‘The Apple of Her Eye’ walkthrough for Monster Hunter Wilds

“The Apple of Her Eye” is a new side quest in Monster Hunter Wilds where you help Alma find her missing glasses with some help from a Wudwud named Ayejack.

When you complete this side mission, you’ll be able to customize the look of Alma, and edit her clothes and accessories.

This Monster Hunter Wilds guide provides a step-by-step walkthrough on how to complete “The Apple of Her Eye.” It will also show you the location of the sleeping Wudwud, Ayejack.

‘The Apple of Her Eye’ walkthrough

We couldn’t test if this quest unlocks sooner, but we were able to complete “The Apple of Her Eye” at Hunter Rank 24 (after rolling credits on the series of main story quests and unlocking High Rank). Before you start, make sure you have downloaded and applied the Title Update 1 patch. (The game suggests restarting your console or platform if your game isn’t updated.)

Once those requirements are taken care of, you can initiate the side mission by talking to Alma. Here is the full walkthrough on how to complete this quest.

Go talk to Alma and she will tell you she lost her special glasses and you must investigate by talking to Wudwuds in the Scarlet Forest.

Follow the green quest marker and talk a Wudwud named Scampshroom in area two of the Scarlet Forest. This region is marked on the map and on the eastern side of the Scarlet Forest.) It will mention that “red good things” come here.

How to find a glasses-wearing Wudwud in Area 2

Next, the mission tells you to “Find a glasses-wearing Wudwud in Area 2.” If you follow the narrow path where you found Scampshroom East, there is a little rock alcove where an unnamed Wudwud is digging.

It can be hard to see the Wudwud at first because it’s dark and not marked, but you can see where it is below (it was next to an amber deposit for us). Walk up to it and a cut scene will play that will reveal it has Alma’s glasses, but it runs away.

Go back to the Wudwud hideout and the Wudwud Thunk (who is located at the entrance of the Wudwud Hideout) will tell you to visit during at night during a time of “plenty.”

Go inside a tent to rest until the festivities. This next step is important: Make sure you change the environment to “plenty” and the time to “nighttime” when you go to rest. It’ll cost 500 Guild Points to do this.

You need to climb some vines that will allow you to access another part of the Hideout. Go talk to Thunk again, he’ll tell you to “aim for up.” Walk past Thunk and towards the Wudwud named Musharpye, the item trader. Use the exit just beside the item trade, but as you exit, turn around. There will be vines leading up high into the tree. You can see an image of it below.

There will be a ton of Wudwud at the top celebrating by a large fire. Talk to at least four of them with information and they’ll tell you that Ayejack, the Wudwud who found the “red sparklies,” aka Alma’s glasses, is sleeping below.

Sleeping Ayejack location in ‘The Apple of Her Eye’

Go back down to the main Hideout area where the Item Trader and Thunk were. You can find Ayejack sleeping in a little cocoon-like bed made of vines and leaves hanging from the ceiling. He is in a room adjacent to the Item Trader and you can see a few images of Ayejack’s location below.

When you wake Ayejack, the creature will request that you trade it Eastern honey for the glasses. If you don’t already have some, you can get Eastern honey from giant vigorwasps right in the Scarlet Forest. Once you have the item, Ayejack will give you the glasses back and you will unlock character customization for Alma in your tent.

If you’re looking for creatures to fight in Monster Hunter Wilds, our monster list provides a full rundown of every encounter, while we have specific guides for Doshaguma, Lala Barina, Nu Udra, Guardian Rathalos, Rey Dau, and Ajarakan.