Monster Hunter Wilds cheaters have gotten so bad, Capcom's warning players hacked quests could make the game "unplayable": "We plan to implement additional countermeasures"

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Capcom is hunting hackers, and invites players to report anyone suspicious

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If you've dipped your toes into public quests in Monster Hunter Wilds, particularly on PC, you've probably seen or perhaps unwittingly joined a quest that seemed unusually generous with its rewards. Instead of the usual 6 to 15 rare items, that quest may have been dishing out several hundred.

Hackers have put down roots in Monster Hunter Wilds, and cracked quests aren't all that hard to find. On the heels of title update 1, an altogether stomping good time, Capcom is cracking down on all those ill-gotten gains and miscellaneous exploits, and encouraging other players to join the cause while avoiding playing with hackers entirely, lest they risk making their game "unplayable."

"Modified data can interfere with normal gameplay and even render the game unplayable. If you suspect a quest has been modified, please do not play it, or stop playing it immediately."

"We plan to implement additional countermeasures in future updates to detect users who have engaged in unauthorized modification of game data to prevent other players from being implicated in such actions," Capcom concludes.

Elsewhere, Capcom affirms plans to weed out the obvious cheaters from Monster Hunter Wilds' first challenge quest tourney. The results will only be published once hackers get the boot. (Incidentally, it's also veering away from rank-exclusive rewards to make the challenge a little less sweaty, while still giving the best hunters their podium.)

"If you are certain that a player is performing prohibited actions, please report them," Capcom advises.

Some exploits are less harmful than others, with a few players using a bugged emote to infinitely slide around maps or occasionally teleport monsters to new areas (thanks, Automaton), but Capcom's seemingly taking a scorched earth approach with a big wave of hacker pushback. I've mostly lived in squad and solo lobbies outside the occasional Zoh Shia run (why does this thing take so freaking long to spawn, Capcom?), but you SOS devotees might want to keep an eye out. If you don't run with hackers, you have nothing to worry about.

Monster Hunter Wilds has a new hotfix incoming, and it might be good news for anyone whose hunter happens to be bald and have no eyebrows.

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Austin Wood
Austin Wood
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Austin has been a game journalist for 12 years, having freelanced for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports Illustrated, and more while finishing his journalism degree. He's been with GamesRadar+ since 2019. They've yet to realize his position is a cover for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a lot of news and the occasional feature, all while playing as many roguelikes as possible.

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