so im pretty new to this game (14 hours) and im rank 4. What i dont understand is:

1. When do you get to upgrade armor?
2. WTH is the junk piles in the lil cat areas?
3. finally, where the h311 you find demonstone at?

please help me. i cant believe i just discovered this game 2 1/2 years after it came out. now theres rumors of MH2 coming out after xmas and MH3 for the ps3. WTH! IMA SPEND 200+ hours on each game. THATS BOGUS!

answers:
1. talk to the armorer on the right in offline mode to improve armor and weapons... dont click create weapons click improve. the choose your weapon to improve and click r1 to see the requirements.
2.the annoying lil cats that steal your stuff drop the stolen stuff in those piles.
3.and i have no idea where demonstone is at... sry

Just an FYI, there is no "demonstone" you might be thinking about a firestone. Tell what u need this "demonstone" for and ill tell u what it is really called and where to get it

ok...

u CANNOT IMPROVE armor, u can just buy and create armor. for weapons u can create/improve and buy.

The junk pile in the desert is where you can get a "barrel lid" but its rare, and the pile in the swamp you can get "lost parasol" but its rare.