Monster Hunter Now Lucky Lunar New Year 2025: Schedule, rewards, and more

Niantic has just announced the Monster Hunter Now Lucky Lunar New Year 2025 event, set to begin on January 27, 2025. This event will help players acquire various weapons and equipment, with one featured reward being a new event-exclusive weapon — The Light Bowgun. Additionally, equipment from previous Lunar Year events, like the Lucky Dragon Hammer, Fortune Dragon Fans, and Dragon Dance Mask are also set to return.

This article highlights the schedule, rewards, and other details of the Monster Hunter Now Lucky Lunar New Year 2025 event.

Monster Hunter Now Lucky Lunar New Year 2025: Everything you need to know

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Schedule

The event will start at 9 am on January 27, 2025, and run till February 2, 2025, at 11:59, local time. Monster Hunter Now Lucky Lunar New Year 2025 will remain active for seven days.

Rewards

The items listed below will be available as rewards during the event for completing limited-time quests:

Exclusive Lucky Lunar New Year 2025 Medal
Exclusive LNY 2025 Guild Card background
LNY 2024 Armor Tickets
Gatherable materials including Earth Crystals and other gatherable materials
Wyvern Gem Shard, Gold Rathian Plate, Pink Rathian Plate, and other monster materials.

The Lucky Light Bogun, Lucky Dragon Hammer, Fortune Dragon Fans, and Dragon Dance Mask will require Tickets to unlock and upgrade. Here is how you can get them:

Dragon Dance Mask Tickets: From Limited-time quests.
Lucky Light Bowgun, Lucky Dragon Hammer, and Fortune Dragon Fans Tickets: Rewards for slaying Gold Rathian, Pink Rathian, or Banbaro monsters.

Monster appearances

The following monsters will have increased spawn rate in corresponding habitats during Monster Hunter Now Lucky Lunar New Year 2025:

Pink Rathian: Forest and swamp habitats
Banbaro: Forest, swamp, and tundra habitats
Gold Rathian: Desert and Swamp habitats

Weapons

The Monster Hunter Now Lucky Lunar New Year 2025 event rewards a few dragon-type weapons that will be effective in the upcoming Prepare for Kirin event. The weapons and their skills have been listed below:

Lucky Light Bowgun (Light Bowgun)

Skill: Slugger
Skill effect: Increases the odds of paralyzing a monster while attacking.
Tickets required: LNY 2025 Light Bowgun Ticket
20 tickets are needed for upgrading and forging.
Upgrading the weapon post-grade 7 does not require tickets.

Lucky Dragon Hammer (Hammer)

Element: Dragon
Skill: Divine Blessing
Skill effect: May reduce damage caused by a monster's attack during combat
Tickets required: LNY 2024 Hammer Ticket
20 tickets are needed for upgrading and forging.
Upgrading the weapon post-grade 7 does not require tickets.

Fortune Dragon Fans (Dual Blades)

Element: Dragon
Skill: Divine Blessing
Skill effect: This weapon may reduce the damage caused by a monster's attack.
Necessary tickets: LNY 2024 Dual Blades Ticket
20 tickets are needed for upgrading and forging.
Upgrading the weapon post-grade 7 does not require tickets.

Dragon Dance Mask (Head Armor)

Skill: Critical Boost
Skill effect: The damage multiplier of critical attacks is increased.
Required tickets: LNY 2024 Armor Ticket *Back from last year!
6 tickets are needed for upgrading and forging.
Upgrading the weapon post-grade 5 does not require tickets.

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