Monster Hunter World: Iceborne has updated its roadmap and announces upcoming features by May 2020. From the beginning of April there will not only be two new monster subspecies, it will also be possible to customize the look of your weapons. A month later, Alatreon arrives particularly strong new adversary in the game.
In the video embedded above, the developers present the upcoming content in detail and explain the special features of the angry brachydos and angry Rajang, as well as how to get and use the new decorative weapons.
The content until May 2020
April 9, 2020:
- Monster Subspecies: Angry Brachydos
- Monster Subspecies: Angry Rajang
- Ban Ball: Forces monsters to flee from the lead lands
- Better rewards for helping low-ranking players
- First wave of decorative weapons
April 9 – May 7, 2020:
- Alignment of update releases from PC and console
- Mastar Rank Kulve Taroth for four players
- Combat hardened Namielle
- Second wave of decorative weapons
May 2020
- New monster: Alatreon
- Alatreon weapons and armor
Who is alatreon?
Alatreon is a black dragon that was first introduced with Monster Hunter 3. Its peculiarity is that it does not belong to any element, but alternates between dragon, fire, lightning and ice.
If he is in the air, he will attack with ice and lightning attacks. On the ground, however, he prefers fire and dragon attacks. So you have yours Rethink attacks depending on the phase of the fight: It's best to use fire in flight, but water is effective on the ground.
Further updates will follow from June, the contents of which are not yet known. Monster Hunter World: Iceborne itself continues to enjoy great popularity. In mid-March 2020, the publisher and developer announced that the addon has sold a total of five million across all platforms since its release.