Capcom just announced that Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin version 1.4.0 update will launch this week for Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam. For Steam, all the new content will not be available in the initial update, but there will be another update soon after to add it in. If you’ve not gotten the game yet, read my Nintendo Switch review here and PC performance review here. The Monster Hunter Stories 2 version 1.4.0 update download size is 0.5GB for Steam and 0.2GB for Nintendo Switch. This is the fourth free title update adding Molten Tigrex, Kulve Taroth (high difficulty), and more. Watch the new Monster Hunter Stories 2 fourth free title update trailer below:
Monster Hunter Stories 2 version 1.4.0 update patch notes for Nintendo Switch
Main Additions / Changes
- If you have a Battle Buddy when you select “Start Now” while in the Riders Hub, your Battle Buddy and their Monstie (if they have one) will join you on the quest.
Note: If you don’t have a Battle Buddy, you will be joined by an NPC the same as before.
Additional Monsters
[September 30]
- (High Difficulty) Kulve Taroth
Note: This is a Co-Op Quest exclusive monster. - Molten Tigrex
[October 7]
- Dreadking Rathalos
Additional Co-Op Quests
[September 30]
- ★9 (Time) Fury of the Earth
- ★9 (Slay) Oroshi Kirin
- ★8 (Explore) Dragon Eggs
[October 7]
- ★9 (Explore) Elder Dragon Den
- ★9 (Turn) Dreadking & Molten
- ★9 (Slay) Dreadking Rathalos
- ★9 (Slay) Molten Tigrex
Additional Subquests
[September 30]
- ★4 (Special) Go Nuts for Donuts
[October 7]
- ★8 Sky-Rending Roar
- ★8 King Among Kings
- ★8 (Special) A Meaty Proposition
Bug Fixes / Miscellaneous
- Fixed a bug that prevents the Tenacity Skill from activating when switching in another Monstie during battle.
- Fixed a bug that occurs after selling trade-in items via “Sell Trade-in Items” that prevents a player’s funds from increasing if the total amount reaches 10,000,000 or more zenny while also causing their sold items to disappear.
- Fixed a bug that occurs when a player enters a battle while using Lava Dive, causing them to become immobile once the battle is finished and they return to the field.
- Fixed a bug that prevents the game from finishing loading after a player presses buttons repeatedly when changing the time of day at a Catavan Stand or taking a Catavan to another location (during a loading screen).
- There was a bug that occurs during a specific Subquest when the player is carrying an egg in a Monster Den and enters a battle. When the battle finishes, the eggs in the nest have regenerated, but when the player picks up one of these eggs, they cannot exit the den. This bug has been fixed.
- Fixed a bug that occurs when four players are engaged in a Pair Battle in Versus Battles and both sides lose simultaneously, but rather than enter into sudden death, the game stops functioning properly.
- Other miscellaneous bug fixes have been made.
Monster Hunter Stories 2 version 1.4.0 update Steam patch notes
Main Additions / Changes
- If you have a Battle Buddy when you select “Start Now” while in the Riders Hub, your Battle Buddy and their Monstie (if they have one) will join you on the quest.
Note: If you don’t have a Battle Buddy, you will be joined by an NPC as before.
Additional Monsters
- (High Difficulty) Kulve Taroth
Note: This is a Co-Op Quest exclusive monster. - Molten Tigrex
Additional Co-Op Quests
- ★9 (Time) Fury of the Earth
- ★9 (Slay) Oroshi Kirin
- ★8 (Explore) Dragon Eggs
Additional Subquests
- ★4 (Special) Go Nuts for Donuts
Bug Fixes / Miscellaneous
- Fixed a bug that prevents the Tenacity Skill from activating when switching in another Monstie during battle.
- Fixed a bug that occurs after selling trade-in items via “Sell Trade-in Items” that prevents a player’s funds from increasing if the total amount reaches 10,000,000 or more zenny while also causing their sold items to disappear.
- Fixed a bug that occurs when a player enters a battle while using Lava Dive, causing them to become immobile once the battle is finished and they return to the field.
- Fixed a bug that prevents the game from finishing loading after a player presses buttons repeatedly when changing the time of day at a Catavan Stand or taking a Catavan to another location (during a loading screen).
- There was a bug that occurs during a specific Subquest when the player is carrying an egg in a Monster Den and enters a battle. When the battle finishes, the eggs in the nest have regenerated, but when the player picks up one of these eggs, they cannot exit the den. This bug has been fixed.
- Fixed a bug that occurs when four players are engaged in a Pair Battle in Versus Battles and both sides lose simultaneously, but rather than enter into sudden death, the game stops functioning properly.
- Fixed a bug that sometimes prevents the number showing the amount of damage from being displayed after starting the game in Window Mode.
- Fixed a bug that sometimes causes black bars to appear on the left and right side of the screen when setting Window Mode to the same resolution as the desktop and starting up the game.
- Fixed a bug that prevents players from being able to use their keyboard on the Control Settings menu screen when they perform a certain action in the Options > Control Settings > Controller menu.
- Other miscellaneous bug fixes have been made.
Monster Hunter Stories 2 update roadmap for October 2021
Monster Hunter Stories 2 is getting big updates introducing Kulve Taroth, deviant monsters as monsties, and a whole lot more.
- Free title update 1 – July 15: Palamute monstie (out now)
- Free title update 2 – August 5: Kulve Taroth (co-op), Hellblade Glavenus and Boltreaver Astalos monsties (out now)
- Free title update 3 – September 2: Soulseer Mizutsune, Eldergrost Gammoth, and Oroshi Kirin monsties (out now)
- Free title update 4 – September 30: Dreadking Rathalos and Molten Tigrex monsties, High difficulty Kulve Taroth (co-op) (out now)
- Free title update 5 – October 2021: Co-op quest exclusive high difficulty monster, Silver Rathalos, Gold Rathian Monsties
Monster Hunter Stories 2 is out now on PC and Nintendo Switch. Check out my guide for the opening hours here and review here.
