What is the raw damage formula used here?

Per-hit raw damage is (displayed raw divided by the weapon class modifier) times the motion value times the sharpness modifier times the hitzone value, all divided by 100 where percentages apply. The weapon-class divisor converts displayed attack back to true raw.

How is affinity factored in?

Affinity is the critical hit chance. A positive critical multiplies damage by the critical boost (1.25 by default, higher with the Critical Boost skill). Average damage is base times (1 plus affinity-fraction times (boost minus 1)).

What is a hitzone value?

Each monster body part has a raw hitzone value, roughly a percentage of damage it takes. A 45 hitzone takes 45 percent of your raw through; a 20 hitzone is tough. Hitting high-value zones is often a bigger DPS gain than more raw.

What sharpness modifier should I use?

Sharpness scales raw: white is about 1.32, blue 1.20, green 1.05, yellow 1.0, and lower colours below 1. Use the modifier for the colour you will actually maintain during a hunt, not your peak sharpness.

Why divide displayed raw by a weapon-class modifier?

Displayed attack is inflated by a class-specific bloat factor so different weapons show comparable numbers. The formula divides it back out (for example Great Sword 4.8, Dual Blades 1.4) to recover true raw before applying motion values.

Monster Hunter DPS Calculator

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Comparing builds means comparing damage per second, not raw alone. This calculator applies Monster Hunter’s real raw-damage formula — motion value, sharpness, affinity, and hitzone — and divides by the attack’s duration to give a true DPS figure you can compare across weapons.

How it works

Displayed raw is first divided by the weapon-class bloat factor to recover true raw, then the standard chain is applied:

true raw   = displayed raw / class modifier
base hit   = true raw × (motion value/100) × sharpness × (hitzone/100)
avg hit    = base hit × (1 + affinity/100 × (critBoost − 1))
dps        = avg hit / attack duration (seconds)

Affinity is the critical-hit rate; the critical boost (1.25 base, more with the Critical Boost skill) multiplies damage on a crit, so average damage blends the crit and non-crit cases by the affinity fraction.

Example and tips

A Great Sword showing 1000 raw (class modifier 4.8) landing a 70 motion-value hit on a 45 hitzone with white sharpness (1.32), 30% affinity and 1.25 boost deals about 208 × (1 + 0.3 × 0.25) ≈ 224 per hit. Hitzone matters enormously — moving from a 20 zone to a 45 zone more than doubles damage, often beating a raw upgrade.