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It's not just you who gets its perks, however, your allies can also benefit from its red cloud of smoke when deployed. Affinity Booster works like the Health and Cleanser Boosters, which boosts your health and cleanses you of any status effects or ailments, respectively\u2014but it boosts your affinity instead. You and your allies get an affinity boost of 50 percent when you enter the Affinity Booster\u2019s area of effect. The buff adds to your weapon\u2019s current affinity percentage for a maximum of 100 percent. The affinity-boosting cloud lasts for a total of 60 seconds when deployed, but the buff lasts for 20 seconds. You can leave the cloud when charged and re-enter it when the effect needs to be recharged. For those unaware, affinity is a weapon characteristic that gives you an idea of the weapon\u2019s potential to deal a bonus or penalty to the damage you deal. Positive affinity means the weapon\u2019s attack can deal a critical hit (+25 percent physical damage), while negative affinity denotes the possibility of a blunder (-25 percent physical damage). Weapons in Monster Hunter World naturally flaunt some affinity, but you can boost base affinity by adding a skill or using the Affinity Booster. How to unlock Affinity Booster in Monster Hunter World?\u00a0 To unlock Affinity Booster in\u00a0Monster Hunter World, you need complete a series of\u00a0quests\u00a0(a quest chain), which are unlocked by interacting with NPCs in the Research Base. Completing the optional quest named The Tingling Taste will unlock the quest chain needed to get the Affinity Booster. Here\u2019s a list of quests you must complete to get the affinity-buffing tool and how to trigger them. The Tingling Taste optional quest: Unlocked by hunting or capturing a Great Girros in the Rotten Vale A Master\u2019s Toast delivery quest: Talk to the Third Fleet Master and then the Third Fleet Provisioner in the Research Base.\u00a0 Stuck in their Ways optional quest: Talk to Shy Scholar in the Research Base. A Fire-Spewing Brew delivery quest: Make sure to capture or kill a Dodogama first. Talk to the Cheerful Scholar in the Research Base to unlock the quest.\u00a0 A Sore Site optional quest: Talk to the Airship Engineer in the Research Base. RRRRRumble in the Waste! optional quest: Talk to the Third Fleet Master to get this quest. 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