Botanical Research | |
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| Race | Wyvernians |
| Location | Astera - Tradeyard North |
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The Botanical Research is a group of NPC in Monster Hunter World (MHW). NPCs are non-playable characters that interact with the Hunter during the story or optional activities in game.
The Botanical Research Center allows the Hunter to cultivate various items thanks to the study of the Ancient Tree.
Quests & Services
- The Botanical Research is composed of 2 NPCs: Chief Botanist and Laid-back Botanist
- Chief Botanist lets the Hunter manage the culture, the harvest box and the fertilizers.
Once an item is gathered in the field, it's possible to cultivate it and produce items while out questing. - Some Items have to be unlocked via Optional Quests to be cultivated.
- You can have up to 3 items cultivating (allows duplicates) and expand the harvest box up to 30 slots.
Upgrade | Requirement |
| Harvest Box Upgrade (+10) | To Hold a Harvest delivery Aqua Sac x2 + 300 RP |
| Harvest Box Upgrade (+10) | Your Storage Solution delivery Torrent Sac x1 + 1000 RP |
| Culture Slot (+1) | Persistent Pests★4 optional quest |
| Culture Slot (+1) | Talons of Ire and Ice★7 optional quest |
| Cultivate Nulberry, Might Seed, Adamant Seed, Antidote Herb, Fire Herb, Flowfern, Snow Herb, Sleep Herb, Smokenut, Dragonfell Berry, Ivy, Blastnut, Dragonstrike Nut, Slashberry, Bomberry, Flamenut, Blazenut | Prickly Predicament★3 optional quest |
| Cultivate Mandragora, Nitroshroom, Devil's Blight, Parashroom, Toadstool, Exciteshroom, Chillshroom, Flashbug, Godbug, Thunderbug, Baitbug, Spider Web | Royal Relocation★4 optional quest |
Fertilizers
Fertilizers allows for more items to be cultivated, faster culture and extending current fertilization duration. Can only fertilize once between each quest. The (S) effects stack until (L) if used while one is already up. The Growth Up effect means that items requiring more than 1 quest to be cultivated will be cultivated faster, it has no effect otherwise.
Name | Requirement | Effect | Duration | RP Cost |
| Fertilizer | - | Plant Harvest UP (S) | 3 | 100 |
| Mushroom Substrate | - | Fungi Harvest Up (S) | 3 | 100 |
| Summoner Jelly | - | Bug/Honey Harvest Up (S) | 3 | 100 |
| Catalyst | Sprouting an Ancient Tree Coral Bone x1 + 500RP | Growth Up (S) | 4 | 300 |
| Mega Fertilizer | ★6 optional quest: Hard To Swallow Grow, Greenery, GrowGreat Jagras Hide+ x1 + 600RP | Plant Harvest UP (L) | 4 | 250 |
| Choice Mushroom Substrate | ★6 optional quest: A Crown of Mud and Anger A Mountain of Mushrooms | Fungi Harvest Up (L) | 4 | 250 |
| Thick Summoner Jelly | Free 120 spins online casino game. ★6 Optional Quest: Say Cheese! The Pied Bug Piper | Bug/Honey Harvest UP (L) | 4 | 250 |
| Ancient Catalyst | ★6 Optional Quest: The Sleeping Sylvan Queen Shattering the Grass Ceiling | Growth Up (L) | 4 | 500 |
| Soft Soil | Complete all other fertilizer delivery quests to unlock A Gentle Earthen Bed | Extend existing effect duration by 5. | 5 | 600 |
Role in Main Story
- The Botanical Research has no role in the main story line.
Trivia
- The Botanical Research is part of the Third Fleet.
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Admiral ♦ Commander ♦ Ecological Research ♦ Elder Melder ♦ Endemic Life Researcher ♦ Field Master ♦ Field Team Leader ♦ First Wyverians ♦ Grimalkyne Tribes ♦ Lynian Researcher ♦ Mysterious Hooded Man ♦ Piscine Researcher ♦ Poogie ♦ Resource Center ♦ Second Fleet Master ♦ Shy Scholar ♦ Steamworks ♦ The Armory ♦ The Handler ♦ The Huntsman ♦ Third Fleet Master |
One of the most useful Monster Hunter: World locations in Astera is the Botanical Research Center — an enclosed farm where you can plant seeds to grow crafting materials. It’s also one of the best ways to earn lots and lots of bonus cash while you’re busy doing anything else. Cultivating a crop of valuable Might Seeds can be even quicker if you unlock more farming slots.
You’re restricted to a certain amount of farming slots early in your journey, but it is possible to expand your allotment and unlock more. We recommend doing these side-quests as early as possible — every extra slot is another place to grow more seeds and earn more zenny.
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The Botanical Research Center in Astera allows you to plant and grows seeds. The earliest seeds you can plant are Might Seeds, but you’ll find others as you progress.
There are lots of uses for the farm (growing crafting materials, earning zenny) but all of them take time. You can grow more in the exact same amount of time by unlocking extra farming slot.
You can unlock up to three slots in the farm — you start with only one, and can earn a second and third slot.
- How to Unlock the Second Slot:
- Unlock Level 4 optional quests on the Quest Board.
- Complete the quest ‘Persistent Pests’ in the Rotten Vale.
- Complete this simple quest to earn the second farming slot, which visually upgrades the Botanical Research Center.
- How to Unlock the Third Slot:
- Unlock Level 7 optional quests on the Quest Board.
- Complete the quest ‘Talons of Ice and Fire’ in the Coral Highlands.
- This is a tough High-Rank quest, where you’ll fight much harder versions of large monsters.
- Again, completing this quest will visually upgrade the Botanical Research Center and give you a third farming slot.
Completing these quests is pretty important for the end-game content, and will let you cultivate multiple items for crafting / selling. Try placing bugs, herbs, and other items in the Botanical Research Center for a variety of different materials, too! Whatever you want to grow, it’s easy to unlock extra slots and enhance your farming game.