Forest and Hills

MH: Forest and Hills Music Theme

Forest and Hills
Names
English Name:	Forest and Hills
Japanese Name:	森丘
General Information
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Number of Areas:	12
Small Monsters:	Bullfango, Velociprey, Felyne, Melynx, Kelbi, Mosswine, Shakalaka, Vespoid, Aptonoth, Great Thunderbug
Large Monsters:	King Shakalaka, Velocidrome, Yian Kut-Ku, Blue Yian Kut-Ku, Yian Garuga, Gypceros, Rathian, Pink Rathian, Rathalos, Azure Rathalos, Chameleos, Hypnocatrice, Unknown (Black Flying Wyvern)
Game Appearances:	MH1, MHG, MH2, MHF1, MHF2, MHFU, MHFO
Generation:	First

The Forest and Hills region is a reappearing area seen in all the Monster Hunter games except Monster Hunter 3, Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate and Monster Hunter 4. It first appeared in Monster Hunter, where it was the first terrain you venture to. It's an easy land of neutral climate and temperature. It has a high vegetation of plant life, mushrooms, nuts and berries. Many hunters consider this to be a very desirable area to hunt in, due to its easy-to-navigate layout and memorable areas. Monsters who prefer more temperate weathers such as Yian Kut-Ku and Velociprey/Velocidrome tend to spend time here quite often. Rathalos and Rathian also consider this place a good nesting spot

Geography

Base

A caved in area with a Resting Bed, a Supply Box, and a heating place. There's also a Fishing Spot behind the Resting Bed, and a spiderweb harvested right around the camp. No monsters can appear here so its the perfect place to heal. Leads to Area 1.

Village 1-6 *

Gathering Hall 1-5 *

Fishing	%
Rumblefish	25
Pin Tuna	23
Knife Mackerel	20
Nothing	10
Sleepyfish	10
Goldenfish	10
Speartuna	2

Area 1

A hunter with his felyne on Area 1.

A grassy field bordered by a river and a forest. Frequently inhabited by Aptonoth but beware when on egg hunting missions Velociprey can appear here. There is single Dung spot here (you can also gather Kut-Ku Scales from here) and a bug gathering spot.

Village 1-6 *

Gathering Hall 1-5 *

Misc	%	Berrys	%	Bugs	%	Berrys	%
Dung	80	Needleberry	60	Bitterbug	43	Huskberry	79
Wyvern Droppings	10	Huskberry	40	Thunderbug	7	Scatternut	21
Kut-Ku Scale	10			Royal Rhino	15
				Carpenterbug	20
				Cricket	10
				Insect Husk	5

Area 2

A flat grassy plain, a hill oversees the area and can be climbed to enter area 6.

Velociprey are very common to this area.

Plants, Berries and Ivy can be harvested here.

Note:

The velociprey in this zone will respawn so don't bother finishing them off .

Village 1-6 *

Gathering Hall 1-5 *

Plants	%	Berrys	%	Plants	%	Berrys	%
Herb	96	Needleberry	60	Ivy	90	Paintberry	73
Nothing	4	Huskberry	40	Nothing	10	Kut-Ku Scale	27

Area 3

A large grassy plain atop a cliff overlooking a forested countryside.

Aptonoth graze here often. Shakalaka sometimes wait here to ambush Hunters. Rathalos commonly appears here.

Berries, Herbs, and Mushrooms can be gathered here.

Village 1-6 *

Gathering Hall 1-5 *

Berrys	%	Berrys	%	Berrys	%	Mushrooms	%
Insect Husk	20	Herb	75	Huskberry	90	Special Mushroom	68
Huskberry	80	Needleberry	25	Nothing	10	Nitroshroom	32

Area 4

A very large hill overlooking both the plains and the forested areas of this region.

Vespoid can usually be found here.

Plants, Berries and Mushrooms can all be harvested here.

Village 1-6 *

Gathering Hall 1-5 *

Plants	%	Berrys	%	Mushrooms	%	Berrys	%
Herb	96	Paintberry	54	Blue Mushroom	62	Huskberry	40
Nothing	4	Huskberry	46	Scatternut	38	Needleberry	60

Area 5

A dry and dark cave, a perfect home for wyverns, they often lay their Eggs here.

Wyverns and large monsters will come here to sleep when they're injured.

Velociprey are common here. Shakalaka sometimes wait here to ambush Hunters.

There is a single Mining Point here.

Village 1-6 *

Gathering Hall 1-5 *

Mining	%	Misc	%	Misc	%	Misc	%
Machalite Ore	20	Dung	80	Wyvern Egg	30	Bone	30
Iron Ore	30	Wyvern Droppings	10	Mystery Bone	64	Mystery Bone	52
Suiko Jewel	10	Kut-Ku Scale	10	Unknown Skull	6	Kut-Ku Scale	10
Earth Crystal	30					Unknown Skull	8
Stone	5
Goldstone Piece	5

Area 6

A vertical cliff face can be climbed to reach the top of the mountain.

Mosswine live here.

There is a single Mining Point here near the top there are gathering points here, and Ivy can be harvested here.

Village 1-6 *

Gathering Hall 1-5 *

Mining	%	Plants	%	Misc	%	Plants	%
Akito Jewel	6	Ivy	90	Spiderweb	77	Herb	50
Disk Stone	20	Nothing	10	Insect Husk	23	Sap Plant	50
Earth Crystal	15
Goldstone Piece	20
Iron Ore	34
Stone	5

Area 7

A secluded and peaceful clearing in the forest where no monsters appear, this is also where the Forest and Hills Veggie Elder stays.

Honey, Plants and Berries can be gathered here.

Village 1-6 *

Gathering Hall 1-5 *

Plants	%	Mushrooms	%	Plants	%	Honey	%
Sunset Herb	10	Special Mushroom	75	Herb	96	Insect Husk	30
Felvine	90	Nitroshroom	25	Nothing	4	Honey	70

Area 8

A very mysterious forest. There is an abandoned hunter camp at the north west corner. The dead body of a Kelbi is found there. Bullfango and Mosswine favor this area.

'Mushrooms, Ivy, and Spiderwebs can be harvested here.

Village 1-6 *

Gathering Hall 1-5 *

Misc	%	Mushrooms	%	Plants	%	Plants	%
Insect Husk	23	Blue Mushroom	34	Ivy	70	Herb	96
Spiderweb	77	Scatternut	66	Sunset Herb	30	Nothing	4

Area 9

A thin stretch of land that cuts straight through the forest. there is also a little lake where the dead body of a Kelbi lies around. There is also a secret passage from where you can get to a place where you can collect Honey.

Melynx and Mosswine are the most common inhabitants.

Honey, Plants and Mushrooms can be gathered here. Bugs can be caught here if the Hunter ducks underneath a small opening.

Village 1-6 *

Gathering Hall 1-5 *

Honey	%	Bugs	%	Plants	%	Mushrooms	%
Honey	70	Carpenterbug	15	Herb	73	Special Mushroom	77
Nothing	30	Royal Rhino	20	Sleep Herb	27	Kut-Ku Scale	23
		Flashbug	30
		Godbug	20
		Killer Beetle	10
		Firefly	5

Area 10

Serene pond surrounded by lush trees and shrubs.

Bullfango, Mosswine, Felynes and Melynx have all been sighted here. Shakalaka sometimes wait here to ambush Hunters.

Plants and Mushrooms grow abundantly here.

Village 1-6 *

Gathering Hall 1-5 *

Plants	%	Mushrooms	%	Plants	%	Berrys	%
Sleep Herb	74	Special Mushroom	53	Antidote Herb	68	Paintberry	95
Power Seed	26	Blue Mushroom	47	Sunset Herb	32	Nothing	5

Area 11

A tiny route leading to a Felyne village. A small stream cuts through this area.

Bullfango and Mosswine sometimes appear here.

Fish can be caught here and a Mining Point is just at the top of small hill behind a large log.

Village 1-6 *

Gathering Hall 1-5 *

Mining	%	Fishing	%	Misc	%	Misc	%	Misc	%
Iron Ore	30	Sushifish	25	Stone	60	Worm	86	Worm	75
Earth Crystal	25	Rumblefish	25	Whetstone	40	Stone	14	Frog	25
Machalite Ore	15	Knife Mackerel	23
Goldstone Piece	15	Sleepyfish	10
Suiko Jewel	10	Burst Arrowana	10
Disk Stone	5	Nothing	7

Area 12

A Felyne village where a Hunter can collect Barrels and Master's Skulls (High Rank only). You can retrieve the items that Melynx stole from you at the Drop Point and a Spiderweb can be harvested here.

Melynx and Felynes live here.

Bugs can be caught here.

Village 1-6 *

Gathering Hall 1-5 *

Misc	%	Bugs	%	Misc	%	Misc	%
Spiderweb	85	Bitterbug	30	Large Barrel	62	Small Barrel	90
Insect Husk	15	Royal Rhino	20	Mystery Bone	30	Barrel Lid	5
		Thunderbug	20	Unknown Skull	8	Lost Umbrella	5
		Killer Beetle	15
		Flashbug	10
		Cricket	5

Notes

• In zones 8 and 9 there are oversized Kelbi carcasses. Though you cannot interact with them, you can sometimes see the Rathalos and Rathian eating from the one in zone 9 if you observe from a distance.
• After killing 9 Shakalakas, a King Shakalaka appears in area 5
• In MHF1 area 9 had a different camera angle that was much closer to the hunter, making combat difficult. This was fixed by MHFU.

See Also

• About the Forest and Hills