One of the most useful Monster Hunter: World locations in Astera is the Botanical Research Center — an enclosed farm where you can plant seeds to grow crafting materials. It’s also one of the best ways to earn lots and lots of bonus cash while you’re busy doing anything else. Cultivating a crop of valuable Might Seeds can be even quicker if you unlock more farming slots.
You’re restricted to a certain amount of farming slots early in your journey, but it is possible to expand your allotment and unlock more. We recommend doing these side-quests as early as possible — every extra slot is another place to grow more seeds and earn more zenny.
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How To Unlock More Farm Slots | Botanist Guide
The Botanical Research Center in Astera allows you to plant and grows seeds. The earliest seeds you can plant are Might Seeds, but you’ll find others as you progress.
There are lots of uses for the farm (growing crafting materials, earning zenny) but all of them take time. You can grow more in the exact same amount of time by unlocking extra farming slot.
You can unlock up to three slots in the farm — you start with only one, and can earn a second and third slot.
- How to Unlock the Second Slot:
- Unlock Level 4 optional quests on the Quest Board.
- Complete the quest ‘Persistent Pests’ in the Rotten Vale.
- Complete this simple quest to earn the second farming slot, which visually upgrades the Botanical Research Center.
- How to Unlock the Third Slot:
- Unlock Level 7 optional quests on the Quest Board.
- Complete the quest ‘Talons of Ice and Fire’ in the Coral Highlands.
- This is a tough High-Rank quest, where you’ll fight much harder versions of large monsters.
- Again, completing this quest will visually upgrade the Botanical Research Center and give you a third farming slot.
Completing these quests is pretty important for the end-game content, and will let you cultivate multiple items for crafting / selling. Try placing bugs, herbs, and other items in the Botanical Research Center for a variety of different materials, too! Whatever you want to grow, it’s easy to unlock extra slots and enhance your farming game.
