Story Quests

The Pre-Season Story can be played by completing the Prologue and reaching Hunter Rank 11.

It’s here that you can begin to put into practice the basics that you’ve learned.
You’ll also be able to customize your Palico’s appearance, and a variety of new monster species will start appearing in the field.

Completing the Pre-Season Story will cause 6★ monsters to appear in the field. You’ll also be able to play the Season Story, as well as unlock the following content:

• Driftsmelting
• Monster invasions in volatile territories
• Able to obtain Weapon Refining Parts/Armor Refining Parts (Daily Quest rewards)
• Featured monster investigations

The content of each Season can be accessed for around 3 months.

Progressing in Season Stories will unlock even more large monsters that will appear in the field.
Completing a Season Story will unlock monsters of a ★ difficulty higher than the monster hunted in the Season Story’s final Urgent Quest (E.G.: If the monster in the final Urgent Quest is 6★, 7★ monsters will begin to appear).

You can replay the Season Story during the Season, but once the Season ends, you won’t be able to play that Season’s Season Story again (though it may be brought back for events or other occasions). Additionally, even if monsters that appeared at the start of the Season are no longer available, they may be unlocked again in the new Season.

Until you complete the Season Story, you have the option to temporarily lower the difficulty of Urgent Quests. This applies to quests featuring monsters of 6★ or higher.

How to set it

1. Tap “Lower Urgent Quest Difficulty” in the Settings menu
2. Tap “Continue” then tap “Continue” again to confirm

Once you lower the difficulty, this change cannot be reversed. Also, clearing quests at a lower difficulty will not reduce the maximum difficulty of large monsters that can appear in the field—it will remain at the highest level you’ve already unlocked.

Example:
If you lower the difficulty after unlocking 8★ monsters, the field will still feature monsters up to 8★ even after completing the quests.

On the other hand, if you complete the Season Story without lowering the difficulty, the maximum difficulty of large monsters in the field will increase by one level.

Example:
If you finish with 7★ monsters unlocked, 8★ monsters will become available. Keep in mind that once a difficulty level is unlocked, it cannot be lowered.

As you replay the Season Story, Urgent Quests will become more challenging each time. You can use the “Lower Urgent Quest Difficulty” option again whenever needed.