| Explanation of the map user interface

Explore the Map UI – the main control center for in-game interaction. Below is a short description of the different elements you'll encounter in the Maps user interface.

Icon	Explain
Monster	These are monsters large and small that you hunt for various materials and game progression.
Mission objective	A monster with this icon is a monster targeted for one of your quests.
Collection point	Collection points give you materials that cannot be obtained from monster hunts.
Topographic	The color of the ground indicates the terrain of that area. Green, Yellow, and Purple terrains represent Forest, Desert, and Swamp terrains, respectively.
Current terrain	The terrain icon at the top tells you what terrain you are currently in. Terrain affects what monsters and rally points can spawn.

| Game Menu icon explained

Enjoy the convenience of a main menu, easily accessible from the bottom corner of the map UI. Below is an overview of all the menus you can explore while in the default map view.

Icon	Explain
Character menu	This menu contains miscellaneous account menus such as the friends menu, your hunter appearance, or a helpful monster guide.
Mission	This will open the quest menu for your story, daily, and event quests.
Warehouse	The inventory menu has all types of forged and upgraded weapons and armor.
The monster is marked	Monsters marked by Palico or marked by yourself with a paintball gun will appear in this menu.
Items	You can use healing items and roaming items, which increase your range, in this menu.
Store	The store is where you can buy a variety of consumables, gems, and coins with real money.
Delivered daily	This icon lets you know that a free daily supply of First Aid Med is in stock.

| Learn about Respawn Time

Items and resources in Monster Hunter Now will revive or renew in real time at different time periods. Understanding these respawn times is important to make effective use of monster spawn times.

Game mechanics	Time
Monster	Big Monster: every 3 hours from 00:00 UTC. Little Monster: about every 5 minutes.
Collect points	Big Gathering Point: 3 hours since assembly Small Gathering Point: Randomized with Big Monsters. Also appears every 15 minutes around the player.
Terrain change	Each area changes terrain every 00:00 UTC.
Supplied items	First aid will be available in the store and Palico Paintball Guns will be automatically given away at 20:00 UTC every day.

| Palico bag

The Palico bag holds your Palico documents automatically collected as you explore the game space. This bag can only be opened when it is full and a large notification will appear in the map UI to notify you that the bag is full.

| Controlling fighting characters

Although the weapon has many unique characteristics from gameplay and mechanics different. But there are things in common between them, like normal attacks and evasion.

| Prioritize using elemental weapons with advantage

In contrast to previous Monster Hunter games, the weapon's power is based on the elemental element only when the monster reacts. weak to that element. This makes elemental powers important in special situations and extremely effective when used.

Elemental powers combine well with the Affinity ability, as the appearance of critical hits also resonates with your elemental powers.

| Hunt monsters with other players

Immersed in team hunt helps speed up the monster hunting process, while ensuring the safety of everyone involved.

Choose together with random hunters in range 200m around you or invite friends or team members to join the hunt. This collaboration not only delivers greater performance, but also creates a unique and safe monster hunting experience.