How to Build and Run a Monster Hunter Wilds Discord Community With YourBot

A Monster Hunter Wilds Discord should be organized around four-hunter quests, progression gates, weapon interests, and the difference between social gathering and the party that actually enters a hunt. Wilds can place dozens of hunters in a lobby or Squad, but most quests still cap the actual human hunting party at four. A Discord that confuses lobby size, Squad size, Link Party size, and quest capacity will create bad signups immediately.

The other common mistake is over-separating players by platform. Monster Hunter Wilds supports crossplay across the currently released PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC versions, provided the participating hunters use compatible crossplay settings. The important Discord fields are usually the hunt, progression requirement, Hunter Rank, weapon or responsibility preferences, and whether crossplay is enabled—not three permanent platform silos.

This guide builds a fictional 248-member community called Frontier Lanterns. Forty-six members also belong to its associated in-game Squad, leaving room below the Squad's 50-member size. The community mixes new hunters, returning Monster Hunter veterans, weapon learners, endgame farmers, challenge hunters, and players preparing for the 2027 Ascendance expansion. YourBot handles the Discord structure, onboarding, moderation, tickets, group matching, events, temporary voice, announcements, official feeds, analytics, and giveaways. Monster Hunter Wilds remains authoritative for Hunter Rank, quest access, Squads, Link Parties, lobbies, Hunter Friends, equipment, rewards, and progression.

Start With the Right Monster Hunter Wilds Community Model

Crossplay reduces the need for platform silos

Monster Hunter Wilds supports crossplay across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. A hunter can enable or disable crossplay from the title-screen settings. Crossplay is not just an account label: players trying to form a Link Party need compatible crossplay settings, and quest searches can also be limited by platform permissions.

That means PC, PlayStation, and Xbox can be useful optional interest/support roles, but they should not become three separate communities by default.

A more useful LFG field is:

• Crossplay: On / Same-platform only
• Platform: optional context
• Hunter Rank / progression
• target monster or quest
• difficulty / learning / farm
• current human hunters
• weapon or responsibility preferences
• voice preference

As of September 25, 2026, Nintendo Switch 2 support has been announced for December 4, 2026 with crossplay, but it is not live yet. Keep it out of current LFG templates until the release actually occurs.

Lobby size is not hunt size

Wilds has several multiplayer layers:

• General Lobby: up to 100 hunters
• Private Lobby: up to 16
• Squad Lobby: expands with the Squad, up to 50
• Link Party / normal quest: up to 4 human hunters
• Environment Link: built around the linked hunting group rather than turning the whole lobby into one quest party

A 100-person lobby does not create a 100-player hunt. A 50-member Squad does not create a 50-player raid.

YourBot Group Finder should therefore default normal hunts to four, not to the size of the surrounding social container.

Squads and Discord membership are separate

Monster Hunter Wilds Squads are the game's persistent community structure. They can support a dedicated Squad Lobby and are useful for helping regular hunters find one another.

Frontier Lanterns has 248 Discord members but only 46 members in its associated Squad. That is intentional. The Discord also contains applicants, friends, hunters who belong to other Squads, event guests, and players who simply want organized hunts.

A Discord Squad Member role does not add someone to the in-game Squad. A Discord Squad Leader role does not confer in-game leadership.

Four hunters does not mean every hunt is mechanically identical

Most multiplayer quests use up to four human hunters, but the game can supplement that structure with Support Hunters.

Gogmazios is the important example. The special hunt can involve four human hunters plus four Support Hunters, creating an eight-character hunting team. That does not mean Group Finder should create eight human signup seats. The human roster remains four.

Support Hunters can also fill openings in ordinary content depending on quest/SOS settings. Discord should count only the real human seats it is assigning.

Progression and Hunter Rank matter

Monster Hunter communities often fail when the listing says only Gogmazios farm or 10★ run.

Useful compatibility context includes:

• Hunter Rank
• required story/main mission
• monster or event quest unlocked
• first clear / learning / farm / challenge
• weapon choice
• whether the player has an appropriate endgame set
• whether Support Hunters are acceptable
• voice requirement
• expected session length

For example, Gogmazios was introduced with a requirement of HR 100+ plus completion of the relevant main mission. The high-difficulty endgame also includes permanent 10★ content introduced during the 2026 anniversary cycle.

YourBot should display those requirements. It should not pretend to verify them from the game.

Current live content versus Ascendance

As of September 25, 2026, Monster Hunter Wilds' current base-game line includes the post-Title-Update-4 endgame, 10★ challenges, Gogmazios, Arch-tempered content, and the August 2026 Ver. 1.042 maintenance/access updates.

Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance is announced for 2027. It adds Master Rank, new monsters, a new locale, new story content, and expanded weapon actions. Capcom has shown monsters and mechanics including the Boost Bracer and has announced Teostra and Khezu for the expansion.

Do not create #master-rank or #ascendance-farming as if that content were live today. A temporary #ascendance-news thread or notification role is enough until release.

The Community We Will Build

Frontier Lanterns is a 248-member Monster Hunter Wilds Discord.

• 46 members are in the associated in-game Squad.
• Current live platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
• Crossplay is the default community assumption, but listings explicitly state when a hunter has it disabled.
• Community mix: story progression, first clears, weapon learning, material farming, endgame 10★ hunts, Gogmazios, challenge quests, photo/community nights, and future Ascendance discussion.
• Recurring activities: newcomer hunts, weapon workshops, targeted material farms, four-hunter endgame groups, and scheduled challenge nights.
• In-game Squad membership, Hunter Rank, equipment, and quest unlocks are always treated as game-side state.

YourBot's role in the community

1. Create the Foundation With Start Your Server

Build around stable workflows instead of every monster, locale, weapon, or title update.

A channel for all 14 weapon types sounds organized but usually fragments conversation. Start with one strong #builds-and-weapons area and use threads, tags, or forum posts. Split it only if actual traffic justifies it.

Copy-ready community brief

Design a Monster Hunter Wilds Discord called Frontier Lanterns.

Community:
- About 250 Discord members.
- 46 members are currently in the associated in-game Squad.
- Mix of new hunters, returning series veterans, weapon learners, material farmers, and endgame/challenge hunters.
- Current live platforms are PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
- Crossplay is supported and should be the default community assumption, while allowing listings to state same-platform-only when a hunter has crossplay disabled.
- Nintendo Switch 2 support is announced for December 4, 2026 but is not live yet.
- Ascendance is announced for 2027 and is not current live content.

Multiplayer rules:
- Normal multiplayer quest target size: 4 human hunters.
- General lobbies may contain up to 100 hunters.
- Private lobbies may contain up to 16.
- Squad lobbies may scale up to 50.
- Do not use lobby/Squad capacity as quest-party size.
- Gogmazios can use 4 human hunters plus 4 Support Hunters; do not create 8 human signup seats.
- Joining a Discord listing does not create a Link Party, Environment Link, lobby, or in-game quest.

Progression:
- LFG must support Hunter Rank, quest/story unlock, target monster, learning/farm/challenge status, voice, and current hunters.
- Do not claim YourBot verifies HR, equipment, quest access, or completion.
- Keep current base-game content separate from announced Ascendance/Master Rank content.

Roles:
Owner, Administrator, Moderator, Event Host, Squad Coordinator, Mentor, Member, New Hunter.
Optional interests:
Story Progression, Material Farming, Endgame, Challenge Hunts, Weapon Learning, Photo/Community.
Optional weapon interests:
Great Sword, Long Sword, Sword & Shield, Dual Blades, Hammer, Hunting Horn, Lance, Gunlance, Switch Axe, Charge Blade, Insect Glaive, Light Bowgun, Heavy Bowgun, Bow.
Optional platform roles:
PC, PlayStation, Xbox.
Optional Crossplay Off role for hunters who intentionally restrict matchmaking.
Trusted/staff/Squad leadership roles must not be self-selectable.

Channels:
START HERE: welcome, rules, choose-roles, announcements
BASE CAMP: general, questions, screenshots, builds-and-weapons
HUNTS: lfg-listings, lfg-forum, events
SQUAD: squad-info, squad-chat
LEARNING: hunter-help, mechanics-and-guides
UPDATES: wilds-updates
HELP: open-a-ticket
VOICE: join-to-create
STAFF: staff-chat, sentinel-logs, ticket-log

Safety:
- Never request platform passwords, Steam credentials, PSN/Xbox credentials, recovery codes, 2FA codes, session tokens, payment information, or remote-control access.
- Treat suspicious mods/downloads, cheat tools, phishing, impersonation, and malicious links as security risks.
- Discord moderation is not Capcom/platform enforcement.
- Discord roles do not change Squad membership, Hunter Friend status, Hunter Rank, quest unlocks, or equipment.

Configure all ten built-in services:
Welcome; Sentinel; Tickets; Group Finder; Beacon Events; Join-to-Create Voice; Announcements; Social Feeds; Analytics; Giveaways.

Service details:
- Group Finder needs explicit Monster Hunter Wilds templates because automatic detection is not available in the currently inspected list.
- Default normal hunt size must be 4, not the generic 5.
- Social Feeds has a curated Monster Hunter Wilds entry using Steam App ID 2246340.
- Announcements schedules and Social Feed subscriptions may require manual finishing steps.
- Analytics is Discord analytics, not game-stat analytics.
- Preserve the current server on first pass.
- Keep deletions off.
- Preview New Hunter, Member, Squad Member, Mentor, and Moderator perspectives before building.

A compact channel plan

FRONTIER LANTERNS
├─ START HERE
│  ├─ #welcome
│  ├─ #rules
│  ├─ #choose-roles
│  └─ #announcements
├─ BASE CAMP
│  ├─ #general
│  ├─ #questions
│  ├─ #screenshots
│  └─ #builds-and-weapons
├─ HUNTS
│  ├─ #lfg-listings
│  ├─ #lfg-forum
│  └─ #events
├─ SQUAD
│  ├─ #squad-info
│  └─ #squad-chat
├─ LEARNING
│  ├─ #hunter-help
│  └─ #mechanics-and-guides
├─ UPDATES
│  └─ #wilds-updates
├─ HELP
│  └─ #open-a-ticket
├─ VOICE
│  └─ 🔊 Join to Create
└─ STAFF
   ├─ #staff-chat
   ├─ #sentinel-logs
   └─ #ticket-log

Review before applying

Review the Channels, Roles, and Services views. Preview as a brand-new hunter, ordinary Member, Squad Member, Mentor, and Moderator.

Verify that the Squad Member Discord role exposes only the Discord areas you intend. It must not be described as proof that the user belongs to the in-game Squad.

Keep deletions off on the first pass. Read the build report and fix failed permission changes before reorganizing older channels.

Announcements schedules and Social Feed subscriptions require manual finishing steps.

2. Welcome: Collect Hunting Context Without Overbuilding Roles

Welcome should get a new hunter from joined Discord to can find a compatible hunt quickly.

A sensible flow:

1. Accept server rules.
2. Receive Member.
3. Choose broad activity interests.
4. Optionally choose weapon interests.
5. Optionally identify platform.
6. Select Crossplay Off only if that is actually how they play.
7. Join Group Finder or the learning channels.

Do not create self-selectable roles for every monster or current event quest.

Useful activity roles:

• New Hunter
• Story Progression
• Material Farming
• Endgame
• Challenge Hunts
• Weapon Learning
• Squad Interest
• Ascendance News

The 14 weapon roles are useful only if members want them. They represent preference/interest—not proof of build quality or mastery.

A greeting can say:

Welcome to Frontier Lanterns. Choose your hunting interests and favorite weapons, then use Group Finder for actual four-hunter runs. Crossplay works across currently released platforms when everyone uses compatible crossplay settings. Discord roles do not change your Wilds Squad, Hunter Rank, equipment, or quest access.

Test: Join using a test account, complete verification, choose Weapon Learning, Bow, and PC, and confirm no staff or restricted Squad-management role is granted.

3. Sentinel: Moderate the Community, Not the Game Client

Monster Hunter communities commonly exchange builds, screenshots, damage discussions, mods, performance tweaks, and external resources. That means Sentinel should be precise rather than simply blocking all external links.

Prioritize:

• phishing or fake account-login pages
• malicious mod/download executables
• cheat or account-selling advertisements
• impersonation of Capcom/community staff
• spam and mass mentions
• Discord invite raids
• harassment
• suspicious shortened URLs
• malware disguised as performance fixes or graphics tools

If the community allows cosmetic or quality-of-life mod discussion, state the policy clearly. Do not let a moderation bot guess whether a specific third-party tool is safe.

Use dry-run/logging first for aggressive URL rules. Review legitimate sites that hunters commonly share before enabling automatic blocks.

Discord moderation is not game enforcement.

Test: Use a staff-only dummy domain or controlled phrase, verify the correct Sentinel rule logs it, and confirm the action is exactly what moderators intended.

4. Tickets: Route Squad, Learning, and Private Problems

Use a small number of useful intake paths.

Squad Application

• Discord display name
• Hunter name
• platform
• crossplay enabled? yes/no
• approximate Hunter Rank
• usual play times/time zone
• favorite weapon(s)
• current goals
• acknowledgement that Discord approval does not automatically add the hunter to the in-game Squad

Private Member Report

• Discord member
• message link
• what happened
• screenshot if appropriate
• immediate safety issue? yes/no

Teaching / Hunt Help

• target monster/quest
• Hunter Rank
• weapon
• first clear / learning / farm
• what mechanic is causing trouble
• preferred time

Discord / Service Help

• role problem
• Group Finder issue
• event signup problem
• other community issue

Never request Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, Capcom, email, or other credentials; never request 2FA/recovery codes or payment information.

Closing a Squad application does not change in-game Squad membership. Accepting a teaching ticket does not unlock a quest or create a hunt.

Test: Submit one Squad Application and one private Member Report from a test account. Confirm they route to the intended staff and remain hidden from ordinary members.

5. Group Finder: Four Human Hunters Means Four Human Seats

Read-only inspection of the current YourBot develop revision shows Monster Hunter Wilds is not in Group Finder's automatic game-detection list.

The generic setup creates a Quick Group with a default size of five. That is wrong for normal Wilds multiplayer.

Create the first template

Template Name: Monster Hunter Wilds — Hunt / Farm
Game: Monster Hunter Wilds
Default Party Size: 4
Default Expiry: 90 minutes
Description: Standard four-human-hunter quest group. Include target monster/quest, Hunter Rank or unlock requirement, learning/farm/challenge status, crossplay restriction if any, current hunters, weapon context, and voice preference.

Additional templates

Example live listing

Title: Gogmazios — Learning Run
Game: Monster Hunter Wilds
Target Size: 4 human hunters
Current: 2/4
Crossplay: On
Platforms Present: PC + PS5
Quest: Gogmazios
Requirement: HR 100+ and required main mission complete
Status: First clear / learning
Weapons Present: Hunting Horn, Charge Blade
Open To: Any weapon; tell us what you are bringing
Support Hunters: Allowed by the quest; they do not create extra human signup seats
Voice: Optional but recommended
Session: ~60–90 minutes
Notes: Joining this Discord listing does not create a Link Party or join the in-game quest. The leader sends the in-game invite after the roster is confirmed.

Do not use eight human seats just because Gogmazios can produce an eight-character fight. Four of those are Support Hunters.

Group Finder can also carry platform, region, language, difficulty, voice, scheduled start, approval mode, waitlist, and thread context. Use structured fields instead of stuffing everything into the title.

Test: Fill a standard hunt to four human hunters, confirm a fifth interested member goes to the waitlist, and verify the resulting thread communicates how the Link Party or lobby invite will be handled.

6. Beacon Events: Schedule Multi-Wave Community Hunting

Beacon is better than Group Finder when the point is planned attendance, especially when more than four people want the same activity.

Example:

Event: 10★ Endgame Community Night
Date/Time: Friday 8:00 PM server time
Attendance: 16
Structure: Four simultaneous teams of 4
Hosts: 4 experienced hunters
Focus: 10★ permanent quests
Requirements: Appropriate quest unlocks; state missing unlocks before the event
Learning: Yes
Voice: Optional team rooms
Waitlist: Enabled

The event can have 16 Discord attendees because the plan explicitly creates four separate four-hunter groups. It is not one 16-player hunt.

For a Gogmazios teaching event, each team still has four human hunter seats. Support Hunters are game-side NPCs.

Beacon is also useful for:

• weapon workshop nights
• Squad community sessions
• first-clear clinics
• photo gatherings
• challenge-quest practice
• Ascendance launch preparation later, once dates/content are actually live

RSVP does not create a lobby, Link Party, Environment Link, quest, or Squad invitation.

Test: Create an eight-person event explicitly split into two four-hunter groups, assign two hosts, fill it, and confirm the waitlist and team plan are understandable before using it publicly.

7. Join-to-Create Voice: Build Around Four-Hunter Teams

Set up a Join to Create — Hunt lobby with:

• category: Hunt Voice
• default user limit: 4
• delete when empty: on
• creator ownership: on
• ownership transfer: on

A second Join to Create — Teaching / Social lobby can have a higher limit for weapon clinics, build discussions, or pre-event staging.

Do not make a permanent voice channel for each weapon or monster.

For multi-wave Beacon events, create one temporary voice room per four-hunter team. If voice is optional, do not force members into voice simply because the service can create a room.

Monster Hunter Wilds also has game-side communication and voice-related functionality. Discord voice is an additional community option, not a prerequisite for the in-game Link Party.

Test: Have four test users occupy a hunt room, verify a fifth cannot enter if the limit is four, transfer ownership, then leave everyone and confirm the room is deleted.

8. Announcements: Keep Base-Game Updates Separate From 2027 Content

Announcements should carry information that members need to act on:

• weekly hunt plan
• maintenance
• new permanent event/challenge quests
• community teaching nights
• Squad openings
• version requirements for online play
• current platform launch news
• future expansion updates with explicit dates/status

A current example:

Monster Hunter Wilds — Current / Upcoming

LIVE:
- Base-game endgame content including permanent high-difficulty quests.
- Ver. 1.042 is the current August 2026 update line; online multiplayer requires the current game version.

UPCOMING:
- Nintendo Switch 2 version: December 4, 2026.
- Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance: 2027.
- Ascendance introduces Master Rank and new content, but it is not live yet.

Use #lfg-listings for hunts and #wilds-updates for publisher news.

Do not say Master Rank is currently available because trailers are circulating. Do not turn announced Ascendance monsters into live farm templates.

Use opt-in roles such as @Endgame Hunts, @Teaching, or @Ascendance News rather than pinging everyone.

Test: Schedule a staff-only announcement five minutes ahead with one opt-in role and verify it posts once with the intended mention behavior.

9. Social Feeds: Use the Existing Monster Hunter Wilds Catalog Entry

This is one area where Monster Hunter Wilds gets a cleaner setup than many games in this guide series.

Read-only inspection of:

mmo_maid/plugins/social/game_catalog.py

shows an existing curated entry:

Name: Monster Hunter Wilds
Source: steam_news
Steam App ID: 2246340
Category: Action

Use that catalog entry and post it to #wilds-updates.

The inspected Steam adapter uses the public ISteamNews API, numeric App IDs, publisher community announcements, and a default interval of 900 seconds.

That is especially useful now because official Steam announcements currently carry update notices, maintenance, event information, Prologue Demo news, and Ascendance announcements.

Do not describe the feed as guaranteed delivery or as a mirror of every Capcom support notice, social post, platform-store message, or official website article.

Start Your Server can enable Social Feeds, but the subscription itself remains a manual finishing step.

Test: Select the curated Monster Hunter Wilds catalog entry, send a preview/test to #wilds-updates, and confirm the feed has no accidental @everyone ping.

10. Analytics: Measure Community Health, Not Hunter Skill

Analytics is useful for:

• verification completion
• new-hunter retention
• Group Finder activity
• which templates are used
• event attendance
• temporary voice usage
• learning-channel activity
• whether Squad-recruitment areas are active
• which channels have become dead clutter

Analytics does not know a hunter's:

• Hunter Rank
• weapon mastery
• armor/build
• quest completion
• clear times
• carts/faints
• inventory
• decorations
• monster research
• Squad membership
• Hunter Friend list
• challenge-quest score

Even if Discord presence/activity tracking is enabled, that remains Discord-side context. Do not rank hunters by message count or voice time.

Test: Generate test activity in a normal channel, one hunt listing, and a temporary voice room. Confirm expected analytics appear while staff/private ticket areas remain excluded where appropriate.

11. Giveaways: Keep Discord Winners Separate From Game Entitlements

Use Giveaways for prizes the community can fulfill safely.

Examples:

• winner chooses next teaching target
• temporary Discord cosmetic role
• commissioned community art
• legitimate platform/game code when staff understands the source and regional restrictions

Do not imply YourBot can automatically provide:

• Monster Hunter Wilds DLC
• platform entitlements
• cosmetics
• edit vouchers
• game currency/items
• Squad membership
• in-game rewards

Never request platform credentials, Capcom credentials, payment details, or account access to deliver a prize.

Test: Run a staff-only giveaway for Choose next weapon workshop, verify the draw and reroll flow, then use the same process for the first public low-risk giveaway.

Use Crossplay as the Default, Not Three Separate Communities

Wilds is one of the games where platform roles are useful but platform channels can easily become unnecessary fragmentation.

If crossplay is enabled, hunters on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC can hunt together. All Link Party members need compatible crossplay settings, and a player who disables crossplay may need a same-setting group.

That means a listing should say:

Crossplay: On

or:

Crossplay: Off — PC only

before members spend time coordinating.

Nintendo Switch 2 joins the platform picture on December 4, 2026 according to the announced release plan and is expected to support crossplay. Until that date, treat it as upcoming.

Save/progression should not be conflated with crossplay. A hunter being able to play with another platform does not mean their character save automatically transfers between every platform.

Separate Squad, Lobby, Link Party, and Quest

These four concepts solve different problems:

Squad

• persistent in-game community
• useful for regular hunters
• associated Squad Lobby
• not identical to Discord membership

Lobby

• shared online gathering environment
• General Lobby can hold up to 100
• Private Lobby up to 16
• Squad Lobby up to 50 depending on Squad size

Link Party

• small social/hunting connection used for repeated coordination
• relevant to crossplay compatibility
• useful for forming the actual hunting group

Quest party

• the human hunters actually entering a normal multiplayer quest
• generally capped at four

Frontier Lanterns should teach that distinction in #squad-info and its LFG instructions. A Discord event may gather 24 people, the lobby may hold 100, and each actual hunt can still be four.

Treat Support Hunters as Game-Side Seats, Not Discord Signups

Support Hunters are one of the easiest ways to create a misleading event roster.

For ordinary hunting, NPC Support Hunters can fill openings depending on settings. For Gogmazios, the special structure explicitly combines up to four human hunters with four Support Hunters.

A Discord signup should count the humans it coordinates.

Use:

Human seats: 4/4. Support Hunters are handled by the quest.

Do not use:

Raid size: 8, looking for 8 players.

This distinction also matters for teaching. A mentor who is actually playing occupies one of the four human seats. A mentor observing a stream or answering questions from Discord does not.

Keep Ascendance Planning Useful Without Pretending It Is Live

Ascendance is no longer a vague rumor: Capcom has announced it as a 2027 massive expansion with Master Rank, new story content, new locales, new monsters, and expanded weapon actions.

By September 2026, Capcom has already shown new Ascendance mechanics and monsters. That is enough to justify:

• @Ascendance News
• an Ascendance discussion thread/forum tag
• pre-expansion community planning
• returning-player events in the base game

It is not enough to justify live Master Rank LFG templates, build requirements, or farming channels.

The announced entry requirement for Ascendance is tied to base-game story progression. Re-verify the exact requirement before launch because Capcom can revise pre-release details.

Add a Hunter Readiness Board Only When You Need It

Frontier Lanterns can launch with the ten built-in services.

Group Finder handles today's hunt. Beacon handles scheduled community sessions. Tickets handle private help and Squad applications. Announcements handle current notices.

A custom project becomes useful if mentors and event hosts repeatedly ask:

Which hunters say they have this quest unlocked, what weapons are they comfortable with, and what are they currently trying to learn?

Before building, check the Marketplace for an existing maintained solution. If nothing fits, create Hunter Readiness Board.

Copy-ready Plugin Builder specification

Plugin Name: Hunter Readiness Board

Purpose:
Maintain self-reported Monster Hunter Wilds hunter profiles for community teaching and future event planning. Help mentors and event hosts find hunters by progression, weapon comfort, and current goals without duplicating Group Finder, Beacon Events, Tickets, or Announcements.

Version 1:
No external network access.
No game-client integration.
No platform-account API.
No Capcom account integration.
No scraping.

Never request/store:
- Steam password
- PSN/Xbox password
- Capcom account password
- email password
- 2FA code
- recovery code
- payment data
- browser/session token
- remote-control access

Roles:
Admin:
- Administrator
- Moderator
- Event Host

Planning staff:
- Mentor
- Squad Coordinator

Member abilities:
- Create/update own Hunter profile
- Choose public-to-members or staff-only visibility for optional fields
- Archive own stale profile
- Maintain multiple weapon-comfort entries

Profile fields:
- Discord user ID
- Hunter display name
- current platform: PC | PlayStation | Xbox | Switch 2 once live | Other
- crossplay: on | off
- Hunter Rank: self-reported integer
- base_story_status: self-reported short selection/text
- progression tags:
  - Endgame Unlocked
  - HR100+
  - Gogmazios Unlocked
  - 10-Star Content
  - Challenge Hunter
  - Ascendance Ready (only after final launch requirement is verified)
- weapon entries:
  - weapon type
  - comfort: learning | comfortable | mentor
- current goals
- preferred activity: story | farm | endgame | challenge | teaching | social
- voice preference
- usual availability
- last_reviewed_at
- status: active | needs_update | archived

Staff-only fields:
- mentor_note
- reviewed_by
- reviewed_at
- teaching_match_note

Search:
- crossplay setting
- platform
- minimum self-reported HR
- progression tag
- weapon type
- weapon comfort
- activity
- voice
- stale profile

Suggested commands:
- /hunter-profile create
- /hunter-profile edit
- /hunter-profile mine
- /hunter-profile archive
- /hunter-roster search
- /hunter-roster weapon
- /hunter-roster stale
- /hunter-roster mark-reviewed

Dashboard member view:
- My Hunter
- Weapon Comfort
- Progression Tags
- Current Goals
- Last Reviewed
- Privacy/visibility

Dashboard mentor view:
- Filterable hunter roster
- Learners by weapon
- Hunters by progression
- Stale profiles
- Teaching matches
- Review notes
- Audit history

Authorization:
- Every read/write is checked server-side.
- Members may edit only their own record.
- Mentor and staff fields require current configured Discord roles.
- Revoking Mentor/Event Host access removes privileged access on the next request.
- Direct record URLs must enforce the same rules as list/search pages.
- Data is isolated by Discord server ID.
- Exports, if later added, are staff-only and audited.

Explicit non-capabilities:
- Does not verify Hunter Rank.
- Does not read equipment, decorations, inventory, quest clears, times, carts, or saves.
- Does not join a lobby, Link Party, quest, Environment Link, or Squad.
- Does not modify in-game Squad membership.
- Does not replace Group Finder.
- Does not replace Beacon Events.
- Does not replace Tickets.
- Does not replace Announcements.
- Does not rank hunter skill.
- Does not infer mastery from Discord activity.
- Do not add Ascendance-specific live progression fields until requirements are verified at/near release.

Acceptance tests:
1. Member creates profile with two weapon-comfort entries.
2. Member cannot edit another hunter's profile.
3. Mentor finds Bow learners with crossplay on.
4. Event Host filters HR100+ Gogmazios-ready hunters.
5. Revoking Mentor removes mentor-only notes/search.
6. Direct URLs cannot bypass authorization.
7. Server A cannot read Server B profiles.
8. Archived profile disappears from active roster.
9. Stale profile is visibly marked.
10. No flow requests platform/game credentials.

Review, test, and continue through the SDK

Review the generated plan, source, manifest, capabilities, commands, data model, and dashboard authorization before building.

Test as:

• ordinary Member
• Weapon Learner
• Mentor
• Event Host
• Squad Coordinator
• user whose Mentor role was revoked

Test direct record access, server isolation, archived records, stale profiles, and exports if they are ever added.

Continue in Visual Studio Code using the current SDK workflow: yourbot new, yourbot dev or yourbot dev --watch, yourbot validate, and yourbot doctor.

Marketplace publication is optional. A private community roster does not need to become a public Marketplace plugin.

Passing validation does not prove that the workflow, privacy model, or authorization design is correct.

Run a Complete First-Week Member Journey

Fix confusing group-capacity, crossplay, or progression workflows before adding more automation.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can PC, PlayStation, and Xbox hunters play together?

Yes, Monster Hunter Wilds supports crossplay across the currently released PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC versions when participating players use compatible crossplay settings.

How many human players should a normal Group Finder template use?

Four. A lobby or Squad can contain many more people, but a normal multiplayer quest uses up to four human hunters.

Is Gogmazios an eight-player human raid?

No. Its special structure supports up to four human hunters plus four Support Hunters. Use four human signup seats.

How many people can be in a lobby?

The official multiplayer manual describes General Lobbies up to 100, Private Lobbies up to 16, and Squad Lobbies up to 50 depending on the Squad. Those are social/session capacities, not normal quest capacities.

Does YourBot automatically detect Monster Hunter Wilds in Group Finder?

Not in the read-only develop revision inspected for this guide. Run setup for the infrastructure and create explicit Wilds templates manually.

Does Social Feeds already support Monster Hunter Wilds?

Yes. The inspected catalog includes Monster Hunter Wilds using the Steam source and App ID 2246340.

Can YourBot read my Hunter Rank, build, equipment, or quest progress?

Not through the built-in services. The optional Hunter Readiness Board in this guide stores self-reported planning data and intentionally performs no game-client/account integration.

Is Ascendance live now?

No. Ascendance is a 2027 expansion. Discussion and news roles make sense now; Master Rank farming/LFG should wait until the content is actually released and current requirements are re-verified.

Build the Discord Around Four-Hunter Hunts, Not Lobby Headcount

Monster Hunter Wilds already has strong in-game multiplayer systems. A good Discord should make those systems easier to use rather than pretending to replace them.

Start Your Server establishes the durable community foundation. Welcome gives newcomers useful interests without burying them in roles. Sentinel protects the community from malicious links and abuse. Group Finder creates accurate four-human-hunter rosters. Beacon turns larger attendance into multiple real hunting teams. Temporary voice provides communication without permanent clutter. Announcements and the curated Social Feed keep hunters current without treating announced 2027 content as live.

Wilds itself remains authoritative for Hunter Rank, equipment, Squads, Hunter Friends, Link Parties, Environment Links, lobbies, quests, rewards, Support Hunters, and progression.

Use Start Your Server to establish or refine the Discord foundation. Add Plugin Builder only when a persistent workflow such as Hunter Readiness has become a real need rather than another feature to configure.