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Fully upgraded weapons and armors can be augmented to further enhance their power. Augmentations require rare monster materials and Streamstones. Streamstones can be obtained by completing Tempered Investigation.

Tempered Investigation

Tempered Investigation quests are randomly awarded when the player gathered tracks from tempered monsters.

Each weapon will have a number of augment slots available that you can eventually add to, as well as customisable mods. Monster Hunter World: Iceborne – understanding weapon augments and custom. MHW Iceborne Best Sword and Shield Builds Top 7 The Sword and Shield offers some of the best mobility and attack speed (second to Dual Blades) of all the weapons in Monster Hunter World. The shield gives decent blocking ability while also available for skull bashing and you can use items and the slinger with it drawn. Augments work in slots now. This means an augment will require a number of slots to be activated. Extra Slots: This augment allows you to increase the number of slots in a weapon. Attack Increase: This requires 3 weapon slots and boosts a weapon’s raw damage. Affinity Increase: This requires 2 weapon slots and raises the chances of inflicting. Monster Hunter World Iceborne Augment System Guide Back in Monster Hunter World, a weapon could be augmented a set amount of times depending on its rarity. Each augment type was weighted the same. In Iceborne, each augment type has a different “weight” or cost assigned to them and each weapon’s socket number is based on rarity.

Threat Level	Monsters
1	Pukei-Pukei, Tobi-Kadachi, Anjanath, Barroth, Jyuratodus, Rathian, Paolumu, Radobaan
2	Rathalos, Azure Rathalos, Pink Rathian, Diablos, Black Diablos, Bazelgeuse, Uragaan, Lavasioth, Legiana, Odogaron
3	Kirin, Teostra, Kushala Daora, Nergigante, Vaal Hazak

The following monsters do not have Tempered variation: Great Jagras, Kulu-Ya-ku, Tzitzi-Ya-Ku, Great Girros, Dodogama, Zorah Magdaros, Xeno'jiiva

Tempered Investigation Reward

Completing tempered investigations reward the player with various streamstones and feystones. Streamstones are used for augmentations, feystones can be appraised and yield decorations.

Investigation Type	Quest Rewards	Bonus Reward (Purple)
Threat I	Streamstone Shard (7%)	Mysterious Feystone (60%) Glowing Feystone(35%) Worn Feystone (5%)
Threat II	Streamstone (7%)	Glowing Feystone(36%) Worn Feystone (35%) Warped Feystone (26%) Sullied Streamstone (3%)
Threat III	Gleaming Streamstone (7%)	Worn Feystone (72%) Warped Feystone (13%) Sullied Streamstone (12%) Shining Streamstone (3%)

Streamstone

Streamstone shard, streamstone, and gleaming streamstone are used as:

Key ingredient for Melding Pot
Primary ingredient for Armor Augmentation
Secondary ingredient for Weapon Augmentation

Sullied Streamstone and Shining Streamstone will be appraised and identified as Warrior's streamstone and Hero's streamstone. Warrior's streamstone and Hero's streamstone are the primary ingredient for weapon augmentation.

Sullied Streamstone	Shining Streamstone	Augmented Weapon
Warrior's Streamstone: Sword	Hero's Streamstone: Sword	Great Sword, Long Sword
Warrior's Streamstone: Blade	Hero's Streamstone: Blade	Sword & Shield, Dual Blade
Warrior's Streamstone: Hammer	Hero's Streamstone: Hammer	Hammer, Hunting Horn
Warrior's Streamstone: Lance	Hero's Streamstone: Lance	Lance, Gunlance
Warrior's Streamstone: Axe	Hero's Streamstone: Axe	Switch Axe, Charge Blade
Warrior's Streamstone: Shaft	Hero's Streamstone: Shaft	Insect Glaive, Bow
Warrior's Streamstone: Ranged	Hero's Streamstone: Ranged	Light Bowgun, Heavy Bowgun

Weapon Augmentation

Fully upgraded weapons can be augmented to further enhance their capability. The following augmentations can be added to weapons:

Augmentation Type	Description	Effect
Attack Increase	Increase attack power. Stacks with other upgrades	+5 True Attack Value
Affinity Increase	Increase affinity. Stacks with other upgrades	+10% affinity (+5 for 2nd and 3rd affinity augmentation)
Defense Increase	Increase defense and adds a chance to reduce damage taken each time you receive damage. Stacks with other upgrades	+10 defense
Slot Upgrade	Adds an extra slot. Stack with other upgrades to increase the slot's level
Health Regen	Regain health as you land attacks. Stack with other upgrades to increase the amount of health regained

Weapon augmentations can be overwrite; however, materials used for previous augmentation will not be returned. Weapons of different rarity requires different materials to add augmentations:

Rarity	Augmentation Slot	Materials required per Augmentation
6	3	Warrior's Streamstone x1 Streamstone Shard x3 Rare Monster Material
7	2	Warrior's Streamstone x2 Streamstone x3 Rare Monster Material
8	1	Hero's Streamstone x1 Gleaming Streamstone x3 Rare Monster Material

Augmentation Type	Rarity 6	Rarity 7	Rarity 8
Attack Increase	Rathalos Plate x2	Rathalos Ruby x1	Teostra Gem x1
Affinity Increase	Odogaron Plate x2	Odogaron Gem x1	Kushala Gem x1
Defense Increase	Bird Wyvern Gem x1	Wyvern Gem x1	Elder Dragon Blood x2
Slot Upgrade	Legiana Plate x2	Legiana Gem x1	Vaal Hazak Gem x1
Health Regen	Anjanath Plate x2	Anjanath Gem x1	Nergigante Gem x1

Armor Augmentation

Armor augmentation has one single option: Upgrade Limit Removal. This augmentation increase the maximum upgrade limit for the armor; allowing the armor to increase its defense.

Rarity	Streamstone Required
6 and below	Streamstone Shard x1
7	Streamstone x1
8	Gleaming Streamstone x1

What is Augmenting?

Augmenting is the act of further enhancing weapons and armor past their maximum refinement level. For weapons, augmenting allows you to infuse them with additional properties. Augmenting armor, on the other hand, raises their upgrade limit, allowing you to reach even higher defense values.

You will be able to augment equipment after completing the post-game quests Beyond the Blasting Scales and Thunderous Rumble in the Highlands. Clearing them allows you to take on threat level 2 and 3 investigations that randomly reward streamstones. These materials are quite rare, so you may need to run investigations several times to get the ones you need.

Types of Steamstones

Material	Description	How to Obtain
Streamstone Shard	Secondary material in augmenting rarity 6 weapons and rarity 1 to 5 armor	Clear threat level 1 investigations
Streamstone	Secondary material in augmenting rarity 7 weapons and rarity 6 to 7 armor	Clear threat level 2 investigations
Gleaming Streamstone	Secondary material in augmenting rarity 8 weapons and armor	Clear threat level 3 investigations
Sullied Streamstone	Become warrior’s steamstones after appraisal. Primary material in augmenting rarity 6 and 7 weapons.	Clear threat level 2 investigations
Shining Steamstone	Become hero’s streamstones after appraisal. Primary material in augmenting rarity 8 weapons.	Clear threat level 3 investigation

Augmenting Weapons

Augmenting weapons requires the most farming, as you will need either a warrior’s or hero’s streamstone specific to your weapon. For example, augmenting a rarity 8 great sword requires one hero’s streamstone: great sword.

The number of augments you can infuse your weapon with depends on its rarity. You can have up to three augments on rarity 6 weapons, two on rarity 7, and one on rarity 8.

Weapon augments cannot be removed or replaced once they have been applied. Be sure to choose those that suit your playstyle and skills.

Attack Increase

Gives +5 true attack to the weapon. Stacks with other upgrades.

Weapon Rarity	Materials	Cost
6	Warrior’s Streamstone x1, Streamstone Shard x3, Rathalos Plate x2	40,000 z
7	Warrior Streamstone x2, Streamstone x3, Rathalos Ruby x2	60,000 z
8	Hero’s Streamstone x1, Gleaming Streamstone x3, Teostra Gem x1	90,000 z

Affinity Increase

Gives +10% affinity to the weapon. Stacks with other upgrades.

Weapon Rarity	Materials	Cost
6	Warrior’s Streamstone x1, Streamstone Shard x3, Rathalos Plate x2	40,000 z
7	Warrior Streamstone x2, Streamstone x3, Rathalos Ruby x2	60,000 z
8	Hero’s Streamstone x1, Gleaming Streamstone x3, Teostra Gem x1	90,000 z

Defense Increase

Gives +10 defense when wielding the weapon and a chance to reduce incoming damage. Stacks with other upgrades.

Weapon Rarity	Materials	Cost
6	Warrior’s Streamstone x1, Streamstone Shard x3, Bird Wyvern Gem x2	40,000 z
7	Warrior Streamstone x2, Streamstone x3, Wyvern Gem x2	60,000 z
8	Hero’s Streamstone x1, Gleaming Streamstone x3, Elder Dragon Blood x1	90,000 z

Slot Upgrade

Gives your weapon an additional decoration slot. Stacks with other upgrades for increased slot level.

Weapon Rarity	Materials	Cost
6	Warrior’s Streamstone x1, Streamstone Shard x3, Legiana Plate x2	40,000 z
7	Warrior Streamstone x2, Streamstone x3, Legiana Gem x2	60,000 z
8	Hero’s Streamstone x1, Gleaming Streamstone x3, Vaal Hazak Gem x1	90,000 z

Health Regeneration

Absorb health from monsters by landing attacks. Stacks with other upgrades for increased regeneration.

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Weapon Rarity	Materials	Cost
6	Warrior’s Streamstone x1, Streamstone Shard x3, Anjanath Plate x2	40,000 z
7	Warrior Streamstone x2, Streamstone x3, Anjanath Gem x2	60,000 z
8	Hero’s Streamstone x1, Gleaming Streamstone x3, Nergigante Gem x1	90,000 z

Augmenting Armor

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Augmenting armor is more straightforward, as it simply raises the number of times that pieces of armor can be upgraded. Defense values after augmenting differ among various types of armor, with rarity 8 armor sets reaching as high as 800 to 1,000 points.

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Armor Rarity	Materials	Cost
1 to 4	Streamstone Shard x1, Fucium Ore x3	3,000 z
5	Streamstone Shard x1, Dragonbone Relic x1	5,000 z
6	Streamstone x1, Bird Wyvern Gem x1	10,000 z
7	Streamstone x1, Wyvern Gem x1	20,000 z
8	Gleaming Streamstone x1, Elder Dragon Bone x2	30,000 z