Monster Hunter Wilds Large-Scale Expansion is in Development - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 09 February 2026 / 2,618 Views
Capcom announced a large-scale expansion for Monster Hunter Wilds is in development with details to be released this summer.
The publisher also announced update 1.041 for the game will launch on February 18. It will add Arch-tempered Arkveld, 10-star Arch Tempered Monsters, unique new Event Quests, a collaboration event with Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, he weapon and pendant designs from an official design contest, and an event celebrating the game’s first anniversary.
"We are currently at work on a large-scale expansion similar to Monster Hunter World: Iceborne and Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak for Monster Hunter Wilds," Monster Hunter Wilds Producer Ryozo Tsujimoto. "We plan to share more information with you this summer, so please look forward to it."
View the Monster Hunter Wilds 1st anniversary video below:
Here is the schedule of updates for February and March:
February 18 – Version 1.041 Update
- Special Supplies: Hunter Appreciation Pack (until March 19) (can only be claimed once)
- Limited-Time – Festival of Accord: Blossomdance (until February 25)
- Event Quests (always available)
- Arc-tempered Arkveld
- 10-Star Arch-tempered (Rey Dau, Uth Duna, Nu Udra, Jin Dahaad)
- Design Contest: Great Sword / Pendant
- Side Mission (always available)
- Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection Special Collaboration
- New 10-star difficulty
- High-difficulty optional questions
- New side mission
- One free Character and Palico Edit Voucher
- New voice language: Latin American Spanish
February 25
- Limited-Time – Festival of Accord: Flamefete (until March 4)
- Event Quest (always available)
- Neon Neopterons
February 28 – Anniversary
- Event Quest (limited time)
- Just What the Doctor Ordered
- Event Quest (always available)
- Razzle Dazzle Frazzle
March 4
- Limited-Time – Festival of Accord: Dreamspell (until March 12)
- Event Quest (always available)
- Upcoming Event Quest
March 12
- Limited-Time – Festival of Accord: Lumenhymn (until March 19)
- Event Quest (always available)
- Upcoming Event Quest
March 19
- Free Challenge Quest (limited time)
- Arch-tempered Arkveld
Monster Hunter Wilds is available for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.
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Wilds still has a lot of potential so hopefully the expansion addresses some of its weaknesses and performance issues
It is really telling that a game that should be gigantic following the success of Rise and World had, up until this comment of mine, just another comment single for such news in more than 2 days. I had several MH games but I didn't care for this one after seeing how terribly unoptimized it was through reviews. Hopefully they can do a Cyberpunk treatment here and regain the interest of the people.
