Monster Hunter Wilds doesn’t have health bars despite each monster having a huge pool of HP. While you’ll have to gauge the health of every monster you fight, you will see damage numbers appear every time you hit something.
Fights against any monster can take a long time, so it’s important to learn how to deal the most damage no matter what weapon you’re using. There are different colors these numbers can appear in, along with blue or red lights that can appear over them. Here’s what each color means, how to get them, and what the lights mean with some attacks.
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Every Damage Number Color Explained In Monster Hunter Wilds
In total, there are four colors a damage number can appear as. While every color still deals damage, the color represents where you’re attacking the monster, and how effective those hits are being. The colors below will be in order, and you’ll want to aim at getting colors lower on the table than those at the top.
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Damage Number Color |
Explanation |
|---|---|
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Blue (Shield) |
Blue damage with the shield icon appearing next to it means the monster is taking reduced damage, usually close to 50%. |
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Gray |
You’re hitting part of the monster but not an ideal spot, dealing only your usual amount of damage. |
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Yellow |
You’re hitting either a weak point or a breakable body part, dealing increased damage by about 50%. |
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Orange |
You’re hitting an open wound, dealing more than double your usual damage. |
While there is some consistency between the additional damage with each color, there are additional factors that determine the exact amount of damage. Weak points will take more damage than breakable body parts, and some body parts naturally take less damage such as hitting a monster’s arm compared to its head. That being said, no matter where you’re hitting the monster, you’ll want to aim for yellow numbers consistently, and wounds whenever they appear.
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What Do The Blue & Red Lights Around Damage Numbers Mean In Monster Hunter Wilds?
Seeing either a blue or red light above or below your damage number means you landed a critical hit, determined by your affinity stat. If you have a negative affinity, a blue light will appear on your critical hits, and that hit will deal less damage than usual. If you have a positive affinity, your critical hits will have a red light meaning more damage was done, only building off the boost determined by the color of the damage number.
- Released
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February 28, 2025
- ESRB
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T For Teen // Violence, Blood, Crude Humor