Disc Question

[SavageHedgehog]

Do I need the original disc to play Iceborne?

Can I play pre-expansion storyline without original disc?

[Suzaku]

Iceborne is an expansion to the main game. You will need the base game to play it.

[lexilogo]

Originally posted by Suzaku:

Iceborne is an expansion to the main game. You will need the base game to play it.

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Iceborne is an expansion, unlike previous Monster Hunter's Ultimate/G branded versions that were treated as seperate releases.

However Iceborne essentially functions in much the same way price-wise, the basegame and Iceborne will be bundled as a $60 release just like base MHW was on launch.

To specifically address the two individual questions here just so we're 100% clear:

Originally posted by SavageHedgehog:

Do I need the original disc to play Iceborne?

Yeah, Iceborne is not a seperate game, unless you've installed the whole game digitally on your system or something in which case the disc is no longer necessary.

Originally posted by SavageHedgehog:

Can I play pre-expansion storyline without original disc?

Basegame MHW is still basegame MHW. If you go out into a store on release day and buy a physical copy of the game that says "Monster Hunter World: Iceborne" you will be buying a copy of MHW and Iceborne, not a seperate product from MHW. You would still be able to use that disc to play the whole of the pre-expansion storyline, but it'd still be the "original disc".

[SavageHedgehog]

So I can trade in my non-iceborne release disc?

[cruste]

https://www.monsterhunter.com/update/mhw/us/ver10_10.html
they had announced a huge patch for the dlc so iam guessing you can play with old mh disc or new iceborne disc in the slot after installation.

i also wonder how it works, because it would give you the opportunity to sell one of the discs and simply use the other one.