Alongside the Hotspring, one can find a Drinks Felyne, who offers a maximum of one drink to a hunter, these provide different Drink Skills similar to Kitchen Skills from previous games, completing Drink Quests unlock new Drinks.
Yukumo, the game's Village, has a new Hotspring which can be upgraded by completing Hotspring Quests, utilizing the Hotspring increases Health and Stamina upon starting the next quest.
All monsters receive new icons, Subspecies now have their own icons, information pages and size registry.
Subspecies for many of the Monsters introduced in MH3 and previous Portable/Freedom installments, which can only be fought in High Rank.