Guiding Lands misc questions

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Ok just so just to be clear I will not be covering everything imaginable because the point of this is to be a FAQ and not a comprehensive guide. Don't expect me to tell you where to find the gay moles or anything.

>>>WHEN DO I UNLOCK THE GUIDING LANDS
Right after finishing the story

>>>HOW MANY CAMPS ARE THERE?
2, the 2nd one is near the rotted and coral region. The crystal you need for it can be mined in the forest region. Might take a while to find it.


>>>WHEN DO I FIND TEMPERED MONSTERS?
Starting from level 4


>>>WTF ARE GUIDING LANDS MONSTERS STRONGER?
Yes. Some have wildly different AI, best example being Lunastra, some have buffed damage like Odogaron's tail whip. Overall you're going to die more but things also die a little faster.


>>>HOW DO I LEVEL MY REGIONS PAST LEVEL 4?
At MR49, 69 and 99 you get assignments from the field team leader in Seliana's command tent. Completing these will uncap your MR again and also increase the max Guiding Lands level


>>>HOW DO I LEVEL A REGION FAST?
Region leveling is based on research progress. Any part you break, tracks you sniff, monster you spot, trap a monster falls in, monster you slay/capture (that said ALWAYS CAPTURE GUIDING LANDS MONSTERS, it's a big xp difference and guarantees 5 pieces of loot as opposed to 3 carves), turf war you witness etc grants xp in the region that monster belongs, with one really important catch:

THE MORE AREA EXCLUSIVE A MONSTER IS, THE MORE XP IT'LL GRANT

This means all invasion monsters like Banbaro and Fulgur anjanath give FUCKALL xp to any region, do not hunt them to try and level things. Certain monsters, like Rathian, show up in multiple regions. They're worth hunting but don't give as much xp as you'd hope. The big sacks of xp are region exclusives. Great Jagras, Rathalos, Barroth, Diablos etc. The more breaks these monsters have, the more xp they're going to grant. Barroth and Radobaan are especially insane, and if you focus exclusively on breaking their parts, a single one of them will level your region up.

Most level 1-2 areas will mostly spawn area exclusive monsters, so if you want to quickly level your regions, join shitters' SoS.

IT'S IMPORTANT YOU TRY TO AVOID SPOTTING MONSTERS FROM DIFFERENT REGIONS, AS THIS TOO AFFECTS REGION XP

>>>FUCK THE GUIDING LANDS I HAVE TO DELEVEL A REGION JUST TO GET THIS ONE NON TEMPERED MATERIAL AGAIN
As long as you've gathered a monster's material once, that material will forever show up at the melder's item melding screen, and can be melded at a 1:1 ratio using the tempered equivalent. That said, TRY TO AT LEAST GATHER ONE OF EACH MONSTER'S MATERIAL. All you have to do is grab their shinies, so just wallbang a new monster you encounter one or two times until it drops its unique material.