A summary of everything we know about the Pre-Launch Community Update in Monster Hunter Wilds. Read on to see changes in the game's performance, gameplay, weapons, skills, and multiplayer in this guide.

Pre-Launch Community Update Summary

Perfomance Adjustments for Each Platform

The Pre-Launch Community Update stream has revealed the target frame rate for PS5, Xbox, and PC. Upscale is supported with the AMD FSR in the full version and PS5 Pro Enhance Mode will come out at launch.

In addition, they revealed that they have fixed a rendering bug in Prioritize Framerate mode, improving the performance.

Gameplay Adjustments

Improved Hitstop and Sound Effects

Thanks to player feedback, improvements were made to hitstop and sound effects. This makes attacks have more impact, particularly for big moves and finishers.

Mitigated Friendly Fire for Most Weapon Types

Friendly fire is mitigated for most weapon types such as the Great Sword and Gunlance. The full version includes further mitigation of friendly fire for the Hammer's Upswing and the Gunlance's Wyvern Fire, making Hunters stagger instead of flying away.

Shockproof Jewel

Players can use the Shockproof Jewel to nullify damage reactions. This replaces the Brace Jewel from Monster Hunter World.

Monsters Changing Areas

The Pre-Launch Community Update stream mentions adjusting the frequency of monsters moving to different areas. They revealed that this was a bug and are planning to adjust it to make it similar to Monster Hunter World.

Pop-Up Camps and Fast Travel

Players are able to use Pop-up Camps and Fast Travel in the full version of the game. You can put Pop-up Camps in monster lairs so you can fast travel once the monster starts limping back to its lair.

Weapon Adjustments

Insect Glaive

Insect Glaive's aerial combo, Vaulting Dance, is now back in the game. Aerial attack power also increases by two levels each time you vault. In addition, an offset effect has been added at the begining of Descending Slash.

Orange Extract effect now negates knockback while the weapon is drawn. Red, White, and Orange extract now also mitigates wind pressure, tremors, and roar similar to Monster Hunter World.

Insect Glaive Weapon Guide and New Moves

Lance

The Lance's moveset was refined and chaining combos are smoother, increasing the blocking and movement options for the weapon.

Other adjustments include allowing guarding while charging and chaining into any other move when using Charge Counter. Perfect Guard and Power Guard can now be chained into a new move.

Power Guard now charges to higher levels more quickly when successfully used against more powerful monster attacks.

Lance Weapon Guide and New Moves

Switch Axe

The Switch Axe was made stronger compared to the open beta version. Adjustments were made so that switching to Sword Mode after building the Axe Mode gauge feels more satisfying.

In addition, knockback is now negated when using Full Release Slash.

Switch Axe Weapon Guide and New Moves

Sword and Shield

Improvements were made to the Sword and Shield's various attacks. These include improving the responsiveness of the mobile Chop and Side Slash combo, ability to use Rising Slash while guarding, improved evasion effectiveness of Backstep and Sliding Swipe, and parameter improvements to normal attacks and Perfect Rush.

Sword & Shield Weapon Guide and New Moves

Bow

The Bow was rebalanced to increase the attack power and responsiveness of normal attacks and Arc Shots. The power of Tracer Shots, however, was toned down.

Bow Weapon Guide and New Moves

Hunting Horn

The Hunting Horn's melody effects were decreased. If you change back to your primary weapon from the Hunting Horn, the effects will not last longer as when you have the weapon on.

Hunting Horn Weapon Guide and New Moves

Other Weapon Adjustments

Focus Mode was rebalanced so that it is no longer possible to target multiple wounds at once. If you target multiple wounds, they will trigger one at a time with delay.

In addition, there are overally adjustments to hit detection and low damage output compared to past Monster Hunter games. The idea is to increase the level of lower performing weapons to match the meta ones.

Skill Adjustments

Skills that were mostly tied to weapon mechanics are now tied to weapons. This means that this allows you to make your skills relevant when switching weapons during a hunt.

In addition, skills on weapons will never disappear when you upgrade them as long as they are within the same skill tree.

List of All Skills

Multiplayer Adjustments

New multiplayer features were revealed such as the ability to host private lobbies, making it easier to group up with people. Squad System and Squad Lobbies will be added back to the game.

They have also revealed that the option to have Support Hunters avoid breaking wounds will not be available on launch. This will likely be added in a future update.

Multiplayer Guide: How to Play Co-Op

Will There Be Another Beta Test?

Developers are Considering Another Beta Test

According to Monster Hunter's director, Yuya Tokuda, they're still looking at the possibility of having a second beta. Nothing is guaranteed, but if ever they'll proceed with it, they will likely add more content for players to experience, although they may not be able to add in the weapon improvements that was discussed earlier in the livestream.

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News and Game Info

Title Updates

*Expected dates for US time zones; releases for European and Asian time zones will come the following day.

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Update 1.000.05.00 Patch Notes
March 10, 2025 Includes multiple bug and issue fixes.
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