Master Rank Optional Quests in Monster Hunter World Iceborne (MHW). Master Rank Optional Quests are only available to players who own the Iceborne Expansion. These quests are not needed in order to progress the story and level up Master Rank, but they provide materials and unlock special tools, canteen foods and others.
Please see Event Quests for special optional weekly quests by Capcom. Please see Special Assignments for free Monster DLC quests.
- Finding Master Rank monsters counts as it's own discovery
- Capturing Master Rank monsters gives more rewards than slaying them. If a quest does not explicitly state "slay", then you should always aim to capture the targeted monster(s)
- Talking to villagers with a (!) in Seliana or the Research Station may unlock new quests
- Completing already owned Optional quests may unlock, or help in unlocking new content, including new quests
- Fully researching monsters (all 4 tabs in the monster manual) may be required to unlock certain quests, especially for Mantle Upgrades. See Ecological Research for more information
- Your current progress level for Master Rank Assignments may limite which optional quests you have access to. The same applies to Special Assignments
- All "Purr-fect" quests reward In-Room Decorations
"Special Arena:" Quests are unlocked by Capturing the monster. Once completed, they re-appear randomly on your Quest Board. Uncompleted MR Arena Quests will always be made available for you to complete (once the monster has been captured). Checking your hunter's notes may help in researching why some arena quests do not appear, since the notes display how many times you have captured any monster (a "-" means that the monster cannot be captured). However, do bear in mind that the research notes display how many times the monster has been captured in total (throughout low, high and master ranks), and you do need to capture any monster at least once in each rank (if it is available; do not try to capture a Barioth in low rank quests) to unlock the corresponding arena quest. Some monsters do not have special arena quests associated with them, such as the Rajang or the Frostfang Barioth.
(!) => Those are Villagers' Requests or special delivery bounties.
Master Rank Optional in MHW: Iceborne
One Star Quests 
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- Deep Snow Diver
Hunt a Beotodus - Taking Charge
Hunt a Banbaro - Ice Catch! (!)
Capture a Beotodus - Call of the Wild
Slay 10 Wulg - Greetings from the Tundra (!)
Deliver Young Butterburs - The Great Jagras Returns! (!)
Hunt a Great Jagras - Literary Thief
Hunt a Kulu-Ya-Ku - New World Problems
Hunt a Pukei-Pukei - Beating Around the Bush
Hunt a Tobi-Kadachi - Trapping The Tree Trasher (!)
Capture a Banbaro - Wildspire Treasure Hunt
Hunt a Kulu-Ya-Ku - Taster's Tour
Hunt a Pukei-Pukei - Dragged Through the Mud
Hunt a Barroth - Jyura In My Way (!)
Hunt a Jyuratodus - All the Wrong Signals
Hunt a Tzitzi-Ya-Ku - Grinding my Girros
Hunt a Great Girros - Can't Bring Yourself To It
Hunt a Dodogama - This Here's Big Horn Country! (!)
Hunt a Tempered Banbaro (Rewards Vitality Mantle +) - Special Arena: MR Pukei-Pukei
Hunt a Pukei-Pukei - Special Arena: MR Barroth
Hunt a Barroth - Special Arena: MR Tobi-Kadachi
Hunt a Tobi-Kadachi - Special Arena: MR Banbaro
Hunt a Banbaro
Two Star Quests 2
- Analysis Creates Paralysis
Hunt a Viper Tobi-Kadachi - Poison and Paralysis Pinch (!)
Capture a Viper Tobi-Kadachi (Rewards Cleanser Booster +) - Boaboa Constrictor (!)
Defeat 14 Boaboa - By Our Powers Combined (!)
Hunt a Tempered Beotodus - You Scratch Our Backs... (!)
Hunt a Tempered Beotodus - Anjanath Antics
Hunt an Anjanath - Fool's Mate
Hunt a Rathian - Nighty Night Nightshade (!)
Capture a Nightshade Paolumu - Stick Your Nose Somewhere Else
Hunt an Anjanath - A Queen At Heart (!)
Hunt a Rathian - A Face Nightmares Are Made Of
Hunt a Nightshade Paolumu - Feisty Girl Talk (!)
Hunt all target monsters (Rewards Health Booster +) - The Plight of Paolumu
Hunt a Paolumu - Pink Power Grab
Hunt a Pink Rathian - Protip: Stay Hydrated
Hunt a Coral Pukei-Pukei - No Laughing Matter
Hunt a Radobaan - Bugger Off Bugs! (!)
Slay all target monsters - Looking For That Glimmer (!)
Deliver 20 Gaia Ambers - Put That Red Cup Away (!)
Hunt a Coral Pukei-Pukei (Rewards Waterproof Mantle +)
- Special Arena: MR Nightshade Paolumu
Hunt a Nightshade Paolumu - Special Arena: MR Viper Tobi-Kadachi
Hunt a Viper Tobi-Kadachi - Special Arena: MR Coral Pukei-Pukei
Hunt a Coral Pukei-Pukei - Special Arena: MR Radobaan
Hunt a Radobaan - Special Arena: MR Rathian
Hunt a Rathian - Special Arena: MR Pink Rathian
Hunt a Pink Rathian - Special Arena: MR Paolumu
Hunt a Paolumu - Special Arena: MR Anjanath
Hunt a Anjanath
Three Star Quests 3
- Remember That One Time?
Hunt a Barioth - The Purr-fect Room: Stone (!)
Capture a Tigrex - Swoop to a New Low
Hunt a Rathalos - Nargacoulda, Shoulda, Woulda
Hunt a Nargacuga - The Secret to a Good Slice
Hunt a Glavenus - Red and Black Aces (!)
Hunt all target monsters (Rewards Glider Mantle +) - A Line in the Sand
Hunt a Diablos - A Flash of the Blade
Hunt a Glavenus - Simmer and Slice! (!)
Hunt all target monsters
Glavenus + Rathian - Legiana Left Behind
Hunt a Legiana - The Black Wind
Hunt a Nargacuga - Don't be a Jerk with the Jerky
Hunt an Odogaron - A Roar that Shook the Vale
Hunt a Tigrex - Runnin', Rollin', and Weepin' (!)
Hunt all target monsters - Everyone's a Critic
Hunt a Lavasioth - Begone Uragaan
Hunt an Uragaan - Blast Warning In Effect!
Hunt a Brachydios - Secret of the Ooze (!)
Capture a Brachydios - Festival of Explosions! (!)
Hunt all target monsters (Rewards Fireproof Mantle +) - Proud White Knight (!)
Hunt a Tempered Barioth (Rewards Evasion Mantle +) - A Nasty Flesh Wound (!)
Hunt a Tempered Odogaron (Rewards Bandit Mantle +) - Special Arena: MR Nargacuga
Hunt a Nargacuga - Special Arena: MR Barioth
Hunt a Barioth - Special Arena: MR Glavenus
Hunt a Glavenus - Special Arena: MR Legiana
Hunt a Legiana - Special Arena: MR Odogaron
Hunt an Odogaron - Special Arena: MR Rathalos
Hunt a Rathalos - Special Arena: MR Tigrex
Hunt a Tigrex - Special Arena: MR Brachydios
Hunt a Brachydios - Special Arena: MR Diablos
Hunt a Diablos - Special Arena: MR Uragaan
Hunt an Uragaan
Four Star Quests 4
- Noblefrost Hunter
Hunt a Shrieking Legiana - Tundra Troublemaker
Hunt a Fulgur Anjanath - Duet of Rime (!)
Hunt all target monsters (Rewards Iceproof Mantle +) - Treasure in the Steam (!)
Deliver 2 Hot Spring Stones - These Azure Eyes See All
Hunt an Azure Rathalos - Misfortune in the Forest
Hunt an Ebony Odogaron - In the Heat of the Moment
Hunt a Black Diablos - A Shadowy Offender
Hunt an Ebony Odogaron - This Corroded Blade
Hunt an Acidic Glavenus - The Purr-fect Room: Light Iron (!)
Capture an Acidic Glavenus - The Purr-fect Room: Dark Iron (!)
Hunt an Odogaron and Ebony Odogaron - Blue Rathalos Blues
Hunt an Azure Rathalos - Trap the Thunder Jaw (!)
Capture a Fulgur Anjanath (Rewards Thunderproof Mantle +) - Piercing Black (!)
Hunt a Black Diablos (Rewards Rocksteady Mantle +) - Special Arena: MR Azure Rathalos
Hunt an Azure Rathalos - Special Arena: MR Black Diablos
Hunt a Black Diablos - Special Arena: MR Fulgur Anjanath
Hunt a Fulgur Anjanath - Special Arena: MR Acidic Glavenus
Hunt an Acidic Glavenus - Special Arena: MR Ebony Odogaron
Hunt an Ebony Odogaron
Five Star Quests 5
- Clashing Swords Upon The Rime
Slay a Velkhana - The Harbinger of Clear Skies
Slay a Kushala Daora - Here Comes the Deathmaker
Slay a Blackveil Vaal Hazak - Royal Audience on the Sand
Slay a Teostra - The Tyrant's Banquet (!)
Hunt a Savage Deviljho (Rewards Apothecary Mantle +) - Lightning Crashes
Slay a Kirin - Memories of the Sea God
Slay a Namielle - It's the Afterlife for Me (!)
Slay a Blackveil Vaal Hazak (Rewards Immunity Mantle +)
- Seething with Anger
Hunt a Seething Bazelgeuse - Wings of the Wind
Slay a Kushala Daora - Mark of the Sun
Slay a Teostra - The Purr-fect Room: Silver (!)
Capture a Seething Bazelgeuse
Six Star Quests 6
- Faraway Lorelei
Slay a Shara Ishvalda - One Hot Night in the Spire
Slay a Lunastra - Into the Palace of Flame
Slay a Lunastra - All That Glitters is Furious
Slay a Furious Rajang (Unlocked after the related special assignment) - Achy Brachy Heart
Slay a Raging Brachydios (Unlocked after the related special assignment) - We Run This Town (!)
Hunt a Tigrex, Nargacuga, Zinogre, Brachydios and a Glavenus
- Hymn of Moon and Sun MR 125+ (!)
Slay a Golden Rathian and a Silver Rathalos (Rewards Impact Mantle +) - Divine Surge MR 150+ (!)
Slay a Tempered Kirin and a Tempered Namielle (Rewards Temporal Mantle +) - The Storm Brings the Unexpected MR 175+ (!)
Slay a Tempered Kushala Daora and Tempered Blackveil Vaal Hazak
(Rewards Affinity Booster +) - Master Hunter of the New World MR 200+
(Must beat all other Red Text Quests to receive)
Slay a Tempered Teostra, Tempered Lunastra, Tempered Velkhana and Ruiner Nergigante - Special Arena: MR Zinogre
Hunt a Zinogre - Special Arena: MR Yian Garuga
Hunt a Yian Garuga - Special Arena: MR Gold Rathian
Hunt a Gold Rathian - Special Arena: MR Silver Rathalos
Hunt a Silver Rathalos - Special Arena: MR Brute Tigrex
Hunt a Brute Tigrex - Special Arena: MR Stygian Zinogre
Hunt a Stygian Zinogre
AnonymousHow do you get 6 star optional quests? I've killed Shara Ishvalda and researched my first Wyvern type in the Guiding Lands but still don't have a quest to do anything in 6 Star
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The 6 star list is missing "All that glitters is furious" (hunt a furious rajang) and "Achy Brachy Heart" (hunt a Rajing Brachydios), maybe more. Also, why the extra details on the description of the Brute Tigrex quest, where it's the same requisits for the other ones (gold rathian, silver rathalos and scarred yian garuga) but they don't have the extra description ?
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1 star potional keeps being blue even though I have done every mission listed including all four special arenas. Am I missing something?
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Why are you guys not commenting my comments? Are you guys my bullies?
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I did every 2 stars quests listed here but the "Completed" sign is still blue. I am so confused, please help.
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completed a special arena when answering an SOS, now it wont show up for me after i captured the monster and im stuck with a blue completion. when i see the same quest im missing in another SOS, it's listed as completed. So what's with the blue? i checked with this list as well as others, and im 100% sure i've done every other quest on the list.
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It is worth nothing that you do not need to encounter monsters such a Brute Tigers, Gold Rathian, etc. to unlock their special arena quest; capturing them in their event quest works.
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I have reached mr 214, beaten all red text quest but still haven't received the master hunter of the new world. How so?
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I can't figure out how you can beat 4 tempered in 50 minutes...i'm at mr 190 and soon i'll unlock it, i've done all the quest before with 2 tempered, but 4...is a lot. I'm not a speed runner and teostra and lunastra are a pain in the ass just by themselves..
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Is there any reward for completing all the mr optional quests?
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The trigger information on the Special Arena Quests is incorrect, you need to Capture the target monster for the appropriate Quest to become available.
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What do i do if the optional quest are blue and i don't see any question marks on my map?
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I finished all the above star 6 quest up to my mr (143) but I only see a grey completions instead of a red one what else is available for me up to my mr that is not listed here?
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Master Hunter of the new world doesn't need all Mantle and boosters upgraded. You only need the basic unlocks. I did the quest before I finished the tempered Blackveil Vaal optional to unlock the upgraded mantle.
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For the star 3 optional quests, is there another Arena quest, because I've done all of the ones in the list of optional 3 stars?
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There is no special arena for scarred yian garuga.. only for normal yian garuga
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I'm missing proud White Knight I maxed out rescreach and completed all the other mission according to the list but still no mission
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I made it to master rank 200 and unlocked Master Hunter of the New World so i added it on the page from my phone. Please feel free to edit. The mission is a tempered teo, temperes luna, tempered velkana and a regular ruiner nergi After completing it, you get a pendant. Same for finishing all the optionals.
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Anyone else having problems with 5 and 6 star optionals bugging out? Specifically the teostra and kushala quests. Sometimes mine has them marked as complete, then they will be marked incomplete, then sometimes they disappear from the list entirely.
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In the palace of fire. Master rank 6 quest is not on your list.
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Missing a 5 star quest called the tyrants banquet which makes you fight a savage jho to get the upgraded deviljho unlocked it after i finished research for savage jho
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I finished all those 1* optional quests, but something is still missing. Anyone know what the missing quest is?
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I think you are missing a blackveil Vaal Hazak in the rotten vale that unlocks immunity+, not sure how to unlock it as I was just maximizing research level for monsters and when I maxed blackveil Vaal Hazak was when it unlocked
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I captured all the mr 1 monsters, yet I was only given a handful of special arenas, missing some of the smaller monsters like dodo and great g and eggman
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It’s also missing the special arena quests for gold and silver rath. As well as the hym and moon quest for lvl 125 silver and gold rath
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Hey everyone so wity teh five star quests for some reason they still aren’t complete, any help would be appreciated, these are my completed quests: both kushala and both Teostra quests, namielle, blackveil, velkhana, and seething bazegeuse main quests turned side quests, one Kirin quest, capture a seething baselgeuse, Hunt a savage devilijho, that’s it so far but I’m still missing quests, for reference my immunity, impact, temporal mantles, and affinity booster are still not + versions, any help is appreciated!
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I’ve done everything listed on the guide and in the comments but still can’t complete the 5 star quests, does it have something to do with maxing the research on Nemielle, velkhana, blackveil Vaal halak, or the seething bezelgeuse? Any help would be appreciated!
List of missing 5 Star optional Quests: Wings of Wind: Kushala Daora in the Elder's Recess Mark of the Sun: Teostra in the Elder's Recess The Tyrant's Banquet: Slay a Savage Deviljho in the Wildspire. To unlock this you need to max out his research! This one gives the Apothecary Mantle +
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It also seems that the Elder Dragons in the 5 Star Quests got atleast 2 different Quests. Teostra got a Quest in the Elder's Recess and in the Wildspire while Kushala Daora got one in the Elder's Recess and in the Ancient Forest. I'm not sure about the Blackveil Vaal Hazak, Namielle and Kirin but i still need a Quest after finishing the alternative Quests from Teostra and Daora.
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Missing 3 star optional quests. “Proud White Knight” Tempered Barioth, unlocks Evasion mantle+. “A Nasty Flesh Wound” Tempered Odogaron, unlocks Bandit Mantle+.
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I found a 2 Star optional special arena: anjanath that’s no listed
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Also found a one star optional for a special arena tobi Kadachi special arena not listed.
i know im really really late to this but i have an issue where i have completed very optional quests listed on here but the MR6 quests are still not completed i even killed the special arena monsters multiple times and i did both lunastra quests and i still dont have it done
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