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Harvesting is a great way to earn faster resources but at the beginning, you're limited to one box. This guide will tell you How To Unlock More Harvest Boxes In Monster Hunter World so you can cultivate, fertilize and harvest more and rarer resources during your travels. Unlocks cultivation of nullberry, might seed, adamant seed, antidote herb, fire herb, flowfern, snow herb, sleep herb, smokenut, dragonfell berry, blastnut, dragonstrike nut, slashberry, bomberry, flamenut, blazenut, and ivy: Complete the 3★ Prickly Predicament optional quest. Unlocked by talking to the laid-back botanist after reaching HR 3.

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What is Cultivation?

Cultivation is the act of growing plants, bugs, and other essential materials used to craft consumables. Most of these materials can be gathered during expeditions, though it can be tedious and time-consuming. Being able to grow them at the research base is much more convenient. Hollywood casino lawrenceburg poker room.

Cultivating materials costs research points and is one of the best investments for the currency. It allows you to stockpile a hefty amount of items to make healing items, traps, slinger ammo, and other useful consumables you should bring on quests.

Cultivation is unlocked by visiting the botanical research center in Astera. At first, you will only be able to cultivate one type of material. You can upgrade the research center’s features by completing various deliveries and optional quests.

Botanical Research Center Upgrades

Upgrade	Description	How to Unlock
Harvest Box Upgrade 1	Adds 10 slots to your harvest box.	Complete the To Hold a Harvest delivery request.
Harvest Box Upgrade 2	Adds 10 more slots to your harvest box.	Complete the Your Storage Solution delivery request.
Culture Materials Upgrade 1	Unlocks cultivation of nullberry, might seed, adamant seed, antidote herb, fire herb, flowfern, snow herb, sleep herb, smokenut, dragonfell berry, blastnut, dragonstrike nut, slashberry, bomberry, flamenut, blazenut, and ivy	Complete the 3★ Prickly Predicament optional quest. Unlocked by talking to the laid-back botanist after reaching HR 3.
Culture Materials Upgrade 2	Unlocks cultivation of nitroshroom, devil’s blight, parashroom, toadstool, exciteshroom, chillshroom, flashbug, godbug, thunderbug, baitbug, and spider web.	Complete the 4★ Royal Relocation optional quest. Unlocked by talking to the laid-back botanist after reaching HR 5.
Catalyst (fertilizer)	Grants growth up S on all culture slots.	Complete the Sprouting an Ancient Tree delivery request.
Culture Slot Upgrade 1	Adds one culture slot to cultivate two kinds of materials (or duplicates) at a time.	Complete the 4★ Persistent Pests optional quest.
Mega Fertilizer (fertilizer)	Grants plant harvest up L on all culture slots.	Complete the 6★ Hard to Swallow optional quest.
Choice Mushroom Substrate (fertilizer)	Grants fungi harvest up L on all culture slots.	Complete the 6★ A Crown of Mud and Anger optional quest.
Thick Summon Jelly (fertilizer)	Grants bug/honey harvest up L on all culture slots.	Complete the 6★ Say Cheese! optional quest.
Ancient Catalyst (fertilizer)	Grants growth up L on all culture slots.	Complete the 6★ The Sleeping Sylvan Queen optional quest and Shattering the Grass Ceiling delivery request.
Culture Slot Upgrade 2	Adds one culture slot to cultivate three kinds of materials (or duplicates) at time.	Complete the 7★ Talons of Ire and Ice optional quest.
Soft Soil (fertilizer)	Extends the duration of all active fertilizers by five.	Complete all fertilizer delivery requests, including A Gentle Earthen Bed.

Recommended Materials to Cultivate

Honey

Honey is used in making potent healing items like mega potions, first-aid meds+, and max potions. Because of this, you are likely to burn through your supply very quickly. This is especially true if you always carry some honey with you to craft more restorative items in the heat of battle. Try to maintain a good stockpile of honey at all times.

Mandragora

Mandragora is the key ingredient used in crafting max potions. There are very few places to gather it during expeditions, so being able to grow them by yourself is extremely advantageous.

Flashbugs

Flashbugs are used to make flashpods, a type of slinger ammo that momentarily stuns monsters when fired. It also forces airborne foes to crash down, briefly giving you time to attack them without restraint. Flashpods are very effective against Rathalos, Rathian, Legiana, and even the elder dragons. It is easy to burn through a stash of flashpods, especially when running optional quests and investigations multiple times. Be sure to keep a hefty supply of them through cultivation.

Might Seeds

If you think you have stockpiled enough materials to make consumables, you can try to earn some money by growing might seeds. These sell for 140 z each for a good profit. You can also use them during quests to temporarily increase your attack power.

Other Materials

Bitterbugs, blue mushrooms, herbs, and sleep herbs are some of the materials that you will also likely deplete very quickly if you do not take time to gather them during expeditions. Cultivate as much as you need, since you will accumulate a good amount of research points just by going through the main story.

Botanical Research
Race	Wyvernians
Location	Astera - Tradeyard North

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 4 items cultivating (allows duplicates) and expand the harvest box up to 50 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
Harvest Box Upgrade (+10)	Greetings from the Tundra 1 optional quest
Harvest Box Upgrade (+10)	Looking For That Glimmer 2 optional quest
Culture Slot (+1)	Persistent Pests★4 optional quest
Culture Slot (+1)	Talons of Ire and Ice★7 optional quest
Culture Slot (+1)	Secret of the Ooze 3 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

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Fertilizers

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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 st