Monster Hunter World Planning Guide
A good hunt starts before the first track appears. Gear choice affects damage, sharpness, status, time, and rewards. This calculator turns those parts into simple numbers. It does not replace skill. It helps compare plans with less guesswork.
Damage and Affinity
Raw damage uses attack, motion value, sharpness, hitzone, quest modifier, and affinity. Affinity is important because it changes the average hit. Positive affinity raises expected damage through critical hits. Negative affinity lowers it through weak hits. Critical Boost can make high affinity builds stronger. Low affinity builds may need attack, weakness, or comfort skills.
Element and Status
Element is useful when the monster has a strong elemental weakness. The tool uses displayed element, true element, element sharpness, and elemental hitzone. Status is different. It usually builds over many hits. The estimate uses status value, proc chance, and status effectiveness. This helps compare poison, paralysis, sleep, and blast setups.
Sharpness and Uptime
Sharpness changes damage and bounce risk. A weapon with high damage can still feel weak if it loses sharpness quickly. Enter available sharpness units, loss per hit, and saving chance. The result shows expected sharpness loss and remaining units. Use it to judge whether Handicraft, Protective Polish, or Razor Sharp support is worth using.
Rewards and Efficiency
Fast clears are not always the best farm. Some runs spend more on coatings, ammo, traps, or consumables. Quest carts may reduce zenny rewards. Capture bonuses can increase expected value. The calculator estimates net reward and reward per minute. This helps compare safe, fast, and high cost farming routes.
Using the Results
Start with realistic values from your build. Use average hit counts, not perfect combo dreams. Change one input at a time. Compare the result after each change. Look at damage per minute, status buildup, remaining sharpness, and net value together. A balanced loadout often wins. It stays sharp, applies pressure, controls the monster, and earns good rewards.
Practical Tips
Save one baseline result before testing changes. Then adjust affinity, sharpness, or element. Small gains can matter over long hunts. However, comfort also has value. Guard, evade, health, and item skills may reduce carts. A steady hunter often farms faster across repeated quests and investigations.