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This is a list of all optional quests for Monster Hunter World's (MHW) Expansion Pack. Continue to see all the available optional / free quests that you can tackle in the frosty expansion.
This is a list of quests for all the Optional Quests avaialable after purchasing the Iceborne expansion for Monster Hunter World (MHW). For a list of all optional quests in the Base Game, see the link below.
| Quest Name/Rank Requirement | Target | Area |
|---|---|---|
|
Deep Snow Diver (Reach MR1) |
 Beotodus
|
Hoarfrost Reach
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Baptism by Ice". |
|
Taking Charge (Reach MR3) |
 Banbaro
|
Hoarfrost Reach
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Banbaro Blockade" . |
|
Ice Catch! (Reach MR2) |
Beotodus
|
Hoarfrost Reach
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Baptism by Ice" |
|
Call of the Wild (Reach MR1) |
No Large Monster Target Available. |
Hoarfrost Reach
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Baptism by Ice". |
|
Greetings from the Tundra (Reach MR3) |
Beotodus
|
Hoarfrost Reach
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Banbaro Blockade" then talk to the armor shop attendant in Seliana. |
|
The Great Jagras Returns! (Reach MR1) |
 Great Jagras
|
Ancient Forest |
|
Literary Thief (Reach MR1) |
 Kulu-Ya-Ku
|
Ancient Forest
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Baptism by Ice". |
|
New World Problems (Reach MR1) |
 Pukei-Pukei
|
Ancient Forest
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Baptism by Ice". |
|
Beating Around the Bush (Reach MR1) |
 Tobi-Kadachi
|
Ancient Forest
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Baptism by Ice". |
|
Trapping the Tree Trasher (Reach MR4) |
Banbaro
|
Ancient Forest |
|
Wildspire Treasure Hunt (Reach MR1) |
Kulu-Ya-Ku
|
Wildspire Waste
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Baptism by Ice". |
|
Taster's Tour (Reach MR1) |
Pukei-Pukei
|
Wildspire Waste
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Baptism by Ice". |
|
Dragged Through the Mud (Reach MR1) |
 Barroth
|
Wildspire Waste
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Baptism by Ice". |
|
Jyura in My Way (Reach MR1) |
 Jyuratodus
|
Wildspire Waste |
|
All the Wrong Signals (Reach MR1) |
 Tzitzi-Ya-Ku
|
Coral Highlands
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Baptism by Ice". |
|
Grinding My Girros (Reach MR1) |
 Great Girros
|
Rotten Vale
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Baptism by Ice". |
|
Can't Bring Yourself To It (Reach MR1) |
 Dodogama
|
Elder's Recess
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Baptism by Ice". |
|
This Here's Big Horn Country! (Reach MR4) |
Banbaro
|
Elder's Recess |
|
Special Arena: MR Pukei-Pukei (Reach MR2) |
Pukei-Pukei
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Baptism by Ice" and capture a master rank Pukei-Pukei. |
|
Special Arena: MR Barroth (Reach MR2) |
Barroth
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Baptism by Ice" and capture a master rank Barroth. |
|
Special Arena: MR Tobi-Kadachi (Reach MR2) |
Tobi-Kadachi
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Baptism by Ice" and capture a master rank Tobi-Kadachi. |
|
Special Arena: MR Banbaro (Reach MR3) |
Banbaro
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Banbaro Blockade" and capture a Banbaro. |
| Quest Name/Rank Requirement | Target | Area |
|---|---|---|
|
Analysis Creates Paralysis (Reach MR3) |
 Viper Tobi-Kadachi
|
Hoarfrost Reach
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Ready to Strike" |
|
Poison and Paralysis Pinch (Reach MR4) |
Viper Tobi-Kadachi
|
Hoarfrost Reach
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Ready to Strike" |
|
Boaboa Constrictor (Reach MR4) |
No Large Monster Target Available. |
Hoarfrost Reach
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Ready to Strike" and talk with the commander of the 2nd fleet. |
|
By Our Powers Combined (Reach MR3 (1 player only)) |
Beotodus
|
Hoarfrost Reach |
|
You Scratch Our Backs... (Reach MR3) |
Beotodus
|
Hoarfrost Reach
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "By Our Powers Combined" |
|
Anjanath Antics (Reach MR4) |
 Anjanath
|
Ancient Forest
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Ready to Strike". |
|
Fool's Mate (Reach MR4) |
 Rathian
|
Ancient Forest
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Ready to Strike". |
|
Nighty Night Nightshade (Reach MR5) |
 Nightshade Paolumu
|
Ancient Forest |
|
Stick Your Nose Somewhere Else (Reach MR4) |
Anjanath
|
Wildspire Waste
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Ready to Strike". |
|
A Queen At Heart (Reach MR3) |
Rathian
|
Wildspire Waste |
|
A Face Nightmares are Made Of (Reach MR4) |
Nightshade Paolumu
|
Wildspire Waste |
|
Feisty Girl Talk (Reach MR6) |
Rathian
|
Wildspire Waste |
|
The Plight of Paolumu (Reach MR4) |
 Paolumu
|
Coral Highlands
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Ready to Strike". |
|
Pink Power Grab (Reach MR6) |
 Pink Rathian
|
Coral Highlands
Unlock Requirements: Master Rank★6 or higher and have discovered a master rank Rathian. |
|
Protip: Stay Hydrated (Reach MR4) |
 Coral Pukei-Pukei
|
Coral Highlands
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest Play Both Ends". |
|
No Laughing Matter (Reach MR4) |
 Radobaan
|
Rotten Vale
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Ready to Strike". |
|
Bugger Off Bugs! (Reach MR3) |
No Large Monster Target Available. | Rotten Vale |
|
Looking For That Glimmer (Reach MR4) |
Dodogama
|
Elder's Recess |
|
Put That Red Cup Away (Reach MR6) |
Coral Pukei-Pukei
|
Coral Highlands |
|
Special Arena: MR Anjanath (Reach MR4) |
Anjanath
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Ready to Strike" and capture a master rank Anjanath.. |
|
Special Arena: MR Radobaan (Reach MR4) |
Radobaan
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Ready to Strike" and capture a master rank Radobaan. |
|
Special Arena: MR Coral Pukei-Pukei (Reach MR5) |
Coral Pukei-Pukei
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Play Both Ends" and capture a Coal Pukei-Pukei. |
|
Special Arena: MR Viper Tobi-Kadachi (Reach MR4) |
Viper Tobi-Kadachi
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Ready to strike" and capture a Viper Tobi-Kadachi |
|
Special Arena: MR Rathian (Reach MR4) |
Rathian
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Ready to Strike" and capture a master rank Rathian. |
|
Special Arena: MR Pink Rathian (Reach MR6) |
Pink Rathian
|
Special Arena |
|
Special Arena: MR Paolumu (Reach MR4) |
Paolumu
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Ready to Strike" and have captured a master rank Paolumu" |
|
Special Arena: MR Nightshade Paolumu (Reach MR5) |
Nightshade Paolumu
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "No time for naps" and captured a Nightshade Paolumu. |
| Quest Name/Rank Requirement | Target | Area |
|---|---|---|
|
Remember That One Time? (Reach MR6) |
 Barioth
|
Hoarfrost Reach
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Blizzard Blitz". |
|
The Purr-fect Room: Stone (Reach MR10) |
 Tigrex
|
Hoarfrost Reach |
|
Swoop to a New Low (Reach MR7) |
 Rathalos
|
Ancient Forest
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Blizzard Blitz" and discover a master rank Rathalos. |
|
Nargacoulda, Should, Woulda (Reach MR7) |
 Nargacuga
|
Ancient Forest
Unlock Requirements: Complete the Mission "Ever-present Shadow" |
|
The Secret to a Good Slice (Reach MR7) |
 Glavenus
|
Ancient Forest
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "The Scorching Blade" |
|
Red and Black Aces (Reach MR11) |
Rathalos
|
Ancient Forest
Unlock Requirements: Talk with Seliana's smithy after reaching MR 11 or higher. |
|
A Flash of the Blade (Reach MR7) |
Glavenus
|
Wildspire Waste
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "The Scorching Blade" |
|
Simmer and Slice! (Reach MR11) |
Glavenus
|
Wildspire Waste |
|
Legiana Left Behind (Reach MR7) |
 Legiana
|
Coral Highlands
Unlock Requirements: Complete the Mission "Blizzard Blitz" and discover a master rank Legiana. |
|
The Black Wind (Reach MR7) |
Nargacuga
|
Coral Highlands
Unlock Requirements: Complete the Mission "Ever-present Shadow" |
|
Don't be a Jerk with the Jerky (Reach MR7) |
 Odogaron
|
Rotten Vale
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Blizzard Blitz" and found a master rank Odogaron. |
|
A Roar that Shook the Vale (Reach MR9) |
Tigrex
|
Rotten Vale
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Absolute Power" |
|
Runnin', Rollin', and Weepin' (Reach MR11) |
Tigrex
|
Rotten Vale |
|
Everyone's a Critic (Reach MR7) |
 Lavasioth
|
Elder's Recess
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Blizzard Blitz" and discovered a master rank lavasioth |
|
Begone Uragaan (Reach MR7) |
 Uragaan
|
Elder's Recess
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Blizzard Blitz" and discovered a master rank Uragaan. |
|
Blast Warning In Effect! (Reach MR9) |
 Brachydios
|
Elder's Recess |
|
Secret of the Ooze (Reach MR10) |
Brachydios
|
Elder's Recess |
|
Festival of Explosions! (Reach MR11) |
Brachydios
|
Elder's Recess
Unlock Requirements: Have a rank of MR 11 or higher. Talk to Seliana's Smithy while equipping the Fireproof Mantle. |
|
Proud White Knight (Reach MR12) |
Barioth
|
Hoarfrost Reach |
|
A Nasty Flesh Wound (Reach MR12) |
Odogaron
|
Coral Highlands |
|
Special Arena: MR Legiana (Reach MR7) |
Legiana
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Blizzard Blitz"and captured a Legiana. |
|
Special Arena: MR Odogaron (Reach MR7) |
Odogaron
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Blizzard Blitz" and captured an Odogaron. |
|
Special Arena: MR Uragaan (Reach MR7) |
Uragaan
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Blizzard Blitz"and Captured an Uragaan. |
|
Special Arena: MR Rathalos (Reach MR7) |
Rathalos
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Blizzard Blitz" and captured a Rathalos |
|
Special Arena: MR Diablos (Reach MR7) |
 Diablos
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Blizzard Blitz" and captured a Diablos |
|
Special Arena: MR Barioth (Reach MR7) |
Barioth
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Blizzard Blitz" and captured a Barioth. |
|
Special Arena: MR Nargacuga (Reach MR8) |
Nargacuga
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Ever-present Shadow" and captured a Nargacuga. |
|
Special Arena: MR Glavenus (Reach MR8) |
Glavenus
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "The Scorching Blade" and captured a Glavenus. |
|
Special Arena: MR Brachydios (Reach MR10) |
Brachydios
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "A Smashing Cross Counter" and captured a Brachydios. |
|
Special Arena: MR Tigrex (Reach MR10) |
Tigrex
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Absolute Power" and captured a tigrex. |
| Quest Name/Rank Requirement | Target | Area |
|---|---|---|
|
Noblefrost Hunter (Reach MR12) |
 Shrieking Legiana
|
Hoarfrost Reach
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "When the Mist Taketh You" |
|
Tundra Troublemaker (Reach MR13) |
 Fulgur Anjanath
|
Hoarfrost Reach
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "The Thunderous Troublemaker" |
|
Duet Rime (Reach MR16) |
Shrieking Legiana
|
Hoarfrost Reach
Unlock Requirements: Talk to Seliana's Smithy while your rank is MR 16 or higher and while you're equipping the Iceproof mantle. |
|
Treasure in the Snow (Reach MR13) |
Shrieking Legiana
|
Hoarfrost Reach
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "When the Mist Taketh You" and talk to the 2nd fleet commander. |
|
These Azure Eyes See All (Reach MR13) |
 Azure Rathalos
|
Ancient Forest
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "When the Mist Taketh You" and discovered a master rank Azure Rathalos. |
|
Misfortune in the Forest (Reach MR14) |
 Ebony Odogaron
|
Ancient Forest
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "Bad Friends, Great Enemies" |
|
In the Heat of the Moment (Reach MR13) |
 Black Diablos
|
Wildspire Waste
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "When the Mist Taketh You" and discovered a master rank Black Diablos. |
|
A Shadowy Offender (Reach MR14) |
Ebony Odogaron
|
Coral Highlands
Unlock Requirements: Clear the quest "Bad Friends, Great Enemies". |
|
This Corroded Blade (Reach MR14) |
 Acidic Glavenus
|
Rotten Vale
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "The Disintegrating Blade" |
|
The Purr-fect Room: Light Iron (Reach MR15) |
Acidic Glavenus
|
Rotten Vale
Unlock Requirements: Clear the quest "The Disintegrating Blade" and "The Purr-fect Room: Stone" then talk to the Seliana room attendant. |
|
The Purr-fect Room: Dark Iron (Reach MR16) |
Odogaron
|
Rotten Vale |
|
Blue Rathalos Blues (Reach MR13) |
Azure Rathalos
|
Elder's Recess
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "When the Mist Taketh You" and discovered a master rank Azure Rathalos. |
|
Trap the Thunder Jaw (Reach MR14) |
Fulgur Anjanath
|
Elder's Recess
Unlock Requirements: Clear the quest "The Thunderous Troublemaker". Talk to Seliana's Smithy while having the Thunderproof Mantle. |
|
Piercing Black (Reach MR17) |
Black Diablos
|
Wildspire Waste |
|
Special Arena: Mr Azure Rathalos (Reach MR13) |
Azure Rathalos
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "When the Mist Taketh You" and captured an Azure Rathalos. |
|
Special Arena: Mr Black Diablos (Reach MR13) |
Black Diablos
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "When the Mist Taketh You" and captured a Black Diablos |
|
Special Arena: Mr Fulgur Anjanath (Reach MR14) |
Fulgur Anjanath
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "The Thunderous Troublemaker" and captured a Fulgur Anjanath. |
|
Special Arena: Mr Acidic Glavenus (Reach MR15) |
Acidic Glavenus
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "The Disintegrating Blade' and captured an Acidic Glavenus. |
|
Special Arena: Mr Ebony Odogaron (Reach MR15) |
Ebony Odogaron
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Clear the quest "Bad Friends, Great Enemies" and captured an Ebony Odogaron |
|
Treasure in the Steam (MR 13 or higher) |
No Large Monster Target Available. |
Hoarfrost Reach
Unlock Requirements: Available from the Event start time |
| Quest Name/Rank Requirement | Target | Area |
|---|---|---|
|
Clashing Swords Upon The Rime (Reach MR17) |
 Velkhana
|
Hoarfrost Reach
Unlock Requirements: Complete the quest "The Iceborne Wyvern" |
|
Royal Audience on the Sand (Reach MR19) |
 Teostra
|
Wildspire Waste
Unlock Requirements: Hunt a master rank Teostra |
|
It's the Afterlife for Me (Reach MR19) |
 Blackveil Vaal Hazak
|
Rotten Vale |
|
Memories of the Sea God (Reach MR20) |
 Namielle
|
Coral Highlands
Unlock Requirements: Hunt a Master Rank Namielle |
|
Seething with Anger (Reach MR18) |
 Seething Bazelgeuse
|
Elder's Recess
Unlock Requirements: Hunt a master rank Seething Bazelguese. |
|
The Tyrant's Banquet (Reach MR21) |
 Savage Deviljho
|
Wildspire Waste
Unlock Requirements: Increase Deviljho's Research level to 4. |
|
Lightning Crashes (Reach MR19 ) |
 Kirin
|
Coral Highlands
Unlock Requirements: Hunt a master rank Kirin. |
|
The Harbinger of Clear Skies (Reach MR19) |
 Kushala Daora
|
Ancient Forest
Unlock Requirements: Hunt a master rank Kushala Daora |
|
The Purr-Fect Room: Silver (Reach MR19) |
Seething Bazelgeuse
|
Elder's Recess
Unlock Requirements: Clear the quest "The Purr-fect Room: Light Iron" then talk to the room attendant in Seliana. |
|
Here Comes the Deathmaker (Reach MR19) |
Blackveil Vaal Hazak
|
Ancient Forest
Unlock Requirements: Clear the quest "Absolute Power" then talk to the room attendant in Seliana. |
|
Wings of the Wind (Reach MR19) |
Kushala Daora
|
Elder's Recess
Unlock Requirements: Unlocked after discovering a master rank Kushala Daora. |
|
Mark of the Sun (Reach MR19) |
Teostra
|
Coral Highlands |
| Quest Name/Rank Requirement | Target | Area |
|---|---|---|
|
One Hot Night in the Spire (Reach MR50) |
 Lunastra
|
Wildspire Waste
Unlock Requirements: Reach MR 50 or higher. |
|
Divine Surge (Reach MR150) |
Kirin
|
Coral Highlands
Unlock Requirements: Reach MR 150 or higher. |
|
Hymn of Moon and Sun (Reach MR125) |
 Gold Rathian
|
Elder's Recess
Unlock Requirements: Reach MR 125 or higher. |
|
Special Arena: MR Zinogre (Reach MR24) |
 Zinogre
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Hunt a master rank Zinogre |
|
Special Arena: MR Yian Garuga (Reach MR24) |
 Yian Garuga
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Hunt a master rank Yian Garuga. |
|
Special Arena: MR Brute Tigrex (Reach MR70) |
 Brute Tigrex
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Hunt a Master rank Tigrex |
|
Special Arena: MR Silver Rathalos (Reach MR70) |
 Silver Rathalos
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Hunt a master rank Rathalos. |
|
Special Arena: MR Gold Rathian (Reach MR70) |
Gold Rathian
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Hunt a master rank Rathian. |
|
The Storm Brings the Unexpected (Reach MR175) |
Kushala Daora
|
Ancient Forest
Unlock Requirements: Have an MR rank above 175 |
|
Master Hunter of the New World (Reach MR200) |
Teostra
|
Elder's Recess
Unlock Requirements: Have an MR rank above 200 |
|
We Run This Town (Reach MR24) |
Tigrex
|
Special Arena
Unlock Requirements: Clear all M★1 to M★5 optional quests. |
|
Achy Brachy Heart (Reach MR24) |
 Raging Brachydios
|
Guiding Lands
Unlock Requirements: Clear the quest "...And My Rage for All" |
|
All That Glitters is Furious (Reach MR24) |
 Furious Rajang
|
Hoarfrost Reach
Unlock Requirements: Clear the quest "The Fury Remains" |
|
Faraway Lorelei (MR 23 or higher) |
 Shara Ishvalda
|
Origin Isle
Unlock Requirements: Complete Main Storyline |
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