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What Lurks in the Forest Quest and Rewards

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This is a guide for What Lurks in the Forest, a Quest appearing in Monster Hunter World (MHW). Learn about What Lurks in the Forest's availability, unlock conditions, target Monsters, and rewards for completing the Quest here.

What Lurks in the Forest Basic Information

How to Unlock What Lurks in the Forest

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Quest Basic Information

Lv ★7 Destination Ancient Forest
Type  Challenge Research Points  -
Time Limit  50 minutes Reward Money 3240z
Objective Slay all target monsters:
Great Jagras, Anjanath, Rathalos
Other Conditions  HR16

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Monsters Appearing in What Lurks in the Forest

Name Starting Area Visited Areas Rest Spot
RathalosRathalos 16 1 / 5 / 8 / 14 / 16 16
AnjanathAnjanath 2 / 10 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 13
Great JagrasGreat Jagras 2 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 2

Ancient Forest Maps and Materials

Monster Weaknesses

Monster Fire.png Water.png Thunder.png Ice.png Dragon.png
Rathalos ImageRathalos ★★ ★★★
Anjanath ImageAnjanath ★★★ ★★ ★★
Great Jagras ImageGreat Jagras ★★★ ★★ ★★

What Lurks in the Forest Rewards

Main Rewards

Item Appearance Rate
Well-done Steak %
Lifepowder %
Voucher %
Hunter King Coin %
Steel Egg %

Monster Materials

Rathalos

Rathalos Tail Rathalos Medulla
Rathalos Plate Rathalos Carapace
Rathalos Ruby Rathalos Scale+
Rathalos Wing

Anjanath

Anjanath Plate Anjanath Tail
Anjanath Pelt+ Anjanath Scale+
Anjanath Fang+ Anjanath Nosebone+
Anjanath Gem

Great Jagras

Great Jagras Mane Great Jagras Hide+
Great Jagras Scale+ Great Jagras Claw+

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