Story quest order · Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
Progression
All 53 story missions in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, grouped by rank and star tier.
Base game
1★
Jagras of the Ancient Forest
Slay 7 Jagras
LR 1★ · Location: Ancient Forest
Target monster: Jagras ×7
Requirements: No requirement
2★
Star progression: Complete this rank's 1★ assigned quests.
A Kestodon Kerfuffle
Complete the assignment
LR 2★ · Location: Ancient Forest
Target monster: Kestodon ×8
Requirements: No requirement
The Great Jagras Hunt
Hunt a Great Jagras
LR 2★ · Location: Ancient Forest
Target monster: Great Jagras
Requirements: No requirement
Bird-Brained Bandit
Hunt a Kulu-Ya-Ku
LR 2★ · Location: Ancient Forest
Target monster: Kulu-Ya-Ku
Requirements: HR 2 or higher
3★
Star progression: Complete this rank's 2★ assigned quests.
Urgent: Pukei-Pukei Hunt
Hunt a Pukei-Pukei
LR 3★ · Location: Ancient Forest
Target monster: Pukei-Pukei
Requirements: HR 2 or higher
The Best Kind of Quest
Complete the assignment
LR 3★ · Location: Wildspire Waste
Target monster: Barroth
Requirements: HR 3 or higher
Sinister Shadows in the Swamp
Complete the assignment
LR 3★ · Location: Wildspire Waste
Target monster: Jyuratodus
Requirements: HR 3 or higher
Flying Sparks: Tobi-Kadachi
Hunt a Tobi-Kadachi
LR 3★ · Location: Ancient Forest
Target monster: Tobi-Kadachi
Requirements: HR 4 or higher
4★
Star progression: Complete this rank's 3★ assigned quests.
The Encroaching Anjanath
Hunt an Anjanath
LR 4★ · Location: Ancient Forest
Target monster: Anjanath
Requirements: HR 4 or higher
One for the History Books
Complete the assignment
LR 4★ · Location: Great Ravine
Target monster: Zorah Magdaros
Requirements: HR 5 or higher
Ballooning Problems
Hunt a Paolumu
LR 4★ · Location: Coral Highlands
Target monster: Paolumu
Requirements: HR 6 or higher
Radobaan Roadblock
Hunt a Radobaan
LR 4★ · Location: Rotten Vale
Target monster: Radobaan
Requirements: HR 7 or higher
5★
Star progression: Complete this rank's 4★ assigned quests.
Legiana: Embodiment of Elegance
Hunt a Legiana
LR 5★ · Location: Coral Highlands
Target monster: Legiana
Requirements: HR 8 or higher
Into the Bowels of the Vale
Complete the assignment
LR 5★ · Location: Rotten Vale
Target monster: Odogaron
Requirements: HR 8 or higher
A Fiery Throne Atop the Forest
Hunt a Rathalos
LR 5★ · Location: Ancient Forest
Target monster: Rathalos
Requirements: HR 8 or higher
Horned Tyrant Below the Sands
Hunt a Diablos
LR 5★ · Location: Wildspire Waste
Target monster: Diablos
Requirements: HR 8 or higher
6★
Star progression: Complete this rank's 5★ assigned quests.
A Colossal Task
Complete the assignment
LR 6★ · Location: Everstream
Target monster: Zorah Magdaros
Requirements: HR 10 or higher
6★
Invader in the Waste
Hunt a Pukei-Pukei
HR 6★ · Location: Wildspire Waste
Target monster: Pukei-Pukei
Requirements: HR 11 or higher
Tickled Pink
Hunt an Anjanath
HR 6★ · Location: Wildspire Waste
Target monster: Anjanath
Requirements: HR 11 or higher
7★
Star progression: Complete this rank's 6★ assigned quests.
Old World Monster in the New World
Complete the assignment
HR 7★ · Location: Coral Highlands
Target monster: Pink Rathian
Requirements: HR 12 or higher
8★
Star progression: Complete this rank's 7★ assigned quests.
A Wound and a Thirst
Slay Nergigante
HR 8★ · Location: Elder's Recess
Target monster: Nergigante
Requirements: HR 13 or higher
Kushala Daora, Dragon of Steel
Slay Kushala Daora
HR 8★ · Location: Elder's Recess
Target monster: Kushala Daora
Requirements: HR 14 or higher
Teostra the Infernal
Slay Teostra
HR 8★ · Location: Elder's Recess
Target monster: Teostra
Requirements: HR 14 or higher
Hellish Fiend Vaal Hazak
Slay Vaal Hazak
HR 8★ · Location: Rotten Vale
Target monster: Vaal Hazak
Requirements: HR 14 or higher
9★
Star progression: Complete this rank's 8★ assigned quests.
Land of Convergence
Complete the assignment
HR 9★ · Location: Confluence of Fates
Target monster: Xeno'jiiva
Requirements: HR 15 or higher
Beyond the Blasting Scales
Hunt two Bazelgeuse
HR 9★ · Location: Wildspire Waste
Target monster: Bazelgeuse ×2
Requirements: HR 29 or higher
Thunderous Rumble in the Highlands
Slay a Kirin
HR 9★ · Location: Coral Highlands
Target monster: Kirin
Requirements: HR 49 or higher
Iceborne expansion
1★
Baptism by Ice
Hunt a Beotodus
MR 1★ · Location: Hoarfrost Reach
Target monster: Beotodus
Requirements: MR 1 or higherAppears on an expedition to Hoarfrost Reach.
Banbaro Blockade
Hunt a Banbaro
MR 1★ · Location: Hoarfrost Reach
Target monster: Banbaro
Requirements: MR 2 or higherAppears on an expedition to Hoarfrost Reach.
2★
Star progression: Complete this rank's 1★ assigned quests.
Ready to Strike
Hunt a Viper Tobi-Kadachi
MR 2★ · Location: Hoarfrost Reach
Target monster: Viper Tobi-Kadachi
Requirements: MR 3 or higher
No Time for Naps
Hunt a Nightshade Paolumu
MR 2★ · Location: Wildspire Waste
Target monster: Nightshade Paolumu
Requirements: MR 4 or higher
Play Both Ends
Hunt a Coral Pukei-Pukei
MR 2★ · Location: Coral Highlands
Target monster: Coral Pukei-Pukei
Requirements: MR 4 or higher
3★
Star progression: Complete this rank's 2★ assigned quests.
Blizzard Blitz
Hunt a Barioth
MR 3★ · Location: Hoarfrost Reach
Target monster: Barioth
Requirements: MR 6 or higher
Ever-present Shadow
Hunt a Nargacuga
MR 3★ · Location: Ancient Forest
Target monster: Nargacuga
Requirements: MR 7 or higherAppears after an investigation in Ancient Forest.
The Scorching Blade
Hunt a Glavenus
MR 3★ · Location: Wildspire Waste
Target monster: Glavenus
Requirements: MR 7 or higherAppears after an investigation in Ancient Forest.
Absolute Power
Hunt a Tigrex
MR 3★ · Location: Rotten Vale
Target monster: Tigrex
Requirements: MR 9 or higher
A Smashing Cross Counter
Hunt a Brachydios
MR 3★ · Location: Elder's Recess
Target monster: Brachydios
Requirements: MR 9 or higher
A Tale of Ice and Fire
Repel Velkhana
MR 3★ · Location: Elder's Recess
Target monster: Velkhana
Requirements: MR 11 or higher
4★
Star progression: Complete this rank's 3★ assigned quests.
When the Mist Taketh You
Hunt a Shrieking Legiana
MR 4★ · Location: Hoarfrost Reach
Target monster: Shrieking Legiana
Requirements: MR 12 or higher
The Disintegrating Blade
Hunt an Acidic Glavenus
MR 4★ · Location: Rotten Vale
Target monster: Acidic Glavenus
Requirements: MR 14 or higher
Bad Friends, Great Enemies
Hunt an Ebony Odogaron
MR 4★ · Location: Coral Highlands
Target monster: Ebony Odogaron
Requirements: MR 14 or higher
The Defense of Seliana
Complete the assignment
MR 4★ · Location: Seliana Supply Cache
Target monster: Velkhana
Requirements: MR 16 or higher
The Thunderous Troublemaker!
Hunt a Fulgur Anjanath
MR 4★ · Location: Hoarfrost Reach
Target monster: Fulgur Anjanath
Requirements: MR 13 or higher
5★
Star progression: Complete this rank's 4★ assigned quests.
The Iceborne Wyvern
Slay a Velkhana
MR 5★ · Location: Hoarfrost Reach
Target monster: Velkhana
Requirements: MR 17 or higher
The Second Coming
Hunt a Seething Bazelgeuse
MR 5★ · Location: Elder's Recess
Target monster: Seething Bazelgeuse
Requirements: MR 18 or higherAppears on an expedition to Elder's Recess.
Under the Veil of Death
Slay a Blackveil Vaal Hazak
MR 5★ · Location: Ancient Forest
Target monster: Blackveil Vaal Hazak
Requirements: MR 19 or higherAppears after finding the monster's tracks.
A Light From The Abyss
Slay a Namielle
MR 5★ · Location: Coral Highlands
Target monster: Namielle
Requirements: MR 20 or higherAppears after finding the monster's tracks.
6★
Star progression: Complete this rank's 5★ assigned quests.
To The Guided, A Paean
Complete the assignment
MR 6★ · Location: Origin Isle
Target monster: Ruiner Nergigante
Requirements: MR 21 or higher
Paean of Guidance
Complete the assignment
MR 6★ · Location: Origin Isle
Target monster: Shara Ishvalda
Requirements: MR 22 or higher
Sleep Now in the Fire
Hunt all target monsters
MR 6★ · Location: Ancient Forest
Target monster: Rathian, Nightshade Paolumu
Requirements: MR 49 or higher
Big Burly Bash
Hunt all target monsters
MR 6★ · Location: Elder's Recess
Target monster: Brachydios, Glavenus
Requirements: MR 69 or higher
To the Very Ends with You
Slay a Ruiner Nergigante
MR 6★ · Location: Guiding Lands
Target monster: Ruiner Nergigante
Requirements: MR 99 or higher
Return of the Crazy One
Hunt a Yian Garuga
MR 6★ · Location: Guiding Lands
Target monster: Yian Garuga
Requirements: MR 24 or higherAppears as you level up the Ancient Forest region in the Guiding Lands.
