Unlocked Stygian Zenogre before normal Zenogre?

[Velkhi =VEX=]

so i got the quest for stygian zenogre but havent even fought normal zenogre yet
my friend already said that he did normal zenogre before stygian so ye
what did i do wrong

[Seamus]

Nothing, really. Normal zinogre is locked behind a certain zone level in guiding lands. Stygian is just locked behind a certain MR.

[Greb]

I don't think you did anything wrong. When you drop into the Guilding Lands for the first time, you meet a Zinogre as part of the introduction but I don't believe you are explicitly meant to hunt it, right? It's just a demonstration of the new monsters you find at the Guilding Lands.

The Stygian Zinogre is part of the Tundra region unlocking (which has no requirements other than unlocking the Guiding Lands I believe) as well as part of the follow up quest for Safi'Jiiva.

So I guess if you weren't too active after the main story (or played Iceborne late into the update cycle) and immediately went after Safi'Jiiva once you finished the story, you could completely skip Zinogre entirely.

At least I think so, it's been a while since I finished the story so I don't know for sure.

[Velkhi =VEX=]

Originally posted by Seamus:

Nothing, really. Normal zinogre is locked behind a certain zone level in guiding lands. Stygian is just locked behind a certain MR.

so i just need to collect the special traces in the guiding lands to get it?

[K]

Nothing
Stygian Zinogre is unlocked via special assignment that you can play pretty much right after you unlock Guilding Lands.

Zinogre on the other hand will require you to level up your Guilding Lands before you unlock.

[Seamus]

To get normal zinogre? You need to level up the forest zone of the guiding lands by hunting forest spawned monsters there.

[Blackwolfe]

I don't think there is any quest you need to do, you just have to have the appropriate area in GL at high enough level.

[SOAP!!!]

Stygian is cooler but easier :(

[Velkhi =VEX=]

Originally posted by SOAP!!!:

Stygian is cooler but easier :(

omg noob :(

[Furrows]

Normal Zin is from leveling Guiding lands but Stigyian is from special assignments. so its more so you did special assignments while your friend most likely got guiding lands levels before stigy was released/

[tag545]

the first lure you get (fanged wyvern) is a zinogre so you can unlock it as a random investigation option. after that he naturally spawns in the guiding lands in the forest area when its at the correct level. stygian has the mission that unlocks him but to get him to naturally spawn afterwards you will need to level the ice zone, and so on. the free update monsters like rajang and stygian tend to have unusually low requirements to unlock vs the base lineup. in high rank for example you can fight end game monsters like behemoth, AT kulve, and the somewhat notorious luna missions where the monsters have boosted stats right after completing the story.