The right selection and combination of armor along with the appropriate decorations and skills play an important role in Monster Hunter Wilds. A player has calculated the amount of healing you can receive from two of the most popular sets in Monster Hunter Wilds.
Warning: There are small spoilers in the text that refer to a revelation in the story. If you have not yet entered Nata’s homeland, you have been warned.
Which sets are being discussed? Specifically, it concerns the two sets you can obtain from the flagship monster Arkveld. Both sets come with abilities that allow you to heal passively during your fights if certain conditions are met.
The regular Arkveld set heals you if you attack your target constantly, and the Guardian Arkveld set heals you when you break wounds, for a certain percentage of your health bar. This healing can also be enhanced by additional skills, allowing you to heal repeatedly and almost constantly during your fights without using potions.
So far, it was unclear how much this healing actually amounts to. A player on Reddit has taken the time to calculate it all.
“I did the calculations for the healing of the Arkveld sets so you don’t have to”
What did the player calculate? User facevaluemc shares his findings about the healing powers of the Arkveld sets with the community on Reddit. Through his calculations and experiments, he came to the following conclusions:
- The regular Arkveld set heals you by about 4% of your total health at level 1 and around 6.5% at level 2 when you constantly attack opponents. Decorations would not be worth it here since you would reach a maximum healing power of 8.5%. It would be more sensible to focus on speed.
- The Guardian Arkveld set heals 1/6 (i.e., 16.66%) of your total health at level 1, while at level 2, it heals already 1/3 (33.33%) of your health bar when you maximize wounds. If you then add a level 3 decoration with “Recovery Plus,” according to him, you achieve healing between 33 and 43% of your total health bar.
- The number of hits needed to activate the skill with the regular Arkveld set depends on your chosen weapon. Likewise, heavy weapons would produce more healing with an activation than light ones, but would trigger less often.
Particularly, the Guardian Arkveld set is said to be especially powerful when you focus on breaking and maximizing wounds with your play style and build. Especially when combined with the skill “Recovery Plus,” you can create a strong healing build with this armor. If done smartly, you hardly need any more healing potions.
How did the player calculate this? To calculate the exact healing strength, facevaluemc used a pixel counter and first measured the total length of the health bar when he was buffed by a meal. Then, he went into the training area and let the dummy there beat him up to reduce his health and activate the healing powers with different sets at various levels.
He then measured the number of pixels he regained through the abilities. He notes that this may not be a 100% clean method, but he has conducted many trials and consistently reached the same results, which is why he is very confident that the values come very close to reality.
What does the community say about it? Fans are very grateful for his effort and share his opinion on the power of the Arkveld sets:
- Apollo-Dynamite comments: “I wore a fully upgraded set of LR Guardian Arkveld armor during all HR quests just because of the healing it provides, and I really struggled to switch to other armor sets – it’s so good to use.”
- Krob8788 writes: “I’m literally building this for my Swaxe build right now.”
- Zamoxino shares his opinion: “The normal set feels quite good because you can heal about 10% of HP per monster stun. That helps with the little unhealed HP after drinking a Mega Potion. It also helps when fighting in an arena with lava floors and similar challenges.”
Some players find the game additionally simplified by the strong healing and therefore intentionally avoid it. The difficulty level has always been a hot topic in the community and encounters a variety of opinions. A veteran recently reached hunter rank 100 and is confident in knowing why many think the game is too easy: Veteran with hunter rank 100 explains why Monster Hunter Wilds feels easier
