Can You Craft Armor in the Monster Hunter Wilds Beta?

The Monster Hunter Wilds open beta is running right across all platforms, with crossplay also included. You can help the long wait until February by checking out the beginning of the experience, plus multiplayer, right now. But there are some features missing from the beta. Is being able to craft armor one of the missing features in the Monster Hunter Wilds beta?

Are You Able to Craft Armor in the Monster Hunter Wilds Beta?

Unfortunately, the open beta might show off a lot of the highly anticipated 2025 Capcom open-world title, but crafting armor isn’t one of them. It is not possible to craft your own armor pieces and sets in the open beta at this time. This is one of the few major features that the beta locks the community from being able to access.

What makes this whole situation even weirder is the fact you can collect monster parts from the various hunts that are available in the open beta right now. What makes this even weirder is the monster parts are pretty much useless. After all, only your character creation data — not save data like monster parts and other items — will carry over to the full release.

How to Swap Between Free Armor Sets in the Beta

While you aren’t able to craft armor with monster parts in the Monster Hunter Wilds beta, not all hope is lost. You are able to at least swap between different armor sets for free during the open beta. All you need to do is head to the tent at the home base after you complete the opening mission and defeat the first monster.

Here, you will be able to swap between the 14 different weapon types and even various armor. It is worth visiting here to prepare for the different beasts available to hunt during the beta. Presumably, these armor sets here will be ones we craft in the full release. When the game comes out, players will be able to craft armor with Gemma. For now, though, she will just let players know she is too busy to craft.

Monster Hunter Wilds will release for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on February 28, 2025. The open beta will run until November 2, 2024.