Monster Hunter World: 10 Best Hunting Horns (2024)

For the majority of the player base inMonster Hunter World, the Hunting Horn is the least popular weapon. It's not exactly as cool as the Longsword, as edgy as the Dual Blades, or as intimidating as the Greatsword. After all, it's a musical instrument that you bring into a hunt against an apex predator. Wielding these weapons is like being in the bleachers of the Monster Hunter universe as Hunting Horn users are primarily seen as support.

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However, Monster Hunter hunting horns are far from useless.As it turns out, each and every weapon in Monster Hunter World is viable for any endgame content. Shocking right? Of course, that doesn't mean just any Hunting Horn will cut it. As with weapon selection in Monster Hunter World, picking the tried and tested contendersin the top spots is a sure way to efficiently bag some Elder Dragon heads.

10 Safi's Hellhorn

One of the standard endgame and Master Rank weapons, Safi's Hellhorn is about as freaky as it sounds. The weapon drops from Safi'Jiiva and has an infernal appearance that will surely sate the needs of some cosplayers or roleplayers in the game.

Stat-wise, it's not bad. It works asa great replacement or alternative for any other endgame weapon that's too hard to build around or find due to rarity or monster difficulty. The melody effects are all supportive and focus on restoring health or defense.

9 Demonlord Wardrum

The Demonlord Wardrum is an even more visually disturbing weapon and rightfully so as it drops from none other than a Furious Rajang. He's one of the most difficult monsters in Monster Hunter World or in any other Monster Hunter game.

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Its sharpness is better than the Safi Hellhorn and the melodies augment that a lot since the Demonlord Wardrum mixes up health restoration and attack boosts in its melody bonuses. Those bonuses fit Rajang's profile well enough.

8 Lightbreak Timbre

Lightbreak Timbre is a lovely gift from a Raging Brachydios and it's great for those who love to focus on elemental damage. For starters, Lightbreak Timbre has innate Blast damage that can easily stun monsters or stagger them in the very least.

In terms of sharpness, it has good stats at purple. Meanwhile, the melody bonuses aren't for the risky players since they mostly focus on increasing attack, movement speed, and some evasive defenses. This is not recommended for those just starting out with Hunting Horns.

7 Rasping Ballad

The Rasping Ballad doesn't exactly look that appealing damage-wise since its sharpness stops at blue. But it has good damage stats to make up for that. In addition, the Rasping Ballad likely won't annoy players who hate sharpening their weapons too much.

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It drops from Acidic Glavenus and at first glance, doesn't look like a Hunting Horn. That makes it appealing for those who want some awesome-looking weapons. The melodies boost the attack and provide some substantial resistances and defenses for the players.

6 Fatalis Menace Wailer

Now, if you do want one of the coolest-looking Hunting Horns available, then look no further than the Fatalis Menace Wailer. It's designed to look like an electric guitar so that's not exactly a bad choice in showing off endgame weapons.

The Fatalis Menace Wailer is also a popular choice despite having negative affinity and lower attack potential than other Hunting Horns. It will compensate with its offensive playstyle-focused melody bonuses that should make DPS players and speedrunners giggle.

5 Alatreon Revival

The Alatreon Revival is another solid choice for those who aren't looking to have the highest damage output possible and just want a badass Hunting Horn that can do the job. This one drops from Alatreon and is a perfect tool for farming the monster over and over again.

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Apart from having decent damage and purple sharpness, the Alatreon Revival is focused on making the players as tough as possible. It has tons of resistance and defense bonuses on its melody and can be used to boost elemental attack.

4 Bringuiro

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Frostfang Barioth is the monster to hunt over and over again if you want this ice-cold Hunting Horn. Bringuiro is a solid option with a lovely long white sharpness and decent purple sharpness to ensure maximum DPS output.

In order to sustain that, the Bringuiro Hunting Horn also grants some offensive bonuses in its melodies. It's packed to the brim with attack boost buffs and a few resistances to ensure that players don't die from fires.

3 Kjarr Pipe "Myth"

Thunder elemental weapons have always been a prominent all-around weapon choice for those who prefer elemental damage. That's because it's the least-resisted damage type. For the Hunting Horn category, the Kjarr Pipe "Myth" lets players go ham with as much thunder damage as they like.

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This weapon is obtainable from the Kulve Taroth weapon roulette which can be a difficult grind. However, the Affinity stat combined with the Thunder damage makes the weapon well worth the hellish farming repetitions. With enough Kulve Taroth materials, players can then upgrade the weapon to Rarity 12.

2 Taroth Pipe "Water"

Now, don't worry if you don't get the Kjarr Pipe "Myth," chances are, Kulve Taroth would have given you the Taroth Pipe "Water." Water is also not that well-resisted by Monster Hunter World enemies. Moreover, it has a whopping 700+ Water damage in addition to regular.

The weapon also comes in with an Affinity stat. With all that damage potential, the Taroth Pipe "Water" balances that out with defensive and elemental resistance melody bonuses. Likewise, it's also easy to upgrade with Kulve Taroth materials.

1 Taroth Pipe "Sleep"

Okay, so you didn't get the Taroth Pipe "Water" or the Kjarr Pipe "Myth?" Worry not because you can resort to the Taroth Pipe "Sleep" instead. It might not have an amazing damage stat but the Sleep status it applies to monsters can be both a lifesaver and a huge DPS boost.

Sleep can be used in a number of ways if you're creative or resourceful enough. The most common one is placing a metric ton of explosive barrels near a monster's head once the weapon manages to lull them. After that, the fight becomes a cheese-fest with some hilarious bomb shenanigans worthy of a gif.

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