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Monster Hunter Wilds

Field Survey Quest Guide

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Monster Hunter Wilds - Field Survey History
Complete Field Survey Quests and earn more monster parts in Monster Hunter Wilds. Learn how to unlock Survey Quests, their rewards, and more in this guide.

What are Field Survey Quests?

Dynamic Open-World Quests

Monster Hunter Wilds - Dynamic Open-World Quests
Field Survey Quests are open-world, quests that can be triggered based on the current monsters actively roaming the map. Their availability depends solely on which monster is on the map at any given time.

The difficulty varies, and higher starred monsters would be harder to fight, but bring more rewards. If the hunter wants to hunt the monster at a later time, they can turn the Field Survey quest into an Investigation, provided they have the necessary guild points.

Investigation Guide

Start From the Map or by Attacking Monsters

Open the map and select an available monster that is currently on the map. Select the monster's icon and choose Field Survey from the submenu to begin the Field Survey.

Alternatively, a Field Survey Quest can be initiated by attacking a monster in the field, provided the hunter does not fall under one of the field survey quest restrictions.

Field Survey Quest Restrictions

Field Survey Quests can not be initiated if the hunter falls under the following conditions:

  • You have already done a Field Survey for that monster (complete or incomplete)
  • The target monster's health has already been greatly diminished by the hunter's attacks
  • You don't have a high enough Hunter Rank to do the Field Survey
  • You are already in the middle of doing another quest

If a particular monster cannot be targeted by a Field Survey, it will be shown in the environment overview of the detailed map.

Attacking monsters and doing enough damage to them would automatically trigger a Field Survey Quest, so keep this in mind if you do not want to participate in a Field Survey Quest.

How to Unlock Field Survey Quests

Capture a High Rank Yian Kut-Ku

Monster Hunter Wilds - How to Unlock

After defeating Zoh Shia , the Hunter will be asked to capture a high rank Yian Kut-Ku in Chapter 4, Ecosystems, which serves as an introductory quest to the high rank difficulty in Monster Hunter Wilds.

Complete the mission and capture the high-ranking Yian Kut-Ku to unlock Field Survey quests.

Yian Kut-Ku Weakness and Drops

Increase Your HR To Unlock More Targets

HR 9 to 15
HR 16 to 19 (Frenzied)
HR 20 to 30
Tier 1 Tempered Monsters
HR 31 to 40 Tier 2 Tempered Monsters
HR 41 onwards Tier 3 Tempered Monsters

After unlocking high rank Field Surveys and Investigations, a number of monsters will be unlocked for you to hunt initially. Continue progressing through the game to increase your HR, in order to unlock more monsters as Field Survey Quest targets.

Hunter Rank Farm Guide and Unlocks

Great Hunt Field Survey Quests

Hunting Multiple Monsters

Monster Hunter Wilds - Complete Continuing Conflict Side Mission
Great Hunts are a type of Field Survey Quest with multiple designated targets. In Great Hunts, you must defeat two targets within the time limit instead of one, requiring swift action to complete the quest successfully.

How to Unlock Great Hunts

Region Side Mission
Continuing Conflict
Fur Damagings Are Dislikeworthy
Echoing from the Cliffs
Troublemakers
The Struggle to Survive

Each region has a side mission that must be completed in order to unlock Great Hunts for that region. Each of these side missions require you to hunt two targets within the time limit to complete the mission condition.

List of Side Missions (Side Quests)

Field Survey Quest Rewards

Receive Bonus Rewards Upon Completion

Completing field surveys would reward the hunter with bonus rewards in addition to the target rewards.

Field surveys are a great way to farm monster parts, and the hunter can choose to do them if they want to earn bonus rewards while farming.

How Do Quest Rewards Work?

Get More Rewards With Lucky Voucher

Monster Hunter Wilds - Use Lucky Voucher for More Rewards

Spending Lucky Vouchers adds additional randomly selected rewards, as well as extra zennies. It's scarcity speaks to it's value, as it greatly increases the rewards offered.

It can be used from the map menu before starting a Field Survey, or by pressing the button that appears when the hunter attacks a Field Survey monster.

Monster Hunter Wilds Related Guides

Monster Hunter Wilds - Quests

List of Quests

Quest Guides by Type

Monster Hunter Wilds - Assignment QuestsAssignment Quests Monster Hunter Wilds - Optional Quests Optional Quests
Monster Hunter Wilds - Event QuestsEvent Quests Monster Hunter Wilds - Field Survey QuestsField Survey History
Monster Hunter Wilds - InvestigationInvestigation Quests Monster Hunter Wilds - Arena QuestsArena Quests
Monster Hunter Wilds - Challenge Quests Challenge Quests Monster Hunter Wilds - Free Challenge Quests Free Challenge Quests

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