The New World is a continent in the world of Monster Hunter and the setting of Monster Hunter: World. It is situated across from the Old World, separated by a great sea. The New World is only partially explored, and many parts of it remain to be discovered. Just off the northwest coast of the New World lies a landmass known as The Hinterlands, and to the northeast, pass the volcanoes of the Elder's Recess lies sky-high landmass of the Guiding Lands.
Areas[]
The New World has two current known regions, the "Main Continent" and the frigid Hinterlands.
Main Continent (Astera)[]
First explored 50 years ago by the First Fleet of the Research Commision dispatched to solve the mystery of the "Elder Crossing" phenomenon. Although being refered to as a "continent", the size and shape of this region is akin to a peninsula according to the map seen in-game.
The southern outer part of the continent is made up of 2 hunting locales, the lush and abundant Ancient Forest to the west and the sandy marsh of Wildspire Waste to the east. Situating between the 2 locales is the town of Astera, the first settlement of the Commision built by dismantling the ship they travelled with to the New World.
Going inland from Astera toward the north are two towering ring of mountain ranges with deep chasm in between called the Great Ravine, separating the outer and inner parts of the New World. Beyond the Great Ravine, there lies another 2 hunting locales, a windy paradise of land corals, the Coral Highlands, and the corpes and miasma-filled cavern network of the Rotten Vale, which lies a massive skeleton of ancient Elder Dragons. A massive airship known as the Research Base lead by the Third Fleet floats aloft in the Coral Highlands, acting as a gathering station of sort for dispatching into a quest.
From the Coral Highlands toward the northeast is a volcanic cavern openned toward the sea called the Everstream, which is the nexus of bioenergy feeding the life of the New World. Connect to the Everstream deep into the continent is the volcanic hunting locale Elder's Recess, brimming with the mysterious, massive crystalized bioenergy. Dwelling the Elder's Recess are both volcano dwelling monsters and aging Elder Dragons waiting for their final moment. Lying deep within the Elder's Recess is the most concentrated congregation of bioenergy crystals, which also lies the cocoon of a Dark Light Dragon Xeno'jiiva.
Deep cavern networks coated in gold and jewel are discovered throughout the New World. This splendor and bewitching underground ecosystem called the Caverns of El Dorado is a home created by a giant, golden Elder Dragon Kulve Taroth.
Discovered after the event of the Old Everwurm lying deeper toward the northeast is a sky-high landmass named the Guiding Lands. It can be said to be a miniature New World plus the Hinterland concentrated into a small area made up of a corpes of a Zorah Magdaros. However, the catalyst for such a landscape seems to be a Red Dragon.
The Hinterlands[]
A frigid landmass toward the west of the main continent. The Hinterlands was discovered by the guiding of the sudden phenomenon of Legiana flock, as well as a Mysterious Blue Dragon crossing the west sea, and a Mysterious Song.
After the discovery, a new settlement of the Commision Seliana is built as a station for researching the nearby locale Hoarfrost Reach full of frigid dwelling monsters.
After discovering the truth of Velkhana and pinpointed a location of the mysterious song's origin that is the Old Everwurm, a small island called Origin Isle is then located toward the south of the Hinterlands.
Lore[]
The creations story of the world of Monster Hunter is known as the 'Tale of the Five'. It is believed that the New World is the original island created by the Five Dragons in the story.
For millennia, nature was allowed to flourish untouched in the New World. New species of monster and Endemic Life never before seen existed and exist here, such as the Paratoad, Shephard Hare, Anjanath, Odogaron, Legiana, Nergigante and Velkhana, as well as the incredibly powerful and extremely mysterious Elder Dragons known as Xeno'jiiva and Shara Ishvalda. Speculations fly about these two creatures, with some scholars suggesting they are two of the Five Dragons in the Tale of the Five, or at least aspects of them. This theory is backed up by the fact that they were both awakened by the prescence of the Research Commission, who for all intents and purposes meant the New World harm. A chilling question begged by the theory is this: if these two dragons are aspects of the Five, then where are the other three? The Research Commission may have to deal with their wrath in the future...
Residents[]
The New World is home to the Five Fleets, a large collective of human and Wyverian Hunters, Smiths, Melders, Farmers, Botanists, Ecologists and Engineers that came to the New World from the Old World. Prominent characters from the Research Commission include:
- The Handler
- The Commander
- The Field Team Leader
- The Tracker
- The Second Fleet Master
- The Third Fleet Master
Also known to inhabit the New World are the First Wyverians, a group of diminutive and sagely Wyverians that lurk in the wilds of the continent and its surrounding islands. The New World is also home to the Grimalkynes, a wild tribe of long-eared Felyne, as well as the Lynians known as the Gajalaka and the Boaboa, who inhabit all the main zones of the New World.