Players have discovered a new bug in Monster Hunter World that causes the game to crash under certain conditions.
If a player exceeds the limit of 200 jewel slots in their decorations list, the game may freeze and crash when accessing the decorations menu.
Decorations are an essential part of the endgame in Monster Hunter World. They allow players to equip their weapons and armor with new abilities by slotting jewels or increasing the level of existing abilities.
200 is quite a lot, which is why only the most dedicated hunters in Monster Hunter World possess such large amounts of decorations that they can slot into various sets of weapons and armor.
The bug occurs when the total number of decoration slots in the inventory, weapons, and armor exceeds 200.
The equipped jewels are perceived by the system as separate stacks. This means they are listed individually.
If a player has 10x Attack Jewel and 1x Earplug Jewel in their inventory along with 1x Fire Resistance and 1x Antidote built into their armor, the game displays it as follows:
- 10x Attack
- 1x Earplug
- Armor: 1x Fire Resistance
- Armor: 1x Antidote.
In total, they are displayed as 4 slots. When exceeding 200 slots, this can cause the game to freeze as soon as a player tries to open the decorations menu.
Possible Solution for the Bug
The Reddit user MonsterHunterNecris suggested a possible solution in the discussion thread regarding the issue.
This involves finding weapons and armor that have many decorations and can be parted with easily. These are then sold to the NPC, thereby reducing the total number of decorations in the menu.
Once this number falls below 200, the problem should also be resolved.
Capcom is Working on a Solution
The official Twitter accounts of Capcom Japan and Capcom Asia have confirmed that the developer is aware of the issue and is already working on a fix.
【お知らせ】アイテムBOX内に所持している装飾の種類と武器防具に対して装着している装飾品の合計が200個を超えた時、ゲームが強制終了してしまうという不具合が確認されました。お客様には大変ご迷惑をお掛けすることになり申し訳ございません。今後のタイトルアップデートにて同不具合は修正予定です
— モンスターハンター：ワールド公式 (@MH_official_JP) February 23, 2018
“Notice: We’ve confirmed the existence of a crash bug that occurs when the number of types of decorations in the item box plus the number of decorations slotted into weapons and armor exceeds 200. We apologize for the serious inconvenience this may cause for our players. We plan to correct this issue in an upcoming update.”
However, there have been no reports from the English accounts so far.
More information about the endgame of Monster Hunter World can be found here:
