Affinity, to put it simply, is Critical Chance – how likely a weapon is to land a critical attack. Each weapon has an Affinity stat where the chance to perform extra damage is displayed as a percentage. If your weapon shows a negative value for Affinity, then this will determine how likely you are to deliver a weak attack.

How Can You Tell If You Land a Critical Hit?

When you land a critical hit in Monster Hunter Rise, you will see a red slash through the damage number – as seen in the screenshot below.

How to Raise Affinity

The easiest way to raise Affinity (Critical Chance) in Monster Hunter Rise is by first getting a weapon that already has positive Affinity, and then equipping certain Armor Skills that raise affinity as well.

• Critical Eye – Increases base Affinity
• Weakness Exploit – Increases Affinity when hitting a monster’s weak points
• Latent Power – Increases affinity for a short amount of time when certain conditions are met
• Agitator – Increases Affinity when a monster is Enraged (red eye icon on map)
• Maximum Might – Increases Affinity when Stamina is full
• Critical Draw – Increases Affinity for a short time after drawing weapon
• Affinity Sliding – Increases Affinity temporarily after sliding on environmental terrain

See How to Upgrade Armor Skills for more information.