You might want to cut down on the hacking, Monster Hunter Wilds cheaters, as Capcom warns it can make the game “unplayable”

Look, here’s the thing. I’m no narc, but when it comes to online games, you probably shouldn’t cheat. Do what you want in single-player games! But in the multiplayer space you’re there to have a nice time with everybody, you know? And as it turns out in the case of Monster Hunter Wilds, things can end pretty badly for you (I promise this isn’t a Mafia-style threat). The official Monster Hunter Twitter account shared a post yesterday announcing that Capcom have “confirmed the unauthorized modification of game data in Monster Hunter Wilds for High Rank environment Investigations, Field Surveys, and more.”

The post comes with a pretty scary sounding warning too: “Modified data can interfere with normal gameplay and even render the game unplayable. If you suspect a quest has been modified, please do not play it, or stop playing it immediately.” Capcom even provided a handy chart of different criteria, like target monsters, which you’ll only ever find one to two of in a quest, and the modified version, which can have three or more. As Capcom warns, if you see something like that, avoid starting the quest.

In a follow-up post, the developer noted it plans to add “additional countermeasures” to find people that are modifying quests like these, which will come in future updates. What these countermeasures are, we’ll have to wait and see, but right now Capcom are examining the final ranking results for the recent Doshaguma of the Hollow challenge quest for the next one to two weeks to root out cheaters. If that includes you, you’ll likely see your account receive some restrictions.

Honestly, I don’t really understand why you’d bother cheating in a game like Monster Hunter where the challenge is the point. Your ranking is meaningless if you didn’t achieve it yourself, buddy! Maybe go play a PS2 game and put on big-head mode or something if you’ve got the need to cheat.