We already knew two more Monster Hunter Wilds open betas were on the way ahead of this month’s launch, but Capcom has now shared a few more details – confirming they’ll give players a chance to go up against flagship monster Arkveld for the first time.
That announcement came courtesy of Capcom’s latest Monster Hunter Wilds Showcase, which kicked things off with a brand-new trailer. Notably, this offered a first look at the Iceshard Cliffs biome, which join Wilds’ previously revealed Windward Plains, Scarlet Forest, and Oilwell Basin. It also unveiled new monster Hirabami – an ice-dwelling leviathan with the ability to float and a pincer-style tail – alongside confirmation of two more returning monsters: the spider-like Nerscylla and the Gore Magala, first seen in Monster Hunter 4.
Capcom also took a few moments to hightlight some of Wilds’ customisation features. It will, for instance, be possible to customise your pop-up camp, adjusting its layout, adding furniture, changing tent patterns and colours, selecting background music, and more. That’s alongside the ability to alter your Seikret’s colours and decorations as the story progresses.
Elsewhere, fashion fans can delight in the news layered armour is now automatically registered whenever players craft its original High Rank counterpart, rather than having to unlock it through other means. Show-offs won’t be using Guild Cards to display their style choices this time around, however; they’ve been replaced with Hunter Profiles, promising “more features than ever”. Capcom also confirmed a photo mode – with settings including camera view and depth of field – that’ll pause the game when used in online single-player mode.