Monster Hunter Wilds title update 1 will release on PC in April, adding a Grand Hub, Mizutsune and new quests

Monster Hunter Wilds volition person its archetypal due rubric update connected Thursday, April 3rd PT and April 4th successful the UK. The update adds a caller societal hub to the beast-bashing action-RPG, unneurotic with a caller monster you mightiness recognise from erstwhile games, immoderate tougher varieties of existing monsters, and a clump of further quest types and outfits. Plenty to chew on, erstwhile you prime retired the bones. Here's a trailer.

Let’s commencement with the monsters. These see the “dazzling and dangerous” Mizutsune, a returning look from erstwhile Monster Hunter games, which volition beryllium disposable successful some modular and eight-star Tempered varieties. It’s a large frilly rainbow lizard that “moves astir arsenic if it’s dancing, and skillfully attacks foes with debilitating bubbles”. Hands up if you present privation determination was a real-life dancing schoolhouse that progressive bubbles. (There astir apt is.)

As with each of Monster Hunter’s apex predators, Mizutsune is simply a root of materials for caller armour sets. Where is my bubblesuit, Capcom? How americium I expected to bash dancing emotes without a bubblesuit? To hunt (or capture) the Mizutsune, speech to Kanya successful the Scarlet Forest Base Camp astatine Hunter Rank 21 oregon above.

The archetypal rubric update besides begins Capcom’s rollout of “Arch-tempered” monsters - the toughest monster variations yet. First connected the paper is the Arch-tempered Rey Dau, which volition beryllium disposable astatine Hunter Rank 50 oregon supra arsenic portion of an lawsuit quest connected Tuesday 30th April.

Title update 1 besides sees the instrumentality of the Zoh Shia successful High Rank play, this being a critter that you could hitherto lone combat erstwhile arsenic portion of the story. As of 3rd/4th April, you’ll beryllium capable to conflict the Zoh Shia repeatedly. Look retired for the High Rank Zoh Shia quest successful the situation overview. You mightiness besides stumble connected the mediocre beloved during the Wyvern’s Wakening successful the Ruins of Wyveria. Fell it and you tin trade immoderate caller High Rank huntsman and Palico instrumentality that, to my eye, makes you look similar you’ve been tarred and feathered.

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That’s it for caller monsters. But what astir the real monsters present – different quality players? Well, rubric update 1 introduces the Grand Hub, a majestic societal abstraction that has “long served arsenic a spot of worship for the radical of Suja”, wherever carved totems rear supra the tents and you mightiness occasionally perceive the songs of the faithful aft dark. Also, it’s got a bowling alley wherever you rotation tube bombs astatine targets to triumph items and pedants.

To bash this, you’ll request Barrel Bowling Vouchers, which you tin gain successful the signifier of login bonuses. It’s a retention mechanism, successful different words. The Grand Hub volition beryllium disposable from Hunter Rank 16 – conscionable chat to Tetsuzan successful Suja, the Peaks of Accord.

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What else? Well, they’re bringing backmost arena quests, which situation you to implicit a hunt arsenic accelerated arsenic imaginable utilizing pre-determined equipment, unneurotic with limited-time Challenge Quests and Free Challenge Quests, wherever you tin gain pendants. There’s a caller escaped outfit for Alma, and immoderate different cosmetic DLC gubbins. Read much connected the PlayStation blog.

Capcom are already teasing the game’s 2nd rubric update, which lands this summertime – there’s a glimpse of different caller predator successful the video above. There is, arsenic yet, nary connection of immoderate important overhaul for the PC version’s method tribulations astatine launch. I’m not definite however atrocious it is close present – person you had immoderate framework complaint issues lately?