__________ __ __ \______ \__ __ _______/ |_ _______/ |_ ____ ____ ____ ______ | _/ | \/ ___/\ __\/ ___/\ __\/ _ \ / \_/ __ \ / ___/ | | \ | /\___ \ | | \___ \ | | ( <_> ) | \ ___/ \___ \ |____|_ /____//____ > |__| /____ > |__| \____/|___| /\___ >____ > \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ =-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~= Monster Hunter Ruststone FAQ =-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~=-~= MONSTER HUNTER RUSTSTONE FAQ By: Xiamut Version: 1.15 Last Revision: 10/29/05 Copyright: 2005 Michael Monette E-mail: xiamut@gmail.com Monster Hunter Username (NA): Korlic =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Table of Contents =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [I] - Introduction [II] - About Ruststones [III] - Where to find Ruststones [IV] - Polishing Ruststones [V] - Rusted Weapons [VI] - Version Information [VII] - Credits [VIII] - Contact Information [IX] - Copyright Information =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [I] Introduction =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The purpose of this FAQ is to help you better understand ruststones. I have seen a lot of topics on the GameFAQs message boards about ruststones in the past. I have also seen many people ask about them online. Well in this FAQ I am going to attempt to cover everything about them. My Monster Hunter online name is Korlic, I play on the NA server. If you see me and have a question ask me. I will help if I'm not too busy. I hope that you find the answers that you are looking for. Now onto the FAQ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [II] About Ruststones =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= A Ruststone is an item in Monster Hunter, they can be found both online and offline. To obtain a ruststone all you have to do is mine a certain location and you will have a small chance of receiving one. The purpose of a ruststone is to allow you to receive rusted weapons. The weapons that you can acquire by following the weapon path of these ruststones are quite powerful. To be able to receive a rusted weapon, the ruststone must first be polished. To polish a ruststone, you must first have it in your inventory, then bring it to the weapon/armor smith in the armory online, or to the weapon/armor smith in the village offline. Once you speak to the smith go to create a weapon, the only material you need is the ruststone itself. To polish a ruststone it costs 1000 zenni. If you move to the last page of the available weapons to be made, you should notice a weapon listed with a number of question marks, that is the ruststone. Go through the same process that you would to create a new weapon and once the ruststone is polished you will be able to see what the ruststone was. You do not always receive a rusted weapon for polishing your ruststones. You can receive a number of different weapons. There is a small chance that when you polish one, it will turn out to be a rusted weapon. There are five different types of ruststones, one for each weapon type (excluding dual swords). You can only hold one ruststone of each type in your inventory at one time, so sometimes when you mine a ruststone you may receive the message that you have to many in your inventory. This simply means that you have mined a duplicate type of a ruststone that is currently in your inventory. So you can hold a maximum of five ruststones in your inventory. You can hold as many as you have the room for in your item box. It is quite expensive to upgrade the rusted weapon to its final form, it also requires a lot of earth crystals. To upgrade either rusted lance, great sword, Sword and Shield, or a hammer to its final form: Cost : 96,000z Materials : Earth Crystal x120 For the Demonlock (the bowgun) it costs 17800z to get it up to Mod 5. When a Ruststone is a certain type it will always give you that type of weapon. For example if your ruststone gives you a weapon from the lance weapon class if you reset the game and try again it will still give you a lance type weapon. Ruststones can only be obtained online once you reach HR(Hunter Rank)13, but there still is a way to get them offline which will be explained in the next section. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [III] Where to find Ruststones =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= You obtain ruststones the same way you would obtain iron ore, earth crystals, Dragonite ore etc. You have to find a mining spot and use a pickaxe to mine it. Not all of the mining spots that you come across will give you a chance to get a ruststone though. When you mine a ruststone you will hear a small tune and the ruststone will be placed in your inventory. You can also receive ruststones for completing the "A Giant Dragon Invades" quest. In this section I will list all of the mining spots that I know of where finding a ruststone is possible. -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- - ONLINE (HR 13+) -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- All of these mining spots have a small chance that you will obtain a ruststone upon mining it. I have heard from people that there's a 1% chance of obtaining one. This doesn't seem to be the case because ruststones are mined much too frequently. The volcano appears to be the best spot to go looking for them. Jungle: The 3 mining spots in Area 4 The mining spot in Area 10 The hidden mining spot in Area 9. It is on the side of the mountain by the entrance to the area Desert: The 3 mining spots in Area 6 Swamp: The mining spot in Area 11 The mining spot in Area 7 The 2 mining spots in Area 8 Volcano: The mining spot in Area 3 The mining spot in Area 4 The 3 mining spots in Area 8 There may be more but these are all the places that I have managed to find ruststones. Ruststones can be mined pre-HR13, and they can also be received as a reward by completing the HR 12 Lao Shan Lung Urgent quest, as I mentioned above. You can only mine them at the volcano zone in area 8, much like you would offline to obtain a ruststone. Thanks to ColSonders for pointing that out. The Earliest quest that is in the volcano that you have access to is the 2 star Basarios quest, so you can actually get a ruststone at a fairly early level even by playing only online. Some additional information provided by Vangor: "Online Ruststones for HR13+ can be mined at almost any location, I've yet to find one which does not yield them. As well, at HR13+, it has perhaps a 5-9% chance of dropping, note that because you are mining multiple times, perhaps three different locations about four times each on a low end, you actually have about a total of a 60+% chance of getting one, so getting two or more a run is not uncommon. Firestones are actually around this 1% chance people think of, even offline Rustsones are not this low." -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- - OFFLINE -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Yes it is possible to find ruststones offline. I am sure of this because I have found one myself. The only place I am sure of is Area 8 in the volcano. Fulkth adds this: "Just wanted to state that ruststones can be found in 2 sections in 8, not just the mining location by the entrance. The second location for a ruststone is the one closest to the end, near the powderstone rocks. I did a test with the offline powderstone quest 30 times, and my results were: 8 ruststones near the entrance, 2 near the end, so it seems that the mining spot near the entrance has a higher chance." An additional way to obtain ruststones offline is by completing the urgent mission "Handle with Care." =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [IV] Polishing Ruststones =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= If you don't know how to polish ruststones look in the About Ruststones section for an explanation. I'll say it again, you will not always receive a rusted weapon for polishing a ruststone. There a few different weapons that you can obtain from certain ruststones, none of them are worth anything besides the rusted ones. If you do get a non-rusted weapon (surely you will) sell it and you can commonly make a small profit over the 1000z that you spent to polish it. When you find a ruststone, the right thing to do is to polish it and just hope that it turns out to be a rusted weapon. Getting a rusted weapon is really all about chance, but there are a few ways to be able to get more chances to polish the same ruststone. One way to guarantee that you get a rusted weapon is to polish your ruststones offline. If you don't get a rusted weapon there is a way to be able to get another chance at a rusted. Remember that a ruststone is always the same weapon type. The weapon type is predetermined for you, which actually makes it easier for you to get the rusted weapon that you want, by limiting the possibilities. Sayling of the Fugazi Clan provided this information, which will make it easier for you to find out which ruststone is which. "When the stones are in your storage box, and the box has been auto-sorted, they are stored in the following order (starting at the top and going from left to right to the last one): Bowgun Great Sword Hammer Sword & Shield Lance Once you have taken them out of the box and gone to the armory, going to create a weapon will have the possible weapons listed in the following order: Great Sword Hammer Lance Sword & Shield Bowgun Knowing this makes it far easier to work out which stone you want to use in order to get the weapon you are looking for. " Some people consider going offline, polishing and then resetting a method of cheating, or exploiting the system. I don't use this method myself, I prefer to just polish them online and hope that I get a rusted weapon, but I will include this for those of you who wish to use it. -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- - THE OFFLINE METHOD -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- The first thing you need to do is find a ruststone, you need to make sure that it is a ruststone of the weapon type that you are looking for. Ruststones are quite easy to come by actually, they are most commonly found in the volcano level area 8. Once you have one or more go offline and polish it to see if it is the weapon type that you want. If you polish a ruststone and it isn't a rusted weapon you cannot just simply reset the game and try again, if you do this it will be the exact same weapon that you had gotten before. To change the status of the stone, reload the game data that you tried to polish the stone on and go on a mission. Do not polish the stone before going on this mission. Go on an easy mission such as the one star combining items quest (with 2 potions in your inventory) or another easy one. You must complete the quest to change the status of the stones! Once it is done, when you are prompted to save press yes. When you arrive back in town try your luck again and polish the stone. If it isn't a rusted weapon again, do the same thing. Reload your save, go on a quest, save when prompted, and then try and polish it again. Continue doing this until when you polish it, it turns out to be a rusted weapon. Don't worry if you have been trying for a long time and it still isn't rusted, you will get one eventually! I have tested this and it does indeed work. 1. Obtain ruststone(s) 2. Go to the village (Offline mode) 3. Polish ruststone 4. If it isn't a rusted weapon, reload your data. (Do not polish the ruststone yet!) 5. Get an easy quest from the village elder and set out. (example of an easy quest, the 1 star Basics: Combining Items. Start the quest with two potions in your inventory) 6. Complete the quest. 7. Save game when prompted. 8. Polish ruststone. 9. If the outcome isn't a rusted weapon, go back to step 4. I should mention again that the best way to do this is to make sure that you have the ruststone that is of the weapon type that you want. Keep this stone in your inventory while attempting the above method. If you have more than one ruststone of the same type and you know their position in the box, polish those also. To give yourself a better chance of getting a rusted weapon, try to find more ruststones of the weapon type that you are looking for. Though you can't have them all out in your inventory at the same time, you can polish one then move back to the box and polish the others. -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- - ADDITIONAL METHODS -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- I will list additional information about polishing ruststones here. These are unproven information and theories, but I will include them for those of you who wish to try. If you have anything that you would like to add, please send it to me. Note that I haven't tested any of these myself. This was provided by Vangor: "It should be noted that while one can 'acquire' one via abandoning quests, this is actually a different attempt to use the system and only plays on its low level of randomness, in other words, chances are this will do nothing for you, and if you want a specific weapon, then you will be sore when another weapon becomes Rusted. The best way is the method I'll explain below, both in gaining Ruststones, making Rusted Weapons, and gathering Earth Crystals to get...whatever, since chances are you do not have 120 Earth Crystals on hand. Basarios Offline is generally one of the easiest ways to do this. If you can find others to help, then Online, even HR13+, may not be as bad, but, actual creation is difficult without being offline. Basically from the start, run towards Volcano 8 and begin mining the first area. If you get a Ruststone, then keep playing, if you do not and get less than 3 Earth Crystals, I would abandon. If you do get around 3 Earth Crystals, continue mining, if this number doesn't go to about 5 or 6, depending on how quickly you can kill Bas, 10 or below, 5, 11 or above, 6, then abandon. Rather than go through this numbing concept of Ruststones with numbers, weapon types, etc., the simplest way to do this is gather, check, reset, and run the Basarios again to completion. What this will do is move the Rusted Weapon number up one, all you need to realize is that it is getting closer to being one of your weapons. If you find a Rusted Weapon not of the type you want, then note where that was and where the weapon type you want is, Note : To make it easy to identify them, reset, take them out, make them again if you aren't absolutely sure of their placement, which you probably won't be, now note which ones were it, reset again, open up two slots in your vault wherever, and place in the weapon type and then the rusted weapon stone. Do not sort, and now they will sit by themselves in order for you. Reset, and run a fast mission, like first monster hunt, or finding raw meat if you have some on you. Now, take out the weapon type first, then the Rusted Weapon immediately behind it. The weapon ahead of it should now be a Rusted Weapon, the one behind it, just another regular weapon." This was written by Topknot of the Fugazi Clan : "Ok... each ruststone is already a set weapon. You may notice that some stones cannot be picked up due to no more room for that particular item... this means both stones are the same weapon, sword for example. When you take your stones to be polished, they will either make a rusted weapon or a regular weapon depending on the weapon type the stone is. I.E a hammer ruststone will make either rusted hammer or a regular hammer. Rusted are the types we want. To do this, make sure your offline and have a few stones in your chest. It can be done with one but may take a while. For the purposes of this guide I'll assume that you have say 10 stones in your chest. You should only be able to pick up 5 stones out of your 10 at any one time, a hammer stone, lance, bowgun, short sword, and great sword stone. You wont know what each one is until you polish them and there's no way of checking beforehand so don't worry about that yet. Take your 5 stones to the armor/weapon creation shop and get them polished, if none are rusted, go pick up the other 5 stones in your chest and polish those as well. PAY ATTENTION TO WHICH POLISH MAKES WHICH WEAPON! E.g., the first in the list is a great sword, then its a lance I think, then hammer, then short sword, then bowgun Lets say for instance that on the 5th attempt it creates a rusted weapon, so the first 4 make regular and the 5th makes a rusted weapon. Quit your game without saving and reload, go back to offline mode again, select the first raw meat quest (collect 2 raw meats) and complete that 4 times. Do not save at any time throughout. When you've done it the 4th time, go get 5 of your ruststones and take them to be polished. You will find the first stone creates a rusted weapon. Bingo.. now you can save. If you paid attention to which stones give what you can then choose beforehand which rusted weapon you want to create from great sword, hammer, lance, and bowgun. The same principle works no matter how many stones you have... say you have 10 and the 8th one makes a rusted weapon, quit, do 7 quests and the first time you polish will make a rusted weapon. Only have 2 stones and neither make rusted weapon, do a quest and try again until it makes a rusted weapon. If you have 20 stones and the 19th makes a rusted weapon, do 18 quests and retry polishing. The way it works is as follows: The chance of making a rusted weapon is random, the number order starts at 30 though, so the most quests/stones you need to have/do is 29. For every successful quest you complete, it reduces the number by one. Hence if it takes 10 stones to make a rusty weapon, do 9 quests to drop the number down to 1." =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [V] Rusted Weapons =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Here I will list all of the rusted weapons and the materials needed to upgrade them completely to their final forms. -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- - Great Sword -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Rusted Great Sword (Base) Attack : 240 Materials : Ruststone x1 Cost : 1000z Description : "A rusty weapon that isn't good for much as-is. but if you polish it..." Tarnished Great Sword Attack : 288 Materials : Earth Crystal x20 Cost : 5000z Description : "A tarnished weapon that isn't good for much as-is. But if you polish it..." Legendary Great Swd Attack : 864 Materials : Earth Crystal x40 Cost : 30,000z Description : "An ancient Great Sword that was once hidden beneath layers of rust." Ancient Blade (Final) Attack : 912 Materials : Earth Crystal x60 Cost : 60,000z Description : "Made from metal that can't be smelted in the armory." -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- - Lance -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Rusted Lance (Base) Attack : 69 Materials : Ruststone x1 Cost : 1000z Description : "A rusty lance that isn't good for much as-is. But if you polish it..." Tarnished Lance Attack : 115 Materials : Earth Crystal x20 Cost : 5000z Description : "A tarnished lance that isn't good for much as-is. But if you polish it..." Legendary Lance Attack : 414 Materials : Earth Crystal x40 Cost : 30,000z Description : "An ancient lance that was once hidden beneath layers of rust." Undertaker (Final) Attack : 529 Materials : Earth Crystal x60 Cost : 60,000z Description : "A mechanical lance made from ancient metal. Its tip cannot be repaired." -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- - Hammer -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Rusted Hammer (Base) Attack : 260 Materials : Ruststone x1 Cost : 1000z Description : "A rusty hammer that isn't good for much as-is. But if you polish it..." Tarnished Hammer Attack : 312 Materials : Earth Crystal x20 Cost : 5000z Description : "A tarnished hammer that isn't good for much as-is. But if you polish it..." Legendary Hammer Attack : 936 Materials : Earth Crystal x40 Cost : 30,000z Description : "An ancient war hammer that was hidden beneath layers of rust." Breath Core Hammer (Final) Attack : 1,040 Materials : Earth Crystal x60 Cost : 60,000z Description : "The ultimate legendary hammer. Fueled by the power of dragon breath." -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- - Sword and Shield -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Rusted Sword (Base) Attack : 42 Materials : Ruststone x1 Cost : 1000z Description : "A rusty sword that isn't good for much as-is. But if you polish it..." Tarnished Sword Attack : 56 Materials : Earth Crystal x20 Cost : 5000z Description : "A tarnished sword that isn't good for much as-is. But if you polish it..." Legendary Sword Attack : 350 Materials : Earth Crystal x40 Cost : 30,000z Description : "An ancient sword that was once hidden beneath layers of rust." Eternal Strife (Final) Attack : 84 (+Dragon Element) Materials : Earth Crystal x60 Cost : 60,000z Description : "Weapon smiths of old worked 108 days straight to make this legendary dragonsword." -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- - Bowgun -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Demonlock (Final, Light Bowgun) Materials : Ruststone x1 Cost : 1000z Description : "A mysterious type of light bowgun made by polishing ruststone." Mods : Mod Level 1 Attack : 108 Cost : 1000z Slow reload speed Mod Level 2 Attack : 132 Cost : 1200z Slow reload speed Mod Level 3 Attack : 144 Cost : 1800z Slow reload speed Mod Level 4 Attack : 156 Cost : 4800z Slow reload speed Mod Level 5 Attack : 168 Cost : 9000z Slow reload speed Attachments : Fixed Scope Cost: 10z Zoom Scope Cost: 1800z Silencer Cost: 2400z Long Barrel Cost: 1800z Ammunition : Normal S Lv 1 2 3 Pierce S Lv 1 Pellet S Lv 1 Crag S Lv 1 2 3 Clust S Lv 1 2 3 Recov S Lv 2 Poison S Lv 2 Stun S Lv 2 Sleep S Lv 2 Tranq S Paint S Demon S Armor S =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [VI] Version Information =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The latest version of this document will always be at GameFAQs. Version 1.0 (07/19/05) - The first completed version of the FAQ. - More updates to come periodically. Version 1.01 (07/20/05) - Fixed table of contents. - Fixed random spelling/grammar errors. - Added to the list of sites allowed to host this FAQ. - Added summary for the offline polishing ruststones method Version 1.10 (07/23/05) - Expanded upon the "Where to find Ruststones" section. - Added additional information to the "Polishing Ruststones" section. - Added contributed information. Version 1.11 (07/28/05) - Added some additional information to "Polishing Ruststones" section. Thanks to a couple of contributions. Version 1.12 (07/31/05) - Corrected the mistake in the polishing ruststones section about abandoning the quest, you have to actually complete it. Version 1.13 (08/02/05) - Added more contributions. Version 1.14 (08/25/05) - Added ASCII. - Fixed some mistakes. Version 1.15 (10/29/05) - Changed sub-section headers. - Centerfied ASCII art. - Modified Credits and Copyright sections. - Clarified offline ruststones. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [VII] Credits =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= - Capcom for creating such a great game. - GameFAQs and CJayC for providing me with a place to host this. - ASCII art from - Vangor for providing me with some additional information about obtaining rusted weapons and obtaining ruststones offline. - ColSonders for providing me with the information about finding ruststones online pre-HR 13. - Topknot for his method of polishing ruststones, in the "Additional Methods" section. - Sayling for providing the list of the ruststone positions. - Fulkth for correcting the Legendary Sword's attack power mistake and for providing information to the "Where to find Ruststones" Section. - W.Raider for his Brady Guide Error/Omission List, which corrected the Demonlock attack power mistake. - All of the great people that I have played with Online in Monster Hunter, you know who you are. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [VIII] Contact Me =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= If you wish to contact me you can do so via e-mail at: xiamut@gmail.com If you have anything to add to the FAQ please send it to me, of course proper credit will be given for all submissions. If you do have something to contribute please provide me with either you Monster Hunter online name or your real name. If you have any questions/comments/suggestions/corrections and you choose to e-mail me please include something like "Monster Hunter FAQ" in the subject field. It would be greatly appreciated. Any e-mails containing offensive language directed towards me or anything in this FAQ will most likely be ignored. I am fine with constructive criticism however. Lastly, my online name is Korlic. I usually play in Red Land Area V-Z. Feel free to ask me for help if needed. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= [IX] Copyright Information =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. All trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by their respective trademark and copyright holders. List of sites with permission to host or link to this FAQ: - http://www.gamefaqs.com and all of its affiliates. - http://www.neoseeker.com Copyright 2005 Michael Monette (Xiamut)