Key Takeaways
- Monster Hunter Outlanders seemingly adds survival crafting and base building exclusive to mobile.
- The game allows players to gather resources like chopping trees to customize their home.
- Outlanders maintains core gameplay but optimizes for mobile with unique characters and companions.
It’s a good time to be a Monster Hunter fan. We’re now just a couple of months away from the next mainline entry, Monster Hunter Wilds, and just yesterday, Capcom, in collaboration with TiMi, announced a new mobile title—Monster Hunter Outlanders.
The title aims to bring the full Monster Hunter experience to handheld devices, including a giant open world and epic monster hunts. But it seems like the developers aren’t just going to settle for making the game a copy of what’s available on consoles, as they’ve detailed some new crafting mechanics that will be exclusive to Outlanders.
Monster Hunter Outlanders May Be Getting Survival Crafting Mechanics And Base Building
In a new video shared on the Monster Hunter Outlanders YouTube channel, the development team talk through a few of the game’s core mechanics.
While many of the mechanics seen in the video are part and parcel with the series as it is now, we get a brief tease of something not seen in Monster Hunter before.
Around halfway through the video, a hunter can be seen chopping down a tree, gathering the resources it drops, with the developers saying, “We are also developing new crafting elements and other features that allow players to adventure however they like within the open-world areas.”
We are also developing new crafting elements and other features that allow players to adventure however they like within the open-world areas.
The scene then cuts to the hunter putting up a fence around a house that looks suspiciously player-designed. Peaking inside the house, there is a small fireplace, a stool, and a bed, with a handful of decorations outside it. Putting two and two together, it looks like the resources the hunter gathered by chopping down the tree can be crafted into elements to build and customize a home base.
Previous Monster Hunter titles did, of course, have a resource gathering element, with players able to collect herbs and ore, among other things, to craft consumables, armor, and weapons, but never did they chop down trees or place fences around a house.
Monster Hunter Outlanders is an Open-World Survival game set in the Monster Hunter universe. Explore seamlessly connected fields—including forests, swamps, and deserts—and enjoy hunting anytime and anywhere on your smartphone.
Not only can you utilize the environment’s creatures and field mechanics to gain the upper hand, elements useful for exploring the game’s vast open-world like crafting individualized gear and tools are also being prepared. While maintaining the core gameplay experience of the Monster Hunter series, Monster Hunter Outlanders has optimized its battle system to maximize enjoyment. Face off against monsters while wielding the series’ traditional weapons.
As you progress through the story, you will encounter various unique characters. Not only can they become your allies, but you will also be able to control them yourself. In addition to the Monster Hunter series’ familiar Felyne companions, Monster Hunter Outlanders will introduce other companions who will join you on quests and assist with item gathering and monster hunting.
Partake in the traditional hunting experience where you can play solo, or join a hunting party of up to four.