{"id":45896,"date":"2025-03-21T11:52:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T02:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=45896"},"modified":"2025-03-21T11:52:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T02:52:35","slug":"monster-hunter-wilds-how-to-rank-up-fast-to-unlock-hunter-rank-restricted-story-missions-after-chapter-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/monster-hunter-wilds-how-to-rank-up-fast-to-unlock-hunter-rank-restricted-story-missions-after-chapter-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Hunter Wilds: How to rank up fast to unlock Hunter Rank-restricted story missions after Chapter 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Upon completing the Chapter 3 mission \u2018Monster Hunter\u2019 in <strong>Monster Hunter Wilds<\/strong>, the Guardian Zoh Shia is defeated and the end credits roll. But the game is far from over. After capturing a <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-wilds-gets-its-first-limited-time-events-with-unique-mimiphyta-headgear-and-kunafa-cheese-rewards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yian Kut-Ku<\/a> in the Chapter 4 mission \u201cNew Ecosystems\u201d, you will occasionally run into story missions that require you to be a certain Hunter Rank (HR) to progress. Here are all the HR-restricted story missions and how to rank up fast:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"hr-restricted-story-missions\">HR-restricted Story Missions&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250321-45896-001.jpg\" alt=\"Monster Hunter Wilds Story Missions\" class=\"wp-image-45902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250321-45896-001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250321-45896-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250321-45896-001-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chapter 4<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cChasing Change\u201d \u2013 HR 15&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTouring History\u201d \u2013 HR 20&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chapter 5<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPremonitions\u201d \u2013 HR 31&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Root Cause\u201d \u2013 HR 33&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA Break in the Clouds\u201d \u2013 HR 40&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"complete-side-missions-and-farm-monster-parts\">Complete Side-Missions and Farm monster parts&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250321-45896-002.jpg\" alt=\"Monster Hunter Wilds optional quests\" class=\"wp-image-45901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250321-45896-002.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250321-45896-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250321-45896-002-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Completing Chapter 3 unlocks High Rank in Monster Hunter Wilds. This is when stronger versions of Low Rank monsters as well as exclusive High Rank monsters start to appear. These monsters carry new materials that can be crafted into stronger armor, weapons, and items &#8211; which encourages you to hunt them as most of your gear pre-Chapter 3 finale will be outdated by Chapter 4.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The best way to increase your Hunter Rank in Monster Hunter Wilds is to slay or <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/monster-hunter-wilds-how-to-capture-monsters-instead-of-slaying-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">capture monsters<\/a>. Completing Field Surveys and Investigations allows you to quickly farm HR experience while gathering important monster materials. To speed things up, certain NPCs in hub areas like the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-wilds-causes-sales-of-actual-cheese-naan-to-skyrocket-in-japan-as-food-cutscenes-drive-players-into-cheese-craving-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kunafa Windsong Village<\/a> in Windward Plains give optional quests with unique rewards (some quests even feature two monsters \u2013 increasing their HR experience payout).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a final reminder, always progress the main story whenever you have reached the required Hunter Rank. While you will still gain HR experience, the changes won\u2019t be reflected on your Hunter Rank until you complete the associated main story mission. Keep building your character with new gear and you\u2019ll reach the end of the main story before you know it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monster Hunter Wilds is out now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Steam).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What to do in Monster Hunter Wilds after completing Chapter 3- including Hunter Rank Story Missions, side quests and monster part farming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":45900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Monster Hunter Wilds: How to rank up fast to unlock Hunter Rank-restricted story missions after Chapter 3 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What to do in Monster Hunter Wilds after completing Chapter 3- including Hunter Rank Story Missions, side quests and monster part farming.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/monster-hunter-wilds-how-to-rank-up-fast-to-unlock-hunter-rank-restricted-story-missions-after-chapter-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Monster Hunter Wilds: How to rank up fast to unlock Hunter Rank-restricted story missions after Chapter 3 - AUTOMATON WEST\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What to do in Monster Hunter Wilds after completing Chapter 3- including Hunter Rank Story Missions, side quests and monster part farming.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/monster-hunter-wilds-how-to-rank-up-fast-to-unlock-hunter-rank-restricted-story-missions-after-chapter-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AUTOMATON WEST\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-21T02:52:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-21T02:52:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250321-45896-header.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Carlos &quot;Zoto&quot; Zotomayor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AUTOMATON_ENG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AUTOMATON_ENG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carlos &quot;Zoto&quot; Zotomayor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Monster Hunter Wilds: How to rank up fast to unlock Hunter Rank-restricted story missions after Chapter 3 - AUTOMATON WEST","description":"What to do in Monster Hunter Wilds after completing Chapter 3- including Hunter Rank Story Missions, side quests and monster part farming.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/monster-hunter-wilds-how-to-rank-up-fast-to-unlock-hunter-rank-restricted-story-missions-after-chapter-3\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Monster Hunter Wilds: How to rank up fast to unlock Hunter Rank-restricted story missions after Chapter 3 - AUTOMATON WEST","og_description":"What to do in Monster Hunter Wilds after completing Chapter 3- including Hunter Rank Story Missions, side quests and monster part farming.","og_url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/monster-hunter-wilds-how-to-rank-up-fast-to-unlock-hunter-rank-restricted-story-missions-after-chapter-3\/","og_site_name":"AUTOMATON WEST","article_published_time":"2025-03-21T02:52:33+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-21T02:52:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250321-45896-header.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Carlos \"Zoto\" Zotomayor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AUTOMATON_ENG","twitter_site":"@AUTOMATON_ENG","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Carlos \"Zoto\" Zotomayor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/monster-hunter-wilds-how-to-rank-up-fast-to-unlock-hunter-rank-restricted-story-missions-after-chapter-3\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/monster-hunter-wilds-how-to-rank-up-fast-to-unlock-hunter-rank-restricted-story-missions-after-chapter-3\/"},"author":{"name":"Carlos \"Zoto\" Zotomayor","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/2812ca8facd5f161edfbc531cf81eb31"},"headline":"Monster Hunter Wilds: How to rank up fast to unlock Hunter Rank-restricted story missions after Chapter 3","datePublished":"2025-03-21T02:52:33+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-21T02:52:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/monster-hunter-wilds-how-to-rank-up-fast-to-unlock-hunter-rank-restricted-story-missions-after-chapter-3\/"},"wordCount":343,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/monster-hunter-wilds-how-to-rank-up-fast-to-unlock-hunter-rank-restricted-story-missions-after-chapter-3\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250321-45896-header.jpg","articleSection":["Tips"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/monster-hunter-wilds-how-to-rank-up-fast-to-unlock-hunter-rank-restricted-story-missions-after-chapter-3\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/monster-hunter-wilds-how-to-rank-up-fast-to-unlock-hunter-rank-restricted-story-missions-after-chapter-3\/","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/monster-hunter-wilds-how-to-rank-up-fast-to-unlock-hunter-rank-restricted-story-missions-after-chapter-3\/","name":"Monster Hunter Wilds: How to rank up fast to unlock Hunter Rank-restricted story missions after Chapter 3 - AUTOMATON WEST","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/monster-hunter-wilds-how-to-rank-up-fast-to-unlock-hunter-rank-restricted-story-missions-after-chapter-3\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/monster-hunter-wilds-how-to-rank-up-fast-to-unlock-hunter-rank-restricted-story-missions-after-chapter-3\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250321-45896-header.jpg","datePublished":"2025-03-21T02:52:33+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-21T02:52:35+00:00","description":"What to do in Monster Hunter Wilds after completing Chapter 3- including Hunter Rank Story Missions, side quests and monster part farming.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/monster-hunter-wilds-how-to-rank-up-fast-to-unlock-hunter-rank-restricted-story-missions-after-chapter-3\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/monster-hunter-wilds-how-to-rank-up-fast-to-unlock-hunter-rank-restricted-story-missions-after-chapter-3\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/monster-hunter-wilds-how-to-rank-up-fast-to-unlock-hunter-rank-restricted-story-missions-after-chapter-3\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250321-45896-header.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250321-45896-header.jpg","width":1200,"height":675,"caption":"Monster Hunter Wilds post chapter 3 guide Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Hunter Rank quests"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/monster-hunter-wilds-how-to-rank-up-fast-to-unlock-hunter-rank-restricted-story-missions-after-chapter-3\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u30db\u30fc\u30e0","item":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Monster Hunter Wilds: How to rank up fast to unlock Hunter Rank-restricted story missions after Chapter 3"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/","name":"AUTOMATON WEST","description":"AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#organization","name":"\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30a2\u30af\u30c6\u30a3\u30d6\u30b2\u30fc\u30df\u30f3\u30b0\u30e1\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/activegamingmedia_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/activegamingmedia_logo.png","width":374,"height":190,"caption":"\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u30a2\u30af\u30c6\u30a3\u30d6\u30b2\u30fc\u30df\u30f3\u30b0\u30e1\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/AUTOMATON_ENG","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCabvYnvuUUbbGUrxkaFRgSA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/2812ca8facd5f161edfbc531cf81eb31","name":"Carlos \"Zoto\" Zotomayor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/display-pic-100x100.jpg","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/display-pic-100x100.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/display-pic-100x100.jpg","caption":"Carlos \"Zoto\" Zotomayor"},"description":"Automaton West writer. Zoto has been playing video games for 30+ years now but has only recently come to grips with PC gaming. When he isn't playing video games, he watches romance anime and gets mad when his best girl never wins.","url":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/author\/carlos-zotomayor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45896"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45905,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45896\/revisions\/45905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}