The Ancient Tree, the landmark at the center of the Ancient Forest, grew to a massive size from the bioenergy of dead Elder Dragons nurturing it.

Rain is commonplace in the Ancient Forest, water usually accumulates in the upper areas, which can be used by hunters to forcefully push monsters into the lower levels.In the dunes (night only, for whatever reason), where rathian goes to sleep, you climb on the vines and leap toward a certain ledge and youll end up in the area with the palicoes. Each area boasts its own unique roster of monsters, and offers a variety of useful resources, such as ore, herbs, insects and so forth. The hunting grounds are quite diverse, ranging from lush forests, to frozen tundras, to active volcanoes. This area is similar in ways to the Jurassic Frontier as they both contain prehistoric plants such as ferns, horsetails, cycads, tree ferns, Araucaria, as well as a large, massive tree. Theres actually one more shortcut (although not really useful). 02:22 These are the areas featured in the world of Monster Hunter where hunters conduct their hunts.Some of the plants in this area can be used as weapons.

Unlike the Arena, the Slaygrounds has a net like area, just like the one in area 2 of Primal Forest There is a Dragonator on the west edge of the arena.

Vines can be used to trap monsters, leaving them open to attacks. Slayground is an area first introduced in Monster Hunter 4.

Many resources can be gathered from this location.

The apex monsters of the Ancient Forest are Rathalos and Nargacuga.

Ancient Forest Camp (17) - Near the Rathalos nest, automatically found during Bugtrapper quest.

Northeast Camp (11) - Unlocked through the story.

Northwest Camp (8) - Useful for hunting Pukei-Pukei or Anjanath, found by crawling through a gap.

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