Overview
- Producer Ryozo Tsujimoto said Friday in a video that a free update arriving this summer will add Royal Monsters to Monster Hunter Stories 3.
- Royal Monsters are very strong variants that roam the world and are built as late‑game boss-style encounters.
- Capcom advises a Rider level of 90 or higher for these fights and urges players to bring their best Monsties, the companion monsters used in battle.
- Tsujimoto also noted the paid Additional Side Story: Rudy is progressing well with a possible earlier release, though no date or details are set.
- The game launched this month on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, and PC, and previous add-ons were cosmetic, so these updates mark deeper gameplay and story support.