Monster Hunter Now has added a new habitat and more as part of Season 11: Ashes of Ignition, out today (17th September).
The volcano habitat - the game's fifth - features like the likes of Anjanath, Rathian and Rathalos, Magnamalo, Basarios and Great Wroggi, as well as the Rock Slab gathering point. (A full breakdown of the habitat's monsters and items can be found at the end of this article.)
The change will also see an update to habitat rotations, with a change happening at 12am UTC and 12pm UTC daily.
Season 11 has also seen several new monster debuts - Brachydios, Aurora Somnacanth, plus Riftborne Azure Rathalos and Riftborne Aknosom, which introduce new several new skills - and changes to the way you can change difficulty in Monster Hunter Now, allowing you to make field encounters stronger as well as weaker.
Elsewhere, the new season also coincides with 3rd Anniversary celebrations, where alongside a battle pass, players can choose a free Grade 10 weapon made from Legiana (Ice), Mizutsune (Water), Rathalos (Fire) or Zinogre (Thunder) materials, as well as the Guardian Set armour.
There's also the addition of a new challenge in the form of Secret Quests, starting with Day 1: The Pride of Queens.
You can read the full list of changes and additions in the official patch notes for both Season 11 and the 3rd Anniversary.
In other recent updates, Monster Hunter Now recently announced in-person event Carnival 2026: Osaka, and added the ability to play during high speeds - but only on trains.
Monster Hunter Now volcano habitat
Copied verbatim from the official patch notes (linked above), the volcano habitat works as follows:
Monsters you’ll find in this habitat
- Kulu-Ya-Ku, Anjanath, Rathian, Gold Rathian, Rathalos, Azure Rathalos, Silver Rathalos, Banbaro, Stygian Zinogre, Ebony Odogaron, Deviljho, Basarios, Magnamalo, Rajang, Volvidon, Tigrex, Brute Tigrex, Bazelgeuse, Glavenus, Great Wroggi, Seregios, Shogun Ceanataur, and Brachydios
- Deviljho and Bazelgeuse appear as invading monsters in volatile territories.
Types of gathering points
- Gathering point (L)
- Rock Slab
- Main items that can be gathered:
- Monster Bone S / Monster Bone M / Monster Bone L / Monster Bone+ / Iron Ore / Machalite Ore / Dragonite Ore / Earth Crystal
- The volcano habitat is unlocked after completing the prologue.
- The volcano habitat will be permanently available starting in Season 11.
