The capability was added in Update 5.00.

There’s no automatic way to do it, but the manual method isn’t all that difficult, either. Whether you’re playing the game on PC, PS4, or Xbox One, all it takes is a simple button or key press to keep things moving.

When one of the non-story cutscenes begins, press: 

“Esc” on PC “Share” on PS4 “Menu” on Xbox One

That’s it. It’s actually really crazy simple. 

Now you’re back doing what you do best: monster hunting. Now, if we can only skip those pesky story cutscenes everyone’s ranting about … 


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