Update [Tue 4th Mar 2025, 5am]: As promised, Capcom's delivered an update for Monster Hunter Wilds that aims to fix a particularly nasty, progression-blocking bug in one of the game's later main story quests.

Capcom has released the latest Monster Hunter Wilds patch on March 4 on PC and consoles. While a minor patch that doesn’t bring in any new content, Moster Hunter Wilds update 1.000.040 does bring in fixes to the Ingredient Center and other story progression issues plaguing players since launch.

Monster Hunter Wilds continued its massive launch into the weekend with the second-most players on Steam, helping propel the Valve-owned storefront to a new record-breaking 40 million concurrent users.

Capcom has revealed that early sales for Monster Hunter Wilds have already decimated the company’s history of fastest selling game records.

Monster Hunter Wilds slays the 8 million units sold milestone in just three days, making it the fastest selling Capcom game, ever Monster Hunter Wilds has beaten Monster Hunter World to become the fastest-selling game in Capcom history.

Capcom is striving to fix a bug that can potentially halt forward progress in Monster Hunter Wilds.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

Capcom gives Monster Hunter producer Ryozo Tsujimoto a significant promotion following the record-setting launch of Monster Hunter Wilds.

Monster Hunter Wilds has a patch arriving soon, addressing a known but fairly important issue with its story progression. As noted over the weekend by the Monster Hunter Status account on X/Twitter, players encountered an issue where a certain NPC didn't appear.