Moga Village

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The Moga Village

Moga Village is a new village in Monster Hunter 3 (tri). It is the one of two available locations for selection by your hunter available, and available only for single-play gameplay. It is is a slightly run-down town at first, set in the docks on the ocean shores. It accommodates for merchants, blacksmiths, guild officials and has a village elder. Children can also be seen wandering and playing around the docks, as well as being able to talk to. Various people can be seen in boats entering and leaving the village from time to time. As the player progresses through the game, and the village becomes protected by more and stronger advocates, more merchants are seen entering the city, and eventually the village becomes more populated with travelling merchants from across the lands pulling anchor in the growing village as well as the general population.

The player's house while small, accommodates for both saving the game, as well as item and armor storage. It can also store the player's pet pig and has options to add decorations such as new furniture.

Moga Village also connects up to the high mountains residing close by, where the Moga Farm is located. The farm has spots to grow plants and a waterfall to wash your pig in. Hunters must leave on quests by sea, taking a boat to all of their quest locations (as indicated by initiating quests by walking out onto a pier).

Connecting to the Moga Farm is the entrance to the Mountain Valley level, where players can free-roam the area without the need to initiate a quest, allowing them to gather items casually. However, areas are restricted to only areas 1-3 initially, and players start out on the mountain-top facing the valley in Area 1, rather than Base Camp (as is where the entrance to the Village is).