Monster Hunter Generations Kinsect Upgrade Guide

Monster Hunter Generations has an Insect Glaive weapon that has a unique mechanic, an insect that gathers nectar to buff you. They changed the way upgrading this Kinsect works from the previous game.

There are different types of Kinsects and levels to upgrading them. I’m going to help by explaining the upgrade process, as well as the different types of kinsects you can make and what they do.

This guide will go over upgrading Kinsects in Monster Hunter Generations including:

• How to Upgrade Kinsects – What you need to upgrade Kinsects.
• Balanced Kinsects – The different types of Balanced Kinsects, their stats, and what skills they give.
• Power Kinsects – The different types of Power Kinsects, their stats, and what skills they give.
• Weight Kinsects – The different types of Weight Kinsects, their stats, and what skills they give.
• Speed Kinsects – The different types of Speed Kinsects, their stats, and what skills they give.

How to Upgrade Kinsects

Now Kinsects are upgraded separately from the Insect Glaive. You also don’t need to worry about upgrade materials lowering a stat while raising another. Kinsects are still bound to each Insect Glaive, so keep that in mind.

• Select the Insect Glaive you want, then choose Feed Insect.
• Select the Jelly you want, either Power, Heavy, or Speed.
• Select the Ambrosia if you want to add elemental damage.

When you upgrade either Power, Weight, or Speed enough, the level will increase. When you level up any of these stats 3 times, you can level up the Kinsect.

If you have Larval Extract, you can combine it with the Jelly of your choice to get a “+” version. This will increase the stat by a lot more so you won’t need as many Jellies to level up.

Each Kinsect needs a certain amount in 1 or more of the stats before the upgrade is available.

The base kinsect is always 1 of 2 types:

• Culldrone for cutting type Insect Glaives
• Mauldrone for blunt type Insect Glaives

Balanced Kinsect

There is only 1 upgraded balanced Kinsect, which is 1 of the best final Kinsects in the game.

Elscarad/Arginesse

• Requirements:
• Level 6 Kinsect
• Level 6 Power
• Level 6 Weight
• Level 6 Speed
• Stats:
• +5% All Stats
• Skills: 
• All 3 Extract Up – +50% Duration
• Wide Range – Extracts count for all Insect Glaive Users in the hunt. Green will also heal everyone regardless of weapon used.

Power Kinsects

Alucanid/Foebeetle

• Requirements:
• Level 3 Kinsect
• Level 3 Power
• Stats:
• +10% Power
• -10% Weight
• Reduced Flying Distance
• Skills: 
• Red Extract Up – +10 Attack

Monarch Alucanid/Carnage Beetle

• Requirements:
• Level 6 Kinsect
• Level 10 Power
• Stats:
• +20% Power
• 30% Reduced Charge Time
• -10% Weight
• Reduced Flying Distance
• Skills: 
• Red Extract Up – +15 Attack
• Red Duration Up – +20% Duration

Empresswing/Bonnetfile

• Requirements:
• Level 6 Kinsect
• Level 3 Power
• Level 5 Weight
• Level 4 Speed
• Stats:
• +20% Power
• -10% Weight
• Reduced Flying Distance
• Skills: 
• Red Extract Up – +10 Attack
• Red Duration Up – +40% Duration

Weight Kinsects

Rigiprayne/Ladtarge

• Requirements:
• Level 3 Kinsect
• Level 3 Weight
• Stats:
• +10% Weight
• -10% Speed
• Skills: 
• Green Extract Up – Recovers 10 HP
• Orange Extract Up – +10 Defense

Cancadaman/Ladypavise

• Requirements:
• Level 6 Kinsect
• Level 10 Weight
• Stats:
• +20% Weight
• -10% Speed
• Skills: 
• Green Extract Up – Recovers 10 HP
• Orange Extract Up – +15 Defense
• Orange Earplugs – Gain Earplugs after acquiring orange essence

Fiddlebrix/Arkmaiden

• Requirements:
• Level 6 Kinsect
• Level 4 Power
• Level 3 Weight
• Level 5 Speed
• Stats:
• +20% Weight
• -10% Speed
• Reduced Flying Distance
• Skills: 
• Green Extract Up – Recovers 20 HP
• Orange Extract Up – +10 Defense
• Orange Duration Up – +30% Duration

Speed Kinsects

Windchopper/Gullshad

• Requirements:
• Level 3 Kinsect
• Level 3 Speed
• Stats:
• +10% Speed
• -10% Power
• Increased Flying Distance
• Skills: 
• White Extract Up – +15% Affinity
• White and Orange – +6% Defense
• All 3 – +8% Defense

Grancathar/Bullshroud

• Requirements:
• Level 6 Kinsect
• Level 10 Speed
• Stats:
• +20% Speed
• -10% Power
• Increased Flying Distance
• 30% Reduced Charge Time
• Skills: 
• White Extract Up – +30% Affinity
• Red and White – +20 seconds
• White and Orange – +6% Defense
• All 3 – +8% Defense

Pseudocath/Whispervesp

• Requirements:
• Level 6 Kinsect
• Level 5 Power
• Level 4 Weight
• Level 3 Speed
• Stats:
• +20% Speed
• -10% Power
• Increased Flying Distance
• +20% Elemental Damage
• Skills: 
• White Extract Up – +15% Affinity
• White and Orange – +6% Defense
• All 3 – +8% Defense

That’s it for the Monster Hunter Generations Kinsect Upgrade guide. Let me know if you have any questions!