Powder up to power up with our guide to raising Kinsects in Monster Hunter Wilds.

Players who choose to tackle the Insect Glaive weapon inMonster Hunter Wildswill soon learn the importance ofmanaging their Kinsect.

To equip a new Kinsect, simply select it and press the confirm button.

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The equipped Kinsect will feature a little yellow tick in the lower right corner.

Similarly, Mauldrones Kinsect Powder recovers your health, whereas Culldrones powder can accumulate to poison a monster.

To raise a Kinsect, you gotta visit Gemma the Smithy, and opt for Manage Kinsects menu.

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Kinsects are sorted into progression trees, similar to the weapons in Monster Hunter Wilds.

Lets take the Culldrone for example.

it’s possible for you to raise the Culldrone to become an Alucanid, Rigiprayne or Windchopper.

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With that in mind, its worth following the nurture effects that fit your playstyle.

A Kinsect’sAttack Typedenotes the punch in of damage it will deal to a monster.

The Element stat is inherited from the equipped Insect Glaive.

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The Kinsect Powder stat controls what kind of powder the Kinsect creates in combat.

Once Blast builds up to a certain point, an explosion occurs dealing extra damage.

Then we have the Kinsects stats, which are Powder Effect, Power, Speed and Stamina.

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Best of luck raising your Kinsect in Monster Hunter Wilds!

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