Monster Hunter World: Iceborne - Basic Game Controls

July 26, 2019 Pixel Jello Monster Hunter World: Iceborne 0

A breakdown of the controls for Monster Hunter World: Iceborne. This includes movement, weapon, mounted, and grappling controls.

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Basic Game Controls

Here is a breakdown of the PlayStation 4 game controls for Monster Hunter World: Iceborne. This includes movement, weapon, mounted, and grappling controls.

Movement Controls

Input	Action
Left Stick	Character direction / movement.
Left Stick + R1 Button	Character dash (weapon is sheathed).
L3 Button (pressed once) with Left Stick	Character dash (weapon is sheathed).
Right Stick	Move camera.
Directional Buttons	Menu item selection.
□ Button	Use item (weapon sheathed).
○ Button	Gather/Carve (weapon sheathed). Perform action (weapon sheathed).
× Button	Crouch (weapon sheathed).
Left Stick + × Button	Dodge and Jump (from ledges).
L1 Button	Reset camera.
Hold L1 Button	Display health/stamina. Enlarge minimap. Display radial menu. With radial menu displayed, use a shortcut with Right Stick.
L1 Button + □ Button / ○ Button	Select Item.
L2 Button	Display slinger aiming reticle (weapon sheathed). Use with Right Stick to aim.
Hold L2 Button + press R2 Button	Use slinger (weapon sheathed).
Hold L2 Button + press ○ Button	Use Clutch Claw.
R3 Button	Toggle focus camera.
Option Button	Open the start menu.
Touch Pad Button	Check Wildlife map.
Hold Touch Pad Button	Display chat window.

Weapon Controls

Input	Action
△ Button	Draw weapon. Perform a Normal Attack. Reload when using a Bowgun. Use/Remove coating when using a Bow.
R2 Button	Draw weapon with bonus attack. Perform Guard or Unique Weapon Action (when the weapon is already drawn).
□ Button	Sheathe your weapon. You can gather materials and carve monsters while your weapon is sheathed. Being idle will also automatically sheathe your weapon.
○ Button	Perform a Special Attack. Perform Light Bowgun Special Attack. Load/Remove Heavy Bowgun special ammo. Perform Bow special attack.
Directional Buttons	Select phial/ammo.
Hold L2 Button	Display weapon aiming reticle (weapon drawn).
Right Stick	Aim range weapon.
L2 Button + R3 Button	Display slinger aiming reticle.
L2 Button + ○ Button + △ Button	Switch to Special Scope (when equipped).

Mounted Controls

Input	Action
△ Button	Perform attack once mounted. Perform multiple attacks to unleash a powerful finisher.
R2 Button	Press button to brace against a monster’s attempt to throw the character off.
Left Stick	Move the stick to change the character’s position.

Grappling Controls

Input	Action
Left Stick	Change position the character is grappled onto.
△ Button	Perform weapon attacks while in a grapple position.
○ Button	Perform attacks using a Clutch Claw.
R2 Button	Perform a Flinch Shot which unleashes all currently equipped slinger ammo at the grappled monster. Flinch shots has no effect on enraged monsters. Flinch shots cannot be performed with dung pods, flash pods, screamer pods, or knife items.

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