MHNCast: a Monster Hunter Now Podcast

The next exchange hub features materials for Goss Harag, Diablos, Glavenus, Tigrex, Basarios, and Magnamalo–perfect for gearing up for the next Riftcharged monster, TBA. We also look back on how we have done against Riftcharged Rathian, what we liked and disliked about the feature, and more! Links: News: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/exchangeevent-012026 Email us: mhncast@gmail.com Discord...

We share our experiences with the first Riftcharged monster, Riftcharged Rathian, and peek into next week’s Riftborne Diablos event, which will debut Heavy Bowgun Styles. Links: News: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/riftbornediablos-012026 Email us: mhncast@gmail.com Discord link: https://discord.gg/arsBEFnZRV

Riftcharged Rathian is finally upon us! If you are still refining your loadouts though, the zenny rush quest is sure to give you the last push or Astalos Plate you need for that next upgrade. Links: News: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/equipmentupgrade-012026 Email us: mhncast@gmail.com Discord link: https://discord.gg/arsBEFnZRV

The longsword takes a page out of the greatsword playbook as RoaringSparrow and Maxotron dive into the mechanics for this style. Check out episode 67 for basic longsword tips with no style customization. Links: https://mhn.quest/ Email us: mhncast@gmail.com Discord link: https://discord.gg/arsBEFnZRV

The New Year starts off with a driftsmelting event! No new driftstones this time, but a good opportunity to grind the recently adjusted regular driftstones in preparation for Riftcharged Rathian. Links: News: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/driftsmeltingevent-012026 Email us: mhncast@gmail.com Discord link: https://discord.gg/arsBEFnZRV

We share our gameplay experiences with the Riftborn Khezu Outbreak and ongoing A Happy Hunting New Year 2026 event, catch up on the game updates from December, look ahead at January’s event line-up, and more! Links: News: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/january-2026 V111 https://community.monsterhunternow.com/t/12-4-release-information-v111/79846 Email us: mhncast@gmail.com Discord link: http...

We take a look at the Happy Hunting New Year 2026 event, a two-week long event debuting two event-exclusive weapons, the first paralysis dual blades Twin Wreaths, and the thunder-type Wrapping Bow, and more! Links: News: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/holidays2025-2026 Email us: mhncast@gmail.com Discord link: https://discord.gg/arsBEFnZRV

We catch up on our current season 8 gameplay, mull over the upcoming Riftcharged monsters, Base Defense feature, and more! Links: News: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/season8kickoff Base Defense: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/devletter-120125 Email us: mhncast@gmail.com Discord link: https://discord.gg/arsBEFnZRV

When 8-star monsters are unlocked, the style customization feature becomes available, enabling powering up the stats of the weapon itself by spending many monster materials and riftscales. The options are to increase affinity, attack power, or element value. Which one is the best? Let’s find out! Email us: mhncast@gmail.com Discord link: https://discord.gg/arsBEFnZRV

This week we have on friend of the show Fallstar. Season 8 not only debuts Astalos, Goss Harag, Quematrice, and Riftborne Khezu, new Riftcharged monsters, but also new skills, an upcoming way to exchange materials, and more! Links: News: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/season8announce Skill rebalance: https://community.monsterhunternow.com/t/skill-rebalancing/79638 Dec 2 update: https://commu...

This week we have on friend of the show atomic_chef. The December events line-up is packed with much to look forward to: Season 7 Climax, Season 8 debuting Astalos, Goss Harag, Quematrice, and Riftborne Khezu, new Riftcharged monsters, and more! Links: News: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/season7final Dec events: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/december-2025 Email us: mhncast@gmail.com...

We take a look at how the referrals system works in Monster Hunter Now. Email us: mhncast@gmail.com Discord link: https://discord.gg/arsBEFnZRV

The next Driftsmelting Bonanza introduces Driftstone Gem L, featuring the skills Resuscitate and Coalescense. What self-status-inducing builds are we most excited about and more! News: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/driftsmeltingevent-112025 Email us: mhncast@gmail.com Discord link: https://discord.gg/arsBEFnZRV

This week we look at the quality of life updates for the Driftstone features and other game updates, the looming arrival of Elder Dragon Malzeno, and more! Links: News: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/autumnhunt-2025 Driftstone update: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/devletter-110525 Updates: https://community.monsterhunternow.com/t/11-5-server-update-information-november-5th/79024 Email...

We take a look at the upcoming jam-packed week with the arrival of the second 4-Week Challenge, Riftborne Legiana, Dual Blade Styles, and more! Links: News: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/riftbornelegiana-112025 4-Week: https://monsterhunternow.com/news/challengeevent-112025 Android 8 Discontinue: https://community.monsterhunternow.com/t/android-8-discontinued-support-for-android-8/78804 V10...

Nov Events Line-up includes Upgrade Rush Quest, a new 4-week Challenge, Driftborne Legiana and Dual Blade Styles, Malzeno in Autumn Hunt, Driftsmelting Bonanza, and more! Links: News: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/november-2025 Email us: mhncast@gmail.com Discord link: https://discord.gg/arsBEFnZRV

Halloween heralds the debut of Brute Tigrex and the Autumn Hunt 2025 in November will debut the Elder Dragon Malzeno. We take a look at these upcoming events, and more! Links: News: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/autumnhunt-2025announce Halloween: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/halloween-2025 Email us: mhncast@gmail.com Discord link: https://discord.gg/arsBEFnZRV

Friend of the show GrandpaTP joins us this week as we take a look at upcoming events: Mysterious Driftstone K finally brings the Focus skill and the new skill Charge Master to driftsmelting, consumable items have been added to the shop with options for gifting items to friends, and more! Links: News: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/driftsmeltingevent-102025 Gifts: https://monsterhunternow.com...

We examine Nergigante under the microscope–what are some tips and strategies for fighting this fearsome Elder Dragon in Monster Hunter Now? Email us: mhncast@gmail.com Discord link: https://discord.gg/arsBEFnZRV

October 13th marks the beginning of both the new 4-Week Challenge and the debut of Riftborne Magnamalo and Bow styles! The 4-Week Challenge is not for the faint of heart; do you have what it takes to collect all twenty-one 4-Week Challenge Exchange Tokens? Links: News: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/riftbornemagnamalo-102025 4 week: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/challengeevent-102025...

MHNCast celebrates its 100th episode with our first ever guest RoaringSparrow returning and our delightful editor Chris! Join us as we share stories about Monster Hunter Now, how it’s brought us together, and other extremely important topics such as what is the best song in KPop Demon Hunter, and more! Email us: mhncast@gmail.com Discord link: https://discord.gg/arsBEFnZRV

We take a look at the October events line-up which includes Zenny Rush, Driftsmelting Bonanza, Halloween, and the debut of new monsters. The first Exploration Wave has come and gone–we share our experiences as the next two are on the horizon… and more! Links: Oct Events: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/october-2025 News: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/zennyrush-102025 Email us: mhncast@...

Now that season 7 has been underway, the Feature Monster Investigations feature is live, allowing some control on what monsters appears on the map, we share some tips for taking on Deviljho, the details on 2nd Anniversary Driftsmelting event, and more! Links: News: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/season7release Deviljho: https://monsterhunternow.com/en/news/riftbornedeviljho 2nd Anniversary D...

During week two of the 2nd Anniversary Event, we chat about how the event is going for us, revisit our Season 6 goals, set goals for Season 7, and more! Email us: mhncast@gmail.com Discord link: https://discord.gg/arsBEFnZRV (edited)

We do a deep dive at what partbreaking is in Monster Hunter Now. Other than slotting in points into the Partbreaker skill we discuss some other strategies for maximizing the most parts from your hunts. Reference E44 for tips about the Blast status, which can also help with partbreaking. Email us: mhncast@gmail.com Discord link: https://discord.gg/arsBEFnZRV