Monster Hunter Stories 3 Involves Endangered Species, Habitat Restoration

In the latest Monster Hunter Showcase for December 2025, Capcom confirmed that Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection will introduced endangered species, invasive monsters, and habitat restoration to the series. As our royal protagonist is part of the Ranger Corps as well as a rider, they’ll need to engage in all those activities to keep nature balanced and fight against the Crystal Encroachment devastating the lands.

Part of this will act a bit like egg recovery in the original Monster Hunter Stories games. Our avatar will head out into the world and find spots where an invasive species set up a nest. We’ll need to fight that monster, but not kill it, to drive it into a den. Then, we need to creep into the invasive monster’s nest to rescue the endangered monster egg. 

Once we rescue an endangered monster in Monster Hunter Stories 3, we don’t raise it to become a monstie that we ride. Instead, helping it get resettled in its natural environment as part of the habitat replacement system. When this is successful, then the babies that stem from the program can become our monsties. Continuing to invest in an area to help its Ecosystem Rank increase could mean the ensuing allies we raise could feature Dual-Elements for extra skills and abilities, be more rare, or have special skills. 

The announcements also covered two other details. One is that Arkveld, the flagship monster from Monster Hunter Wilds, will be present in Monster Hunter Stories 3. The other is that there will be a DLC pack released in Autumn 2026 called Additional Side Story: Rudy that follows that Felyne.

Here’s the latest trailer for the game: