Niantic and Capcom just announced a Lunar New Year event for Monster Hunter Now (Free) on iOS and Android. This event titled the Monster Hunter Now Lucky Lunar New Year event features a few notable quests with many rewards including a special medal, Wyvern Gem Shards (!), Pink Rathian Plates, and Zenny. The event begins on February 1st at 9 AM local time, and will go on until February 15th at 11:59 PM local time. There will be three types of quests here. The first is the Fortune Gathering set with completion rewards including the Monster Hunter Now Lucky Lunar New Year Medal, LNY 2024 armor tickets, and Zenny. The special Hunt-a-thon for this event has rewards including Zenny, carpenterbugs, Pink Rathian Plates, and more. The main challenge has rewards including Zenny and Wyvern Gem Shards. Details for all the quests are here. Check out the event key art below:

If you’ve not played the game recently or are planning to just start playing, I put together some (newly updated) tips and tricks for the game, details on the weapons, special skills, the current monsters list, my wishlist for future update monsters, and more. You can grab Monster Hunter Now on the App Store for iOS here and on Google Play for Android here. The in app purchases include different sets of gems and upgrades. Check out the official website here. What do you think of Monster Hunter Now if you’ve been playing it and what do you think of today’s event announcement?