Quick Disclaimer

There’s a lot of info I could have wrote about but I tried to keep it simply to explain how the guild quest system works ^^

How it Works You can go into the Forest at anytime and hunt for as long as you please. Each time you kill a monster or collect a dropped item from it (by breaking parts, etc) you ‘report’ that back to the guild (like proof that it was a valid hunting ground). Once you end the exploration a lottery behind the scenes takes place to see if your hard work will result in an official guild quest or not. After that, the game does a lottery to see which monster will be featured in that quest (not the same as the monsters you killed), and finally (so long as it’s not an elder dragon) a lottery to determine if the quest will be a single or double monster ordeal (if double it does one more lottery to determine which monster). How to increase chances in getting an official Guild Quest: Defeat 2 monsters or pick up 6 drops (+100%)

Pick up 5 drops (+90%)

Defeat 1 monster (+80%)

Pick up 4 drops (+60%)

Pick up 3 drops (+40%)

Pick up 2 drops (+20%)

Pick up 1 drop (+10%) How to raise chances of a double monster quest: The more monsters you kill in a single run in the Forest the greater odds that a double monster guild quest will result from it (you can kill up to 5 large monsters in a single forest run) Monsters hunted: 1＝0％

2＝35％

3＝50％

4＝75％

5＝100％ Why is a double monster guild quest better? The HP of the monsters is lower and more rewards, which are important once we get to rusted weapons. Note that from lv76 you will get a wild monster who will enter the area after the first monster is killed.

■Saving and playing Guild Quests

You can have up to 10 guild quests registered with the guild quest counter at any time and 99 guild quests in temp storage. Once you register a quest, you go on it the same way you go on an event quest (choose guild at the online quest desk). Guild Quests follow the same rules as other quests (3 tries and you fail, timer, etc.) and while you earn the quest solo in the forest, the quest is best played online with other hunters especially at the later levels.

■Got a Guild Quest…Now what?

When you get a quest it starts at a certain level. If you share that quest, anyone who gets it will receive it at that initial level even if you level it up first.

If you beat the quest it’s level will go up by 3. After LV76 it’ll only go up one at a time.

LV1-30: Low rank monster

LV31-75: High rank monster

LV76-90: G-rank like monster

LV91: Even stronger

After LV76 you also have to put up with random monsters that show up (one is guaranteed to show up after you kill the first monster in a two-monster guild quest), so bring Dung Bombs! The G rank like + quests are tough even if you have really high defense armor.

■Rare (aka: Treasure maps)

After you complete or quit a guild quest, there is a 10% chance of the next one being ‘rare’ and containing a map filled with rare treasure/mining spots. This is your chance to collect Rusted Equipment.

■So why do I want to grind the same quest over and over again?

To get rusted equipment (weapons/armor). These suckers have different tiers and by leveling up a guild quest to very high levels you’ll earn the ability to both gather and receive rusted equipment as quest rewards (I will not go into rusted equipment here). The other reason is to get armor spheres. You can only get True Armor spheres in MH4 through high rank guild quests.

■Quest Rewards/Rare Items

Depending on the danger rank of the monster, clearing the guild quest can earn you rusted equipment. To get the coveted Heroic items as quest rewards, it has to be LV91+ guild quest.

Rank 6 monsters (Kushala, Teostra, Shagaru, Rajang):

Only heroic equipment

Rank 5 monster (Bracchydios, Sygian Zinoger, Kirin subspecies)

Only heroic equipment

Rank 5 monsters (Gore Magara, Kirin, Yian Garuga, Zinogre, Tigrex, Tigrex Sub (confirmed to be called Brute Tigrex))

Mix of heroic or seasoned equipment

When you have a two-monster quest, the grade of the reward depends on the highest rank monster in the quest, so if you have a Yian + Rajang quest, then you’ll get Rajang rewards. The monster on the left will determine the appearance of the rusted equipment (there are 5 different ones and the link here shows which goes to which (use google translate if you don’t read Japanese: http://goo.gl/Co1UZq for weapons, http://goo.gl/CdvGRr for armor)).

Popular combinations, which allow max amount of rare rewards, is Yian+Rajang, Tigrex Sub+Rajang, and Basarios+Rajang. This is mostly since Rajang can be locked and killed in no time with 3 HBG and a LBG user. Personally I hunt a LV100 Shagaru and Teostra often.

■Spotting a Fake Quest

This has already been taken care of by Capcom, but fake Guild Quests were monsters who appeared in the base camp and did not attack you, monsters that don’t appear in guild quests (Rare Tigrex, Crimson Fatalis, etc.), or monsters stating at a high default level like lv100.

■Special Thanks

This site ( goo.gl/NA08QC ) did a fantastic job of gathering all this info and I took a lot of it from that site. There’s all sorts of into, like what monster will generate what kind of guild quest, etc. I suggest you check it out!

Happy Hunting!