There are many mountains on the West Continent, and the places you can explore on foot are very limited. When you face moments like "Oh my gosh, my path is blocked off. What do I do now?", use the cannon! There is a North Cannon, West Cannon, and South Cannon in addition to the one in Hot Spring Village. Each cannon has a limited range, but if you use them well, you can travel to places that you could not reach otherwise.

Some places are kind of hard to find, such as Feeding Grounds 1 and Fishing Spot 11. Have you found these places yet? If you plant a seed at a Feeding Ground, it attracts rare monsters in the area. Different seeds attract different monsters, so try all the different seeds you have.

Don't forget to talk to the Dwarves at the cannons. You might hear something useful!