Read this Monster Hunter World: Iceborne guide on Equipment Augmentation, how to unlock it, how to augment weapons and armor, requirements, & more!!!
Table of Contents
Currently Updating ICEBORNE Info!
| MHW: ICEBORNE Feature Articles | |
|---|---|
 Staring MR - Tips | MR Break Guide |
| All Monster List | Recommended MR Build |
What Is The Canteen
The Canteen Cooks Food Granting Buffs & Food Skills
At the Canteen in Astera, the Meowscular Chef can cook food for you in exchange for money, research points, or meal vouchers. Eating food will grant you various buffs depending on the combination of food used.
Factors That Determine Meal Effects
| Meal Effect | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Health & Stamina | Number of fresh ingredients |
| Status Effects | Number of ingredients of the same type (e.g. meat, fish, etc.) |
| Food Skills | Number of ingredients of the same activation source (e.g. Vigor, Artillery, etc.). This is usually food in the same row. |
Ingredients Are Found In Various Quests
With more ingredients to choose from, the more combinations of effects and food skills you can trigger. Complete and gather as many ingredients as you can.
Upgrade The Canteen To Improve Effects
You can also upgrade the Canteen to be able to add more ingredients to your meals. With more ingredients, the more Stamina you can get as well per meal.
Canteen Upgrade Effects
| Level | Number Of Ingredients | Stamina | How To Level Up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | - | Unlocked immediately |
| 2 | 4 | +25 | Complete ★3 Assigned Quest "Flying Spark: Tobi-Kadachi" |
| 3 | 6 | +50 | Complete ★6 Assigned Quest "A Colossal Task" |
What Is A Food Skill?
Skills That Give Various Buffs Before A Hunt
Eating food at the canteen can also trigger special skills called Food Skills. Food Skills activation is random, but the likelihood of activation is increased with more fresh ingredients.
Always Activated When Using Meal Vouchers
By using a Meal Voucher, Food Skills will always be activated. If you need to activated specific Food Skills for challenging quests, and lack the fresh ingredients for it, it is recommended to use a meal voucher.
Food Skills Activated With Meal Voucher is Shared
When paying with Meal Voucher, Food Skills activated is shared with the entire Party. This is useful for taking on high difficulty hunts!
How To Use Food Skills
Food Skills Change Depending On Ingredients
The Food Skill you activate depends on the activation source ingredient. Ingredients belonging to the same row or color are of the same activation source.
Ingredients Of The Same Row & Color Activates Food Skill
Add more of the same color or row of ingredient to activate its corresponding Food Skill. Each color or row has a corresponding set of Food Skills that you can activate.
Food Skills Per Activation Source
| Type | No. Of Ingredients & Food Skill |
|---|---|
| Courage | (2) Felyne Polisher (4) Feline Rider (6) Feline Slugger |
| Resilience | (2) Felyne Acrobat (4) Felyne Feet (6) Felyne Moxie |
| Vigor | (2) Felyne Riser (Hi) (4) Felyne Black Belt (6) Felyne Heroics |
| Acrobatics | (2) Felyne Groomer (4) Felyne Medic (6) Felyne Specialist |
| Artillery | (2) Felyne Sharpshooter (4) Felyne Bombardier (6) Felyne Pro |
| Perception | (2) Felyne Iron Carver (4) Felyne Exchanger (6) Felyne Carver (Hi) |
| Fortune | (2) Felyne Harvester (4) Felyne Fat Cat (6) Lucky Cat |
Watch Out For Available Daily Skills
Daily Skills are randomly rotating set of Food Skills that change each in-game day. These Daily Skills are replaced by your activated Food Skills from bottom to top, as you activate more Food Skills.
Best Food Skills To Use
Use Skills That Complement Your Weapon
Make sure that you activate Food Skills that complement the weapon type you are using. It will not be beneficial if you activate a Food Skill that boosts Ranged attacks, when you are using a melee weapon.
Review The Food Skills Or Use Custom Platter
Before selecting food from the menu, make sure to review the food skills. It is recommended to use Custom Planner instead so you can select your own ingredients.
Use Versatile Daily Skills
Make sure to check the available Daily Skills available, as these are versatile skills that can give you a great boost.
Recommended Food Skills To Activate
| Food Skill | Type | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Felyne Weakener | Daily | Large monsters encountered on quests have an increased chance of being weaker than normal |
| Felyne Defender (Hi) | Daily | Often decreases damage taken |
| Felyne Moxie | Daily | Prevents fainting one time when damage taken exceeds your remaining health |
| Felyne Iron Carver | Perception | Prevents knockbacks while carving |
| Felyne Insurance | Daily | Prevents your group from being penalized the first time a member faints |
All Food Skills List
| Food Skill | Type | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Felyne Polisher | Courage | Often Speeds up Sharpening Time |
| Felyne Rider | Courage | Makes it easier to mount monster |
| Felyne Slugger | Courage | Makes it easier to stun monsters |
| Felyne Acrobat | Resillience | Allows the hunter to recover quickly when sent flying |
| Felyne Feet | Resillience | Prevents you from getting knocked on your butt |
| Felyne Moxie | Resillience | Prevents fainting one time when damage taken exceeds your remaining health |
| Felyne Riser (Hi) | Vigor | Greatly extends the invulnerability period when getting up |
| Felyne Black Belt | Vigor | Reduces stamina depletion when evading, blocking, or doing certain other actions |
| Felyne Heroics | Vigor | Grealty increases attack when health is dangerously low |
| Felyne Groomer | Acumen | Halves the effect duration of Defense Down and speeds up blight recovery |
| Felyne Medic | Acumen | Increases health recovery from items |
| Felyne Specialist | Acumen | Increases the potency of abnormal status attacks |
| Felyne Sharpshooter | Artillery | Increases the power of normal shots (Normal S) and normal arrows |
| Felyne Bombardier | Artillery | Increases ballista, sticky ammo, and gunlance shell damage |
| Felyne Pyro | Artillery | Upgrades Large Barrel Bombs to Mega Barrel Bombs |
| Felyne Iron Carver | Perception | Prevents knockbacks while carving |
| Felyne Exchanger | Perception | Increases the number of research points you receive at the end of a quest |
| Felyne Carver (Hi) | Perception | Often increases the number of times you can carve |
| Felyne Harvester | Fortune | Reduces the time between gathering point respawns |
| Felyne Fat Cat | Fortune | Increases the amount of zenny you receive at the end of a quest. |
| Lucky Cat | Fortune | Sometimes increases the number of reward items received at the end of a quest |
| Felyne Cliffhanger | Daily | Decreases rate of stamina depletion when evading on walls or ivy |
| Felyne Fur Coating | Daily | Prevents or lessens the effects of blights and environmental damage |
| Felyne Booster | Daily | Temporarily increases attack and defense at the start of a quest |
| Felynebacker | Daily | Prevents being knocked back when transporting or carrying an item |
| Felyne Provoker | Daily | Increases the likelihood of being targeted |
| Felyne Researcher | Daily | Unlock investigations more easily during expeditions |
| Felyne Defender (Lo) | Daily | Sometimes decreases damage taken |
| Felyne Defender (Hi) | Daily | Often decreases damage taken |
| Felyne Temper | Daily | Increases bowgun damage, but also increases deviation |
| Felyne Escape Artist | Daily | Decreases stamina depletion when fleeing from large monsters |
| Felyne Weakener | Daily | Large monsters encountered on quests have an increased chance of being weaker than normal |
| Felyne Insurance | Daily | Prevents your group from being penalized the first time a member faints |
| Felyne Deflector | Daily | Helps your weapon retain sharpness when attacks are deflected |
| Felyne Bulldozer | Daily | Increases attack power when you strike right after an attack is deflected |
| Felyne Trainer | Daily | Speeds up Palico growth |
| Felyne Fisher | Daily | Increases the likelihood that fish will bite when fishing |
| Cool Cat | Daily | Grants a temporary attack boost when you use the Sit gesture for a while |
| Felyne Sprinter | Daily | Dashing depletes less stamina when transporting an item |
| Felyne Gripper | Daily | Prevents some attacks from knocking you off of walls or ivy |
| Felyne Weathercat | Daily | Bad weather occurs more often during a quest |
| Felyne Lander | Daily | Prevents stumbling when jumping down from high places |
| Felyne Parting Gift | Daily | Restores health to allies in the area upon fainting |
