Wild Hearts’ first major update brings a shiny new Kemono and matching talisman that grants players an extra addition to their roster of abilities. The new patch for the monster-hunting RPG game also includes useful crafting and modding improvements, as well as a wide range of bug fixes and some balance changes, including buffs for various Wild weapons. Hearts.
The newest addition to the Wild Hearts monster roster is the terrifying Hellfire Laharback. This giant, flaming, ape-like beast appears to be a relative of the Lavaback family and is currently terrorizing Natsukodachi Island. If you are able to take down this mighty beast, a new Infernal Blow Talisman can be yours that increases the chances of setting your enemies on fire, as well as increasing the power of attacks against burning monsters.
Numerous weapon buffs are also included in the patch, with the Bladed Wagasa, Maul, Bow, Nodachi, Claw Blade, and Karakuri Katana among those seeing the most tangible improvements. Karakuri’s staff, however, was reduced a bit due to too many iframes. On top of that, you’ll now be able to see your character’s full list of abilities for all parts during armorcrafting, weapon crafting, and armor modding, making it much easier to keep track of the construction that you don’t arm.
Major bug fixes and adjustments include a fix for an issue that prevented rewards from being awarded correctly after certain fights against the giant Kemono, and the removal of Karakuri which can contain food during a battle on Minato to ensure that they are not accidentally destroyed. There are also a host of individual bug fixes, so if you run into any issues, be sure to check out the full patch notes to see if they’ve been fixed.
The team also notes in an accompanying blog post that it is “dedicated to Wild Hearts and we will be constantly working to improve the gameplay experience throughout this year.” Note that The second content update for Wild Hearts is scheduled for March 23, when Grimstalker arrives on Azuma with new armor and weapons to craft after the fight.. The team adds that “even more Kemono are on their way to Azuma in April.”
Wild Hearts Content Patch 1 Notes
Here are the patch notes for Wild Hearts Content Update 1:
Nuevo Kemono – Hellfire Laharback
- A new breed of unstable Kemono, a Hellfire Laharback, has appeared on Natsukodachi Island. You must annihilate the scorching hell before it burns everything to ashes and restores tranquility to the island.
- For completing this new feat, hunters will receive the title Fire Fiend Apeaser.
- On your first successful hunt, Hellfire Laharback can drop a talisman with a new ability: Infernal Blow. Infernal Blow will increase the chances of setting prey on fire and increase the power of attacks against the Flaming Kemono.
New Quest – Deeply Volatile Kemono – Ruins
- After completing all the main story quests, Suzuran’s husband Yoshichi will have a new request for you. After accepting the quest, you’ll find it on the main map in the new Side Stories section.
- Side Stories will allow you to access any additional missions added through content updates.
General improvements
- When playing online as a guest, the objective icon in the upper left corner will now be yellow if your story progress rate matches that of the host.
- Players can now see their full list of abilities for all parts during armor crafting, weapon crafting, and armor mods.
- Adjusted controls for attacks using the Celestial Anchor karakuri.
- Added a confirmation window at the start of online co-op that asks if the player wants to join the session or not if the host is further along in the story than the guest.
- Players will now be sent to the last used hunter’s tent in the hunting area after selecting “Return to Camp” at the end of the hunt.
- When the Chain Trap: Extension skill was unlocked, Chain Trap’s capture duration was longer than intended and adjusted to be as intended.
Weapon Changes
Karakuri Staff
- Fixed an issue that prevented dodging immediately after a Full-Body Slam or Full-Body Cleave when using the Karakuri Staff.
- Fixed an issue where an action using the Juggernaut Blade karakuri staff would not be interrupted even if a karakuri was created during the attack.
- Fixed an issue where the Full-Force Blow and Spirited Ward abilities would not activate when using the Karakuri Staff Full-Body Air Cleave action.
- Fixed an issue where certain attack actions performed with the Staff of Karakuri had unwanted invincibility frames.
- Fixed an issue where dodge invincibility frames when using the Karakuri Staff were longer than intended.
- Fixed an issue where the Karakuri Staff mutation level could stack above the listed maximum.
claw blade
- Improved Wingblade Crescent Slash power of the Claw Blade.
- Improved the power of the Enhanced Wingblade Spin Slash claw blade.
hand cannon
- Improved hand cannon fortified firepower.
pointed wagasa
- Improved spindance power when bladed wagasa’s spindance gauge is not maxed.
- Ease of adjusting the angle when an attack follows from a successful parry with a bladed wagasa.
- Ease of launching an attack after a successful aerial parry with a wagasa.
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- Improved the potency of the Maul’s Extended: Jumping Smash and Fully Extended: Jumping Pummel.
- Improved the potency of the Maul’s Extended: Power Smash and Fully Extended: Power Smash.
- Improved the power of the Maul’s Flame Smash.
- Fixed an issue that shortened dodge invincibility frames when using the deck.
arco
- The resonant heavy attacks of Full Draw: Otoya and Piercing: Otoya of the Bow have been improved.
- Fixed an issue that caused the resonance area to be excessively wide when otoya arrows from the bow hit a kemono.
- Fixed an issue that caused otoya bow arrows to resonate even when hitting surrounding terrain.
- Fixed an issue that caused bow arrows to exceed the maximum number of arrows that can pierce a kemono.
- Fixed an issue where Arc Shot from Bow: Haya would stick to the kemono even when shot out of range.
- Reduced resonant power caused by Bow Resonant: Otoya.
Nodachi
- Improved the power of the Iai attack performed at level one of the value gauge with the nodachi.
- Reduced the amount of stamina degradation when holding the Nodachi’s Full Moon Iai Stance.
- Increased the amount of Bravery Gauge stacking when performing a Mobile Attack, Celestial Blow, and Spinning Double Slash while in Iai Stance with the Nodachi.
- Fixed an issue where the value indicator would disappear if the karakuri was performed in Iai stance with the nodachi.
- Adjusted the time and duration of the Nodachi mobile attack invincibility frames.
- Fixed an issue where the nodachi value gauge would not reset when using the Celestial Anchor base karakuri.
Karakuri Katana
- Extended the range of the Iai Sunder Slash of the karakuri katana.
- Added an Iai Sunder Slash transition from karakuri katana to Single-Handed Lunge.
- Improved the power and extended the range of the karakuri katana’s Iai Slash Burst.
various settings
- Adjusted the usable range of the karakuri torch.
- Access to Tsukumo Celestial Camp will now be disabled when the amount of Sons of Karakuri in possession exceeds the limit.
- Improved the power of the karakuri dragon launcher’s base ejection.
- Reduced the time it takes for glider base karakuri to become available after jumping off a scroll.
- Added distance-based adjustments to damage dealt when a kemono is hit by a flying vine.
- Made adjustments to make Amaterasu more susceptible to knockdowns.
- Adjusted spine slider kemono head to make typing easier.
- Added poison effect indication to the skill Mortality Water.
- Increased the number of inherited skills for several weapons.
- Adjusted so that the practice kemono can no longer activate when fighting Amaterasu in Minato.
- Players can no longer opt out of the hunt when one or more players are assisting during online co-op.
- Players can no longer open the menu when near death.
- Partially revised tutorial content for Claw Blade, Mallet, Bow and Nodachi. You can check it from the Tutorials tab in the menu.
- Extensive Bug Fixes – You can check out the full list on the Wild Hearts site.
If you’ve been waiting for more updates before jumping in, check out the Wild Hearts system requirements to see how your gaming PC stacks up. We have also checked Wild Hearts Steam Deck compatibility. We’ve also picked out some of the best games like Monster Hunter World for PC if you fancy even more hunting action.