Optional Quests in Monster Hunter World (MHW). Players do not need to complete these quests to progress the story and access the game, but will benefit from special rewards for doing these additional objectives.  Optional quests unlock through various activities.

Please see Master Rank Optional Quests for Iceborne Expansion quest details.

Please see Event Quests for special optional weekly quests by Capcom. Please see Special Assignments for free Monster DLC quests.

Doing these objectives unlock optional quests:

  • Finding a monster, low/high/master rank all count as separate.
  • Capturing monsters, low/high/master rank all count as separate.
  • Talking to Villagers with a (!) in Astera, Research Base, or Seliana.
  • Completing previous Optional quests.
  • Randomly available Rare encounters that last for 2 quests and disappear.
  • Fully researching monsters (all tabs in the monster manual).
  • Hunting a certain number of different tempered monsters (quests/investigations with more than one tempered targets only register the first listed).
  • Your current progress level for Assigned Quests.

"Special Arena:" Quests are unlocked by Capturing the monster first. Once completed, they appear randomly on your Quest Board. Keep in mind that if you capture a Low Rank Barroth, it will only unlock the Low rank Special Arena.

(!) => Those are Villagers' Requests

Rare encounters : Zorah Magdaros, Xeno'Jiiva, and Shara Ishvalda optionals
- Be sure to check your quest board as these only last for 2 quests total. You'll hear music in Astera/Seliana change and a notification sometimes.

 

Optional in MHW

 

 

Eight Stars Quests ⭐8

Nine Stars Quests ⭐9

 

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

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Six Star Quests master rank icon mhw wiki guide smallmaster rank icon mhw wiki guide smallmaster rank icon mhw wiki guide smallmaster rank icon mhw wiki guide smallmaster rank icon mhw wiki guide smallmaster rank icon mhw wiki guide small 6

 




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    • Anonymous

      cap all the monster and even the blue ones in 6star but still blue....tf... I cap it like the 7 time already

      • Anonymous

        I'm having issues getting Today's Special: Hunter Flambé to appear. I can't even get the pre-quest to appear. I've beaten LR/HR and have already started iceborne

        • Anonymous

          I've been trying to complete the six star optionals and I'm only missing a few special arenas. How would I get those optionals that I'm missing??

          • Anonymous

            I have finish all 4 stars special arena quest in HR 73 and MR 18, when im searching how to finish the special arena quest I think I found bug, when we already finish the special arena quest (not all of them, take example just 3 out of 4) the quest like showing in optional quest (and marked as completed) and not showing at all. What I find the trigger is the last captured monster that if same monster and (stars level ?) the optional special arena quest is showing up no matter is completed or not and will be disappeared again if you captured another monster. the bug still concurred even you red-completed the 4 stars optional quest. in addition to unlock 4 stars special arena monsters you should capture HR 5 upper in low rank monster , hopefully it helps anyone to find the hint to make red-completed optional quest (maybe it works too in other special arena quest on other stars with this method)

            • Anonymous

              You miss at least one of the special arena quests. You need to capture each monster in MR to get these. You probably only captured some of the old mosters only in low and high rank, but never in MR. Keep track of what special arenas show up on your board to narrow it down which one you still need

              • Anonymous

                Hi My mr3 quests are Blue...i have caught all monsters what are in the list above include uragaan( Rathalos,Uragaan,Tigrex,Diabolos,Barioth,Nargacuga,Legiana, Glavenus,Odogarn,Brachyldos)... and that many Times ...have anyone a idea whats missing? Maybe Zorah?i didnt do it in master rank... Plz Help me

                • Anonymous

                  Was wondering if anyone could help me figure out if I have a bugged optional list? I looked here and multiple other places, but everywhere shows only three 1 star optionals which I have already completed (yet it still marks the 1 star selection as blue complete). I am a little ways in to the game (HR 61) and don't want to restart due to a bug blocking my eventual full completion. Any advice?

                  • Anonymous

                    If you want to see what quests you are missing, just search for an SOS on the level of quest you are doing and look for one without a completed sign

                    • Anonymous

                      Bois If u have blue completed, you should capture the Monsters you dont remember having captured. I captured all the Monsters and only on the 2nd time i got red completion

                      • Anonymous

                        Okay so I did everything. Every Arena Quest, Research Base, Everything.... 6Star still just shows blue completed sign..... I´m depressed af ... any recommendations? Please I need help ...

                        • Anonymous

                          I have everything completed and only had to do special arenas for ones that I actually did capture, monsters that I slayed when doing the optional quests did not require me to complete special arenas, make sure to complete the string of quests from the research base, it includes a couple deliveries before getting the last two rank 7 quests

                          • Anonymous

                            For clarification, to fully complete or get the red "completed" tag on your optional quests, you must unlock and complete all the special arenas. To unlock the special arenas, you must capture every monster that has a special arena. The info from the wiki is correct. If you're having the problem of still not being able to complete the 6* or 7* optionals, be sure to check with the research base as they have a few optional quests as well. Many players like myself tend to forget about that useless piece of airship. Cheers to the sexy third fleet master though. Happy hunting.

                            • Anonymous

                              every single quest complete, optional, and assigned, rank 100 quest complete, rainbow complete, silver oh great, I need to kill behemoth, well I can solo the repel one alone, just takes 45 minutes, now I need to actually kill it in 35 minutes, yea im fine with a silver rank

                              • Anonymous

                                Orange on everything from 1-6 & 8. I completed DevilJho and all the special Arena at 7* (captured all of them in 7*atleast 3 times) and it’s still blue. Frustrating cause I can’t progress my build!

                                • Anonymous

                                  Not shure of it helps but the special area quests will always show if not compleated, after beating them they rotate. So if an arena quest does not show after a capture or two than move on to another monster you might be missing.

                                  • Anonymous

                                    I found something interesting today. First off, I can confirm this wiki is correct. Capturing a monster will make it available for Special Arena as long as that monster has a special arena, and is specific to High Rank/Low Rank. However, there is one caveat I found out. Helping a friend, it turns out that capturing a High Rank monster will unlock both Low Rank and High Rank arena quests. This is not true in reverse, as capturing a low rank monster will not unlock the high rank arena. This is only true for monsters that have both, a high rank and low rank quest, such as Pukei-Pukei or Rathian. Neat tidbit if you wanna be a bit more efficient in doing them all in late game.

                                    • Anonymous

                                      OK so special Arenas rotate That's why for some of you they aren't appearing. You can either wait for it to rotate in your optional quests or you can join online sessions for those you don't have.

                                      • Anonymous

                                        isn't special arena always appear for once after you capture a monster? i mean clear sp.arena and then go re-capture them again to get another sp.arena

                                        • Anonymous

                                          White winds of the new world needed to have all research completed I thought, aside from the content they added later

                                          • Anonymous

                                            Good list, but kinda find it dumb that I ended up capturing all the monsters in 7, 3 times, and not a single one popped.

                                            • Anonymous

                                              missing 6* quests and 9* which both are in blue complete. random capture quests to trigger the special arena quests?

                                              • Anonymous

                                                So what i gotta keep capturing the same monster(s) till they finally show up in the arena? Kinda annoyed that its not instant being that ive caught everything possible multible times already in highrank and lowrank

                                                • Anonymous

                                                  For all the people that are wondering why the Area HR missions are missing is because they are rotatory. Sometimes you would have 6 stars paoulomu and no barroth and some other times you would have 6 stars barroth but not paulomu.
                                                  Tried and tested and that's how it works.
                                                  Kind Regards
                                                  Lilina

                                                  • Anonymous

                                                    I’ve captured penty of high rank and low rank monsters but I’m still missing like 5 quests for the 7 star

                                                    • Anonymous

                                                      I complete all 1 - 8 mission and i have the orange complete but the white winds of the new world doesn't appear

                                                      • Anonymous

                                                        guess I got to murder that Hazak...damn you Capcom...
                                                        (also that tempered Barroth and Baan can go jump in acid water)

                                                        • Anonymous

                                                          For the "Kill 3 Tempered Monster(Threat level 3)" Quest, does the story quest with the tempered Kirin count?

                                                          • Anonymous

                                                            Special Arena quests don't randomly reappear after you complete them... You need to recapture the monster.

                                                            • Anonymous

                                                              There's a new red quest icon that came with the Kulve Taroth update. It appears in the same place where the speech bubble icon is. Anyone know what Its deal is?

                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                I already clear all the quest in 6* and finish captured all the monster for special arena quest... But why still haven't fully complete?? It's still blue color complete word...

                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                  I have completed every quest on this page yet it says I'm missing one on 7*...I have no npcs to talk to or deliveries left to deliver

                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                    New World Sky, New World Flower i think u need to be hr60, beat a number of raths or its random after you beat the tempereds. I beat 5 different temperd level 2 threats and it didnt unlock then i grinded some events for crowns and it poped.

                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                      I got all of them done bot the 9 star. In regards to hunting tempered breasts, does it have to be exploration or will investigations work?

                                                                      • Anonymous

                                                                        I’m missing 9 star quests, Zeno is the only 1 I have. iv done all quests, optional and assigned, researches the 15 monsters, what’s next?

                                                                        • Anonymous

                                                                          how unlock 9 star A Light Upon the River's Gloom optional quest? all story and optinonal quests complete, 86 hunter rank.
                                                                          playing game 180hours, but these are not yet open.

                                                                          • Anonymous

                                                                            I have completed the main story, but I'm missing a lot of sub quest, like "Up to your waist in the waste". How do I unlock it? I almost completed all the assigned quest, except for some arena quest and the black Diablos

                                                                            • Anonymous

                                                                              I am missing the lots of 8 star quest, I am not sure why, Everything is completed, including all bountys ea... I am clueless,

                                                                              • Anonymous

                                                                                Ive never gotten the fires of hell bite deep quest at 8 star but its says im completed? Does this quest actually exist? If so how do I unlock it?

                                                                                • Anonymous

                                                                                  to get stuck in your ways 6* , you need to deliver th stuff for "master's toast" i dont know 100% percent the requirements but seems like you need to do the
                                                                                  6* girros quest then head to the 3rd Fleet, seems to start a quest chain.

                                                                                  • Anonymous

                                                                                    For those looking to unlock the 6 star quest 'stuck in their ways' make sure you're checking in at the research base for missions and deliveries.

                                                                                    • Anonymous

                                                                                      i believe zorah magdaros is missing for 6 stars (since it shows up occasionally) and the same for xeno jiiva for 9 star

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