Monster Hunter Stories 2 | Endgame Guide | Get Rare Monsties | Get Zenny | Get Nutriments | & More

Here's my Guide to the Monster Hunter Stories 2 Endgame. This one took me a while, and it's not as polished as I'd like because I'm leaving tomorrow for a while, hope it still helps you guys tackling the Endgame of this awesome title.
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:55 Advice: Get a Nargacuga
2:37 Manage Monstie Expeditions
4:44 How to Get Zenny, Nutriments & Charms
8:41 Optimize Monstie Expeditions
11:29 Importance of Nutriments
12:42 Importance of Charms
14:31 Where to go After The Story? Elder's Lair!
15:32 How to Get New & Rare Monsties
18:55 Going on Den Expeditions
22:44 How to get Deviants and Elder Dragons
24:52 How to Find the Best Genes for your Monsties
29:51 How to Craft Deviant Armor and Weapons
31:23 How to Craft Elder Dragon Armor and Weapons

[@TheCaptDude]

SR dens have a 100% chance to drop an Elder or Deviant at the last nest. It is not a chance. It is a guarantee.

[@RenkaKurogane]

Can confirm it is a guarantee. The only chance involved is what egg you get. And Kirin being Kirin, that IMO is the one cursed egg because it seems to be everywhere in every den. Just pray that if you don't want a Kirin, you don't get it. Can be infuriating when you're there for the Deviant and Kirin eggs just keep coming out.

[@flintflint3726]

It seems like you may not know this, but you can actually find Nergigante eggs in the overworld gold monster dens at terga mountain base. You don't have to use a rare ticket. I found a couple before even completing the story.

[@groudongamer3178]

Oh I know. It was the first egg I got after beating nergy.

[@richardroland9953]

Prayers and charms do not stack. Largest value takes effect.

[@Mode_na]

Wait really? Where'd this info come from?

[@richardroland9953]

@@Mode_na I did some testing myself on xp gains and also ragegamings video says this as well. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXbCoYiIj5aVedk

[@jarvisbinks7576]

Well I’m a fool…..

[@richardroland9953]

@@jarvisbinks7576 So was I until about 2 days ago. Now I use finding charm and gathering prayer for expeditions.

[@joshuacarroll4805]

Actually, if I use charms, prayer itself is disabled altogether. I tested this with the healing after each turn in combat prayer while having Finding charms active, and only after the charms timed out did I start healing per turn.

[@Dragonhawk-250]

normal expedition tickets can be used for bottle cap farming and you'll have a small chance of getting an sr ticket so normal expeditions have their uses

[@raggedyexynos9487]

Thank you so much for this guide! Was having trouble understanding the things in the endgame, this video really helped me a lot!

[@delvauxgaming]

Finally unlock "Endgame" last night.... perfect timing this video came out. Thank you for the video. Gotta hatch them all Monstie XD

[@KingMatthewx]

Man, that's one hell of a guide. Thanks Rui !

[@KsanUwU]

just beat fatalis and was feeling a bit lost on where to go next. this was a very nice and comprehensive video with an answer to every question i had ^^

[@craigderosby482]

Thank you sir. I just entered endgame yesterday and these tips helped immensely.

[@GoToBedSheeva]

If you’re reading this, you can do local coop so you don’t need to set a password and clog online with locked lobbies

[@Logan-ef8hq]

This helped a lot. I've just been doing random crap with no semblance of order. Now I understand the loop a bit better and have a gameplay for tonight! Lol

[@pixelwhisper1999]

After beating the game the other day, I couldn't for the life of me figure out the progression, and didn't think I could handle anything in elders lair with my current gear, so I didn't want to touch it yet. But with everything in high rank being an absolute nightmare, this guide is extremely helpful

[@kevinriles5176]

I bought this game for the switch and now I’m playing it on the PS5 2 years later in this video really helps because I forgot a lot😂

[@juanbarrero1348]

this video is everything I've ever needed for endgame mhs2 10/10

[@seileen1234]

Great guide, i needed that

[@totalwarlock9498]

thanks for the awesome video, im going to be referencing this a lot

[@angsfeatheredfriends]

Just got the game, only level 25 so far. This was a very helpful video. Some of these things I can work on as I progress. I had no idea about the expeditions being so useful, I was just using them to level side monsties up to feed their genes to my main ones lol.

[@hornzby3650]

very good video man. Helped me a ton. Keep it up!

[@PyromaniacAxel]

I've been having a pain finding some of the Deviants and Elders in the Multiplayer, and I thought you could only just find 'em in the Deviant Den, but this helped me out a lot! Thanks!

[@juancimino296]

After they announced MHS1 being ported to the Switch I started playing this game again and Ive got sooo hooked. Loving the game and I cannot get enough of it. Only thing I dislike on the Switch is the performance, they clearly couldve done better.

[@justsomejojo]

Just finished the game yesterday, so this came at a good time. I've been skimping on Everdens towards the end of the game, so I guess one of the first things to do is to get a Nargacuga and quickly finish those. Because, MAN, are those postgame bottlecap expenses huge.

[@JanusHoW]

The nice thing is that the chests in multiplayer dens never require special traversal abilities (Jump, Swim, Rock Breaker, etc) so you can just bring your best Monsties. Once you get all of the Bottle Caps in the Everdens and both Elder's Lairs, you never explicitly need them again.

[@CokiPet]

Thank you very much for this!

[@alternis1029]

If you're still here: Try to cover the last weapon before someone cries about spoilers. You can see it in the Expedition Part of the video.

[@The-GaYmer]

Too late i have been spoiled... :'(

[@alternis1029]

@@The-GaYmer Take this imaginary handkerchief. Btw. You seem to be one of the last elves of the gaymer tribe in Tamriel. Are you friends with the orsimer or are you despising them like the others? Where do you live? I haven’t seen any gaymer in Skyrim.

[@bossnass9319]

Does anyone else have a hard time telling the difference between a a kushala egg and a nergigante egg😅

[@electricmessiah3932]

Or a Kirin and Velkana egg? Have a little trouble with shades of blue.

[@gleipnirrr]

I'd suggest roar monsters are better. you have to roar more often, but you can go through monsters as well

[@nice1bro759]

excellent guide

[@paz8723]

If I remember correctly, Retreat Dens have the same chance of having eggs with XL skills as High Rank Dens

[@benjaminpryer8215]

"Self heal isn't even that hard to get..." Me, after ~100 expeditions, "...Right, not hard to get... thanks RNGesus." Side note, I do have two of my monsties with maxed out self heal, but my Nargacuga with dancer doesn't have one, and that 100 count is after I got my other two maxed out. so I'm 100 expeditions in and haven't seen a SINGLE self heal since. Edit: I got a self heal right after posting this, because RNG is sentient and has a sense of humor.

[@pmctall]

You are a life saver. Thank you

[@atraxian5881]

Bought the game on steam during Christmas holidays and started high rank a few days ago. Have to say that I felt kind of overwhelmed with all the things to do at first and even if I'm managing to get my stride on my own, this video is going to help a whole lot.

[@fuzionxevo1601]

bro what is high rank

[@kamm3021]

Thanks 👍👍👍 Let's Goooooo

[@teun1433]

thnx for the video! currently figuring out how to maximize the elder dragons genes since those SR tickets dont grow on trees ^^

[@carolclarke9512]

Hi rurikhan thanks for your monster hunter story two was very helpful carol

[@3badml855]

Thanks man

[@TheGrimangel95]

First thing I did after beating the game was start the deviant hunts and aside from silverwind they all went pretty smoothly. I haven't even broke level 50 yet.

[@Sljm8D]

Really the tough part is them having 2 attacks per turn when enraged, otherwise they'd be easy to cheese with an evade song horn.

[@TheGrimangel95]

@@Sljm8D lately I've had Evade L and the Escape L equipped and it's saved my life multiple times in these hunts.

[@maddoggaming1171]

I'd just like to personally suggest using a Nargacuga instead of a roaring monstie. I've been using a roaring monstie for pretty much the entire game while my buddy rushed to get himself a Green Nargacuga and then later a Silverwind. Being able to sneak behind a target for the free extra attack is huge. It is "possible" to roar a monster into holding still and run around it, but often I end up running in circles waiting for the effect to wear off, I can run through the monster multiple times during the effect as if they aren't there. Can be annoying to time. It's just simpler to go the stealth route.

[@kevindenis9551]

Oh good god, the moment he showed the traits on Innocent, my jaw just dropped with my eyes as wide as can be. Now that there is a true Lagiacrus with thunder element for years! Guess that’s how you use the rainbow trait, good to know. 😂

[@ironmaidenmetalgod]

Its not that good as he does not have any tech or speed moves

[@SnakeTheBoss13]

it´s a good pve setup, not that great for pvp

[@rozie172]

Another thing ab MONSTIE expeditions. I have made them go get resources for ancient potions and dust of life since you cant buy them and it is always useful to have over 50 of them. I also have too much zenny and charms so no need for those, you get them long the way

[@jarvisbinks7576]

That part about tetsu….I felt that.

[@thematthatter673]

Dude you sound like Mr. Peanutbutter and it's awesome haha. Seriously though thank you for this. It's a bit unclear on what to do once you hit high rank.

[@ethansant6738]

I see you have also named your Uragaan "Jay Leno". Nice.

[@mr.shigoto7211]

This video was all over the place

[@xander0901]

I just got the game a few days ago and I'm enjoying the experience casually. It'll still be a while before I approach the endgame, but it was interesting to hear about what there is to look forward to.

[@didnt1able]

Finding charms don't effect what particular egg is dropped. It increases the chance of getting XL genes at. At this rank that is what you are looking for.

[@mrghost3272]

You can also go to the deviant den/ elder den with a rare ticket. Almost instant good eggs

[@thespiderplayer5465]

Imagine if there was an event in this game that you let you go into a dream state and let you fight red when he was a young adult

[@kevine9474]

We already got new genes from palamutes. A lot in fact. so its safe to assume the dlc monsties will have new genes.

[@TroubleMeisters]

Perfect timing, just got to end game

[@lapizune6233]

I'm using a Nargacuga since Alcala

[@jeffreygifford1015]

the grind is real but thats whats good about this game, makes me feel like when was young kid playing tb rpgs for first time. We didnt have any other option and thats what made it fun and sometimes have to take couple day break cuz grinded 200 hrs but felt your progression and could tell whereas now you just pay and no sense of accomplishment. Hats off to monster hunter for making ppl earn their lvls and not just letting there be another hierarchy in our games cuz get enough of that crap from real world.

[@ProgressMakesPerfect]

You can also find super rare dens in the wild they are a 1% chance to show up but if you have a flying monstie you can just fly around the locale look and then if it’s not there change the time and rinse repeat i did this for almost all my elder dragons it can take a while tho but i wanted to find them naturally

[@Steph11e]

What I do now (guess better later than never), before i Sell my trade in items, use the selling charm to get even more money for them, and then switch to buying charm if i'm planning on forging and upgrading loads of armour/weapons

[@MrPomwarlock]

Hey Rurikhan. I don’t know if I was super (un)lucky but I just completed a (explore) Jungle Den 8* and on the final nest after beating the boss I received a Teostra egg? Just thought I’d let you know. :)

[@PopCultureFan_]

I love doing the expeditions tho, i love getting all that stuff while just standing around..lol

[@RenkaKurogane]

Personal opinion and advice: You buy N tickets with zenny. Use those to farm bottle caps for everything else. And why N? Because you can speedrun N ticket dens. Just get a Nargacuga, Metal Gear(tm) your way through the entire den, find the chests, beat up the boss, done. Some people just go for the chests only, but I prefer bonking the boss. It's not absurdly hard to do it, just consumes a bit more time. Just pray you don't get roadblocked by certain monsters, i.e. Agnaktor, Plesioth and the random small monster that you accidentally walk into face-first.

[@PopCultureFan_]

LOL at the monstie named Jay leno

[@reyverdinglasan4391]

The Astera theme feels weirdly nostalgic.

[@PopCultureFan_]

Ohhhhh LOL, i too thought those exp tickets had to do with the online multiplayer!

[@sparrowfox6943]

So since co-op expeditions have multiple dens, is it possible to get multiple eggs in one go, or can you only get one egg for the whole expedition session?

[@spinojo3070]

don't forget you can get a Rajang in any of the super rare dens and get destroyed by him as well.

[@nibelungvalesti]

Pretty good depth for children's game.

[@LordNightkind]

If you have a Monstie Expedition do a Thorough search of the HR Forbidden Grounds is like 120 minutes.

[@MadTimmy]

Oh gosh. I’m glad that I love nargacuga! I never thought about what things would be like if I didn’t want a batkitty in my party. Are those people still working through the campaign??

[@jasontevlin1752]

i love the game only thing i find to be a pain is when ur fighting the monsters u dont get to see the hp bar till after u kill it the first time around

[@skiafraylalnasache]

Kushala also spawns in Flowery den!

[@PillsburyNinjaKneadingJustice]

I named my Uragaan Jay Leno as well

[@amykelly9645]

I can’t wait to get a silver wind

[@jesterbrown90]

Not sure about expeditions, but I've gotten elderfrost gammoth from HR rare dens.

[@pyoheliobros5773]

Oof, I really feel quite overwhelmed by MHS2's endgame. That's a lot of stuff. So what exactly would be a good roadmap for what to do in the endgame. So you start at the elder lair and then?

[@superbeaner4428]

Try and complete Elders lair. Loads of EXP for higher rank monsters, you can farm High Rank Monsters there for weapons/armor, and once you complete it, it unlocks the Super Elders lair and the basic Jaggi/Baggi fights give like 10k+ EXP which is super nice. But if you can, find parties that use SR Expeditions and farm the Elder/Deviant monsters to start building your end game team because the final monster in Elders lair is pretty toughy.

[@pyoheliobros5773]

@@superbeaner4428 So I can go to the elder's lair with my Bulldrome armor and my Popcorn Gunlance? Do I understand that right?

[@superbeaner4428]

@@pyoheliobros5773 If it's HR Bulldrome then yeah you'll be fine for the first few floors. You'll eventually need to upgrade because you'll eventually have floors where you have to kill rooms full of Deviants/Elders. The main checkpoints will be Floors 5 and 7 since they're the toughest floors (IMO).

[@gositonapencil9508]

I'm so sad that scarred yian garuga didn't make it in, I was so excited to have my crazy chicken boi. Guess I'll stick with the original Yian Garuga

[@eugenemarshall5450]

What if you need a certain gene, but you didn't discover/jot it down in the genes book?

[@Duppy0906]

I bough everything in the limited tab cause im a completionist xD and i didnt like seeing It with things not bought

[@xavierrodriguez4022]

After finishing the game. All gold dens will have HR monsties?

[@hisdudeness1835]

FYI the monstie list isn't entirely complete since I got a Kushala in a Desert den

[@refugetube4800]

Prayers and Charms don't stack, choose a different prayer for maximum enjoyment, like finding+gathering, attack&deffense something like that Luck and training become the least useful in high levels

[@cartoonvideos5]

Is it safe to host a super rare expedition ticket in coop with randoms? I don't want to use it then get disconnected or die in coop.

[@bananarama4925]

throughout my gameplay, it's seems to me that using roar is better than stealth

[@gizerauditore9985]

God, i missed mhw thqt background music

[@bnb3107]

Jay Leno, I see what you did there lol

[@pyoheliobros5773]

25:06 isn't that rainbow gene there a pretty big waste? I mean if you only have thunder-power genes, then you could have another thunder-power gene in the middle and you still got the same bingos

[@dh13]

Yo, I just got a Kushala Daora from a desert den? Is that normal?

[@Syazwi_Syahmi]

Does anybody know a way to find HR Aptonoth for the 100% achievement because as it is right now for me, it feels rarer than getting a Super Rare Dungeon for me...

[@chameleos8824]

What's the recommended level for these srhr dens

[@Kemzter]

add: i was able to fight rajang on the snowy den

[@Sljm8D]

Rurikhan we need to talk about how you pronounce Lagiacrus.

[@rurikhan]

Talk to @SuperRAD

[@Sljm8D]

It kind of wouldn't be Monster Hunter if we didn't have no idea how to say most of the creature names. I've heard some whoppers over the years... Including the official pronunciation of Bazelgeuse.

[@Sljm8D]

As for me, I stick to the RedStache pronunciation kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJSTnJSvqNKnqLs

[@Darkom1972]

longest monstie expedition is 2 hours (gametime)

[@Duppy0906]

Theres a cap of 9.999.999 zennys ive been hearing that everywhere

[@Jak5stick]

welp guess that monster to make your great sword is in the game lmao

[@VeganJustToAnnoyYou]

Thunder Jeans.

[@yowza2404]

😍🙏🏻😍

[@sashadoesrandomstuff4223]

Best tip: Get the Monster Hunter stories 2 database app

[@TatteredBeanie]

Did my first SR den this morning. I chose volcanic area and the last monster was a velkhana? And got a velkhana egg.

[@phobosdeath]

same here

[@shadowrider-xg7vs]

Same thing happened to me aswell

[@feircy]

Wheres my abyssal lagi and lucent narga monsties

[@deadeyeridge]

Was he trying to say Lagiacruz?

[@heartsickruben]

I only have one question. Is there a high rank tobi kadachi?

[@azazel6342]

I want to say yes? I feel like I've seen the egg in a HR den but passed it up... but I'm not 100%

[@jarvisbinks7576]

I think so, got wrecked by a HR kadachi in a den a few days ago. I would assume if it’s in the den, it’s in the nest itself. Best of luck!

[@heartsickruben]

@@jarvisbinks7576 tja k you

[@cameronsmith1229]

My favorite boi Tetsu... they show me a baby in Rise and don't let me ride him in stories, Capcom why do you hate me?

[@MrPimpJuiice]

...and denim jeans :D

[@ShaunArmstrongKeybladeStorm]

6:49 is a spoiler. Skip before then

[@ZachNasty]

You will get a Nargacuga and you will like it hahaha

[@Instagram.knightluz]

How I use stimulant???

[@ultimasurge]

Use ritual items option with stable palico