Guiding Lands Confusion: Leveling Zones

[The Pizza Is Aggressive]

Hello, late MHW player here. I don't understand locking and unlocking zones in the Guiding Lands. I'm on Fatalis so I'm trying to maximize my stuff.

1. Do I need to have zone levels not fixed, to be able to level them?
2. Why would I want to lock a zone at this point?
3. I've seen a bunch of videos on leveling, do I just need to follow around a monster tracks around till it levels up all the way?
4. How tf do you get to MR 100? Is there a jump once you do something or is it really a long grind?

[Bobucles]

1. fixing the levels will lock all of them in place, eliminate zone XP and even eliminates the option for dunking them down to lvl 1.
2. Guiding lands has a total level cap, maxing one means losing another. The default cap is 7/7/7/4/1/1, so pick 3 and force the rest to lvl 1. Extreme grinding will increase the cap, don't expect results in less than 100 hours of grind.
3. The simplest explanation? Look at the map, look at the zone icon next to the monster. Anything that gives green points gives XP towards that zone. There are ways to farm green points, such as by spamming traps or sniffing tracks.

[Mr. September]

1. Fixing them locks the levels in place. You no longer get Region EXP, and the regions can't level/delevel until unfixed.

2. To keep the levels of regions you want at a certain level.

3. Tracks give a small amount of Region EXP. Trapping and capturing a monster gives way more EXP than just killing a monster off.

4. You grind. Guiding Lands, Investigations (the harder, the better) and other Elder Dragon hunts will give the most rank EXP. It will still take a while to get there, however. Some Event Quests might also give more, but I don't know which ones are the best for MR farming.

PS: Found this video, by the way. Might prove useful.

[The Pizza Is Aggressive]

Originally posted by Mr. September:

1. Fixing them locks the levels in place. You no longer get Region EXP, and the regions can't level/delevel until unfixed.

2. To keep the levels of regions you want at a certain level.

3. Tracks give a small amount of Region EXP. Trapping and capturing a monster gives way more EXP than just killing a monster off.

4. You grind. Guiding Lands, Investigations (the harder, the better) and other Elder Dragon hunts will give the most rank EXP. It will still take a while to get there, however. Some Event Quests might also give more, but I don't know which ones are the best for MR farming.

PS: Found this video, by the way. Might prove useful.

This video explained leveling quick AND Guilding Lands which ones to level/prefer over others. Thank you very much!

[Mr. September]

Originally posted by The Pizza Is Aggressive:

This video explained leveling quick AND Guilding Lands which ones to level/prefer over others. Thank you very much!

Glad to help

[Anoyun?]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEPkgdmK3VY

[Merlin]

Levels adjust based on gathered bone piles, mined ore, and hunts in each region. If you wanted to unlock all augment mats then raise a region to lv 7 hunt the tempered monsters then move on to the next region. Really only want to lock regions when you dont want to loose levels in a certain region. Levels will always adjust up and down based on the monster and its locale.

[Memento Vivere]

4. It's just a grind. Guiding Lands (the harder the monster, the more exp), Safi siege and MR Kulve can give you a ton of exp. You can just focus on augments, high level charms and equipment and get levels in the process (especially if you play an elemental weapon or you use 2+ weapons)

[Mythily]

4. Safi siege and MR Kulve (Little bit of guiding lands) passively leveled my MR to 110. So no, not really. I haven't even beaten Alatreon or Fatalis yet. But now, I got really good equips for those two.
I grinded Safi and Kulve because they aren't always available. Alatreon and Fatalis are so I can do them whenever I want.