Monster Hunter: World - How To Get All 6 Palico Gadgets

Your Palico companion can be outfitted with six different types of gear in Monster Hunter: World. Each piece of gear unlocks a special ability for your Palico that can’t be acquired anywhere else — and some of these powers are really useful.

The Palico gadgets are also pretty tricky to unlock. There’s one available in each of the free roam zones on your world map. Getting them requires completing a special hidden quest on the map. Finding these quests isn’t obvious.

You’ll have to look in areas that you won’t normally visit on your main story progression, so these gadgets can be pretty easy to miss. Here’s how to unlock them all, and what they’ll do to help you bring in even more monster meat.

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How To Get All 6 Palico Gadgets | Hidden Gear Locations

There are six Palico gadgets — one is unlocked by default. The other five have to be acquired through quests in the game world. Not every ‘quest’ is marked. Some are simply activities you’ll need to take part in. Find the full explanation for each gadget item in the locations list.

Vigorwasp Spray: Sends a healing batch of vigorwasps to the player.
- The default Palico gadget. Your Palico starts the game with this gadget equipped.
Flashfly Cage: Sends flashflies to enemies, temporarily stunning them.
- Ancient Forest: Reach the upper branches of the giant tree in the center of the map. Either use the interior of the tree, or ride the flying creatures up. Up above, find the cat that runs away on the high branches and follow it. It will lead you to this gadget.
  - At the campsite, swing across the vines and climb the wall to reach the little cat’s hiding spot.
Shieldspire: Summons a heavy shield that protects your Palico and draws enemy’s attention.
- Wildspire Wastes: Find the hole in the northeast corner of Area 8. Jump in and talk to the cats to begin their quest. Protectors will be marked on your map — go and find them all, then return to collect the gadget.
Coral Orchestra: An instrument that boosts attack and damage resistance.
- Coral Highlands: Enter the cave in Area 10 and defeat the Shamos that appears. Follow the scoutflies to the cat’s camp, and talk to them to get a quest. Hunt two Tzitzi-Ya-Ku to complete their quest.
Plunderblade: Steals items from monsters with attacks.
- Rotten Vale: Talk to the Researcher NPC in Area 13 — he’ll say something about an Odogaron. Leave and return until you see an event where an Odogaron is carrying a dead Legiana into the zone. After witnessing the event, enter the back of the messy cave. A cat will retreat when you show up — drop a raw meat on the ground to lure it out. Talk to them and they’ll give you the gadget.
Meowlotov Cocktail: An explosive bomb that continues to damage monsters over time.
- Astera: Before you can get this gadget, you’ll need to have all five previous gadgets. You’ll also need to reach the Elder’s Recess.
  - Talk to the Lyrian Researcher in Astera to receive a Critical Bounty to collect 10 Gajalaka tracks / pictures. These will only appear in High Rank zones.
- Elder’s Recess: Complete the bounty to get another bounty, sending you on a sneaking mission in the Elder’s Recess. You’ll need to sneak through the cat camp and talk to the leader to get this gadget. Use the Ghillie Suit to easily sneak by the patrols.