Camping is usually about s’mores and ghost stories, not giant lightning lizards crashing through the side of your tent. That’s just what happened to one Monster Hunter Wilds player, however, when Rey Dau paid them an unexpected visit. Capcom worked hard to create a living, breathing world, and now that world is breathing down some players’ necks. Getting jump-scared by a rampaging wyvern isn’t the most soothing way to kill time between hunts, but at least it wards away the boredom while you wait out the storms. Here’s how Rey Dau’s surprise visit went (and why it’s inviting Jurassic Park comparisons).
Monster Hunter Wilds Isn’t Safe for Campers
There are plenty of unexpected discoveries in Monster Hunter Wilds. They just usually don’t crash through the wall of your tent like the Kool-Aid Man. A clip posted on Reddit by u/Jarstadian shows the hunter and their Palico relaxing inside their tent moment before it all goes wrong. As the OP explained, “There was loud thumping like the T-Rex approaching in Jurassic Park that you can see them reacting to.” This wasn’t part of a quest, either. The hunter was AFK watching YouTube, waiting out a storm so it wouldn’t throttle their PC. Performance issues have been an ongoing concern for Wilds players, but Rey Dau wasn’t in a patient mood.
The comment section seemed mostly impressed by the characters’ detailed reactions leading up to the tent’s destruction. “They even got animations so you can tell a monster is close while inside,” said one commenter. Indeed, Monster Hunter has come a long way in its immersion. Moments of emergent storytelling like this one show that it’s not just the move away from hubs and toward a seamless semi-open world that’s different in Wilds. Another pointed out the game’s similarities to real ecosystems, saying,
It’s such a nice camp spot at first glance, but just like IRL, in the wild, water spots are vibrant yet dangerous places.
Was Rey Dau thirsty or just eager to stomp a tent? While the dust and debris were still settling, the wyvern took a moment to crane its neck, as if looking for the real vandal. Who could have done such a thing? Surely not the armored battle lizard with lightning on its horns. Where’s Jeff Goldblum when we need a dino wrangled?
