From Niantic:
Today, Monster Hunter Now launched Season 7: Advent of the Exploration Base! This new season brings fearsome new monsters, new ways to customize weapons and the hotly anticipated Exploration Base feature. Check out all the new features available today down below:
- Exploration Bases - OFFICIAL LAUNCH – After successful beta testing, exploration bases are officially launching. An exploration base is a local landmark that hunters in the area work together to develop. Within each 3-week Wave, nearby hunters cooperate by submitting Exploration Emblems through exploration reports to help grow their base.
- Additional Monsters – Hunters will face fierce foes in Espinas, Garangolm and Lunagaron. In addition, Riftborne Deviljho arrives September 22, and Deviljho weapons will now be eligible for style customization.
- Style Customization Update – First introduced in Season 6, style customization is receiving a major upgrade. The parameters that increase with each level of style customization will be raised, allowing customizable weapons to reach the max strength of currently available equipment. In addition, weapons that have been sufficiently customized will gain a special effect.
- New Skills – The new season introduces six new skills to master, which can be added to the armor of Espinas, Garangolm and Lunagaron, including Pursuit, Ballistics, Reckless, Defender, Vital Fire and Vital Ice.
- Easier to Find Your Desired Monsters – A new feature will let players select monster groups, changing which monsters appear in the field. This will make it much easier to find the ones they want to hunt.
- Reduced Material Requirements for Weapons – Starting in Season 7, the amount of materials required to forge and upgrade most weapons will be reduced. This is a great opportunity to forge and upgrade weapons hunters haven’t tried before.
