Regular Defender and Guardian Set Integration

⭐ — (7 endorsements) 📥 218 downloads 📌 v1.0 📅 5/11/2025
🟠 Updated over a year ago

By CrystalShapeshifter · Miscellaneous

⬇ Download Mod Source: Nexus Mods ↗ 📅 Updated: 5/11/2025 📅 Created: 5/11/2025

🔍 Analysis

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📋 About This Mod

Changes the Defender and Guardian armor and weapons unlock timing, rarity, and money and material cost to be more like a normal armor/weapon set in the game vs a quick way to get to Iceborne.

Defender Armor:

Available in High Rank now.

Each item needs 4 Dragonvein Crystal, 4 Carbalite Ore, 3 Fucium Ore, 1 Novacrystal and costs 9000z each to build.

Guardian Armor:

Available in High Rank now.

Each item needs 4 Dragonvein Crystal, 4 Carbalite Ore, 3 Fucium Ore, 1 Novacrystal and costs 9000z each to build.

Repurposed Unused Data in armor.eq_crt, index 890, 892, 893, 900, and 901 for Guardian Armor to allow it to require materials to build it. These changes aren't able to be saved to a json file. May have compatibility issues with mods that use these unused data spots.

Defender Weapon I Rarity 4 High Rank

Requires Monster Bone+ x3, Dragonite Ore x5, Machalite Ore x10, Dragonvein Crystal x5 4000z

Defender Weapon II Rarity 6 High Rank

Requires Elder Dragon Blood x2, Fucium Ore x15, Carbalite Ore x20, Firecell Stone x1 16000z

Defender Weapon III Rarity 7 High Rank

Requires Elder Dragon Blood x3, Fucium Ore x20, Firecell Stone x5, Wyvern Gem x1 32000z

Defender Weapon IV Rarity 9 Master Rank

Requires Eltalite Ore x10, Carbalite Ore x20, Spiritvein Crystal x5, Meldspar Ore x5 48000z

Defender Weapon V Rarity 10 Master Rank

Requires Distilled Blast Fluid x2, Eltalite Ore x20, Spiritvein Crystal x10, Meldspar Ore x10 56000z

JSON files with the changes are available as an optional file, so you can merge changes with mods that edit the same files with MHW Editor. Note that material cost changes for the Guardian Armor can't carry over with JSON, although the zenny cost still will.

May need some tweaking for balance if they are too easy/too expensive to get, as I haven't tested with a full playthrough yet.

📊 Mod Details

Game
Monsterhunterworld Mods
Author
CrystalShapeshifter
Version
1.0
Downloads
218
Endorsements
7
Category
Miscellaneous
Created
5/11/2025
Updated
5/11/2025

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