Hunters, As always, thank you for playing! In March 2026, Monster Hunter Now celebrates its 2.5-year anniversary since launch. To mark the occasion, we’re holding the MH Now 2.5-Year Anniversary event! The MH Now 2.5-Year Anniversary event is packed with rewards for longtime hunters, while also offering plenty of benefits for new and returning hunters. It’s also a great opportunity to upgrade weapons across a variety of elements! Popular Elemental Weapons with Reduced Material Requirements! Materials required to forge and upgrade weapons made from Mizutsune, Deviljho, Legiana, and Magnamalo materials will be significantly reduced. These include water, dragon, ice, and blast element weapons. Take this chance to upgrade popular elemental weapons! New and returning hunters won’t want to miss it. Hope Weapons Return with Style Customization! To celebrate 2.5 years, Hope weapons are returning with style customization now available. They’re ideal for trying out different styles, and the materials required to forge and upgrade them will also be reduced during the event. If you haven’t challenged Base Defense yet, we recommend forging a Hope weapon first, then using it to help forge and upgrade featured defense weapons. Plenty of Exclusive 2.5-Year Anniversary Content! Through the 2.5-Year Anniversary Event Exchange Hub and quests, you can earn an exclusive hunter medal, Guild Card background, and stickers. Celebrate 2.5 years of Monster Hunter Now while forging and upgrading a wide range of equipment!

Hunters, With the arrival of spring, Season 9: Skybound Scalestorm is almost here! The wait is over! The insect glaive is finally coming to Monster Hunter Now. Command your Kinsect and unleash stylish midair attack actions as you take to the skies. Experience the exhilarating hunts that only Monster Hunter Now can deliver. Seregios, Almudron, and Viper Tobi-Kadachi will also make their first appearance in Monster Hunter Now. Riftborne Zinogre joins the hunt as well, and weapons forged from Zinogre materials can be upgraded through style customization. Friend Link also arrives, allowing you to team up with friends for a hunt no matter the distance. A new world of Monster Hunter Now begins! Take on formidable monsters you couldn’t slay alone and challenge newly added monsters together with friends. The hunt continues in Season 9!

Hunters, Read on to find out what’s happening during Season 9 Wave 1! Season 9 begins on Mar. 19 (Thu)! The weapon type, insect glaive, is finally coming to Monster Hunter Now. You’ll also encounter Seregios and other monsters, along with Riftborne Zinogre. For full Season 9 details, check here. A new feature, Friend Link, is coming, allowing you to team up with friends for a hunt no matter the distance! Use it in Elder Dragon Interceptions and hunts from your Paintball List. To celebrate the launch of Friend Link, special quests will be available, and we’re also planning an event where you can find more riftborne monsters. Enjoy hunting with friends, advance your style customization, and try out different styles! The first Wave of Season 9 will finish with Riftcharged Rathalos in Base Defense! Featured defense weapons will include Seregios- and Zinogre-material weapons, as well as weapons forged from elder dragon Kirin materials. Make the most of Friend Link and the upcoming events to forge and upgrade your equipment!

Hunters, Season 8 is entering its final stretch and the Season 8 Climax event is just around the corner! During this event, monsters introduced in Season 8 will become more active, and you can enjoy more hunt rewards. Be sure to hunt plenty of Quematrice and Rathalos, which drop materials essential for forging and upgrading featured defense weapons, especially useful when facing Riftcharged Barioth! In addition, the Mysterious Driftstones first introduced in Season 8 are making a return! Use driftsmelting to unlock the Season 8 debut skills Critical Range Boost and Reflection for your armor. From Monday, March 9th to Sunday, March 15th, you can take on the Season 8, Wave 3 Base Defense. Upgrade your equipment, take on Riftcharged Barioth, and bring Season 8 to a triumphant close!

Hunters, Another Driftsmelting Bonanza is around the corner! During this event, you’ll find more frequent appearances of Quematrice, Rathalos, as well as Glavenus, Tigrex, and others. A new driftstone, Mysterious Driftstone N, also makes its debut. It may grant the brand-new skill Reflection to armor. Don’t forget that Base Defense also starts soon! Use driftsmelting to add skills and upgrade your equipment even further in preparation for Riftcharged Barioth!

Hunters, To celebrate Monster Hunter Festa 2026, we’re releasing special quests! By accessing the Web Store via the URL or 2D code shown in this article, you can receive two types of MH Festa 2026 Quests. Take on these quests to earn an exclusive hunter medal and guild card background available only here! It’s also a great opportunity to forge, upgrade, and customize the style of equipment made from Rathalos materials, which have recently been unlocked for style customization!

Hunters, Read on to find out what’s coming up in March! We’ll be celebrating MH Now’s 2.5-year anniversary, along with the rollout of Season 9. Let’s make it a big one! During the final week of Season 8, Wave 3, from March 9 (Mon) to March 15 (Sun), Riftcharged Barioth will appear. Prepare your equipment through the Driftsmelting Bonanza and the Season 8 Climax events, then take on Riftcharged Barioth! Season 9 is just around the corner! Details about Season 9, the Season 9 Wave 1 schedule, and events starting after March 19 (Thu) will be announced in early March. - Going forward, content update announcements will be shared by season wave, instead of monthly updates. Stay tuned!

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Hunters, We’re celebrating the Lunar New Year with the Lucky Lunar New Year 2026 event! This year’s Lunar New Year event is the perfect chance to upgrade Rathalos and Quematrice equipment. Simply by progressing through the event, weapons forged from Rathalos materials can be upgraded all the way to grade 8. The LNY 2026 Pass and brand-new Style Customization Materials also make their debut! Enjoy a Lunar New Year–themed field while quickly upgrading your fire element weapons over these two weeks. Even if you’ve just started playing Monster Hunter Now recently, don’t miss this opportunity!

Hunters, Get ready for another Upgrade Rush Quest, where you can earn Zenny and monster materials! During this event, you can collect items such as Shining Eggs, which can be exchanged for Zenny, through rewards from monster hunts, Hunt-a-thons, and Elder Dragon Interceptions. In addition, you’ll be able to collect even more monster materials thanks to increased large monster slay rewards and special limited-time quest rewards! During the same period, the Season 8 Wave 2 Base Defense will also be held! Make a final push to upgrade your equipment and take on the riftcharged monster to earn even more Defense Points!