MHW: ICEBORNE | Guiding Lands - Region Level & Appearing Monsters (Tundra)

Tundra Region Info Updated! Read this Monster Hunter World: Iceborne guide about Guiding Lands (GL)! Learn about monsters, material farming guide, raising region levels, augmenting, & more!!!

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Tundra - How To Unlock & What To Do (Dec.05)

Complete "Across the Lost Path" To Unlock

To unlock the Tundra region in guiding lands, you must first complete the new quest "Across the Lost Path". Talk to the NPC at Seliana to start.

New Frigid Region - Tundra Added

A new region - Tundra has been Added Guiding Lands with the December 5 Free Title Update. The new Tundra Region is a frigid land of snow and ice filled with different monsters to hunt!.

Fight Tempered Ruiner Nergigante!

The Tempered Ruiner Nergigante will mainly appear in the Tundra region. It's an even tougher version of the Nergigante. Test your skills in this challenging fight to earn all new rewards!

Other Cold Habitat Monsters Will Appear

The Tundra Region will be home to Monsters that are active in cold environments. Barioth & Viper Tobi-Kadachi are just some of the Monsters that can be found here.

October 10 Content Update

Volcanic Region & Rajang Added

Rajang and the new Volcanic Region have been added to the Guiding Lands as part of the latest free major content update. Rajang appears in the Guiding Lands when Volcanic region's level is 3.

Region Levels Can Be Fixed

The new patch had some adjustments to the Guiding Lands. Now you can choose to fix your region levels. This allows you to play multiplayer with others without worrying about lowering your region level.

Tempered Gold Rathian & Silver Rathalos Added

Tempered Gold Rathian will appear when your Wildspire Region Level is 7. Tempered Silver Rathalos appears when your Coral Region Level is 7.

Things To Do & Priority

To Do List And Priority

Raise Region Levels To Spawn Stronger Monsters

The Guiding Lands is composed of several different areas. Defeating large monsters will raise the Region Level. The higher the Region Level, the more chances of spawning stronger monsters!

New Monsters In Guiding Lands

Monster	Unlock Requirement
Rajang	Volcanic Region Level 3 or Other Regions Level 4 ▶How To Beat Rajang
Zinogre	Collect Special Tracks ▶How To Beat Zinogre
Yian Garuga	Forest Region Level 3 ▶How To Beat Yian Garuga
Scarred Yian Garuga	Forest Region Level 6 ▶How To Beat Scarred Yian Garuga
Gold Rathian	Wildspire Region Level 6 ▶How To Beat Gold Rathian
Silver Rathalos	Coral Region Level 6 ▶How To Beat Silver Rathalos
Brute Tigrex	Rotten Region Level 6 ▶How To Beat Brute Tigrex
Stygian Zinogre	Tundra Region Level 4 ▶How To Beat Stygian Zinogre

Make Sure To Capture New Monsters

Monsters in the Guiding Lands appear randomly depending on your region level. If you want the materials from certain monster, capture the monster so that you get optional quest to fight again.

Collect Guiding Lands Specific Material

You can obtain special materials that only appear in the Guiding Lands. After you've finished leveling up the Region Level, first thing you should do is to collect those & strengthen your Master Rank loadouts.

Set Up Camp In The Forest Region

Set up camps in the Forest Region to fast travel between the different areas of the Guiding Lands. Check out the link below for the different camp locations!

How To Raise Region Level

【NEW】Trap Monster Over & Over

Most efficiently way to raise region level is to continuously trap the same monster. Bring Pitfall Traps, Shock Traps & their crafting materials then keep on trapping the same monster. Go back to your base camp with Farcaster when you run out of traps. Continue this until you reach your desired region level.

Defeat Monsters To Increase Region Level

Region Level increases by hunting monsters & collecting traces. The higher the Region Level, the stronger monsters you will find.

Each Monster Is Assigned A Certain Region

Each Monster in The Guiding Lands are all assigned to certain region. Check the region icon next to the appearing monsters to see which region level will increase after you defeat them.

Some Monsters Have Multiple Assigned Regions

Note that some monsters have multiple regions assigned. So always check the region icon next to the monster.

Appearing Monsters Changes Every Expedition

You should also note that monsters change every time you start new expedition so goto different map and come back to the Guiding Lands again to encounter new monsters.

Increasing One Region Level Lowers Others

When you increase the levels of one region, you'll automatically lower the levels of other regions. So if you're looking for monsters from different regions, you may take more time in the Guiding Lands.

Region Levels Locked Behind Master Rank Limits

The Region Levels in the Guiding Lands are locked behind your Master Rank levels. For example, you can only get a region up to Level 5 if you're in the Master Rank range of 50 - 69.

Region Level Master Rank Limits

Play With Players With Lower Region Levels

You get more region level points when you play with other player who has lower region level. Play co-op with the host who has lower region level than you.

Careful When Playing Co-op

When you play with other players, be sure to align which Region Level you want to increase. If Hunters are going after different monsters, the Region Level you've want to increase may accidentally decrease.

Skill "Fortify" Is Recommended

Which Region Level Should I Raise?

Raise Rotten Region & Fight With Brute Tigrex

Raise level of Rotten Region to 6 and unlock Brute Tigrex. Armors made of Brute Tigrex has skills of Attack, Health Boost, Recovery Up, Weakness Exploit, Free Meal.

Keep Coral Region At Level 7

Unlock Tempered Namielle by raising level of Coral Region to 7. You need materials of Namielle for augmenting Health Regen for Rarity 12 weapon. - a strong augment that increases survivability significantly.

Don't Raise Forest Region Level Above 5

You need NON-TEMPERED Zinogre materials for augmenting Health Regen on Rarity 12 weapons. The Zinogre becomes Tempered when the Forest Region level is above 6.

Materials To Get In Each Region Level

Check the table below to know the important materials you should obtain in each region level. The materials are mainly used to power up useful charms & important augmentation such as Health Regen.

List Of Materials Required & Its Usages

Augmenting Master Rank Loadout

Guiding Lands Specific Materials

The materials dropped only in the Guiding Lands are used in augmenting Master Rank loadouts & upgrading charms.

Tempered Monster Will Drop Rare Material

The materials you get from Tempered monsters will be different from their normal versions in the Guiding Lands.

How To Research Large Monsters

Method 1: Collect Special Tracks

While exploring the Guiding Lands, you will come across Special Tracks. These Special Tracks come from Turf Wars between large monsters. Once you find these tracks collect them as soon as possible!

Increase Chances of Tracks With High Region Level

Finding these special tracks may require a bit of luck on your end. However, note that if the Region's level is higher, you may have a higher chance of locating these special tracks.

Method 2: Break Monster Parts

Another way for you to research large monsters is to destroy their body parts while hunting. You only need to destroy a monster's parts once to progress the research. Destroying more parts will not progress the research.

Talk To The Handler To Lure Out Monster

Once you've fully progressed the research of a monster, talk to the Handler to lure out the monster. You can only do this the number of times allowed in the Handler's inventory.

The Guiding Lands Monsters List

List is updated regularly.

Tundra Region

No. of stars indicate monster's chance of appearing in Region Level!!!

Region Level 1
Banbaro (★★★)	Viper Tobi-Kadachi (★★・)	-

Region Level 2
Viper Tobi-Kadachi (★★★)	Legiana (★★・)	Banbaro (★★・)
Barioth (★★・)	Fulgur Anjanath (★・・)	-

Region Level 3
Legiana (★★★)	Viper Tobi-Kadachi (★★★)	Barioth (★★★)
Tigrex (★★★)	Shrieking Legiana (★★・)	Fulgur Anjanath (★★・)
Stygian Zinogre (★★・)	Banbaro (★・・)	Ebony Odogaron (★・・)

Region Level 4
Banbaro (★★★)	Barioth (★★★)	Shrieking Legiana (★★★)
Stygian Zinogre (★★★)	Legiana (★★・)	Viper Tobi-Kadachi (★★・)
Tigrex (★★・)	Ebony Odogaron (★★・)	Fulgur Anjanath (★・・)
Rajang (★・・)	-	-

Region Level 5
Legiana (★★★)	Viper Tobi-Kadachi (★★★)	Shrieking Legiana (★★★)
Velkhana (★★★)	Stygian Zinogre (★★★)	Banbaro (★★・)
Barioth (★★・)	Fulgur Anjanath (★★・)	Savage Deviljho (★★・)
Rajang (★★・)	Tigrex (★・・)	Ebony Odogaron (★・・)
Ruiner Nergigante (★・・)	-	-

Region Level 6
Barioth (★★★)	Shrieking Legiana (★★★)	Velkhana (★★★)
Savage Deviljho (★★★)	Stygian Zinogre (★★★)	Legiana (★★・)
Viper Tobi-Kadachi (★★・)	Tigrex (★★・)	Ebony Odogaron (★★・)
Rajang (★★・)	Banbaro (★・・)	Fulgur Anjanath (★・・)
Ruiner Nergigante (★・・)	-	-

Region Level 7
Velkhana (★★★)	Ruiner Nergigante (★★★)	Rajang (★★★)
Stygian Zinogre (★★★)	Barioth (★★・)	Shrieking Legiana (★★・)
Savage Deviljho (★★・)	Legiana (★・・)	Banbaro (★・・)
Viper Tobi-Kadachi (★・・)	Tigrex (★・・)	Fulgur Anjanath (★・・)
Ebony Odogaron (★・・)	-	-

Volcanic Region

Region Level 1
Dodogama	Lavasioth	Banbaro

Region Level 2
Dodogama	Lavasioth	Banbaro
Uragaan	Brachydios	Fulgur Anjanath

Region Level 3
Dodogama	Lavasioth	Banbaro
Uragaan	Brachydios	Fulgur Anjanath
Glavenus	Ebony Odogaron	Tigrex
Rajang	-	-

Region Level 4
Uragaan	Lavasioth	Azure Rathalos
Brachydios	Rathalos	Seething Bazelgeuse
Rajang	Dodogama	Banbaro
Tigrex	Glavenus	Fulgur Anjanath

Region Level 5
Rathalos	Kushala Daora	Teostra
Uragaan	Lunastra	Seething Bazelgeuse
Rajang	Lavasioth	Azure Rathalos
Brachydios	Fulgur Anjanath	Savage Deviljho
Dodogama	Banbaro	Tigrex
Glavenus	Ebony Odogaron	Ruiner Nergigante

Region Level 6
Azure Rathalos	Brachydios	Seething Bazelgeuse
Savage Deviljho	Rajang	Rathalos
Kushala Daora	Teostra	Uragaan
Lunastra	Odogaron	Silver Rathalos
Gold Rathian	Dodogama	Lavasioth
Banbaro	Tigrex	Glavenus
Fulgur Anjanath	Ruiner Nergigante

Region Level 7
Kushala Daora	Teostra	Lunastra
Seething Bazelgeuse	Ruiner Nergigante	Silver Rathalos
Gold Rathian	Rajang	Azure Rathalos
Brachydios	Savage Deviljho	Rathalos
Dodogama	Uragaan	Lavasioth
Banbaro	Tigrex	Glavenus
Fulgur Anjanath	Ebony Odogaron

Ancient Forest Region

Region Level 1
Great Jagras	Pukei-Pukei	Tobi-Kadachi
Anjanath

Region Level 2
Great Jagras	Anjanath	Pukei-Pukei
Tobi-Kadachi	Banbaro	Rathalos
Rathian	Nargacuga	Nightshade Paolumu
Zinogre	Fulgur Anjanath

Region Level 3
Anjanath	Rathalos	Nargacuga
Yian Garuga	Zinogre	Great Jagras
Pukei-Pukei	Tobi-Kadachi	Rathian
Azure Rathalos	Banbaro	Glavenus
Fulgur Anjanath	Nightshade Paolumu	Tigrex
Ebony Odogaron

Region Level 4
Rathalos	Pukei-Pukei	Tobi-Kadachi
Azure Rathalos	Banbaro	Nargacuga
Yian Garuga	Zinogre	Anjanath
Ebony Odogaron	Great Jagras	Rathian
Tigrex	Glavenus	Fulgur Anjanath
Nightshade Paolumu	Rajang

Region Level 5
Anjanath	Rathalos	Kushala Daora
Azure Rathalos	Velkhana	Yian Garuga
Zinogre	Pukei-Pukei	Tobi-Kadachi
Rathian	Banbaro	Nargacuga
Fulgur Anjanath	Nightshade Paolumu	Savage Deviljho
Rajang	Great Jagras	Tigrex
Glavenus	Ebony Odogaron	Ruiner Nergigante

Region Level 6
Kushala Daora	Azure Rathalos	Nargacuga
Zinogre	Savage Deviljho	Scarred Yian Garuga
Anjanath	Rathalos	Velkhana
Ebony Odogaron	Rajang	Great Jagras
Pukei-Pukei	Tobi-Kadachi	Rathian
Banbaro	Tigrex	Glavenus
Fulgur Anjanath	Nightshade Paolumu	Ruiner Nergigante

Region Level 7
Kushala Daora	Ruiner Nergigante	Scarred Yian Garuga
Rajang	Azure Rathalos	Velkhana
Nargacuga	Zinogre	Savage Deviljho
Great Jagras	Anjanath	Rathalos
Pukei-Pukei	Tobi-Kadachi	Rathian
Banbaro	Tigrex	Glavenus
Fulgur Anjanath	Ebony odogaron	Nightshade Paolumu

Wildspire Waste Region

Region Level 1
Kulu-Ya-Ku	Barroth	Pukei-Pukei
Rathian	Nightshade Paolumu	-

Region Level 2
Kulu-Ya-Ku	Barroth	Pukei-Pukei
Rathian	Nightshade Paolumu	Anjanath
Diablos	Pink Rathian	Glavenus
Banbaro	Fulgur Anjanath	-

Region Level 3
Kulu-Ya-Ku	Barroth	Pukei-Pukei
Rathian	Nightshade Paolumu	Anjanath
Diablos	Pink Rathian	Glavenus
Banbaro	Fulgur Anjanath	Black Diablos
Tigrex	Ebony Odogaron	-

Region Level 4
Kulu-Ya-Ku	Barroth	Pukei-Pukei
Rathian	Nightshade Paolumu	Anjanath
Diablos	Pink Rathian	Glavenus
Banbaro	Fulgur Anjanath	Black Diablos
Tigrex	Ebony Odogaron	Rajang

Region Level 5
Kulu-Ya-Ku	Barroth	Pukei-Pukei
Rathian	Nightshade Paolumu	Anjanath
Diablos	Pink Rathian	Glavenus
Banbaro	Fulgur Anjanath	Black Diablos
Tigrex	Ebony Odogaron	Rajang

Region Level 6
Kulu-Ya-Ku	Barroth	Pukei-Pukei
Rathian	Nightshade Paolumu	Anjanath
Diablos	Pink Rathian	Glavenus
Banbaro	Fulgur Anjanath	Black Diablos
Tigrex	Ebony Odogaron	Rajang
Teostra	Lunastra	Savage Deviljho
Velkhana	Gold Rathian	Ruiner Nergigante

Region Level 7
Kulu-Ya-Ku	Barroth	Pukei-Pukei
Rathian	Nightshade Paolumu	Anjanath
Diablos	Pink Rathian	Glavenus
Banbaro	Fulgur Anjanath	Black Diablos
Tigrex	Ebony Odogaron	Rajang
Teostra	Lunastra	Savage Deviljho
Velkhana	Gold Rathian	Ruiner Nergigante

Coral Highlands Region

Tzitzi-Ya-Ku	Banbaro	Paolumu
Coral Pukei-Pukei	Pink Rathian	Legiana
Fulgur Anjanath	Nargacuga	Odogaron
Zinogre	Kirin	Velkhana
Namielle	Savage Deviljho	Ruiner Nergigante
Silver Rathalos	Ebony Odogaron	Rajang

Rotten Vale Region

Great Girros	Banbaro	Radobaan
Odogaron	Tigrex	Fulgur Anjanath
Acidic Glavenus	Ebony Odogaron	Velkhana
Blackveil Vaal Hazak	Anjanath	Savage Deviljho
Ruiner Nergigante	Brute Tigrex	Rajang

What Is The Guiding Lands?

New Area With Complex Ecosystem

The Guiding Lands is an all-new area which features a complex ecosystem that consists of multiple regions. These regions are similar to past areas such as the Ancient Forest and the Coral Highlands.

Restricted To Master Rank Monsters

The Guiding Lands is home to Master Rank monsters only. Hunting any of the large monsters will reward you with MR points. After a certain time, the current monsters will leave the area and be replaced with other monsters.

Targeted Monsters Take Longer To Leave

If you are hunting a certain monster, or they are low on health, it will take longer for the monster to leave the locale.

Obtain Special Materials

Mining Outcrops and Bonepiles from the Guiding Lands will also reward you with special materials that can't be obtained elsewhere. These materials can be used to augment weapons that have a rarity of 10 or higher!

How To Unlock The Guiding Lands

Defeat Final Boss To Unlock

As the Guiding Lands is an endgame area, you will need to defeat the final boss of Iceborne's main story to unlock it.

Only Available In Iceborne

The Guiding Lands is exclusive to the Iceborne expansion. Only players who have updated to Iceborne will be able to access the Guiding Lands.