Defense charm III says max upgrade...

[Boboscus]

...but there's 4 more levels left, how do I reach these? I'd really like that elemental resistance boost.

[Foolishバカ]

Do you have any mods that affect your inventory in any way? I noticed in the past that certain mods can screw up how item descriptions or upgrade trees are displayed.

[Xilo The Odd]

you uh, own iceborne right?

[JebKerman]

That means there's 4 more levels left of the skill itself which can be achieved through armour, or decorations. Charms don't always max out the skill the provide.

However I do believe the charm can go up to V/5, with Iceborne anyway.

[Boboscus]

No mods, no Iceborne.

[Xilo The Odd]

Originally posted by Boboscus:

No mods, no Iceborne.

this is why

[Foolishバカ]

Originally posted by JebKerman:

That means there's 4 more levels left of the skill itself which can be achieved through armour, or decorations. Charms don't always max out the skill the provide.

However I do believe the charm can go up to V/5, with Iceborne anyway.

Ahh, I was overthinking my response. Yeah, OP likely does not know how skills work.

[Boboscus]

They sure let us know Iceborne exclusive stuff each update in the notes, but they can't bother to add an icon in game? XD

[JebKerman]

Originally posted by Boboscus:

No mods, no Iceborne.

Then 3 points in Defense boost is all you're going to be able to get out of the charm, If you want the rest of the levels you'll need to look for armour with the skill on it, like some pieces of the 'Damascus' Sets. Or alternatively, armour with decoration slots that you can put 'Defense Jewel's in.

[Xilo The Odd]

Originally posted by Boboscus:

They sure let us know Iceborne exclusive stuff each update in the notes, but they can't bother to add an icon in game? XD

well they run under the assumption people bought it, because its 2.5X more content to explore compared to base game. for the price of a dlc.

its like people who just use the defender weapons and wonder why the game is so easy, didnt read ANYTHING about them when the game explicitly explains what they are for.

[Boboscus]

Originally posted by Xilo The Odd:

Originally posted by Boboscus:

They sure let us know Iceborne exclusive stuff each update in the notes, but they can't bother to add an icon in game? XD

well they run under the assumption people bought it, because its 2.5X more content to explore compared to base game. for the price of a dlc.

its like people who just use the defender weapons and wonder why the game is so easy, didnt read ANYTHING about them when the game explicitly explains what they are for.

Defender gear rant is not the focus of this OP, but they never explained the fact I can't upgrade my charms if I don't buy an expansion I don' really need at this point.

[Foolishバカ]

Also if you are new to the game, raising Defense should be your last priority. You will have an easier time if you focus on skills that raise damage over others. There are obviously exceptions and you can play how you want, but I would recommend not worrying about raising defense other than upgrading your armor.

[JebKerman]

Originally posted by Boboscus:

... they never explained the fact I can't upgrade my charms if I don't buy an expansion I don' really need at this point.

The thing is, even with Iceborne you still can't get the Defender Charm up to VII/7, It stops at V/5, so the fact you don't have Iceborne isn't really that important, since you would still have to look for sources of the skill beyond what the Charm is capable of providing.

[Grottowalker]

Originally posted by FoolishBaka:

Also if you are new to the game, raising Defense should be your last priority. You will have an easier time if you focus on skills that raise damage over others. There are obviously exceptions and you can play how you want, but I would recommend not worrying about raising defense other than upgrading your armor.

this.
there are many skills that will make you a better player then trying to just make your self tanky.

null berries- quick cure for when you get blighted.

Immunity mantle - don't sleep on this mantle. its actually pretty good, it can cure pretty much any affliction and prevent them from happening again while you are wearing it. with the upgrades that happen to mantles in iceborne it becomes even better.
eg. fighting kirin and struggling with thunder blight, you could bring immunity mantle and thunder proof to double down on not getting thunder blighted


Health boost - lvl 3 health boost is pretty meta. if you don't have it already, this will give you way more bang for buck then slotting in defense. on top of eating for more total health during a hunt or eating a max potion at the start of each hunt if your food skills did not give you heath.


evasion/ evade distance - I have both maxed out on my comfy set, its so comfy i don't have health boost on it. Evasion adds more i-frames to your roll so it becomes super easy to avoid attacks, roll roars, roll pretty much anything. Evade Distance makes you roll further and makes it easier to get out the way of attacks. i feel it helps for some weapons to keep glued to the monster as you don't need to put your weapon away, just a roll or 2 goes a long way.

[Boboscus]

I don't want defense charm for the sake of defense, I want it for the elemental resistance, as I'm having issues raising some of those to a level others are at. And it's making some of the fights harder due to that.

[Xilo The Odd]

Originally posted by Boboscus:

Originally posted by Xilo The Odd:

well they run under the assumption people bought it, because its 2.5X more content to explore compared to base game. for the price of a dlc.

its like people who just use the defender weapons and wonder why the game is so easy, didnt read ANYTHING about them when the game explicitly explains what they are for.

Defender gear rant is not the focus of this OP, but they never explained the fact I can't upgrade my charms if I don't buy an expansion I don' really need at this point.

well you need materials from master rank to take most any charm past level 3 or past rarity 7 or 8. and there are plenty of decent reasons to already own the DLC expansion now as opposed to after you've reached the end of the base game story:

you can start practicing with the clutch claw

you can get the raider ride feature unlocked which can help speed things up as your learning (its also a free jumping attack on your target)

and lots of other little things.

my advice though for your ele res problem, unlock and bring the mantles that resist specifically what you need resistance to per fight. otherwise, practice not getting hit. skills like evade distance and evade window are much more preferable to a defense charm for this reason.