Here's What's New in Monster Hunter Wilds Patch 1.041

Monster Hunter Wilds spot 1.041 is present live, and it's a large one.

Marking the game's anniversary, from present until March 18, there'll beryllium a login bonus positive rotations of past Festivals of Accord. And, arsenic we learned past week, we're besides getting the Arch-Tempered Arkveld, 10-star Arc-Tempered monsters, a peculiar collaboration with Monster Hunter Stories 3 — a spin-off bid that releases adjacent period — positive an day lawsuit wherever each erstwhile awards and quests volition beryllium "re-available."

We besides learned past week that Monster Hunter Wilds volition invited a "large-scale" enlargement aboriginal this year. Addressing fans successful a video celebrating the open-world escapade game's archetypal anniversary, bid shaper Ryozo Tsujimoto teased that this enlargement volition beryllium akin to Monster Hunter World's Iceborne add-on, but was different coy astir the details. He did, however, accent that this volition beryllium the "final update" for the monster hunting game.

Monster Hunter Wilds has had thing of a bumpy ride. Title Update 4 arrived astatine the extremity of past twelvemonth and ushered successful a agelong database of gameplay and equilibrium changes, arsenic good arsenic CPU/GPU improvements, load reduction, and the optimization of "PC-specific processes and summation of options and presets to trim processing load." A improvement roadmap, elaborate successful December, outlined plans to code the myriad issues impacting the PC version.

Note that you won't beryllium capable to entree DLC oregon play online multiplayer until this update has been installed. Steam users are besides advised to update to operator versions to NVIDIA GeForce 581.57 (or newer) oregon AMD Radeon: 25.9.1. (or newer). "Some issues person been identified with AMD Radeon drivers versions 25.10.2 and higher connected definite PCs utilizing AMD Radeon graphics cards specified arsenic the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT/7800 XT," the squad warned.

Full spot notes for Monster Hunter Wilds Ver.1.041.00.00 connected PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S

Release Date

• Wednesday February 18, 2026 2:30 a.m. UTC (Tuesday February 17, 2026 6:30 p.m. PT)
• Note: Release day and clip are taxable to alteration without anterior notice.

Required Space (Current Update Only)

• PlayStation5: Approx. 13.0 GB
• Xbox Series X|S: Approx. 16.0 GB
• Steam: Approx. 15.0 GB (With High Resolution Texture Pack: Approx. 18.0 GB total)
• Note: Make definite to person capable further retention to let for flimsy differences successful last size.

Major Additions and Changes

• – Arch-tempered Arkveld has been added arsenic a imperishable Event Quest.
• – New 10★ trouble quests person been added arsenic imperishable lawsuit quests for the pursuing monsters: Arch-tempered Rey Dau, Arch-tempered Uth Duna, Arch-tempered Nu Udra, and Arch-tempered Jin Dahaad.

• – New instrumentality and pendants person been added.

• – Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection Special Collaboration broadside ngo "A Royal Request" has been added. This broadside ngo volition go disposable aft reaching HR 9+.
• – New broadside ngo "Love for a Hero" has been added. This broadside ngo volition go disposable aft completing the other ngo "Ghosts Pay No Heed to Tomorrow" and past talking to Nadia and Mina.

• – Added a caller diagnostic to the Melding Pot that allows you to meld Gogma materials.
• – Added a caller diagnostic that allows you to gain random ingredients astatine the Ingredient Center aft reaching HR 9.
• – New Appraisal Items called "Timeworn Charms" person been added to quest rewards. (No changes person been made to the attributes of Talismans earned. Chances of receiving Talismans with precocious rarity are accrued erstwhile utilizing Timeworn Charms.)
• – Increased the maximum fig of Pop-Up Camps for the Windward Plains, the Scarlet Forest, and the Oilwell Basin. (This volition beryllium unlocked by talking to the Pop-up Camp Meowster oregon the Support Desk aft completing the duty "Germination".)
• – Added an enactment to the Barrel Bowling results surface that allows you to retry immediately. An enactment has besides been added that allows you to usage 10 Barrel Bowling Vouchers and person each rewards astatine once.
• – Adjusted the parameters of the Blossom Barrel Bombs utilized successful Barrel Bowling to behave otherwise from the Large Barrel Bombs utilized retired successful the field. In accordance with this adjustment, caller placement patterns person besides been added.
• – Reduced the waiting clip betwixt throws successful Barrel Bowling, truthful that players tin propulsion the 2nd tube portion the results of the archetypal propulsion are inactive being displayed.

• – Reduced CPU/GPU processing and made adjustments to little the load connected the game.
  – Added interior Levels of Detail (LOD) for 3D models, adjusting them to show optimal prime based connected the concern to trim GPU load.
  – Optimized monster and endemic beingness spawn-time processing to trim CPU load.
  – Added effect caching to alteration CPU load erstwhile generating duplicate effects.
  – Optimized rendering processes to trim CPU/GPU load.
  – Performed different insignificant adjustments to little the wide load.
• – The pursuing 9★ lawsuit quests person been made permanently available:
  – The White Wonder
  – Ultimate Berserker
  – The Monkey King
  – Sovereign Brute
  – There Goes the Neighborhood
• – Added a caller peculiar situation quest. (This quest volition go disposable aft completing the existing 3 peculiar situation quests arsenic good arsenic the 10★ Arch-tempered Arkveld lawsuit quest.)
• – When quick-accessing "Quest Last Played" connected the apical surface astatine the Quest Counter, the default departure constituent volition present beryllium acceptable to the past departure constituent used. (If the past departure constituent utilized is not available, the subordinate volition commencement from the basal campy arsenic usual.)
• – Adjusted the show for lawsuit quests to marque it clearer that the subordinate is offline connected the screens for accepting oregon joining a quest.
• – Added a Refresh fastener to the hunt results database for SOS Flare Quests.
• – Added Thai arsenic a substance language. Text connection tin beryllium changed successful the rubric paper options.
• – Added Latin American Spanish arsenic a dependable language. Voice connection tin beryllium changed successful the rubric paper options.
• – Added a "Favorited Items Safeguard" diagnostic to the Start Menu options. This volition fastener the corroborate fastener for circumstantial facilities truthful that the subordinate cannot usage items that are registered arsenic favorites. (Note: This mounting tin beryllium changed backmost to "Require Confirmation" connected the aforesaid options screen.)
• – Added a shortcut fastener for checking the details earlier registering an instrumentality loadout for shared loadouts connected the Invitation List screen.
• – Added a shortcut fastener for going backmost and distant betwixt the "Upgrade from Box" surface and "Transcending" surface astatine the Smithy.
• – Adjusted the UI for erstwhile the subordinate approaches a Hunting Assistant (Werner oregon Gemma) successful the field, making it easier to separate betwixt the positions of Werner oregon Gemma and their hunting tools.
• – All 9 imperishable lawsuit quests that were lone playable online person been made disposable for offline play arsenic well. (Please notation to the Event Quest docket for much details.)
  – Heart of Judecca (Arch-tempered Jin Dahaad)
  – Specter of Their Sins (Gogmazios), etc.
• - All 29 lawsuit quests that output instrumentality materials and that were lone disposable for a constricted clip person been made imperishable and playable offline. (Please notation to the lawsuit quest docket for much details.)

• – Made adjustments that should forestall the Handler from pushing the huntsman portion retired successful the tract during hunts oregon exploration. An enactment to fell them wholly during a hunt was besides added.

Bug Fixes and Balance Adjustments

• – Fixed an contented preventing immoderate pins from being displayed and the people from being tallied correctly if the subordinate throws a tube close earlier starting Barrel Bowling.

• – Fixed an contented wherever the result of a turf warfare betwixt Lagiacrus and Rathalos would disagree betwixt players.
• – Fixed an contented wherever a anemic constituent appeared astatine the incorrect timing during a Rompopolo's toxic state attack.
• – Fixed an contented wherever Compact Anti-Wyvern Guns that autumn to the crushed sometimes wouldn't look nether circumstantial conditions during the Gogmazios quest.
• – Fixed an contented successful Jin Dahaad, Tempered Jin Dahaad, and Arch-tempered Jin Dahaad quests where, nether definite conditions, lone the monster would determination to the last area, preventing quest progression.

• General
  • – Fixed an contented preventing the close strategy messages from being displayed erstwhile a accomplishment effect ends owed to the subordinate switching weapons.
  • – Fixed an contented wherever Fabius could get deed by the player's slinger during Gogmazios's peculiar attack.
• Sword & Shield
  • – Fixed an contented causing immoderate items to vanish temporarily from the Radial Menu erstwhile utilizing items similar traps and specified portion the sword & shield are unsheathed.
• Dual Blades
  • – Fixed an contented wherever landing a Focus Strike with the Dual Blades connected Gogmazios portion airborne caused the subordinate to determination erratically.
• Bowguns
  • – Fixed an contented causing unintended elemental effects to beryllium displayed connected Artian weapons.
• Skills
  • – Fixed an contented that caused an elemental absorption summation icon to look erstwhile the "Protective Veil I" accomplishment was active, contempt the accomplishment not having that effect.
• Support Hunters
  • – Fixed an contented wherever Support Hunters whitethorn occurrence Compact Anti-Wyvern Guns distant from Gogmazios portion riding Seikret.
  • – Fixed an contented wherever Support Hunters whitethorn halt to carve Gogmazios's severed process during the quest.
  • – Fixed an contented wherever Fabius would halt guarding if the quest person changed during Gogmazios's peculiar attack.
  • – Fixed an contented wherever the absorption of Fabius's defender would deviate from the intended absorption during Gogmazios's peculiar attack.
  • – Fixed an contented wherever Support Hunters would not instrumentality screen during Jin Dahaad's ample area-of-effect attack.
  • – Fixed an contented wherever Support Hunters would onslaught Omega Planetes alternatively of the Nerscylla portion it was charging the Delta Attack.
  • – Fixed an contented wherever Support Hunters wrong a shield could inactive instrumentality harm during Omega Planetes’s Delta Attack.
  • – Fixed an contented that caused Support Hunters to beryllium incapable to get successful oregon retired of the underwater combat country during the Lagiacrus hunt.

• System
  • – During a Field Survey, if the subordinate deals extended harm to a ample monster that isn't the existent quest target, the wellness worth conditions that would forestall that monster from becoming a people successful a consequent Field Survey person been relaxed.
  • – Fixed an contented wherever unnecessary chat logs (indicating monsters leaving the locale) could show during a Special Environment Quest successful which the situation contains a monster of the aforesaid taxon arsenic ample monsters that are already designed to look successful that quest.
  • – Fixed an contented wherever the Cosmetic DLC Pass substance was not displaying correctly nether Add-ons successful the Support Desk menu.
  • – Fixed an contented wherever the signifier thickness for the "Whitewing Caparison" decoration could not beryllium adjusted successful Seikret Customization.
  • – Added a hole to close limb show erstwhile unintended bonus combinations are applied during reinforcement of Artian Weapons oregon Gogma Artian Weapons.
  • – We person implemented a solution to trim the load clip experienced astatine startup erstwhile the idiosyncratic has a ample fig of add-ons.
• Locales
  • – Fixed an contented that sometimes caused Pitfall Traps oregon Shock Traps to vanish aft being placed successful definite areas successful the Windward Plains.
  • – Fixed an contented that would sometimes origin 2 Convergent Elderbreaker cannons to look nether circumstantial conditions during the Gogmazios quest.
• Other
  • – Fixed an contented wherever immoderate dependable lines would not trigger properly.
  • – Fixed assorted substance issues.
  • – Fixed different miscellaneous issues.

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