First major update Wild Hearts brought with it a new flaming Kemono and a matching talisman, giving players another addition to their skills. The new monster hunting RPG patch also includes some handy improvements to crafting and modifications, as well as a wide range of bug fixes and some balance changes, including buffs to a number of weapons Wild Hearts.
New addition to the list of monsters Wild Hearts - the terrifying Hellish Laharback. This giant, fiery, ape-like monster appears to be related to the Lavaback family, and is currently terrorizing Natsukodachi Island. If you manage to defeat this powerful monster, you will be able to obtain the new Talisman "Hell Strike", which increases the chance of setting enemies on fire, as well as increasing the power of attacks against monsters engulfed in fire.
The patch also includes a host of weapon upgrades, with the most notable improvements being the Bladed Wagas, Maul, Bow, Nodachi, Claw Blade, and Karakuri Katana. The Karakuri Staff, however, has been cut down a bit due to having too many iframes. In addition, you can now view the full list of character skills for all parts during armor, weapon, and armor modification, making it much easier to keep track of the build you're building.
Major fixes and tweaks include fixing an issue that resulted in rewards not being awarded after certain fights with giant kemonos, and removing the Karakuri containing food during the Minato fight to prevent them from being accidentally destroyed. In addition, many individual bugs have been fixed, so if you're having issues, be sure to check out the full patch to see if they've been fixed.
The team also notes in the accompanying blog post that she is "dedicated Wild Hearts, and we will consistently work to improve the gaming experience throughout this year." It notes that second content update Wild Hearts will release on March 23rd when Grimstalker arrives in Azuma along with new armor and weapons to be made after the fight. The team adds that "even more Kemono will be on the way to Azuma in April."
Patch notes update 1 content Wild Hearts
Introducing patch notes for update 1 content Wild Hearts:
New Kemono - Hellfire Laharback
- A new breed of volatile kemono has appeared on Natsukodachi Island - the hellish laharbek. You must pacify the hellish flames before they turn everything into ashes and restore calm on the island.
- Completing this new feat earns hunters the title of Fire Fiend Appeaser.
- After the first successful hunt, Hellfire Laharbek can throw up a talisman with a new skill - Hellstrike. Infernal Strike increases the chances of igniting prey and increases the power of attacks against burning kemonos.
New quest - Deeply flying kemono - Ruins
- After you complete all the main story quests, Suzuran Yoshichi's husband will have a new request for you. After accepting the quest, you will find the hunt on the Main Map in the new “Side Stories” section.
- Side Stories will allow you to access any additional quests that will be added through content updates.
General improvements
- When playing online as a guest, the objective icon in the upper left corner will now be yellow if the story progression rate matches that of the host.
- Players can now view the full list of skills for all parts during armor, weapon, and armor modification.
- Adjusted attack control when using Sky Anchor karakuri.
- Added a confirmation box at the start of online co-op asking if the player wants to join the session or not if the host is further down the story than the guest.
- Selecting "Return to Camp" at the end of a hunt will now send players to the last used hunter's tent in the hunt zone.
- When the Chain Trap Extension skill was unlocked, the chain trap grapple duration was longer than expected.
Weapon Changes
Staff of Karakuri
- Fixed a bug due to which it was impossible to dodge immediately after a Full-Body Slam or Full-Body Cleave when using the Karakuri Staff.
- Fixed an issue where Juggernaut Blade's Karakuri Staff would not be interrupted even if a Karakuri was spawned during the attack.
- Fixed an issue where Full-Force Blow and Spirited Ward would not activate when using Karakuri Staff's Full-Body Air Cleave action.
- Fixed an issue where some attack actions performed with the Karakuri Staff had unintended invincibility frames.
- Fixed an issue that caused Karakuri Staff's invulnerability frames to be longer than intended.
- Fixed an issue that could cause Karakuri Staff's Mutation Level to accumulate above the specified maximum.
claw blade
- Increases the power of the Wingblade Crescent Slash of the clawed blade.
- Increased the power of the upgraded Wingblade Spin Slash clawed blade.
Hand gun
- Increased the power of the Armored Shot from the Hand Cannon.
Vagasa with a blade
- Increases the strength of the spindance when the bladed wagasa's spindance is not at its maximum.
- Simplified adjusting the angle when attacking after a successful parry with a bladed wagasa.
- Made it easier to attack after a successful air parry with a wagasa.
breakwater
- Increased the power of Extended: Jumping Smash and Fully Extended: Jumping Mace Smash.
- Strength Boost Extended: Power Smash and Fully Extended: Power Smash maces.
- Increased the power of Fire Mace Strike.
- Fixed an issue that reduced the duration of invulnerability frames when using a mace.
Bow
- Increases the resonant power attacks of the full bow: Otoya and Piercing: Otoya of the Bow.
- Fixed an issue that caused the resonance area to be too wide when oto bow arrows hit the kemono.
- Fixed an issue that caused otoy bow arrows to resonate even when hitting the surrounding area.
- Fixed an issue that caused the Haya bow's arrows to exceed the maximum number of arrows that could pierce a kemono.
- Fixed an issue where Arc Shot: Haya bow arrows would get stuck in the kemono even when fired from a long distance.
- Reduced the strength of the resonance caused by the "Resonance" of the bow: Otoya.
Nodashi
- Increases the power of an Iai attack performed at the first level of the caliber of valor with a nodachi.
- Reduced stamina reduction when maintaining the Full Moon Iai stance from nodachi.
- Increased the amount of Valor Gauge accumulated when performing the attacks "On the Move", "Sky Strike" and "Double Spin Slash" in Iai Nodachi Stance.
- Fixed an issue that caused Valor Gauge to disappear when performing Karakuri in Iai Stance with Nodachi.
- Adjusted the timing and duration of invulnerability frames when attacking a nodachi while moving.
- Fixed an issue where Nodachi's Valor Gauge would not reset when using the basic Karakuri Sky Anchor.
Karakuri katana
- Increased the range of the Iai Sunder Slash of the Karakuri Katana.
- Added a transition from the Iai Sunder Slash of the Karakuri katana to a one-handed lunge.
- Improved the strength and range of the Iai Slash Burst of the Karakuri Katana.
Various adjustments
- Adjusted the range of the karakuri torch.
- Access to the Tsukumo Sky Camp will now be closed if the number of Karakuri Threads exceeds the limit.
- Increased the power of the Karakuri Dragon Launcher's base karakuri ejection.
- Reduced the time it takes for the glider's basic karakuri to become available after rollerjumping.
- Added distance adjustments to damage dealt when a kemono hits a flying vine.
- Changes have been made to make Amaterasu more susceptible to being knocked down.
- Adjusted the head of the kemono spinglider to make it easier to hit.
- Added indication of the poison effect for the Deadly Water skill.
- Increased the number of inheritable skills for several weapons.
- Fixed an issue where the training kemono would no longer activate when fighting Amaterasu in Minato.
- Players can no longer choose to retreat from a hunt when one or more players are assisting them during online co-op.
- Players can no longer open the menu when they are close to death.
- The contents of the claw blade, mace, bow, and nodachi manuals have been partially revised. You can check this under the Tutorials tab in the menu.
- Numerous bugs have been fixed - you can check full list updated on the website "Wild Hearts».
Recommended: Demo version Wild Hearts available on Game Pass and EA Play
