Check out this guide for all Master Rank optional quests available in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne. Here we have listed each quest's info, area, and what they unlock!!!
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What Are Optional Quests & How To Unlock
Quests That Do Not Progress Story
Optional Quests are missions that is separated from the Main Story. Players can choose to do them or not, but they do give various rewards, including materials, money, & Research points!
Optional Quests May Unlock New Items & Equipment
Optional Quests may sometimes reward you with additional item & feature upon completion, such as adding new variety of equipment, new functions at your Research Base, or even new cooking ingredients.
Talk To NPCs to Unlock Certain Optional Quests
As you progress the story, you may meet NPCs that have an exclamation point icon above their head. Talk to these NPCs in order to unlock Optional Quests!
MR 1 - Master Rank Optional Quest List
| Quest Name | Area / Objective Quest Unlocks |
|---|---|
| Greetings from the Tundra | Area: Hoarfrost Reach - Deliver 20 Young Butterburs |
| Ice Catch! | Area: Hoarfrost Reach - Capture a Beotodus Unlocks Ghillie Mantle upgrade |
| Literary Thief | Area: Ancient Forest - Hunt a Kulu-Ya-Ku |
| New World Problems | Area: Ancient Forest - Hunt a Pukei-Pukei |
| Beating Around the Bush | Area: Ancient Forest - Hunt a Tobi-Kadachi |
| Wildspire Treasure Hunt | Area: Wildspire Waste - Hunt a Kulu-Ya-Ku |
| Taster's Tour | Area: Wildspire Waste - Hunt a Pukei-Pukei |
| Dragged Through the Mud | Area: Wildspire Waste - Hunt a Barroth |
| Jyura In My Way | Area: Wildspire Waste - Hunt a Jyuratodus |
| All the Wrong Signals | Area: Coral Highlands - Hunt a Tzitzi-Ya-Ku |
| Deep Snow Diver | Area: Hoarfrost Reach - Hunt a Beotodus |
| Taking Charge | Area: Hoarfrost Reach - Hunt a Banbaro |
| Call of the Wild | Area: Hoarfrost Reach - Slay 10 Wulg |
| The Great Jagras Returns! | Area: Ancient Forest - Hunt a Great Jagras |
| Trapping The Tree Trasher! | Area: Ancient Forest - Capture a Banbaro Adds more Canteen ingredients |
| Grinding my Girros | Area: Rotten Vale - Hunt a Great Girros |
| Can't Bring Yourself To It | Area: Elder's Recess - Hunt a Dodogama |
| This Here's Big Horn Country! | Area: Elder's Recess - Hunt a Tempered Banbaro Unlocks Vitality Mantle upgrade |
| Special Arena: MR Banbaro | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Banbaro |
| Special Arena: MR Pukei-Pukei | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Pukei-Pukei |
| Special Arena: MR Tobi-Kadachi | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Tobi-Kadachi |
| Special Arena: MR Barroth | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Baroth |
MR 2 - Master Rank Optional Quest List
| Quest Name | Area / Objective Quest Unlocks |
|---|---|
| Poison and Paralysis Pinch | Area: Hoarfrost Reach - Capture a Viper Tobi-Kadachi Unlocks Cleanser Booster upgrade |
| Boaboa Constrictor | Area: Hoarfrost Reach - Defeat 15 Boaboa Rewards Boaboa Tickets |
| By Our Powers Combined | Area: Hoarfrost Reach - Hunt a Tempered Beotodus Unlocks Boaboa Tailraider |
| Analysis Creates Paralysis | Area: Hoarfrost Reach - Hunt a Viper Tobi-Kadachi |
| Anjanath Antics | Area: Ancient Forest - Hunt an Anjanath |
| Fool's Mate | Area: Ancient Forest - Hunt a Rathian |
| Nighty Night Nightshade | Area: Ancient Forest - Capture a Nightshade Paolumu Adds more Canteen ingredients |
| A Face Nightmares Are Made Of | Area: Wildspire Waste - Hunt a Nightshade Paolumu |
| Feisty Girl Talk | Area: Wildspire Waste - Hunt a Rathian & Pink Rathian Unlocks Health Booster upgrade |
| Stick Your Nose Somewhere Else | Area: Wildspire Waste - Hunt an Anjanath |
| A Queen At Heart | Area: Wildspire Waste - Hunt a Rathian |
| The Plight of Paolumu | Area: Coral Highlands - Hunt a Paolumu |
| Protip: Stay Hydrated | Area: Coral Highlands - Hunt a Coral Pukei-Pukei |
| Pink Power Grab | Area: Coral Highlands - Hunt a Pink Rathian |
| No Laughing Matter | Area: Rotten Vale - Hunt a Radobaan |
| Bugger Off Bugs! | Area: Rotten Vale - Slay Vespoid & Hornetaur |
| Looking For That Glimmer | Area: Elder's Recess - Deliver 20 Gaia Ambers Unlocks Harvest Box upgrade |
| PUt That Red Cup Away | Area: Coral Highlands - Hunt a Tempered Coral Pukei-Pukei Unlocks Waterproof Mantle upgrade |
| You Scratch Our Backs... | Area: Hoarfrost Reach - Hunt a Tempered Beotodus |
| Special Arena: MR Anjanath | Area: Special Arena - Hunt an Anjanath |
| Special Arena: MR Radobaan | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Radobaan |
| Special Arena: MR Coral Pukei-Pukei | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Coral Pukei-Pukei |
| Special Arena: MR Viper Tobi-Kadachi | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Viper Tobi-Kadachi |
| Special Arena: MR Rathian | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Rathian |
| Special Arena: MR Pink Rathian | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Pink Rathian |
| Special Arena: MR Paolumu | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Paolumu |
| Special Arena: MR Nightshade Paolumu | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Nightshade Paolumu |
MR 3 - Master Rank Optional Quest List
| Quest Name | Area / Objective Quest Unlocks |
|---|---|
| Remember That One Time? | Area: Hoarfrost Reach - Hunt a Barioth |
| The Purr-fect Room: Stone | Area: Hoarfrost Reach - Capture a Tigrex Unlocks new Room decoration |
| Swoop to a New Low | Area: Ancient Forest - Hunt a Rathalos |
| Nargacoulda, Should, Woulda | Area: Ancient Forest - Hunt a Nargacuga |
| Red and Black Aces | Area: Ancient Forest - Hunt a Rathalos & Nargacuga Unlocks Glider Mantle upgrade |
| The Secret to a Good Slice | Area: Ancient Forest - Hunt a Glavenus |
| A Line in the Sand | Area: Wildspire Waste - Hunt a Diablos |
| A Flash of the Blade | Area: Wildspire Waste - Hunt a Glavenus |
| Simmer and Slice! | Area: Wildspire Waste - Hunt a Glavenus & Rathian Adds more Canteen ingredients |
| Legiana Left Behind | Area: Coral Highlands - Hunt a Legiana |
| Everyone's a Critic | Area: Elder's Recess - Hunt a Lavasioth |
| The Black Wind | Area: Coral Highlands - Hunt a Nargacuga |
| Don't be a Jerk with the Jerky | Area: Rotten Vale - Hunt a Odogaron |
| A Roar that Shook the Vale | Area: Rotten Vale - Hunt a Tigrex |
| Runnin', Rollin', and Weepin' | Area: Rotten Vale - Hunt a Tigrex & Radobaan Unlocks Challenger Mantle upgrade |
| Begone Uragaan | Area: Elder's Recess - Hunt an Uragaan |
| Festival of Explosions! | Area: Elder's Recess - Hunt a Tigrex & Radobaan Unlocks Fireproof Mantle upgrade |
| Proud White Knight | Area: Hoarfrost Reach - Hunt a Tempered Barioth Unlocks Evasion Mantle upgrade |
| A Nasty Flesh Wound | Area: Coral Highlands - Hunt a Tempered Odogaron Unlocks Bandit Mantle upgrade |
| Blast Warning In Effect! | Area: Elder's Recess - Hunt a Brachydios |
| Secret of the Ooze | Area: Elder's Recess - Capture a Brachydios Unlocks Botanical Research slot |
| Special Arena: MR Legiana | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Legiana |
| Special Arena: MR Odogaron | Area: Special Arena - Hunt an Odogaron |
| Special Arena: MR Uragaan | Area: Special Arena - Hunt an Uragaan |
| Special Arena: MR Rathalos | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Rathalos |
| Special Arena: MR Barioth | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Barioth |
| Special Arena: MR Nargacuga | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Nargacuga |
| Special Arena: MR Glavenus | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Glavenus |
| Special Arena: MR Brachydios | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Brachydios |
| Special Arena: MR Tigrex | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Tigrex |
MR 4 - Master Rank Optional Quest List
| Quest Name | Area / Objective Quest Unlocks |
|---|---|
| Duet of Rime | Area: Hoarfrost Reach - Hunt a Shrieking Legiana & Legiana Unlocks Iceproof Mantle upgrade |
| Treasure in the Steam | Area: Hoarfrost Reach - Deliver 2 Hot Spring Stone Get Thermae tickets |
| Noblefrost Hunter | Area: Hoarfrost Reach - Hunt a Shrieking Legiana |
| Tundra Troublemaker | Area: Hoarfrost Reach - Hunt a Fulgur Anjanath |
| These Azure Eyes See All | Area: Ancient Forest - Hunt an Azure Rathalos |
| Misfortune in the Forest | Area: Ancient Forest - Hunt an Ebony Odogaron |
| In the Heat of the Moment | Area: Wildspire Waste - Hunt a Black Diablos |
| Legiana Left Behind | Area: Coral Highlands - Hunt a Legiana |
| A Shadowy Offender | Area: Coral Highlands - Hunt an Ebony Odogaron |
| This Corroded Blade | Area: Rotten Vale - Hunt an Acidic Glavenus |
| Trap the Thunder Jaw | Area: Elder's Recess - Hunt a Fulgur Anjanath Unlocks Thunderproof Mantle upgrade |
| Piercing Black | Area: Wildspire Waste - Hunt a Tempered Black Diablos Unlocks Rocksteady Mantle upgrade |
| Blue Rathalos Blues | Area: Elder's Recess - Hunt an Azure Rathalos |
| The Purr-fect Room: Light Iron | Area: Rotten Vale - Hunt an Acidic Glavenus Unlocks new Room decoration |
| The Purr-fect Room: Dark Iron | Area: Rotten Vale - Hunt an Odogaron & Ebony Odogaron Unlocks new Room decoration |
| Special Arena: MR Azure Rathalos | Area: Special Arena - Hunt an Azure Rathalos |
| Special Arena: MR Black Diablos | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Black Diablos |
| Special Arena: MR Fulgur Anjanath | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Fulgur Anjanath |
| Special Arena: MR Acidic Glavenus | Area: Special Arena - Hunt an Acidic Glavenus |
| Special Arena: MR Ebony Odogaron | Area: Special Arena - Hunt an Ebony Odogaron |
MR 5 - Master Rank Optional Quest List
| Quest Name | Area / Objective Quest Unlocks |
|---|---|
| The Harbinger of Clear Skies | Area: Ancient Forest - Hunt a Kushala Daora |
| The Tyrant's Banquet | Area: Wildspire Waste - Hunt a Savage Deviljho Unlocks Apothecary Mantle upgrade |
| It's the Afterlife for Me | Area: Rotten Vale - Hunt a Blackveil Vaal Hazak Unlocks Immunity Mantle upgrade |
| Clashing Swords Upon The Rime | Area: Hoarfrost Reach - Hunt a Velkhana |
| Lightning Crashes | Area: Coral Highlands - Hunt a Kirin |
| Here Comes the Deathmaker | Area: Ancient Forest - Hunt a Blackveil Vaal Hazak |
| Memories of the Sea God | Area: Coral Highlands - Hunt a Namielle |
| Seething with Anger | Area: Elder's Recess - Hunt a Seething Bazelgeuse |
| Mark of the Sun | Area: Elder's Recess - Hunt a Teostra |
| The Purr-fect Room: Silver | Area: Elder's Recess - Hunt a Seething Bazelgeuse Unlocks new Room decoration |
MR 6 - Master Rank Optional Quest List
| Quest Name | Area / Objective Quest Unlocks |
|---|---|
| Divine Surge | Area: Coral Highlands - Hunt a Tempered Kirin & Tempered Namielle Unlocks Temporal Mantle upgrade |
| Hymn of Moon and Sun | Area: Elder's Recess - Hunt a Gold Rathian & Silver Rathalos Unlocks Impact Mantle upgrade |
| Faraway Lorelei | Area: Origin Isle - Hunt a Shara Ishvalda |
| Special Arena: MR Zinogre | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Zinogre |
| Special Arena: MR Yian Garuga | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Yian Garuga |
| Special Arena: MR Brute Tigrex | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Brute Tigrex |
| Special Arena: MR Silver Rathalos | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Silver Rathalos |
| Special Arena: MR Stygian Zinogre | Area: Special Arena - Hunt a Stygian Zinogre |
