Awakening - how do I know what weapons need it?

Question: When I am looking at a weapon in the armory/blacksmith - how do I know if that weapon requires awakening for the special effects to begin dealing damage?

Is there a symbol or something that tells me "this weapon requires awakening armor"?

Thanks for your time.

M'Hael

Kelbi bow
Diablos lance
Uragaan hammer

You're welcome

haruno wrote:

Kelbi bow
Diablos lance
Uragaan hammer

You're welcome

Add to that list: Duramboros lance.
Puts Ceadeus lance to shame >_>

But really, in Tri U it seems like almost every weapon without element is affected by Awaken now.

Yes but HOW DO YOU KNOW that those weapons require awakening?

Before I build a weapon i want to know....

thanks

Try weapon trees on gamefaqs

http://www.gamefaqs.com/3ds/642342-monster-hunter-3-ultimate/faqs

Every weapon have it's element, if it need awakening it's in grey.

Any weapon that does not have an element or status listed beside its stats in the game can be awakened.

If it does not have an element or status without the awaken skill, it will tell you in the weapon stats in the game. If you go to the weapons list on the wiki (link below) then the weapons with elements that need to be awakened are in parentheses.

http://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/MH3U:_Weapons

Yep. Any weapon without an element will get one through awakening

Don't know where to post it, so i just put it here.

Anyone knows if Vulcanis awakened is any good in this game? As far as i know it got 620 slime on it. The only downside is it's sharpness which is White even after S+1. Raw is ok but also lower than on Dios GS.

I see many people using uragaan hammer awakened, but not so many with Vulcanis. Is it not worth playing with or just unpopular?

Just nitpicking, but there are actually a few weapons with no latent element. The Arzuros hunting horn for example.