The Coral Highlands is a locale introduced in, and exclusive to, Monster Hunter: World.
It is the third locale the player has access to, and is characterized by a unique environment consisting of enormous corals that form valleys, cliffs and plateaus.
Monsters such as Paolumu and Legiana can be found here.
Description
The Coral Highlands are a unique locale characterized by massive land corals that shape the landscape. Located at the center of the New World's explored zone, this area is teeming with life. The enormous, hardened corals form the foundations for cliffs, platforms, caves and peaks, and are further strengthened by sediments such as rock and sand. This area exists in a symbiotic relationship with the Rotten Vale[1]: The corals and their abundant eggs attract various animals and their predators into these highlands, and when those animals die, they fall into the Vale below. In the Vale, an airborne bacterial amalgamation collectively called Effluvium[2] rapidly decomposes and recycles their corpses. The resulting reclaimed nutrients then naturally spread across the area and, in no small part, float back up to the Coral Highlands, where they fuel the corals anew. This cycle lies at the center of the New World's ecosystem.
The locale can be broadly separated into two zones: the Lower Levels, where small wyvern such as Shamos scuttle about, and the Highlands, which are home to numerous Flying Wyvern, such as the Legiana.
Area 1: The Coral Forest
In the south-east of the locale stands the Coral Forest[1]. As the name implies, this is an area full of tree-like corals, giving it the appearance of a forest. Kelbi can often be found here drinking out of the shallow pools that accumulate beneath the coral branches. Large Monsters rarely traverse this zone - only the Tzitzi-Ya-Ku is occasionally sighted here.
On a plateau above the forest sits the Coral Highlands Southern Camp(1).
Area 2: The Coral Cave
Area 3: The Rock Arch
Area 4: The Shamos Nest
Area 5: The Giant Coral Column
Area 6: The Gateway Reef
Area 7: The Tzitzi-Ya-Ku Nest
Area 8: The Table Coral
Area 9: The Coral Dome
Area 10: The Dark Cliffs
Area 11: The Waterfall Caves
Area 12: The Dead Coral Coil
Area 13: The Coral Pillars
Area 14: The Vertical Caves
Area 15: The Legiana Nest
Monsters
Small Monsters
Large Monsters
Game Data
Items that can be gathered by hand while moving. Note that in Monster Hunter: World, these spots do not have a % chance to drop various items. They will always give the player the same item every time. They also are not affected by which Rank (Low, High or Master) the locale is visited at.
| Item |
Areas
|
 Herb |
1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 12, 15
|
 Honey |
2, 9, 11, 14
|
 Antidote Herb |
13
|
 Fire Herb |
3
|
 Ivy |
6
|
 Sleep Herb |
5
|
 Flowfern |
6
|
 Snow Herb |
1
|
 Nulberry |
2, 8, 12, 13
|
 Needleberry |
8, 10
|
 Latchberry |
1, 2, 3, 4, 9
|
 Slashberry |
12, 13, 15
|
 Bomberry |
12
|
 Adamant Seed |
11, 10
|
 Smokenut |
8
|
 Flamenut |
6, 10
|
 Blastnut |
9
|
 Blazenut |
14
|
| Dragonstrike Nut |
6
|
 Blue Mushroom |
3, 4, 6, 7, 8
|
 Toadstool |
13
|
 Parashroom |
13
|
 Devil's Blight |
6
|
 Mandragora |
14
|
 Bitterbug |
11
|
 Flashbug |
4, 7
|
| Thunderbug |
2, 10, 11
|
 Spiderweb |
6
|
Notes
- The air in the Coral Highlands has been noted to smell sweet due to the coral eggs floating around[2].
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Monster Hunter: World Complete Works, pg.134
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Monster Hunter: World Complete Works, pg.148
See also
