There is a short answer to what All Games is, and a longer one about why it matters — both are here.

Short answer

Short version — it is exactly what it looks like, and the confusion comes from a similarly named thing nearby.

  • Do not confuse it with the similarly named thing — that mix-up drives most bad advice.
  • Note where it first appears, so you can go back if you need to.
  • Write down what you changed, so you can undo exactly one thing if it goes sideways.

Each entry in the series changes the verbs, so knowledge from one game transfers only partly to the next. It rewards understanding rather than grinding, which is unusual for Monster Hunter. The game introduces it quickly and assumes you picked it up, which is where the confusion starts.

Common misunderstandings

Nothing here assumes a particular playstyle beyond wanting the thing to work. The name is descriptive if you already know what it does, and opaque if you do not. The in-game description is technically accurate and practically useless. Patch notes move numbers around constantly; the shape of the answer holds even when a specific value shifts.

It shows up in more places than its introduction suggests, once you know to look. Whether it is worth going out of your way for depends entirely on how you are playing. Do the cheap check before the expensive one — that ordering alone saves most of the frustration.

What it is

Two similarly named things exist, and mixing them up explains a lot of contradictory advice. The wiki entry is thorough and buries the actually useful part six paragraphs down. Everything below is framed around the current state of Monster Hunter rather than a launch-week impression.

  • Read the in-game description once, then ignore it.
  • Do not build a plan around it before you have seen it work.
  • Stop and reassess after two failed attempts rather than repeating the third.
  • Treat wiki trivia sections as trivia rather than mechanics.
  • Expect its role to have shifted at least once across updates.

Whether it is worth going out of your way for

It became noticeably more relevant after a change the patch notes barely mentioned. It is more consequential in the late game than the early one, which is why first impressions mislead. If your result differs from what is described here, note what is different first rather than starting over. Its practical value is narrow and real, rather than broad and theoretical.

It appears in supplementary material in more detail than it does in the game itself. The developers have changed their mind about this at least once, which explains the older advice. Community shorthand around it has drifted far enough from the original meaning to cause arguments.

How it has changed over time

Its role has changed across updates, so older discussion describes something slightly different. There is no hidden trick here that the game is keeping from you. Knowing this does not make you better at Monster Hunter, but it does make the rest of it legible.

If you only remember one thing about it, remember where it appears. Screenshots age faster than text, which is why this describes rather than shows. There is a persistent myth attached to it that has never been true in any version.

What it changes in practice

It is the kind of thing veterans forget they ever had to learn. What follows assumes you are on a current install and have not modified it. Most guides mention it in passing and none of them stop to define it.

Where people go wrong

  • Grinding a method that was patched months ago because a thread still ranks well.
  • Assuming a guide from an older season still describes the current version.
  • Rushing the last step, which is usually the one with the actual requirement in it.
  • Skipping the prerequisite because it looked optional in someone else's summary.

Monster Hunter FAQ

What if none of this works for me?

Then something in your setup differs from the assumption — version, region or platform. Check those three before anything else.

Where can I read more?

The official material covers it in more depth than the game does, and considerably more reliably than aggregated fan pages.

Do I need any mods or third-party tools for this?

No. Everything described here works with the base game on any supported platform.

What is All Games in Monster Hunter?

The short answer is above. The longer one is that it fills a specific role, and understanding that role explains why it keeps coming up.

Bookmark it if you like, but honestly, once you have done it once you will not need to come back.