Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate Key Guild Quests
For Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate on the Nintendo Switch, a GameFAQs message board topic titled 'Summarized list for Key Quests'. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate data reference. Survive until time expires or deliver a Paw Pass Ticket. Get the Rare Fertilizers, Nya! 珍肥料を手に入れるのニャ！ Deliver 10 Immortal Moth: 180HRP: Deliver an Eternal Fossil: 20HRP. 1) Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate is a little different that most MH games in that it uses the Hunting Styles. That makes all 14 weapons have 6 completely different ways it can play. Combine that with the different Hunter arte every weapon has an there is a lot of stuff to learn and figure out with each weapon compared to World. An expanded version of the game, titled Monster Hunter XX, was announced in October 2016, and was released exclusively in Japan in March 2017. A HD port of the expansion for the Nintendo Switch, titled Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate, was released in Japan in August 2017 followed by a worldwide release in August 2018.
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LATEST MH4U ARTICLE UPDATE: Made a new Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Guild Quest Monster Unlocking Guide, which now includes G-rank monsters.
Keeping track of everything in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate can feel like a job sometimes. A job that behooves some to call in sick with their real jobs for the sake of monster-hunting progress.
Bad, Doodle, bad.g
To help folks get their groove on and hopefully not get fired, I have covered the new features of Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and also served up a guide for beginners. I even detailed how to upgrade your canteen for food buffs and the Wycoon cart for easily acquiring items like honey and blue mushrooms. Now it's time to tackle one of the key additions to MH4U: guild quests at the Everwood (not to be confused with key quests at the Gathering Hall and villages, which I have a separate guide for). These hunts not only serve up the toughest challenges in the game when ranked up, they can also provide you with powerful gear — some of which, like Liam Neeson, come with their own unique set of skills.
Here's a quick primer on what you need to know about guild quests going in. Oh yeah, 'good luck.'
Let's doodle this, baby. So, uh, how do I get them?First, you'll need to unlock expeditions. See, at some point in your career as a glorified gopher delivering shrooms and Kelbi horns, and slaying Jaggia and Konchus in 2-star village quests, you will gain access to expeditions. In my case, I believe it happened after I finished 'The Stinking Seltas' village quest. That eventually caused a Yian Kut Ku expedition to pop up that ultimately unlocked the low-rank version of the Everwood. To unlock high-rank expeditions, doing the 'Sand Sailor' urgent quest after finishing the 3-star key quests at the Gathering Hall did it for me. Otherwise, finishing the 6-star Shagaru Magala village quest apparently works as well. For G-Rank, mine popped up after I finished the 7-star 'Glacial Grinder' Ukanlos quest at the Gathering Hall.
So what are expeditions again?Expeditions are solo quests in the Everwood that replace the free hunts of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. Once unlocked, you can access them by tapping the World Map on the lower touchscreen. A low-rank expedition is denoted by a blue monster head seal while a high-rank one is symbolized by a red seal.
Unlike normal quests, expeditions do not have a time limit or a cap on the number of times you faint. This means you can hunt multiple monsters at your leisure. Given that you can recover HP in camp, I recommend bringing items for refilling stamina as well as Whetstones for Blademasters and ammo mats for Gunners.
One thing you'll notice at first about the Everwood is that it features some exclusive monsters such as Velocidrome and Yian Kut Ku. As you progress through the village and Gathering Hall quests, other monsters such as Nerscylla and Gore Magala will start showing up in the Everwood as well.
Besides hunting monsters, the Everwood is a great place for obtaining items such as nectar for upgrading your Kinsect for the insect glaive or Cathangea herbs and seeds to bribe the old coot when multiplying items at the Wycoon cart. You can even recruit Palicoes and unlock costumes for your Poogie when they're available in the map. It's also good for mining items and gear, especially when you get a Rare map with a treasure room.
Did you just say 'rare map' and 'treasure room?' Gimme:Occasionally, you'll get a rare expedition with the word, um, 'RARE' denoted in big golden letters, as well as enough sparkles to decorate Elton John's glasses. Rare maps are noteworthy for two things: they make it more likely that a rare monster will appear to crash the party and also increase the chances you'll get something rare from gathering spots. These include rusted weapons from mining spots, which makes it even better when you get a rare map that also has a treasure room. The kind of gear you can get is denoted at the bottom of the expedition's info screen.
Your chances of unlocking a rare hunt is reflected in the number of monster head icons you get after clearing an expedition. In fact, some folks simply run through an expedition map and finish it without killing or touching anything to speed up the process of increasing their monster head icons, which naturally add up after missions. According to the official Japanese Monster Hunter strategy guide book, one head means you have a 1 in 16 chance, two heads denote a 1 in 8 chance, three heads a 1 in 4 chance, four heads a 1 in 2 chance and five heads a 100 percent chance of triggering a rare expedition. You can also boost your chances by using the Felyne Ecologist skill. You can try getting the skill by combining fish and veggies when eating at the Felyne canteen. The stewed version of veggies and drink can trigger it as well.
Great, but what do expeditions have to do with guild quests?Every time you finish one of your free jaunts in the Everwood, there's a chance that it will unlock a guild quest. To boost your chances, you'll want to take down multiple monsters and also pick up the shiny drops they leave on the ground after you punish them hard via mounting or by breaking body parts. According to the official guidebook, here are the chances of unlocking a guild quest depending on your actions. And yes, they apparently stack:
- One shiny: 10 percent
- Two shinies: 20 percent
- Three shinies: 40 percent
- Four shinies: 60 percent
- Five shinies: 90 percent
- Six shinies: 100 percent
- One monster hunted: 80 percent
- Two monsters hunted: 100 percent
Note that Everwood monsters have a tendency to flee so you'll want to hunt them before they do so. Depending on the number of monsters you take down, you also have a chance of unlocking double monster quests, which increase rewards and also lower each monster's base HP. The chances for a double quest per hunted monster are:
- One monster: 0 percent
- Two monsters: 35 percent
- Three monsters: 50 percent
- Four monsters: 75 percent
- Five monsters: 100 percent
Cool, I unlocked a guild quest. Uh, where the heck is it?Guild quests first show up in a holding queue, which you can access by pressing the 'START' button to bring up the main menu and clicking on 'Guild Quests' on the second page. Once you start racking up guild quests, you'll want to make sure you manage your quest pool queue before it fills up. It can store a good amount but it's not bottomless, for sure. Storage for quests that you move from the holding queue to the registered queue is even more limited so you'll want to pick the ones you really want. Normally, the type of monster and the kind of equipment you can unlock with the mission will be the determining factors to the guild quests you end up registering. Also note that registering a quest takes it out of the holding que permanently. That means deleting it from the registered queue deletes it forever, too, so you'll want to make sure you've gotten everything you want from that quest before you get rid of it. Otherwise, you can share the quest with a friend so they have a copy of it, though keep in mind that doing so will reset the quest to its original level. Once you've registered a quest, you can go to the Guild Hall and take it like a normal quest via the low-rank and high-rank Questatrix ladies. It will be under 'Guild Quests.' Makes sense, right?
Alrighty, how do these quests work?Although guild quests look similar to expeditions, they have some key differences. For starters, you can bring other people. That especially becomes important as you clear missions because finishing the guild quests ranks them up and makes them more difficult. This means the monsters get stronger, presenting the toughest challenge in the game once maxed out to level 140. I'm talking extreme monsters capable of carting even well-geared hunters in a jiffy and bouncing attacks unless cleansed. So you're probably thinking, 'That sounds like a lot of grief. Why would I want to subject myself to that?' The answer is quality gear and armor spheres. Just like expeditions, you can gather gear and materials from the guild quest maps, which get infinitely better the higher a quest's level. Low-level quests start with piddly battered gear for rewards but rank it up and you can get some mighty impressive stuff. You also have a 10 percent chance of triggering a rare quest after each mission, providing an opportunity for even more special loot. Naturally, gear can be obtained as part of the quest rewards as well. Granted the gap between excavated and crafted gear isn't as large with the jump from MH4 to MH4U, but excavated gear also has a chance of coming with bonus skills.
So I killed an (insert cool monster here) in an expedition and unlocked a Velocidrome guild quest instead. What the heck, man?Just because you kill a certain kind of monster in an expedition, doesn't mean that's the monster you'll get from the resulting guild quest. In fact, expect to get a ton of Velocidrome, Yian Kut Ku and Basarios when doing low-rank expeditions. That being said, I unlocked a Gore Magala guild quest after hunting Gore Magala in an expedition. As with all things, the answer really depends. Here are the guild quest unlocking rates for certain monsters. Note that not getting a quest altogether is possible as well.
NOTE: Posted an updated MH4U Guild Quest Monster Unlocking Guide, which also includes G-rank monsters and is now reflected on the list below.
LOW RANK
BASARIOS
For a chance to unlock a Basarios guild quest at low rank, you must successfully hunt either of the following monsters in the Everwood:
Tetsucabra (5%)
Congalala (20%)
Iodrome (20%)
Gypceros (25%)
Kecha Wacha (25%)
Khezu (30%)
Nerscylla (30%)
Rathalos (30%)
Rathian (35%)
Gore Magala (37%)
Basarios (40%)
Najarala (40%)
Seltas Queen (40%)
Gravios (45%)
KIRIN
Khezu (10%)
Gravios (15%)
Seltas Queen (15%)
Rathalos (18%)
Yian Garuga (18%)
Gore Magala (20%)
YIAN GARUGA
Yian Kut Ku (5%)
Najarala (10%)
Rathian (15%)
Seltas Queen (15%)
Gravios (20%)
Rathalos (25%)
Gore Magala (25%)
Yian Garuga (35%)
YIAN KUT KU
Great Jaggi (15%)
Seltas (20%)
Velocidrome (20%)
Yian Garuga (20%)
Basarios (30%)
Congalala (30%)
Nerscylla (30%)
Iodrome (30%)
Najarala (35%)
Tetsucabra (40%)
Khezu (40%)
Rathian (40%)
Yian Kut Ku (45%)
Gypceros (45%)
VELOCIDROME
Gypceros (10%)
Yian Kut Ku (25%)
Tetsucabra (30%)
Nersyclla (30%)
Great Jaggi (35%)
Velocidrome (40%)
Congalala (40%)
Iodrome (40%)
Kecha Wacha (45%)
Seltas (50%)
HIGH RANK
BASARIOS
Kecha Wacha (5%)
Congalala (10%)
Yian Kut Ku (10%)
Ruby Basarios (15%)
Tetsucabra (20%)
Nerscylla (25%)
Basarios (35%)
BLUE YIAN KUT KU
Yian Kut Ku (15%)
Khezu (20%)
Purple Gypceros (28%)
Gypceros (30%)
Emerald Congalala (35%)
Blue Yian Kut Ku (40%)
BRACHYDIOS
Red Khezu (12%)
Najarala (15%)
Tigrex (20%)
Rathian (22%)
Pink Rathian (23%)
Seltas Queen (30%)
BRUTE TIGREX
Rathian (12%)
Ruby Basarios (15%)
Najarala (15%)
Black Gravios (24%)
Red Khezu (26%)
Tigrex (28%)
GORE MAGALA
Black Gravios (14%)
Yian Garuga (20%)
Seltas Queen (22%)
Rathalos (25%)
Azure Rathalos (28%)
Gore Magala (37%)
KIRIN
Yian Kut Ku (10%)
Tetsucabra (15%)
Purple Gypceros (20%)
Blue Yian Kut Ku (20%)
Nerscylla (25%)
Khezu (30%)
KUSHALA DAORA
Basarios (5%)
Red Khezu (12%)
Pink Rathian (18%)
Tigrex (18%)
Rathian (18%)
Ruby Basarios (20%)
Najarala (25%)
OROSHI KIRIN
Black Gravios (18%)
Yian Garuga (18%)
Azure Rathalos (20%)
Rathalos (20%)
RAJANG
Seltas (15%)
Kecha Wacha (15%)
Velocidrome (15%)
Congalala (20%)
Emerald Congalala (25%)
Gypceros (30%)
RUBY BASARIOS
Congalala (5%)
Emerald Congalala (10%)
Blue Yian Kut Ku (10%)
Tetsucabra (15%)
Nerscylla (20%)
Basarios (20%)
Ruby Basarios (30%)
SHAGARU MAGALA
Seltas Queen (18%)
Gore Magala (28%)
STYGIAN ZINOGRE
Rathian (8%)
Najarala (15%)
Pink Rathian (17%)
Tigrex (18%)
Black Gravios (20%)
Gravios (32%)
TEOSTRA
Azure Rathalos (12%)
Seltas Queen (15%)
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Rathalos (15%)
Gore Magala (20%)
Gravios (30%)
TIGREX
Basarios (10%)
Purple Gypceros (17%)
Nerscylla (20%)
VELOCIDROME
Gypceros (10%)
Emerald Congalala (20%)
Kecha Wacha (30%)
Seltas (45%)
Velocidrome (55%)
YIAN GARUGA
Tigrex (10%)
Rathian (16%)
Red Khezu (20%)
Najarala (20%)
Gravios (23%)
Pink Rathian (24%)
Azure Rathalos (25%)
Rathalos (25%)
Yian Garuga (38%)
YIAN KUT KU
Seltas (15%)
Velocidrome (20%)
Kecha Wacha (25%)
Gypceros (25%)
Blue Yian Kut Ku (25%)
Congalala (35%)
Yian Kut Ku (40%)
ZINOGRE
Tetsucabra (15%)
Khezu (25%)
G-RANK
BASARIOS
Kecha Wacha (10%)
Plum Daimyo Hermitaur (15%)
Daimyo Hermitaur (20%)
Ruby Basarios (20%)
Yian Kut Ku (25%)
Tetsucabra (35%)
Basarios (45%)
BLACK DIABLOS
Yian Garuga (20%)
Rathian (25%)
Diablos (30%)
Red Khezu (30%)
Black Gravios (35%)
Black Diablos (40%)
White Monoblos (40%)
BLUE YIAN KUT KU
Yian Kut Ku (15%)
Plum Daimyo Hermitaur (30%)
Ash Kecha Wacha (35%)
Purple Gypceros (40%)
Gypceros (45%)
Blue Yian Kut Ku (50%)
BRACHYDIOS
Tidal Najarala (10%)
Najarala (15%)
Tigrex (15%)
Red Khezu (25%)
Seltas Queen (35%)
Desert Seltas Queen (35%)
BRUTE TIGREX
Ruby Basarios (20%)
Tidal Najarala (25%)
Tigrex (25%)
Tetsucabra (40%)
CHAMELEOS
Blue Yian Kut Ku (10%)
Desert Seltas (15%)
Plum Daimyo Hermitaur (15%)
Velocidrome (15%)
Ash Kecha Wacha (15%)
DEVILJHO
Tetsucabra (15%)
Nerscylla (15%)
Monoblos (20%)
White Monoblos (25%)
Deviljho (30%)
Savage Deviljho (40%)
DIABLOS
Black Diablos (20%)
Khezu (25%)
Pink Rathian (25%)
Emerald Congalala (30%)
Diablos (40%)
GORE MAGALA
Najarala (20%)
Seregios (20%)
Seltas Queen (25%)
Desert Seltas Queen (25%)
Khezu (25%)
Gravios (30%)
Monoblos (30%)
Rathalos (35%)
Gore Magala (45%)
KIRIN
Najarala (15%)
Basarios (15%)
Emerald Congalala (15%)
Red Khezu (15%)
Pink Rathian (15%)
Deviljho (20%)
Gypceros (20%)
Congalala (20%)
Purple Gypceros (25%)
KUSHALA DAORA
Seltas Queen (15%)
Diablos (15%)
Tigrex (15%)
Khezu (15%)
Azure Rathalos (15%)
Black Gravios (20%)
Rathian (25%)
OROSHI KIRIN
Tidal Najarala (10%)
Yian Garuga (15%)
Seregios (15%)
Diablos (15%)
Berserk Tetsucabra (15%)
Ruby Basarios (15%)
Deviljho (20%)
Shrouded Nerscylla (20%)
Rathalos (20%)
Savage Deviljho (20%)
PLUM DAIMYO HERMITAUR
Blue Yian Kut Ku (20%)
Berserk Tetsucabra (20%)
Shrouded Nerscylla (20%)
Nerscylla (25%)
Tetsucabra (35%)
Daimyo Hermitaur (40%)
Plum Daimyo Hermitaur (40%)
RAJANG
Yian Kut Ku (10%)
White Monoblos (10%)
Gravios (15%)
Black Gravios (15%)
Tetsucabra (15%)
Seltas (20%)
Kecha Wacha (20%)
Daimyo Hermitaur (20%)
Azure Rathalos (20%)
Savage Deviljho (20%)
RUBY BASARIOS
Berserk Tetsucabra (25%)
Basarios (25%)
Deviljho (30%)
Emerald Congalala (30%)
Nerscylla (35%)
Congalala (35%)
Ash Kecha Wacha (45%)
Ruby Basarios (45%)
SEREGIOS
Yian Garuga (20%)
Rathian (20%)
Shrouded Nerscylla (35%)
Pink Rathian (35%)
Seregios (40%)
SHAGARU MAGALA
Seltas Queen (25%)
Desert Seltas Queen (25%)
Black Gravios (30%)
Gore Magala (30%)
Azure Rathalos (35%)
STYGIAN ZINOGRE
Tidal Najarala (25%)
Shrouded Nerscylla (25%)
Pink Rathian (25%)
Khezu (35%)
TEOSTRA
Desert Seltas Queen (15%)
Monoblos (15%)
Rathalos (15%)
Gravios (20%)
Black Diablos (20%)
Gore Magala (25%)
White Monoblos (25%)
TIGREX
Basarios (15%)
Najarala (20%)
Tigrex (30%)
VELOCIDROME
Gypceros (35%)
Purple Gypceros (35%)
Kecha Wacha (40%)
Seltas (50%)
Desert Seltas (50%)
Velocidrome (55%)
YIAN GARUGA
Tigrex (15%)
Black Diablos (20%)
Savage Diablos (20%)
Seregios (25%)
Najarala (30%)
Tidal Najarala (30%)
Rathalos (30%)
Azure Rathalos (30%)
Gravios (35%)
Monoblos (35%)
Yian Garuga (45%)
YIAN KUT KU
Blue Yian Kut Ku (20%)
Daimyo Hermitaur (20%)
Seltas (30%)
Kecha Wacha (30%)
Velocidrome (30%)
Desert Seltas (35%)
Congalala (45%)
Yian Kut Ku (50%)
ZINOGRE
Nerscylla (25%)
Emerald Congalala (25%)
Red Khezu (30%)
Rathian (30%)
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LATEST UPDATE: Just got my Japanese copy of Monster Hunter X so I've started a Monster Hunter X Key Quests Guide! As for previous updates, I posted a guide on how to unlock every guild quest monster from low rank to G-rank via the Everwood. Make sure to check it out if you haven't unlocked all the guild quest monsters yet! Now on to the Key Quest guide.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
A wise person once said, 'Haste makes waste.'
That is, unless you've played the Japanese version of the latest Monster Hunter game to death like I did and now need to blaze through your village/caravan and gathering hall quests to reach the endgame quickly in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. Maybe it's your first crack at the latest game in the series but you still want to progress in a jiffy.
Then it becomes 'He who strikes first, wins.' Just ask Charlie 'Tigrex Blood' Sheen.
For newcomers to the game, you don't have to finish every quest to unlock the next rank or batch of missions in Monster Hunter. Instead, you can finish what are called 'key quests' to unlock the next set of missions right away.
If you're in a rush to get to 10-star village/caravan quests or those tougher Gathering Hall missions to be able to craft better gear, here's a list of key quests to speed up your progress.
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CARAVAN AND VILLAGE QUESTS
These refer to the campaign mode of the game, which progresses the story. Monsters are not quite as tough as they are in online/multiplayer mode but you have to solo them.
LOW RANK
1-star
Steak Your Ground
Deliver 1 Well-done Steak or Rare Steak
A Winning Combination
Deliver 1 Mega Potion
Subquest: Slay 3 Jaggi
— Pretty basic stuff. Just talk to your caravan leader, the hat maniac to unlock. No, your goofy little hat ain't worth risking my life by jumping onto a Dah'ren Mohran. But, hey, I'll do it anyway.
2-star
Ancestral Steppe Fungus Run
Deliver 5 Unique Mushrooms
Sub: Deliver 1 Choice Mushroom
Den Mothers
Slay 5 Jaggia
Kelbi Cure-All
Deliver 3 Kelbi Horns
Sub: Slay 8 Kelbi
— These quests are unlocked once you finish 'A Winning Combination.'
Chip Off the Old Blockade
Slay 8 Konchu
— Unlocked by finishing any of the quests mentioned above.
The Stinking Seltas
Hunt a Seltas
Sub: Break the Seltas's horn
— Unlocked by finishing 'Chip Off the Old Blockade.' Finishing this mission upgrades your grain/bread and vegetable ingredients at the canteen. For the full scoop, check out my MH4U Canteen Food Ingredients Upgrade Guide. It also unlocks expeditions, which lets you do free hunts in the Everwood. To progress further, you'll need to do two expeditions: Kill Velocidrome and Kill Yian Kut Ku. These unlock:
Urgent Quest: Swing Into Action
Hunt a Kecha Wacha
Sub: Topple monster while mounted
— Finish this 3-star quest and you unlock the 3-star caravan/village quests.
3-star
Boulder-bash
Hunt a Tetsucabra
Sub: Wound the Tetsucabra's jaw
— Unlocked after finishing 'Swing Into Action.'
Shipshape Skin
Hunt a Gypceros
Sub: Wound the Gypceros's crest
— Unlocked after finishing 'Boulder Bash.'
Road Work
Capture a Gendrome (Village: 3 Star)
Sub: Slay 5 Genpreys
— Unlocked after finishing 'Shipshape Skin.' Finish this to trigger:
Urgent: Nerscylla Thrilla
Hunt a Nerscylla
Sub: Break Nerscylla's poison spikes.
— Finish this to unlock 4-star caravan/village quests.
Before going further, I also noticed one more urgent pop up while I was doing 3-star quests. I believe this appeared after I finished 'Kecha Wacha Wallop,' which is not considered a key quest.
Urgent: Research Basarios
Hunt a Basarios
Sub: Topple monster while mounted
— Makes Basarios show up in the Everwood.
4-star
Pink Stink
Hunt a Congalala
Sub: Wound the Congalala's comb
— Maybe I was just sleep-deprived, but I could've sworn this was called 'Wild Palico Panic' when I first tried it. Anyway, now it says 'Pink Stink' in my mission board so 'Pink Stink' it is.
An Ice Surprise
Hunt a Zamtrios
Sub: Wound the Zamtrios's top fin
— I could've sworn this one was named 'Meownster Hunt Havoc' the first time I did it, too. Seriously, I think I'm losing my mind. Maybe I already did.
Najarala Hunt
Hunt a Najarala
Sub: Wound the Najarala's back
— Take down this snake in the grass and you'll get an emergency Gore Magala expedition if I remember correctly. Repel that sucker and you should unlock:
Urgent: Tipping the Scales
Hunt Gore Magala
Sub: Wound Gore Magala's feelers
— Gore! Gore! Gore! With apologies to JR's Barbecue Sauce. Bring down the flagship monster and say hello to 5-star quests.
5-star
Major Miner Problem
Hunt a Gravios
Sub: Wound the Gravios' chest
— Hello, big guy. Just bring him down, baby
Advanced: Odd Ape Out
Hunt a Congalala
Sub: Break the Congalala's claw
— I was reading a Japanese forum once and some dude didn't even mention him by name and just said 'that filthy ape.' I don't know why but that made me laugh. Yes, I'm easy to please.
Now do two of the following quests:
Zinogre Zone
Hunt a Zinogre
Sub: Wound the Zinogre's head
The Royal Guard
Hunt a Seltas Queen
Sub: Hunt a Seltas
King of the Skies
Hunt a Rathalos
Sub: Sever the Rathalos' tail
This will unlock:
Advanced: Tigrex Terror
Hunt a Tigrex
Sub: Break the Tigrex's claw
— Tigrex, he's grrrreat. At unlocking the next quest:
6-star
Urgent: Advanced: Heaven's Wheel
Slay Shagaru Magala
Sub: Break Shagaru Magala's horns
— Finish Gore Magala's true form after shedding its skin and you're on the fast track to high rank questing.
HIGH RANK
7-star
Skiff Scuttler
Hunt a Daimyo Hermitaur
Sub: Break D. Hermitaur's claw
— I was in a rush to go through quests so I waltzed into this quest while still using a bone weapon. Can you say Bounce City?
Hot-air Buffoon
Hunt an Emerald Congalala
Sub: Deliver 1 Territorial Dung+
Facility Facilitation
Hunt a Cephadrome
Sub: Hunt 6 Cephalos
Hunt-a-thon: Nerscylla
Hunt 2 Nerscylla before time expires or deliver a Paw Pass ticket
Sub: Deliver 1 Queen Substance
These missions will unlock:
Urgent: Skiff Competition
Hunt a Monoblos
Sub: Break the Monoblos's horn.
— Charge! Have fun Guard Point masters. Oh yeah, welcome to 8-star quests
8-star
Finish one of the two following missions:
Hide-and-Freak
Hunt a Khezu
Sub: Wound the Khezu's head
— Man, this guy… A bonafide troll.
Take a Powderstone
Deliver 1 Powderstone
Sub: Hunt an Iodrome
Either of the previous missions will unlock:
In the Pink
Hunt a Pink Rathian
Sub: Wound the Pink Rathian's head
— One of my favorite monsters to hunt. I personally find her more challenging than Azure Rathalos. Whatever you do, stay away from her left cheek… Take her down and you get:
Ladykiller
Hunt a Seltas Queen
Sub: Wound the Seltas Queen's head
— Lets… volt… in! I still remember the first time my cousins saw the docking manuever while playing the Japanese version of the game. 'Wait, did they just combine? That's awesome!' Finishing this also unlocks the Wyceum research center, which will be key later when fighting frenzied and extreme monsters, especially those that make your weapons and bullets bounce.
Nocturnal Commission
Capture a Rathian
— This unlocks a pretty cool cut scene, plus your next urgent.
Urgent: Dance of a Thousand Blades
Hunt a Seregios
Sub: Topple monster while mounted
— Say hello to the flagship monster of Monster Hunter 4G. This, by the way, provides the earliest opportunity to craft those Seregios weapons, which was quite helpful when I started doing Guild Hall quests.
9-star
Say hello to key quests galore. Here's the order that I went through them:
Black Rock Down
Hunt a Black Gravios
Sub: Wound Black Gravios's back
An Omen in the Skies
Hunt an Azure Rathalos
Sub: Deliver 1 Large Wyvern Tear
The Echoing Roar
Hunt a Brute Tigrex
Wound the Brute Tigrex's head
Forge Ahead
Hunt a Stygian Zinogre
Sub: Wound Stygian Zinogre's back
Advanced: Glacier's Bane
Hunt a Brachydios
Sub: Suppress Brachydios's frenzy
Advanced: Tyrant's Maw
Hunt a Deviljho
Sub: Topple Monster While Mounted
These will unlock
Urgent: Death by a Thousand Cuts
Hunt an Apex Seregios
— Whee, apex monsters! Don't forget to use that Wystone.
Urgent: Kushala Kushowdown
Hunt a Rusted Kushala Daora
— This a siege-style battle in Dundorma with your NPC allies. Finish it and you level up your Wystone and unlock 10-star quests, which are the final batch of hunts for offline mode. Enjoy!
GATHERING HALL QUESTS
Say hello to the multiplayer part of MH4U. Yes, you can still solo missions if you want but keep in mind that the monsters will be tougher. For the bulk of these, I basically formed a two-man party with my cousin, which provides just the right balance difficulty-wise. Plus we only had to do the urgents twice as opposed to three or four times with a bigger team. Then again, feel free to do whatever works for you.
LOW RANK
Hunter Rank 1
Bug Burger
Hunt a Seltas
Sub: Break the Seltas's horn
Kecha Konundrum
Hunt a Kecha Wacha
Sub: Wound the Kecha Wacha's ears
Tackling a Tetsucabra
Hunt a Tetsucabra
Sub: Wound the Tetsucabra's jaw
The Gypceros Project
Capture a Gypceros
Sub: Slay 5 Konchu
2-star Urgent: Web Sighting
Hunt a Nerscylla
Sub: Break Nerscylla's poison spikes
HR2
Royal Assassination
Hunt a Rathian
Sub: Wound the Rathian's head
A Ghastly Gift
Capture a Khezu
Sub: Wound the Khezu's body
Zamtrios of the Deep
Hunt a Zamtrios
Sub: Wound the Zamtrios's head
Nix the Najarala
Hunt a Najarala
Sub: Wound the Najarala's back
3-star Urgent: Dark Wings, Dark Work
Hunt Gore Magala
Wound Gore Magala's wing
HR3
Tigrex Tough Love
Hunt a Tigrex
Sub: Break the Tigrex's Claw
Temper Tantrum
Hunt a Gravios
Sub: Wound the Gravios's back
Royal Audience
Capture a Rathalos
Sub: Wound the Rathalos's wings
Tuff Turf
Hunt a Zinogre
Sub: Wound the Zinogre's head
The Royal Guard
Hunt a Seltas Queen
Sub: Wound the Seltas Queen's tail
4-star Urgent: Sand Sailor
Slay a Dah'ren Mohran or repel it.
Sub: Btreak Dah'ren Mohran's horn
— Unlocks drinks at the canteen and High-Rank Expeditions
HIGH RANK
HR4
Face Two Face
Hunt 2 Kecha Wacha
Sub: Deliver 1 Large Beast tear
Purple People Eater
Hunt a Purple Gypceros
Sub: Wound Purple Gypceros's chest
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Buffoonish Baboon
Hunt an Emerald Congalala
Sub: Wound Emerald Congalala's comb
Dastardly Duo
Hunt a Gendrome and Tetsucabra
Sub: Wound the Gendrome's head
5-star Urgent Quest: Rathian's Wrath
Hunt a Pink Rathian
Sub: Wound the Pink Rathians wings
HR5
Writer's Block
Hunt a Najarala and a Rathian
Sub: Deliver 1 Large Wyvern Tear
The Red Menace
Hunt a Red Khezu
Sub: Wound the Red Khezu's head.
Dread Locked
Hunt a Gore Magala
Sub: Wound Gore Magala's wingarm
Advanced: Frenzied Foe
Hunt a Tigrex
Sub: Break the Tigrex's claw
6-star Urgent Quest: Ore D'Ouvre
Hunt a Black Gravios
Sub: Wound Black Gravios's back
HR6
Bring Down the Sky King
Hunt an Azure Rathalos
Sub: Wound the Azure Rathalos's wing
Infernal Overlord
Hunt a Stygian Zinogre
Sub: Wound Stygian Zinogre's head
Ear Ache
Hunt a Brute Tigrex
Sub: Wound the Brute Tigrex's head
Brimstone and Brachydios
Hunt a Brachydios
Sub: Wound the Brachydios's head
7-star Urgent: Advanced: Stop the Wheel
Slay Shagara Magala
Sub: Break Shagaru Magala's horns
HR7
Advanced: Grim Tidings
Slay an Akantor
Sub: Wound Akantor's head
Advanced: Storm Front
Slay a Kushala Daora or repel it
Sub: Wound Kushala Daora's head
Advanced: Teostra Tangle
Slay a Teostra or repel it
Sub: Wound Tesotra's head
Advanced: Fleet Action
Slay Dah'ren Mohran or repel it
Sub: Break Dah'ren Mohran's horns
Urgent: Advanced: Speartip Menace
Slay a Dalamadur
Sub: Wound Dalamadur's head
— Finish this and you unlock the cap on your hunter rank, which should jump up pretty high. It also unlocks:
Urgent: Advanced: Glacial Grinder
Slay an Ukanlos
Sub: Topple monster while mounted
— This unlocks G-rank quests. Woot!
While I've sunk in a ton of time in the Japanese version of the game, I haven't gone through all the G-rank quests in the Western version so I don't know the English names of all the stuff yet. For such quests, I will name the monsters you need to hunt as part of G-rank key quests. I'm adding subquests, too, in case there are non-key quests that feature the same monster. I will update this section as I verify information in my U.S. copy:
G-Rank 1
Sculptural Seltas
Hunt a Desert Seltas
Seeing Spots
Hunt an Ash Kecha Wacha
Sub: Wound Ash Kecha Wacha's ears
— Apparently, someone in Monster Hunter's localization team is an Ash Ketchum fan..
Berserker Rage
Hunt a Berserk Tetsucabra
Sub: Wound the B. Tetsucabra's jaw
Line in the Sand
Hunt 2 Cephadrome x2
Sub: Wound the Cephadrome's tail
Fashion Victim
Hunt a Daimyo Hermitaur
Sub: Break D. Hermitaur's shell
— These missions will unlock…
Hit List: Plum Daimyo Hermitaur
Hunt a Plum Daimyo Hermitaur
Sub: Break P.D. Hermitaur's Claw
— The Diablos skull accessory always cracks me up
Grand Finals Confrontation
Hunt a Tigerstripe Zamtrios
Sub: Wound T.Zamtrios's dorsal fin
— This guy loves switching to Jabba the Hutt mode
Serpent Serenade
Hunt a Tidal Najarala
Sub: Wound Tidal Najarala's head
Hunter in Green and Red
Hunt a Rathian and a Red Khezu
Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate Key Guild Quests Guide
Sub: Deliver 1 Large Wyvern Tear
— No matter the color, Khezu remains a cave-dwelling troll.
Urgent:Seer of the Swords
Hunt a Seregios
Sub: Sever the Seregios's tail
— Bring dung bombs just in case he grabs ya'.
G-Rank 2
Course Correction
Hunt a Shrouded Nerscylla
Sub: Wound S.Nerscylla's outer hide
The Azure King and the Tyrant
Hunt an Azure Rathalos and a Tigrex
Sub: Deliver 1 large Wyvern Tear
Temper Tantrum
Hunt a Gravios
Sub: Wound the Gravios's head
How to Zap your Zinogre
Hunt a Zinogre
Sub: Slay 5 Slagtoth
These quests will unlock:
Brute Force
Hunt a Brute Tigrex
Sub: Wound the Brute Tigrex's head
Pestering Pest
Hunt a Desert Seltas Queen
Sub: Wound D.Seltas Queen's tail
Hollow Promise
Hunt a Black Gravios
Sub: Wound the Black Gravios's chest
Fire Drill
Hunt a Brachydios and a Stygian Zinogre
Sub: Sever the Stygian Zinogre's tail
Showdown at High Noon
Hunt a Diablos
Sub: Sever the Diablos's tail
Then..
Hunt Black Diablos (Sub: break both horns)
Urgent: Chaos Gore Magala
G-Rank 3
Advanced Chameleos (Sub: break horns)
Advanced Kushala Daora (Sub: cut tail)
Advanced Teostra (Sub: wound wings)
Advanced Ukanlos (Sub: wound front feet)
Urgent: Gogmazios (Sub: destroy back)
Well, that's it for now. Make sure to check out the Technobubble hub for more of our guides for Monster Hunter Ultimate 4!