Monster Hunter Wilds Update 1.040.050 for Ver. 1.040.03.00 Released as First Patch of 2026
The first patch of the year for Monster Hunter Wilds is live on alll platforms, and this is for what Capcom calls version 1.040.03.00!
Console gamers will see this as Monster Hunter Wilds update 1.040.050, and this applies adjustments to Support Hunters, as well as bug fixes and other improvements.
For the complete patch notes, read on.
Monster Hunter Wilds First Update of 2026 Released on January 7
BUG FIXES
- – Fixed an issue where restarting the game could cause an equipped pendant and Seikret decorations registered in the Hunter Profile to reset to default.
- – Fixed an issue where some visual effects of the Hunting Horn’s Echo Bubble displayed red regardless of effect.
- – Fixed an issue in Barrel Bowling where points were sometimes not correctly awarded for targets hit by explosions.
- – Fixed an issue where the fishing button guide incorrectly displayed a stick rotation input when using keyboard controls.
- – Fixed other miscellaneous issues.
SUPPORT HUNTERS
- – Adjusted Fabius’s guard position to be closer to the center of the area when Gogmazios’s special attack is successfully weakened, and prevented his guard from being delayed by incoming attacks.
- – When successfully weakening Gogmazios’s special attack, Fabius will now send a signal and display an objective marker (guild icon). Additionally, new Fabius dialogue has been added for when failing to weaken the attack.
- – Fixed an issue where Fabius could behave unnaturally when guarding after successfully weakening Gogmazios’s special attack.
- – Added the effects of the skill Shock Absorber to all Support Hunters, preventing Fabius from reacting to player attacks while guarding against Gogmazios’s special attack.
- – Reduced the likelihood of being hit by Gogmazios’s attacks while moving toward elevated positions or towards Fabius after successfully weakening Gogmazios’s special attack.
- – Even after failing to weaken Gogmazios’s special attack, attacks will no longer reach elevated areas. Objective markers (guild icons) have also been added for available elevated safe positions.
- – Adjusted the camera behavior while charging a Compact Anti-Wyvern Gun (excluding when mounted on a Seikret).
While this doesn’t include any new content, we should be hearing more about Capcom’s future plans for the franchise soon, and once we know more, expect it here on MP1st.
In other Capcom news, the next major game from the company is Resident Evil Requiem, which will be released next month. Capcom officially revealed that Leon will be one of the main protagonists in the game last month, and mentioned how the character will be “driven to the brink.”
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