The Final Month - Weekly Recap of Datamine and Official Information #1
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With how the subreddit is constantly upvoting joke and meme posts above actual information quite often and due to lack of pinning important information from the (severe lack of) moderation and some people evidently thinking the leaks and datamines don't actually mean anything and that our work is pointless until capcom reveals anything I'm gonna take it upon myself from now till launch to do weekly recaps of datamined information, developments and new info, organizing of that info in good readable formats, or officially shared stuff going on leading up to the game's release (1 month from today). It is my personal life mission to ensure good information is shared and spread and seen as much as possible, be it for games, scientific accuracy, facts and information, common sense, whatever else.
EDIT: Holy shit the thread was pinned???
EDIT: NEW TRAILER COMING FEBRUARY 4th!!!!!!
(This is also kind of my open plea to the people of the subreddit to spread out joke posts and make sure to also upvote good information posts for proper visibility, and not just meme posts).
Also, if anything comes out from IGN in the coming days before my next recap post, (probably next Monday) I will update this post, so check back if we're talking about something that you're not caught up on
DATAMINE STUFF
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FULL DATAMINE INFORMATION RECAP
I remade my old datamine summaries, expanding them with new info and new context since our first look at the datamines.
Part 1 - Monster Information, Legendary and Frenzied Monster Info: https://www.reddit.com/r/monsterhunterleaks/comments/1i4aid3/the_big_and_updated_datamineleak_recap/
Part 2 - Areas, Progression, Quest Info, Story Summary, Achievements: https://www.reddit.com/r/monsterhunterleaks/comments/1i4aq11/the_big_and_updated_datamineleak_recap/
Part 3 - Useful Links, Mantles, Weapon Tree Analysis, Frenzied Monsters, Misc Info, and a FAQ Q&A from me:
https://www.reddit.com/r/monsterhunterleaks/comments/1i4pgju/the_big_and_updated_datamineleak_recap/
^This is the best and most full and thorough source of all the main information we've compiled. I have been updating these as new info has come out and will continue doing so. The 3rd post also contains links to other threads that have various other information, like datamined monster parameters and misc weirdness from the files. If you want to share anything with anyone about leaks that wants to know them, these are the best to give them for accurate and detailed information.
A LOOK AT HIGH RANK WEAPON TREES
A post I did looking into the High Rank portion of the weapon trees in order to break down what high rank might look like in more specific points of detail, like when we fight certain low rank monsters in HR. It showed that HR is very freeform with returning monsters, with basically every map available from the start of HR, that can refight everything from Chatacabra up to Hirabami in HR9-15, Ajarakan and the Guardians in HR16-20, and the Inclement Four in HR21-40.
FRENZIED MONSTER INFO
Looking a bit more into frenzy monster info, it seems there may be more than just the 5 we thought of from the outset. This post goes through that information, the spawning of monsters in the game, and some strange monster tags. This indicates there may be natural spawning of various frenzied monsters in the later parts of the game and that it can extend to quite a few monsters. There was also something about a "CHILED" monster tag we know nothing about, that fills the same place as "BOSS", "LEGENDARY', "FRENZY", "NORMAL" tags.
ARMOR ORDER
This was the really big one from me recently. I looked at the order of all the armor in the texture files to determine the full order of stuff in the game and found it was consistent with other things like the Series IDs, progression file, etc. This was the proof we were finally looking for to place where Lagiacrus is in the game. Lagiacrus being in the base game and not a TU was my white whale for this game and I've had an autistic obsession with confirming they're in the base game. While it was pretty obvious especially with hindsight, there were some naysayers who were not convinced by the 'beta old' argument for their incompleteness, but finding matching information for their order that lines up with other stuff is pretty solid proof of their place to me.
MONSTER BREAKDOWN BY HUNTER RANK
This was a breakdown of the monsters of the game by which point we fight them in the story/game progression, according to which hunter rank we fight them in based on the information we have.
https://www.reddit.com/r/monsterhunterleaks/comments/1ibmbq0/a_breakdown_of_monsters_by_hunter_rank/
MONSTER BREAKDOWN BY CLASSIFICATION
by u/Fulgore262626 this set of infographics breaks the monsters down by their in-universe classification, Flying Wyvern, Leviathan, etc.
BREAKDOWN OF TURF WARS IN THE BETA FILES AND BY MAP
by u/Humble-Ant-3247 this is a look back at all the turf wars in the beta files. Note that Lagia and Seregios do not have TWs yet as they are largely incomplete and some other monsters might be lacking them too due to the age of the beta.
https://www.reddit.com/r/monsterhunterleaks/comments/1ibsbvy/turf_war_data_as_of_obt1_and_jan_27th/
In addition, his breakdown of monsters by map:
While this information is in my big datamine summaries, this is it separated on its with some reasonable speculation.
AUDIO STUFF
If you want audio files to listen to, check u/excellent-dirt-9116
"MEAL RECOMMENDATION" AND GEAR STAT INFO
VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE GAME'S PROGRESSION AND MONSTER ROSTER
OFFICIAL INFORMATION
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IGN FIRST INTERVIEWS
IGN has been putting out information through the month of January with articles and videos showcasing the Oilwell Basin and various parts of the game. Here are links to the articles where they talk about weapon changes and some of the monsters, including an interview where they are very coy about Rathalos and Lagiacrus:
https://www.ign.com/articles/monster-hunter-wilds-developers-talk-weapon-changes-ign-first
https://www.ign.com/videos/how-the-monster-hunter-wilds-team-selects-its-monsters-ign-first
TAIPEI GAME SHOW
While we didn't get a trailer, we did get gameplay and some information about Gypceros from the Taipei Game Show stage. Here is a link to the stream hosted by the community managers:
Also, my thread after Taipei Game Show where I talk about how evidence points to there being 2 more trailers with pretty strong confidence, likely after the first of February: https://www.reddit.com/r/monsterhunterleaks/comments/1i9fzp6/a_friendly_reminder_re_trailers_and_a_recap_of/
BLACK FLAME NAME - NU UDRA
NU UDRA HUNT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B_V8QdPRUY
IGN CONFIRMS NO SLAPON WEPS
This means Guardian Ebony and Guardian Fulgur will have NEW designs for the weps from World that lacked unique designs.
NEW TRAILER COMING FEBRUARY 4TH!!!!
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As I said at the beginning I'll be doing one of these at the start of every week until the game comes out with anything of significance that we find or recapping any official information or major discussion that might be recontextualized by the official info. I expect the official info to ramp up hard in the coming weeks before launch so there be tons to go over.
Just one more month to go, guys. Lagiacrus is almost here.
