Monster Hunter Wilds

The Root Cause Mission Walkthrough

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Last updated on: March 20, 2025 09:07 PM

Monster Hunter Wilds - The Root Cause
A walkthrough for The Root Cause in Monster Hunter Wilds. Read on for a detailed guide of The Root Cause, including mission rewards, and bosses, as well as useful tips for the quest, and completing this mission!

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Main Objectives
1	Investigate the Regions and Raise Your HR ┗ Raising your HR

Investigate the Regions and Raise Your HR

1	Investigate the regions and raise your HR by completing hunts through quests and side missions. Once you reach HR 33 your objective will update automatically and you can proceed with the next mission. ┗ Raising your HR

Raising your HR

There are a number of ways to raise your HR rank quickly. One of them is to do Side Missions, especially those with attached Optional Quests since these reward HR twice, once for the hunt and the again for the mission completion.

This is also a good way to grind for materials to craft better gear, which you will need to defeat High Rank Monsters.

Hunter Rank Farm Guide and Unlocks

The Root Cause Rewards

Mission Rewards

This mission offers no rewards upon completion.

How to Unlock The Root Cause

Unlocked After Defeating Jin Dahaad in the Storm-Cold Vortex Quest

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This quest is instantly unlocked after completing the Storm-Cold-Vortex quest in Chapter 5.

Storm-Cold Vortex Mission Walkthrough

Monster Hunter Wilds Related Guides

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Chapters	Missions
Chapter 1	・Desert Trotters ・Back to Camp ・The Beginning ・Village of Whispering Winds ・To the Forest ・Forest Findings ・The Investigation Continues ・A Hunter's Pride ・Pursuit of Solitude ・Beyond the Deluge
Chapter 2	・A Looming Shadow ・Toward Fervent Fields ・An Unforseen Storm ・The Eye of the Storm ・A Desolate Destination ・Hopes of Home ・A Disquieting Dawn ・Long-forgotten Flame
Chapter 3	・Born from the Flame ・The Faithful Keepers ・Indomitable Spirit ・Nothing Frozen, Nothing Gained ・Through the Dusk ・A Path Forward ・Full Circle ・Dawn Breaks ・Broken Chains ・Visions of Hope ・Monster Hunter
Chapter 4	・A Visitor from the West ・New Ecosystems ・Chasing Change ・Rendezvous ・Lurking Shadows ・Touring History ・To Wyvern's Rest ・Wyvern Sparks and Rose Thorns
Chapter 5	・Premonitions ・Omens ・Storm-Cold Vortex ・The Root Cause ・A Torrent of Energy ・A World Turned Upside Down ・A Break in the Clouds
Chapter 6	・Links in a Chain ・What Lies Ahead ・An Unexpected Summons ・A First Cry

List of Side Missions

Fishing Missions
Fishing: Life, in Microcosm	Seeking the Goldenfish
Fishing for Flavor	The Catch of a Lifetime
Razzle Dazzle	-
Material Retrieval Missions
Aida's Apprehensions	Beware the Gypceros
Astonishing Adaptability	Make Fluffy Dealings
Palico Missions
Healing Help	Flash Course
Rath-from-Above, Go!	Purrfect Plundering
A Gutsy Move	-
Charm Missions
Secure Wounded Hollow	As Gatekeeper
Hunting Assistant Missions
Werner's Test Run	Smithy's Seal of Quality
Great Hunt Missions
Continuing Conflict	Fur Damagings Are Dislikeworthy
Echoing from the Cliffs	Troublemakers
The Struggle to Survive	-
Endemic Research Missions
Dareel's Research Report	Samin's Research Report
Dareel's Research Report (Cont.)	Samin's Research Report (Cont.)
Dareel's Special Research Report	Samin's Special Research Report
Other Missions
High-Quality Materials	What We Protect
Forest Doshaguma	A Leviathan's Temper
Succulent Scraps	Aberrant Atrocity
The Apple of Her Eye	-

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