Capcom has recently rolled out Monster Hunter Wilds hotfix 1.000.05.00 across all platforms, introducing crucial improvements and fixes to enhance your gaming experience. This update is designed to eliminate several progression blockers and resolve numerous bugs that have been affecting players. However, it's worth noting that the patch notes do not mention any performance enhancements.
Despite its record-breaking launch and selling a staggering 8 million copies within just three days, Monster Hunter Wilds is still receiving a 'mixed' user review rating on Steam. The primary source of dissatisfaction among players appears to be related to performance issues on PC. Nevertheless, the game's success is undeniable, as it has become Capcom's fastest-selling game of all time. On Steam, Monster Hunter Wilds boasts the fifth highest concurrent player count ever, peaking at an impressive 1,384,608 players, surpassing even Dota 2, Cyberpunk 2077, and Elden Ring. In comparison, Monster Hunter: World reached a peak of 334,684 players.
Looking ahead, players can anticipate a title update for Monster Hunter Wilds in early April. This update promises to introduce a new endgame area for gathering resources and offer more monster hunting adventures.
To help you embark on your Monster Hunter Wilds journey, we've compiled essential guides and resources. Check out what Monster Hunter Wilds doesn’t tell you, a comprehensive guide to all 14 weapon types in the game, a detailed Monster Hunter Wilds walkthrough, a Monster Hunter Wilds multiplayer guide, and instructions on how to transfer your Monster Hunter Wilds Beta character if you participated in the open betas.
IGN's Monster Hunter Wilds review awarded the game an 8/10, praising its refinements and enjoyable combat while noting a lack of challenge. We stated, “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
Here are the issues that have been addressed as of March 10, 2025:
- The “Grill a Meal” and “Ingredient Center” features can now be unlocked after meeting the progress criteria.
- Fixed an issue during Main Mission: Chapter 2-1 “Toward Fervent Fields” where players were falling through the map when heading to Azuz.
- The Monster Field Guide is now accessible.
- Resolved an issue in Main Mission: Chapter 5-2 “A World Turned Upside Down” where an NPC might not appear, preventing further progression.
- At the Smithy, fixed an issue where tutorials were repeatedly shown, disabling certain menu options.
- Corrected a bug when guarding a monster’s attack with a lance using Power Guard, where the weapon would flash red but the effect would not activate.
- Fixed an issue where using a mantle might mistakenly activate a Weapon Equipment Skill.
- Corrected continuous display of certain skill effects like Peak Performance and Self-Improvement.
- Addressed a problem with the Insect Glaive’s Descending Slash Offset Attack causing the hunter to freeze and become unresponsive.
- Resolved issues with screen rendering and force quits under certain conditions.
- Fixed the Meal Invitation feature at Azuz and Sild not unlocking on some occasions.
- Addressed notifications and Environment Overview Updates incorrectly indicating the availability of a Meal Invitation.
- Fixed issues with Equipment Loadout causing decorations to be removed, Bowgun Customization reverting to default, and Kinsects reverting to initial rarity.
- Corrected an issue where cutting off monster parts would result in parts changing into those from different monsters.
- Adjusted Gravios’s resistance to flinches after breaking its parts and made slight adjustments to Gravios’s resistance in Ver. 1.000.05.00.
- Fixed crashes and strange monster behaviors under certain conditions.
- Corrected unintentional activation of some skills.
- Addressed repeated obtainment of certain items/rewards under specific conditions.
- Fixed an issue where nearby fish do not swim away when using a capture net.
- Resolved the ability to activate environmental features like floating rubbles multiple times.
- Fixed an issue in Main Mission: Chapter 5-2 “The Root Cause” where the hunter becomes unresponsive to some controls when talking to a certain NPC.
- Corrected Palico’s support move “Attract Vigorwasps” causing the hunter to become unresponsive.
- Fixed the quest list display, ensuring all quests beyond the first 20 are shown correctly.
- Addressed game crashes when starting with saved data that encountered a force quit.
*To apply the fix, you must close and restart the game after updating to Ver. 1.000.05.00. You can confirm the update at the title screen.*
Capcom is also actively working on resolving several other issues in Monster Hunter Wilds as of March 10, 2025:
- A network error occurring when firing an SOS flare right after a quest begins.
- Link Members not being prioritized over other players and potentially not appearing in some locations, including Base Camps.
- Palico’s attacks with blunt weapons not inflicting stun and exhaust damages.
- Issues with editing the Hunter Profile on some occasions.
- Some side missions that cannot be completed under certain situations.
