Monster Hunter Wilds Title Updates: Every Update and Date

Monster Hunter Wilds received four free Title Updates between April and December 2025, followed by a large anniversary patch, Ver. 1.041, in February 2026 that Capcom described as the last of its big free content drops. As of November 2026 the newest build is a small maintenance patch from late October, while the next major content is the paid Ascendance expansion planned for 2027. Below is every update in order, what each one added and what is still ahead.

We built this timeline from the PlayStation Blog, RPGSite's roadmap and patch coverage, Gematsu, Final Weapon's anniversary roadmap report, Automaton, the Steam store and PatchBot's update log, all checked in November 2026.

Every Title Update at a Glance

Capcom's free updates followed a roughly quarterly rhythm in the first year: a big Title Update with new monsters, then smaller patches and event quests in between. The headline content from each is summarized in the table, and the sections that follow explain what actually changed for your hunter.

Monster Hunter Wilds major updates (sources listed in the post)

Update	Date	Headline additions
Title Update 1	April 4, 2025	Mizutsune, Arch-tempered Rey Dau, Grand Hub, Arena Quests
Title Update 2	June 30, 2025	Lagiacrus, Seregios, Arch-tempered Uth Duna (from July 30), layered weapons
Title Update 3	September 2025	Omega Planetes (Final Fantasy XIV collaboration), Arch-tempered Nu Udra
Title Update 4	December 16, 2025	Gogmazios, Gogma Artian weapons, Armor Transcendence, Arch-tempered Jin Dahaad
Ver. 1.041	February 18, 2026	Arch-tempered Arkveld, 10-star Arch-tempered quests, Stories 3 collaboration
Ver. 1.042	August 4, 2026	Event quests playable offline, Prologue Demo save transfer

Between those, Capcom shipped bug-fix builds and rotating event quests. PatchBot's log lists Ver. 1.041.01.00 on February 20 and Ver. 1.041.02.00 on February 25, 2026, then Ver. 1.042.00.02 on August 14 and Ver. 1.042.00.03 on October 27, 2026, which is the most recent build at the time of writing.

Title Updates 1 and 2: New Monsters and the Grand Hub

Title Update 1 landed on April 4, 2025, according to Gematsu, and set the template. RPGSite's roadmap records that it added Mizutsune, unlocked at Hunter Rank 21 through Kanya in the Scarlet Forest, repeatable Zoh Shia hunts from HR 50, and Arch-tempered Rey Dau as the first of the extra-hard variants. It also introduced the Grand Hub, a social space that opens at HR 16 when you speak to Tetsuzan in Suja, along with Arena Quests and time-based rankings on an Expedition Record Board.

Title Update 2 followed on June 30, 2025. It brought Lagiacrus, with special underwater actions, and Seregios, both as 8-star tempered monsters for HR 41 and above. Arch-tempered Uth Duna arrived later, on July 30, through an event quest and Free Challenge Quest that reward the Uth Duna gamma armor sets. Quality-of-life changes mattered just as much: layered weapons, new photo mode options, a way to hide gear in the character display and, for solo players, the ability to choose which Support Hunters you summon. Two new Support Hunters, Erik and Mina, joined the roster.

For returning players, these two updates are also where the endgame started to widen. Arch-tempered monsters introduced a tier of difficulty above normal tempered hunts, and their gamma armor sets became the target for many builds, while layered weapons finally let players keep the look of a favorite weapon while using a stronger one. If you are new to the game, these updates also explain why the Grand Hub is so busy. It is where players from every platform gather, which our crossplay explainer covers in more detail.

Title Updates 3 and 4: Omega and Gogmazios

The third update arrived in September 2025 with a crossover that surprised many players. Wikipedia notes that the Final Fantasy XIV collaboration released as part of that update, adding Omega as a huntable monster and a Chocobo-themed mount. RPGSite lists Omega Planetes as the new monster, Arch-tempered Nu Udra as a permanent event quest, gear themed on the Dark Knight and Pictomancer jobs, and quests that drop rarity 8 Artian materials.

Title Update 4, released December 16, 2025, is the one most endgame players still talk about. The PlayStation Blog's preview confirmed Gogmazios, an Elder Dragon that needs Hunter Rank 100 and completion of the main mission A First Cry, fought by up to four hunters with four Support Hunters. It also added:

• Gogma Artian weapons: rarity 8 Artian weapons that keep their bonuses, each with a random Set Bonus skill and Group skill that can be rerolled.
• Transcendence: at HR 100 and above, armor can be upgraded past its old maximum, and rarity 5 and 6 sets gain better decoration slots.
• Arch-tempered Jin Dahaad: a permanent 9-star event quest from December 24 for HR 100 hunters.
• Advanced optional quests against trios of 9-star monsters, plus new Support Hunters Griffin and Nightmist.

Our Gogmazios unlock walkthrough goes through the quest chain step by step, since it is the update players most often get stuck on.

The First Anniversary Patch, Ver. 1.041

Capcom marked the game's first birthday with Ver. 1.041 on February 18, 2026. Final Weapon's summary of the anniversary roadmap lists Arch-tempered Arkveld, a new 10-star difficulty with Arch-tempered versions of Rey Dau, Uth Duna, Nu Udra and Jin Dahaad, a Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection collaboration side mission, high-difficulty optional quests, Latin American Spanish voices and one free Character and Palico Edit Voucher for every player. Festival of Accord events and limited quests ran through March.

That voucher detail is worth knowing if you have been holding off on changing your look; our guide to character creation and design codes explains how vouchers, codes and the free tent menu fit together.

Producer Ryozo Tsujimoto used the same anniversary announcement to confirm a large expansion on a scale similar to Iceborne and Sunbreak, with details promised for the summer. RPGSite's roadmap describes the February 2026 patch as the game's final big update, which matches how things played out: everything since has been fixes, events and features rather than new monsters.

Ver. 1.042 and the Patches Since

The next notable build was Ver. 1.042, released August 4, 2026 at 2:30 a.m. UTC according to PatchBot. RPGSite's coverage of the patch notes highlights two changes. First, the event quests and Challenge Quests available at the time became playable offline, including Special Assignment: Slay Gogmazios, and the limited quest Just What the Doctor Ordered became a permanent addition. Second, the update added support for transferring saves from the free Prologue Demo, which launched a day later on PS5, Xbox Series and PC. To bring a demo save across, you launch the full game while no full-version save exists.

Ver. 1.042 also tidied smaller problems: event quests now list available entries at the top of the Quest Counter, a duplicated Pop-up Camp option was removed, and a stutter with a frame rate cap and NVIDIA DLSS was addressed. Since then, PatchBot shows only Ver. 1.042.00.02 on August 14, which fixed frame rate issues, and Ver. 1.042.00.03 on October 27, 2026.

Rotating event quests continue alongside these patches. Recent examples on PatchBot include Gravios Blockade and The Proud Child of the Wilds, each available for a limited window, which is a reminder to check the Quest Counter weekly if you collect event gear. For a quieter break between event hunts, our Wilds fishing guide covers Kanya's permanent fishing side quests and the Goldenfish.

What Is Next: Switch 2, Free Editing and Ascendance

Three things are on the calendar after November 2026:

• December 3, 2026: Automaton reports that paid Character Edit Vouchers are removed from sale on this date, every player receives 10 Character and 10 Palico Edit Vouchers as a stopgap, and buyers of past vouchers get a thank-you pendant set.
• December 4, 2026: the Nintendo Switch 2 version launches with all Title Update content and cross-play, per Gematsu.
• 2027: Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance, a paid expansion announced at Summer Game Fest on June 5, 2026. Steam lists a 2027 planned release and requires completion of the 7-star assignment Awaking From a Dream.

Gematsu's coverage of the reveal describes Ascendance as a continuation of the story set in the Skybound Eyrie, floating islands above the Forbidden Lands, with Master Rank content and returning Elder Dragons including Kushala Daora. At Tokyo Game Show in September 2026, an extended trailer confirmed Teostra, and Capcom said some quality-of-life changes, such as faster weapon swapping without a Seikret and changing equipment outside the tent through the Item Box, will also come to the base game. Unlimited free character editing is scheduled to arrive alongside the expansion for every player, whether or not they buy it. No exact release date has been announced, so treat any specific day you see quoted as unconfirmed.

The practical advice for now is simple: reach HR 100, clear A First Cry and the Gogmazios chain, and finish Awaking From a Dream so you are ready for Master Rank the day it unlocks. Our Hunter Rank farming guide helps with the first step.

Catching Up Before the Expansion

Every update above adds to the climb a returning or new player faces, from HR 100 gates to Arch-tempered materials. If you would rather start the expansion era with the endgame already in hand, the store's Wilds Full Account Boost applies a modded save to your existing profile. The page lists all weapons and armor unlocked, R7 and R8 weapons and R8 armor usable regardless of story progress, Gogmazios crafting parts, over 300 modded Gogmazios weapons and 90 of every decoration, which become visible once you reach High Rank.

It covers PC and PlayStation only, not Xbox. The full range of saves and services is on the Monster Hunter store page.

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