Two nations, Azuria and Vermeil, are on the brink of ruin as a crystal encroachment spreads across the land. A mysterious egg hatches two Skyscale Rathalos, legendary monsters tied to a prophecy of destruction from a war that took place 200 years ago. Players take on the role of the heir to Azuria, the kingdom’s sole Rathalos Rider and leader of the Rangers. Along with Princess Eleanor of Vermail and her Monstie Anjanath, they journey into forbidden lands to uncover the truth and stop the approaching catastrophe.
Out in the Field – Enjoy riding your monsties in an open world built like an outdoor adventure course, ready to test the limits of your riding actions. Change Monsties on the fly, letting you easily swap through your party for riding actions like flying and wall climbing. Use actions like ranged and melee attacks on nearby monsters to gain an advantage before battle even starts.
More Paths to Victory in Battle – The turn-based battle system with Power, Speed, and Technical attacks has been further improved. The baseline of a winnable rock-paper-scissors, beloved in previous titles, remains, but we’ve added more strategic options to gain a win in battle.
Side Stories – Side stories are additional storylines centered around the protagonist and their fellow Rangers. With side stories spotlighting each of the protagonist’s friends, you can get to know them more deeply. In addition, by completing side stories you can gain a variety of benefits for party gameplay, such as rewards useful in progressing the game, new weapons or Monsties for the Rangers, or the strengthening of their unique skills.
Character Creation – You’ll begin the game by customizing your character in the character creator. Choose variables like body, hairstyle, and skin color to make the protagonist your own. Customization is also available during the course of the game, from the Rangers’ base.
Game Features
- Raise Your Team: Build and raise a team of Monsties, forming kinships with iconic Monsters from the Monster Hunter series like Chatacabra and Rey Dau.
- Battle in Turn-Based Combat: Experience the strategic turn-based battles using the popular rock-paper-scissor system of Power, Speed, and Technical.
- Strategize with different moves: unleash long-range breath attacks or close-range strikes to gain the upper hand. Or build up to the new Synchro Rush where your entire team joins forces to deal massive damage.
- Explore an Enhanced World: Enjoy new stylized 3D graphics that bring the Monster Hunter Stories series to life. Seamlessly explore expansive environments with no screen transitions during Riding Actions like flying or climbing, giving you a sense of freedom and immersion as you journey through open areas.
Included DLCs:
- Layered Armor for Eleanor: Skyscale Queen
- Special Outfits Set
- Monster Hair: Malzeno Bob
- Monster Hair: Hellfire Tail
- Monster Hair: Espinas Spikes
- Monster Hair: Garangolm Nest
- Monster Hair: Octolocks Princess
- Monster Hair: Goss Hairagy
- Layered Armor for Eleanor: Foreign Dancer
- Layered Armor for Gaul: Fur-tive Five Leader
- Layered Armor for Kora: Attendant’s Attire
- Layered Armor for Ogden: Summertime Ogden
- Layered Armor for Thea: Canyne Ward
- Rudy’s Outfit: Shogun Rudy
- Rudy’s Outfit: Rudyzeno
- Rudy’s Outfit: Rudy’s Arkbelt
- Rudy’s Outfit: Scintillating Armor
- Rudy’s Outfit: Relaxed-acabra