Capcom’s Monster Hunter Wilds launched on February 28 and became a smashing success out of the gate, selling 8 million copies in three days to become Capcom’s fastest-selling game ever. The launch hasn’t gone entirely smoothly, though, as players have reported a number of issues. The Monster Hunter Wilds website lists off some of what’s been fixed so far, and there have been many changes.
Some of the issues that have been fixed so far include the fix for the “Grill a Meal” and “Ingredient Center” features not working properly, along with a fix for tutorials being repeatedly shown at the Smithy. Capcom also fixed an issue that could cause the game to force-quit and addressed an issue where the weapon equipment skill would be mistakenly activated when using a mantle.
Monster Hunter Wilds players should see Ver.1.000.04.00 on the title screen to ensure they’re playing the newest, updated version of the game. Players may have to close and restart to update.
Some known issues with Monster Hunter Wilds are persisting, including Palico attacks with blunt weapons not registering damage properly and network errors in some scenarios.
Despite these issues, Monster Hunter Wilds is an enormous success so far in terms of sales, while reviews for the game have been strong as well. GameSpot’s Monster Hunter Wilds review scored the game an 8/10.
Issues that have been addressed as of March 4, 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.