Niantic is launching the next major update for Monster Hunter Now with Season 7: Advent of the Exploration Base. This season officially kicks off the fall content on September 18, 2025. It introduces new monsters, the full rollout of exploration bases, enhanced style customization, and fresh armor skills.

The monster roster is expanding

Espinas, Garangolm, and Lunagaron will join the hunt at the season's start. Then, on September 22nd, Riftborne Deviljho arrives as a new riftborne monster. Its weapons will also become eligible for style customization.

The style options that debuted last season are receiving a significant overhaul. Parameters will now increase more with each level, allowing customizable weapons to match the strength of the game's most powerful equipment.

Exploration bases, previously in beta testing, are launching globally for all players in Season 7. Connected to local landmarks, these bases grow more powerful through player cooperation. They function similarly to Niantic's PokéStops in Pokémon GO.

The new armor sets for Espinas, Garangolm, and Lunagaron introduce six new skills. Pursuit increases damage when breaking a monster part for the first time. Ballistics extends the critical range for ammunition and arrows.

Reckless boosts your damage output but disables perfect dodges, while Guard Up enables blocking of normally unblockable attacks. Finally, Vital Fire and Vital Ice increase elemental values based on your remaining health.

Selectable monster groups mark another major addition

Players can now choose which monster groups appear in their area. The developers are also streamlining weapon progression. Starting with Season 7, forging and upgrading most weapons will require fewer materials.

This season packs substantial new content. Download the game from the Google Play Store and jump into the new season upon release.

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