Monster Hunter Wilds Free Title Update 4 lands on December 16, 2025, introducing a new Elder Dragon, new equipment, features, events, and more.
Capcom had announced a Monster Hunter Showcase earlier this week, which was not only going to take us through the details of title update 4 for MH Wilds, but also new information on MH Stories 3: Twisted Reflection. The showcase was delayed to December 11 due to a tsunami warning in Japan, and is now available as a VOD.
Monster Hunter Wilds Title Update 4 Adds New Elder Dragon and Support Hunters
Monster Hunter Wilds Title Update 4 adds a new Elder Dragon called Gogmazios, who is available after completing the main mission “A First Cry.” It is a special quest that has four hunters bringing on support hunters (new feature) to form parties of 8 to take on this challenge, and you will be teaming up with Nadia and Fabius. Players will also find a permanent, replayable event quest version of the Gogmazios quest on the same day.
New Equipment
The new quest will also allow players to upgrade Rarity 8 Artian Weapons into Gogma Artian Weapons using materials obtained from Gogmazios. These weapons can have one bonus skill and one group skill chosen at random, and with Gogma Reinforce, players can retain their reinforcement bonuses or reset their skills completely. There’s new Armor Transcendence as well, allowing hunters to upgrade their HR 100+ armours even further.
New Arch-Tempered Monster, Support Hunters and Optional Quests
Title Update 4 for Monster Hunter Wilds will also introduce the Arch-tempered version of Jin Dahaad. Players will find new support hunters like Nadia, who uses a light bowgun, Griffin, who is a great sword wielder, and Nightmist, who uses a light bowgun as well. New high-difficulty quests have been added with several 9-star monsters, and there will be new limited-time quests that will let players forge special equipment, farm Heavy Armor Spheres, and more.
New Downloadable Content
Players will get access to four beloved poses from prior Monster Hunter games for free in the new update. They will also receive a free Character Edit and Palico Edit Vouchers. Lastly, a paid Cosmetic DLC Pack 4 is also coming.
Monster Hunter Wilds Performance Improvements Roadmap
The developers have acknowledged the “great deal of feedback regarding improving the overall quality of the game” and have provided a roadmap for addressing these issues.
- With Title Update 4 on December 16, the developers will work on CPU/GPU Optimization across all platforms, including improvements to processing, load reduction, and other optimizations.
- Then, a Steam-exclusive CPU/GPU optimization patch will arrive in January 2026, adding new graphics and CPU settings, along with new presets and additional options to reduce processing load. It will improve the shader compilation process, VRAM usage, and high-resolution texture packs.
- Another CPU/GPU optimization patch will be released for all platforms in February 2026, introducing level-of-detail (LOD) quality levels for polygonal meshes in 3D models, reducing GPU processing load.
Monster Hunter Wilds Title Update Roamap
The Free title update 4 will be released on December 16 with Gogmazios, Gogma Artisan Weapons, Advanced Optional Quests, Armor Transcendence, and other improvements and balancing updates instantly becoming available. Then, from December 19 to January 14, there will be a seasonal event, the Festival of Accord: Lumenhymn. Then the Arch-tempered Jin Dahaad will arrive on December 24.
Monster Hunter Wilds update version 1.041 will introduce Arch-tempered Arkveld, Advanced Quests, various improvements, a special collaboration with Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, and a Design contest.
In other news, Monster Hunter Wilds was the best-selling game of 2025 earlier in the year. What are your thoughts on Monster Hunter Title Update 4? Leave your thoughts down in the comments, and join the official Insider Gaming Discord server.
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