Arachnophobia isn’t something to mess around with, and whileMonster Hunter Wildsdoesn’t have too many arachnid-like enemies and monsters, there are few of them roaming the Forbidden Lands.
Fortunately, the game offers an Arachnophobia Assistance option in the settings to make sure you don’t see any arachnids on your screen. To see where that setting is and how to turn it on inMonster Hunter Wilds, check out the guide below.
Enabling Arachnophobia Assistance in Monster Hunter Wilds
The process to enable this setting is extremely simple. However, you’re able to actually turn it on by default when you start a new save file inMonster Hunter Wilds. The game goes through all of its accessibility settings before you can create a new character, and Arachnophobia Assistance is one of those settings. This is somewhat easy to miss, though, so follow the steps below to turn on the setting:
By turning on Arachnophobia Assistance, you make any arachnid-like monster or enemy turn into a jumble of shapes. However, if you’re fighting a large monster, you can still tell what they are even if they are clouded by some shapes. For smaller enemies, the Arachnophobia Assistance setting works great and you’re given no indication as to what they really are.
When you enable the setting, you’re only changing the appearance of these specific monsters that the developers have deemed as the most “arachnid-like.” Turning on the setting does nothing in terms of altering the enemy’s damage, health, or other elements.
How to increase the effectiveness of Arachnophobia Assistance in Monster Hunter Wilds
If you turn on Arachnophobia Assistance and find that it’s not doing the job in the way you had hoped, there is another step you can take. One member of the community,TeaSharkLad, has created a mod that completely covers the more spider-like enemies and turns them into a faceless slime that features zero arachnid elements whatsoever. This mod is called “Temnophobia Mode” and it’s available to download on NexusMods. The mod creator states the larger Temnocerans, Nerscylla, and Lala Barina enemies are the most affected by the mod.
Unfortunately, this boost to the Arachnophobia Assistance setting can only be used on PC, as consoles don’t have the ability to access community mods. As with any mod, you download it at your own risk. If you follow the modder’s instructions on how to install it, though, you’ll be able to get it up and running with no issues. Mods are not illegal inMonster Hunter Wilds, so you can download them freely as long as you know the proper installation method.
With the default Arachnophobia Assistance setting and the community mod both working for you,Monster Hunter Wildsis pretty arachnid-free. Console players only have access to the default assistance setting, but hopefully, the developers at Capcom will make some updates to it to make it more effective with the larger monsters. If you’re on PC, though, you’re all set.
