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There are plenty of ways to help power up your Monsties inMonster Hunter Stories, and outside of grinding outright for EXP, using the Rite of Channeling can help increase strong Monsties' stats - at the expense of a few other Monsties in your stable that you don’t really plan on using.
The Rite of Channeling sacrifices one Monstie to pass on a gene of your choice, provided your stronger Monstie can be powered up in such a way. Using gems is a quick way to add extra powers to your Monsties' genetics if no other Monsties have good genes.
How To Use The Rite Of Channeling
How To Unlock The Rite Of Channeling
The first major area you’ll visit outside of Pondry Hills after well and truly completing the tutorial missions there,theDarj Snowfields, is where you’ll need to go to unlock the Rite of Channeling in Monster Hunter Stories. You’ll be sent here as part of the main story afterdefeating the blighted Nargacuga in Whistill Forest, making it anunskippablepart of the game.
Chief Omna directs you to the Snowfields in search of a “handsome young man” who knows everything there is to know about the Rite of Channeling, but you’ll be sidetracked byAvinia and her Barioth, as well as a man who introduces himself as theRiddlemaster. After returning and finishing the quest tohatch a Lagombi, the Riddlemaster reveals that he’sThe Channeleryou’ve been searching for, and teaches you to use the Rite of Channeling.
How Does The Rite Of Channeling Work?
To learn about the Rite of Channeling, The Channeler will give you a Yian Kut-Ku to use as fodder in the Rite topower up the Lagombi you just hatchedfor the battle ahead with the Khezu in Wintertide Tunnel. He explains that you’ll be able toselect genes from one Monstie to pass onto another Monstie.
First, choose which Monstie will receive the power boost. When you do, you’ll see a three-by-three grid for both monsters. The one under"Inherit"is the one receiving the boost, and the one chosen forChannelingwilldisappear from your stableafter the Rite is completed. Choose wisely when sacrificing rarer monsters!
Each Monstie will havea few circles on their grid that can be filled in, and you’ll notice thatsome already are. Every monster in your Monsterpedia has amonster-specific geneat the very least, which offers askill or boost of some kind. Once the Rite is complete, your Inheriting Monstie willhave the power of the gene you’ve chosen added to their list of skills.
There are various types of skills in the genes you’ll pass on through the Rite of Channeling in Monster Hunter Stories:
All of this breaks down intotwo categories. A gene being passed down will have aphysical typeof eitherPower, Speed, Technical, or No-Type, as well as the potential for anelemental typeslot as well. Be sure tocheck both statsbefore deciding on a move to pass on, aided by the breakdown of what each gene does below the bingo boards.
The caveat is thatyou can only add genes in spots the Inheriting Monstie has a genetic slot for. For example, if the Monstie you’ve chosen to Channel has a cool gene in the top-left corner, but the Monstie you want to give it to has a slot there that can’t accept new genes, you simply won’t be able to add that gene from the Monstie you’ve chosen. You can find it on another Monstie, but you need topick genes from slots your Inheriting Monstie has vacant.
Later, you’ll unlockStimulantsthat can be used tounlock new spots in a Monstie’s genes, allowing you to add even more genes to their genealogy than before.
you’re able to also use the Rite of Channeling tooverwrite genes you no longer want that Monstie to have. Simply choose a Channeling Monstie with a gene in the slot of the gene you’d like to replace and opt to overwrite the gene on your Inheriting Monstie. The Rite will erase the trait you don’t want and replace it with the one you chose.
The goal of the trial you’ll do with the Channeler is to give the Yian Kut-Ku gene to Lagombi to enable to to use Fireball, a move it can’t learn on its own. It’s your first show thatsplicing together strong genes for your Monsties is a powerful way to give them abilities, strengths, or resistances they wouldn’t have naturally.
From here, you can choose to continue splicing your Monsties with the Rite of Passage anytime you’d like byvisiting any stable to perform more Ritesafter finishing the tutorial with them.
Make Bingos To Increase Your Monsties' Power Further
You’ll notice that the rightmost column on the Rite of Channeling screen is full of potentialelemental or attack-based bingo combinations. This correlates to your Monsties' genes, making the Rite of Channeling actalmost like tic-tac-toe with genetics.
Bylining up three genes in a row, you’ll create some kind ofbingo bonus. This varies depending on the type of bingo - you can makeelemental, power, or “anything” bingosthat ask just for the genes to be in line - with more power added the more similar genes you splice into the genealogy.
Fill Vacant Slots With New Powers With Ritual Items
If you truly don’t have a monster in your stables that can fill a vacant slot on an otherwise mega-powerful Monstie, consider usinggemstonesto plugin place of geneswithing the Rite of Channeling menu. It’s a great way tofill vacant spots in the boards of powerful Monstiesyou’re planning to bring into battle. To do this, selectUse Ritual Itemsat the stable, and you’ll be brought to a screen with all your available Monsties, offering a more in-depth look at the Monstie you’re choosing to inherit this newartificial gene.
As you may have noticed as you’ve been slaying monsters and completing the assorted subquests throughout the game, you’ll have a small collection ofBeadsthat show up after you’veselected a Monstie to inherit a new power. From here, you’ll be able to seeevery Bead you have and what they do.
Like genes,Beads offer new passive skillsthat you’d otherwise not be able to use for whatever reason - you can’t hatch a Monstie that has it or your Inheriting Monstie doesn’t have a vacant slot there. They’ve also gottwo slots, one of aphysical damage typeif possible and one for anelementalresistance or boost.
It’s wise to check through your Beads fairly often - you never know what you may have picked up along the way that can smoothly be used to power up some of the biggest, baddest Monsties on your team.
