Positioning is vital in Monster Hunter, and this includes taking advantage of terrain. For example, you can vault off some walls to mount aerial attacks.

Grappling is new to the series. World lets you ascend walls, or swing from tree branches to move around quickly. You can also use your grapple to pull yourself back onto a monster if it throws you off during a mount.

When first encountering a monster, you investigate tracks on the ground, which your Scout Flies will memorize and continue to search for. Once you've found enough evidence, you can ID the monster and search for it directly.

Learning a new weapon can be a daunting task, especially if you choose a technical one. It takes hours of practice to understand a weapon's move set and put it to good use against monsters. But all weapons are highly viable, so pick what feels best.

Mounting was a mechanic introduced in Monster Hunter 4 that has you jump on a monster's back to deal damage and ultimately trip it up. In World, the same holds true, but monsters will retaliate much more dynamically to knock you off.

Turf Wars pit two territorial monsters against one another in a spectacular clash. You can use the fighting to escape or deal some bonus damage to your target monster while it's distracted.