MHW: ICEBORNE | Recommended Radial Menu Setup - Item Bar & Shortcuts

Last Updated: August 21, 2022 10:54 PM

Check out the recommended items needed in your Item Bar depending on your play style! Find out sample radial menus, how to manage radial menu & shortcuts, and more in this guide!!!

Recommended Shortcuts

Basic Versatile Hunting Set
Melee Hunter Set
Ranged Hunter Set
How To Customize Shortcuts & Loadouts

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Recommended Versatile Hunting Radial Menu

This recommended set is versatile enough to keep you prepared for most if not all quests.

Radial Menu For Versatile Hunting

Item Name	Usage
Potion	Use to recover your health
Mega Potion	Use to recover your health
Honey	Used to craft Mega Potions
Antidote	Use to cure the "Poisoned" status
Well-done Steak	Use to recover stamina
Astera Jerky	Use to boost natural healing and cure Bleeding status
Nulberry	Use to cure various types of blights (status effects)
Pitfall Trap	Item required to capture various monsters
Shock Trap	Item required to capture various monsters
Large Barrel Bomb	Deal damage to an area of effect
Mega Barrel Bomb	Deal heavy damage to an area of effect
Devil's Blight	Needed to craft the Mega Barrel Bomb
Tranq Bomb	Item required to capture various monsters
Net	Used to craft Pitfall Traps
Powercharm	Use to slightly increase your attack power
Powertalon	Use to increase your attack power
Armorcharm	Use to slightly increase your defense
Armortalon	Use to increase your defense

Recommended Melee Hunter Radial Menu

It is recommended to bring more recovery items for melee type loadouts. Fighting in close proximity to monsters will drain more of your health and stamina so it is recommended to bring more recovery items.

Radial Menu For Melee Hunting

Item Name	Usage
Potion	Use to recover your health
Mega Potion	Use to recover your health
Honey	Used to craft Mega Potions
Nulberry	Use to cure various types of blights (status effects)
Max Potion	Use to recover your health
Life Powder	Use to recover team's health in multiplayer
Demon Drug	Temporarily increase hunter's attack power
Armorskin	Temporarily increase hunter's defense
Flash Pod	Blinds and causes flying monsters to land
Flashbug	Used to craft Flash Pods
Powercharm	Use to slightly increase your attack power
Powertalon	Use to increase your attack power
Armorcharm	Use to slighlty increase your defense
Armortalon	Use to increase your defense

Recommended Ranged Hunter Radial Menu

Since ranged hunters also have to think about ammos in their loadouts, the recommendation for the radial menu now accomodates various ammos.

Radial Menu For Ranged Hunting

Item Name	Usage
Potion	Use to recover your health
Mega Potion	Use to recover your health
Honey	Used to craft Mega Potions
Max Potion	Use to recover your health
Nulberry	Use to cure various types of blights (status effects)
Pitfall Trap	Used to capture various monsters
Tranq Ammo	Used to capture various monsters
Shock Trap	Used to capture various monsters
Various Ammunition	Essential for Ranged Hunters to attack monsters
Crafting Materials For Ammo	Allows you to craft more ammo when in the field
Powercharm	Use to slightly increase your attack power
Powertalon	Use to increase your attack power
Armorcharm	Use to slightly increase your defense
Armortalon	Use to increase your defense

How To Customize Radial Menu & Loadouts

Customize Radial Menu From The Menu

You will be able to customize your Radial Menu from the Items & Equipment tab from the Pause Menu. From here, you will be able to add and remove items from your Radial Menu

Customize Loadouts Near Item Boxes

You will be able to customize your loadouts when near an Item Box. Changing equipment will let you change your armors and weapons to fit your desired playstyle.

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Item Box Locations

Astera
Research Base
Tents in Camps
Your Room

You will be able to find Item Boxes in the following locations listed above.

Register Loadouts In Item Boxes

Registering a Loadout will save what you currently have equipped and the corresponding items in your Radial Menu. Use this to save time when changing loadouts and avoid having to manually pick out items from the item box.

Organize Depending On Play Style

You will be able to register up to 40 different loadouts. If you want, you will be able to create a loadout for specific monsters, play styles, and more!