Monster Hunter Wilds drops paid character-edit vouchers from 3 December
In brief
- Capcom is removing paid character-edit vouchers from Monster Hunter Wilds on 3 December and giving players 10 free Character Edit Vouchers and 10 Palico Edit Vouchers.
Anyone who already bought vouchers will not get a refund. Instead, Capcom will give those players an in-game pendant set that includes the Heavenly Hog and Beelzeboar pendants.
Capcom also says the full free re-edit feature will arrive later with Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance, which the source says is due sometime next year.
What happened
Capcom has announced that the paid vouchers for changing a hunter and Palico in Monster Hunter Wilds will be removed from digital storefronts. The notice says this will happen from 3 December; the source material provided does not mention a year. So the change is tied to a specific date, but not a fully pinned calendar year in the original text.
After that change, players will get 10 Character Edit Vouchers and 10 Palico Edit Vouchers for free. These can be used to re-customise a character and Palico before the full free re-edit option becomes available. Capcom explicitly links the free vouchers to the transition period between the removal of the paid edit vouchers and the later full re-edit feature.
Capcom says the full free re-edit feature will arrive later with Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance, which the source describes as coming sometime next year. The source does not give an exact release date, but it does indicate that the expansion or content release is planned for a later year. From that point on, players will be able to change their hunter and Palico appearance again without vouchers.
Players who already spent money on edit vouchers will not receive a refund. Instead, they will get an in-game pendant set as a thank-you, including the Heavenly Hog and Beelzeboar pendants. Capcom is therefore opting for an in-game compensation package rather than a financial refund.
The announcement is specifically about the paid character-edit vouchers for Monster Hunter Wilds, not a broader change to all microtransactions in the game. The source focuses on removing this one paid option, handing out free vouchers, and later opening up free re-editing.
Timeline
3 December: Capcom removes the paid character-edit vouchers for Monster Hunter Wilds from digital stores; the source does not specify a year for this date.
From that change onward: players receive 10 Character Edit Vouchers and 10 Palico Edit Vouchers for free to re-customise their hunter and Palico.
Later, according to Capcom: Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance will bring the full free re-edit feature; the source says this is due sometime next year.
For players who already paid: Capcom will not issue refunds, but will provide an in-game pendant set including the Heavenly Hog and Beelzeboar pendants.
In the source, Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance is also described as the point where the restriction on re-customising appearance goes away.
3 December: Capcom removes the paid character-edit vouchers for Monster Hunter Wilds from digital stores; the source does not specify a year.
From that change onward: players receive 10 Character Edit Vouchers and 10 Palico Edit Vouchers for free to re-customise hunter and Palico.
Later, according to Capcom: Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance is set to bring the full free re-edit feature; the source describes this as sometime next year.
For players who paid earlier: Capcom will not refund the money, but will give an in-game pendant set including the Heavenly Hog and Beelzeboar pendants.
In the source, Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance is also described as the point where the restriction on re-customising appearance is lifted.
Background
The change concerns the paid edit vouchers Capcom previously sold for Monster Hunter Wilds. Those vouchers were meant to let players adjust the appearance of their hunter and Palico without starting over with a new character. In other words, it was an existing paid option that allowed appearance changes without a full reset.
Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance is mentioned in the source as the next step where that restriction disappears. The release is not dated exactly, beyond being planned for sometime next year. The additional context supplied with the article describes Ascendance as a massive expansion for Monster Hunter Wilds and points to an official Capcom page that expands on the project. Another Capcom source in the context also mentions a 2027 release, but that information is not in the Eurogamer source text itself and should be treated separately from the main announcement.
The official Capcom page in the provided context describes Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance as a continuation of the Monster Hunter Wilds story, with new areas, monsters, hunter actions and Master Rank quests. That adds background to the name mentioned in the voucher announcement, but it does not change the core news: the paid edit vouchers are being removed, free vouchers are being handed out, and full free re-editing will follow later.
The source also makes clear that Capcom will not refund players who already bought edit vouchers. Instead, the company is offering an in-game reward in the form of a pendant set. The Heavenly Hog and Beelzeboar pendants are the specific items named in the announcement.