Monster Hunter Wilds PSA: Fishing Is Harder With Ray-Tracing

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Summary

  • As it turns out, ray-tracing makes it a lot harder to fish in Monster Hunter Wilds.
  • No matter what quality you have set, it makes the water so reflective that it completely obscurs what’s underneath.
  • Since you need to cast your line near fish in the water to reel them in, that’s hardly ideal.

In Monster Hunter Wilds, fishing is quite straightforward: locate a water source, throw out your lure, be patient until a fish takes the bait, and then pull it in. The closer you cast your lure to a fish (too near might frighten them away), the higher the likelihood of catching them.

Indeed, as u/bAss-ackward noted, if you’ve dabbled in ray-tracing, you may have found that fishing becomes quite challenging due to the reflections on the water making it difficult to see what lies beneath. In essence, the more visually appealing your game is, the tougher it becomes to catch a bite. Furthermore, one player observes that this feature seems incongruous with the overall gaming experience.

Finding fish while angling in the woodland close to the Wudwud hideout is challenging enough, I assume this would only make it much more difficult.

In Haru17’s explanation, they suggest that the water in Wilds doesn’t require large reflections due to its high levels of turbidity and sediment. This means that reflections are often not visible or make little sense because of these factors. However, there are exceptions such as a small oasis and certain areas within the forest, where the game seems to focus on highlighting the water’s transparency rather than its lack of reflection.

Lowering The RTX Quality Doesn’t Seem To Help

If you’re trying to spot fish while using ray-tracing, it doesn’t make a difference which quality setting you choose – you still won’t be able to see them clearly. In fact, at the highest setting, the water becomes so blurry that it makes it even more difficult to focus on the fish. Therefore, if your goal is to find fish, turning off ray-tracing entirely might be your best option.

Some people advocate permanently disabling Real-Time Ray Tracing (RTX) due to its reported malfunctions, regardless of whether you’re fishing or not. User u/KallaFotter, who owns a RTX 5090 graphics card, asserts that it disrupts lighting and provides no significant benefits other than reducing frame rate. Given the persistent performance issues on PC in Wilds since its launch, it’s not surprising that ray-tracing is causing troubles.

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2025-03-30 01:04