Bowguns inMonster Hunter Wildscan be customized to better suit your moment-to-moment playstyle. If you’re not sure how they work, here’s everything you need to know about the process.
How to Customize Your Bowgun in Monster Hunter Wilds
A Bowgun is nothing without the personal touch you can give it by customizing it. Bowgun upgrades and customization enable you to modify the ammo it uses to better fit your playstyle or situation. There are numerous upgrades that you can use to change your bowgun’s parameters.
Some alter the primary type of ammo it will use. Others completely change the special ammo mechanic entirely. Regardless, all Bowgun customization is done through theCustomize Bowgunmenu, found in yourBase Camp Tentor atGemma the Blacksmith.
Here, you’ll be able to modify theEquipped Modsand theEquipped Special Ammoof any of your owned Bowguns. The options under these sections will depend on theBowgun itselfand whether it is aLight or Heavy Bowgun.
Light Bowguns can use two Equipped Mods and one Equipped Special Ammo, while Heavy Bowguns can equip two Equipped Mods and two Equipped Special Ammo. For clarity, here’s a list of the available mods and special ammo available for both Bowgun types.
Light Bowgun
Light Bowguns have high mobility and fire rounds by quickly using its special Rapid Fire secondary mode and follow-up Chaser rounds. Great for evasion and staying on the move while dealing ranged damage.
Equipable Mods
Ammo Powders upgrade Ammo rank by one level, meaning they will be more powerful when fired from a Light Bowgun.
Ammo Magazines increase the number of shots you’re able to fire before reloading. Rapid Fire Magazine increases all ammo types by one extra bullet when fired in that mode.
Equipable Special Ammo
Heavy Bowgun
Heavy Bowguns have inherently better range and higher damage than Light Bowguns but are much slower to compensate. To counter that lack of mobility, Heavy Bowguns all have access to a shield that can be used when being aimed and not firing. They also have access to Ignition Mode, which allows Heavy Bowguns to fire off different ammo while active.
Ammo Powders upgrade Ammo rank by one level, meaning they will be more powerful when fired from a Heavy Bowgun.
Note that Ignition Mode is required to be active to use either one of these Special Ammo types.
As you can see, there are a lot of options available to Bowgun users looking to specialize their firearms inMonster Hunter Wilds.Not all Bowguns will have access to everything listed here, but some combinations will be available, regardless of rarity.
