There are many types of materials you can find during your hunts. One of them is Ore, which is obtained from the Mining Outcrop nodes scattered all over the hunting maps. These are mostly used to craft new armor and weapons. However, each area will yield a different type of Ores when mined. This Monster Hunter WIlds guide list all Ores you can gather in the game and where you can find them.
Crafting Material Ores List in Monster Hunter Wilds

Ore | Location / How to Get |
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Iron Ore | – Windward Plains Mining Outcrops – Scarlet Forest Mining Outcrops – Oilwell Basin Mining Outcrops (High Rank) |
Machalite Ore | – Windward Plains Mining Outcrops – Scarlet Forest Mining Outcrops – Oilwell Basin Mining Outcrops – Iceshard Cliffs Mining Outcrops – Ruins of Wyveria Mining Outcrops – Drops from Paragills |
Earth Crystal | – Windward Plains Mining Outcrops – Scarlet Forest Mining Outcrops |
Dragonite Ore | – Oilwell Basin Mining Outcrops – Iceshard Cliffs Mining Outcrops – Ruins of Wyveria Mining Outcrops |
Fire Stone | – Oilwell Basin Mining Outcrops |
Icium | – Iceshard Cliffs Mining Outcrops |
Gracium | – Iceshard Cliffs Mining Outcrops (High Rank) |
Carbalite Ore | – Windward Plains Mining Outcrops (High Rank) – Scarlet Forest Mining Outcrops (High Rank) – Iceshard Cliffs Mining Outcrops (High Rank) – Ruins of Wyveria Mining Outcrops (High Rank) – Drops from Paragills |
Firecell Stone | – Oilwell Basin Mining Outcrops (High Rank) |
Novacrystal | Rare drop – Windward Plains Mining Outcrops – Scarlet Forest Mining Outcrops – Oilwell Basin Mining Outcrops – Iceshard Cliffs Mining Outcrops – Ruins of Wyveria Mining Outcrops – Head break reward from Gypceros (High Rank) |
Light Crystal | – Ruins of Wyveria Mining Outcrops |
Fucium Ore | – Ruins of Wyveria Mining Outcrops (High Rank only) |
Mining Outcrops Areas
- Windward Plains: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 17.
- Scarlet Forest: 8, 12, 13.
- Oilwell Basin: 4, 6, 7, 13, 14, 17.
- Iceshard Cliffs: 8, 16.
- Ruins of Wyveria: In front of the Main Camp, Area 5.
Mining Outcrops usually regenerates every 15 minutes after you first mined them. Use armor or decorations with the Geologist Armor Skill to increase the amount of items you can gather from Outcrops.
- Geologist Level 1: One extra item when gathering from bonepiles.
- Geologist Level 2: Additionally adds one extra item when gathering special items.
- Geologist Level 3: Additionally adds one extra item when gathering from mining outcrops.
Trade Currency Ores List in Monster Hunter Wilds

Aside from Ore to craft armor and weapons, there are items you can mine from different type of outcrops. These are used to trade items with villagers, mostly the ones in Azuz, Wudwud Hideout, and Sild.
Ore | Location / How to Get |
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Thundering Fulgurite | Fulgurite Crystal |
Pure Fulgurite | Fulgurite Crystal |
Scarlet Amber Shard | Amber Deposit |
Eternal Scarlet Amber | Colossal Amber (High Rank) |
Antimite | Hopper Crystal Ore |
Fine Antimite | Hopper Crystal Ore |
Antimite Mass | Giant Hopper Crystal (High Rank) |
Wylk Pebble | Wylky Gemstone |
Wylk Gem | Whitegleam Gemstone |
Time-honed Wylk Gem | Wylky Crystal Outcrop |
Origin Wylk Gem | Wylky Crystal Outcrop (High Rank) |
Mining Locations
Rarer Ores used as trading currencies with villagers often only appear during specific times called Emergence event. When these random events show up, a notification will appear and marked in the Environment Overview of an area. Press Square/X/G key while on the overworld map to check the Environment Overview.
- Fulgurite Crystals: Windward Plains. Area 3, 7.
- Amber Deposit: Scarlet Forest. Area 1, 2, 3, 10, 12.
- Colossal Amber: Colossal Amber Emergence event.
- Scarlet Forest.
- Hopper Crystal Ore: Oilwell Basin. Area 13, 14.
- Giant Hopper Crystal: Giant Hopper Crystal Emergence event at Plenty or Fallow season.
- Oilwell Basin.
- Wylky Gemstone:
- Windward Plains: Area 14.
- Oilwell Basin. Area 18.
- Whitegleam Gemstone: Ruins of Wyveria. Area 4, 5.
- Wylky Crystal Outcrop: Wylky Crystal Outcrop Emergence event at Inclemency season.
- Windward Plains.
- Oilwell Basin.
- Ruins of Wyveria.