The upcoming Ver. 1.011 update for Monster Hunter Wilds, scheduled to launch on May 28, brings with it a significant wave of content enhancements and gameplay changes. Among the most prominent features is a special collaboration with Street Fighter 6, introducing Akuma as a unique equipment-based guest character. Players can obtain both a full armor set and a layered armor variant of Akuma, which come with unique item bar actions: Assisted Combo: Akuma, Drive Impact, and Gou Hadoken. When equipped with the full set, these skills receive additional bonuses, including the ability to unleash Akuma’s signature Shun Goku Satsu attack under specific conditions.
Beyond the crossover, players can look forward to new 8-star tempered monsters including Gore Magala, Rey Dau, Uth Duna, Nu Udra, and Jin Dahaad. These formidable beasts become available at Hunter Rank 41 and above, offering a new tier of challenge with increased health pools, greater resistance to damage, and adjusted multiplayer scaling. Additionally, quest frequency for higher-difficulty missions and multi-monster encounters has been improved, alongside tweaks to tempered monster spawn rates.
Monster Hunter Wilds update 1.011 also makes a number of balance changes to various weapon classes. Notable adjustments include performance enhancements to the Hammer, Hunting Horn, Gunlance, Light Bowgun, and Heavy Bowgun. The Gunlance in particular sees improvements to Artian weapon parameters. Capcom has promised that weapon balancing will continue into future updates, with Title Update 2 set to further refine the Hammer and introduce changes for weapons such as the Dual Blades.
Other key elements introduced in Ver. 1.011 and beyond include:
Street Fighter 6 Collaboration
- New Akuma full armor set and layered armor.
- Adds unique item bar actions: Assisted Combo: Akuma, Drive Impact, and Gou Hadoken.
- Full armor unlocks Shun Goku Satsu with stun effect when hitting weak points.
New 8-Star Tempered Monsters (Available at HR 41+)
- Gore Magala
- Rey Dau
- Uth Duna
- Nu Udra
- Jin Dahaad
- Adjusted health, wound resistance, and multiplayer scaling.
- Quests for 8-star monsters appear more frequently as HR increases.
Balance Adjustments
- Weapon updates: Hammer, Hunting Horn, Gunlance, Light Bowgun, Heavy Bowgun.
- Artian Gunlance weapon stats improved.
- Future updates to include further Hammer improvements, Dual Blades changes, and other weapon enhancements.
Quality of Life Improvements
- Resting now restores destroyed camps in Grand Hub and Suja.
- Item overflow automatically sent to item box (no confirmation required).
- Meal effect countdown timer displays with 10 minutes remaining.
- Notification spam reduced; high-priority targets only in environment view.
- Map access no longer blocked by active notifications (planned for TU2).
- Improved quest joining experience for private and squad lobbies.
- Camera adjustments during hunts.
Added Features
- View captured endemic life in Ecological Research (size, weight, and names included).
- Favorite specific creatures to retain them despite storage limits.
- Adjustments to Seikret and handler placement for gameplay clarity.
- Photo Mode toggle for character display planned for Title Update 2.
- Layered weapons to be added in Title Update 2.
Performance Enhancements
- VRAM usage optimized; crashes due to insufficient memory addressed.
- Steam version sees additional texture streaming improvements forthcoming.
Gameplay Cycle Updates
- Enhanced rewards for 8-star investigations and field surveys.
- Adjusted Guild Point values for fishing, rebalancing rare and common catches.
- Future updates to introduce even stronger monsters and new equipment systems designed to deepen skill build variety.
Capcom has confirmed that this is just the beginning of a series of updates designed to expand the core content of Monster Hunter Wilds. Title Update 2, slated for summer, will introduce new monsters, additional 8-star tempered threats, and a new Arch-tempered variant. The developer has also committed to refining user experience through further quality-of-life updates and ongoing weapon rebalancing.
