Monster Hunter World: How to Fix Error Code 5038f-MW1

How to Fix Error Code 5038f-MW1 in Monster Hunter World

Monster Hunter World is a pretty fun game whether you’re playing solo or with friends. Regardless of how you play, though, you’ll need to be connected to Monster Hunter World’s servers at all times. Of course, with this being a major new release, all of the players bombarding the servers at once seem to be causing error code 5038f-MW1 to be plaguing some hunters when trying to join their friends’ games.

If you’re greeted with error code 5038f-MW1 when playing Monster Hunter World, unfortunately, outside of closing the app and restarting the game on your console, there’s not a whole lot you can do. The launch day strain is taking its toll on the servers, and, as a result, we can expect Capcom to hopefully fix things up on their end so it’ll be smooth sailing from here on out.

Regarding other online server and connection issues in Monster Hunter World, the official Twitter account has tweeted out the same advice of closing and relaunching the game if you struggle to accept event quests, so keep this in mind if you’re running into issues over and over.

It’s come to our attention that some PS4 players have been unable to successfully accept some of the event quests released today. If this issue affects you, please restart the game and try accepting the event quests again. Apologies for the inconvenience.

— Monster Hunter (@monsterhunter) January 26, 2018

That’s all we know so far about fixing error code 5038f-MW1 for now. For more on the game, be sure to check out our comprehensive wiki.