The Monster Hunter Wilds FPS drop issue has plagued PC players ever since the latest installment of the popular franchise dropped in February 2025. The title’s biggest criticism became how poorly it performed on this platform, with Monster Hunter Wilds still holding a Mixed review rating on Steam.
Recent developments have shed light on one aspect of why Monster Hunter Wilds’ players encounter FPS drop, and we have jotted down a few ways you can look to improve the framerate.
Monster Hunter Wilds FPS drop fix: DLC check mod and other possible fixes
Before discussing other, more generic fixes to the problem, we will talk about the recent reports that one of the reasons Monster Hunter Wilds struggles in the hub is because the game runs an all DLC check.
Monster Hunter Wilds FPS drop in the game hub is tied to an all DLC check
In a lengthy Reddit post on the Monster Hunter subreddit, u/de_Tylmarande found out that the game checks whether all DLCs are present for a player in the hub, and the performance significantly improves with the more number of DLCs you have purchased on that account. The poster noted an FPS of 20 to 25 on the account with no DLC and 80+ FPS on the account with all DLCs.
The Reddit post also mentioned that they checked on another device with a mod that tricks the game’s DLC presence check. NexusMods already have mods that attempt to do the same (like DLC Check Performance Fix and Less DLC Checks). One can also expect Capcom to fix the matter in their next patch.
Digital Foundry’s post on the issue revealed that the problem sprang up when a player goes close enough to the Support Desk Felyne, which then triggers the DLC check.
Other possible fixes to address framerate issues
Some of the things you can do to address the framerate issues with Monster Hunter Wilds include:
- Reduce the Resolution to better suit your hardware.
- Toggle on upscaling.
- Toggle on the Prioritize Frame Rate option (if you are playing on console)
- Check out this Steam post and this Reddit post with some advanced tips and helpful mod links (do check out the REFramework mod).
- Keep your GPU driver updated
- Clean the game’s Shader Cache file
Monster Hunter Wilds TU4 brought in major performance upgrades, addressing several issues that hampered PC players’ experience. One can only hope that Capcom developers continue to address these problems in future patches. The same update also added the game’s first Elder Dragon, Gogmazios. Here’s how to encounter it and defeat it.
