Controls during Quests
:Circle Pad
・Move character
:+Control Pad
・Adjust camera
・Select menu item
・Select menu item
:A Button
・Interact
・Climb wall
・Confirm selection
・Gather/Carve(Hold down
to continuously gather or carve)
・Climb wall
・Confirm selection
・Gather/Carve(Hold down

:B Button
・Crouch
・While moving/with weapon drawn: Evade
・Cancel selection
・Skip cutscene
・While moving/with weapon drawn: Evade
・Cancel selection
・Skip cutscene
:X Button
・Unsheathe weapon
・While moving: Draw attack (excluding Bowguns)
・While moving: Draw attack (excluding Bowguns)
:Y Button
・Use item
・With weapon drawn: Sheathe weapon
・With weapon drawn: Sheathe weapon
:L Button
Tap
・Reset the camera to match the direction the player is facing (when using the Target Cam, it will focus on the monster)
Hold
・
or
: Select item
・
or
: Select Ammo or Coating (Gunner only)
・Reset the camera to match the direction the player is facing (when using the Target Cam, it will focus on the monster)
Hold
・


・


:R Button
・Hold while moving: Dash
・With weapon drawn: Specialized weapon move
・With weapon drawn: Specialized weapon move
+
+
:R+A+B Buttons
・Perform Hunter Art 1
:ZL Button
Circle Pad Pro/New Nintendo 3DS family
・Perform Hunter Art 2 (can be changed in Options)
・Perform Hunter Art 2 (can be changed in Options)
:ZR Button
Circle Pad Pro/New Nintendo 3DS family
・Perform Hunter Art 3 (can be changed in Options)
・Perform Hunter Art 3 (can be changed in Options)
:START Button
・Open/close menu(Can be changed in Options)
Controls During a Quest (Prowler)
:Circle Pad
・Move character
:+Control Pad
・Adjust camera
・Select menu item
・Select menu item
:A Button
・Interact
・Climb wall
・Confirm selection
・Gather/Carve(Hold down
to continuously gather/carve)
・With weapon drawn: Boomerang Attack
*With your weapon drawn, hold down
for a charged Boomerang Attack.
・Climb wall
・Confirm selection
・Gather/Carve(Hold down

・With weapon drawn: Boomerang Attack
*With your weapon drawn, hold down

:B Button
・Crouch
・While moving/with weapon drawn: Evade
・While holding
: Burrow
・Cancel selection
*While underground, press
to resurface.
・Skip cutscene
・While moving/with weapon drawn: Evade
・While holding

・Cancel selection
*While underground, press

・Skip cutscene
:X Button
・Draw weapon
・With weapon drawn: Attack
・While moving: Draw attack
・With weapon drawn: Attack
・While moving: Draw attack
:Y Button
・Support Move
(Press
+
with your weapon drawn to perform a Support Move)
・With weapon drawn: Sheathe weapon
(Press


・With weapon drawn: Sheathe weapon
:L Button
Tap
Reset the camera to match the direction the player is facing (when using the Target Cam, it will focus on the monster)
Hold
or
: Select Support Move
Reset the camera to match the direction the player is facing (when using the Target Cam, it will focus on the monster)
Hold


:R Button
・With weapon drawn: Block
・While moving: Dash
・While moving: Dash
:START Button
・Open/close menu(Can be changed in Options)


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