MH4U is my first in the series and I'm still learning all the different skills. It took me a while to figure out that Sharpness on armor doesn't give sharpness +1. Handicraft does.

So what is the earliest I can get sharpness +1? It doesn't matter if it's full set or mixed set.

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This set is the earliest possible, available at Caravan 5, without requiring any charms, and have 3 extra slots:

Nargacuga Helm
Gore Mail
Ceanataur Braces
Gore Faulds
Uragaan Greaves (or anything with Torso Inc)

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Handicraft is a relatively common armor skill and a lot of armor tends to have it at least in small amounts. That said, it doesn't appear much in low rank armors and it will be a bit more difficult to build into.

The earliest it seems can get handicraft is by mixing Ceantaur helm and vambraces, Gore chest and faulds, and finishing with Arc Greaves. This will be the only active skill, though.

Granted, this doesn't take any gems or talismans into account. So you could get it a different way with the help of those. You can try using Athena's ASS to help get a better build for you, as Kuranico's doesn't take gems and talismans into account.

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