Fast travel in Monster Hunter Outlanders takes you across the map in an instant. This guide covers the three kinds of places you can fast travel to (bases, Watchtowers and Camps), a map of all 7 Watchtowers, and how to fast travel from the map.

Where You Can Fast Travel

There are three kinds of places you can fast travel to.

DestinationDetails
BaseTravel to Kulune or the Gathering Hub, and pick which facility to arrive at.
WatchtowerOnce unlocked, you can travel to them any time. Each field has a few (7 in all), and you can level them up.
CampFast travel points you build with crafting once Camps are unlocked. You can place them anywhere on the map.

Bases: Kulune and the Gathering Hub

Bases are areas packed with the facilities you use between outings. Use Kulune when you play solo or are working through the main story, and the Gathering Hub when you play multiplayer.

In Kulune, you can fast travel straight to these eight spots.

SpotWhat you can do
CanteenEat meals
Resource CenterBuy items and materials, including limited-time supplies
Village training areaPractice combat
Quest counterOpen Game Modes
Forging WorkshopForge and upgrade weapons and armor, and dismantle gear
Front of the council hallMove certain story events forward
Melding WorkshopMeld Visages, turn materials into Research Points, and trade Research Points for items
Village gateHead out to Giantwood Locale

The Gathering Hub is the base for multiplayer. It has its own spots for Recruitment, Game Modes, Visage melding, meals, daily supplies, the shop, and forging and upgrading gear.

Base Facilities Guide / Multiplayer

Watchtower

Standing on top of a Watchtower with the Level Up prompt showing (Japanese version)

Watchtowers are lookout facilities found in each field. Leveling up a Watchtower unlocks exploration features in its area and raises how many field facilities you can build there, which makes them the most important thing to work on while exploring.

Watchtowers are leveled up with Lusterwasp, which you collect while exploring.

Lusterwasp

Watchtowers Reveal Observation Points

An Observation Point selected on the field map, with the fast travel list on the left (Japanese version)

Unlocking a Watchtower shows the other Observation Points in its area on the map. Each Observation Point you activate reveals even more of the area, so in a new field, unlock the Watchtower first and then activate the Observation Points.

Camp

A Camp tent built in the field (Japanese version)

Camps are fast travel points you build in the field with crafting. You can place them wherever you like, and they also serve as your respawn point if you faint in the field.

You can build them once you have the Camp research, which unlocks in Story Chapter 2: Slingers and Suppers.

There's a Limit to How Many Camps You Can Place

You can only place so many Camps in the field, and leveling up Watchtowers raises the limit. Explore first, then add more Camps as the map opens up so you can push further out.

Where to put Camps and how to unlock them are covered in a separate guide.

Camp Locations / Camp

Travel Near Monsters and Items

A quest objective selected on the field map, with the button to travel nearby highlighted (Japanese version)

Tap a monster, quest objective or other icon on the map and you can choose to fly near it by Wingdrake. You land at the nearest base or Camp, so placing Camps around the field cuts travel time a lot.

Watchtower Locations Map

Here are all 7 Watchtowers on a numbered map. Unlock them as you explore and you'll always have a fast travel point nearby. In the checklist, tick a Watchtower once you've unlocked it to keep track of which ones are still left.

The numbers on the map match the checklist below. Tap a number to see a screenshot of the spot, and tick it off once you've got it. Checks are shared with the Interactive Map.

Spots are numbered in a route order, so you can work through them from 1 without crossing the map back and forth. Tap Show on map to jump to a spot.

Giantwood Locale (3)

Found 0/3

  1. Watchtower No. 1 in Giantwood Locale
  2. Watchtower No. 2 in Giantwood Locale
  3. Watchtower No. 3 in Giantwood Locale

Searing Plains (2)

Found 0/2

  1. Watchtower No. 1 in Searing Plains
  2. Watchtower No. 2 in Searing Plains

Rotfall Abyss (2)

Found 0/2

  1. Watchtower No. 1 in Rotfall Abyss
  2. Watchtower No. 2 in Rotfall Abyss

Interactive Map

How to Fast Travel

Fast travel is done from the map. Open the map, then either pick a facility from the fast travel list or pick a monster or other target in the field, and choose to travel.

The Kulune map with the fast travel list of eight facilities on the left (Japanese version)
Pick a facility from the list
The Giantwood Locale map with two unlocked Watchtowers and two Camps in the fast travel list, and a quest objective selected on the right (Japanese version)
Pick a target in the field

You Can't Fast Travel During Combat

Fighting a Great Jagras, with a note that the map can't be opened during combat (Japanese version)

You can't open the map while fighting a monster, so you can't fast travel either. To fast travel, get away from the fight first.

The screenshots are from the Japanese version of the game.