteflame Torrent or Scorcher.
Gray Numbers	Negated/Nullified Damage - Complete mitigation of damage such as when attacking Arkveld's Chainblades with elemental damage, etc.

When damage numbers are displayed, you can understand what effects are occurring based on the colors and indicators. If there are ▼ in the four corners of the damage, it's damage against Wounds, if there's a pink line above the number, you landed a critical attack, etc. There is a lot of information that can be gleaned from the number color.

0 Damage is Shown in Gray

In some situations, such as when attacking a part that nullifies Element (e.g., Arkveld's Chainblades) with only Element damage, gray damage numbers may be displayed. There are also other situations that result in 0 damage, and in those cases, 0 damage is also displayed.

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