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Monster Hunter Wilds Game's Final Fantasy XIV Collaboration Streams Trailers

The YouTube channels for Monster Hunter and Final Fantasy XIV Online began streaming trailers for the games' collaboration on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. The Monster Hunter Wilds game's collaboration with Final Fantasy XIV Online is already available with a free update on Monday.

The Final Fantasy XIV Online MMORPG's collaboration with Monster Hunter Wilds will launch on October 7.

Monster Hunter Wilds added the Omega Planetes monster based on the creature from Final Fantasy XIV. A previous trailer teased the Dark Knight and Pictomancer jobs from Final Fantasy XIV, a Chocobo skin for Seikrets, a Morbol skin for Palicoes, Cactuars (Sabotenders), new pendants, and gestures such as one resembling the Cactuar pose. HR 41+ and completion of the story are required to access the collaboration content. Alpha the Chocobo from the Omega storyline in Final Fantasy XIV is also part of the new encounter's story.

The Festival of Accord: Dreamspell seasonal event will take place in Monster Hunter Wilds from October 22 to November 12. The Arch-tempered Nu Udra encounter will become available for a limited time starting on October 22.

The Final Fantasy XIV collaboration content will include Seikrets as new mounts and Guardian Arkveld from Monster Hunter Wilds as an encounter. Level 100 and completion of the Main Scenario are required to access the content.

Final Fantasy XIV and the Monster Hunter series previously collaborated for the former's Stormblood expansion and the latter's Monster Hunter World game in August 2017. Final Fantasy XIV added a Rathalos trial and mount, Palico and Poogie minions, furniture items, costumes, and furniture. Monster Hunter World added the Behemoth monster from the Final Fantasy franchise.

The Monster Hunter Wilds game debuted globally on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam on February 28. The game sold over 8 million copies worldwide in its first three days. According to the company, this is the fastest that one of its titles has reached this milestone. As of March, the game has sold 10 million copies worldwide.

The first title update for the game launched on April 4. The second title update launched on June 30.

Sources: Monster Hunter's YouTube channel and Final Fantasy XIV's YouTube channel