Capcom has released Monster Hunter Wilds hotfix 1.000.05.00 across all platforms, making important improvements and fixes for the game.
The patch removes various progression blockers and fixes various bugs, but players won’t find any performance improvements in the patch notes, below.
Monster Hunter Wilds is still sitting on a ‘mixed’ user review rating on Steam despite its record-breaking launch, and most of the complaints revolve around performance problems on PC.
Despite these issues, Monster Hunter Wilds’ success cannot be denied. It sold a huge 8 million copies in just three days, becoming the fastest-selling Capcom game of all time. Monster Hunter Wilds has the fifth highest ever concurrent player count on Steam, with a whopping 1,384,608 peak. That’s more than Dota 2, Cyberpunk 2077, and Elden Ring managed on Valve’s platform. By comparison, Monster Hunter: World had a peak of 334,684.
A title update for Monster Hunter Wilds, expected in early April, is due to add a new endgame area to gather as well as more monster hunting action for players to embark on.
To help get your Monster Hunter Wilds adventure started, take a look at what Monster Hunter Wilds doesn’t tell you, and a guide to all 14 weapon types in the game. We’ve also got a detailed Monster Hunter Wilds walkthrough in progress, a Monster Hunter Wilds multiplayer guide to explain how to play with friends, and if you’ve played one of the open betas, here’s how to transfer your Monster Hunter Wilds Beta character over.
IGN’s Monster Hunter Wilds review returned an 8/10. We said: “Monster Hunter Wilds continues to smooth off the rougher corners of the series in smart ways, making for some extremely fun fights but also lacking any real challenge.”
Monster Hunter Wilds Hotfix 1.000.05.00 patch notes:
Issues that have been addressed as of March 10, 2025:
- The “Grill a Meal” and “Ingredient Center” features cannot be unlocked even after meeting the progress criteria.
- When heading to Azuz during Main Mission: Chapter 2-1 “Toward Fervent Fields,” players keep falling through the map.
- The Monster Field Guide cannot be accessed.
- During Main Mission: Chapter 5-2 “A World Turned Upside Down,” an NPC may not appear, preventing further progression.
- At the Smithy, an issue may occur where tutorials are repeatedly shown, disabling certain options in the menu.
- When guarding a monster’s attack with a lance using Power Guard under certain conditions, the weapon flashes in red but the effect is not activated
- When using a mantle, a Weapon Equipment Skill may mistakenly be activated.
- Some effects may be displayed continuously when using certain skills, such as Peak Performance and Self-Improvement.
- When successfully preforming an Offset Attack with the Insect Glaive’s Descending Slash under certain conditions, the hunter freezes and becomes unresponsive to any controls.
- Addressed issues that occurred under certain conditions with screen rendering and causing force quits.
- The Meal Invitation feature at Azuz and Sild does not unlock on some occasions.
- A notification or an Environment Overview Update may show that you have received a Meal Invitation when it is not available. (Some mitigation measures have been implemented.)
- An issue occurring when using Equipment Loadout, causing decorations to be removed from equipment, Bowgun Customization being reverted to default, and Kinsects reverting to the initial rarity.
- When cutting off monster parts, the parts change into a monster part from a different monster.
- Gravios does not gain resistance to flinches after breaking its parts. (Gravios’s resistance has also been slightly adjusted in Ver. 1.000.05.00.)
- An issue which may cause crashes or some monsters to act strangely under certain situations.
- Some skills are unintentionally activated under certain conditions.
- Some items/rewards can be obtained repeatedly under certain conditions.
- When trying to catch a fish with a capture net, the fishes nearby do not swim away from the fishing spot.
- Some environmental features such as floating rubbles can be activated multiple times.
- During Main Mission: Chapter 5-2 “The Root Cause,” the hunter becomes unresponsive to some controls when talking to a certain NPC.
- Palico’s support move “Attract Vigorwasps” may cause the hunter to become unresponsive to some controls.
- When scrolling through the quest list, only the first 20 quests are displayed correctly.
- An issue which may cause the game to forcefully shut down when starting a game with saved data that encountered a force quit.
*You must close the game to apply the fix. Please ensure you restart the game after updating your game to Ver. 1.000.05.00. (This can be confirmed at the title screen.)
Meanwhile, Capcom outlined various issues it’s still working to address.
Some currently known Monster Hunter Wilds issues as of March 10, 2025:
- A network error occurs when firing an SOS flare right after a quest begins.
- Link Members are not prioritized over other players and may not appear in some places including Base Camps.
- Palico’s attacks with blunt weapons do not inflict stun and exhaust damages.
- Hunter Profile cannot be edited properly on some occasions.
- Some side missions cannot be completed under certain situations.
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