Update Notes: Murakumo - Improvements, Balance Adjustments

Improvements, Balance Adjustments

• Added a "Camera Distance" setting that allows the player to adjust the in-combat distance of the player character and the camera.
• Added a setting to change the color of the speaker name displayed in subtitles.
• Added an option to dismantle all Karakuri placed by guests from the Detailed Map.
• Added an option to dismantle Dragon Karakuri from the Detailed Map.
• Increased the reward for offering assistance by using a Hunter's Gate, as well as further increased the reward for assisting on story quests.
• The Stamina gauge will now flash when you do not have enough Stamina to perform an action.
• You can now use voice chat during loading screens.
• Icons for buffs obtained from skills or food will now appear for each individual buff, even if the icons are the same.
• An icon for the nearest campsite will now appear on the compass at the top of the screen.
• You can now check details for individual loadouts in the Forge.
• Adjusted the sorting order when sorting ingredients so that seasonings now are properly sorted together.
• While in the Karakuri Stance, player inputs will now prioritize the creation of Karakuri.
• Visiting hunters in Minato will now have their player name and ID displayed above their head. The display setting can be toggled on the chat wheel.
• Cladding will now be temporarily hidden when dying armor.
• The dye color will now be shown on the armor forging screen and the cladding production screen.
• It is now possible to check the overall number of tsukumo discovered in all areas by placing the cursor over Minato on the Main Map.
• It is now possible to collect materials and other items while riding on a Roller.
• It is now possible to eat in the middle of a hunt when hunting Giant Kemono.
• Food buffs will now not be reset after resting at a Hunter's Tent.
• It will no longer be possible to eat between the Final Blow of a hunt and traveling to a different area.
• Improved the camera lock-on to where it is less likely to unintentionally unlock during a hunt.
• The Flying Vine Dragon Karakuri is now easier to place in Minato, even in close proximity to a NPC.
• Added a notification for when there is a completed food processing item in Minato.
• The Paddle Scoop Karakuri will now return to its base when full.
• Attacks from the Training Bear Karakuri will no longer hit tsukumo.
• In specific cases when an area change is immediately triggered after defeating a Giant Kemono, broken off Kemono materials will automatically be added to the player's inventory.
• It is now possible to offer assistance on all quests from the Hunter's Gate located in Minato.
• When searching for an online co-op session to join for a particular hunt, if there isn't an exact match but other co-op hunting sessions with the same content are, the player will join one of the other co-op hunting sessions instead of finding no sessions at all. This applies to the following:
  • Hunting Encore – Old Trail Tribulations: Search for "Hunting Song – Reverberations"
  • Hunting Encore – Auspice of Minato: Search for "Hunting Song – Rising Glissando"
  • Hunting Encore – Summit Strife: Search for "Hunting Song – Elegy"
  • Volatile Spectral Tombtail: Search for "Volatile Kemono – Blossom Trail"
  • Volatile Fervid Crazecomb: Search for "Volatile Kemono – Spirit Isle"
  • Volatile Miasmic Grimquill: Search for "Volatile Kemono – Harvest Canyon"
  • Volatile Lurid Soulstalker: Search for "Volatile Kemono – Frozen Fort"
  • Deeply Volatile Laharback: Search for "Deeply Volatile Kemono — Ruins"
  • Between Earth and Sky: Search for "Ocean Blaze Awakening"
  • Blossoms of Oblivion: Search for "Remnants of Reverie""

• Small Kemono will no longer initiate combat when the health of the Giant Kemono being hunted is below a certain threshold. Regardless of the Giant Kemono's health, Small Kemono will escape during combat with the following Kemono: Volatile Pearlbeak, Volatile Onyxshard, and Miasmic Grimquill.
• Adjusted Hunter Vision to make it better at guiding players to a target Kemono.
• Added a "Dye" tutorial.
• Improved visibility of Talismans placed throughout Azuma.
• Adjusted rain and snow effects.
• Improved the loading speed of some loading screens.
• Reduced the time it takes to change stances after deploying the Ki Base with the Hand Cannon.
• Increased the transition speed from Celestial Thread Charge to fortified firing stance with the Hand Cannon.
• Increased the standard firing rate of the Hand Cannon.
• Changed the following Hand Cannon action names:
  • "Battō Aerial shot" → "Aerial Bombardment"
  • "Aerial Bombardment" → "Heatwave Bombardment"

• Hand Cannon's fortified shot can now be interrupted by placing Karakuri.
• It will now be easier to land attacks following a successful Bladed Wagasa's parry.
• Increased the power of attacks chained after Attack 1 immediately following a successful parry with a Bladed Wagasa.
• Sped up the Stamina recovery following a successful parry with a Bladed Wagasa.
• Increased the movement distance of Bladed Wagasa's Twenty Tatami Spit.
• Reduced Stamina consumption of the Karakuri Katana's Single-Handed Lunge, and increased its power and movement distance.
• Increased the transition speed from Aerial Downward Slash into Iai Slash Burst with a Karakuri Katana.
• Increased the speed of Karakuri Katana's Bamboo Cleave.
• Increased the gauge amount generated from Karakuri Katana's Iai Slash Burst.
• Increased the range of the Maul's Chaser Smash attack.
• Increased the speed and power of the Maul's Overhead Swing attack.
• Increased the speed of Maul's Jumping Smash, Extended: Jumping Smash, and Flame Smash attacks.
• Increased the power of the Power Smash attack performed with a fully-extended Maul.
• Decreased the number of Karakuri required before extension when the Expert Hitter skill is activated.
• Increased the power of Nodachi's Iai: Bisection.
• Increased the power of Nodachi's Iai: High Dive.
• Increased the power of Nodachi's Iai: Soaring Slash Streak.
• Increased the power, speed, and gauge build-up amount of Nodachi's Flaming Slash.
• Decreased the delay following the Running Slash attack with a Nodachi, and made it possible to follow up with another Running Slash in the same direction.
• Made it easier to transition into Downward Slash from Double Spin Slash with a Nodachi.
• Decreased the delay following the Celestial Stab attack with a Nodachi using the Crate Karakuri.
• Wingblade Spin Slash can now combo into Wingblade Crescent Slash.
• Wingblade Crescent Slash can now combo into Wingblade Spin Slash.
• Changed the requirements of the Turbulence: Fury and Turbulence: Body skills and increased their effect time.
• The claw gauge will now decrease when performing attacks with the claw lodged in.
• Increased the number of attacks required to trigger the reinforced state while attacking with the claw lodged in.
• Decreased the power of Claw Blade's Wingblade Spin Slash.
• Improved visibility when performing the Glider Karakuri attack with a Claw Blade.
• Increased the speed of the Slash Streak attack with a Karakuri Staff.
• Increased the number of arrows released at the end of the Burst: Haya attack with a Bow.
• Reduced the screen shaking during Burst: Haya and Volley: Haya.
• Made it easier to knock Kemono over with the Ephemeral Lightning Arrow skill.
• Adjusted to prevent Karakuri Thread recovery on resonance during attacks using the Basic Karakuri with a Bow.
• Increased the amount of Stamina consumed when dodging with a Bow.
• Reduced the dodge distance when using a Bow.
• Adjusted the movement of tsukumo companions.
• Adjusted the amount of Karakuri Thread each weapon generates when attacking Kemono.
• Added the following adjustments to the Celestial Anchor Karakuri:
  • Reduced durability;
  • Sliding dodge can now be performed with your weapon sheathed;
  • Special sliding dodge can now be performed by canceling various actions with your weapon drawn.

• Reduced the effect time of the Tangle ailment on players.
• Increased the effect time of the Tangle ailment on Kemono.
• Adjusted damage dealt from critical hits.
• Adjusted the Claw Blade tutorial. This can be accessed through Main Menu > Information > Tutorials.
• Adjusted the Bow tutorial. This can be accessed through Main Menu > Information > Tutorials.
• Made it easier for the player to have a flash of inspiration during the Fumebeak and Pearlbeak hunts.
• Made it easier for the player to have a flash of inspiration while hunting Golden Tempest.
• Adjusted the behavior of the Roller Dragon Karakuri.
• Adjusted the Celestial Cannon Karakuri to make it easier to hit Kemono.
• Adjusted the effect of Healing Mist Karakuri when multiple are placed in close proximity to each other.
• Increased damage dealt by the Pounder Karakuri.
• Increased the damage, range, and flammability of the Star Bomb Karakuri.
• Increased the placement speed of the Firework Karakuri.
• Increased the healing amount of the Healing Mist Karakuri.
• Increased the damage dealt by the Pile Driver Karakuri. Additionally, fixed an issue where sometimes the Pile Driver Karakuri would be destroyed after multiple were placed.
• Changed the Basic Karakuri required to create the Celestial Shield Fusion Karakuri.
• Reduced the durability of the Celestial Shield Karakuri.
• It is now possible to topple Kemono multiple times by using the Celestial Cannon Karakuri.
• The Combat Vine Karakuri can now also be unlocked during a hunt with Mighty Icetusk.
• Changed the trigger condition of the Peril Promise skill to "when even a single player is near death".
• It is now possible to consume Healing Water even at full HP when the Nostrum Water or Miracle Water skills are active.
• The Mountain Felling Giant Blade skill now increases the power of Full-Body Slam and Full-Body Cleave when the mutation level of the Karakuri Staff is Maxed Out.
• Adjusted the explanation text for the Mountain Felling Giant Blade skill.
• Adjusted the name of the Claw Expert skill in languages other than Japanese.
• Adjusted the explanation of the Hunting Encore – Summit Strife quest.
• The accumulation value for ailments no longer decreases over time on Kemono.
• Reduced the frequency at which Giant Kemono change areas due to lowered health or attacks from out of range.
• Reduced the HP of Sporetail Pups summoned by Sporetail and reduced the damage they do to Karakuri.
• Adjusted Deathstalker's behavior in Doleful Upper Keep of Fuyufusagi Fort.
• Adjusted Ragetail's behavior in Harugasumi Way.
• Made it easier to land attacks on the weak point located on the Earthbreaker's head.
• Reduced the time before Deeply Volatile Kemono notice the player.
• Adjusted the behavior of some Golden Tempest's attacks.
• Adjusted the openings in some of Lavaback and Cobalt Lavaback's attacks.
• Adjusted the hit boxes of some attacks for the following Kemono:
  • Kingtusk
  • Icetusk
  • Dreadclaw
  • Ripclaw
  • Lavaback
  • Cobalt Lavaback

• Made it easier to detach the following Kemono parts: Golden Tempest's Claw, Kingtusk's and Icetusk's Tusks, Ragetail's and Sporetail's Tails.
• Increased the effectiveness of the elemental attributes of the following Kemono:
  • Deathstalker
  • Grimstalker
  • Lurid Soulstalker
  • Lavaback
  • Cobalt Lavaback
  • Hellfire Laharback

• Made it easier to deal damage with elemental attacks to Fumebeak and Goldshard.
• Adjusted the accumulation rate of Sapscourge's sap from all attacks except sap-throwing attacks.
• Increased the equipped Talisman cost limit to 80.
• Adjusted the Talismans dropped by Deeply Volatile Kemono and made it easier to obtain certain effects. Additionally, added the following skills attached to Talismans:
  • Spectral Tombtail
    • Nimble-Fingered （Human-path）
    • Nimble-Fingered （Kemono-path）

  • Fervid Crazecomb
    • Deaf Ears （Pure human-path）
    • Sidestepper （Human-path）
    • Sidestepper （Kemono-path）

  • Miasmic Grimquill
    • Resurrection （Pure human-path）
    • Rapid Rescue （Human-path）
    • Rapid Rescue （Kemono-path）

  • Lurid Soulstalker
    • Desperation （Kemono-path）
    • Critical Master （Human-path）
    • Critical Master （Kemono-path）

  • Hellfire Laharback
    • Nostrum Water （Pure human-path）
    • Critical Master （Human-path）
    • Critical Master （Kemono-path)

• Adjusted the drop rate of Talismans from Deeply Volatile Kemono containing the Slash Bolster, Pummel Bolster, and Lunge Bolster skills:
  • Spectral Tombtail & Lurid Soulstalker
    • Slash Bolster is now easier to obtain, while Pummel Bolster and Lunge Bolster are slightly more difficult to obtain.

  • Fervid Crazecomb
    • Lunge Bolster is now easier to obtain, while Slash Bolster and Pummel Bolster are slightly more difficult to obtain.

  • Miasmic Grimquill & Hellfire Laharback
    • Pummel Bolster is now easier to obtain, Slash Bolster and Lunge Bolster are slightly more difficult to obtain.

• The elemental damage of all weapons with elemental attributes have been revised, except for the following weapons:
  • Apex Blade: Kemonobane
  • Apex Nodachi: Kemono Carver
  • Apex Bow: Kemono Hunter
  • Apex Bladed Wagasa: Kemono's End
  • Apex Maul: Kemono's Doom
  • Apex Karakuri Staff: Kemono Chaos
  • Apex Cannon: Kemono's Oblivion
  • Apex Claw: Kemono's Curse

• Added skills to the following equipment:
  • Basara Helm - Critical Master（Kemono-path）
  • Roaming Bard Uwagi - Sidestepper（Kemono-path）
  • Grithide Zukin - Destiny（Pure kemono-path）
  • Grithide Body Armor - Destiny（Pure human-path）
  • Ninja Uwagi - Bridge Burning（Kemono-path）
  • All-Black Mengu - Critical Master（Kemono-path）
  • Bandit Mengu - Resurrection（Pure human-path）
  • Bandit Tekkō - Rapid Rescue（Kemono-path）
  • Argent Faulds - Nimble-Fingered（Kemono-path）
  • Argent Sabatons - Sidestepper（Kemono-path）
  • Red Plum Cannular Sune-ate - Resurrection（Pure human-path）
  • Great Juniper Headgear - Critical Master（Kemono-path）
  • Great Juniper Gauntlets - Hawk Eye（Pure kemono-path）
  • Jadedance Mengu - Deaf Ears（Pure human-path）
  • Jadedance Uwagi - Sidestepper（Kemono-path）
  • Jadedance Tekkō - Rapid Rescue（Kemono-path）
  • Small Jadedance Hakama - Benevolence（Pure human-path）
  • Myōtara Cowl - Destiny（Pure kemono-path）
  • Myōtara Body Armor - Destiny（Pure human-path）
  • Brighteye Archer Straw Hat - Solar Protection（Pure kemono-path）
  • Brighteye Archer Hakama - Battle Spirit（Kemono-path）
  • Dawn Guard Body Armor - Nimble-Fingered（Kemono-path）
  • Dawn Guard Sune-ate - Resurrection（Pure human-path）
  • Sunrise Princess Hairpin - Critical Master（Kemono-path）
  • Sunrise Princess Uwagi - Death Wail（Kemono-path）
  • Sunrise Princess Loincloth - Rapid Rescue（Kemono-path）
  • Sable Mara Mengu - Critical Master（Kemono-path）
  • Sable Mara Body Armor - Critical Master（Kemono-path）
  • Moonshadow Waistguard - Nimble-Fingered（Kemono-path）
  • Moonshadow Leg-guards - Sidestepper（Kemono-path）
  • Wayward Brigand Mengu - Resurrection（Pure human-path）
  • Wayward Brigand Tekkō - Destiny（Pure human-path）
  • Wayward Brigand Tekkō - Rapid Rescue（Kemono-path）
  • Fūma Clan Mengu - Deaf Ears（Pure human-path）
  • Fūma Clan Mengu - Inversion Attack（Kemono-path）
  • Fūma Clan Uwagi - Presence of Mind（Kemono-path）
  • Fūma Clan Hakama - Sidestepper（Kemono-path）
  • Fūma Clan Sune-ate - Strong Swimmer（Pure kemono-path）
  • Garuda Uwagi - Nostrum Water（Pure human-path）
  • Garuda Hakama　Death Wail（Kemono-path）
  • White Fang Brocaded Mengu　Rally: Fury（Kemono-path）
  • White Fang Brocaded Armor　Rally: Ironclad（Kemono-path）
  • Fulgent Torso Armor　Hunter's Hunger（Kemono-path）
  • Fulgent Leg Armor　Sidestepper（Kemono-path）”

• Adjusted the attack power of the following weapons:
  • Apex Blade: Kemonobane
  • Apex Nodachi: Kemono Carver
  • Apex Bow: Kemono Hunter
  • Apex Bladed Wagasa: Kemono's End
  • Apex Maul: Kemono's Doom
  • Apex Karakuri Staff: Kemono Chaos
  • Apex Cannon: Kemono's Oblivion
  • Apex Claw: Kemono's Curse

• The mustache will not appear when certain armor and ornaments are equipped.
• The material Refined Lumber can now be collected in Akikure Canyon and the Fuyufusagi Fort.
• The number of Keystones gained from hunting the following Kemono has been increased:
  • Volatile Ragetail
  • Volatile Sapscourge
  • Volatile Spineglider
  • Volatile Dreadclaw
  • Volatile Sporetail
  • Volatile Goldshard
  • Volatile Icetusk
  • Volatile Ripclaw

• The number of Keystones obtained from the following hunts has been increased:
  • Stagnant Verdant Spikemoss
  • Stagnant Balmy Orange
  • Stagnant Russet Canopy
  • Stagnant Silvery Rimes

• Adjusted the drop rates of materials obtained from hunting Celestial Dragon.
• When hunting a Volatile Kemono, the corresponding Magical Orbs will always drop. Also, the number of Orbs obtained has been increased.
• Commodity materials will now drop when hunting Volatile Kemono.
• Increased the number of Large Crystals obtained from Volatile Kemono hunts.
• Adjusted the range in which the camera will see through objects.
• Guests will now no longer be able to join an online co-op session when a Kemono's remaining HP is very low.
• Adjusted auto-save timing.
• "Tab" key has been added as the initial key setting for the Main Menu
• Added FSR to "Upscaling" options in settings to help reduce the drawing load while maintaining high resolution.
• Arrow keys on the keyboard can now also be used to select Karakuri on the info screen.
• Additional mouse buttons can now be used to assign commands.
• Removed "240" from the "FPS Limit" setting in the Preferences.
• Improved processing performance on some CPUs and GPUs.