Welcome to the 9-star quests! You’re pretty deep into High Rank now, so keep on doing what you’re doing, and keep your gear in top shape. Talk to the people around Dundorma to receive your first key quest of this tier.

Black Gravios is going to cause your weapon to bounce unless you have white sharpness, which is likely not the case.

The only way to deal with this is to use attacks with built-in ESP (which prevents bouncing), or to break off the armor. Once Black Gravios’s armor breaks off, you will no longer bounce.

This fight is going to be made all the more difficult by the dark colors of Volcanic Hollow, making Black Gravios difficult to see.

Bring Cool Drinks!

After completing this quest, the Ace Commander will have an odd quest for you.

Head to Area 1 and you’ll see that Seregios has returned, in an attempt to defeat the Azure Rathalos!

After the cutscene, the Ace Commander will comment that you’ve already defeated the Seregios and wonder why another one has appeared.

Nonetheless, once the Seregios has left, go ahead and proceed to complete your quest. Bring Dung Bombs because Seregios is the guest monster.

The mystery of the Seregios will begin to unravel when you return to Dundorma.

You’ll discover that a strange anomaly has occurred in Seregios’s natural habitat, resulting in them traveling to other ecosystems and disturbing the natural balances there.

Dundorma’s Master of Defense is going to begin securing Dundorma’s defenses while field surveys are being conducted, but to get materials you’re going to have to secure the mines in Heaven’s Mount.

Brute Tigrex will meet you in Area 5. Seregios might come in to ruin your day! After completing this quest, the Demolisher , a weapon used to defend Dundorma, will need to be repaired.

To get the dragon energy that powers the Demolisher, you’re going to need to hunt a rather specific monster…

Area 8 is where you will meet the hellhound king, Stygian Zinogre. Bring Cool Drinks!

As you’re celebrating the completed Demolisher, however, the Ace Cadet will return from his surveys with some terrible news.

Frenzied monsters are back.

But how? You defeated Shagaru Magala, the only source of the strange virus! Is another Gore Magala in the area? That’s impossible!

Once infected, a frenzied monster will die shortly after, limiting transmission. Because you are the only hunter who can keep Dundorma and the rest of the world safe from infected monsters, you’re going to have to step up to the job once more.

Go to the Wyceum and receive an introduction to the mysterious Wystones.

Use the Wystone that you should have equipped to complete this subquest.

When you return, the Ace Lancer will give you news of an infected Deviljho rampaging around, but it is not the source of the frenzy either.

The Master of Defense will then inform you that he has discovered an incredibly formidable foe in the deeps of the Everwood, and believes it could hold the key to discovering the frenzy’s source.

In the meantime, take care of this pickle.

In times past I told you that if Deviljho appeared, you should Dung Bomb it and run away, but that thinking is for children and it is now time to face the world’s most dangerous pickle.

Area 4 is where Deviljho awaits your challenge. Did you bring your Wystone?

While you were gone, an abnormally powerful Seregios was discovered.

The Ace Lancer was sorely defeated by it, and upon returning, will tell you it is time to go talk to the mysterious His Immenseness, who resides in the area of Dundorma that was always blocked off.

The Ace Lancer will give a very unsettling report of the Seregios that was discovered. Not only was it much faster and stronger, but it could create clouds of frenzy all by itself .

Turns out, just like you, monsters can overcome the frenzy virus and if they do, just like you, they will attain new heights of power and become Apex.

This is no ordinary Seregios, this is an Apex Seregios and it has become a reservoir for the frenzy virus!

What’s worse, Kushala Daora has been spotted and Dundorma is facing an impending attack! There’s no time. The Ace Hunters will hold the fort down, but you have to go defeat the Apex Seregios. Good luck!

Apex Seregios is incredibly aggressive. Bring a Wystone, you will need it. Apex monsters will flinch less, are impossible to capture, and are far more aggressive and move incredibly quickly.

When you get back, Dundorma is ready to confront Kushala Daora.

This is a scripted battle that doesn’t really involve so much of getting up close and personal in Kushala Daora’s face so much as following the script and firing a bunch of big guns.

You use a Tracking Cannon that the Ace Hunters will help you reload. After a while, you will have access to the Dragonator , and then the Demolisher will be the big finisher.

Congratulations! You have finished the main storyline of the solo campaign. Check out all the other quests, though, and don’t leave just yet:

There’s still a whole new tier of quests available to you—the mystic 10-star Quests that will challenge you to your limits.

Many of them require that you progress onwards in the Gathering Hall to the legendary G Rank before you can attempt many of those quests.

Do you have the courage and the wits to take on some of the darkest Elder Dragons known to humankind?

Here are the rest of the 9-star Quests. Not too many this time.

Completion of this quest will unlock more trade materials at the Wycoon.