Specialized Tools refer to clothing and equipment that grant you special abilities in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne. The Ghillie Mantle, for example, will temporarily camouflage you from monsters. Specialized tools must be equipped and then used as items in order to have any effect. They can be used an unlimited number of times, but have a cooldown time after each use. The "Tool Specialist" Armor Skill and "Felyne Tailor" Food Skill decrease the cooldown time. You can check the effects of any specialized tools you have equipped from "Equipment Info" in the menu. You start by only being able to carry one specialized tool, but after completing the High Rank storyline you can carry two.
Iceborne does not add any new Specialized Tools, but instead allows you to upgrade them. Mantles gain decoration slots, allowing for additional skill points. Boosters have increased effectiveness.
Mantles
| Name | Description | Slots | How to Obtain | How to Upgrade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apothecary Mantle | Increases the probability of triggering status buildup when attacking with weapons that induce abnormal statuses. | 32- | A Portent of Disaster | The Tyrant's Banquet |
| Assasin's Hood | Increases movement speed and allows you to hide quicker. Deals big damage to a monster caught unaware, then the effect ends. | --- | Deliver 2 Senu's Feather | N/A |
| Bandit Mantle | Causes monsters to drop rare trade-in items when you attack them. | 31- | Redefining the "Power Couple" | A Nasty Flesh Wound |
| Challenger Mantle | Prompts monsters to target you more often and makes them easier to lure. The effect expires if you are attacked. | 33- | The Red and Blue Crew | Runnin', Rollin', and Weepin' |
| Dragonproof Mantle | Reduces dragon damage, nullifies dragonblight and powers up your weapon's dragon properties. | 21- | The Food Chain Dominator | Deliver 1 Teostra Fellwing & 1 Daora Fellwing |
| Evasion Mantle | Increases the invulnerability window while evading and grants a temporary attack boost for evading a monster attack at the very last moment. | 22- | New World Sky, New World Flower | Proud White Knight |
| Fireproof Mantle | Reduces fire damage, nullifies fireblight and blastblight, and prevents damage from hot environments. | 22- | A Fiery Convergence | Festival of Explosions! |
| Ghillie Mantle | Conceals you from enemy view temporarily. The effect expires if you perform an attack or take damage. | 33- | Sinister Shadows in the Swamp | Ice Catch! |
| Glider Mantle | Increases jump airtime and grants the power to ride strong winds. Also makes it easier to mount monsters. | 44- | Enter Coral Highlands | Red and Black Aces |
| Iceproof Mantle | Reduces ice element damage. Also nullifies iceblight, cold effects, and mobility reduction from deep snow. | 22- | Deliver 3 Paolumu Pelt+ & 1 Paolumu Wing | Duet of Rime |
| Immunity Mantle | Removes and nullifies all abnormal status effects for the duration of the effect. | 32- | A Blaze in the Sand | It's the Afterlife for Me |
| Impact Mantle | Adds a stun effect to most attacks or increases the potency of an existing stun effect. | 32- | Showdown: the Muck and the Maul | Hymn of Moon and Sun |
| Rocksteady Mantle | Eliminates damage reactions, prevents wind effects, protects your hearing, and grants tremor resistance. You also receive less damage from attacks. | 11- | A Summons from Below | Piercing Black |
| Temporal Mantle | Nullifies damage from powerful attacks by automatically evading. | 11- | No Remorse, No Surrender | Divine Surge |
| Thunderproof Mantle | Reduces thunder damage and nullifies thunderblight and paralysis. | 22- | Gone in a Flash | Trap the Thunder Jaw |
| Vitality Mantle | Negates a fixed amount of damage, after which the effect expires. | 42- | Into the Bowels of the Vale | This Here's Big Horn Country! |
| Waterproof Mantle | Reduces water damage, nullifies waterblight, reduces mobility restrictions in muck and negates them entirely for deep water. | 22- | Deliver 3 Jyuratodus Scale+ & 1 Jyuratodus Fin+ | Put That Red Cup Away |
Smokers
| Name | Description | How to Obtain | How to Upgrade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Affinity Booster | Places a smoker that increases affinity. | RRRRRumble in the Waste! | The Storm Brings the Unexpected |
| Cleanser Booster | Places a smoker that removes any abnormal status effects and elemental blights. | On Nightmare's Wings | Poison and Paralysis Pinch |
| Health Booster | Places a smoker that gradually restores your health. | One for the History Books | Feisty Girl Talk |
