how to upgrade elder melder in iceborne?

[NErOo]

Hello, i saw on youtube some console guy who melted new jewels at elder melder? is any special quest? do i need to be higher MR to do that? thx

[vXViper]

higher MR

[NErOo]

what MR more exactly?

[( °□°） ︵GAMBASAD]

Optional mission

[Skrubble]

I would like some clarification on this as well.

My elder melder still has the same worthless resist 1 decorations from the base game. Meanwhile I am doing Guiding Lands.

[Hunny]

i have completed every single optional quest and farmed guiding lands since day 3 and my elder melder still cannot meld new decorations
are you sure your youtuber didnt just use the new event tickets?

[lexilogo]

There are several Optional Quests that unlock the ability to meld more decos, I believe. Check for ones with speech bubbles, and check the quest descriptions for if the Elder Melder's the one issuing the quest and talking about melding new Decorations.

From there you can talk to the Melder and I believe you get some free Decorations plus new decoration melding options.

Bear in mind however that IIRC the only four new meldable decorations in IB are Vitality, Sonorous, Medical and Recovery jewels (unless I'm forgetting if the elemental attack jewels were in basegame, pretty sure they were).

The meldable decorations are NOT supposed to be a source of actually good, desirable decorations, but a last resort if RNG has screwed you over. Do not expect a significant list of useful meldable decos and if you saw someone with one, they're using mods.

(oh, as someone said above it might be Guild Alchemy. If it was Guild Alchemy, that requires Melding Tickets, which you get from doing Steamworks during events)