Feb 27, 2026
View on Steam↗10★ Zoh Shia, 10★ Gogmazios & Special Collaborations!
4/5 Significant
10★ Zoh Shia and Gogmazios arrive alongside USJ and ICHIRAN collaborations and major performance optimizations.
Key Changes
- 1New 10★ Zoh Shia Event Quest 'Hope of the Ancients' (March 4)
- 2New 10★ Gogmazios Event Quest 'Special Assignment: Slay Gogmazios' (March 12)
- 3Universal Studios Japan Collaboration adds new armor, weapons, and Palico gear (March 4)
- 4Major performance optimization reduces CPU/GPU load and adds Level of Detail (LOD) scaling
- 51st Anniversary Event Quests add Gala Suit α and Felyne Star α sets (Feb 28)
- 6Limited-time 10★ Rompopalo Event Quest 'Just What the Doctor Ordered' (Feb 28)
- 7ICHIRAN Collaboration adds themed food and daily meal tickets (Feb 25)
- 8Support Hunters disabled on the upper level for the 10★ Gogmazios fight
- 9Monster and endemic life spawn-time processing optimized for CPU
- 10Effect caching added to reduce CPU load for duplicate effects
All Changes
🐉Monsters & Quests(4)
- newZoh Shia: New permanent 10★ Event Quest 'Hope of the Ancients' featuring Zoh Shia (March 4).
- newGogmazios: New permanent 10★ Event Quest 'Special Assignment: Slay Gogmazios' (March 12).
- nerfGogmazios: Support Hunters are disabled on the upper level during the 10★ Gogmazios fight (effective nerf).
- newRompopalo: Limited-time 10★ Event Quest 'Just What the Doctor Ordered' featuring Rompopalo (Feb 28).
🤝Collaborations & Events(5)
- newUniversal Studios Japan: Universal Studios Japan collaboration Event Quest 'A Flash of Brilliance' added (March 4).
- newICHIRAN: Limited-time ICHIRAN collaboration adds themed food to the Grand Hub (Feb 25 - March 31).
- newICHIRAN Clerk Ichiran: New Palico 'ICHIRAN Clerk Ichiran' added to the Grand Hub Canteen area.
- newICHIRAN: Daily special meal tickets provided by ICHIRAN Clerk Ichiran during the event period.
- new1st Anniversary: 1st Anniversary Event Quest 'Razzle Dazzle Frazzle' added (Feb 28).
⚔️Equipment & Cosmetics(5)
- newUniversal Studios Japan: New craftable USJ-themed Hunter armor sets added.
- newUniversal Studios Japan: New USJ-themed weapons added to the crafting list.
- newUniversal Studios Japan: New USJ-themed Palico gear added.
- newGala Suit α: New Gala Suit α armor set added as an anniversary reward.
- newFelyne Star α: New Felyne Star α Palico set added as an anniversary reward.
⚙️Performance & Technical(6)
- changePerformance: General adjustments implemented to reduce overall CPU and GPU processing load.
- changePerformance: Added internal Levels of Detail (LOD) for 3D models to optimize display quality and reduce GPU load.
- changePerformance: Optimized spawn-time processing for monsters and endemic life to reduce CPU load.
- changePerformance: Implemented effect caching to decrease CPU load when generating duplicate effects.
- changePerformance: Optimized rendering processes to further reduce CPU and GPU load.
- changePerformance: Performed various minor adjustments to lower overall system load.
Summary
Monster Hunter Wilds celebrates its 1st Anniversary with a massive content drop featuring three new 10★ difficulty encounters. High-rank hunters can challenge Zoh Shia, Gogmazios, and Rompopalo in new Event Quests. The update also introduces a Universal Studios Japan collaboration with unique gear, an ICHIRAN ramen event in the Grand Hub, and significant technical improvements to CPU and GPU performance through LOD scaling and rendering optimizations.