Monster Hunter: World has sold over 30 million copies worldwide!
Monster Hunter: World has reached a combined 30 million units sold! A massive thank you to all of you, our faithful pards! Monster Hunter series is now on sale! For more details, please visit the featured page.
Monster Hunter: World has reached a combined 30 million units sold! A massive thank you to all of you, our faithful pards!
Monster Hunter series is now on sale! For more details, please visit the featured page.
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Get the Accessory: Gold Circlet for your Ranger to wear.
Also obtain the Layered Armor for Simon: Wind Wyvern's Friend, which changes Simon's look to the Legiana Armor set.
Check out the store page for more details.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2852190/3/
https://www.monsterhunter.com/stories3/en-us/
A free trial for Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection lets you get a taste of the game before its March 13, 2026 release. In addition to jumping right into the beginning of the story, you'll be able to customize your character, try out the battle system, and start collecting equipment and Monsties just like in the full version.
You can transfer your save data to the full version and continue playing where you left off.
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection - Trial Version
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3470630/3/
The trial version has only one save slot (the full version will have three).
You can only advance to level 10 in the trial version. You can continue playing upon reaching the level cap, but you will no longer gain any experience points. The amount of Trade Points and Monsties you can accumulate are also capped.
In order to carry over your progress to the full version, you must use the same account, with the save data on your PC.
- Available to anyone who pre-orders by March 13, 2026 at 12:59 p.m. JST.
- Outfits change Rangers' appearance only.
- This pre-order bonus may be made available after launch.
◆◆◆New Game Details◆◆◆
◆ Characters
Gaul
A founding member and the vice-captain of the Rangers. He and his loyal Palico support the group's activities in the background. Highly knowledgeable about botany, he's skilled at creating combinations. His family has long been in service to Azuria, and he's extremely loyal to the king, having gained the king's trust in turn.
Murray
He's a member of Gaul's elite intelligence corps, and carries out investigations and communication duties under his orders.
Ogden
A true expert in monsters, having spent more than half his Rider career studying them. His knowledge is so deep, he's regarded as a walking Monsterpedia.
Kora
A founding member of the Rangers, along with Amara. An old hand with geological surveys, she's highly experienced in the use of bombs and gunpowder. She's never understood why Amara did what she did ten years ago, and joins the protagonist's journey in order to discover the truth of why Amara left Azuria.
Fiero
The loyal retainer of Vermeil's queen, he is instrumental in carrying out her will. In the shadows, he directs espionage units in various areas, trying to strengthen Vermeil's power by any means necessary. He comes to Azuria with Eleanor in order to present the idea of crossing the Meridian to Azuria's king, but is rejected.
Vandura
Ever since the covenant was formed after the civil war, he, a Wyverian, and his Magnamalo, Wardenfang, have guarded the gate at the Meridian. Seeing the protagonist and their Skyscale Rathalos, he is reminded of Amara from ten years ago.
Kol & the Canyne Ward
The leader of Sheparden, a village that reveres Canynes. Having lost their original home to the Encroachment, they've now settled near the Meridian. As the numbers of their Canyne wards decrease, they were prepared to accept the end of their way of life as they know it. However...
◆ The Monsties Bound in Kinship with Riders
Legia
Gaul's Monstie, a Legiana. It works alongside Gaul to support the protagonist's journey.
Chirpy
Ogden's Monstie, a Pukei-Pukei with a big appetite. So friendly to humans that it boasts a coterie of fans who enjoy petting its down.
Gravy
Kora's Monstie, a Gravios. Since it eats rocks, it's very well-suited to accompanying Kora on her geological surveys, in addition to normal Ranger duties.
◆ The Monsters the Protagonist will Face
Feral Yama Tsukami
This floating Elder Dragon is colossal enough to have an ecosystem of flora living on it. It consumes the earth and swallows forests whole as it wanders in search of rich soil. It's feared in Sheparden as "a force of nature." Rather than wandering about, this particular specimen has long resided in the Canalta Timberland. A portion of its body is crystallized.
◆ The Game System
Side Stories
Side stories are additional storylines centered around the protagonist and their fellow Rangers. With side stories spotlighting each of the protagonist's friends, you can get to know them more deeply. In addition, by completing side stories you can gain a variety of benefits for party gameplay, such as rewards useful in progressing the game, new weapons or Monsties for the Rangers, or the strengthening of their unique skills.
Character Creation
You'll begin the game by customizing your character in the character creator. Choose variables like body, hairstyle, and skin color to make the protagonist your own. Customization is also available during the course of the game, from the Rangers' base.
◆ Bonus for Linking Save Data
Players with save data from certain Monster Hunter series titles on their systems can obtain layered armor for the protagonist in Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection.
Titles With Save Data Bonuses
Monster Hunter Stories
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2356560/_/
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1277400/2/
Monster Hunter Rise
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1446780/_/
At Hunter Rank 41 or above, complete the main mission "What Lies Ahead" to unlock an extra mission featuring characters from the land of FFXIV—Eorzea!
You'll need to utilize unique tactics to slay Omega Planetes! Team up with allies and put a stop to this mechanical monster from another world!
Gather materials from Omega Planetes to obtain special hunter and Palico equipment, as well as Seikret decorations!
Introducing the Dark Knight hunter armor and Pictomancy spells!
Two iconic jobs from FINAL FANTASY XIV Online join the hunt! The Dark Knight, masters of the two-handed blade and dark arts, and the Pictomancer, masters of the arcane who can bring paintings to life, enter the world of Monster Hunter Wilds.
MH Wilds x FFXIV Collaboration Website
https://www.monsterhunter.com/wilds/en-us/topics/collabo-ff14/
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Arch-tempered Nu Udra strikes in an event quest as the third Arch-tempered monster!
Surpassing the might of its tempered counterparts, Arch-tempered Nu Udra will be introduced in an event quest. Use materials exclusive to this monster to forge the Nu Udra γ armor set and Felyne Udra γ Palico equipment! Hunters with HR 100 or higher can take on this fearsome foe!
Planned Launch Date: October 22, 2025
Get ready to celebrate fall with the Festival of Accord: Dreamspell!
During this event, the Grand Hub will don seasonal decorations and serve a new menu. In addition, equipment, gestures, camp decorations, and various other seasonal spoils will be obtainable for a limited time. A hauntingly fun time at the Grand Hub is just around the corner!
Event Time: October 22 – November 12, 2025 (JST)
Event Time: October 22 – November 11, 2025 (UTC)
For more information about Title Update 3, check out the Capcom Online Program for Tokyo Game Show 2025!
https://www.capcom-games.com/tgs/
Free Title Update Roadmap
Note: The contents of this post reflect the plans as of the time they are posted. Changes may be made at a later date.
Free Title Update 4 is targeted to release in December 2025. This update is planned to include the addition of Gogmazios to the roster of monsters, as well as supplemental end-game content. Stay tuned for more info!
Find more information about Monster Hunter Wilds with the following link:
https://www.monsterhunter.com/wilds/en-us/
If you have save data from the Steam versions of Monster Hunter: World and Iceborne, you'll earn in-game equipment for your Palico and a Nameplate to use in your Hunter Profile.
See the official website for more information regarding how to claim these bonuses.
https://www.monsterhunter.com/wilds/en-us/product/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/582010/Monster_Hunter_World/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1118010/Monster_Hunter_World_Iceborne/
More information on how to use the benchmark tool can be found here:
https://www.monsterhunter.com/wilds/en-us/benchmark/
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2246340/view/547852302920187994
We are hosting a survey for Monster Hunter Wilds through Thursday, March 27. Complete the survey to receive a special digital wallpaper!
https://jp.research.net/r/5VD7D9R?lang=en
– Hunter Layered Armor: Guild Knight Set
– Talisman: Hope Charm
Note: Layered Armor only changes the appearance of armor.
Steam version bonuses available for customers who pre-order the game by February 28, 2025, 4:59 a.m. (UTC).
Look forward to all the new and returning monsters that will make an appearance in the various ecosystems featured in Monster Hunter Wilds. Check out the official website for more info on the game's features.
https://www.monsterhunter.com/wilds/en-us/
Stay tuned for more to come on the world of Monster Hunter Wilds!
Look forward to more information on the upcoming free title update.
Monster Hunter Wilds, the latest installment in the Monster Hunter series, will release worldwide on February 28, 2025!
More information on how to use the benchmark tool can be found here:
https://www.monsterhunter.com/wilds/en-us/benchmark/
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2246340/view/547852302920187994
The Monster Hunter Wilds Benchmark isn’t just one setting though, we recommend using the Options menu to adjust game, graphics, audio and language settings to try out different combinations, or most accurately reflect your preferred settings come launch.
There’s also a Loop setting that can be used to automatically rerun the benchmark. When it’s set to ON, the benchmark will automatically rerun after 1 minutes have passed on the results screen.
Please be aware that the Option menu you see in the Benchmark is not exactly the same as the launch version, also, any settings you adjust here won’t be transferred into the main game.
It’s worth noting that the benchmark may not be able to run properly if your computer does not meet Monster Hunter Wilds minimum requirements, which are available on the Store page!
And one last, important point to share with you before we wrap up this post. The Monster Hunter Wilds Benchmark does not guarantee the performance of your system for Monster Hunter Wilds, but does give you better insight and information, especially when compared to playing Open Betas 1 and 2.
To Summarise
The Monster Hunter Wilds Benchmark is live!
A frigid locale swept with snowy blizzards.
A Wudwud who wanders the wilds far from his home.
Leviathans that inhabit the Iceshard Cliffs. They have sharp, pincer-like tails and peculiar membranes on their necks that catch the wind and keep them aloft.
Making their series return, these monsters are Temnocerans that weave vast, sticky webs across their territory. Once they've cornered their prey, they utilize their pincer-like jaws to finish them off.
This fan-favorite monster is back. Please look forward to finding out when and how it will make its reappearance.
As with the first OBT held in November last year, the second OBT will include Character Creation, the Story Trial, and the Doshaguma Hunt. After completing the Doshaguma Hunt, you'll also be able to explore the Windward Plains and encounter the various creatures that inhabit its ecosystem.
Unique to the OBT2, hunters will now be able to take on a monster well-known throughout the series, the bird wyvern Gypceros. You'll also be able to take on the game's flagship monster Arkveld in a high difficulty quest specially tailored for the OBT2. We encourage experienced hunters who are confident in their skills to take on this challenge.
Try out each weapon and get a feel for the various weapon actions in the Training Area. However, please be aware that some weapon specifications will differ from the retail version.
The second Open Beta Test will feature the same content as the first, with the addition of a trial Gypceros hunt.
Further information will be revealed in the future.
What does this mean in relation to Steam? The team are working on improving the performance of the Steam version, including frame rate, even when using the same equipment specs that you may have used in the Open Beta Test, although it may vary depending on your setup.
We’re also keen to share a very recent development that the team may be able to lower the recommended graphics board specs a little bit more! Once we’ve got accurate information and can lock this in, we’ll release any info on our official website and let you know!
We also saw that some of you were concerned as to whether your rig would be powerful enough to run Wilds when it launches, so to hopefully help those of you with questions out, we shared that the team are currently considering releasing a benchmark tool, if possible. As above, we’ll keep you looped in on any further details here.
Hitstop & Friendly Fire
Hitstop, making your weapons and overall impact of the game’s weapons feel powerful. During the beta we saw comments that players felt could have a little more “oomph”, so the team looked into it and made some tweaks!
Weapons will now feel more responsive when landing attacks, especially with big moves and finishers for many weapons types.
Director Tokuda shared that the reason for Hitstop initially being less impactful in the beta was due to feedback we’d received from players outside of Japan when World launched was that it was too strong / weighty, however it seems we had the opposite with the Wilds beta! He was deeply moved to think that the weighty action that is the hallmark of Monster Hunter has now been widely accepted around the world!
There’s even an example of this in the broadcast with the Great Sword’s True Charged Slash unleashing a truly meaty chop!
Regarding Friendly Fire, the team, even before the beta, had decided they wanted to tone it down some of its effects, even though this wasn’t fully reflected in the beta build.
Actions such as the Gunlance’s Wyvern Fire and the Hammer’s Upswing have had their impact on other hunters toned down. The Gunlance’s Wyvern Fire was already toned down in this regard during the Open Beta Test, but the Hammer’s Upswing adjustments will be live in the launch version of the game. So, in a nutshell, whilst you won’t send allies flying, they’ll still be briefly knocked off their feet.
The team would like to avoid novice players unintentionally giving their friends and fellow hunters big bumps without knowing, potentially causing some players to avoid multiplayer due to the disruptions these actions caused them in a hunt. We hope this change will bring new and experienced hunters together to have a smoother experience in multiplayer.
Monster Area Movement
Something we encountered ourselves and saw within the community was that monsters seemed to be moving locations very often during the beta. This wasn’t intentional and was actually a glitch where some points were not fully adjusted, leading the monsters to change areas more frequently than they should.
This has now been adjusted in the launch version of the game, so depending on how the hunt goes, you can expect the change frequency to be closer to that of Monster Hunter: World!
Having said that, monsters belonging to the upper echelon of the ecosystem often have nests away from your base camp, deep in the field. So, when tackling these monsters, they may still move across the locale significantly, especially when in a weakened state.
But in these cases, if you’ve placed your Pop-Up Camps in suitable locations that corresponds to the habitat of the monster you’d like to hunt, you can simply fast travel to get there ahead of time.
Weapon Adjustments – Overview
Good news, hunters, multiple weapons have already received adjustments for launch, with Insect Glaive, Lance, Switch Axe and Sword & Shield being the weapon types you’ll notice the most differences with at launch.
The Open Beta Test also had a limited range of attributes and skills available, but the full game has been adjusted to balance for the entire content, including endgame!
P.S. The following weapons mentioned all have example video clips in the event broadcast!
Weapon Adjustments – Insect Glaive
Out of all the weapons, it’d be fair to say the Insect Glaive has been receiving the most attention, so let’s start here:
Even prior to the Open Beta Test, from the gameplay hands-on opportunities at Gamescom and Tokyo Game Show, we saw that Insect Glaive users were disappointed that the weapon no longer had its iconic Vaulting Dance. Whilst we didn’t have time to add it back in the beta version, it’ll be there in all its glory come launch!
Some extra tweaks have also been made to give Insect Glaive players a few more options to play with, as you can see in the image above!
Weapon Adjustments – Lance
The Lance has received some adjustments to give more control to the player over their available options in the hunt, allowing Lance users to further express their weapon’s identity.
Director Tokuda stated that with the Lance, he wanted to give it more options than in past titles, using a variety of guards and movements. However, in doing so it removed the option for Lance users to wait and see what the monster does and react accordingly, narrowing the actions open to them and making it feel a bit monotonous to play.
But fear not, that has been changed! The Counter Thrust from past games has returned as a Charge Counter whilst guarding. You’ll also be able choose a counterattack, such as Power Guard, which charge level changes depending on the power of the guarded attack, as well as another new action which can be done from guarding or Power Guard!
The team have also made further adjustments to expand the range of what you can do whilst following up on what you could do in past games, such as removing unintuitive chained moves and speeding up the cancellation timing of guard dashes that are chained during combos.
We’re feeling good about this as Kaname Fujioka, Executive Director & Art Director on Monster Hunter Wilds, who is an avid Lance main, has been telling us it feels much better now.
Weapon Adjustments – Switch Axe
Overall, the Switch Axe has been significantly changed from what you may have experienced in the Open Beta Test.
In a nutshell, the basic loop of charging the gauge in Axe Mode and releasing it in Sword Mode is the same, but we’ve alleviated some of the difficulty in of Charging in Axe Mode. Plus, Sword Mode has been adjusted to be more powerful and responsive to match its gauge consumption.
You’ll really notice this with Full Release Slash in both its feel and power, as is appropriate for a finisher move!
We’ve also made the weapon easier to handle by adjusting moves that were difficult to use, such as increasing the usability of Counter Rising Slash in Sword Mode, as well as shorting the animation lock after a Focus Strike.
Weapon Adjustments – Sword & Shield
The Sword & Shield has also seen some major adjustments, including the overall feel of the sword.
The first major point for this weapon is that Rising Slash can now be performed whilst guarding. In addition, there’s been extensive modifications made to the basic combos with the triangle / Y button, such as Chop and Side Slashes, whilst moving, and to Perfect Rush to improve response, damage, hitstop and more!
Weapon Adjustments – Other Weapons
For the other weapon types, we’ll also be broadly adjusting their values in anticipation for endgame content, taking into account their individual parameters and skills. As part of this process, we plan to make adjustments to areas that were not balanced as intended, or where unintended weapon type disparities were created.
What does this mean? Well, adjustments are being made with an emphasis on whether the concept and vision of each weapon type is as intended, with our direction being to raise the low, rather than lower the high, whilst also eliminating the weapon type disparity as much as possible.
The Bow is one such example of this, where we saw the damage output of the weapon being heavily biased towards Tracers and Focus Strike attacks. This has now been adjusted by increasing the power of attacks such as normal shots and Arc Shots, the various transitions and responses being improved to ensure that other actions can also deal meaningful damage. Ultimately, giving more varied gameplay styles for the Bow user!
As you can see in the image, we’ve also changed the behaviour of Focus Strike for the Bow so that it locks onto wounds one by one, instead of all of them at once.
Much like the other weapons, there’s a video clip for this in the broadcast, so feel free to go check it out!
Overall, we’ve made adjustments to all weapons with a view of broadening their appeal and making them a good choice for players and their preferred playstyles, and not just making them less powerful.
Skill Builds!
Speaking of weapons, we’ve got more information on their new role within building your skills and set!
Until now, only armour has been equipped with skills, but with Wilds and the ability to take two different weapons into the hunt, it was inevitable that the wearer would have to choose a weapon type that matched their armour, or face difficulties to match their armour with the right weapon type.
So, to address the issue of skill builds having wasted skills, or losing effectiveness from a weapon switch, skills that traditionally are tied to weapons, such as “Attack” and “Guard” are now attached to weapons instead of armour, with armour now focusing on supplementary effects, such as “Speed Eating” etc instead.
The skills you find on your weapons don’t disappear when you upgrade them either, quite the opposite in-fact! Upgrading your weapons can enhance the existing skill’s effect, increase the total number of skills it has, or even both!
But wait, there’s even more! The later the weapon, the more slots you’ll have for decorations to attach more weapon skills, allowing you to really build the skills to your liking.
We’ve got some pictures below for you see it in action:
One skill!
Two skills!
A little more before we finish!
That pretty much wraps up our swift summary of some of the content included in our Pre-Launch Community Update broadcast, but if you’d like to know even more about the topics we’ve shared, including seeing what we’ve discussed in action with various video clips straight from the Dev Team, make sure to check out the link to the full event at the top of the post!
If that’s not enough, we also discuss the following topics:
This event is pre-recorded and will be available to watch on both the official Monster Hunter Twitch and YouTube accounts, so pick your service of choice, get comfy and enjoy the show!