[MHP3rd] How to use The Bow

Pose on 'em.
Weapon Spreadsheets:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Japanese Wiki (Translate the page to english/etc.):
w.atwiki.jp/mhp3/pages/77.html
If you're able to, emulation is a great way to play, I highly recommend you use PPSSPP: www.ppsspp.org/
And if you want to play multiplayer, go to Hunsterverse! hunstermonter.net/hunstervers...
MHP3rd Bow Damage Calculation: gamefaqs.gamespot.com/psp/991...
MHFU Bow Damage Calculation (Likely largely the same): gamefaqs.gamespot.com/psp/943...
Charge Multipliers: Raw / Element / Poison / Para & Sleep
Level 1: 0.4 / 0.7 / 0.5 / 0.5
Level 2: 1.0 / 0.85 / 1.0 / 1.0
Level 3: 1.5 / 1.0 / 1.5 / 1.3
Level 4: 1.7 / 1.125 / 1.5 / 1.3
===Rapid Status Values
Level 1: 13
Level 2: 7+7 (14)
Level 3: 5+5+5 (15)
Level 4: 4+4+4+4 (18)
Level 5: 4+4+4+4 (18)
===Spread Status Values
Level 1: 5+5+5 (15)
Level 2: 6+6+6 (18)
Level 3: 4+4+4+4+4 (20)
Level 4: 4+4+4+4+4 (20)
Level 5: 4+4+4+4+4 (20)
===Pierce Status Values
Level 1: 5 * 3 (15)
Level 2: 4 * 4 (16)
Level 3: 4 * 5 (20)
Level 4: 4 * 5 (20)
Level 5: 4 * 5 (20)
Critical Distance:
Scatter: 1-2 hops (1 - 1.5 rolls)
Rapid: 3-5 hops (1.5 - 3 rolls)
Pierce: 3-6 hops (2 - 4.5 rolls)
0:00 Intro
2:05 Controls
4:04 Math Time
9:37 Bath, Equipment, Drink, Items, Quest
10:31 Quest Start
11:05 Great Jaggi 1/3
13:22 Great Jaggi 2/3
17:08 Great Jaggi 3/3
18:20 Quest Cleared!
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[@tidyeigengrau8985]

This guy is a real og in monster hunter

[@CakeofPokke]

Heck yeah! Heddy's been teaching us the ways of the hunt for as long as I can remember ☺

[@HeadHunter455]

Aw shucks, y'all are too kind 😊

[@magnabueno5360]

Carried me in MHFU 😭😭😭😭

[@raidcrhonos]

True. OG 💪

[@cyletric]

the arrows really be just spears in disguise huh

[@HeadHunter455]

😳 You know too much 👺

[@user-di3dm1ob5d]

10:31 "take everything useful from the bluebox" *Takes mini whetstone

[@HeadHunter455]

Holy shit 🤣🤣🤣 I didn't even realize it lmao I wasn't paying attention I guess 😅😅😅

[@JohnnyCasey]

減 - decreased, shrunken 氣 - power, condition, stamina, etc. 値 - value, number So 減氣値 would roughly be 'The value of decreasing someone's stamina'_ --- in other words, KO, yes. I don't think this particular word is used anywhere outside of MH series. Funnily enough, the word 減氣 pronounces the same as 感氣(which is cold as in illness, flu) in korean language, so most people's impression was something that makes the monster to cough.

[@HeadHunter455]

haha nice! Interesting :P Thanks for sharing 😄

[@skeezorf6806]

I am glad to see you are still uploading, you are pretty much the person who taught me how to play monster hunter, i probably wouldn't have gotten into this series without your mhfu tutorials, so thank you.

[@fearmination6996]

🥺

[@HeadHunter455]

Hey, I'm very glad to hear it! 😊 I'll be uploading as much as I can, as long as I'm still able. Thanks for watching! I'm glad I could be a part of your MH journey, I hope it's all going well 🙂

[@sansclone1874]

And yeah among all of this, as specified in Hunter's magazine from Freedom Unite, since the number of ammunition are limited, you should bring the ammo's ingredients as well. So you could craft it mid-hunt. This is why some of the Gunner Set have Combo + skill.

[@HeadHunter455]

ye

[@procow2274]

For arc shots the first two land on top the bomb one goes through and detonates on the ground so depending on what you want to hit you can adjust accordingly. All 3 can do element and status although focus is much better than wide for basically any situation other than maybe small monster elimination with bomb and focus capable of potentially stunlocking some monsters and element wide and focus seem to consistently land more hits than non element version.

[@HeadHunter455]

That's some good info, thanks for sharing! 😄 Yeah, focus seems *really* good! Though I haven't used it much yet. Feels good to use too :P I can imagine it being harder to land though, for sure.

[@andimuhammadizadirwasa2464]

tbh I am an bow enthusiast, I done all the quest of pokke village, nekhot's quest, and EVEN guild hall quest from low rank to G rank just with that they called the most useless weapon on MHFU... The main reason why I choose bow when I play that game is because I dont want to get "hit", but oh boy Im missunderstanding from the start and get stuck with that weapon along the game.... But as the time goes, like 500 hours of playing just "bow" in every quest, I really start madly in love with that...jeez I really didn't care of people saying bow is for a losers or wasting your times... Because Im already blind by it...jeez I dont know if Im in the right path or not lol By the way, great videos of bow in P3d!! After I hunted the ukanlos with BOW, I might spend another 500 hours with bow in P3rd!!

[@HeadHunter455]

Nice! Haha, yeah, bow is honestly a really cool weapon, and from what I can tell it's one of the go to weapons for speedrunners fighting Rajang in mhfu. I've seen some crazy stuff. Bow also just looks cool, there's something I've always really liked about how it looks

[@bloodykenshiro8218]

One thing I feel hampers ranged play in gen 3 is the lack of crit shake that was added in 4. That helps a lot at naturally figuring out crit range. Also gen 4 introduced more aiming options.

[@HeadHunter455]

Yeah, that's fair, figuring out critical distance has always been a little confusing, the screen shake really helps, and then 5th gen just added it to the reticle, which is also great.

[@tsumurireallll]

7:59 "genkichi", 減 = reduction, 気 = energy, 値 = value In other words, the amount that the monster's energy is reduced.

[@HeadHunter455]

😮

[@keisukebaji282]

I'm new to this channel... watch couple of your how to use series already and surprised to see you still uploading this kind of tutorial... Very Informative and Accurate tutorial😊

[@HeadHunter455]

Hey!! I really appreciate that 😄 Thanks for watching. More to come soon 🙂

[@Dazulolwarrior]

Thanks for the video, I really missed the older Monhun games

[@HeadHunter455]

Hey, no problem! 😄 Thanks for watching. More p3rd content soon, I also have some MHFU stuff, but I can only do so much 😅

[@Dazulolwarrior]

I look forward to that, MHP3rd was peak childhood for me since I couldnt afford a wii and when i got older and could work PT i got a 3ds instead. Cheers

[@MISTER_CEO]

Love the videos mate, started the MH series as a worldbabby and went back to play P3rd based on a friends recommendation and I'm having a blast. Your content has been very helpful adjusting to the older style of game

[@HeadHunter455]

Hey, I'm very glad to hear it! I recommend MHFU as well if you get around to it. It's a very simple game by modern standards, but I think because of that it feels so much different to play, in some ways I actually prefer it 😅 Thanks for watching, I hope you're having a great time, happy hunting! 🙂

[@soulblazer2392]

The hardest thing of being a gunner generally imo, is picking what armor to use. I always feel that bows and bowguns require more of mix of different armor compared to the blademaster weapons. Maybe a tutorial on what armor to use for gunner weapons would be nice?

[@HeadHunter455]

Yeah! I'd like to make a video covering all of the armor in MHFU, it's a pretty long project of mine, but as for p3rd, the current plan is to get the armor sets from the monsters, and explain how they could be useful. If you watch my main guide videos for monsters I include a section at the end talking about the armor, like how royal ludroth armor is good for water element bows and stuff. Also, if I ever use a bow for a hunt, I'll be including some armor set that would help with it, of course 🙂

[@primacandraap1074]

Can't wait for mhp3rd guild hall guide

[@HeadHunter455]

Same, I wonder if I'll be able to do it tbh, but I felt the same about the MHFU guild hall too 😅 I wish I had more time to work on these videos. Maybe one day. Hopefully sooner than later 🤧 Thanks for watching!! 🙂

[@Cloudy573]

Your channel really is a godsend for anyone who's trying to revisit MHFU or P3rd. These guides are all great, keep it up!

[@HeadHunter455]

Hey I'm really glad to hear it! 😄😄 I also started in MHFU so it's not a bad introduction to the series either, I think :P Will do, I'll keep going for as long as I can 😖

[@Grim1200]

Heady's back

[@HeadHunter455]

😎

[@Icey111i]

My main used to be the longsword and the switch blade....but now that I lost my a account I wanted to use the bow because of the distance advantage, I couldn't understand how to make it powerful or even coating this video helped me alot and now I can max out my damage thx

[@HeadHunter455]

Hey no problem, glad I could help! 😁

[@Dyoakie]

The fact that i just started a few days ago and i saw this was already waiting for me 😭 you're awesome bro You also helped me through mhfu when i just started as well

[@HeadHunter455]

Haha I'm glad to hear that! 🙂 I'm eager to finish this series so I can have these things ready and complete for those who want to check these games out, I'm glad I've been able to help and encourage so many so far 😊 Thanks for watching! 🙂

[@Dyoakie]

@@HeadHunter455 much love man. Rock on

[@HeadHunter455]

😁

[@zygranjoshvergara3303]

This is what I'm waiting for

[@HeadHunter455]

😁

[@_Dojyaan_]

This really help me,Thanks

[@HeadHunter455]

Hey, glad to hear it! Thanks for watching 🙂

[@hellarus480]

Thank you bro❤

[@HeadHunter455]

Hey, no problem! 🙂 I hope you're having a good time 😄

[@andrewstencel]

I'm not really into ranged playstyles, but I might take the bow when introducing my brother to the game this weekend when we go multiplayer, as he'll probably pick the greatsword. Either bow or light bowgun, I'm still unsure. Great guide!

[@HeadHunter455]

Thanks! I hope you have fun with it, they are pretty cool weapons 🙂

[@sebbylono1132]

Thank you for these guides, they're awesome! I've been looking into playing mhp3rd and these have been helping me decide what weapon to use when I eventually decide to do so. And by the way, is there a suggested/recommened english patch to use for the game when emulating it?

[@HeadHunter455]

Hey, I'm glad to hear it! 😄 I've always said pick any weapon that speaks to you in some way, whether you think it looks fun or cool or looks like it's effective or does a lot of damage, anything that draws you to *some* weapon, follow that feeling first, and you can figure out the rest later. You can, and should eventually, always use the other weapons later on. I believe people use this one: www.romhacking.net/reviews/8403/ but I'm not terribly sure anymore >.< Thanks for watching 🙂

[@DadaraRadada]

When i was still playing mh3u, whenever my para, poisn, slp coatings reached 1 quantity, i never usr them to shoot but rather try to inflict status effects with the melee attack

[@HeadHunter455]

yeah lol, as far as I can tell it's not very effective, and honestly not very useful, but I understand the logic behind it.

[@danielellucifera5135]

Bro, i love to watch your video. Mhp3d is good but, mhfu addictive 😂

[@HeadHunter455]

True 😌

[@danielellucifera5135]

@@HeadHunter455 i play mhp3d 200h and get boring. But, mhfu 600h using LS,, now i play bow only from the start 😂

[@F_4Pinkman]

ty for Guide😀

[@HeadHunter455]

Hey no problem 🙂 Thanks for watching!

[@riyadkanos8487]

I do believe you can make the arrow charge time shorter by juggling the analog stick while charging.

[@HeadHunter455]

Yeah, but I'm not going to include unintended things like that in videos like this. I may include exploits/glitches/etc. in a more advanced video to fully take advantage of the systems in place, but the weapon's fully serviceable without doing stuff like that. Same with the gunlance auto guard thing, if I recall correctly.

[@riyadkanos8487]

that's our HeadHunter for you!@@HeadHunter455

[@chimp4114]

Might actually start using the bow

[@HeadHunter455]

It's fun! 😄 And the weapons and armor look cool!!! 😁😁

[@noer6443]

I remember that time hunt and don't have any stamina recovery item really long hunt😂

[@HeadHunter455]

Yeah, making sure you have enough items is super important! 😅

[@benedictarisato]

This brings back so many memories. I wanna play it again but I can't find the English version

[@HeadHunter455]

I'd like to share around where it can be acquired, but I really don't know the legalities enough to do so :(

[@benedictarisato]

@@HeadHunter455 it's fine, at least I got the freedom unite version :D

[@lad693]

When are you planning to make the bowgun guides?

[@HeadHunter455]

As soon as I have time. I've already started the script, but I'm also working on the next monster guide, and of course working. Like with Bow, it's a lot more involved than melee weapons, so I want to make sure and cover the basics properly rather than just say "press circle to fire" y'know?

[@CommieCul]

my first character was a bowman and i was strugglin, wish i knew the game a little more and now i do 😉

[@HeadHunter455]

Hey I'm glad you stuck with it! 😄 I really think the ranged weapons have a sort of requirement to how the game works to really reach a decent effectiveness, in a way that most of the ranged weapons just don't. It took me a while to figure out ranged weapons, but I'm glad I do now, they're a lot of fun! 🙂

[@jid9489]

so after desperately hunt gigginox with a quropeco sns, im searching how to hunt that thing more easily and got some answer that bow kinda work with gigginox. i've tried it and it's feel so satisfying, it takes time but It's feel better than just running all over the place to get close to that lizard. i hope you make guide about gigginox,volvidon and how to deal with double boss monster quest. great baggi hot spring quest is annoying

[@HeadHunter455]

Yeah! I actually just last night recorded the double baggi hunt (with LS) and Volvidon (with LBG) They both went surprisingly well, so, hopefully since I have them recorded already I'll be able to make the videos a bit faster >.< It takes a decent amount of time unfortunately, and the main thing is I don't usually have a lot of time lately with work and other things. I'm glad you tried something else when what you were doing wasn't working too well, keep it up! 😄 For my series; Baggi is next, then Volvidon, then Gigginox, at least that's what I have planned. Was thinking of using Lance vs Giggi, but we'll see 😊 Thanks for watching, more to come! 🙂

[@horith8033]

nice

[@HeadHunter455]

Thanks! 😄

[@netizen6139]

Thank You . I'm horrible at the bow. i don't understand how it work i always got time fail .

[@HeadHunter455]

Hey, no problem. I hope this was helpful in some way and you can figure it out, it's a lot of fun once you get the hang of it! 😄

[@Strangebf]

I'm able to watch this guy play this game in English patch sadly its difficult on ppsspp

[@HeadHunter455]

😄 😅

[@TacolTacolTacol]

blast is for your friends 😊

[@HeadHunter455]

So true 😌

[@syariefnurhidayatullah5755]

i love this bow guide video, thanks bruh

[@HeadHunter455]

Hey, no problem, glad ya like it 😄 Thanks for watching! 🙂

[@syariefnurhidayatullah5755]

@@HeadHunter455 i just wanna know how many coating needed to give status abnormal to the monster (para, pois, sleep, exhaust) because sometimes it feel quick, sometimes i ran out of coating and the monster still dont get status abnormal.

[@HeadHunter455]

It's gonna depend on a lot of different variables unfortunately, that's part of what makes ranged weapons so tricky to cover. If you check the description you'll see a lot of status values and multipliers, they're relevant to your question, basically you take the status value and multiply it by your relevant multiplier (poison has a different multiplier than sleep & paralysis), after that, you'll need to know what the build up requirements are for the monster you're hunting. This is why I said most players probably use LBG for status gunning, since for them, each status bullet does like 25 or 50 buildup, but bows require a lot more math, AND you have to make sure all of your arrows hit. If you really want to know how many shots it'll take, you should go into the hunt with the gear you want to test, and hit them with the status coatings until the status activates, then write it down somewhere. Without doing math (and even then you'd probably want to test it) that's the only way to know for sure. Also, remember that every 5 or 10 seconds the monster will recover from your status ailment by 5 or 10 points, im not too sure the exact values. So if you take too long in between shots, you'll need to hit it with more than you normally would.

[@syariefnurhidayatullah5755]

@@HeadHunter455 really helpful, thanks master, hope can hunt with u one day!

[@HeadHunter455]

@syariefnurhidayatullah5755 glad to hear it, yeah! Maybe one day 😄

[@thecourier8634]

You are doing MHP3? I'm still playing MHFU.

[@HeadHunter455]

Yep, my main planned series for MHFU is finished. I still have some stuff to do for MHFU, but I've started doing p3rd stuff.

[@thecourier8634]

@@HeadHunter455yeah I know, I started MHFU 2 years ago when you first started. Since then I got G rank in a bow only and now I'm doing an "all armor" run with SNS only. PS: I still come back to your videos. You area god among MHFU conten.

[@Th3G3kk0]

Look at me mom! I can bow now!

[@HeadHunter455]

😄

[@raidcrhonos]

I like bow and still probably is my most used weapon (by sheer amount of playtime) but oh boy doesn't it feel like cheating sometimes

[@HeadHunter455]

Haha, I think ranged weapons may have that effect, based on my pretty limited experience with them 😅

[@xoluos]

Not gonna lie he cooked.Nice !

[@HeadHunter455]

Thanks! 😄😄

[@procow2274]

cat 🐈

[@HeadHunter455]

😺

[@danieliteza8562]

FINALLY, i could rest in peace

[@HeadHunter455]

🙏

[@danieliteza8562]

Thanks, bro

[@HeadHunter455]

np, it took so long because there's so much to cover, and my already limited time was split between this and the main series >.< Thanks for watching 🙂

[@danieliteza8562]

You're welcome, i also hope that you will complete the other 2 weapon. See you leter

[@HeadHunter455]

Yeah I definitely will when I get the time to >.< 👋

[@procow2274]

If you know what your doing you can make wroggi bow pretty early on

[@skzk46]

you use controller? i play mhp3rd with my keyboard😂

[@thecourier8634]

same.

[@HeadHunter455]

Yep, i use a controller. Dunno how you guys manage to use a keyboard haha

[@skzk46]

@@HeadHunter455 like 3 months ago i started play mhp3 again, never use gunner. blademaster is no problem

[@samarrawal711]

At least you guys got keyboard, I play with touchscreen 😭

[@HeadHunter455]

😭 I've seen some really highly skilled people using touchscreens, ever since then, I've kinda stopped thinking too differently of weird input types that I wouldn't use. I need to use a controller, but people can get used to anything, which is honestly *really* impressive.

[@jromegalindo]

bru math makes me dizzy

[@HeadHunter455]

😌

[@Pawtaclysm]

Finally

[@satriowibowo5305]

Why my mhp3rd sudenly error? Where i can downloaded it?

[@henrychess3]

Bow is not a ranged weapon, it's a melee weapon with gunner defenses 🤣

[@HeadHunter455]

Honestly lol When they say "ranged" they really meant like 10 feet 🤧🤧🤧 lol it makes sense in the context of the game though.

[@henrychess3]

@@HeadHunter455 the bowguns are more like ranged weapons than bow tbh

[@procow2274]

I set records in this game with bow

[@debdwaipayankarmakar9560]

Way too much information to remember. Monkey use big sword monkey bonk monster with big sword monkey kill monster

[@HeadHunter455]

Honestly fair 😌

[@klodpraisor]

So long, gay bowser

[@HeadHunter455]

So true 😳

[@o_oo_o1812]

lol you don't want to use bow with great jaggi, and you def don't want to use pierce shot. he should have done a deviljho with thunder bow :) it's so satisfying to shoot a pierce shot right through that big dumb dragon. or it's fun to use thunder shot to shoot a rathalos out of the air. i think he doesn't play multiplayer so he won't know the power of bow in mhp3rd. yes you can flinch your team, but there is a flinch skill. in mhp3rd bow is really powerful, because melee players will hit each other, but bow can stand in back and hit consistent damage while not bothering anyone, while also using status effects. also bows can break parts that are harder to reach for other weapons

[@HeadHunter455]

lol.