Monster Hunter Outlanders Adventurers

Monster Hunter Outlanders does not give you one silent hunter with fourteen weapons. It gives you a Fated Adventurer you customize, then a roster of named Adventurers who arrive already married to a weapon, a class, and a monster-inspired kit. That is the biggest structural change versus World, Rise, or Wilds, and it is the first thing to understand before you open the class guide or a team composition.

This page is the roster board. Use it to pick a main, then jump to Buddies for Palico, Rutaco, and Trillan.

The Fated Adventurer

The Fated Adventurer is the captain of the Storm Crew, the guild hunter who reaches Aesoland with Commander Freya while chasing the Aurora. In the opening, a Rathian brings down the airship. You wake in jungle, rebuild a coastal village with chief Bale and his niece Holly, and hunt from the wreckage. That created hunter is the only seat that is not locked: Dual Blades today, Lance tomorrow, Bow when a Radiant Rathian demands range.

If you came from mainline Monster Hunter, this is your character. The gacha Adventurers are extra kits, not a replacement for learning a weapon. Keep the Fated Adventurer as your default until you know whether you even like Adventure Mode.

Named Adventurers confirmed on the official site

TiMi has published ten named Adventurers. Pocket Tactics still lists an earlier five; the live official site plus the 28 August 2026 CBT 3 operations post are the sources this wiki follows.

Adventurer	Class	Weapon	What they actually do
Pyro	Assault	Great Sword	Converts taken hits into charged burst. Official skill overview is on this page.
Keres	Disruptor	Dual Blades	Relentless combos, enhanced follow-ups, hunt-rush identity.
Luka	Assault	Bow	Lightning-wreathed bow, Thunder Coating that pierces on precise casts.
Arkaya	Support	Lance	Builds Resolve, then spends it on a shielded finishing blow.
Raya	Disruptor	Dual Blades	Dance-like evasion, stamina spends to fill Demon Gauge faster. Pre-register SR reward.
Ouyang Varen	Assault	Lance	Guard-first lance, Impetus stacks that power thrusts. Barroth-coded kit.
Madelyn	Support	Bow	Medicines and Spores. Detonations damage the monster and buff nearby allies.
Midori	Assault	Long Sword	Shamisen-sheathed Long Sword, Spirit Gauge acceleration, Rathian greens.
Pepper	Disruptor	Heavy Bowgun	Aerial fire, monster vaults, an Ultimate that interrupts and slows.
Freya	Disruptor	Great Sword	Story commander made playable in CBT 3. Fire Disruptor on Featured Recruitment Crimson Authority. Dedicated page: Freya.

Raya’s Kulu-Ya-Ku beads, Madelyn’s Pukei-Pukei vials, Midori’s Rathian sleeves, Ouyang Varen’s Barroth bone, and Pepper’s Paolumu fur are not just cosmetics. Expect their elements and status to lean that way once the live drop tables settle. The weapon armory lists who owns which move set.

Skill Overview: Pyro

How recruitment actually works

Adventurers are not skins. Each named hunter has a unique skill list on top of the weapon. Pyro’s kit is “endure, then detonate.” Midori’s kit is “evade into Spirit.” Madelyn’s kit is “stack Spores, then bloom.” That is why the tier list ranks kits, not just weapons, and why the hunt planner asks which monster you are walking toward.

TiMi told press that new Adventurers come from play, daily challenges, and paid recruitment. Pre-registration already treats Raya as a milestone gift at 10 million sign-ups — details live on the pre-register rewards page. CBT builds wiped progress; do not treat a beta roster as a live account.

Building around classes, not waifus

A four-player hunt wants Assault, Disruptor, and Support on the field. Four Pyros will kill a Jagras. Four Pyros will get carted by Radiant Rathalos when nobody can heal or interrupt the frenzy. The Fated Adventurer is the flex seat: fill whatever the other three names do not cover. That is the whole point of the squad builder.

Buddies follow the same three classes. Palico is Assault, Rutaco is Disruptor, Trillan is Support. Matching Buddy class to Adventurer class is the cheap synergy CBT testers kept repeating.

Who to main in CBT and at launch

• New to Monster Hunter: Fated Adventurer in Adventure Mode, Bow or Lance so you can see the monster.
• Mainline Dual Blades: Raya or Keres. Raya is the pre-register gift; Keres is the newer Disruptor blade kit.
• Great Sword mains: Pyro for Assault, Freya for Disruptor. Do not park both on the same hunt unless Support is already covered.
• Story commander: Freya is the person from the opening. CBT 3 made her a pull. Banner availability is test-limited until launch copy repeats it.
• Support players: Madelyn first, Arkaya if you prefer a shield.
• Heavy Bowgun: Pepper is currently the only named HBG Adventurer.

When you have a name, read team compositions before you walk into a Radiant hunt. The monster list on Aesoland decides whether you need poison resist, guard, or aerial fire, not the splash art.

Related reading

If you only came here for a pull list, stop after the table. If you came here to hunt, continue through classes, weapons, and how to play. The review is honest about gacha risk; read it before you spend on a first banner.