Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Hunter Rank Guide (2024)

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Hunter Rank Guide (1)

Your Hunter Rank, abbreviated by HR, is essentially your “level” in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. To raise your HR, you'll need to complete the Key Quests (basically the "main" quests), which unlock Urgent Quests. Being at a higher HR means access to more quests and potentially earning better gear. To do this, you'll need to go to the Gathering Hall, which is accessible from the map. It's basically the online game hub, so all of the monsters and missions here are scaled for multiple players.

But sometimes, there are just days when it feels like all the groups you’re joining are full of fail. If you plan on solo questing in the Gathering Hall or Elder Hall, do so offline. Don't solo quest in an online room while waiting for other players. Solo questing offline will slightly lower the monsters’ difficulty and allow you to bring two Palicoes with you, assuming you’ve unlocked another Palico in the singleplayer or someone was nice enough to send one to your mailbox. Having another set of paws on the healing horn is immeasurably valuable.

Playing online, you can share Guild Quests, Guild Cards, and Palicoes with other players in your game through the start menu. It can be extremely difficult to unlock some of the Guild Quests needed to access specific monsters needed for crafting special weapons. If you like the people you’re playing with, you can spare them the hassle that you went through to unlock those Guild Quests by sharing with them. If you don’t like them, well, those chumps can do hours of Expeditions on their own…

With all that said, here is that Key Quest list you’re here for:

Gathering Hall Low Rank Quests

HR 1 > HR 2

Bug Burger
Kecha Konundrum
Tackling a Tetsucabra
The Gypceros Project
Urgent Quest – Web Sighting

HR 2 > HR 3

Royal Assassination
A Ghastly Gift
Zamtrios of the Deep
Nix the Najarala
Urgent Quest – Dark Wings, Dark Work

HR 3 > HR 4

Tigrex Tough Love
Temper Tantrum
Royal Audience
Tuff Turf
The Royal Guard
Urgent Quest – Sand Sailor

Gathering Hall High Rank Quests

HR 4 > HR 5

Face Two Face
Purple People Eater
Buffoonish Baboon
Dastardly Duo
Urgent Quest – Rathian’s Wrath

HR 5 > HR 6

Writer’s Block
The Red Menace
Dread Locked
Advanced: Frenzied Foe
Urgent Quest – Ore D’oeuvre

HR 6 > HR 7

Bring Down the Sky King
Infernal Overlord
Ear Ache
Brimstone and Brachydios
Urgent Quest – Stop the Wheel

HR 7 > HR 8

Advanced: Grim Tidings
Advanced: Teostra Tangle
Advanced: Storm Front
Advanced: Fleet Action
Urgent Quest – Speartip Menace

Once you complete the HR 8 Urgent Quest, you become G Rank, which opens up the hardest difficulty of monsters in the game, along with the best gear. You partake of G Rank quests in the Elder Hall, not the Gathering Hall. You will not even be allowed to enter the Elder Hall if you are not G Rank. If you can solo G Rank monsters, you’ve definitely earned some bragging rights.

HR 8 > G

Urgent Quest – Glacial Grinder

Elder Hall G Rank Quests

G1 > G2

If performed in a group, you will still get credit for Part Two quests, excluding Urgent Quests, even though they will not be listed until you have completed all of Part One.

Part One:

Sculptural Seltas
Seeing Spots
Berserker Rage
Line in the Sand
Fashion Victim

Part Two:

Hunter in Green and Red
Grand Finals Confrontation
Serpent Serenade
Hit List: Plum Daimyo Hermitaur
Urgent Quest – Seer of Swords

G2 > G3

If performed in a group, you will still get credit for Part Two quests, excluding Urgent Quests, even though they will not be listed until you have completed all of Part One.

Part One:
Course Correction
The Azure King and the Tyrant
Temper Tantrum
How to Zap Your Zinogre

Part Two:Pestering Pest
Brute Force
Hollow Promise
Fire Drill
Showdown at High Noon
Showdown at Midnight
Urgent Quest – A Plague Awoken

G3 > G3 All Access

Advanced: A Formless Fiend
Advanced: A Storm of Steel
Advanced: Emperor of Embers
Advanced: Icy Investigation
Urgent Quest – Advanced: Quagmire Quarrel

Looking for more help with Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate? We also have the following guides available:

  • Beginner's Guide
  • General Weapons Guide
  • Charge Blade Guide
  • Insect Glaive Guide
  • Monster Guide
  • Palico Guide
  • Village Quests Guide
  • Item Crafting Guide

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Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Hunter Rank Guide (2024)

FAQs

How do you increase Hunter rank in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate? ›

Your Hunter Rank increases by 1 for each Urgent Quests you post and clear. Urgent Quests can be posted once you have cleared specific quests in the available list for each level. To join a G-rank quest, you need the appropriate Hunter Rank and G-rank permit.

Does Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate have G rank? ›

there are solo G rank mission but the only way to unlock them is by completing specific G1-3 quests, no way to do any solo G before beating G3 online. There is no offline G-rank.

How to get G rank mh4u? ›

HR 7 > HR 8

Once you complete the HR 8 Urgent Quest, you become G Rank, which opens up the hardest difficulty of monsters in the game, along with the best gear.

How do I get better at Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate? ›

Tips For Playing Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
  1. Don't worry too much about everything.
  2. There are no levels or classes.
  3. Pick and learn a weapon you like...
  4. … but don't just stick to one weapon.
  5. Know the quest types.
  6. Before you go out on a quest, get your items sorted.
  7. Always eat before you quest.
  8. Use item sets.
Feb 17, 2015

How do you level up fast in Hunter? ›

You can increase your level by increasing the amount of experience your character has obtained. This can be done through harvesting animals, discovering outposts and points of interest, and completing missions. At the moment, the level cap is 60 with maximum Skill and Perk Points capped at 22 each.

How do you advance Hunter rank? ›

There are three ways to rank up your Hunter Rank:
  1. Special Assignments in Village. ...
  2. Urgent Quests in the Gathering Hub. ...
  3. After you reached HR8 and unlocked hunter points you will rank up your HR simply by hunting monsters.
Jul 13, 2022

How old is Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate? ›

On January 26, 2014, an enhanced edition titled Monster Hunter 4G was announced for release in Japan on October 11, 2014, and allowed players to utilize Monster Hunter 4 save files. This version was released in North America and Europe as Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate on February 13, 2015.

What is the max HR in mh4u? ›

What's the cap? It goes up to HR999. You most likely can have everything unlocked before you reach HR200.

What Hunter rank is Kirin? ›

If you want to face Kirin at High Rank, you must get to Hunter Rank 49 first. As for its location within the Coral Highlands, if you start at the north-west campsite, it'll be in this elevated set of areas (12, 13 and 15).

How do you unlock G rank in Crimson fatalis mh4u? ›

Crimson Fatalis is unlocked at High Rank by slaying Fatalis, and at HR9 by slaying Fatalis and doing every G*** Elder Dragon quest.

How do you unlock G rank expeditions? ›

After you gain access to the Everwood, you can go on an Expedition at any time from the World Map. By completing Quests undertaken at towns and at the Gathering Hall, you'll unlock the ability to go on High-rank and G-rank Expeditions.

How do you unlock high rank? ›

High Rank is only available in the Hub missions, unlocking once you hit the four star quests.

What is the easiest weapon in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate? ›

If it's a low number of button presses and combos, then the Bow, LBG, and HBG are the simplest by far. If it's a weapon that makes fighting monsters easier, then Charge Blade is probably the clear winner, with Lance on its coattails.

How long does Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate take to beat? ›

When focusing on the main objectives, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate is about 77 Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 394 Hours to obtain 100% completion.

Does Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate have DLC? ›

All of the MH4U DLC is free. Just look up MH4U in the eshop and download the 1.1 update. Not sure if it will still be available after the eshop closes. If you get the game, talk to the cat in the house to download the DLC, after you download the 1.1 update.

How do you increase Hunter rank in Monster Hunter generations Ultimate? ›

Hunter Ranks

You can increase your Hunter Rank by completing Urgent Quests at the Hunters Hub. Urgent Quests will appear once you have completed certain Quests.

How to increase hunter rank rise? ›

Once Hunter Rank is "uncapped" - you can continue raising Hunter Rank by completing quests, which grant a certain amount of points depending on the quest type.

How do you upgrade Hunter level? ›

Use Hunter potions to boost the Hunter level to be able to catch creatures earlier than they become available. In addition, boosting the Hunter level before level 20, 40, 60 and 80 allows the player to set an extra trap for faster experience rates.

How do you unlock high rank in Monster Hunter? ›

When you first play Monster Hunter Rise, you are in Low Rank. This isn't mentioned as such - but know all the initial quests in either the Village and Hub quest tracks are in this rank. High Rank is only available in the Hub missions, unlocking once you hit the four star quests.

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