Peaklands

Peaklands is the working name for a new, highly vertical area in the game Monster Hunter - A New Age.

Overview
As the game is primarily open-world, this area is unique for the single loading screen users will encounter upon entering the area from the ground. It is used to load the extremely vast and very high area into the game, as it is the most complex area to date.

Terrain will regularly change in this area, and some change will happen every two hours, creating a fluid playing experience. It uses an advanced physics engine to allow almost every part of it to be moved, destroyed, or otherwise modified, allowing for a more fluid but harder to use playing area.

Upon trying to enter the area in either first or second Rank, an ambiguous Siver Rathalos will sweep onto the hunter and carry them away. A message describing why it's not allowed will then occur.

When the hunter successfully enters the area for the first time, fanfare plays and a cutscene ensues, showing off the various heights and vertical areas. The hunter is then free to explore.

Monsters Native

 * Silver Rathalos
 * Unnamed Urruduk Subspecies
 * Stony Kecha-Wacha
 * Krute

Monsters Total

 * Rathalos
 * Rathian
 * Giggi
 * Vespoid
 * Bnahabra
 * Seltas
 * Sletas Queen
 * Selts
 * Great Jaggi (lower)
 * Great Baggi (upper)
 * Jaggi
 * Baggi
 * Remobra

Environment
The environment is very much fluid, and is separated between two levels. The top level is very, very cold, and has many peaks; the bottom level is temperate, with a spruce forest, and while cool, is able to support even tropical life.