

Since you don’t have many decorations at your disposal, stick to α versions of armor for the early parts of high rank gameplay and just mix and match your armor based on what skills they have.

More on that in a bit, for now, just note that β versions allow for greater skill customization. While they usually have similar costs to create, the α versions have more/high skill levels, while the β versions have decoration slots, which brings up another new feature of high rank armor: decorations. High rank armor comes in two forms, an alpha (α) version and a beta (β) version. Best case scenario, you kill it and get its lovely materials as well as the odd quest or investigation. Worse case scenario, you get carted, which carries little penalty while on an expedition. If contact the the monster isn’t enough to unlock a quest for it, give it a go in battle. Locate a high rank monster in the wild and you should unlock at least one optional quest charging you with hunting it, but you can also challenge them in expeditions, as usual. As you find tracks and build up more Research Points, you’ll gain progress to these new levels, which will add information concerning these high rank monsters into your Monster Field Guide (material drops, strengths and weaknesses, etc.). Speaking of which, most large monsters now have expanded Research Levels, with the new maximum being level six. Bonepiles and mineral deposits will now have a chance to yield new, high-end materials, as will most of the monsters you fight, so it’s worth killing and looting as you search for large monsters. There may also be new resource nodes scattered about, like red-crystal mineral deposits. As the Pukei-Pukei showed, however, you may encounter some critters outside of their normal range, and it’s worth keeping in mind that almost all monsters in high rank expeditions will be stronger versions… even small monsters like Jagras and Kestodons.

The maps are the same, and monster populations are very similar, for the most part. Level 15: Mewocano unlocks at Lv.11 usable at Lv.High Rank expeditions are similar to normal ones in many respects. Level 5: Rath of Meow- Converts the Palico Slinger's ammo into Meowlotovs Level 1: Meowlotov Assault- Throws a grenade doing Blast damage NOTE: If you continue through the area where you get the Meowlotov you will reach Area 16, a possible campsite. Enter the hole and wait out the cutscene. You'll then have to sneak past the Gajalaka either with high stealth armor or wait until they're dancing and move past until you reach a hole in the wall. Go to the Elder's Recess and speak to the Lynian Researcher in Area 8 at night. Once you find enough return to him and he'll spend time studying the doodles before having another quest available for you. Talk to the Lynian Researcher in Astera near the front gate(or if you have completed the first few quests of Iceborne to establish Seliana, you will need to head to Seliana and talk to him at the command tent), he'll have you find 10 Gajalaka doodles given to you in form of a research bounty around the New World. This Palico Gadget is obtained by completing the Grimalkyne tribes (Gajalaka) sidequest in Elder's Recess. You’ll also need to reach the Elder’s Recess. Meowlotov Cocktail is a Palico Gadget in Monster Hunter World (MHW).īefore you can get this gadget, you’ll need to have all five other gadgets.
