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Monster Hunter Outlanders Wiki & Guides
Everything you need to hunt smarter on iOS and Android: release-date details, all known monsters, weapon playstyles, armor sets, Adventurers and hands-on launch guides for October 29, 2026.
Welcome to Aesoland
Hunt it. Break it. Carve it. Forge it.
Monster Hunter Outlanders is a free-to-play mobile hunting RPG set on the island of Aesoland. You create a Fated Adventurer, recruit named Adventurers and take on a familiar loop: hunt a monster, break its parts, carve materials, forge better weapons and armor, then chase a harder hunt.
This field guide turns official announcements and beta data into practical answers. Use the monster weakness chart to choose an element, the weapon guides to learn a moveset, and the beginner guides to avoid wasting your first rare materials.
Game file
The essentials, without the sales pitch. Details reflect the latest official and pre-launch information.
- Release date
- Oct 29, 2026
- Platforms
- iOS & Android
- Price
- Free-to-play
- Developer
- TiMi Studio Group
- Publisher
- Level Infinite
- Party size
- Up to 4 hunters
Choose your path
Explore the field guide
No filler pages. Pick the database you need and get straight to the hunt.
21 entries Monsters
Weaknesses, break targets, attack patterns and material drops for every known large monster.
Open database
8 types Weapons
How every weapon plays, the best combos, skill priorities and the finest launch matchups.
Pick a weapon
16 guides Armor
Set directions, material bottlenecks and build pairings for early, high and endgame hunters.
Browse armor
11 Adventurers Adventurers
Classes, weapons, abilities and the team roles that make each character worth recruiting.
Meet the cast
14 guides Guides
Beginner routes, controls, progression, co-op, monetization and the full hunt roadmap.
Read guides
7 briefs Updates
Launch news, beta recaps, roster confirmations and every detail that changes before Oct 29.
Latest newsStart Here
Your first hunt, planned
A spoiler-free route through the systems that matter: the forge, your first weapon and the mistakes worth skipping.
Guide / updated Oct 24, 2026
Monster Hunter Outlanders Beginner Guide: 12 Tips
The launch plan for a new hunter: choose a weapon you enjoy, stop hoarding materials you do not need, and learn one monster at a time. Claim your launch rewards, unlock the forge and build one weapon before you spend rare parts.
- What to do in your first hours
- Choose a weapon by rhythm, not by tier list
- Learn the combat loop
- Build armor for the hunt, not the inventory screen
- Hunt one monster at a time
- Explore with a purpose
Monster spotlight
Learn the King of the Skies
Rathalos is still the best teacher in the game: break a wing, respect the fireball and stop chasing the air.
Rathalos
The King of the Skies
Rathalos is the fight that teaches aerial denial. It spends long stretches above the ground, punishes greedy hunters with a fireball, and uses poison claws on the dive. The important shift is to stop treating every airborne pass as a damage opportunity and start treating the landing as the real opening.
The roster
Hunt the right monster next
From Great Jagras to Ruger Aidal, every page gives you a weakness, a break target and a practical fight plan.
Rathalos
The series icon returns with fire, poison claws and a relentless aerial game. Break the wings, cut the tail and learn the landing.
Dragon, Thunder, Water 
Diablos
A desert bruiser built around horn charges and surprise burrows. Learn the stop timing, bring Ice, and turn its own momentum into part breaks.
Ice, Dragon 
Nergigante
An Elder Dragon that gets deadlier when left alone. Target the white spikes, manage the dive and keep the pressure on the forelegs.
Thunder, Dragon 
Anjanath
A close-range brawler with a fire cone, a leaping bite and a short temper. Break the legs first and the fight slows down.
Water, Thunder 
Legiana
A graceful flier that turns the battlefield into ice. Break the wings, bring Thunder and learn which aerial pass ends in a punishable landing.
Thunder, Fire 
Ruger Aidal
Monster Hunter Outlanders' original Elder Dragon. Radiantite armor, golden projectiles and a fight built around breaking plate after plate.
Dragon, Thunder 
Pick your blade
Eight ways to ruin a monster's day
Read the rhythm, not just the tier. Each guide covers combos, skills, matchups and mobile control advice.
Great Sword
Slow swings, enormous payoffs. A charge-heavy powerhouse built around reading the monster and cashing in one perfect hit. Pyro's signature weapon.
Long Sword
Flow, counter, finish. A long-reaching blade that rewards clean counters and Spirit Gauge management. Midori's elegant, evasive playstyle.
Dual Blades
Speed, status and a little chaos. Fast slashes, high mobility and elemental pressure. The easiest weapon to feel busy with, and a favorite of Raya and Keres.
Hammer
Head first, questions later. The head-break specialist. Charge while moving, convert openings into stuns and farm the parts that other weapons cannot crack.
Lance
Hold the line, answer the charge. A shield-first weapon that turns monster aggression into safe counters. Arkaya and Ouyang Varen bring two very different lance styles.
Heavy Bowgun
Ammo, angles and aerial pressure. A ranged cannon with ammo choices, slow movement and big burst windows. Pepper's airborne kit makes it surprisingly mobile.
Bow
Coatings, charge and clean angles. A mobile ranged weapon built around charged shots and coatings. Madelyn and Luka show its support and burst-damage extremes.
Charge Blade
Sword, shield, axe, payoff. A technical morphing weapon with phials, guard points and explosive axe finishers. Confirmed for the launch era; worth learning early.
Assemble the squad
Adventurers worth learning
Named hunters bring unique kits; the Fated Adventurer can use every weapon. Build the team, not just the damage meter.
Madelyn
A Support Bow Adventurer who heals allies, applies Spores and detonates them for damage and buffs. The most tactical backline pick. Place Spores before the monster commits, detonate them during the squad's burst window and keep the backline alive without giving up field control.
Pyro
A front-line Great Sword Adventurer who turns pressure and damage into explosive charged finishers. Built for players who like to commit.
Keres
A Dual Blades Disruptor who chains rapid slashes into enhanced follow-ups. High tempo, high uptime and very little patience for slow monsters.
Arkaya
A Support Lance Adventurer who turns steady attacks into Resolve and spends it on a shielded finishing blow. The squad's safest anchor.
From the field desk
The guides worth reading before launch
Practical answers, updated as the launch window changes.
Monster Hunter Outlanders Release Date & Launch Time
Everything confirmed about the global release, the mainland China window and what to prepare before October 29.
Read guide → Monster Hunter Outlanders Weapon Tier List (Pre-Launch)
An honest pre-launch ranking built from beta impressions, official kits and matchup logic. Every weapon can clear content; this list is about effort and flexibility.
Read guide → Monster Hunter Outlanders Monster Weakness Chart
The fastest answer to 'what element should I bring?' plus the break that changes each fight.
Read guide →Forge and armory
Build for the hunt, not the inventory
Set skills, mixed builds and the material bottlenecks that matter. These are the first armor lines worth planning.
Launch log
What changed this week
Short briefs, clear sources and a note on what is still beta-only.
Monster Hunter Outlanders Launch Checklist: Oct 29 Prep
Four days out: pre-download, claim rewards, pick a first weapon and avoid the launch-day resource traps.
19 Oct LaunchMonster Hunter Outlanders Crosses 13M Pre-Registrations
The global pre-registration campaign passes another milestone, with Raya and contract rewards lined up for launch.
16 Oct RosterLaunch Roster: 20 Monsters, 8 Weapons & Ruger Aidal
The confirmed roster, weapon count and the new Elder Dragon: what you will actually be able to hunt on October 29.
28 Sep LaunchMonster Hunter Outlanders Launches October 29, 2026
The global date is official: October 29 for iOS and Android, with mainland China following in 2027.
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