Monster Hunter: World officially launches tomorrow, and an event will kick off that allows you to don Aloy's armour from Horizon: Zero Dawn. You can even make your little Palico pet look exactly like a machine as well.
You have to be quick, though, because the event will only run for a limited time and it's unclear whether or not it will ever come back. Don't take the risk.
Also, just to put your minds at ease, you don't have to create a female avatar to turn into Aloy. As soon as you don a piece of the armour set, your entire character model will shift to Aloy – even if you play as a male.
How to unlock the Palico Watcher set
To unlock the Palico Watcher set, turning your Palico into a Watcher from Horizon: Zero Dawn, you need to complete the five star quest entitled "Lessons of the Wild". This appears in the events section of the quest board.
You have to be hunter rank 6 to perform the quest, but if you work your way through the main campaign for a few hours you should get there quickly enough.
Completing the quest is seemingly a breeze, requiring you to kill only 8 Barnos in an arena. What it neglects to mention though, is that you have to do it while a Tzitzi-Ya-Ku is trying to kill you. You don't have to kill Tzitzi to complete the quest, but it might make it easier.
Bear in mind that you don't just get the gear right away, though. You have to craft it like any other set, using materials gained from that quest. You'll get those as a reward, and they can only be used to craft the Palico Watcher Set and the weapon Felyne Watcher Grinder.
How to play as Aloy in Monster Hunter: World
Just like you did with the Palico Watcher set, you have to complete an event in Monster Hunter: World to unlock Aloy's costume. It's called "The Proving", and challenges you to slay an Anjanath in the Ancient Forest. You can find the quest in the events section of the quest board.
You do have to be at least hunter rank 11 to give this quest a stab though, which does require you to have progressed quite far. Complete it though, and you can head right over to the smithy and craft the costume and bow.
"The Proving" will only run between February 28th and March 15th, so you should have plenty of time to progress as far as you need to to unlock it. Get busy!
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"Ram your disk into your PS4"
Press X on your digital copy.
It's a little disappointing that it's only available for a limited time, I always like to take my time with these things.
@Splat ram your digital copy by throwing your ps4 against the wall in excitement! Only 3hours and 30 minutes till the game unlocks
@crimsontadpoles it is? when will it go away?
...so are the weapon/armor stats any good? That's the only reason I'd spring for this set, otherwise may as well just grind for something better.
Is the MH:W Aloy using the same stupid looking running animation like all the other models?
That watcher is the best thing I’ve ever seen
@zazzy @Kyroki @manu0 Their website says the event only lasts until 8th February, so you'll have to be quick for it http://www.monsterhunterworld.com/us/topics/dlc_horizon/
@crimsontadpoles wow that's not long at all!
@crimsontadpoles @zazzy i honestly can't believe that they put the horizon dlc badge right on the retail cover. it's not even a sticker that they could take off. yes, the badge does say that you can only get the dlc while the quest is active..but it's only going to be active for two weeks after release date and the retail package will be sold for many many months after that. it's such a strange decision to only have the quest for two weeks. maybe they will re-run the quest in the future..but who knows.
This is why I prefer MHXX over MH World, at least on MHXX you don't have a time limit on how long you have access to event quests. Capcom could have easily just allowed these quests to be downloaded, they had zero problems doing it for MH3 on ps3, MH3U, MH4/4U, MHX/Gen/XX.
Later on Capcom is going to re release MH World with more content, and I have a feeling it's going to be Japan only while everyone else is stuck with the lesser version, that's what they did with XX and I won't be surprised when they do it again with this new generation.
@malbhet That would be because of MHXX's far lower sales in the west compared to Japan, plus the fact the 3DS is basically dead outside of Japan. This is different since it's on a console that's significantly more popular outside of Japan than in it.
@zazzy Hopefully. Looking at the MHW webpage, however, it looks like the next event has a bow weapon. Maybe there will be a third with another Horizon item. If it does rotate, it wont be for a while.
So you can only get the Palico stuff for now correct? The rest will be only when the next event starts?
Yeah. It looks like its just palico gear for right now.
This is the reason I bought MHW! Hope the bow does extra damage with the skin though. Miss taking down the monster bots in Horizon Zero Dawn with just bow and arrow.
@TheBraveFencer They are nothing unique/special. You'd always be better off with another set. It's not unusable and would be fairly usable for the beginning of High Rank, but there are much better sets later.
The bow is questionable? It has 30% affinity which is really nice. It also has a level 3 deco slot and poison + coatings, so it MAY be decent once fully upgraded. Hard to say since it doesn't have power coatings.
Meh, not enough incentive for me to play Monster Hunter World.
I'm still disappointed this game focuses more on the hunting than the actual storyline/plot in single player mode.
Yes I do realize that is the selling point of the series, I guess it's just not for me lol.
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