Monster Hunter Wilds Free Update 2 Adds Lagiacrus, Seregios & More on PS5

– Lagiacrus has been added and is available in an extra campaign. To unlock the extra campaign, players must be HR 31+ and have completed the main campaign “An Upside-Down World” and the sub-campaign “Forest Doshaguma”.

– Savage Lagiacrus has been added and will appear for HR 41+ players after completing Lagiacrus’ extra campaign.

– Seregios has been added and is available in an extra campaign. To unlock the extra campaign, players must be HR 31+ and have completed the main campaign “An Upside-Down World”.

– Savage Seregios has been added and will appear for HR 41+ players after completing Seregios’ extra campaign.

– Savage Devta Duna has been added. (Will be available in a future Event Quest.)

– Savage Monsters will appear in monster herds.

– New equipment and skills added.

– New pendants and stickers added.

– New voice lines, pose sets, and gestures added.

– New Seikret accessories added.

– Layered weapon functionality for Hunter and Felyne added.

– Hunter armor β sets have been added to layered armor settings. For any α version already unlocked, you will automatically receive β versions.

– Added new backgrounds, poses, nameplates, and titles for Hunter Profiles.

– New Support Hunters added: Mina (Sword & Shield) and Fabius (Lance), who become available for quests after completing the main campaign “Hunter’s Pride”. Fabius will only be available for a limited time during seasonal events.

– Added a feature at the Quest Counter allowing selection of which Support Hunters respond to SOS Flares.

– Added item boxes outside hunter tents at each Camp and in the Central Hub.

– Added an exterior item box as a camp installation option for Instant Tents.

– The Lobby Switch Menu can now be accessed from your tent at Camps and Instant Tents.

– You can now switch your Soul Companion to Erik, and vice versa. This feature unlocks after completing the Lagiacrus campaign.

– Added a function to the Provision Stock allowing exchange for seasonal event items.

– A new Concordia Festival event will occur from July 23 to August 6, 2025.

– The following features will be temporarily modified during the Concordia Festival: Companion outfits; Seikret accessories; Diva’s song list; Central Hub decorations; Canteen menu; Barrel Bowling and Barrel Bowling Bombs. (Erik and Gemma’s outfits may also change).

– Barrel Bowling now features additional reward slots, plus special changes for seasonal events. Barrel Bowling Bombs during seasonal events will differ from Barrel Super Bombs, offering unique challenges.

– New limited request types added (“Research Aid: Fishing” and “Research Aid: Wildlife”).

– New ranking categories added (fish and wildlife).

– Added an auto-select feature for Armor Spheres when upgrading armor at the Forge, which also converts points into Armor Spheres.

– Added an auto-select feature for reinforcement materials when enhancing Artian weapons at the Forge, which also converts points into materials.

– Added extra campaign “Trembling Azure Currents”. Available after leaving Scarlet Forest for another location, upon completing main campaign “An Upside-Down World” and sub-campaign “Forest Doshaguma”.

– Added extra campaign “Sun Pierced by Sands”. Available after completing main campaign “An Upside-Down World”.

– Added extra campaign “New Attire, Old Emotions”. Available after completing main campaign “An Upside-Down World” and sub-campaign “Forge Quality Seal”.

– Added a new area to Scarlet Forest. Unlocked at certain point in “Trembling Azure Currents” campaign.

– New important dialogue added for Ferdinand at Zephyr Plains Camp. Speak with him and fulfill conditions to acquire a new pendant.

– Environment Overview can now be viewed in Central Hub, including notifications about event periods like Concordia Festival.

– Added new graphics setting to disable screen distortion effects in underwater/lava areas.

– Added functionality to restock item pouch and ammo pouch.

– Ammo pouch now auto-restocks when enabling item settings.

– Added “Take All” option at Sparklefly’s Material Gatherer installation.

– Added “Remove all accessories” option in “Edit Accessories” submenu.

– Can now view Squad Leader’s Hunter Profile via Squad Card.

– Added option to display elapsed time during arena quests (and timed missions) in objectives. You may also view previous best records.

– Equipment Appearance can now be accessed via Equipment Info or Felyne Info in Start Menu.

– Conversation Log now accessible from Start Menu.

– Added “Effects” and “Character Display” options in photo mode. Gestures and poses now selectable in first-person mode.

– Added “All Non-Arena Quests” category in quest completion count page of Hunter Profile, excluding weapon usage totals from count. Existing “All Quests” category moved to list end. Added functionality to reset weapon usage counts for target quest categories.

– Can delete “Best Times” data for arena quests recorded in Hunter Profile and quest board. (Times recorded in Expedition Board rankings cannot be deleted).

– Added the following options:
– “HP Bar Warning”.
– “Fixed” display option under “Display Elapsed Time in Quests”.
– “Enable Skill/Item Effects”.
– “Equipped Talisman Effect”.
– “Support Hunter: Display Damage”.
– “Excess Item Collection Settings”.

– Fixed issue where certain actions during Barrel Bowling could cause unresponsive controls.

– Identical pin positions in Barrel Bowling now occur less frequently on consecutive days.

– Fixed issue where tree stumps occasionally appeared floating in Central Hub’s sky.

– Material Gatherer item requests can now be placed during Turf Wars in Kunafa and Azuz, with collection continuing during Turf Wars.

– Adjusted frequency of monsters discovering Instant Tents.

– Fixed issue where sneak attacks in arenas occasionally failed to deal proper damage.

– Savage Afflictions in future Free Challenge quests will spawn in fixed locations.

– Fixed issue where target monster size changed when accepting an investigation with only one attempt remaining.

General

• – Character control resumes quicker after starting quest.

• – Adjusted player gathering actions for improved responsiveness.

• – Crouching movement now benefits from faster Bleed status recovery.

• – Fixed issue where Embedded Blade skill effect wouldn’t disappear when entering/exiting Training Area.

• – Fixed issue where players could carry multiple Barrel Super Bomb types if picking up placed Barrel Super Bomb while holding Floral Barrel Bomb.

• – Fixed issue where with dash controls set to single press, crouched dash prompts made character initiate “run” instead of “dash” when standing.

• – Fixed issue where “webbed” status wasn’t properly removed by Bug Juice delivery.

• – Minor fixes and adjustments made to all weapon actions.

Sword & Shield

• – Slightly increased base damage and stun values for Shield Attack, Shield Smack, and Chop Smash.

• – Slightly increased base damage for Prune Finisher.

• – Adjusted to prevent chain spamming of Lock Slash.

• – Slightly increased Sliding Slice’s evasion window.

• – Slightly increased base damage for Trim Slash and Flank Chop.

• – Reduced base damage for Slapback Counter.

• – Fixed issue where Focus Attacks could improperly hit same wound multiple times on certain monsters.

Dual Blades

• – Can now change direction during moves when entering Demon Mode right after evading.

• – During Intensified Demon Mode, chaining evasion into Blade Dance now executes Blade Dance II (Blade Dance I executes if Demon Bar is insufficient).

• – Blade Dance II responsiveness improved.

• – Movement speed during Demon Mode increased.

• – Increased base damage for basic attacks like Sextuple Demon Slash, Rushing Demon Octave, and Demon Octave.

• – Significantly increased base damage, element scaling, and status scaling for Spiral Slice.

• – Increased base damage for Focus Attack: Ebbing Tide.

• – Increased base damage for Heavenly Blade Dance.

• – Slightly reduced element scaling and status scaling for Blade Dance, while increasing base damage.

• – Slightly reduced base damage boost from Intensified Demon Mode, increased element scaling boost.

• – Fixed issue where Power Prolonger skill improperly extended Intensified Demon Mode boosts.

• – Fixed camera shaking issue during Demon Mode.

Long Sword

• – Significantly increased Crimson Counter II’s element scaling.

• – Increased base damage, element scaling, and status scaling for Crimson Counter III.

• – Crimson Counter III now transitions faster into Spirit Blade I.

• – Slightly increased base damage for Spirit Reckoning Slash.

• – Increased base damage for Spiralslash: Release when Spirit Bar is red.

• – Increased base damage for Crimson Spiral Slash.

• – Increased base damage for Spirit Iai Slash when Spirit Bar is white/yellow.

• – Reduced element scaling and status scaling for Crimson Counter I.

Hammer

• – Can now chain special strikes after significantly staggering monsters with successful Inhibitor Attack.

• – Can now chain Focus Attack: Earthbreaker into Charged Uppercut.

• – Added Inhibitor effects to Charged Upswing and Charged Upswing: Mighty.

• – Charge levels now build faster when chaining Charged Step after evasion.

• – Increased base damage for Charged Big Bang.

• – Increased base damage for Charged Upswing: Mighty.

• – Adjusted hitboxes for certain attacks like Big Bang.

• – Fixed issue where damage numbers appeared twice for Big Bang IV.

Hunting Horn

• – Perfectly timed Focus Attack: Reverberation now plays an additional note at attack’s end.

• – Perfectly timed Focus Attack: Reverberation now places an Echo Bubble at attack’s end. (Can cancel Echo Bubble by holding R2 (PS5) / RT (Xbox) / R key (default, PC) at action’s end).

• – Hitting monsters with Roaring Melody strikes now triggers sonic waves.

• – Seikret movement no longer interrupted when playing while mounted.

• – Significantly increased Echo Bubble damage hitbox.

• – Increased Roar Remedy Melody’s Evade Window.

• – Fixed issue where locked melodies appeared incorrectly as Encore when switching Hunting Horns.

• – Fixed issue where hitting Roar Remedy Melody occasionally failed to inhibit attacks.

• – Fixed issue where reserved notes weren’t properly reset when chaining into Special Performance.

Lance

• – Can now chain Charged Counterthrust into Focus Attack: Triumphant Thrust.

• – Adjusted Focus Attack: Triumphant Thrust hitbox for better accuracy.

• – Fixed issue where shield attacks during Focus Attack: Resolution improperly broke monster wounds.

Gunlance

• – Fixed issue where if a critical hit occurred during Wyrmstake Cannon or Focus Attack: Dragonrazer multihits, subsequent hits also became criticals.

Switch Axe

• – Improved positioning adjustment against monsters during Reckless Charge and Total Release: Sword Strike in Aim Mode.

• – Elemental Surge Finisher retreat movement can now be slightly reduced by tilting left stick toward character.

• – Significantly increased element scaling for subsequent explosions from phial sword attacks.

• – Significantly increased element scaling for subsequent explosions from Reckless Charge, Total Release: Sword Strike, and Axe: Double Strike when using phials.

• – Reduced base damage for Axe: Heavy Pound Combo and Axe: Double Strike.

• – Increased Transition Gauge recovery when executing basic Axe Mode attacks.

• – Increased base damage and Amplifier Gauge recovery for Axe: Twin Rising Strike, and reduced its Transition Gauge consumption.

• – Increased base damage and Amplifier Gauge recovery amount for Sword: Triple Slash.

• – Reduced Transition Gauge consumption for Sword: Downward Slash.

• – Fixed issue where Rapid Morph skill’s damage scaling wasn’t applied to Falling Double Strike when performed upon landing.

Charge Blade

• – Guard Points now trigger Perfect Guard detection, allowing chains into Wild Axe Swing from Guard Point Perfect Guards.

• – Increased base damage when triggering Ultra Element Discharge from certain attacks (like Element Discharge).

• – Increased base damage for Element Discharge and Ultra Element Discharge.

• – Increased base damage for Weak Slash, Counter Slash, and Shield Thrust.

• – Increased explosive phial damage for Axe: Element Discharge, Element Discharge, and Ultra Element Discharge.

• – Increased explosive damage for Impact Phials while in Sword: Boost Mode.

• – Axe: Element Discharge now chains faster into other basic axe attacks like Axe: Lunging Strike or Axe: Sweeping Slash Combo.

• – Reduced base damage for multi-hit attacks in Savage Axe Mode.

• – Fixed issue where phial explosion buff damage wasn’t applied to Element Discharge I and similar attacks with Phial Burst when vials were enhanced.

• – Fixed issue where sharpness decreased abnormally when performing Guard Point during Elemental Boost.

• – Fixed issue where Rapid Morph skill’s damage scaling wasn’t applied to certain leaping axe attacks.

Heavy Bowgun

• – Increased Charge Gauge recovery from Spread Ammo 1/2.

• – Fixed issue that made evading difficult after firing Slicing Ammo.

• – Fixed issue where Salvo skill activated with fewer hits than required when using Cluster Bombs or Serpoblast Charged Shot.

Bowguns

• – Fixed issue where Airborne skill didn’t activate properly with Spread Ammo.

Bow

• – Fixed issue where bow coatings unintentionally switched to “Unequipped” under certain circumstances.

Support Hunters

• – Fixed issue where Support Hunters mounted on Seikret dismounted prematurely during Jin Dahaad’s area attack and took damage.

• – Increased Support Hunters’ attack power when quest leader is HR 100 or higher.

• – Adjusted Support Hunter behavior when mounting monsters.

• – Added finishing sequence when Olivia performs a successful inhibitory attack.

Seikret

• – Improved responsiveness when calling Seikret.

• – Improved Seikret control responsiveness after mounting via Call Seikret.

• – Fixed issue where mounting Seikret during autopathing made it circle area if arriving before large monster.

• – Adjusted command priority and cancel windows for item use while mounted in:
  – After switching weapons while mounted.
  – Using item after closing map.
  – Using item immediately after another.

• – Can now dismount Seikret while drifting.

Felyne

• – Fixed issue where Felynes stopped using Vital Snack delivery in some cases.

System

• – Increased Guild Points awarded for delivering Snake Eggs.

• – Skill Info window now accessible on multiple screens.

• – Changed “Delete Investigation” command mapping in Investigation submenu.

• – Changed command mapping for “Available Equipment Details” submenu option in Arena and Challenge Quests.

• – Canteen Meal skills now viewable in Skill Info window via Equipment Info in Start Menu.

• – Canteen Meal skill details viewable on Active Skills page in Skill Info window.

• – Can now Accept and Depart (Quick Start) directly to quest from Quest Invite Notification in Important Chat Notifications.

• – Removed skip function for important chat notifications and enabled map opening while notifications are active.

• – Adjusted map to prevent automatic floor switching when focusing on large monster.

• – Lobby Info now viewable in upper-right corner of Start Menu and Quest Counter screens.

• – Monster Notes viewable from Tent Menu during quests.

• – Fixed issue where incompatible accessories could be equipped to certain slots.

• – Fixed issue where obtained nameplates occasionally didn’t appear in Hunter Profile settings.

• Steam®

  – Adjusted VRAM usage during texture streaming, reducing overall VRAM consumption.

• – Fixed issue where Estimated VRAM Usage in Graphics settings displayed lower than actual values. (Result: Estimated VRAM appears higher, but actual VRAM usage decreased through optimization. Minimum/recommended specs unchanged).

• – Fixed improper VRAM values for Distant Shadow Quality in Graphics settings.

• – Fixed issue where torso armor wasn’t displayed when selecting “Display Armor” in Appearance Settings.

• – Fixed issue where performing actions like eating and forging at Central Hub reset mantle cooldowns.

• – Fixed issue where repeated fast travel in Training Area reset statuses like mantle cooldowns.

• – Improved item use responsiveness after leaving tent.

• – Fixed issue where blocked users weren’t properly removed from Followers list.

• – Fixed incorrect icons displayed for offline members in Member List.

• – Fixed Equipment Appearance menu issue where cursor returned to top after swapping equipped layered gear slot.

Quests

• – Can now accept/enter quests from Quest Counter during Wildspire Wealth.

• – Reduced interruptions when entering quests via invite notification.

• – Adjusted unlock conditions for Hunting Highlight “Sociable”.

• – Fixed issue where SOS Flare was auto-used when starting quest with Max Members set to 1 and Auto SOS enabled.

• – Fixed issue where departure animation froze if target quest ended during specific frame, making character unresponsive.

• – Fixed issue where Fortune effects weren’t applied to target quest when accepting invite from League Member during active quest.

• – Fixed issue where Grand Hunt (multi-monster) could spawn outside Field Work in your environment if one monster hadn’t appeared there.

• – Fixed issue where players could significantly reduce monster HP with poison or similar effects before Field Work began.

• – Fixed issue where completing offline Free Challenge Quest blocked saving and displayed incorrect lower rankings at Quest Counter.

• – Fixed issue where target monsters sometimes didn’t appear in multi-target Investigations.

• – Fixed issue where Arena Quest participants displayed incorrectly in rankings when multiple players joined simultaneously.

• – New preventive measures against invalid/fraudulent investigations implemented.

• – Clear cheat completion times won’t register on leaderboards; offenders subject to suspensions/play restrictions.

Other

• – Fixed dialogue trigger issues.

• – Fixed various text issues.

• – Other miscellaneous fixes.