Monster Hunter Wilds patch 1.041 is now stay, and it is a huge one.
Marking the sport’s anniversary, from now till March 18, there will be a login bonus plus rotations of previous Festivals of Accord. And, as we realized final week, we’re additionally getting the Arch-Tempered Arkveld, 10-star Arc-Tempered monsters, a particular collaboration with Monster Hunter Tales 3 — a spin-off sequence that releases subsequent month — plus an anniversary occasion the place all earlier awards and quests can be “re-available.”
We additionally realized final week that Monster Hunter Wilds will welcome a “large-scale” growth later this 12 months. Addressing followers in a video celebrating the open-world journey sport’s first anniversary, sequence producer Ryozo Tsujimoto teased that this growth can be much like Monster Hunter World‘s Iceborne add-on, however was in any other case coy concerning the particulars. He did, nonetheless, stress that this would be the “closing replace” for the monster looking sport.
Monster Hunter Wilds has had one thing of a bumpy trip. Title Replace 4 arrived on the finish of final 12 months and ushered in a protracted record of gameplay and stability adjustments, in addition to CPU/GPU enhancements, load discount, and the optimization of “PC-specific processes and addition of choices and presets to scale back processing load.” A growth roadmap, detailed in December, outlined plans to deal with the myriad points impacting the PC model.
Notice that you simply will not have the ability to entry DLC or play on-line multiplayer till this replace has been put in. Steam customers are additionally suggested to replace to driver variations to NVIDIA GeForce 581.57 (or newer) or AMD Radeon: 25.9.1. (or newer). “Some points have been recognized with AMD Radeon drivers variations 25.10.2 and better on sure PCs utilizing AMD Radeon graphics playing cards such because the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT/7800 XT,” the workforce warned.
Full patch notes for Monster Hunter Wilds Ver.1.041.00.00 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Collection X/S
Launch Date
- Wednesday February 18, 2026 2:30 a.m. UTC (Tuesday February 17, 2026 6:30 p.m. PT)
- Notice: Launch date and time are topic to vary with out prior discover.
Required House (Present Replace Solely)
- PlayStation5: Approx. 13.0 GB
- Xbox Collection X|S: Approx. 16.0 GB
- Steam: Approx. 15.0 GB (With Excessive Decision Texture Pack: Approx. 18.0 GB complete)
- Notice: Be sure that to have sufficient extra storage to permit for slight variations in closing dimension.
Main Additions and Modifications
Monsters
- – Arch-tempered Arkveld has been added as a everlasting Occasion Quest.
- – New 10★ problem quests have been added as everlasting occasion quests for the next monsters: Arch-tempered Rey Dau, Arch-tempered Uth Duna, Arch-tempered Nu Udra, and Arch-tempered Jin Dahaad.
Participant
- – New tools and pendants have been added.
Story Development
- – Monster Hunter Tales 3: Twisted Reflection Particular Collaboration aspect mission “A Royal Request” has been added. This aspect mission will turn into obtainable after reaching HR 9+.
- – New aspect mission “Love for a Hero” has been added. This aspect mission will turn into obtainable after finishing the additional mission “Ghosts Pay No Heed to Tomorrow” after which speaking to Nadia and Mina.
Bases and Services
- – Added a brand new characteristic to the Melding Pot that permits you to meld Gogma supplies.
- – Added a brand new characteristic that permits you to earn random substances on the Ingredient Middle after reaching HR 9.
- – New Appraisal Objects known as “Timeworn Charms” have been added to quest rewards. (No adjustments have been made to the attributes of Talismans earned. Probabilities of receiving Talismans with excessive rarity are elevated when utilizing Timeworn Charms.)
- – Elevated the utmost variety of Pop-Up Camps for the Windward Plains, the Scarlet Forest, and the Oilwell Basin. (This can be unlocked by speaking to the Pop-up Camp Meowster or the Assist Desk after finishing the project “Germination”.)
- – Added an choice to the Barrel Bowling outcomes display screen that permits you to retry instantly. An choice has additionally been added that permits you to use 10 Barrel Bowling Vouchers and obtain all rewards directly.
- – Adjusted the parameters of the Blossom Barrel Bombs used in Barrel Bowling to behave otherwise from the Massive Barrel Bombs used out in the sector. In accordance with this adjustment, new placement patterns have additionally been added.
- – Lowered the ready time between throws in Barrel Bowling, in order that gamers can throw the second barrel whereas the outcomes of the primary throw are nonetheless being displayed.
System
- – Lowered CPU/GPU processing and made changes to decrease the load on the sport.
– Added inner Ranges of Element (LOD) for 3D fashions, adjusting them to show optimum high quality based mostly on the scenario to scale back GPU load.
– Optimized monster and endemic life spawn-time processing to scale back CPU load.
– Added impact caching to lower CPU load when producing duplicate results.
– Optimized rendering processes to scale back CPU/GPU load.
– Carried out different minor changes to decrease the general load. - – The next 9★ occasion quests have been made completely obtainable:
– The White Marvel
– Final Berserker
– The Monkey King
– Sovereign Brute
– There Goes the Neighborhood - – Added a brand new particular setting quest. (This quest will turn into obtainable after finishing the prevailing three particular setting quests in addition to the ten★ Arch-tempered Arkveld occasion quest.)
- – When quick-accessing “Quest Final Performed” on the highest display screen on the Quest Counter, the default departure level will now be set to the final departure level used. (If the final departure level used is just not obtainable, the participant will begin from the bottom camp as common.)
- – Adjusted the show for occasion quests to make it clearer that the participant is offline on the screens for accepting or becoming a member of a quest.
- – Added a Refresh button to the search outcomes record for SOS Flare Quests.
- – Added Thai as a textual content language. Textual content language will be modified in the title menu choices.
- – Added Latin American Spanish as a voice language. Voice language will be modified in the title menu choices.
- – Added a “Favorited Objects Safeguard” characteristic to the Begin Menu choices. This can lock the affirm button for particular services in order that the participant can not use objects which can be registered as favorites. (Notice: This setting will be modified again to “Require Affirmation” on the identical choices display screen.)
- – Added a shortcut button for checking the main points earlier than registering an tools loadout for shared loadouts on the Invitation Checklist display screen.
- – Added a shortcut button for going backwards and forwards between the “Improve from Field” display screen and “Transcending” display screen on the Smithy.
- – Adjusted the UI for when the participant approaches a Searching Assistant (Werner or Gemma) in the sector, making it simpler to tell apart between the positions of Werner or Gemma and their looking instruments.
- – All 9 everlasting occasion quests that have been solely playable on-line have been made obtainable for offline play as nicely. (Please consult with the Occasion Quest schedule for extra particulars.)
– Coronary heart of Judecca (Arch-tempered Jin Dahaad)
– Specter of Their Sins (Gogmazios), and so on. - – All 29 occasion quests that yield tools supplies and that have been solely obtainable for a restricted time have been made everlasting and playable offline. (Please consult with the occasion quest schedule for extra particulars.)
Miscellaneous
- – Made changes that ought to stop the Handler from pushing the hunter whereas out in the sector throughout hunts or exploration. An choice to cover them utterly throughout a hunt was additionally added.
Bug Fixes and Stability Changes
Bases and Services
- – Fastened a problem stopping some pins from being displayed and the rating from being tallied appropriately if the participant throws a barrel proper earlier than beginning Barrel Bowling.
Monsters
- – Fastened a problem the place the result of a turf battle between Lagiacrus and Rathalos would differ between gamers.
- – Fastened a problem the place a weak level appeared on the incorrect timing throughout a Rompopolo’s poisonous fuel assault.
- – Fastened a problem the place Compact Anti-Wyvern Weapons that fall to the bottom typically would not seem underneath particular circumstances through the Gogmazios quest.
- – Fastened a problem in Jin Dahaad, Tempered Jin Dahaad, and Arch-tempered Jin Dahaad quests the place, underneath sure circumstances, solely the monster would transfer to the ultimate space, stopping quest development.
Participant
- Normal
- – Fastened a problem stopping the proper system messages from being displayed when a ability impact ends because of the participant switching weapons.
- – Fastened a problem the place Fabius might get hit by the participant’s slinger throughout Gogmazios’s particular assault.
- Sword & Protect
- – Fastened a problem inflicting some objects to vanish briefly from the Radial Menu when utilizing objects like traps and such whereas the sword & protect are unsheathed.
- Twin Blades
- – Fastened a problem the place touchdown a Focus Strike with the Twin Blades on Gogmazios whereas airborne brought about the participant to maneuver erratically.
- Bowguns
- – Fastened a problem inflicting unintended elemental results to be displayed on Artian weapons.
- Abilities
- – Fastened a problem that brought about an elemental resistance improve icon to seem when the “Protecting Veil I” ability was lively, regardless of the ability not having that impact.
- Assist Hunters
- – Fastened a problem the place Assist Hunters could fireplace Compact Anti-Wyvern Weapons away from Gogmazios whereas driving Seikret.
- – Fastened a problem the place Assist Hunters could cease to carve Gogmazios’s severed tail through the quest.
- – Fastened a problem the place Fabius would cease guarding if the hunt chief modified throughout Gogmazios’s particular assault.
- – Fastened a problem the place the path of Fabius’s guard would deviate from the supposed path throughout Gogmazios’s particular assault.
- – Fastened a problem the place Assist Hunters wouldn’t take cowl throughout Jin Dahaad’s giant area-of-effect assault.
- – Fastened a problem the place Assist Hunters would assault Omega Planetes as a substitute of the Nerscylla whereas it was charging the Delta Assault.
- – Fastened a problem the place Assist Hunters inside a protect might nonetheless take injury throughout Omega Planetes’s Delta Assault.
- – Fastened a problem that brought about Assist Hunters to be unable to get in or out of the underwater fight space through the Lagiacrus hunt.
Miscellaneous
- System
- – Throughout a Discipline Survey, if the participant offers in depth injury to a big monster that is not the present quest goal, the well being worth circumstances that might stop that monster from changing into a goal in a subsequent Discipline Survey have been relaxed.
- – Fastened a problem the place pointless chat logs (indicating monsters leaving the locale) might show throughout a Particular Atmosphere Quest in which the setting comprises a monster of the identical species as giant monsters which can be already designed to seem in that quest.
- – Fastened a problem the place the Beauty DLC Cross textual content was not displaying appropriately underneath Add-ons in the Assist Desk menu.
- – Fastened a problem the place the sample thickness for the “Whitewing Caparison” ornament couldn’t be adjusted in Seikret Customization.
- – Added a repair to appropriate weapon efficiency when unintended bonus combos are utilized throughout reinforcement of Artian Weapons or Gogma Artian Weapons.
- – We have now carried out an answer to scale back the load time skilled at startup when the person has numerous add-ons.
- Locales
- – Fastened a problem that typically brought about Pitfall Traps or Shock Traps to vanish after being positioned in sure areas in the Windward Plains.
- – Fastened a problem that might typically trigger two Convergent Elderbreaker cannons to seem underneath particular circumstances through the Gogmazios quest.
- Different
- – Fastened a problem the place some voice strains wouldn’t set off correctly.
- – Fastened varied textual content points.
- – Fastened different miscellaneous points.
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