Forest and Hills

I am the top geographer in Minegarde. What you hold in your hands is the record of my life's research into the wonderful lands of this world. The fifth part in my series will cover the Forest and Hills zone.

The temperate climate of the Forest and Hills zone makes it a popular home for large numbers of herbivores such as the Aptonoth and Mosswine. However, the monsters who prey on herbivores, such as the Velociprey, are also present, giving this zone a tinge of danger. These monsters tend to move in packs, so be careful not to get surrounded.

This area also has an abundance of plant vegetation. For instance, Herbs and Blue Mushrooms. Not to mention items important to gunners like Paintberry, Huskberry, and Needleberry. All of these can be obtained easily in this area.

You can also search for Honey in the Forest and Hills. Honey is an incredibly beneficial item for hunters. It can be obtained from honeycombs found in the field.

While there are many changes in elevation, a hunter can press the ~B00 button near low cliffs or vine covered walls to climb up.

The main point of concern with the Forest and Hills zone is without question the presence of a wyvern called Rathalos. Known as the King of the Skies, it is fiercely territorial and rewards any encroachment in kind. One must be especially careful when it is entering or exiting its cave dwelling.

We have also confirmed that recent years have brought the appearance of a masked tribe called Shakalakas. Compared to other native tribes, they are particularly ferocious. Often mistaken for mushrooms in the field, the Shakalakas are incredibly dangerous to hunters.

Wyvern Eggs: One can find Wyvern Eggs in nests secluded in mountain caves. Valuable, but incredibly dangerous to obtain.
? ? ?: A Melynx den is host to various items - Large and Small Barrels, and an occasional umbrella!

Minegarde Geographer

Monsters

Yian Kut-Ku Rathalos Velociprey Bullfango Shakalaka Rathian Chameleos

Gathering: Low rank

Area	Method	Times	Item
Base camp	Go Fishing	Unlimited	Scatterfish 25%Pin Tuna 23%Knife Mackerel 20%Nothing 10%Sleepyfish 10%Goldenfish 10%Speartuna 2%
Area 1	Gather	5–8	Needleberry 60%Huskberry 40%
	Gather	2–3	Dung 80%Wyvern Droppings 10%Kut-Ku Scale 10%
	Gather	3–4	Huskberry 79%Scatternut 21%
	Gather Bugs	2–5	Cricket 10%Bitterbug 43%Thunderbug 7%Insect Husk 5%Royal Rhino 15%Carpenterbug 20%
Area 2	Gather	2–4	Herb 96%Nothing 4%
	Gather	1–3	Ivy 90%Nothing 10%
	Gather	3–4	Huskberry 40%Needleberry 60%
	Gather	2–5	Paintberry 73%Kut-Ku Scale 27%
Area 3	Gather	7–10	Huskberry 90%Nothing 10%
	Gather	6–8	Nitroshroom 32%Special Mushroom 68%
	Gather	6–10	Huskberry 80%Insect Husk 20%
	Gather	6–8	Herb 75%Needleberry 25%
Area 4	Gather	1–5	Paintberry 54%Huskberry 46%
	Gather	4–10	Needleberry 60%Huskberry 40%
	Gather	2–6	Herb 96%Nothing 4%
	Gather	1–3	Scatternut 38%Blue Mushroom 62%
Area 5	Gather	1–3	Dung 80%Wyvern Droppings 10%Kut-Ku Scale 10%
	Gather	4–7	Wyvern Egg 30%Mystery Bone 64%Unknown Skull 6%
	Gather	2–3	Mystery Bone 52%Kut-Ku Scale 10%Bone 30%Unknown Skull 8%
	Mine Ore	3–8	Stone 5%Iron Ore 30%Earth Crystal 30%Suiko Jewel 10%Goldstone Piece 5%Machalite Ore 20%
Area 6	Gather	3–6	Spiderweb 77%Insect Husk 23%
	Gather	3–6	Ivy 90%Nothing 10%
	Gather	3–7	Herb 50%Sap Plant 50%
	Mine Ore	4–8	Stone 5%Akito Jewel 6%Iron Ore 34%Disk Stone 20%Goldstone Piece 20%Earth Crystal 15%
Area 7	Gather	2–6	Herb 96%Nothing 4%
	Gather	3–4	Felvine 90%Sunset Herb 10%
	Gather	2–3	Honey 70%Insect Husk 30%
	Gather	3–4	Special Mushroom 75%Nitroshroom 25%
Area 8	Gather	3–4	Spiderweb 77%Insect Husk 23%
	Gather	2–4	Ivy 70%Sunset Herb 30%
	Gather	2–8	Herb 96%Nothing 4%
	Gather	7–10	Scatternut 66%Blue Mushroom 34%
Area 9	Gather	2–5	Herb 73%Sleep Herb 27%
	Gather	2–4	Honey 70%Nothing 30%
	Gather	4–6	Special Mushroom 77%Kut-Ku Scale 23%
	Gather Bugs	5–8	Firefly 5%Flashbug 30%Godbug 20%Killer Beetle 10%Royal Rhino 20%Carpenterbug 15%
Area 10	Gather	2–5	Sleep Herb 74%Power Seed 26%
	Gather	3–7	Antidote Herb 68%Sunset Herb 32%
	Gather	2–5	Paintberry 95%Nothing 5%
	Gather	3–5	Special Mushroom 53%Blue Mushroom 47%
Area 11	Gather	Unlimited	Worm 86%Stone 14%
	Gather	3	Stone 60%Whetstone 40%
	Gather	2–4	Worm 75%Frog 25%
	Mine Ore	3–8	Iron Ore 30%Earth Crystal 25%Machalite Ore 15%Disk Stone 5%Goldstone Piece 15%Suiko Jewel 10%
	Go Fishing	Unlimited	Sushifish 25%Scatterfish 25%Knife Mackerel 23%Sleepyfish 10%Burst Arrowana 10%Nothing 7%
Area 12	Gather	3	Spiderweb 85%Insect Husk 15%
	Gather	2–4	Large Barrel 62%Mystery Bone 30%Unknown Skull 8%
	Gather	3–5	Small Barrel 90%Barrel Lid 5%Lost Umbrella 5%
	Gather Bugs	3–5	Cricket 5%Thunderbug 20%Flashbug 10%Bitterbug 30%Royal Rhino 20%Killer Beetle 15%

Area numbers are the ones on the in-game map. Night quests use the same points as day.

Fishing odds from the Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G official guidebook (Enterbrain, 2008), pp. 419, 420. No fishing table has turned up in the Freedom 2 data yet. "Nothing" is a cast that comes up empty.

Gathering: High rank

Area	Method	Times	Item
Base camp	Go Fishing	Unlimited	Knife Mackerel 20%Pin Tuna 20%Scatterfish 20%Goldenfish 15%Nothing 10%Sleepyfish 10%Speartuna 5%
Area 1	Gather	5–8	Needleberry 60%Huskberry 40%
	Gather	2–3	Dung 80%Wyvern Droppings 10%Kut-Ku Scale 10%
	Gather	3–4	Huskberry 79%Scatternut 21%
	Gather Bugs	2–5	King Scarab 35%Bitterbug 25%Thunderbug 7%Rainbow Insect 8%Royal Rhino 7%Divine Rhino 3%Rare Scarab 15%
Area 2	Gather	2–4	Herb 96%Nothing 4%
	Gather	1–3	Ivy 90%Nothing 10%
	Gather	3–4	Huskberry 40%Needleberry 60%
	Gather	2–5	Paintberry 73%Kut-Ku Scale 27%
Area 3	Gather	7–10	Huskberry 90%Nothing 10%
	Gather	6–8	Nitroshroom 32%Select Mushroom 20%Special Mushroom 48%
	Gather	6–10	Huskberry 80%Insect Husk 20%
	Gather	6–8	Herb 75%Needleberry 25%
Area 4	Gather	1–5	Paintberry 54%Huskberry 46%
	Gather	4–10	Needleberry 60%Huskberry 40%
	Gather	2–6	Herb 96%Nothing 4%
	Gather	1–3	Scatternut 38%Blue Mushroom 62%
Area 5	Gather	1–3	Dung 80%Wyvern Droppings 10%Kut-Ku Scale 10%
	Gather	4–7	Wyvern Egg 30%Mystery Bone 64%Unknown Skull 6%
	Gather	2–3	Mystery Bone 82%Kut-Ku Scale 10%Master's Skull 8%
	Mine Ore	3–8	Union Ore 5%BattlefieldJewel 15%LapisLazuliJewel 10%Iron Ore 12%Earth Crystal 8%Dragonite Ore 20%Goldstone Piece 7%Goldstone Hunk 3%Machalite Ore 20%
Area 6	Gather	3–6	Spiderweb 77%Insect Husk 23%
	Gather	3–6	Ivy 90%Nothing 10%
	Gather	3–7	Herb 50%Sap Plant 50%
	Mine Ore	4–8	Iron Ore 15%Earth Crystal 25%BattlefieldJewel 10%Machalite Ore 20%Union Ore 5%Goldstone Piece 12%Goldstone Hunk 8%Ruststone 1%Small Ruststone 1%Ruststone Rod 1%Large Ruststone 1%Flat Ruststone 1%
Area 7	Gather	2–6	Herb 96%Nothing 4%
	Gather	3–4	Felvine 90%Sunset Herb 10%
	Gather	2–3	Honey 70%Insect Husk 30%
	Gather	3–4	Special Mushroom 75%Nitroshroom 25%
Area 8	Gather	3–4	Spiderweb 77%Insect Husk 23%
	Gather	2–4	Ivy 70%Sunset Herb 30%
	Gather	2–8	Herb 96%Nothing 4%
	Gather	7–10	Scatternut 66%Blue Mushroom 34%
Area 9	Gather	2–5	Herb 73%Sleep Herb 27%
	Gather	2–4	Honey 70%Nothing 30%
	Gather	4–6	Special Mushroom 77%Kut-Ku Scale 23%
	Gather Bugs	5–8	Flashbug 20%Godbug 10%King Scarab 30%Royal Rhino 12%Divine Rhino 8%Hercudrome 20%
Area 10	Gather	2–5	Sleep Herb 74%Power Seed 26%
	Gather	3–7	Antidote Herb 68%Sunset Herb 32%
	Gather	2–5	Paintberry 60%Nothing 40%
	Gather	3–5	Special Mushroom 43%Select Mushroom 20%Blue Mushroom 37%
Area 11	Gather	Unlimited	Worm 86%Stone 14%
	Gather	3	Stone 60%Whetstone 40%
	Gather	2–4	Worm 75%Stone 25%
	Mine Ore	3–8	BattlefieldJewel 15%LapisLazuliJewel 10%Iron Ore 10%Dragonite Ore 15%Carbalite Ore 10%Disk Stone 15%Goldstone Piece 10%Goldstone Hunk 5%Earth Crystal 10%
	Go Fishing	Unlimited	Sushifish 30%Knife Mackerel 23%Scatterfish 15%Sleepyfish 10%Burst Arrowana 10%Nothing 7%Ancient Fish 5%
Area 12	Gather	3	Spiderweb 85%Insect Husk 15%
	Gather	2–4	Large Barrel 62%Mystery Bone 25%Felyne Fur Ruby 5%Master's Skull 8%
	Gather	3–5	Small Barrel 80%Barrel Lid 10%Lost Umbrella 10%
	Gather Bugs	3–5	Killer Beetle 20%Thunderbug 20%Flashbug 10%Bitterbug 20%Royal Rhino 10%Divine Rhino 5%Rare Scarab 15%

Area numbers are the ones on the in-game map. Night quests use the same points as day.

Fishing odds from the Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G official guidebook (Enterbrain, 2008), pp. 420, 421. No fishing table has turned up in the Freedom 2 data yet. "Nothing" is a cast that comes up empty.

Pokke Village

Quests	Goal	Reward
Slay the Great Kut-Ku!	Hunt the Yian Kut-Ku	2,100z
Hunt the Rathalos!	Hunt the Rathalos	3,000z
Gathering - Forest and Hills	Survive until Time Over or Deliver the Paw Pass Ticket	12z
Slay the Great Kut-Ku!	Hunt the Yian Kut-Ku	1,500z
A Killing from Mushrooms	Deliver 10 Special Mushrooms	900z
Seeking the Strange Mask	Slay 5 Shakalakas	3,000z
The Elder Dragon of Mist	Slay the Chameleos	5,100z
A Troublesome Pair	Hunt the Rathalos and Rathian	8,400z
Attack of the Rathalos	Hunt the Azure Rathalos	4,800z

Gathering Hall

Quests	Goal	Reward
Gathering - Forest and Hills	Survive until Time Over or Deliver the Paw Pass Ticket	12z
Trouble in the Forest	Slay 20 Bullfangos	4,200z
Seeking the Strange Mask	Slay 10 Shakalakas	3,000z
The King's Domain	Hunt the Rathalos	6,000z
Attack of the Rathalos	Hunt the Azure Rathalos	6,600z
The Red and Green Wyverns	Hunt the Rathalos and Rathian	8,100z
The Elder Dragon of Mist	Slay the Chameleos	8,100z
Gathering - Forest and Hills	Survive until Time Over or Deliver the Paw Pass Ticket	12z
Slay the Rathalos!	Hunt the Rathalos	8,100z
A Troublesome Pair	Hunt the Rathalos and Rathian	15,000z
Blue Sky, Pink Earth	Hunt the Azure Rathalos and Pink Rathian	18,000z
Attack of the Rathalos	Hunt the Azure Rathalos	9,000z
The Elder Dragon of Mist	Slay the Chameleos	10,500z

Treasure Hunts

Quests	Goal	Reward
Treasure in the Hills!	2000 Pts Before Time Over or 2000 Pts Plus Ltd Paw Pass	1,000z

Training School

Quests	Goal	Reward
Rathalos Training	Slay the Rathalos	3,000z