Volcano (3rd)



A volatile area; it begins with low, forested areas, before moving to the base of the volcano, where lava collides with water, creating a curtain of steam at the shoreline. In addition, this iteration of the Volcano zone differentiates itself from previous entries in that it has no dry, craggy, rocky areas, and the actual volcano is visible from camp, as opposed to ominous dark clouds in the distance. From the sea shore, the center volcano can be found, and finally the towering peak. Unlike the Jungle, Desert, and Snowy areas of Monster Hunter 3, the Volcano has remained simply "The Volcano" without any prefixes or name changes. (According to the demos seen at http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/media/27852/4/7.jpg it is quite possible that this Volcano's name will be changed into 'Volcanic Belt'.)

Uragaan, Uragaan Subspecies, Agnaktor, and Uroktor are exclusive to the Volcano.

In Areas 5 to 10, Cool Drinks are required; in Areas 5, 6, and 8 Heat Cancel (Low), and in Areas 7, 9, and 10 Heat Cancel (High) can also be used to avoid health depletion from the extreme heat.

The mining nodes in Area 5 respawn every 4-5 minutes.

Common Resources
Herb: Herb, Antidote Herb, Ivy, Sap Plant, Hot Pepper, Fire Herb, Dragon Toadstool

Berries: Paintberry, Scatternut, Needleberry, Bomberry, Might Seed, Adamant Seed, Firedouse Berry, Dragonfell Berry

Bugs: Worm, Bitterbug, Killer Beetle, Godbug, Flashbug, Rare Scarab, Thunderbug

Fish: Sushifish, Glutton Tuna, Scatterfish

Ores: Whetstone, Iron Ore, Machalite Ore, Dragonite Ore, Earth Crystal, Firestone, Rustshard, Bealite Ore

Other: Armor Sphere, Armor Sphere+, Adv Armor Sphere, Sunspire Jewel, Armor Stone

Upper Rank Only: Hercudrome (bug),Carbalite Ore (ore), Firecell Stone (ore), Ancientshard (ore), Hrd Armor Sphere (other), Hvy Armor Sphere (other), Bloodrun Jewel (other), Lazurite Jewel (other), Timesworn Charm (other)

Note: The Volcano is the best area to search for rare material (has the most rare materials/best percentages of obtaining rare materials than the other areas). Although the other areas have material exlusive to their enviornment. It's better to search for materials in the Volcano in high rank; the rare material percentage is higher than low rank.

Veggie Elder
Location: Area 9, halfway up the trail

Secret Area


There is a mining site in the secret area where you can find rare ores or rust-/ancientshards, as well as a bug catching spot where you can obtain Rare Scarabs, Hercudrome and other bugs.

In order to definitely begin a quest here, you must activate the "Felyne Explorer" skill in the city. Otherwise you only have a 1% chance of beginning there. You can only start here on high-rank quests.

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