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Below you'll find a list of both Assigned Quests, Optional Quests, and Delivery Quests, you need to complete to unlock more monsters, Botanical Research items, Canteen items, and more.
| Assigned Quests | Optional Quests | Delivery Quests |
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To play most efficiently, you should try to keep up with all of these as you progress the story. Better buffs from food and being able to farm useful crafting items are invaluable!
Assigned Quests
These Assigned Quests are done in order as part of the story. As these are completed, more maps, NPCs, tools, and monsters are unlocked.
| Quest Name | Level | Monster |
|---|---|---|
| Jagras of the Ancient Forest | 1* | Jagras |
| A Kestodon Kerfuffle and The Great Jagras Hunt | 2* | Kestodon |
| The Great Jagras Hunt | 2* | |
| Bird-Brained Bandit | 2* | |
| Urgent: Pukei-Pukei Hunt | 3* | |
| The Best Kind of Hunt | 3* | |
| Sinister Shadows in the Swamp | 3* | |
| Flying Sparks: Tobi-Kadachi | 3* | |
| The Encroaching Anjanath | 4* | |
| One for the History Books | 4* | |
| Ballooning Problems | 4* | |
| Radobaan Roadblock | 4* | |
| Legiana: Embodiment of Elegance | 5* | |
| Into the Bowels of the Vale | 5* | |
| A Fiery Throne Atop the Forest | 5* | |
| Horned Tyrant Below the Sands | 5* | |
| A Colossal Task | 6* | |
| Invader of the Waste | 6* | |
| Tickled Pink | 6* | |
| Old World Monster in the New World | 7* | |
| A Wound and a Thirst | 8* | |
| Kushala, Daora, Dragon of Steel | 8* | |
| Teostra the Infernal | 8* | |
| Hellish Fiend Vaal Hazak | 8* | |
| Land of Convergence | 9* | |
Optional Quests
There are optional quests for every monster, which we won't list here. However, these are the optional quests you'll need to complete to unlock more items tofarm at the Botanical Research Facility, Boosters, Mantles, monsters, and more. You can tell an Optional Quest will get you something special by the ellipsesnext to the quest name.
Most of these must be unlocked in order, by completing quests for the same quest giver. Make sure to talk to everyone in Astera and at the Research Base with!over their heads - that means they have a quest for you, or you completed a quest they gave you.
| Quest Name | Level | Goal | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fungal Flexin' in the Ancient Forest | 1* | Deliver 20 Gourmet Shroomcaps | Canteen ingredient |
| Snatch the Snatcher | 2* | Capture Kulu-Ya-Ku | Continous Quest Line - Unlocks Monster |
| The Pain From Gains | 2* | Slay 7 Gajau | Canteen Ingredient |
| Exterminator of the Waste | 2* | Slay 14 Vespoid | Canteen Ingredient |
| Prickly Predicament | 3* | Deliver 20 Bauble Cactuses | Botanical Research Item |
| Gettin' Yolked in the Waste | 3* | Deliver 2 Herbivore Eggs | Canteen Ingredient |
| Landing the Landside Wyvern | 3* | Capture a Barroth | Continous Quest Line - Unlocks Monster |
| Gettin' Yolked in the Forest | 4* | Deliver 2 Wyvern Eggs | Canteen Ingredient |
| Royal Relocation | 3* | Hunt a Rathian | Botanical Research Item |
| It's a Crying Shamos | 4* | Slay 11 Shamos | Canteen Ingredient |
| What a Bunch of Abalone | 4* | Deliver 10 Super Abalone | Canteen Ingredient |
| White Monster for a White Coat | 4* | Capture a Paolumu | Continous Quest Line - Unlocks Monster |
| Persistent Pests | 4* | Slay 14 Hornetaur | Unlocks a Botanical Research Slot |
| On Nightmare's Wings | 4* | Slay 5 Raphinos | Unlocks the Cleanser Booster |
| Redefining the Power Couple | 5* | Hunt All Target Monsters (Rathian & Rathalos) | Unlocks the Bandit Mantle |
| Gone in a Flash | 5* | Slay a Kirin | Continous Quest Line - First Unlocked Monster - Unlocks Thunderproof Mantle |
| Man's Best Friend | 5* | Capture an Odogaron | Continous Quest Line - Unlocks Monster |
| The Meat of the Matter | 5* | Deliver 2 Lumps of Meat | Canteen Ingredient |
| Stuck in Their Ways | 6* | Capture a Tobi-Kadachi | Canteen Ingredient |
| Chef Quest! Pumped to Deliver | 6* | Deliver 4 Forgotten Fossils | Canteen Ingredient |
| Chef Quest! A Rotten Request | 6* | Slay 10 Girros | Canteen Ingredient |
| Chef Quest! Gajalaka Lockdown | 6* | Defeat 10 Gajalaka | Canteen Ingredient |
| The Red and Blue Crew | 7* | Hunt All Target Monsters (Rathalos & Azure Rathalos) | Unlocks Challenger Mantle |
| Talons of Ire and Ice | 7* | Hunt All Target Monsters (Legiana & Odogaron) | Unlocks a Botanical Research Slot |
| Bazelgeuse in the Field of Fire | 7* | Hunt a Bazelgeuse | Continous Quest Line - Unlocks Monster |
| Lightning Strikes Twice | 8* | Slay a Kirin | Continous Quest Line - 2nd Unlocked Monster |
| A Summons from Below | 9* | Hunt All Target Monsters (Tempered Vaal Hazak & Tempered Odogaron) | Unlocks Rocksteady Mantle |
Delivery Quests
These are given out mostly by the "Fivers" that hang around town, but sometimes the NPCs at the Resource Center hand them out as well. Deliveries must also be completed in order to build any campsites you might find. RP stands for Research Points.
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Setting Up Camp Deliveries
These need to be completed in order to unlock new camps in the different locations, which also act as fast travel points. You must first find the potential campsite before you unlock the delivery quest.
| Quest Name | Items | RP Needed | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Forest I | Iron Ore (2), Ancient Bone | 50 | Northwest Camp (8) |
| Ancient Forest II | AnjanathPelt, Monster Bone L (2) | 1000 | Ancient Forest Camp (17) |
| Wildspire Waste I | Vespoid Shell (2), Monster Bone M | 300 | Central Camp (6) |
| Wildspire Waste II | Rathian Scale (2), Monster Bone L (2) | 800 | Northeast Camp (15) |
| Coral Highlands I | Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Hide, Monster Bone M (2) | 1000 | Northeast Camp (12) |
| Elder's Recess I | Barnos Hide+ (2), Monster Bone+ | 750 | Eastern Camp (8) |
| Elder's Recess II | Dodogama Hide+, Wingdrake Hide (2) | 1200 | Northwest Camp (16) |
Mantles and Ropelifts
These need to be completed in order to unlock some new mantles as well as the ropelift for the Coral Highlands.
| Quest Name | Items | RP Needed | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armory R&D: Weatherizing | Paolumu Pelt+ (3), Paolumu Wing | 1500 | Iceproof Mantle |
| Armory R&D: Waterproofing | Jyuratodus Scale+ (3), Jyuratodus Fin+ | 1500 | Waterproof Mantle |
| The Shortcut to Happiness | Shamos Hide (5), Sturdy Bone | 1000 | Ropelift |
Canteen deliveries
These deliveries unlock new ingredients at the Canteen, allowing for better buffs and a wider variety of Felyne Skills that can be activated when eating.
| Quest Name | Items | RP Needed | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Great Help | Mega Potions | 50 | Diced Steak |
| A Master's Toast | Thunder Sac (2) | 600 | Mater Ale |
| Phantasmagoric Paprika! | Pukei-Pukei Sac+ | 600 | Prismatic Paprika |
| A Veggie Master of Disguise | Hornetaur Carapace | 800 | Aromaticelery |
| Ancient But Fresh! | Grand Gajau Whisker | 800 | Ancient Seabream |
| The Bone-In Roast Resistance | Radobaan Carapace | 800 | Great Mutton |
| The Juicy Meat Resistance | Uragaan Scute | 700 | Rich Rump |
| Tomatoes Red As Magma | Lava Nugget | 600 | Fatty Tomato |
| Million Zenny Veggie | Girros Fang | 400 | Millionfold Cabbage |
| Princely Prawns | Shamos Hide | 300 | Coral Shrimp |
| A Feast of Fish | Gajau Skin | 200 | Gajau Gill |
| Mushrooms: Nature's Smelly Bounty | Mosswine Hide | 100 | King Truffle |
Botany Deliveries
These need to be completed in order to unlock new harvest items and harvest box upgrades.
| Quest Name | Items | RP Needed | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your Storage Solution | Torrent Sac | 1000 | Harvest Box Upgrade |
| To Hold a Harvest | Aqua Sac (2) | 300 | Harvest Box Upgrade |
| The Pied Bug Piper | Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Photophore+ | 800 | Thick Summoner Jelly |
| A Mountain of Mushrooms | Kulu-Ya-Ku Plume+ | 700 | Choice Mushroom Substrate |
| Grow, Greenery, Grow | Great Jagras Hide+ | 600 | Mega Fertilizer |
| Sprouting an Ancient Tree | Coral Bone | 500 | Catalyst |
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