Monster Hunter Wilds News

Monster Hunter Wilds: How to defeat Lala Barina

Very early on in Monster Hunter Wilds, you’re going to have to figure out how to defeat Lala Barina, a monster that looks and fights much differently from what you've faced so far. Soon after you enter the Scarlet Forest, you’ll notice something is amiss with the water—it’s bright red. This is due to the scarlet spider Lala Barina and its potent silk florets, which—despite looking like roses—can paralyse a Hunter in an instant. Naturally, the guild is very interested in taking it down...
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How to defeat The Black Flame, Nu Udra

Monster Hunter Wilds’ Oilwell Basin is the game’s fire area, and after things go into disarray you’re faced with the terrifying explosive gorilla Ajarakan, which surely has to be the area’s Apex monster, right? Right?..
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Best Monster Hunter Wilds settings for PC and Steam Deck

What are the best Monster Hunter Wilds settings? Capcom's latest is a demanding game that will put your GPU and CPU to the test. Many will need to use a mix of DLSS and frame generation to hit acceptable performance and visual fidelity on PC, so it's perhaps no surprise that it's a total non-starter on Steam Deck.

While Monster Hunter Wilds doesn't demand the best graphics card on the market to achieve sound performance, many with older kit are sure to suffer issues unless you opt for the lowest graphical settings. This is especially true when exploring densely packed areas or during intense combat situations. The Monster Hunter Wilds system requirements also highlight that older rigs will have to rely on aggressive upscaling to hit 60fps even at 1080p with low settings.

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How to defeat Ajarakan in Monster Hunter Wilds

In the fiery depths of the Oilwell Basin, there can only be one Apex monster—and surprisingly it isn’t the Ajarakan, despite this big flaming ape being a force to be reckoned with. Not only are they imposing, but the first time you fight it, you’ll actually be face-to-face with two, so you’ll need to know how to beat the Ajarakan to survive the encounter...
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Monster Hunter Wilds is already trying to beat the pre-release difficulty allegations by dropping the deets on its first major patch

Monster Hunter Wilds isn't even out for most parts of the world as I write this, but that hasn't stopped Capcom from dropping breadcrumbs of information for its first major update. We already knew bits of Wilds' roadmap from February's State of Play, like the fact that Mizutsune would be the first post-launch monster coming to the game—something I'm personally very stoked about...
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